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................… I like Pokémon.
Yeah I’m pretty sure if you’ve been reading my reviews or
after seeing those pictures you’re saying “NO KIDDING.” Yes I fully accept how nerdy it is to be 26 years
old and still playing pokémon. How can I
help it though? Pokémon Red was the very
first game that I ever bought with my own money. I remember trying to decide all day at school
if I wanted red or blue and couldn’t wait till school was out so my grandmother
could take me to K-Mart to get the game.
It didn’t disappoint and it has stayed so strong that I am always
looking forward to the new main installments and I’m not ashamed of that fact
in the least, but if you don’t like it...
GYARADOS USE HYPER BEAM!
There are three different kinds of pokémon fans in my
mind. There are the casual players who
just muddle around with a game or two every now and then, there is the tourney
enthusiast who only likes a few pokémon with pre-determined movesets that
worship Smogon as the ultimate authority on all things pokémon, and the “true”
fan that plays often and loves both the good and the bad about them.
I happen to believe myself in the last category and it is that time of the year that I expose myself as a very lame pokémon fan because of the pokémon I actually do like despite so many people agreeing that they are terrible. This is…
I happen to believe myself in the last category and it is that time of the year that I expose myself as a very lame pokémon fan because of the pokémon I actually do like despite so many people agreeing that they are terrible. This is…
THE TOP 10
POKEMON I LOVE
THAT MOST PEOPLE HATE
10. Basculin
The last thing that pokémon fans around the world needed
was another pure water type fish that appears all over the region with the
frequency of a magikarp, but that’s exactly what we got. You can pretty much fish or surf anywhere and
you’ll run into one of these bad boys. Basculin
does have one thing other standard fish don’t… two forms! It has a red form and a blue form that might
have a slightly different ability that either prevents recoil damage or
increases the damage those with recoil do.
So… pretty much useless forms I had originally written this one as another worthless pokémon like Luvdisc, but I started really looking at what he can do. This guy gets Adaptability which means that all water type moves do 2X more damage by default even if the opponent isn’t weak against water. It also has 95 base attack which isn’t necessarily spectacular but with 90 base attack Aqua Tail using this attack power and having Adaptability he can really pack a punch. I really do like this pokémon but then again maybe it’s just my redneck roots and the fact that it’s a bass.
9. Smoochum
Baby Pokémon suck!
The ones that require special ways to attain the baby form to fill up
the pokédex or ones that need to have friendship to evolve are the most
annoying because they are usually extremely weak and only there as an exploit
of the mechanics for breeding. For the
simple fact of how annoyingly pointless baby pokémon are (except togepi) I can
understand why people hate Smoochum. Not
only to mention it’s typing makes it weak to many things and it’s the baby form
of Jynx, a pokémon that not many people liked to begin with be it for typing,
stats, or the whole “stereotype” thing
Despite all that I just can’t bring up hatred for the
little thing. I personally love the
unique typing even though it makes it susceptible to many types of attack it’s
something different from the norm. Smoochum
is also one of those pokémon that I can look at and completely ignore its
evolution (similar to Lickitung) and be perfectly happy. You don’t have to have the bad memory of Jynx
to ruin this little thing. Plus it’s
just cute and that’s enough for me to like it.
It also doesn’t hurt that a friend of mine absolutely loves this pokémon
and has convinced me to downgrade my hate for it to the point that I actually like
it.
8. Raticate
…the rat. You cannot consider yourself
any sort of pokémon fan if you don’t know this creature and especially it’s
ever annoying previous form, Rattata.
This pokémon line holds a great amount of nostalgia for fans because for
many of us this was the first wild pokémon we ever ran into and thought “aww
yeah a rat this could be awesome!” …but
of course it was anything but. Rattata
were everywhere, the move pool wasn’t necessarily glorious, and it just became
a vehicle for Team Rocket to abuse giving you ample Mankey training. Not only to mention that it was far
outclassed even in its own original generation by the likes of Lickitung,
Kangaskhan, Tauros, and Snorlax. It
started the trend of truly worthless normal types on the first route you get
to. I thought there was no redeeming quality in this creature till the Gen 4
remake of Gold and Silver and one gym leader in particular.
That’s right, Morty’s gym in Heart Gold/Soul Silver is what made me love this
little rat. Morty of course is the ghost
type fourth gym leader of Johto. He has
a gastly, two haunters, and a gengar ranging from level 21 to 25. This is important because at those levels the
only non-ghost type move they would know that does actual damage is sucker
punch which is effective but not a whole lot since it’s a physical attack and
these ghosts are special attackers. This
sucker punch could obliterate a psychic type so what do you use? Raticate of course! Why raticate? It learns bite at level 10 and it learns the
very powerful Crunch at only level 24.
