Comments on: Freaky Forest Concept Drawings!

By: Fracktail

Fracktail — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 00:40:46 +0000

He didn’t?! Well, that just makes me sad. I was always wondering why Charizard got two Megas, I think it kinda messes up the “balanced trio” thing they had going there. And yeah, the flower flytrap thing was basically what I was going for; so, the petals would still be there, but in the middle instead of the center there would be a giant pair of yellow flytrap jaws with tan spots, or something. I have a picture of it, but alas I cannot post it anywhere. :c But yeah, I like Mega Charizard Y better too, I feel like Mega Charizard X was trying too hard (and plus it messes up the thing that Shiny Charizard had going, so now Shiny Mega Charizard X just looks weird as far as the color scheme goes. Man, “Shiny Mega Charizard X”. That’s a lot of words, right there.) And I’m sorry about your cable, I hope it all works out! Although, I will be honest, I have a confession: aside from the Kanto episodes, I didn’t watch any of the show in chronological order. I tried to, but there’s just so much filler! So I mostly watched them randomly based on the titles, or I went to the handy-dandy Bulbapedia and looked up which episodes featured Team Rocket because I am terrible and those ones are always the funniest. “Fortune Hunters” is, to this day, my favorite episode of the anime ever. XD And I agree, Treecko is amazing. For some reason, I always see him having a grass stalk/twig or something hanging out of his mouth, like Pancham’s leaf or something. I can’t remember if that was official art or not, but it’s still pretty cool. And according to further research, frogs are associated with ninjas in Japanese culture because of a well-known legend of a ninja named Jiraiya (“young thunder”) who could shapeshift into a giant toad. I think that’s pretty cool, and I also think that Jiraiya is actually a pretty good name for a Greninja.

By: goldieee

goldieee — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 23:50:34 +0000

The tree should be called “The Weeping Willow”!!

By: Fracktail

Fracktail — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 20:49:12 +0000

Yeah, I see what you’re getting at. I personally prefer hand-drawn animation too, but sometimes CGI can look pretty cool. The thing with hand-drawn animation is that it ages really well; while classics like Looney Tunes and Disney shorts don’t get old, CGI is constantly evolving, so what looked cutting-edge in the 90’s is going to look eye-hurty today (and stuff made today will probably look just as tacky to the Internet children ten years from now). That’s basically my beef with all the “hip/modern” takes on classic stuff too, because they’re taking things that were immortal on their own and twisted it like Silly Putty to make it more marketable for a fleeting amount of time. Not cool, Hollywood. Plus, it just looks more charming in ways I can’t explain. I feel like the hand-drawn animation looks more…organic, y’know? I did get a Wii U, though, because the games were good. I do think that the new can coexist with the old, because Nintendo’s definitely not phasing out the old things, they’re just creating new things to add to that library, is all. I mean, I don’t think Nintendo is one to make things “cool” because that’s not what they stand for, they stand for fun games that everyone can enjoy. But people who make easily-marketable-to-superficial-people versions of already-perfectly-fine things have no excuse, that’s just annoying. :P

By: Pokekinz

Pokekinz — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 22:14:07 +0000

I guess there’s just something about CGI I find weird. Especially computer-animated people, it feels weird that fake people can look that…. Real. And I also like sprites in video games. Although, if I can pet a Lucario, then hey. There’s just a lot of stuff that’s “hip” or “modern”, and then I just don’t really like it. Like music. I don’t like a lot of the popular music. Besides, if I always stick to liking what’s hip and popular, I’d constantly have to buy more merchandise and such. And that is why I have a Nintendo, and not a Wii U. That, and I’m not allowed, but whatever.

