>>58996940
I don't know but I'm tired of dog Pokemon

>>58996940
because they were worried it would overshadow CHARIZARD. We can have a dog starter now because CHARIZARD has so much shilling behind it that it will never be dethroned.

>>58996940
Why does it have a red rocket dog penis under its nose instead of a mouth?

>>58996940
I got a feeling it was a "BREAK IN CASE OF EMERGENCY" thing. Something they know is instantly successful so they're saving it for the time when they'll need it most
Like the current state of the franchise after SV

>>58996940
i dont like its beady eyes

>>58996940
Because they kept it in their back pocket for emergencies until now just like with the Fire/Fairy typing. This is their ultimate ace in the hole with awesome typing and competively-viable shillmon for Gen 10 and you WILL see it everywhere

>>58997012
I'm surprised I genuinely believe everything you said.
It's the long awaited gen 10 and the first Switch 2 only Pokémon game. They need their ace in the whole

>>58997012
I'd rather Pombon than a lot of the other shillmons, like Lucario

>>58997012
watch the big shillmon not even be one of the starters, like Ceruledge in Gen 9

>>58997334
>Ceruledge is "the big shillmon" of gen 9
HOLY FUCKING DUMBASS LMAO

>>58996993
>Like the current state of the franchise after SV
What, insanely and incomprehensibly more profitable than it ever was at any stage in time since Pokéamania died? As always, they chose design briefs to specifically detail the starters they want to use in any particular region (and if you'd been paying attention, they made a fox and 2 cat starters first, because they're more popular in Japan than dogs are). They want to make the shillmon the fire type this time out, so they picked an animal guaranteed to land with the vast majority of the core audience they seek - kids and casuals (unlike Gen 6 where the theme of the water starter was its selling point in the west as shillmon and they pushed it over the fox, because Japanese boys ALSO love frogs and ninjas). Just because you're upset with the franchise not caring about you does not mean it's in any bad shape. In case you missed it, they already made another filthy fucking fortune on greyscale pikachu 30th anniversary plushies that scalpers are making a LARGER filthy fucking fortune off right this minute.

>>58996940
They tried the same with hisuian Growlithe but genwunners hated the design

>>58997592
>but genwunners
Who cares what some old fart thinks lmao

>>58997334
I think they tried to shill meowscarada at first but it didn't pop off

>>58997592
Does shitting on people’s nostalgia ever work out?

>>58997698
I wasn't shitting on it. People genuinely hated the design because Growlithe was their favorite and now was ruined even if Arcanine still looks the fucking same.

>>58997708
I know, I’m saying the perception of the redesign was gf shitting on their favorite.

>>58997685
I'd love to spend a day in your reality to see how it differs from this prime universe I'm in. Beyond you thinking the cat didn't take, when it was the first of the three final evos to show up in the anime last March and the next didn't show up until November last year naturally.

>>58996940
What if they make it an unevolved shillmon like oshawott or piplup?

>>58997708
Growlithe is my favorite and I love the Hisuian form

>>58997753
It depends of how bad the evolutions are

>>58997708
>People genuinely hated the design
No one actually hated H Growlithe it was just trolls, its reception was lukewarm at best though because of its retarded haircut, shit typing and underwhelming evo. You might as well just use normal Growlithe/Arcanine.

>>58996993
The emergency of the franchise selling the best it has in its entire lifetime? With two game pairs that have successfully dethroned GSC and now reside in the 2nd and 3rd best seller spots?

>>58996985
I blame Kanto Anime. Gen 6, a d Gen 8 specifically Leon.

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I have a theory on his final evo given the region and the vaguely "paintbrush" shaped head fur.

Pombon's final evo could end up becoming a bipedal tattoo artist based off of Maori/Samoan warriors.

>>58997592
Yeah because it was ugly. Hope that helps.

>>58997592
? Everyone seemed to adore Hisuian Growlithe though. It was Hisuian Arcanine which got more negative reception.
>>58997685
They never really stopped shilling Meowscarada anon, see tcg pocket for example.

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>>58998298
i'm trying to find the "Funny" in this kind of fanarts and memes

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>>58998306
broly memes are funny

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>>58997562
We're heading into Gen 10 and the Knights are getting more attention

>>58997800
>shit typing
retard

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Rowlet was the shillmon but dropped off when Decidueye didn't live up to the hype.

Same thing is gonna happen with the heckin reddit pupper

>>58998425
>Rowlet was the shillmon but dropped off when [massive headcanon]

>>58998425
Decidueye line was never intended to be the Shillmon. They don’t shill based on popularity, they just shill the Pokémon that they value the most regardless of if audiences like it or not

>>58998328
And therefore Ceruledge is "the big shillmon" of gen 9?