So if you slightly over train your raticate you can walk through his
entire gym crunching and biting away and the only attack they can even try to
hit you with is Sucker Punch which won’t do much damage at all. Sure it’s only one real use for one gym but
it’s enough to make me respect the mouse!
UPDATE: With pokemon Sun and Moon Raticate has been given a little more spotlight with him being the first Moon Totem and a dark type now. However I still love the original for the reasons I mentioned above.
UPDATE: With pokemon Sun and Moon Raticate has been given a little more spotlight with him being the first Moon Totem and a dark type now. However I still love the original for the reasons I mentioned above.
7. Elgyem
However the science fiction nerd in me is screaming of
love for this pokémon. This is something
I think we really needed; a true alien pokémon to have around. Sure Clefairy were supposed to come from the
moon and Deoxys was from space but nothing looked like a real alien and this is
a stereotypical gray alien in cuddly form.
Also of note while its stats aren’t the best, it has the same base
special attack stat as Reuniclus at 125 (which is higher than Victini). It is also the only pokémon that naturally knows
the ability Telepathy, which prevents it from taking damage from its team mates
in double or triple battles. It’s a very
useful and really neat little guy that needs more attention. Let’s just hope he doesn’t have to cross
dress to get that attention.
6. Delibird
But yet I absolutely love this pokémon. It’s really hard for me to justify loving
this little guy. There is SO MUCH
against him that it really makes him pretty much unusable outside of in-game with
technical machines added at level 100.
However there’s just something about his cheerful little penguin face
that makes me love him.
How can you say no to that face?
I love the concept of this little guy. The
fact that naturally the only he does is give out presents that might hurt or
might heal you have no way of knowing.
It’s a gambit as to what’s going on and you just have to hope luck is on
your side. He’s a nice little oddity and
I love the fact that he’s around for us to enjoy. Plus I
like how he’s effectively the pokémon equivalent of Santa Claus. HECK in the anime, Santa Claus actually owns
one, and that’s pretty boss!
5. Stunfisk
People hated him from the second they saw him. They took one look at the design of this guy
and just checked out. Those that waited
to see him in-game were turned off by the weird goofy grin he has in his
animation. It’s also really odd to have
a fish pokémon that’s not water type at all.
In fact, it’s weak against water which is where you find him. So logically that makes no sense because he
would be hurting in his own environment.I don’t have much bad to say about this guy because people judged the book by its cover way before they should have. People harped on his design but have they ever actually seen a flounder?
NO NOT THAT ONE
A founder has both its eyes on one side of its body and
it also has that really goofy mouth. It’s
a fairly good representative of what a flounder is. The typing makes sense somewhat because we
don’t need another water/ground type and the ground is fitting because flounder
bury themselves in the dirt underwater.
The Ground/Electric type is very unique and I love things that are
oddities. His stats aren’t spectacular
but they are good enough to actually be used.
He gets the Static ability which is helpful because he has worse defense
than he does special defense so people are more likely to hit him with a
physical attack and potentially get paralyzed from it. His move pool is also very versatile including
Ground, Electric, Flying, Water, Normal, and Fighting type moves
naturally. He really isn’t that bad of
a pokémon and I enjoy having him even if his cry sounds like a juicy fart.
4. Sunflora
Sunflora’s problems actually start at its previous stage,
Sunkern. It’s nothing more than a seed
with a face. It has the lowest stats of
any single pokémon in the entire game; even Magikarp and Caterpie have higher
stats than this thing. It only evolves
when exposed to a Sun Stone, and even when it does, evolve into Sunflora, its
stats don’t improve too much. Its speed
stat stays the same as that of Sunkern.
It has a decent special attack but that’s about it. Both of the abilities that it can learn
enhance it when exposed to bright sunlight; namely its speed increases or its
special attack increases at the risk of its health. This wouldn’t be a problem except that it’s a
mono-grass type which is weak to fire… which gets a boost in the sunlight. Due to all this even in Gen 2 when this came
out it was overshadowed by the likes of Meganium and Bellossom. Now, it’s even worse with pokémon like
Leafeon in the mix, there is no need to use Sunflora for a mono-grass type
It does have a lot wrong with it, but there’s just
something charming about this pokémon.
The fact that there is a consistent sun theme, with it being a
sunflower, evolving via the sun stone, abilities boost it in the sun, it learns
Sunny Day. It’s all very thematic and I can
appreciate that. There’s also something
about its cry that makes it seem sad when people say how awful he is. I honestly don’t know why I love this pokémon;
it’s the one I understand the least, but it’s one of my little favorites that I
always enjoy getting each generation.
