I think it's the implication that Toxel looks like it's in a diaper. If you wear a diaper, it's because you shit your pants. Hence, if Toxel wears a diaper, it is technically a pantshitter. Then again it just looks like a diaper, Pokemon clothes both are and aren't actually parts of their body, and the Pokedex obviously makes no mention of it, so y'know.
It's the weird pouty lipped tongue thing that I dislike the most about the design, its just so off putting! Bulbapedia says might be based on a frog as well, I'm thinking its more of a salamander than a frog, but regardless- I couldn't imagine diapering a lizard, especially one with a weird pseudo skin diaper like this. If I had to guess, I'd say maybe it just sheds the diaper part off after it shits and regrow it?
What's weird about Toxel, is that it learns nothing. It has the moves it has from when it's caught/hatched, and then learns nothing for 30 levels where it becomes Toxtricity. It's bizarre. Even Magikarp learns moves eventually, but Toxel doesn't. It really feels like they designed Toxtricity, and then scrambled to come up with a pre-evolution so Toxtricity could have its two forms.
I remember something to that effect. Was that the Chinese one? Or was that a different one? I remember Vinesauce covered a mobile bootleg at some point, because the translations/text were horrendously hilarious, but don't remember if those were the same thing.
He should've just showed art of Mewtwo if he wanted to prove a point about what the change in artstyle has done to the marketability of Pokémon.SnowBall said:
At least Sawk and Throh's nebulous quasi-clothing meshes into their design. I remember being put off by them when Gen 5 was fist announced, but now it's like, whatever. I'd like to think their gis aren't part of their bodies but that would just raise of question of where they keep getting gis. Doesn't really matter one way or the other in the grand scheme of things tbh.
This fucker has a higher base attack stat than both forms of rattata. Not to mention it has access to nasty plot (along with some decent special moves via TM including hyper beam) and hypnosis.
No joke this is one of the best pokemon to shiny hunt with and I never play through Gen 5 games without one in my squad. Not only can this guy put mons to sleep, but it can also use Thunder Wave, Super Fang and even has the ability Illuminate - which makes getting into encounters a lot easier if you're doing random encounters.
6 zigagoons in pkm Ruby & Sapphire and you could farm rare candies with no end.
Pickup was broken as hell in Ruby and Sapphire. Even now I usually catch a whole Ziggy squad and farm for stuff. usually have absurd amounts of cash before I've even tackled the first gym thanks to the Nuggets.
Eh, I've seen worse.
Remember, they specifically chose what got Mega-Evolutions and the shitty, worthless piece of garbage called Manectric got one over plenty of Borderline Good and useful pokemon.
Then there is Mega Flygon, which never got in the games because the developers had trouble thinking of a design.
Flygon as a specific pokemon annoys me in terms of how Gamefreak treated it.
