fenyx4
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Unfortunately, I feel like the amount of emphasis on Mega Evolution in Pok?mon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon (US/UM) will be identical to the amount of emphasis that was in Pok?mon Sun/Moon.. Granted, US/UM already had a lot to focus on - Ultra Beasts, Alolan forms/regional-variant forms, and Zenryoku (Z) Moves. Nevertheless, more Mega Evolutions would be a nice surprise; I hope that US/UM has all existing Mega Stones within the game itself - the "event-exclusive/downloadable content (DLC) implementation that was present in SM was just horrid, ridiculous, and unnecessary nonsense, although I somewhat understand why it was done - money, and faux-extension of SM's longevity as a currently-talked-about game. Never mind the Mega Stones that had costly Battle Point prices..
While Z-Moves may fail due to some type immunity interaction or absorptive Ability or some other ill-fated circumstance, I feel like their chance of failing is rather low, particularly since they bypass the move Protect..? And Mega Evolution can still be rendered utterly useless at times.. (as in, a Pok?mon getting knocked out before it even gets the chance to properly Mega-Evolve. Or, a Pok?mon getting defeated right as it Mega Evolves - Pok?mon used Ice Beam; Mega Sceptile fainted!). Anyhoo, I like both Mega Evolution and Z-Moves; they both have their place in the long list of Pok?mon tactics (I wish that they could be combined somehow, though!)
This.
Regarding fusion being "Generation 5's 'thing'", while it isn't exclusive to Generation 5 (similar to fixed and transient form changing from the generations that you mentioned), I feel like it is still heavily associated with Generation 5 due to heavy promotion (particularly with Kyurem showcasing fusion twice as a mascot, since Pok?mon Black 1/White 1 don't really have a noted battle gimmick of their own, and since it drives part of the lore/plot (the Original Dragon stuff and Kyurem's 2 "Absofusions".
As for the newfound "Necrozma armor" for Solgaleo and Lunala, I guess it depends on how one defines the concept of "fusion" - particularly whether the armor is even Necrozma itself or just black prisms that coincidentally happen to resemble Necrozma.. And if the armor is actually Necrozma itself, is Necrozma still sentient in that form or not? (I personally believe that the armor is Necrozma itself who might be still sentient, but we'll see..)
I would argue that the "Necrozma parts" can at the very least be defined as a union with Solgaleo and Lunala. While they do appear to manifest more as armor and not necessarily as a biological fusion, some parts look embedded in the body, like the things on Solgaleo's claws - with the embedding, to me, resembling things like artificial limbs/grafts, implanted dentures, and ocular (eye) implants, all of which may be said to be biologically fused with someone's main body. If things like Slowbro/Slowking (basically a morphed Shellder biting onto Slowpoke's tail or head) and Magneton (basically 3 Magnemite floating in near/close proximity in each other, probably with something like augmented electromagnetic and/or intermolecular forces and all that jazz) can be regarded as fusions, I don't see why the physically-touching Necrozma-parts of the cosmic duo can't be considered as fusions, either..
The Necrozma-armored forms kind of remind me of the Bio-merging transformations/process from Digimon Tamers (which manifests as a sentient kid in a bubble with huge sentient monster-based body armor), as well as the formation of the Red Ranger Battilizers from Power Rangers SPD (armor made from a semi-sentient dismembered robotic dog) and Power Rangers Mystic Force (armor made from a sentient dragon). In those cases, everything is synergistically fused if not biologically fused - the Mystic Force example is probably the best, since you have a sentient biological dragon acting as technological armor similarly to what it looks like Necrozma will do in US/UM. Additionally, some of Necrozma's parts are interlocking with Solgaleo and Lunala - if they were machines, I think few people would hesitate to call the resulting unified entity a "fusion"..
In any case, with Necrozma alone, it seems like US/UM will have their hands full to focus on Mega Evolution properly. I just hope that Mega Evolution doesn't become deprecated in the near future as a gimmick - it's a perfectly usable mechanic that has room for improvement, and it has had a lot of time dedicated to promoting it already. No need to toss all of that effort to the wayside. Admittedly, it would be nice if the number of items involved with Mega Evolution could be reduced, because the sheer amount of items that need to be sustained across generations is getting to be ridiculous now..
While Z-Moves may fail due to some type immunity interaction or absorptive Ability or some other ill-fated circumstance, I feel like their chance of failing is rather low, particularly since they bypass the move Protect..? And Mega Evolution can still be rendered utterly useless at times.. (as in, a Pok?mon getting knocked out before it even gets the chance to properly Mega-Evolve. Or, a Pok?mon getting defeated right as it Mega Evolves - Pok?mon used Ice Beam; Mega Sceptile fainted!). Anyhoo, I like both Mega Evolution and Z-Moves; they both have their place in the long list of Pok?mon tactics (I wish that they could be combined somehow, though!)
This.
Regarding fusion being "Generation 5's 'thing'", while it isn't exclusive to Generation 5 (similar to fixed and transient form changing from the generations that you mentioned), I feel like it is still heavily associated with Generation 5 due to heavy promotion (particularly with Kyurem showcasing fusion twice as a mascot, since Pok?mon Black 1/White 1 don't really have a noted battle gimmick of their own, and since it drives part of the lore/plot (the Original Dragon stuff and Kyurem's 2 "Absofusions".
As for the newfound "Necrozma armor" for Solgaleo and Lunala, I guess it depends on how one defines the concept of "fusion" - particularly whether the armor is even Necrozma itself or just black prisms that coincidentally happen to resemble Necrozma.. And if the armor is actually Necrozma itself, is Necrozma still sentient in that form or not? (I personally believe that the armor is Necrozma itself who might be still sentient, but we'll see..)
I would argue that the "Necrozma parts" can at the very least be defined as a union with Solgaleo and Lunala. While they do appear to manifest more as armor and not necessarily as a biological fusion, some parts look embedded in the body, like the things on Solgaleo's claws - with the embedding, to me, resembling things like artificial limbs/grafts, implanted dentures, and ocular (eye) implants, all of which may be said to be biologically fused with someone's main body. If things like Slowbro/Slowking (basically a morphed Shellder biting onto Slowpoke's tail or head) and Magneton (basically 3 Magnemite floating in near/close proximity in each other, probably with something like augmented electromagnetic and/or intermolecular forces and all that jazz) can be regarded as fusions, I don't see why the physically-touching Necrozma-parts of the cosmic duo can't be considered as fusions, either..
The Necrozma-armored forms kind of remind me of the Bio-merging transformations/process from Digimon Tamers (which manifests as a sentient kid in a bubble with huge sentient monster-based body armor), as well as the formation of the Red Ranger Battilizers from Power Rangers SPD (armor made from a semi-sentient dismembered robotic dog) and Power Rangers Mystic Force (armor made from a sentient dragon). In those cases, everything is synergistically fused if not biologically fused - the Mystic Force example is probably the best, since you have a sentient biological dragon acting as technological armor similarly to what it looks like Necrozma will do in US/UM. Additionally, some of Necrozma's parts are interlocking with Solgaleo and Lunala - if they were machines, I think few people would hesitate to call the resulting unified entity a "fusion"..
In any case, with Necrozma alone, it seems like US/UM will have their hands full to focus on Mega Evolution properly. I just hope that Mega Evolution doesn't become deprecated in the near future as a gimmick - it's a perfectly usable mechanic that has room for improvement, and it has had a lot of time dedicated to promoting it already. No need to toss all of that effort to the wayside. Admittedly, it would be nice if the number of items involved with Mega Evolution could be reduced, because the sheer amount of items that need to be sustained across generations is getting to be ridiculous now..
