Tauros or Buffalon?

Started by Ayselipera December 12th, 2010 3:22 PM
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Which do you prefer?

After seeing the Hitmon's or Ki's thread it got me wondering about other similar Pokemon. Which brought me to one of my two favorite similar Pokemon, Tauros and Buffalon.


Tauros or Buffalon

Similarities:
- Normal type
- Bison/Bull based
- Physical attackers
- Single stage family
- Stat total of 490

Differences:
- Tauros is much speedier
- Buffalon is a better special defender
- Tauros is strictly male
- Buffalon is 50% either gender

So which Pokemon do you prefer, Tauros or Buffalon and why?

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I rike Tauros more for battle because of its speed.
But since I never use Tauros in battle anyway, I like Buffalon a lot better because of its afro. xD

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Oh my god, I love both of them. <3 <3
I really would have liked there to be a Pokémon that would evolve into either Tauros, Miltank, or Buffalon depending on conditions because that would be really, really cool.
In any case, I find it really hard to decide between them. I haven't used either in battle, and I love both of their designs... AUGH.
Right now I'm gonna say Buffalon. That may or may not change.
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i prefer buffalon.....i never really paid attentionn to it but now that ive seen it on this thread it looks pretty cool....
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Wow, next to Luvdisc and Mamanbou, Buffalon and Tauros are the most similar non-related pokemon. Seriously, They look exactly alike, except Buffalon is darker, has an afro, and has gold rings around its horns.

Anyway, back on topic, Tauros is definitly better design-wise. Honestly, Buffalon is just a fancy tauros with the aforementioned differences. But i still love Buffalon's design. I guess nostalgia wins it for me... it would be awesome is tauros evolved into Buffalon, only if buffalon had higher stats
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I like both, but I like Tauros better because it can actually hurt stuff before they hurt him. Buffalon has his coolness, too; Afro Break is at the same power as Double Edge, but with less recoil. It also has Herbivore to give itself an immunity to Grass moves and boost its power.

In other words:
Preference in terms of battling: Tauros

Preference in terms of design: Buffaon

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I like Tauros because of it's speed, but it just doesn't cut it in battling </3
I picked Buffalon because of the AFRO.

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Buffalon is just a rip-off of Tauros- it should definitely be an evolution, not an unrelated Pokemon. Seriously, they're practically identical, except for horn size and afro presence.
Because of that, I have to go with the original, Tauros. At least the designers weren't being lazy when they made it.
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Buffalon. Bulls with afros = win.

Buffalon is just a rip-off of Tauros- it should definitely be an evolution, not an unrelated Pokemon. Seriously, they're practically identical, except for horn size and afro presence.
Because of that, I have to go with the original, Tauros. At least the designers weren't being lazy when they made it.

A LOT of work goes into designing. So saying it's "lazy" is invalid. Try making Fakemon, and you'll see how hard they busted their arses off. Ungrateful little witch.
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Buffalon is just a rip-off of Tauros- it should definitely be an evolution, not an unrelated Pokemon. Seriously, they're practically identical, except for horn size and afro presence.
Because of that, I have to go with the original, Tauros. At least the designers weren't being lazy when they made it.
A LOT of work goes into designing. So saying it's "lazy" is invalid. Try making Fakemon, and you'll see how hard they busted their arses off. Ungrateful little witch.
I think all Haberdasher is trying to say is that Buffalon is very similar to Tauros. So the designers didn't really have to go out of their way to think up a whole new Pokemon.

Anyways the only reason why it's similar is because the V generation is suppose to be completely separate from all the other Pokemon generations. In real life there may be some species of bird living on a continent while on another continent a relation of that bird that looks similar, but is different lives there. So it's not exactly that they were lazy, it's more like they were just making another species of bison/bulls.

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I like my bulls with afros. You don't get much better than that. Even better is that it has a signature move involving the afro. Sorry Tauros. lol
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Im gonna go for Buffalon, It has an afro. Honestly, I like it's looks better, looks stronger too. I agree with everyone else though, Tauros should evolve to Buffalon (Although, not sure where the afro would come from xD)
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Tauros as a battler, because I think the speed factor is pretty important.
In terms of design though, Buffalon takes it because of the afro! Being both male/female is also beneficial because Buffalon actually gets egg moves :)
Still find it strange that Aloe doesn't have a Buffalon though, even though she has similar hair :P

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I like em both but Tauros has proven itself already...

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