6th Gen Volcanion officially announced!

Compared to Deoxys, Arceus, and Genesect, Volcanion as the last event Pokemon is kinda underwhelming, as they have impressive dex entries that tie-in with the stories and are usually the strongest of the event Pokemon from the gen they're introduced in. The type combo is cool, even if it doesn't negate its weakness to sneaky pebbles.
 
[PokeCommunity.com] Volcanion officially announced!


VOLCANION VENTURES ABOVE THE SURFACE AND VENTS!
(/failed V pun..?)

After wading past all of those "old news" jokes, I'm excited that Volcanion finally received an official reveal! Woo-hoo; our first type-diametric Fire/Water Pokemon! ^^ I was wondering if Game Freak would actually bother to use the thing since it's been so long, but then again, as mentioned above, Arceus apparently took 3 years to see a proper "official" release..

AESTHETICS:
In any case, going to the design.. First off, epic-sounding name! While I've seen the brief snippets of his in-game model, Volcanion's artwork by Ken Sugimori looks positively stunning! I like his "sturdy, heavyset" look.. The way that Volcanion's head is chiseled (similar to those cool-looking edges on Aggron) looks great, and the design is a nice blend of the primary painting colors of red, blue, and yellow (but Volcanion is classified as BROWN in the Pokedex..? Really? ~_~ Looks more dark red than brown to me, although I can potentially see an overlap..). His bulky seed-shaped body looks a bit weird/disorienting if you focus on it, though.. I like the golden-yellowish "golden kite-shaped" cores on Volcanion's body; they convey the image of industrial and/or bubbly active molten machinations at work within the body.. I like the sturdy-looking bottom parts of Volcanion's limbs, although the way they're connected to the main body seems so afterthought-ish.. :x Finally, Volcanion's cannons (or arms..? They don't look like arms to me.. >_>) look cool in their sealed/closed format, although they do not appear like they lend themselves easily to swiveling towards the opponent for a well-aimed blast of steam/fire/water... But overall, the design is excellent; very well done for a legendary Pokemon! (vastly more visually appealing than Hoopa Unbound, in my opinion.. *shudders*)

Also, I feel like those golden-yellow ovals/ellipses where both cannons "connect" at should be segmented at their midpoints; otherwise, Volcanion's cannons seem like they will split up oddly.. (unless those ovals are "attached" to just one of the cannons rather than both..?)

STEAM ERUPTION:
So the move "Steam Eruption", Volcanion's purported signature move, seems to be a more powerful version of Scald... I kind of wish that the English name was slightly different, because now I feel that the Fire-type move "Eruption" needs to be disambiguated as "Volcanic Eruption" or something (at least regarding the English release.. XD).. The Japanese name of "Steam Burst" sounds okay, although I feel that the term "burst" lacks the oomph it used to have as a word these days.. "Steam Cannon" would be my go-to name, but the "__ cannon" name format seems painfully obvious; and using the Greek word of "Atmos" seems more like it connotates just air/wind.. The only other name I came up with was "Gatling Geyser/Geyser Gatling" (should fit within the confines of the Generation 6 move name limit, given the 14-character name of "High Jump Kick"..and alliteration FTW! Oh, come on; just when I'm trying to be original.. -.-), although that would probably necessitate that the move is a "rapid-fire" kind of move upon its initiation during battle.

OTHER REMARKS:
Volcanion seems to have decent offenses (mostly Special Attack) and defenses, although it seems like it will be greatly hampered by its sub-par speed.. :S And from what I'm reading, Mega Venusaur could cause problems via its Grass/Poison typing coupled with the Fire-impeding Thick Fat Ability..

Kind of odd that the Volcanion announcement is laced with Pokemon OmegaRuby/AlphaSapphire tones rather than Pokemon X and Y elements (such as Volcanion's English announcement trailer using "Battle! VS Wild Pokemon (Hoenn)" from ORAS rather than "Battle! VS Wild Pokemon (Kalos)" from XY), although I guess "ORAS recency!" prevails.. :| I really wish that Volcanion got its own proper in-game residency location and its own battle music..maybe the next core series Pokemon game will have some..

Too bad that Volcanion's hype kind of got diminished due to data-mining that occurred months/years ago..
In my opinion, a potential form change for Volcanion (to match the alterations of the other "600 Base Stat Total" Kalos Pokemon of Diancie and Hoopa, not to mention Zygarde and Xerneas to an extent) would be weird; Volcanion's design is nice as it is. I personally felt that Mega Diancie and Hoopa Unbound were unnecessary (although now Regular!Diancie's design looks a bit less "full/fulfilling" thanks to the existence of Mega Diancie)...

Also, POKEMON COMMENT OF THE MONTH {XD}{XD}{XD}:

jepic of YouTube said:
We need Pokemon Go not this donut turtle

Source: Volcanion's English reveal trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhKYU2tJ8II&lc=z13ay5vjhuilijagc04cdbfgxwvjfpdr4ck
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...Lol; and "donut turtle" actually yields some viable results on Google's search..
 
