Should We Have a Light-Type?

[AuroraHearts]

i say yes...

because without light, you could not have dark...
that and also because god said so :3

 

[JP]

I voted no. I just don't think it's necessary. At this point, all it would do is mess up the balance we already have established with all the other types.

 

[Haza]

i say yes...

because without light, you could not have dark...
that and also because god said so :3

Haha, fyi, Satan is the Angel of Light just in case you didn't know, but beyond that! :P

 

[Zebeedoo]

No. There hasn't ever been any new types released I don't think. Plus we already have 493 Poke'mon. There isn't any need for a new type in my opinion. (:

 

[coconutberry]

I honestly don't care either way. It might be cool -- I don't see what would be so horrible about it. But I don't exactly see the point of it either. But to be honest, if they introduced a new type, it wouldn't make things any harder. After you get used to the game, you get pretty familiar with the types. I've never found remembering the combinations hard, really.

 

[Code]

i say yes...

because without light, you could not have dark...
that and also because god said so :3

Would you like to live in a world where Espeon was a light type? I'd hate it...

-Psychic pretty much fills the role of light, and they use their psychic powers to mess with Fighting's bwains.

-Darkness shades the light away.

-Fighting uses Low Kick to kick darkness's butt.

-Light comes in as the "fifth wheel" and kicks Psychic and Darkness back to the stone age. Barely affects fighting. Fighting can't attack it. I mean, ever tried to attack light with your fists?
XD

 

[Silver_Seoul]

Actually, Code, I have. x)

I punched my lamp because it wouldn't turn on. Bad idea. Also, turned out it had just been unplugged. ^__^;

To answer the polls question, no. Fighting/Psychic are already the "Light Types." Dark was introduced to rule out the Psychic's broken advantages of Generation 1, and Fighting is strong against Dark. I think it's generally seen that Dark types fight unfairly, seen through their moves such as Thief, Snatch, and Beat up, as opposed to the Fighting Type battling honorably. Or something like that. :P

 

[.Gamer]

If they do, it would be worst idea since Rhyperior. Its not called for and it really doesn't accomplish anything. I mean Normal is close enough to Light-Type, lets just leave it at that. Why add another type to make the metagame more of a clustermuck? Its fine as it is, GameFreak should learn something, which quite frankly I don't think they have learned yet, "if its not broke, don't fix it." Steel and Dark we necessary because Psychic and Ghost-types were too strong in Gen1, so they had to balance it out and add in some resists/counters, but no type is really broken anymore, in-game or otherwise, so why would Light-Type be so good?

The answer:

Spoiler:

It wouldn't be.

 

[~GodricGryffindor9~]

I think a light type is way to unnecessary. Therefore it would not be a good idea to add 1 more type to the other 17 types when they should have kept the normal type out anyway. 16 types is all that's necessary.

 

[インフェルノの津波]

Either we will or we won't, but I say NAY.

 

[Luck]

"They type chart is already perfect."
Yeah, because the Steel type isn't overpowered at all :/
Poison types are only strong against grass, and ice types only resist themselves. I'd hate to see what is imperfect if that's perfect to you.

I think light represents divinity, and I have yet to see a pokemon that actually compels me to believe that it is holy.
No other pokemon fits divinity; and honestly, normal fits light? I fail to see how that works. Don't try to bring up the "it's not logical" card, because if anything, light is more of a type than dragon is.

It would be a bit confusing to see how it works at first, but I actually support the idea since I can actually remember one extra type and find it a logical choice should they have any actual holy being in Black/White.

 

[~GodricGryffindor9~]

You do make a good point with the dragon type thing. But still I like the type set more or less the way it is. ( Of course could do without normal )

 

[GlitchCity]

We really dont have a need for another type, but I would think it would be pretty cool. Light vs Dark, makes sense right? Psychic vs Dark, doesnt make any sense seeing that psychic has no effect on dark types.

 

[Shuckleman]

My ideas

OK, so light moves would be super effective to dark type pokemon, dark would be super effective to light type pokemon, light would also be weak to poison, and poison weak to light.

This sound like it could work.

 

[Kirbychu]

Its fine as it is, GameFreak should learn something, which quite frankly I don't think they have learned yet, "if its not broke, don't fix it."

Besides the fact that they've been rehashing the same plot for each game for almost 15 years. :x

 

[MantisboyN]

Isnt normal type pretty much light type?

 

[PKFL_531]

Here is what I have so far...

There are moves that involve light as purely something that provides illumination. As stated before, we already have aroura beam, mirror shot, doom desire, sunlight, sunny day, spark, flash, etc... They all involve, in some way, providing illumination to the battle. However, we have not addressed another problem.

Dark-type is not solely taking illumination away, it's using cheap-tricks and cheating to get what you want. I've looked over the entire list of moves for dark-type, and there is no move that involves taking illumination away. They are all tricks and forms of cheating that would normally be looked down on, such as taunting(Torment & Taunt), ganging up on someone(Beat Up), stealing their items(Thief), or striking them when they're not looking(Night Slash).

People are looking at Light-type and thinking it's a type for illumination, others look at it and see angels, holiness, and all that is 'good'. Light-type is a really good idea, but it might not be necessary. We already have a type that looks at the altruistic and harmonic views of battling, such as making your foe fall in love with you(Attract), charming your opponent(Charm), asking kindly for their item(Covet), and showing their affection to their trainer by battling as hard as they can(Return). We can might as well have a new type for this, and it will probably come along with another type to balance out the chart in case Light-type tips it off.

 

[champ4life]

The Light type would probably be...

RESISTANT TO

Dark
Poison
Fight
Ghost

WEAK TO

Fire
Water
Grass
(Idk I though that mabye it doesnt like destroying elemants. :|

THis is only if Light Type means Anti-Evil

 

[Superjub]

Okay, I'm torn between both sides... :\ :\ :\

There are many pros of a Light type! :) For example, many Pokemon such as Illumise and Volbeat could easily become the light type. :P Plus, there is a dark type, so why not a light type? :\ it's only fair! :)

On the other side, we already have 17 types! :O Plus, some of them are unnecessary, like rock and ground could easily become Earth. :\

But a cosmic/lunar type would be great, y/n? :D :D :D :D :D

 

[Esmas]

It would be cool, but it would throw competitive battling quite off balance. As long as it's as rare and "sacred" as the Dragon-type was, then it would be fine imo.