Anyone who follows PokéJungle and other Pokémon based sources via Twitter or Facebook will know that the results of the Pokémon Election in Japan have been announced.
Fans around the world have been voicing their opinions about Japan’s least popular Pokémon. Who else, but poor, old Simisear. Here’s the thing about the Ember Pokémon; I’m on the fence whether I like or dislike him. I do find Simisear strangely cute in a bizarre way, but he won’t be making my Top Ten favourite Pokémon list anytime soon.
However if you do like Simisear, I can respect that!
Now before we get onto the subject of why I (and many others) believe Simisear got the least amount of votes; let me just say that I will be looking at the Pokémon from two viewpoints: design and battle potential. After all, it’s sort of important for a Pokémon to have potential in competitive battle. Let’s get started!
Origins & Design
First thing’s first, let’s take a look at Simisear’s origins. According to Bulbapedia, Simisear, Simisage and Simipour are inspired by the ‘Elemental Monkeys’ (or ‘Three Wise Monkeys’). The trio made their first appearance in the Unova Region in Pokémon Black and White. Now while their pre-evolutions are adorable, Simisear and his brothers are a different story. Now I’m not saying that they are ugly, (I can think of other Pokemon that can take that title), but they could be better. Afterall, you can’t expect every Pokémon to be perfect. However, for the sake of argument, let’s compare the trio to Sinnoh’s very own Fire Monkey, Infernape. For one thing, Infernape’s design is majestic; something that I believe the ‘Three Wise Monkeys’ are severely lacking design-wise. I’m sure many agree that the trio’s designs are rather underwhelming compared to their Sinnoh cousin. A missed opportunity methinks.
It’s worth mentioning that Simisear has only had a few appearances in the Pokemon Black and White anime. In fact from doing my research, Simisear only featured in five episodes overall, with only one major appearance. Yes, you read that correctly; only one. The poor guy hasn’t even had enough exposure in the anime to build up some popularity.
Competitive Pokémon Battle
Now to look at an important factor of any Pokémon; competitive battle. Luckily for Simisear, it does have a small saving grace in Smogon’s PU Tier. With a reputation as a threatening special attacking sweeper and wallbreaker due to its high-speed, good attack and decent coverage in the PU Tier, you’d think that’s great. But that’s where Simisear’s potential falls short. Sadly, this Pokémon is outclassed by the likes of Ninetales and Rapidash, and to make matters worse, it can easily be revenge killed by Zebstrika and Floatzel. It makes me sad. I always like to route for the underdog in battles.
For more info on Simisear’s movesets, please check out Smogon’s page on Simisear!
Following his loss at the Pokémon Election, Pokémon Centres across Japan will be releasing Simisear as an event, along with (and I’m not kidding when I say this) Simisear PR Business Cards, offering encouraging words about the Ember Pokémon. Although this is an admirable attempt by The Pokémon Company, not everyone is feeling the love for Simisear. Although, I’m willing to give poor Simisear the benefit of the doubt; so long as its event has some decent moves that could give it some usefulness. However, that remains to be seen.
With that said PokéJungle readers, I would like to know your thoughts on Simisear!
- Do you think the Ember Pokémon deserves the title of ‘Japan’s Least Popular Pokémon’?
- Which Pokémon do you think deserves distribution at Pokémon Centers in the near future?
- Where did your favourite Pokemon end up in the Pokémon Election?
Let me know in the comments section below and don’t forget to rate using those adorable Sewaddles!
– Lowri
PJ’s Note: Lowri is one of our new contributors, please give her a great Jungle welcome!
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-391173591 Full Charizard Sweep
“In one shot at 1:10, you can see that Magearna’s old red and white form is “peeling” off its body. This seems to mean the 500 year old “Poke Ball” coloring is just a paint job rather than some kind of special form. It seems the old man who created Magearna gave her the paint job and taught her how to walk, and then over the 500 years the paint wore off.”
-pokebeach http://www.pokebeach.com/2016/06/video-new-movie-19-trailer-magearnas-old-form-just-a-paint-jobo
So i guess this means no shiny meagearna? Oh and apparently this was everything shown on the hobby fair thing
Like I said wear and tear
So it would appear that Mr Smarty Dark Evolution guy from the movie want Magearna’s Soul Heart to turn the Azoth kingdom into some Neo Bowser Castle complete with Corruptedn Fluer Cannon attachment
Non-canonical
Idk why but that plot seems very cliche to me lel
No shit
Idk its just that these movie seemed to be the one that would bring back the pokemon movies to the top but the more trailers i see the more cliche and boring it seems to be…
What possible reason would you ever think the movies are going to be better
They have been sinking slow and hard and you know it
Just because it got last place doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the most *disliked*, it’s just the one which the least amount of people consider their favorite. For all we know it could be half the voters’ second most fave, it just wouldn’t show on the poll. In order to find the truly most disliked Pokémon they’d have to either do a separate poll just for that, or do a poll where people had to rank every single one.
