This is a special edition of our ‘First Look’ series in which we’re going to do a preview of a yet unreleased Pokémon. It may be two formes of the Kyurem we know or, from what Masuda’s twitter has suggested, these may be two distinct Pokemon. We’ll report on that as soon as we hear about it! Let’s take today to go over the appearance of these two legendaries.
Black Kyurem: The Zekrom-derived Kyurem is definitely a beast. The gray goes well with the black and gives it a fairly nice look. The asymmetrical addition of one ice wing and one ice arm & claw also give it a great look which stays true to the Ice/Dragon type Pokémon that Kyurem is. The only thing about its design that I’m not super hot on is the head. The block ice chunk jutting out by its mouth isn’t very subtle and the Pharaoh-esque beard isn’t something that impresses me either. Overall however, I love the design.
White Kyurem: The Reshiram-derived forme/pokémon is also a formidable design. I commented on the gray looking great on Black Kyurem, but here it has a lot less impact to the eye because of the light gray not standing out on the white. It doesn’t look bad, but the colors there don’t differentiate it as much when compared to the original Reshiram. One of my favorite parts about this design though is the ice arm-wing. Again there’s an asymmetrical design in which the icy additions counter the original look. The ice claw on each foot also stands out to me as a great design choice. Again, not totally on board with the heavy-handed ice blocks on the sides of its head, but it somehow looks better on White Kyurem than it did on Black to me. A nice design, but comes in second to Black Kyurem.
What we have to look forward to: Typing! There are ice parts of these dragons who were inspired from fire and electric type pokémon! Also curious to see what the sprites will look like, sure they’ll be pretty amazing. I was impressed by the Reshiram/Zekrom sprites in Black and White so I expect that these will be the same level of quality. Also a huge part of these formes/pokémon will be the backstory. Very interested in how Black and White 2 will explain the story of these two and how they’ll relate to the main character.
What are your thoughts?! Who’s your favorite?! I’m updating the poll so go vote on the sidebar as well as commenting 🙂
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Personally I like White Kyurem better, but then again, I always preferred Reshiram. ^u^
I’m really excited to get more news about these two!!
I’m just glad that Reshiram’s awkward crotch fluff is gone…
I’ve been thinking of what types they might be.because the cant both be dragon/ice cause they need to be different they can’t be dragon/fire and dragon/electric because there the same as befor and the cant be fire/ice and electric/ice because that would make white kyurem more popular because it was stronger .
Only soulution
TRIPLE TYPES!!!!!
No thank you. I’m leaving the franchise if they start something stupid like “triple types”.
But what would they care if White Kyurem was stronger, they’re making loads of cash no matter which version sells the most.
Also, you left out the possibility that the formes might stay Dragon/Ice.
Well there was Groudon and Kyogre, soooo~
Probably the typing will stay Ice/Dragon. The only fire/elec thing they will have are the attacks. Ice Burn and Frozen Shock
Those are still Ice-type moves.
I know it are ice type attacks. but i mean the Burn and Paralyse part of it.
But those aren’t exclusive to Fire and Electric. I just want better type coverage.
and again… i know -.-‘
I like the fact that white kyurem looks taller or more upright than the black, i dont likt the jilt on the chin on black kyurem either. That all being said tho i still like black kyurem a little more 🙂
I don’t like Black Kyurem’s color scheme. The black and gray with the blue, no, just no.
White Kyurem just seems more fittingly than his brother. It doesn’t scream abomination. But it may be intended that he’s sleeker and more symmetrical.
Personally, I like both of their designs… I’m not too crazy about the ice mandibles on White and the tail on black (looks a bit off to me) but they still look awesome…
Typing- wise… I think sticking to Ice/Dragon is the only sensible choice however I wouldn’t be surprised if they kept them as Electric or Fire/Dragon seeing as how the Dragons are only half ice… then again, I could be wrong -_-
It’s Dragon/Ice
http://saiph-charon.deviantart.com/journal/Mystery-about-Kyurems-formes-My-take-on-it-288790765
To be honest, i don’t find these form designs good. They’re too complex compared to simple designed Reshiram and Zekrom.
How the hell are the R@ms “simple”?
I remember when everyone was complaining about how they were too complicated, ha ha! XD
really, these are not distinct pokémon. They are called Black Kyurem and White Kyurem. If they were separate pokémon, they would have different names. It has already been confirmed in the movie site that Kyurem can become Black or White Kyurem because it contains the genes of Reshiram and Zekrom…
To me, White Kyurem stands out more design wise. It’s like Black Kyurem is the pet of White Kyurem. So it makes White Kyurem more leader like and more powerfull posture than beast like creature Black is 🙂 Still love them both! Really looking forward to the game =D
Personally I like white Kyurem better then it’s black counter part witch is a big surprise to me because i liked Zekrom better then Resheram in the last game (so much in fact that I got pokemon white) but I think ill get the pokemon white2 this time but I’ll still probably need to no more info first about the game but I guess will see.
I think tri types are them I mean like for black kyurem he is most likely dragon/ice/electric type
Black kyurem should have looked like it did in the start menu