Dude, fuck off.

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>>58998433
cope part 1

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>>58998433
cope part 2

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>>58998441
>beaten by a puking turd
owlchads...

>>58996940
i hope this boring ass dog turns into anthroshit just to see people seethe about it
i'm not picking it anyway

>>58998441
>Incineroar
>Female 73.3%
Damn that's kinda hot

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>>58998425
But Decidueye was always popular, history rewriter-kun?

>>58998439
>>58998441
>cherrypicked results from Japan
Digging yourself deeper.

>>58998457
>22nd
Yikes I'm sure owl autists called all the banners and refreshed all the IPs they could for this one.
Grim.

>also pretending japan is irrelevant to pokemon
sad sad cope

>>58998457
I have always seen decidueye ranking high especially for alola region polls. Its always mimikyu, rowlet, decidueye as top 3 contender which is pretty impressive that 2 mons from the same line can get in. Imagine if u combine their votes together. Those that like to keep pulling out the jap poll is super duper outdated. That poll was made when sun moon was super new. Even for that poll rowlet was number one. And many of rowlet fans also do like decidueye even if not all.

>>58998457
Seeing mimikyu ranking high above pikashit and shitzard will always put a smile on my face

>>58998446
Edgy is out. Cute , Cool or Creepy Cute is in.

Decidueye has more tcg unique cards released compared to the two other. Even if you dont include hisuian decidueye cards

Why did they pick the dog the grossest people have? They’re always yappy little rats with shit clumped to their tails

No wonder Redd1t loves it

I prefer browt. Growing on me

>>58998489
Perhaps. But pokemon like Hisuian Samurott, Ceruledge and Mega Absol Z go against that.

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>>58998457
>american poll open for 10 days in contrast to every Japanese poll ever which is one vote, one person
Just a pity that poll wasn't enough to save decidueye from the repaint brush huh? You know, like how it was SO popular, they turned around and utterly redesigned it again (while also cucking it heavily again byu putting another pokémon with the EXACT same typing in the same region as it for a 2nd time).

>>58998678
U are the only guy to say that just because a pokemon has a variant, means its unpopular? In fact its a win for rowlet line to get in another spin off game

>>58998678
America? Its global man. U can't read

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>>58998685
But you're not the only fag who squeals "it's p-popular, i swear" when no other regional IS in fact as poipular as Pikachu, Moew, Lucario - any of the actually POPULAR shit that doesn't have a regional (and in some cases sees its EVOLUTION get a regional, because the franchise, llet alone fanbase treat it like a disease afflicted on the mascot). Sure spacker, it's popular. that's why it got the same treatment as the mascot's ignored evolution while Charizard got a Gmax form and was added to base SS without the need for a repaint to make it look different to its OG form to maybe TRY and get attention. See the difference? If it did actually have a fanbase worth a fuck, they wouldn't then feel the need to change it to appeal too other people.

>>58998687
It's also worthless as anything but a data farming exercise and study in autism as voting multiple times (thus thoroughly muddying the ability to actually tell what's popular or not) was encouraged, so little manchildren of the west couldn't have their feefees hurt (because they just sat spamming the thing for over a week). Again, the utter lack of reaction to it from Japan was enough to show them despite the western result, it wasn't actually as valuable as manchilren wanted people to believe.

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>>58998712

Even chatgpt knew your argument is flawed.

U choose to think that theres no reaction from japan. But yet decidueye is in more spin off games, and he has more tcg cards. And global poll includes japan in it.

Stop trying to deceive yourself

>>58996965
we barely have dogs
the only good one is boltund and it's from a shit gen

>chatgpt
Concession accepted. If you can't think for yourself, don't throw a retarded machine's thoughts at me. Ho about you explain how raoichu is so unloved to get a regional, but decidueye's actually popular? 'Cause all I see it two unloved shitters getting a makeover to try and pull an ugly duckling transformation. >>58998704

>>58996985
Charizard earned its place. I'd much rather choose a fake DRAGON starter than a fucking dog.

>>58998726
and RAM prices go up another 3%, another lake drained

>>58998736
Ur argument just doesnt make sense. Pokemon with variant > means unpopular?

Obviously u need a machine to tell u so

Get a gripe bro, after a decade u still shitting on decidueye

>>58998733
arcanine and growlith aren't good?

>Arcanine line
>Grandbull line
>Houndoom line
>Mightyena line
>Stoutland line
>fidough line
>yamper line
>Chienpo line

there are plenty of dogs like that one guy said

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Everyone knows the porn rankings are the real indicator of popularity.

