With the Advent of Mega Evolutions, Do You Think We'll Ever See New "Normal" Evolutions Again?

[Superfox]

So, I think that one question that's been forgotten among the excitement of the introduction and subsequent fanfare of Mega Evolutions is whether of not, with Mega Evolutions being introduced, we will ever see Pokémon introduce new actual evolutions for already existing Pokémon, like Dusknoir, Politoed, Froslass, or Mamoswine.

There are some Pokémon, such as Spinda and Chatot, that could definitely use an evolution. However, is it possible that they intend instead to simply introduce Mega forms for either or both of these Pokémon? Is Mega Evolution meant to replace new evolutions in totality?

Or do you think Pokémon and Gamefreak will do both, introducing new evolutions alongside new Mega Evolutions?

Discuss.

EDIT: And for those who might bring up Sylveon as a case that Pokémon hasn't abandoned making new evolutions, I would agree if we weren't talking about an Eeveelution. Eevee is a Pokémon that was made to have new evolutions added on as new generations come along. Its the whole point of Eevee's existence. So, I don't really count Eeveelutions as evidence to contradict the argument that Mega Evolution were meant to replace simply tacking on regular evolutions.

 

[moon]

Actually I wouldn't be surprised if there was no new "true" evolutions made after this. At least not in the same generation as new Mega evolutions are introduced. Baby pokémon and extra evolutions were a gimmick in Gen 2, weather and abilities were the thing in Gen 3, the evos were revamped in Gen 4 which consisted almost half of extra evos and prevos, then Gen 5 did a u-turn and included no families related to others. Then came Gen 6 with its Mega evos. It's possible that the true new evos and prevos has been done enough now.

But it's also possible that Mega evos were a thing just for Gen 6 and that we won't see more of them in Gen 7. Because come on, of course there'll be a Gen 7 ;)

 

[Brendino]

At least as far as Pokemon that got mega evolutions are concerned, I'd rule them out for any proper evolution going forward (otherwise, that'd be like having a Mega Wartortle or Mega Pupitar). There are still a number of weaker Pokemon that could benefit from an evolution with its own mega evolution though, with Dunsparce, Kecleon, Farfetch'd and Qwilfish coming to mind, outside of those already mentioned.

That said, as much as I'd like to see them, I don't think we'll be seeing any more evolutions for existing Pokemon, especially with weaker Pokemon like Banette and Sableye getting megas. I'll keep my fingers crossed, but I might just have to be content with some of them getting mega evolutions in the future.

 

[Lashuk]

From the starting of the Pokemon, it is known to us that any pokemon have maximum two evolution stages but in the 7th generation we see mega evolution. I think if we are going to see any evolution then it would be in the evolution of Legendary and Normal Pokemons for sometime. Like we saw in the Pokemon Movie - Kyurem vs The Sword of Justice, when Kyurem changes his form. So, I strongly believe that apart form Mega Evolution, Pokemon would be able to evolve or would just change there form during the battles. Again I think we would be able to see many different pokemons of same kink but different form. Like one pokemon if we catch it in one area(like desert) would be ground type but if we catch the same pokemon in another region (like near lake) then it could have water type. And I think we wouldn't be able to see any normal evolution of existing 723 pokemons in all 8 regions. So I suggest that we won't be able to see any New "Normal" Evolutions Again.

 

[Iceshadow3317]

I would say some pokemon will still get evolution, some that are just too weak and would still be weak as a Mega. We may not see many more, but I think we will see some.

 

[Dr. Silver]

Some Pokemon would still be underpowered if given a Mega Evolution, as +100 bst just wouldn't be enough for certain Pokemon to shine, such as Spinda or Farfetch'd. Sure, if they were given absolutely broken abilities, this'd be fine, but a Mega Farfetch'd would still be severely underpowered when compared to the ranks of Mega Gengar and Mega Lucario.

So I'm sure we'll see some new evolutions in the future to help give some Pokemon a good boost. Who knows? We might even see a new batch of capable Eviolite users.