New Pokemon Type Discussion

Started by Blazing Rud July 11th, 2016 2:45 AM
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Do you want a new type?

Blazing Rud

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This thread I made for everyone to discuss about new types in Sun and Moon. Here discuss about some new types that could be included in sun and moon. Come up with some awesome ideas.
Also you can discuss about new Pokemon Type combinations which are ever seen before!!


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I don't think we need a new type this soon.

Right now we have 18 types. I think that leaves a little room for another type or two some time in the future (20 types seems like it would be ok) but we don't need one right now.
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I personally don't want or think we'll be getting a new type anytime soon, though it'd be neat to see one come gen 8 or 9. We only just got Fairy in the last generation, 6, so I don't see any real reason to already bring another on the scene, we likely won't get anymore for quite a while since before Fairy's introduction, the last time new types were introduced was in gen 2. That's a four generation gap, and as others said Fairy was only brought onto the scene thanks to the Dragon-type and it needing a counter besides Ice and... well, itself.

So while I don't see potential for any new types this generation, it's quite possible we could see one in the near future. I don't have any clue of what it could be though, I'm quite stumped there!

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Like the others said, we only just got Fairy-types last generation due to Dragon-types reaching overpowered levels not seen since 1st Gen Psychic-types, and therefore Dragon needed a better counter since Ice didn't have the defensive capabilities to do so.

18 types right now is just enough, and I just can't see anything else besides what we have now as fitting for a type so I think it's best to just leave the types as they currently are.
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If it took them 14 years to introduce a new type then I really can't see them needing to do so again for a long time. The Fairy-type was only added to nerf the Dragons slightly, now it is much more balanced.

As for new type combinations then I can definitely see this being the case for Sun & Moon. We have already seen some very interesting examples with only some of the new Pokemon revealed. A couple of new combinations I would particularly like to see are Bug/Dark and Ice/Fairy.
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There is no reason to add a new type right now. Everything is pretty well balanced. Having a type back to back would make little sense. The only reason they usually add typings is to balance out the type table. They added steel and dark because Ghost and Psychic were a bit overpowered. They added Fairy because Dragon was starting to become over powered.

If they were going to add a new type, we probably would already know something small about it.
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I used to be moderately on board with the idea of more types, but now I'd rather they just add more move classifications instead. By "classification", I mean how there's a whole group of Powder moves, or Ball and Bomb moves, and Pokémon types and abilities interact with these sorts of moves in different ways. I don't know if there's an official term for it, so I'll just keep using classification for now.

So just as a whole bunch of moves are classified as Sound moves rather than having a Sound type, other commonly requested new Types could become Classifications instead.

Wind would be a good one. A lot of Flying type moves would fall into this, but so would Fairy Wind, Silver Wind, and Twister, among others. Wind attacks could gain a slight boost when Tailwind is active, and could also gain priority from Gale Wings.

Light is another new Type which a Classification could do just as well. Solar Beam, Mirror Shot, Flash, and other moves would be classified as Light. A new hold item, Magnifying Glass, could add a chance to Burn to all moves in the Light Classification.

And I'm sure there are other new Types that could receive the same treatment.



(Wait, is this too far off topic? Should I spin it off into its own thread?)
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I used to be moderately on board with the idea of more types, but now I'd rather they just add more move classifications instead. By "classification", I mean how there's a whole group of Powder moves, or Ball and Bomb moves, and Pokémon types and abilities interact with these sorts of moves in different ways. I don't know if there's an official term for it, so I'll just keep using classification for now.

So just as a whole bunch of moves are classified as Sound moves rather than having a Sound type, other commonly requested new Types could become Classifications instead.

Wind would be a good one. A lot of Flying type moves would fall into this, but so would Fairy Wind, Silver Wind, and Twister, among others. Wind attacks could gain a slight boost when Tailwind is active, and could also gain priority from Gale Wings.

Light is another new Type which a Classification could do just as well. Solar Beam, Mirror Shot, Flash, and other moves would be classified as Light. A new hold item, Magnifying Glass, could add a chance to Burn to all moves in the Light Classification.

And I'm sure there are other new Types that could receive the same treatment.



(Wait, is this too far off topic? Should I spin it off into its own thread?)
I think your concept of "Classification" is spot on!
I want more interactions with pokemon's height and weight (for example Grass Knot), as well as Friendship needs to have a larger influence in move pools and abilities.