>>58996940
Please stay on 4 legs

>>58998754
arcanine looks like a lion and is ugly
mightyena is a wolf
i'll give you houndoom because that's just a doberman
the others don't even look like dogs
boltund is the only good looking dog (the corgi is ugly but whatever)
yes i hate small breeds and i hate dogs with floppy ears like shitty labs and retrievers
i want real dogs like huskies, dalmatians (boltund), shepherds, akitas
when will we get a collie or border collie dogmon

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>>58998767
>mightyena is a wolf
It's a hyena. It's literally in the name.

>>58998774
it looks like a wolf, not like a hyena

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>>58998752
As opposed to yours "despite all these shitmons getting rewgionals, my favourite getting one means its popular1". You're in company with a smorgasbord of ignored crap (contrarian opinions on shithole sites far away from the beating heart of the franchise do not count regardless how much you want to THINK you still influence the series - eg spackers nolifing decidueye to the top only to see them repaint it anyway and marginalise it by copy/pasting its tping onto an already-adopted waifumon). If they were using things that were continually low-key popular even much less defacto shillmon I wouldn't have come to this conclusion but most of it's shit kids and normies could take or leave, again regardless the opinions of contrary dickheads trying to convince themselves they picked the winner.

>>58998782
U need to chill man

>>58998788
Amazing how you've no actual counter to my last and change the topic isn't it? Concession accepted. Next time you're confused as to why they're doing something you don't like, remember it's because you're a contrarian manchild dickhead far away from the pulse of the franchise where the kids and casuals congregate I mean, I despised the greninja shilling wall-to-wall in Gen 6 but I understood it wasn't aimed at me thus I could do nothing about it so held me water. You faggots still can't comprehend that.

>>58998754
>Chienpo line
what is chienpo?
chien pao?? a CAT? (hermine + cat)

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>>58998328
Deserved they are good designs

>>58998872
don't project your insecurities on me
hyenas are not and will never be dogs
and mightyena looks like a fucking wolf design wise

>>58998846
>chienpo
Sorry i meant
>Mienshao

>>58996940
>design a heckin pupperino starter
They didn’t even do that.
They drew a cat and called it a dog.

>>58998433
He's not wrong though. Rowlet was the 2nd coming of Piplup right down to the first stage overshadowing the rest of the line and the bird being given an Everstone in the anime to ensure it never evolves.

>>58998964
Fucked up too because Decidueye is the only starter from Gen 6 -> 9 that I actually liked, and Empoleon was my Gen 4 pick back in the day.
Meanwhile I absolutely despite Incineroar and Intelleon but Japan randomly loves those two.

>>58998884
>hyenas are not and will never be dogs
Sure but I'm not the one who said it is. Tell that to the other guy who made that list.
And that's rich coming from you who's stupid enough to be like
>Mightyena
>has hyena in the name
>has hyena ears
>"w-w-wolf!!!!"
Don't project your incapability of discerning animals to me you retarded fucktwat.

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>>58998328
>CinderFLOP shoehorned in

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>>58999037
Keep saying it, every time he gets another new promotion in Japan kek

>>58998733
We got THREE fucking dog lines in Gen 9.
>Greavard/Houdstone
>Maschiff/Mabosstiff
>Fidough/Dachsbun
Plus already had:
>Growlithe/Arcanine
>Houndour/Houndoom
>Snubbull/Granbull
>Poochyena/Mightyena (close enough, I’d say it’s 50% dog 50% hyena)
>Lillipup/Herdier/Stoutland
>Furfrou
>Rockruff/Lycanroc
>Yamper/Boltund
>Zacian
>Zamazenta
That’s 13 fucking dog lines (12 if you don’t count Mightyena) before adding Pombon on top. “Barely” my ass.

>>58999145
Do the math, too. This means 2% of existing Pokemon are dogs.

>>58998919
>Mienshao
>dog
nani dafuq

>>58998733
>the only good one is [single worst fucking dog in the entire franchise]
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA masterful bait!

>>58998425
Decidueye is the thinking man's design. Casuals wouldn't understand.

>>58996940
It's just Toby Fox's annoying dog as a Pokemon

>>58998464
>22nd favorite out of a franchise with more than a thousand designs
>Only evolved starters that beat it are fucking Charizard and Greninja

Pretending this is bad is pathetic

>>58999000
>name
>name
>accessory
Meanwhile face and body design is all wrong. It's a wolf. No one calls Mightyena a hyena because it doesn't look like one. When people think of hyenas, they think of spotted hyenas, not striped hyenas.

>>58999145
also kinda electrike line, so yeah, we have a lot of dogs