Possibility of a New Type: Alien Type

[Superfox]

I haven't posted in a while, but this is a topic that's been kind of bugging me.

To sum it all up, the main point I wanna get across is that I think that Pokémon has kind of dropped the ball on what could possibly be a cool expansion of the franchise. Extraterrestrialism is a big part of the Pokémon franchise, with several Pokémon claiming alien heritage: Clefairy, Deoxys, Solrock, Lunatone, Elgyem, Beheeyem, etc. However, the majority of these Pokémon are simply lumped into the Psychic typing. This is just one way in which Psychic is a type that's become over-broad, with several distinct concepts fitting under one umbrella, just like Normal type was before the arrival of the Fairy type. If we take a look, we see that Psychic has been applied to Pokémon with magic/mystic-based themes (Delphox, Hoopa, Natu/Xatu, Abra/Kadabra/Alakazam, Jirachi, etc.); Pokémon that simply exhibit heightened mental capacity/ability (Mewtwo, Slowpoke/Slowbro, Exeggute/Exeggutor. Gothita line, etc.); and any Pokémon that appears to be extraterrestrial in origin (the aforementioned list above).

While its true there is a sort of "psychicness" to Aliens, if science fiction shows anything, its that not ALL aliens (albeit fictional ones) possess that trait. Some fictional interpretations of alien lifeforms are actually pretty simple.

I think Nintendo should capitalize on this and create a new type, which would allow it to create Pokémon with supposed extraterrestrial origins that don't have to fit into the whole psychic mold. I also know that Fairy is supposedly a "lunar" type, but it offers a more "magical" take on the moon than what an Alien type would offer.

I'm not advocating for retyping too many Pokémon. I even think that some of those already Psychic type should stay as such, but some could definitely be retyped or have a type added. Here's how I would do it:

Deoxys: Psychic/Alien
Elgyem/Beheeyem: Psychic/Alien
Clefairy line: Fairy/Alien (MAYBE)

That's it! That's all I'd retype, if that. Then I'd just focus on making more Pokémon with this typing:

A Water/Alien type based off of tube worms
An Alien/Dark type based off of black holes
An Alien/Ice type based on a comet
An Alien/Flying or Alien/Steel type based on flying saucers/UFOs
An Alien/Fighting type based on an homage to Superman

Endless ideas could be there.

 

[twillight]

Big NO.

Clefairy - just because I can build a spaceship, doesn't mean I'm from another planet. Their space-rocket is inadequate anyway for interstellar travel.
Deoxys - created by solar wind in the asteroid belt, thus the same materials the pokesolar-system. Nothing alien.
Solrock/Lunatone - related to meteorites, but nothing connects them to being alien aside some "I now nothing about science" creepy new-age guys.
Elgyem = Beheem - they are the same mon just different tier. Again nothing says they are UFO. They do have a spaceship, and they dream about traveling deep space, but in the end they are just the same "I recite my own name" critters. Oh, they shown up "50 years ago in the desert" - probably are result of nuke-testing or some MewTwo-creating project.

Finally, please stop pretending just by adding 1,000 new mon would keep pokemon alive. It'd not.

PS: the only mon based on black holes is a ghost type, Dusknoir.

 

[Lycanthropy]

You really have found a interesting match there, but I don't think it will be made in a type. The fact that the Pokémon come from outer space doesn't really have something to do with their type. Type shows more the capabilities of the Pokémon, not really the location, in my opinion. We don't have types like forest, desert or town either, do we?
Forest origin often coincides with grass and bug Pokémon, but there are tons of other forest dwellers based on something completely different, like Pidgey. In the same way an alien origin has a lot of psychic Pokémon, but still, the two are separate things.

 

[Superfox]

Big NO.

Clefairy - just because I can build a spaceship, doesn't mean I'm from another planet. Their space-rocket is inadequate anyway for interstellar travel.

Clefairy are said to have come from the moon

Deoxys - created by solar wind in the asteroid belt, thus the same materials the pokesolar-system. Nothing alien.

You do know that "alien" means anything not from the planet earth, right? Therefore, something from the asteroid belt = alien.

Solrock/Lunatone - related to meteorites, but nothing connects them to being alien aside some "I now nothing about science" creepy new-age guys.

Meteorites = from space = alien. I didn't even advocate for retyping these guys anyway.

Elgyem = Beheem - they are the same mon just different tier. Again nothing says they are UFO. They do have a spaceship, and they dream about traveling deep space, but in the end they are just the same "I recite my own name" critters. Oh, they shown up "50 years ago in the desert" - probably are result of nuke-testing or some MewTwo-creating project.

