Pokemon themes

Started by Megan October 16th, 2020 1:56 AM
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Let's take the Porygon line as an example. They in general depict an advance in technology:
- Porygon represents early 3D graphics advances
- Porygon2 represents the advanced and polished modern day 3D graphics
- Porygon-Z has a more futuristic take

In that regard:
Which Pokemon's theme do you like?
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I didn’t think of that, that’s awesome!

Beldum line for me. I love how metang is basically two beldum attached to a main part, and metagross is four. That’s more for an interesting design than anything though!

Magikarp and Gyarados are A+ too. Basing a Pokémon off of the Chinese legend of a carp that jumped over the dragon gate to become a dragon (or dragon-like Pokémon in this case) is really cool and adds a lot of personality to its lore.

Wikipedia entry:

“The concept of Magikarp evolving into Gyarados is loosely based on the Chinese mythological tale of the Carps leaping over the Dragon Gate. According to the legend, carps that leap over a legendary waterfall, referred to as the Dragon Gate, are transformed into dragons.”

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The Applin line, in my opinion, is one of the most cleverly designed evolutionary lines ever made. It's quite literally "a Wyrm in an apple", which is a neat play on words. Flapple turning into a fruity Bakugan and Appletun somehow making a pie-themed design work really well certainly makes it cooler. I like how a sour apple makes it more aggressive, and how a sweet apple fattens it up.

Also I really like how extensive the lore for the Tao trio is. I just can't put into words how well Reshiram, Zekrom, and Kyurem's themes are incorporated in the games (although I feel like swapping Reshiram and Zekrom's colors would work better).