I otherwise have to agree with others, we have enough types, and with the addition of Fairy, I've been having to completely re-memorize weaknesses and resistances, and I would really prefer not to have to do that all over again in Gen 7. At this point adding more typings is just going to force people to have to study more about new typings and how they affect each individual weakness and resistance, and that would just make the game more complicated, which at this point is obviously counter productive to GF's goal of making everything easier for everyone especially younger children.

I would love to see more new type combinations in this new generation, obviously we have some real winners such as Bug/Fairy and Poison/Fire, so I think we should be expecting many more new type combos this time around. I really want to see a Grass/Fire, Electric/Poison, and Ice/Steel type pokemon. Those would be some seriously bad ass typing combinations.
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Dark and Steel were made due to Gen I having an OP type, Psychic. Fairy was made due to Dragon becoming OP by Gen V. We'll probably have to wait for another type to become OP in order to get another type chart shift. I can see that type being Fairy itself...
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As the others said, I don't think there's going to be another type in Sun and Moon. The Fairy-type was recently added and I don't think there's any overpowered pokémon type right now (like dragon-type was, that's why they added a new type). So, instead of a new type, I'd rather have new type combinations such as Ghost/Electric, Fire/Ice, Fairy/Ice, Ice/Dragon (besides Kyurem), etc... =D
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Woah! looks everyone is against for getting a new type. But what ever i have my own thoughts. I did like to see a new cosmic type. Some pokemon like Rayquaza, Deoxys, Xerneas and some others. Well that my thoughts and looks they doesn't match to anyone elses.

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I wouldn't exactly say that, Blazing Rud. While I do agree that there probably won't be any new types this generation, I personally believe that there's room in the chart for 2 more types, and I do believe Cosmic would be one of them . I think 20 types total is a nice rounded number


As for type combinations, there's still plenty to pick from. I would like to see more combos with Fairy, simply because it's the newest type
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Like Colours said, a Cosmic-type would seem too complicated plus I believe Psychic and Fairy seem to be covering that since there's a few Pokemon of those types with cosmic-like relations.
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Almost all of the Birds need to be fixed, They should be Bird Type and Mono Normal Type, not the other way around, or just Flying (The Normal Stab is nice, but it makes it so they receive regular damage from fighting types)

I may be saying this only because I like to organize my boxes by the First type and it's annoying that I have to put all of the Flying type Pokemon with the Normal Pokemon...but Who knows, I may not :P
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@ Colours and Hikamaru

True, I don't' know for certain what Cosmic would be good/weak against, but I know of a fact that it can qualify as a separate type. Psychic is strength of the mind. It has nothing to do with space And Fairy is geared toward mythology, fantasy, and fairytale stuff, as well as cuteness in general. Nothing really space-oriented there

Pokémon I can see as Cosmic type - Rayquaza, Elgyem, Beheeyem, Deoxys, Jirachi, and Solgaleo and Lunala
Pokémon that are a bit less likely to be Cosmic type, but still could be - Cleffa line, the Lati's, and maybe Dialga and Palkia

@ Khrysamere

I agree completely that most of the Normal/Flying type should be pure Flying. I also sort my boxes by type, and only the pure and the primary qualify. I don't like the idea of putting birds in with the Normal types. Birds area a separate group of animals, so they deserve to be sorted that way
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@ Colours and Hikamaru

True, I don't' know for certain what Cosmic would be good/weak against, but I know of a fact that it can qualify as a separate type. Psychic is strength of the mind. It has nothing to do with space And Fairy is geared toward mythology, fantasy, and fairytale stuff, as well as cuteness in general. Nothing really space-oriented there

Pokémon I can see as Cosmic type - Rayquaza, Elgyem, Beheeyem, Deoxys, Jirachi, and Solgaleo and Lunala
Pokémon that are a bit less likely to be Cosmic type, but still could be - Cleffa line, the Lati's, and maybe Dialga and Palkia

@ Khrysamere

I agree completely that most of the Normal/Flying type should be pure Flying. I also sort my boxes by type, and only the pure and the primary qualify. I don't like the idea of putting birds in with the Normal types. Birds area a separate group of animals, so they deserve to be sorted that way
I agree too for birds being non flying and normal they should go with pure flying type. Something like talonflame is also acceptable as they can make them with other type combinations. That is why rowlet id my Fav.{XD}

