Comments on: Pokéology: Druddigon

By: Mechanos

Mechanos — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:12:21 +0000

In reply to autumn.

Thanks!

To be fair, it /is/ Pokemon, there’s been a cactus hat hunts! I do enjoy your opinion though! 😀

I figured it was more of a basis between carnivorous dragons and dracorex. Either way, only the designers know! Haha.

By: autumn

autumn — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 14:29:22 +0000

Another nice article! I’m going to disagree on the Dracorex idea, though; Druddigon is clearly a predatory species, while the Pachycephalosaurids were members of the exclusively herbivorous order Ornithischia!

Not only that, but check out those feet: three sharp claws pointing forward, and one in the back. That “bird foot” alignment is classic of theropods, which is a dinosaurian clade containing all your favorite two legged, jaw-snapping, predators.

Keep it up!

By: Charon

Charon — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:12:29 +0000

In reply to Sammydodger.

There is tons of cases where from a data viewpoint a pokemon is just a weaker version of another one.. but that is not exclusively a bad thing!

If you ever tried battling with weaker pokemon-only (like UU tier, or some other system), most dragons are not even an option, which basically left Altaria in the past, but now Druddigon joins it, and compared to it, they are quite different.

I also like Druddigon for the fact that its a 1 stage Dragon. Most types have had their “already grown-up from start” fellas (Pinsir, Skarmory, Torkoal, Absol etc.), Dragon didn’t until now :B

By: Mechanos

Mechanos — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 21:17:43 +0000

In reply to Ryan. I'll look into it! Thanks for the suggestions. :D

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 03:25:18 +0000

you should do the elekid/electrabuzz/electrivire evolution chain just because nobody knows what it is. same goes for the magby/magmar/magmortar line up

By: bm14murph

bm14murph — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:53:26 +0000

Ah one of my favourite times of the week 🙂

I love the name Dracorex it just sound so cool ha. Keep up the usual great work mate 😀

P.s Electabuzz 😉

By: Daedardus

Daedardus — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 08:18:13 +0000

I absolutely dislike his design. He’s based on a gargoyle and those usually have mismatching body features, but I don’t think that maes for an interesting Pokémon. His head and tails are deformed and the color scheme doesn’t help him looking any good either.
I believe they could have made a better Pokémon based on the same origins.

By: Mechanos

Mechanos — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:02:50 +0000

In reply to Sammydodger. I know right? It would have been so much better if he was an early-in dragon type. It'd also be great if he had an evolution. He doesn't really cut it as a single stage dragon type, We need some buff, near-the-end-of-the game sorta single stage dragontype. He's an awesome Pokemon though. I agree completely!

By: Mechanos

Mechanos — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:01:15 +0000

In reply to miJ. Hm! Thanks for the info. And thanks! I agree; I could totally see it as a dragon/rock type. It doesn't do well as a single evolution.

By: miJ

miJ — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:52:08 +0000

In reply to miJ.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQa11RMCeSI linked… for her pleasure. also, loved the article! i’m reasonably confident that someday druddigon will get a pretty cool evolution. maybe a dragon/rock type…?