3. Farfetch’d
Farfetch’d is one of those where you have to ask exactly
why it existed to begin with. In the
original game there was only one that you could only obtain via trade and even
in the first generation it wasn’t unique; we already had the Pidgey line, the
spearow line, and the doduo line.
Normal/Flying type wasn’t unique then and it’s sure not unique now in 5th
generation. It has the most abysmal
stats for its typing as it has the lowest overall stats of any final form or
non-evolving Normal/Flying type. It’s
even overshadowed by Chatot. It didn’t
really need to be included to begin with, and it certainly shows its downfall
now.
Despite its abysmal stats, I really do love the fact that
this little guy was included. For me the
novelty of him in the original games was cause enough for his inclusion.
He is also just a standard duck who honestly
is designed a whole lot better than ducklett could ever think about being. His move pool is also semi-diverse. He can learn poison, bug, normal, flying, and
dark moves naturally, not to mention fire, grass and fighting moves by egg and
move tutor. He’s something cool to have
around especially once he knows false swipe, and he always brings a smile to my
face.
2. Mawile
Update: This was written prior to Gen 6 and the Fairy typing. Mawile is no longer an ignored or hated pokemon.... but I loved it before it became Fairy.
Update: This was written prior to Gen 6 and the Fairy typing. Mawile is no longer an ignored or hated pokemon.... but I loved it before it became Fairy.
What the heck is this thing? It looks like some sort of elf with parachute
pants pretending to be a crocodile.
Looks like some sort of Dark type right? NOPE! Pure steel type! How can this be a steel type pokémon when
there’s nothing even slightly metallic about him? His stats are nothing to write home about in
any fashion and he only learns one steel type attack (that’s used
offensively). What a waste! His move pool is shabby and his starts are
ridiculous; if you want a steel type go with Aggron or Metagross. Heck if you want a mono-steel type pokémon go
with Klinklang from Gen 5. It’s a
terrible pokémon too but it’s got better stats than Mawile and a better shot at
doing you some good.
Having said that, I love the concept of Mawile having
this massive façade surrounding him is very cool and reminds me a lot of
Sudowoodo, a pokémon I also really enjoy.
If a pokémon knows the move Crunch, for some reason that’s an automatic
win in my book. I see Mawile as more of
a pokémon that, if they were real, I would own for the novelty of owning
something bizarre and not for fighting.
The concept is cool and what few good moves he learns are also cool
making him one that I just can’t help but love.
1. Corsola
There has always been hatred for this one and I can’t say
it’s not justified especially at the current status we are with pokémon. This is yet another non-evolving water type pokémon
which we have an overabundance of… actually we have an overabundance of water
types period. His stats are monstrously
horrible putting him along the bottom run of all “final form” water types. This means that so many outshine him by
leagues it’s not even funny. He wasn’t
even an original typing at the time he came out because Omastar and Kabutops
exist and they are overall better in pretty much every manner. On top of that, people harp on the Gen 5 pokémon
for being unoriginal, but this thing here is just a very slow piece of coral!
She does have her downfalls, but I still really enjoy
this pokémon. I’ve always been
interested in coral reefs so the fact that a pokémon is made from coral is
amazing. The pink coloration just gives
off a “cute” vibe to it and just like Delibird…
It’s yet another pokémon that I wouldn’t ever actually
use in battle, but it’s one that I would have around the house to just be a
cheerful little buddy to have around. Sure
her stats aren’t the best but if you include TMs, Egg Moves, and Move Tutors
she has a very diverse move pool that can be quite inventive. She also gets Natural Cure normally which
means all she has to do is switch out to be cured of a status, but her hidden
ability is Regeneration so she gains health by going back into her pokéball. Also one other bit of trivia that I know
others have mentioned before but… Her Pokémon silver pokédex entry says “In a
south sea nation, the people live in communities that are built on groups of
these Pokémon.”
Sound familiar?
UPDATE: Corsola is STILL the punching bag of the pokemon universe. In pokemon Sun and Moon they gave Corsola some extra use. Finding them in the wild is the only way to eventually summon a Mareanie, one of the new pokemon for Generation 7. However once a Mareanie appears on screen it actively attacks any Corsola who appear along with it... what the heck?!
CONCLUSION
And there you have it, my top 10 pokémon I love that most
everyone hates. Maybe you can find it in
your heart to take a second look at something you had earlier dismissed to see
if there is any redeeming quality within even if it’s just pure “cute” factor.
I know you’ve seen a lot of Pokémon related things on here, so I will attempt to keep that to a minimum going forward cause I’m sure you’re getting tired of it.
This is Ghost, fading into the darkness.
I know you’ve seen a lot of Pokémon related things on here, so I will attempt to keep that to a minimum going forward cause I’m sure you’re getting tired of it.
This is Ghost, fading into the darkness.
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