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True, I don't' know for certain what Cosmic would be good/weak against, but I know of a fact that it can qualify as a separate type. Psychic is strength of the mind. It has nothing to do with space And Fairy is geared toward mythology, fantasy, and fairytale stuff, as well as cuteness in general. Nothing really space-oriented there
No, but Psychic-type includes the kind of sci-fi/new age/space aliens idea you could touch "the universe" if you "opened your third eye" or whatever terminology they used. Maybe today we think of them as pretty separate, but aliens and space and mind powers were all lumped together into a kind of new age metaphysics. That's what the type covers (as well as "magic" in a sense). Most space-themed Pokemon are already Psychic-types for this ease. The only ones I can think of that are not Psychic are Cleffa/Clefairy/Clefable who have a moon-theme and fall under Fairy typing, which have some kind of moon association (like with the move Moonblast).

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No, but Psychic-type includes the kind of sci-fi/new age/space aliens idea you could touch "the universe" if you "opened your third eye" or whatever terminology they used. Maybe today we think of them as pretty separate, but aliens and space and mind powers were all lumped together into a kind of new age metaphysics. That's what the type covers (as well as "magic" in a sense). Most space-themed Pokemon are already Psychic-types for this ease. The only ones I can think of that are not Psychic are Cleffa/Clefairy/Clefable who have a moon-theme and fall under Fairy typing, which have some kind of moon association (like with the move Moonblast).
Well i dont think so psychics and aliens are same. As what i ave seen Aliens mainly use technology. And if it would be like psychic is = to alien then we have bi fear from them.{XD} Well you are correct that Cleffa/Clefairy/Clefable are moon themed but they could also get a secondary type as Cosmic.

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I'm definitely expecting following double types that would be sooo hyped
If they release one of those double types I'll have the Pokemon in my team immediately ^_^

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-Ghost/Psy (except Hoopa)
-Fire/Water (except Volcanion)
-Fire/Bug (except Volcarona)
-Fire/Steel (except Heatran)
-Ghost/Fairy
-Fire/Poison - Oh wait they've got this Salandit thing going on \o
-Fighting/Fairy
-Ghost/Normal - Ahhh I want!
-Fire/Grass
-Ground/Fairy
-Steel/Poison oh gosh
-Fighting/Electric
-Dragon/Bug (Mega Flygon of some sort)
-Poison/Electric (Smogon community has built a fantastic fakemon of this type)
-Psy/Electric
-Psy/Poison
-Psy/Bug (along with Butterfree Mega)
-Fairy/Dark
-Electric/Dark (Mega Luxray <3)
-Ice/Fairy (Dewgong mega?)
-Fairy/Bug
-Fighting/Ice
-Normal/Dark (just for the second immunity)
-Normal/Steel (ditto)


About new added types I've seen not so many on fan site, always the same come back, it being Sound, Beast, Chaos, Cosmic,....
Well I have not that much inspiration but I keep in my heart this type from this Gen II Hack.... What was it? But the type was Crystal. Interesting set of weaknesses and resistances... Resists Electric, Rock, Ground but weak to water and fire, or something...

Another type I liked a lot was Blood type. Can't remember the set of weaknesses/resistances either but the owner of the idea was talking about associating all Normal claw-related moves to this type (Slash, Scratch, Fury swipes)...

And when I look to the type chart (which is very complicated and complete now, I must admit ^^), I can figure a bit that the following type would be funny and strategic to play :

Effective against/Water, Electric, Fire, Fighting
Not effective against/Ice, Grass, Psy, Rock, Dark
Resisted on/Fire, Fighting, Rock, Ground
Weakened on/Grass, Dark, Psy, Poison

Note that I don't have any idea how to name this nor justify these characteristics with logic, I just took all the types that in my mind lack something *insert confession bear pic here*

Nintendo always has a way to justify type weaknesses and resistances. But technically you can do whatever you want, that's really fun.
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I'm not a huge fan of the idea of adding any more types just yet. I was in favour of another type last gen, wasn't too impressed with what we got, though.

Would rather they didn't go through and start reassigning types for a load of Pokémon too.
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It would be awesome getting more and more types as time passes by. Maybe a GLASS or PAPER type pokemon, or maybe even a SMOKE type pokemon. I mean to say that there are a lot of possibilities for new types, albeit I don't think something like this is going to happen, because introduction of new types is quite rare, they've been introduced in only 2 gens so far(excluding RBY).

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