I used a simisear on one of my first runs of black and it was somewhat handy. But looking at it again i dont know why i did, it doesnt please me design wise. It just looks so weird to me.
Does it surprise me its least popular? Nurp. Do i think it deserves least popular. Yeup. Who do i think deserves least popular? At least in Unova dex.
Where did my favorite pokemon go? Teehee, thats for me to know and you to find out 🙂
There i am, 709th place huzzah. First, i would like to thank God and my parents!
Graveler?
Just an FYI gang! Info on the Event Simisear has been released! The event is Level 5 (with Air Balloon) with the moveset: Work Up, Hone Claws, Power Up Punch & Giga Impact.
What do you guys think?
https://twitter.com/SerebiiNet/status/746597943998820353
Oh, forgot this in my post, but welcome! 😀 I really liked your article, can’t wait to see more :3
Thank you for the welcome! 🙂 Well I do have more articles in the works, so stay tuned 😉
So nothing new at Hobby Fair?
Nupe
Yo anybody a math head?
Anyone know how much would Sun cost with tax
Kuz I hit 40 bucks in tips and I just need to know if it’ll cost like 45
I live in North Carolina and tax on majority of goods is 0.07. So, I multiplied 40 by 0.07, which equals 2.8. After that, you add 40 to 2.8, which equals 42.80. With that, depending on where you live, Sun or Moon should cost around 42 to 43 dollars.
…..math…..brain….hurt………RAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So that aside I guess I’ll make 50 my goal
I mean I pre-purchased Moon on Amazon for a steal at 6 bucks out of my gift card I never used
And I’ll be paying solely with tips earned at my job so barely any dough spent
Nice! I’m planning on buying Pokemon Moon, simply based on Lunala’s design. Also, it fits my vibe of Y, Omega Ruby, and Moon! It just feels right!
I think it and the other monkeys aren’t as bad as some of the other pokemon out there, if they weren’t stone evos they would be slightly better.
My Top 6 favourites (favourite roster) ended up:
10. Meloetta (My #3).
15. Lucario (#1).
38. Gardevoir (#2).
56. Zoroark (#5).
162. Lopunny (#4).
565. Leavanny (#6).
Not bad results in the results…!
As far as I’m concerned I think Lucario, Zoroark and Gardevoir should get distributed… 🙂 But I guess some of them (if not all of them) have already had gotten a distribution some time in the past?
A new Meloetta Event comes out in December, right?
The Pokemon show thing on Sunday on the 3rd of July will have a video about Sun and Moon, however it could be the same as the reveal on the 1st, so take it with a pinch of salt
Yeah, they practically never have actual news, just recaps for the kids who don’t get the news from the internet. Getting excited about this will only end in disappointment, as usual.
I guess Masuda played the E3 Demo of Pokemon Sun & Moon. It seems like they encountered Grubbin in the grass. Also, someone needs to steal those copies of Pokemon Sun & Moon and grind the hell out of the starters! rf.
Like I said before, I would totally just go encounter crazy to see what else is in the grass. Even if there isn’t anything else, I would at least know it instead of wondering if there was a rare encounter that no one’s seen.
I imagine that for the demo those three are the only new Pokemon available. It’s not that I think they are hiding anything or whatever I just think having anymore before another reveal would be a waste of time coding them into the demo.
Yeah true, but at least I would know definitely. Plus, there could have been more old Pokemon there.
Demos still can be hacked
What I meant was they may not have put anymore new Pokemon in the demo as they wouldn’t necessarily needed them since they weren’t going to be revealed.
Something tells me this demo probably doesn’t have much extra stuff in it to find. Who knows though.
I would slam my way through any crowd and break display cases and take them both and flee the scene (Not before having decoys in my bag to throw them off)
Call the police, national guard
I WANT INFO DAMN IT AND I WILL KILL THOSE WHO INTERFERE
What if they’ve only programmed in the base stage and only moves up to a certain level. They didn’t intend normal play with these. Also I knew that would be all that this was which sucks and is pointless. Besides where even is the dog and koala. I don’t want them to be the July 1st reveals. That would be stupid.
