fenyx4
HOENN CONFIRMED!
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In before Dual Wielding (and Oven Logic)! :P
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...why is it pink? XD
Mixed feelings to this. I knew about the announcement about 2 days prior, but I was anticipating that Oorooto would be officially revealed in English Pokemon media (and now we have yet another Pokemon that gets the English-reveal jump of Oorooto! That is just baffling. XD). Thankfully, "never-before-seen" Pokemon actually meant "never before seen" and not "never before seen in English media". It's interesting that the English media was able to do the reveal ahead of Corocoro magazine or the Japanese Pokemon website; I've hope they've updated as well, though, because we should really be pushing the "simultaneous worldwide reveal" and not reveals that are exclusive to one country/region... Anyway..
The name is...rather basic. 0_o I can't lambast it too much, as it at least it tries to be more punny and portmanteau-ish as opposed to the name of "Talonflame" (that one could count as a potential portmanteau of talon and inflame...although I feel that's stretching it a bit because I imagine most people, myself included, will simply read it as the utterly agonizingly simplistic "talon + flame" at first glance) I'm still thinking of a better alternative (as I don't like I'm in a good position to be complaining about Pokemon names much unless I can come up with a better alternative); the only ones I have are Twinives (twin + knives, also incorporating "win" because I can tell Honedge's evolution is likely going to pwn like crazy), Nittor"something" (ni, Japanese for "two/2", and "tor...", because it sounded cool and resembles the word tear, but I can't think of any good words beginning with "tor" at the moment). I don't see many good words for "two" and "double" in other languages, although there's doppel...
My thoughts exactly. {XD}
Well, technically, we don't know what the root words are if the localizers don't specify them (although, like many may do, I'm inclined to believe that "double + blade" is the easiest origin to identify), so any pronunciation should be valid, at least in my opinion. :P For all we know, there may be the word doub in some other foreign language that's pronounced like "doo" and was subtly included in Doublade's name simply because Rule of Cool.
I agree; I got a slight shield motif as well from Doublade's design. In all, Doublade is cool merely because it retains Honedge's design (sans the blue colors) yet it just multiplies it by 2. I really wish that Doublade's "hilt ribbon" thing was red-hued, because I don't want to be fighting with "2 swords that are pink-ribboned". >.< I was expecting an all-new Pokemon (or evolution), but a Honedge evolution definitely surprised me; Honedge looked fine as it was by itself. The thing that most excites is that this revelation gives the Honedge line a better chance of being competitively viable (it fortunately retains the same ability as well!).
I can also see the Genwunners crying out about the laziness of the design (adding another "head/entity" of sorts, just like in Generation 5 with Klinklang and co.), only to see other fans use several "beloved" Generation 1 designs (Magneton, Dodrio, Dugtrio, etc. Yes, those employ 3 entities rather than two, but it's basic math that amounts to the same concept) as a counter-point... -_-
Nevertheless, I like swords, so two swords, as Lloyd Irving delicately stated, is even better! ^^ Doublade is still a prime Pokemon in my eyes..rather underwhelming, yet retains the awesome edge that Honedge possesses. My main hope is that Doublade's shiny coloration utilizes red hilt-ribbons, because that pink just is not working for me like the blue did. :<
EDIT: Still nicknaming my Doublade Hexcalibur. And Doublade had better learn the move Double-Edge or it's going to be very disappointing. XD Come to think of it, "Doubledge" would've been a nice name!
Nope. Everyone was wrong.
Spoiler:
![[PokeCommunity.com] New Pokémon Evolution Announcement!](https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/923390_409455612509722_1681189407_n.png "[PokeCommunity.com] New Pokémon Evolution Announcement!")
...............
...why is it pink? XD
Mixed feelings to this. I knew about the announcement about 2 days prior, but I was anticipating that Oorooto would be officially revealed in English Pokemon media (and now we have yet another Pokemon that gets the English-reveal jump of Oorooto! That is just baffling. XD). Thankfully, "never-before-seen" Pokemon actually meant "never before seen" and not "never before seen in English media". It's interesting that the English media was able to do the reveal ahead of Corocoro magazine or the Japanese Pokemon website; I've hope they've updated as well, though, because we should really be pushing the "simultaneous worldwide reveal" and not reveals that are exclusive to one country/region... Anyway..
The name is...rather basic. 0_o I can't lambast it too much, as it at least it tries to be more punny and portmanteau-ish as opposed to the name of "Talonflame" (that one could count as a potential portmanteau of talon and inflame...although I feel that's stretching it a bit because I imagine most people, myself included, will simply read it as the utterly agonizingly simplistic "talon + flame" at first glance) I'm still thinking of a better alternative (as I don't like I'm in a good position to be complaining about Pokemon names much unless I can come up with a better alternative); the only ones I have are Twinives (twin + knives, also incorporating "win" because I can tell Honedge's evolution is likely going to pwn like crazy), Nittor"something" (ni, Japanese for "two/2", and "tor...", because it sounded cool and resembles the word tear, but I can't think of any good words beginning with "tor" at the moment). I don't see many good words for "two" and "double" in other languages, although there's doppel...
My thoughts exactly. {XD}
Well, technically, we don't know what the root words are if the localizers don't specify them (although, like many may do, I'm inclined to believe that "double + blade" is the easiest origin to identify), so any pronunciation should be valid, at least in my opinion. :P For all we know, there may be the word doub in some other foreign language that's pronounced like "doo" and was subtly included in Doublade's name simply because Rule of Cool.
I really like this, but I don't know why. I really wanted a Honedge evolution, but always thought that it wasn't going to happen, but this has really surprised me. The name is nice and easy to roll of the tongue, your basically saying 'da blade'. It seems to have turned into not only two swords, but also a bit of a shield as well. It reminds me of this.
This might just end up being on my team.![[PokeCommunity.com] New Pokémon Evolution Announcement!](https://www.poemasconvoz.com/images/graphics/swordshield.gif "[PokeCommunity.com] New Pokémon Evolution Announcement!")
I agree; I got a slight shield motif as well from Doublade's design. In all, Doublade is cool merely because it retains Honedge's design (sans the blue colors) yet it just multiplies it by 2. I really wish that Doublade's "hilt ribbon" thing was red-hued, because I don't want to be fighting with "2 swords that are pink-ribboned". >.< I was expecting an all-new Pokemon (or evolution), but a Honedge evolution definitely surprised me; Honedge looked fine as it was by itself. The thing that most excites is that this revelation gives the Honedge line a better chance of being competitively viable (it fortunately retains the same ability as well!).
I can also see the Genwunners crying out about the laziness of the design (adding another "head/entity" of sorts, just like in Generation 5 with Klinklang and co.), only to see other fans use several "beloved" Generation 1 designs (Magneton, Dodrio, Dugtrio, etc. Yes, those employ 3 entities rather than two, but it's basic math that amounts to the same concept) as a counter-point... -_-
Nevertheless, I like swords, so two swords, as Lloyd Irving delicately stated, is even better! ^^ Doublade is still a prime Pokemon in my eyes..rather underwhelming, yet retains the awesome edge that Honedge possesses. My main hope is that Doublade's shiny coloration utilizes red hilt-ribbons, because that pink just is not working for me like the blue did. :<
EDIT: Still nicknaming my Doublade Hexcalibur. And Doublade had better learn the move Double-Edge or it's going to be very disappointing. XD Come to think of it, "Doubledge" would've been a nice name!
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