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DarkDon43 November 2nd, 2016 9:00 PM

There is nothing wrong with Alolan Persian
 
I don't get why everyone is hating on poor Alolan Persain. Here's what people think of Alolan Persain
[IMG]http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3/ToxicHD345/Alola_zpsmsdugqss.png[/IMG]

DarkDon43 November 2nd, 2016 9:09 PM

I see. I was trying to make Alolan Persian cool

Smash Brony November 2nd, 2016 9:18 PM

The way I see it, it's pretty much a choice of power (Alolan) vs. style (normal).

I don't know this for sure, but Alolan Persian has Fur Coat, which cuts physical damage in half & I think it also can have technician... Depending on what it stat spread is, it could be more powerful than the normal Persian.

Pinkie-Dawn November 2nd, 2016 10:12 PM

It's because of its head. Instead of having its normal majestic head, it gets a Garfield/Heathcliff-ish head design. Compared to other Alolan forms, who still keep their normal heads from their regular forms, Persian got the worst treatment.

Rivvon November 3rd, 2016 3:08 AM

It's because instead of making the entire thing fluffy and long-haired, like actual persian cats, they made just the face swollen. It's like someone was learning about the Photoshop bloat tool for the first time, used it once on regular Persian's face, and called it a day.

The silly face wouldn't be so much of an issue if the rest of the body was fluffy to match it. At least for me.

blue November 3rd, 2016 3:12 AM

I just think they could have done a much better job with the design. Maybe it's just me, but for a Pokémon like Persian it really doesn't suit having that comical goofy face. Alolan Persian is by no means the worst Alolan form, and It's great to see people who do like this design, just for me it's not all that great.

Florges November 3rd, 2016 3:24 AM

Style. That's it. I understand the lore behind it, but the style for it is wrong. If you want to make it an actual Persian, you need to show off its fluffiness. Instead, you just made it look like it was stung by a bunch of bees.

Azire November 3rd, 2016 5:24 AM

It just looks really stupid. To me it looks like the Pokémon that rides the short bus to school. To be fair though, I feel GameFreak has really dropped the ball this Generation.

The leaks actually lowered my excitement for the new games. So many Pokémon are just so stupid. Alolan forms were cool at first, but then we saw all of them. It's like GF just showed us all of the cool stuff first and then saved all the garbage for later/leaks.

At least this Gen has some of the best Starters, at least how they look.

Mikewind November 3rd, 2016 6:28 AM

Every time I look at it I see this

http://imgur.com/a/IJBEl

5qwerty November 3rd, 2016 7:48 AM

copy from /r/pokemon:
Spoiler:
your persian vs the persian she tells you not to worry about
http://i.imgur.com/ok3JrCY.jpg


I feel like its face just looks so stupid. It's fat but I feel like it still thinks it's not or something.

Rengoku November 3rd, 2016 8:31 AM

Alolan Persians are seriously the reason why they were bred by the royal initially and ended up strays after Alolan Meowths evolved. :p

classiccartoonsftw November 3rd, 2016 8:38 AM

I don't hate Alola Persian, but it's still my least favourite Alola form because it looks much less vicious compared to regular Persian. The big head doesn't help it.

DarkDon43 November 3rd, 2016 8:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 5qwerty (Post 9474101)
copy from /r/pokemon:
Spoiler:
your persian vs the persian she tells you not to worry about
http://i.imgur.com/ok3JrCY.jpg


I feel like its face just looks so stupid. It's fat but I feel like it still thinks it's not or something.

LOL I didn't expect that!

Spinosaurus November 3rd, 2016 12:17 PM

It looks incredibly goofy.

That's why it's great.

Nah November 3rd, 2016 2:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spinosaurus (Post 9474362)
It looks incredibly goofy.

That's why it's great.

It's fine if it's goofy looking, but I feel like they could've done a better job making it look goofy really.

TrendyHipsta November 3rd, 2016 2:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nah (Post 9474553)
It's fine if it's goofy looking, but I feel like they could've done a better job making it look goofy really.

I agree! If you gonna make it goofy do it all the way! Like Alolan Exeggutor and Dugtrio.

Ducolamia November 3rd, 2016 3:07 PM

Alolan Persian looks very ugly to me. If they made it's body more proportionate to it's head, maybe I could tolerate it more, but as it stands, it really doesn't settle with me. I guess the joke is that's it's supposed to look ugly, but in my mind Gamefreak trolled us again XP

At least be like Alolan Dugtrio and go all the way. I prefer fabulous hair like Mega Ampharos in comparison with Puffy Bee-Sting Faced Persian.

tokyodrift November 3rd, 2016 4:10 PM

It's proportions are just way off, and that's why I dislike it. I understand it's lore, but they just missed the mark with this one unfortunately.

Zoinkity November 3rd, 2016 4:44 PM

Actual teacup persians do look weird though. Behold this shaded golden teacup persian:
http://dollfacepersiankittens.com/wp-content/flagallery/teacuppersiankittens/thumbs/thumbs_0458.jpg
Nothing--nothing--is weirder than nature.

Mawa November 3rd, 2016 5:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nah (Post 9474553)
It's fine if it's goofy looking, but I feel like they could've done a better job making it look goofy really.

I agree with this.

GameFreak gave us the goofy looks with Exeggutor and Dugtrio (Diglett is worst imo XD). Imo, they did it well. It's funny. But Persian... I don't know... maybe the Pokemon is just too serious in the first place? I mean, Exeggutor is goofy even in it's "real" form! Dugtrio is a little bit goofy too. But Persian is majestic and it deserve a treatment like Ninetails!

PageEmp November 3rd, 2016 9:34 PM

I just don't like it honestly. Out of all the Alolan forms this one is my least favourite, because I think its just hideous to look at. I think it's the giant round head that ticks me off.

LyokoGirl5000 November 4th, 2016 1:36 PM

I think Alolan Persian is cute in an ugly sort of way. It's ugly cute!

kingdenas November 4th, 2016 4:13 PM

I thought Persian would become more elegant and vain, since it was bred by the ROYAL Family of Alola. But ... I just feel like GF got lazy and just made its head larger... I don't understand how "the round face of Alolan Persian is a symbol of the rich Alola region, and it is held to be a Pokémon of great beauty", like the website says '-' I find it ugly and boring :c

Personally I would love if Alola Persian looked like this:

Attribule November 4th, 2016 7:02 PM

People were expecting elegance because of it being owned and bred by rich snobs? The reality is that such people often breed animals to look horribly disfigured all things considered. Dog breeds are filled with borderline chimeric abominations in real life, for example. It's common for "prized breeds" to come with quite a number of health risks and deformities -- often most apparent in the head/face of the animal.

Alolan Persian honestly makes complete sense to me. Is it "good looking"? No. But not everything in the real world animal kingdom is some feast for the eyes, so I don't think it's fair to think Pokemon designs have to be any different.

Some people want everything to appeal to them, and when something doesn't "it's bad design". "It could have looked this way"; "If it were up to me". Irrelevant. If Pokemon designs were up to me not a single "cute" or "beautiful" Pokemon would exist. Say goodbye to your Eevees, Milotics and Audinos, bois. But Pokemon is meant for more than just me and my tastes and preferences. Boo hoo if a design was "ruined", but one man's trash is another man's treasure as they say.

Vidxad November 4th, 2016 8:00 PM

It's just not a very appealing design in my opinion. There's so much cool fan art and GameFreak just smashed is face and and changed his color.


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