Its widely known that Elgyem and Beheeyem are based on greys, a kind of fictionalized alien. The name Elgyem comes from "LGM" which stands for "little green men," a common term for extraterrestrials, and Beheeyem comes from "BEM" meaning "bug-eyed monster," another common term for fictional aliens. The appearance in the middle of the desert thing is a reference to the Roswell Incident, a famous conspiracy theory about the U.S. government discovering UFOs in the New Mexico desert.

Finally, please stop pretending just by adding 1,000 new mon would keep pokemon alive. It'd not.

I'm not saying it would, but to me it seems like anything with a celestial origin has simply had Psychic slapped onto it, especially when Psychic is already applied to magic/mysticism and mental power.

 

[twillight]

Clefairy are said to have come from the moon

You do know that "alien" means anything not from the planet earth, right? Therefore, something from the asteroid belt = alien.

Meteorites = from space = alien. I didn't even advocate for retyping these guys anyway.

Its widely known that Elgyem and Beheeyem are based on greys, a kind of fictionalized alien. The name Elgyem comes from "LGM" which stands for "little green men," a common term for extraterrestrials, and Beheeyem comes from "BEM" meaning "bug-eyed monster," another common term for fictional aliens. The appearance in the middle of the desert thing is a reference to the Roswell Incident, a famous conspiracy theory about the U.S. government discovering UFOs in the New Mexico desert.

I'm not saying it would, but to me it seems like anything with a celestial origin has simply had Psychic slapped onto it, especially when Psychic is already applied to magic/mysticism and mental power.

Clefairy - new-age anti-science nuthead's opinion do not count.

"alien" will only count if it evolved independently. Just to clear the definition. So as long as asteroids,or parts of asteroids could come from poke-planet,Deoxys does NOT count as alien. Either way it was clear the topic is about stuff from seep space, not in-solarsystem creeps.

"meteorites" are "stones impacted the planet", thus NOT alien. Something that "ate" it got mutated, so what.

"based on greys" doesn't equal them with "greys", and that's it. Just like Charizard is based on dragons, but is not a dragon.

 

[Superfox]

Clefairy - new-age anti-science nuthead's opinion do not count.

Says who?

"alien" will only count if it evolved independently. Just to clear the definition. So as long as asteroids,or parts of asteroids could come from poke-planet,Deoxys does NOT count as alien. Either way it was clear the topic is about stuff from seep space, not in-solarsystem creeps.

There are theories of extraterrestrial life that explain that it came from something that originated on Earth, just like there are theories that life on Earth originated elsewhere. Anyway, your statement here is clearly erroneous. EXTRATERRESTRIAL means anything not of Earth. Last time I checked, the Earth doesn't extend to the other planets of the solar system.

"meteorites" are "stones impacted the planet", thus NOT alien. Something that "ate" it got mutated, so what.

I don't even know what you're trying to say here. But, anyway, meteorites are rocks that impact the planet coming from space.

"based on greys" doesn't equal them with "greys", and that's it. Just like Charizard is based on dragons, but is not a dragon.

And yet Mega Charizard X is. The only reason regular Charizard isn't a Dragon type is because the game designers thought it would make him too OP for a starter pokémon.

You really have found a interesting match there, but I don't think it will be made in a type. The fact that the Pokémon come from outer space doesn't really have something to do with their type. Type shows more the capabilities of the Pokémon, not really the location, in my opinion. We don't have types like forest, desert or town either, do we?
Forest origin often coincides with grass and bug Pokémon, but there are tons of other forest dwellers based on something completely different, like Pidgey. In the same way an alien origin has a lot of psychic Pokémon, but still, the two are separate things.

But we do have types like Dragon, Bug, and Fairy that don't really refer to the capabilities of the Pokémon but more so to the "type" of creature they are based on. If only abilities were made into types, then Dragon Pokémon would be grouped into Fire, Electric, Flying, and Water types.

 

[Sopheria]

It's an interesting idea, for sure. If, hypothetically,GameFreak decided to go that route and create a new "Alien" type I might be for it, but it would depend on what they did with it. Right now, I think all the types are quite well balanced against one another. Adding another type could potentially throw off the balance. Depends on how the execute it, really.

But I don't think that just because there are alien themed Pokemon, there should also be an alien type. If they made a type out of every variety of Pokemon design, there would be way too many types to keep up with.

 

[LucarioFan3]

I personally prefer the name "Spatial" rather than just "Alien". Regardless, I have been designing a "Spatial" type itself as of late. Mostly to nerf Fairy and buff Dark.

 

[Polar Spectrum]

Definitely an interesting concept, could be cool. I do second the types being sorta pretty balanced right now though - the only things with very few weaknesses left are electric with just ground, fairy with only 2 and ghost with only 2. Alien could do something I can't fathom to help, but eh, idunno.

If I had to guess what type they were doing next, it'd be sound / sonic type. There's already pokemon, moves, and abilities based on it. It's just a matter of doing what fairy did and changing some things.