By: Pokekinz

Pokekinz — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 22:06:34 +0000

That’s okay. XD Speaking of, I finally made a comment that moderated on the “Signature African Wild Dog” Kinzapedia page. In case you didn’t already see it. And I feel like with Venusaur, they didn’t try very hard, because they didn’t like it much in the first place. I heard they didn’t. I forget the name of the guy who designed them, though. And apparently he likes Charizard a lot, so that might explain why he gets two awesome Megas (although I prefer the “Y” Mega). And a Venus’ fly trap on Venusaur would’ve been sooooo cooooool…. Especially if it were like a flower Venus’ fly trap thingy (it’d be better in my opinion, anyway). I also haven’t seen the generation 2 anime, sadly…. I haven’t seen a lot of the episodes, cuz we didn’t have cable for the longest time, then we got it back, then we got rid of it again, so yeah. At least the original anime’s on Netflix, so I can watch that (and watch Charizard do everything like a boss). And I’m not really sure if I like Grovyle better than Sceptile, but I do like Treecko a ton. He’s this little midget tree gecko dude, and he’s just all like “yeah, whatever, but we all know I’m better than you”, and he’s not intimidated by anyone. XD And I don’t know what’s up with ninja frogs. I guess cuz frogs and ninjas are both cool…. Or something…. And they usually come out at night…. And they can uh…. Shoot their tongues out really fast…. And…. Hop….? All I know is that Greninja is great. Just not quite as great as Lucario. :P

By: calicojag

calicojag — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 23:20:05 +0000

the haunted halloween cave name for the cave

By: calicojag

calicojag — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 23:16:13 +0000

rotten apple tree! for the name of the tree

By: Fracktail

Fracktail — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 19:19:11 +0000

I dunno, I actually don’t mind Pinky as much as the others, my only gripe about her is her voice. The rest I’m sort of “meh” about, like I don’t hate them, but I don’t really like them either. Like, most shows I can easily pick out a favorite character (unless I like all of them equally :P), but with this one I’m pretty lukewarm about all of them. I mean, most people are crazy about them, but I dunno, I’ve tried it a whole bunch of times but I can’t really “get into it”, you know? I guess it’s just not for me. Although I heard it gets better in later seasons, where it focuses more on the mythology of the ponies, which is pretty cool. Also, I probably wouldn’t have a problem with a CGI spinoff of Pokemon, maybe like a movie or something would be cool, but it’s more the fact that the CGI movies are trying to be cool that bothers me. Like, I don’t mind the art of the Alvin and the Chipmunks movies, but they completely rebranded the characters and everything to make it appeal to “modern kids” (because we all know that kids today are simply not advanced enough to enjoy cartoons as they are without having them be “hip”, right?) and that is just annoying to me, haha.

By: Fracktail

Fracktail — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 21:12:25 +0000

Aww man, I completely missed these comments! Sorry for taking so long to reply. And I think Gamera works great for the Bulbasaur line! I mean, they are pretty turtle-ish. I agree about Charizard, especially since dragons already breathe fire, but his tail is pretty awesome! I like Venusaur because I like the idea of a half-animal, half-plant. Usually Grass-starters are animals with plant aspects, but Venusaur is half-flower, half-dinosaur, which is pretty cool. My only complaint is that Mega Venusaur was a total missed opportunity, they should have made the flower on top become a literal Venus’ fly trap (considering he’s named Venusaur :P) As it is, he’s just kinda…having more flowers than before, I guess. Which isn’t very interesting. But it’s Venusaur, so he’s still awesome. Although I do agree that Charizard is pretty funny in the anime, haha. My love of Totodile is also partially influenced by the anime, seeing that Ash’s was utterly insane. XD And yeah, the connection between sunbathing and photosynthesis is super clever. I do like Grovyle better than Sceptile though, design-wise. Sceptile almost feels like it could be an alternate form, or something. I dunno. And Snivy’s smugness is unmatched, haha. I actually chose Snivy in my first run, but I wish I’d chosen Tepig just because I super love pigs. And Greninja’s scarf thing is the best thing ever, there is no denying that! Also, I find it funny that frogs and ninjitsu are always associated with each other in video games and stuff. Like, where did that connection even come from?

By: 1234Tike

1234Tike — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 15:08:44 +0000

I think the cave should be called The Bat’s hideout