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I like the fact that Volcanion is a fire/water type Pokémon but...the design of it I'm not liking it too much. I mean there's nothing wrong with its design it's just...I don't know... *shrugs*
 
Pinkie-Dawn said:
The type combo is cool, even if it doesn't negate its weakness to sneaky pebbles.
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Most Rock-types are already weak to Water. Plus, as I expected this thing is one of the rare Water-types not able to learn an offensive Ice move (excluding Hidden Power) but then again Fire covers some common types as well so not a big trade-off.
 
So the last of the pokemon discovered via the datamining of X and Y finally was officially revealed. Shame it doesn't get any physical water moves, but at least on the special side it has some very unique coverage combinations. Steam Eruption is basically Scald on steroids(110 Power, 95% Accuracy, 30% Burn chance), overall looking forward to trying it out.
 
I was wondering when they'd release this, glad to see it's finally out! I'm interested in seeing how it'll fare in battles, it seems like it'll do really well with Steam Eruption and Lava Plume, especially since it walls so many Water types. I could see it being used tankily in a manner similar to Heatran, using its resistances and immunity to switch in and fire off powerful attacks with good burn chances. With how much people seem to hate Scald at times, Steam Eruption's only downside seems like its limited PP.

As for its design, I'm not a fan but it isn't awful looking to me... the above description of donut turtle makes it seem kinda funny i like turtles, though I think it seems a bit too jagged?, particularly at its head and "hump". Also, "boiling steam from the arms on its back", does this mean that the "donut" is actually a pair of arms? Or are some of its legs actually arms? ._.

If it's distributed online, I'm really hoping that it'll be available here in Australia at the same time as America and Europe ;~;. I'm looking forward to using it in the future, wonder what checks and counters people will bring for it!
 
Sukyandaru said:
Also, "boiling steam from the arms on its back", does this mean that the "donut" is actually a pair of arms? Or are some of its legs actually arms? ._.
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Yes, the ring on its back are its arms. The guy that originally leaked them via datamining showed it doing an animation where its hoop splits into two and points forward.
 
Sukyandaru said:
If it's distributed online, I'm really hoping that it'll be available here in Australia at the same time as America and Europe ;~;. I'm looking forward to using it in the future, wonder what checks and counters people will bring for it!
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I do hope, because just look at how far we're falling behind the US and Europe in regards to Hoopa. They have already had events for Hoopa while we're still waiting for our first official Hoopa event.
 
Hikamaru said:
Most Rock-types are already weak to Water. Plus, as I expected this thing is one of the rare Water-types not able to learn an offensive Ice move (excluding Hidden Power) but then again Fire covers some common types as well so not a big trade-off.
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I was actually referring to Stealth Rock, which can be learned by non-Rock types via Move Tutor.
 
Pinkie-Dawn said:
I was actually referring to Stealth Rock, which can be learned by non-Rock types via Move Tutor.
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Ah yes, that move is always the bane of Rock-weak Pokemon. But looking at its signature move Steam Eruption, it really does look like a more high-powered, less accurate version of Scald.
 
Steam Eruption is amazing! It's like a powered-up, less accurate version of Scald, like everyone said. But really, I'm looking at it more as a more accurate Hydro Pump--with a 30% chance to burn to top it off. With that on top of its Water Absorb ability, and a bunch of STAB Fire-type moves at its disposal, I'm thinking it's going to shake things up in the metagame.
 
So, anybody got any theories on why the reveal was so ORAS heavy? (with the Hoenn battle music playing in the background and it having been posted on the ORAS official website) Do you think perhaps it'll only be available in ORAS, X&Y, or both?
 
Sopheria said:
Do you think perhaps it'll only be available in ORAS, X&Y, or both?
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Something is telling me it's definitely going to be ORAS-exclusive. Also, please have all the regions get the event at the same time, or like not too far from each other... *looks at fellow Australians still waiting for Hoopa*
 
Hikamaru said:
Something is telling me it's definitely going to be ORAS-exclusive. Also, please have all the regions get the event at the same time, or like not too far from each other... *looks at fellow Australians still waiting for Hoopa*
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Yea, it would be a real shame if Australia got it late yet again :c Let's hope this one will be a global event!

And yea, it seems a lot like an ORAS-only type of deal, with the way they did the reveal. But there's also that Volcanion event in X&Y that was leaked, which apparently is triggered when you have a Volcanion in your party when you speak to this NPC:

[PokeCommunity.com] Volcanion officially announced!


Anyone got any thoughts? :)
 
News about the Pokémon has finally been revealed. It's about time lol. I like the fact that it's fire/water but its design is a little awkward... I can't wait until the event for this comes to Tokyo. One thing I know for sure is that it's going to be super crazy since everyone has been waiting for this so wish me luck I come back in one piece. Just kidding. xD
 
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