Mascot Pokémon Showdown: Generation II

Today I’m bringing you a new Cover Pokémon Showdown. Perhaps rather unsurprisingly, Charizard won Generation One with 37% of the total votes!
Now it’s time to move onto Johto.

Generation II came out in 1999 in Japan and featured three games, namely Gold, Silver and Crystal. This generation introduced many new features such as Shiny Pokémon and the Dark and Steel type.

Pokémon Gold Versiongold_en_boxart

Pokémon Gold featured Ho-Oh, the Rainbow Pokémon. Ho-Oh is often named the “guardian of the skies”.

Ho-oh is a bird-like Pokémon which resembles a phoenix, leaving a beautiful rainbow behind when it flies. It has a mythical power to resurrect the dead, which can be seen in one of the episodes of Pokémon Generations.

Its signature move is Sacred Fire, a strong damage-dealing move. Ho-oh was the first Generation II Pokémon that was seen in the anime, which was a sign that the franchise would continue after Generation I. Its name comes from ‘Hōō‘ (鳳凰), the Chinese word for phoenix.

Pokémon Silver Version

silver_en_boxartPokémon Silver showed Lugia, the Diving Pokémon, on its cover. It is often referred to as the “guardian of the seas”. It’s also the trio master of the Legendary birds.

Lugia is a Pokémon that is able to control the weather, especially cause and stop storms. Because it knows it has that power, it hides itself underwater to prevent itself rising storms.

Its signature move is Aeroblast. Ho-oh and Lugia are the only Legendary mascot Pokémon that are not seen clashing with each other in the anime. Its name may come from ‘lutetium‘ (a silver element), ‘lugeo‘ (‘I lie dormant’ in Latin) or ‘luna‘ (‘moon’ in Latin).

Pokémon Crystal Version

Pokémon Crystal covered Suicune, the Aurora Pokémon. Suicune 500px-crystal_en_boxart
is the only Legendary beast to appear on a box art.

Suicune has the power to purify water with one touch. It travels the land searching for water to purify.

It is thought to be based on the Qilin, an Eastern legend that has traits of Chinese dragons, unicorns, deer and big cats. Its mane, however is said to resemble the northern aurora. Suicunes name is derived from ‘sui‘ (水, water) and ‘kun‘ (君, monarch).

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3,319 thoughts on “Mascot Pokémon Showdown: Generation II”

  1. So I’m playing overwatch over at my friends and besides getting practice on my mains I’ve found I’m.a decent Reaper, D. Va and surprisingly Tjorborn

    Had an amazing Mercy game and a more amazing Lúcio game too!

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  2. Interesting thing i have been thinking of, but is anyone else as obsessed with a type as earthen and I?

    I see people on here that love certain types but its seems like we are the only ones that are like living for our types

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    • I may love Psychic and Dragon (and Fire sometimes), but they are mons I don’t care for in each of those typings. And all my favorite mons span all types, so it feels weird for be loyal to one or two types, but that’s just me.
      Like if someone picked Psychic/Dragon/Fire/all three for the Gym Leaders thing, I would be sad, but I have other types I don’t mind specializing in (So happy I got Psychic though)

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      • Dragon’s my fave by far but when I think about myself living in the world of Pokémon I see myself as more of Pokémon Trainer who wants to be one of the best and therefore I’m open to all Pokémon. It’s only when I think like a type specific Gym Leader when I think about living and dying by Dragon type.

        EDIT:
        Meant to reply to OP.

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    • my issue is people picking all the common fan favs
      Dragon, psychic, fairy water

      rarely do we see people be super dedicated to other types like Rock or Fighting

      just the popular stuff

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      • k. lets get nitpicky. Fairy isn’t a common fav though everywhere I go all I see it get is hate, the only people I have ever heard say they like it are on this site. Cant speak for the other ones, usually fire is pretty high up there with people

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        • half the people here are obsessed with fairies
          i see numerous tumblr users dedicated to fairies and all over deviant art…..
          all fan megas often part fairy

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          • are you fudging kidding me, there are like 3 people other than me on this site that actually like fairies the rest of you are constantly giving it tons of hate for no reason…

            Also my OP was meant to be on your side but as always you don’t play nice… -_-

      • Well you have issues with everything so no surprise you have an issue with this. I like Dragon the most and I have my reasoning and that’s that.

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      • Sorry that I like Dragon and Psychic. But I don’t like it because everyone likes it.
        I’m a more offensive player, and a good majority of Pokemon in those types I like.
        Sure, I have favorites from all types in the top list, but there’s a good amount of those two types up there.

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        • so i’ve been looking at a reddit type census and so far
          Water, Dragon, Psychic, Ghost, Dark and fairy are the top picks

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          • Ok, and? Just like SomeGuy said, just because a lot of people like it doesn’t mean you have the right to belittle them and make them feel like they are wrong for liking it. Preferences are different for everybody. Stop please.
            I’m sorry, but I needed to get it off my chest.

      • You’re saying that like it’s a bad thing to like those types. Plus, I don’t even like them because they’re popular. I like Water type because I love marine biology and sea creatures. I like Psychic type because I find psychology interesting and mind controlling sounds pretty cool honestly. I like Dragon and Fairy because I’m a huge fan of fantasy creatures and fairytales.
        Did I mention that I like them because they’re popular? – No, I didn’t because it’s not true.

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    • I’m obsessed with Ghosts, but not to the point of feeling that I have to like them all (even though I do like them all, as of now).

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  3. What I’ve been wondering for a while: what are your real names? Now that I think of it it’s actually weird this never gets asked

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  4. Wes got it right, it’s Jordan

    Could’ve just said it outright and not make posts about it but the conversation was ripe for a riddle

    Explanation for the hints:

    ‘Jesus was in me’-Jesus was baptised in the waters of the river Jordan

    ‘The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree’ Jordan means ‘to descend’, which is similar to ‘fall’

    ‘Go with the flow’ I said I was named after a river :p

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  5. I’m CALLING IT
    Nintendo hid one new mon and will reveal it
    It will be some pointless standalone and everyone will hate it XD

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  6. Alright. I’ve been here long enough for you guys to know this…
    My name is Abhinav. (That’s pronounced Uh-bee-nuv)
    Or Abhi for short (THAT’s pronounced Aah-bee)

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  7. It’s super interesting (for some odd reason) seeing some of your pictures and hearing some of your real names. I can’t explain why tbh, but it’s interesting nonetheless. xD

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  8. Anyone got any coming out stories? Not even just gender or sexuality ones, like anything from crushes to religion and pretty much anything about yourself significant that you had to explain to people

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