One thing I only saw mentioned only once here, in an aside, is the fact that there are currently two pokemon, Sableye and Spiritomb, with no weaknesses at all. I think that the fact that there is such a combination alone warrants the introduction of a new type: based on types alone, the weakness chart is still unbalanced. It would make the most sense for Light to be effective against Dark, with Dark also being effective against Light to reinforce the yin-yang symbolism. Also, Poison really does deserve another type weak to it, and adding a new type would make more sense than changing an existing one.
As said, those two Pokemon are not much or a problem at all, for their typing is balanced (although tbh on the whole they are not strong at all, particularly Sableye =P) due to their stats and maybe movepool to a degree as well, but more so the stats. That's the more telling thing about Pokemon individually - you can have the best typing but if you're barely stronger than Sunkern it's not going to help you much.
Never mind that Dark being weak to Light would likely cause it to be nerfed way too much - it's not easy to tell the effect a new type might have on the whole game, really.
Hello everybody. Sorry for not being on this thread for a bit. I swear, Pokemon Black and White Threads are spreading faster than a Bellsprout using Growth.
You expected any differently? =P
I see several fans of the wonderous world of Pokemon intrigued about the concept of Light Type Pokemon. Most think that when I said what I did I implyed that I think that there MUST be a Light Type. I don't think that whatsoever. About 10 posters said the same thing: "I don't think a light type is neccesary". I agree. It ISN'T neccesarry, but it would be nice. I think it would be a great way to get rid of the rediculous power Dragon Types have (Ice being their only weakness is rather irritating) and to give Poison and Bug Types the power they deserve. It would obviously be effective on Dark Types.
Dragon are also weak to themselves, you know. =P And since were dark types overpowered? And as my previous post stated, there is many a reason why I don't think it's nice or necessary, simply due to the negative impacts it would likely/will carry.
Furthermore the 'fans think it intriguing' part doesn't make it necessarily good... when you look at a huge range of fan ideas, many of them are actually not that good in practise. I just feel that a new type lies near that point. =P
Alot of you seem to not like the Steel type and hope that Light will destory it. Honestly, I don't see anything wrong with Steel whatsoever. The type does have it's weaknesses and due to the minimal amount of Steel types I think it's ok. As Fighting Types have high Attack, and Electric Types have high Speed; Steel type has high Special Defense which is fine. Most Types work like that.
As stated - Steel types have high sp defense wut? Can't say I'm convinced by your claim that you've played all of those games and know everything about Pokemon tbh, just saying. =/ Some mistake here and there and all...
Now most of you seem concerned that the Light Type would be complicated/overpowering. This is not neccesarily true. The aforemention Poison and Bug Types as well as the Grass and Rock types would be Super-Effective, while Dark, Ghost and Water would be crippled. A very small amount of Pokemon would need to be changed (Lanturn and Ampharos specifically).
I'm not convinced that would be the problem - my qualm is that it would, whether it is overpowered/underpowered itself or not, would cause other types to be imbalanced (as well as other stuff in my previous post). And tbh... that system there sounds complicated to me simply because it doesn't make much sense to me. =/ Why are those types strong against a light type? Rock strong against Light types...why? Or Water types? =//
The way you're advertising isn't convincing me, have to admit.
And onto another point - changing previous pokemon's types, which;d be just odd and throw people into a loop. Lanturn is no longer Water/Electric but... Water/Light? But it's been established for over 10 years that it's Water Electric! Does this mean every other electric type (seeing electricity gives off light) becomes a Light type as well? As said, it was ok to change a few into Steel types (namely Magnemite) in 2nd gen because the games were relatively new, but now it's more a problem of 'it's too late without screwing up the well-established canon'.
Here is what I think is the most important part of this debate: Will they even do it? I think absolutely yes. Considering the vast amount of themes involving Yin and Yang, and Light and Dark (For God's sake the games are called Black and White) that they will do it. I don't see a reason why not. It would be the perfect moment for GameFreak to add it. Fans have been wanting a new Type and have been speculating a "Light Type" since Generation II and my guess is that Satoshi Tajiri-Sensei will pull through and give the fans what they want.
Nope, doesn't mean they will by a long shot. Black and White can just refer to good and evil, or ying and yang, and doesn't 'need' a new type to have such themes. Believe me, people were saying that they would for 4th gen as well, and it didn't happen - vague title names don't make it far more likely now either.