I don’t think Simisear should have been last, but that’s just me. (tbh, Simisage should have been last, I think it’s the worst of the three monkeys but whatever)
But I am a little biased since it’s putting in work on my Y wedlocke (about to face Olympia and he’s still there. Sadly, his partner died recently, and has been replaced by a Medicham)
I don’t know where my favs ranked but I do know some of them were near the top, so I can’t be too mad.
By the way, has Masuda presented in the World Hobby Fair yet? I’m not expecting too much, but I just wanted to know what happened there.
Really? I like simisage the most of the monkeys xD it’s poof is a bit large though. I just like its face though
It’s my least fav of the monkeys and it’s one I wouldn’t mind being last :3
Then again, I don’t hate it, I just don’t care for it.
My fav. Dedenne ranked 36 or 44 I forgot which
simisear? literally the ugliest but the water one is more ugly tbh
Then it’s not literally the ugliest, is it.
is hard cause both of them are so ugly like today simisear is the ugliest but tomorrow? the water one is probably the ugliest. i just hate them lol
I used simipour in my first play through of white though and it friggen slayed
Jynx being 243? Whew what an icon!
Where’s the top 100? Or is literally the same as the halfway voting graphic?
(That is sitll on the Pokejungle forums, BTW.)
I personally like Simisear. Idk why anyone wouldn’t like ti. It’s got such a laid back look that it seems cool. I almost used it in Black, but ended up using Darmanitan. Even with that in mind I still really like Simisear.
Well the problem with that poll is that the prize would be the most popular pokemon is distributed. This seriously skewed the votes, the legendaries topping the polls is proof of this. For example, my favorite pokemon is Houndoom, but would I want to have it distributed? No because it’s not all that rare. If pokemon really wanted a legit election that would make sure pokemon fans vote, they would offer a rare item just for voting or something. That way there’s an incentive to vote and no pokemon is favored over others.
you pretty much hit the nail on the head here
And honestly it seems like that backfired with the least voted actually being the one getting distributed and focused on. Still is curious that Simisear is the least voted/liked when there are others that are so much worse.
Woah who’s Lowri?
That would be me 🙂
Oh hey 😀
A spy who has infiltrated our ranks!
PUNISHMENT WILL BE SLOW AND UNYIELDING
I just remembered something!
We got a demo for ORAS, so maybe they’ll do one for SM?
I mean, it did get hacked and it wasn’t too extensive, so maybe they won’t do it, but I think it would be pretty cool if they did.
Percyyyyy today and tomorrow Masuda is at the World Hobby Fair and he may do a playthrough of sun and moon!!
He already did, last I heard, but I meant a public demo, like the one for ORAS :3
wait he did?? I missed it ;-;
was anything new shown?
It was the same demo from E3, but nothing much.
I mean, they did encounter a Grubbin and Yungoos has 1 evo, while Grubbin has 2, but that’s it.
I thought Grubbin only had one evo
nope 2, making it a traditional 3 stage bug
Could also be a 2 stage with two alternate evolutions. I mean probably not, but could be.
naw, they would have said it had 4 evolutions if that were the case, but they said it had 2 like pikipek and we saw that at E3 as being 3 pokemon line.
That being said, I really do hope for some alt lines this gen I love when they do it
No I mean, it could evolve just once, but into one of two different ones, thus making it a 3 Pokémon line in total.
I enjoyed the OR/AS public demo. I do hope they have one for Sun & Moon so I could get ajusted to the new areas and controls!
Same, even if there wasn’t that much, it still was nice to have :3
so guys any clues in the world hobby Fair Department?
Day one is over, it won’t open again for like another 4 hours. If there was stuff during today, it would be on Serebii/here etc
i bet in short: no clues.
So, this list isn’t very trustworthy since its voting for the most popular pokemon to be distributed. So people wouldn’t be honest if they want a good pokemon, right?
I mean, it is true, that does affect it somewhat, but I’m sure there was some people who voted for their actual fav, so it has some trustworthiness.
I mean, that’s how I look at it.
But Japan literally already gets EVERYTHING. Most probably have no reason to vote for an event pokemon.
Personally, I love Simisear. But I love all fiery primate Pokémon. Infernape’s line, Simisear’s, and even Darmanitan’s. So I’m really disappointed, not to mention surprised, that Simisear was at the very bottom. I mean seariously, the very bottom?! There are a lot of Pokémon nowhere nearly as awesome as Simisear, and I’d say that even if I wasn’t a fire monkey fan. Nevertheless, Fire Monkeys FTW!
It seems the show start again , or it’s just old pic ?http://i.4cdn.org/vp/1466872200169.jpg
That pic is from a new trailer of the Volcanion movie that aired at the world hobby fair this weekend.
What happened to the alchemy article?