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Hikamaru February 28th, 2016 12:30 AM

New Pikaclone speculation
 
We already have threads speculating possible designs for the new early rodent, bird and bug, but I figured we need one for Pikaclones as well, the small Electric-type rodents that have a physical resemblance to Pikachu. What type of rodent are you hoping for the next Pikaclone, or what secondary type it may have besides Electric?

MarinoKadame February 28th, 2016 3:53 AM

Old world Porcupine for the Electric one.

pkmin3033 February 28th, 2016 4:21 AM

I'd quite like to see a slightly larger Pikaclone than is customary, just for a change, they're always small, cute little balls of fluff...so maybe a Rock/Electric one based on a rock hyrax? One based on a springhare would be quite interesting, too!

Rivvon February 28th, 2016 4:43 AM

I just hopped on over from the fossil speculation thread to say that having our "obligatory electric rodent" double as a fossil Pokémon would be a really neat spin on both ideas. Not to mention that Electric/Rock is still an unused Type combination.

Sabrewulf238 February 28th, 2016 5:12 AM

Well ideally there would be no pikaclone but since that isn't happening.

I'd at least like a pikaclone that isn't predominately yellow, like Pachirisu. I think it would be interesting if they took a leaf out of Magearnas book and had an Electric/Steel pikabot Pokemon.

classiccartoonsftw February 28th, 2016 5:26 AM

I honestly don't want a new Pikaclone. I'd rather have an evolution for an existing Pikaclone.

Master of Memes February 28th, 2016 6:10 AM

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Originally Posted by classiccartoonsftw (Post 9138990)
I honestly don't want a new Pikaclone. I'd rather have an evolution for an existing Pikaclone.

Then all of them would need one. And not all Pikaclones have to be an Electric type. I do hope though that we get an Electric/Psychic Supernova Lemming.

tommzy09 February 28th, 2016 6:12 AM

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illumine February 28th, 2016 7:48 AM

I think it's pretty much tradition by now that Pikaclones have to fly.

In that sense, they could just replace one of the early birds with a Pikaclone and kill two birds with one stone. It could be named EMOCORE or some appealing name along those lines.

Thepowaofhax February 28th, 2016 7:57 AM

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Originally Posted by illumine (Post 9139181)
I think it's pretty much tradition by now that Pikaclones have to fly.

In that sense, they could just replace one of the early birds with a Pikaclone and kill two birds with one stone. It could be named EMOCORE or some appealing name along those lines.

Actually, there has only been one pikaclone that can fly. The rest are pure electric from my knowledge.

Seeing as our region could be a tropical region, it could be quite easy to add in a Pikaclone based on the Capybara. This would probably make it Electric/Water due to the Capybara being a more amphibious rodent.

Hikamaru February 28th, 2016 8:01 AM

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Originally Posted by illumine (Post 9139181)
I think it's pretty much tradition by now that Pikaclones have to fly.

...except that the only real flying Pikaclone so far is Emolga.

Looking at their designs, we've had rabbits (Plusle and Minun), a squirrel (Pachirisu), a squirrel-crossover-with-sugar glider (Emolga) and a hamster (Dedenne). I hope the next Pikaclone rodent should be a porcupine or a raccoon. I could imagine how said designs would look adorable as a Pikaclone.

illumine February 28th, 2016 8:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Thepowaofhax (Post 9139193)
Actually, there has only been one pikaclone that can fly. The rest are pure-electric.

Sure, that was flippant. You would expect the paucity of the peculiar flying Pikaclones - an interesting trope in regards to the flamboyant public image of the yellow rat, that might take this to the point of slightly humorous exaggeration - to make this more rather than less clear.

Pinkie-Dawn February 28th, 2016 8:21 AM

We've been getting Pikaclones with secondary typings since Gen 5, so expect expect another dual-typed Pikaclone this gen. The rodent species for one I have no idea, but it certainly can't be a capybara (I see it more appropriate as an early route rodent).

Esper February 28th, 2016 8:38 AM

I wouldn't mind seeing a rodent that breaks the mold in terms of design, like maybe one that's "ugly cute" like a pug (but not a pug of course). Go ahead and make it a capybara since they're kinda weird looking. Make it a really slow, defensive and tough 'mon. Let it be the new game's Slowpoke.

Thepowaofhax February 28th, 2016 8:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Pinkie-Dawn (Post 9139235)
We've been getting Pikaclones with secondary typings since Gen 5, so expect expect another dual-typed Pikaclone this gen. The rodent species for one I have no idea, but it certainly can't be a capybara (I see it more appropriate as an early route rodent).

It'll probably depend on where the starting town will be. If there are plenty of watering holes or rivers near the starting areas, I could see a capybara being the early rodent, but it would be a glorified Bibarel.

PageEmp February 28th, 2016 11:27 PM

I'm actually expecting that there wouldn't be one.

Mawa February 29th, 2016 6:30 PM

I want to see a electric-type rodent (or something close). You know, like a kinda electric Bidoof :k

Z25 February 29th, 2016 7:05 PM

A hamster would be neat.

We really don't have one. Dedene is close, but it doesn't match exactly.

Electric and ground hamster or electric and rock or electric and fighting could all work based on design.

cmtthws92 February 29th, 2016 7:10 PM

Pikaclone? I can easily do that in Red and Blue.

BettyNewbie February 29th, 2016 9:53 PM

I'd rather there be no more Pikaclones, to be honest. We already have Pikachu's family, Plusle/Minun, Pachirisu, Emolga, and Dedenne, why do we need any others? Gen 7 needs to break from these formulaic design choices that have driven the series into the ground.

Wanna' showcase an electric rodent? Give Raichu its dang Mega, preferably Electric/Fairy or Electric/Fighting. It could even have Pikachu's coloring, if you must. Just anything to keep the poor thing from being completely overshadowed by its pre-evolution.

Famon February 29th, 2016 10:09 PM

Maybe , We should get a more feminine version of Pikachu.

illumine February 29th, 2016 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Famon (Post 9141963)
Maybe , We should get a more feminine version of Pikachu.

That wasn't already Harry Potter, a while ago?

Still, though, there have been slightly feminine Pikaclones in the past, although mostly paired up with males of the type. A female Pikachu would face the issue of having to cling onto the symbolic Pikachu for legitimacy, while mostly being in the shadow of that, and perhaps dragging it down a bit if the pairing of this form were made too explicit. That said, there is always a possibility, and perhaps it could evolve via the Sun Stone to keep in tune with the anime, and this could be controversial because of its hairstyle or whatever respectable people discuss about the anime at this point.

Desert Stream~ March 3rd, 2016 7:52 PM

An electric rodent that looks NOTHING like pikachu. It is the most OVERRATED POKEMON IN EXISTANCE. Dedenne was the very definition of Pikaclone. Like they weren't even trying.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire March 3rd, 2016 7:56 PM

What rodent would they use anyways? Maybe it'll be non-electric like Marill in Gen II (people called it Pikablu)

Desert Stream~ March 3rd, 2016 7:57 PM

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Originally Posted by OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire (Post 9146166)
What rodent would they use anyways? Maybe it'll be non-electric like Marill in Gen II (people called it Pikablu)

Parishu, emolga, plusle, minun didn't really resemble pikachu


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