Baby evolutions have a niche ingame use where it can be used to justify getting lines earlier. Like Electabuzz and Magmar are too powerful early game, so you usually only encounter them mid to late game. But Elekid and Magby are weak, so you can have them be available early game like in BW2, which allows the player to pick them up earlier and form a closer bond with them.
Regional birds are normal/flying type, at least in their base form. I thought about Wattrel for a while, but it starts out as an electric type. In any case, you don’t encounter Wattrel or Squawkabilly in the very first areas of the game like you do other regional birds
Right, my bad. Either way, my point is more so that regional birds don't start out as electric or steel types or anything like that. They start out with a basic typing like pure flying or normal/flying
@@MEPlaysGamesFletchling literally evolves into a Fire/Flying-type. So, that's *three* Regional Birds that evolve into a different primary typing: Talonflame, Corviknight and Kilowattrel.
Previous megas can absolutely get new evolutions. They gave a special gimmick-of-the-day form to Duraludon with Gmax. Then they gave it an evolution after leaving Gmax behind. Now that the mega gimmick have been abandoned, those Pokémon can get new evolutions just like Archaludon.
Gmax has been given to not fully evolved pokemon from day 1, see Pikachu or Meowth. Megas were supposed to be the ultimate full power form of a pokemon so normal evolutions don't make sens within Mega lore
@@mantisr818 Plus you can't actually transfer a Duraludon with the G-Max factor, so even though it does have an evo you can't evolve your G-Max Duraludon into an Archaludon. And as you said, Megas are meant to be the untapped full power of a fully evolved pokemon. with Z-A bringing Megas back, it's seeming like all the single stage pokemon that got a Mega won't ever be getting anything else to help them.
Ariados needs an evolution. There's a lot it can do with poison: It is the only pokemon aside from Smeargle who learn Toxic Thread to posion AND slow the enemy. It can follow this up with Spider Web to trap the target, Venom Drench to weaken it further, Venoshock or Hex for damage, set up Sticky Web And Toxic Spikes, or Baton Pass stat boosts from a few different moves, all while being immune to the poison status and sleep. But the stats it has are too low to accomplish any of this. I would give it a much bulkier evolution with some form of reliable healing move.
It doesnt need an evo, no early game bug needs one but they need some stat buffs/alterations, ability changes, more moves that they should get and more and they will perform well
2:52 Duraludon had a Gigantamax form, but was still given an evolution (Archaludon) in Scarlet and Violet. I'd that that's proof enough that Sableye could get an evolution even with the existence of a Mega form (then again, Pokemon like Pikachu and Eevee got Gigantamax forms, despite not being fully evolved too, so its hard to say).
Different Idea for Castform: instead of an evolution, just give each weather form +50 Base Stats when it transforms Each gets +20 Speed and +30 into a specific stat: Sunny Forme gets +30 Attack (just give it access to Temper Flare or Flare Blitz or something), Rainy Forme gets +30 Special Attack, Snowy Forme gets +30 Special Defense, and a new Rock type Sandy Forme gets +30 Defense. Now all of the Castforms hit a decent speed tier of 90 and lean more into the identity of the weathers they represent, hitting 100 in their boosted stat. Top this off by giving it Follow Me to play into its Meteorologist-y angle while giving it a Doubles niche and Stealth Rocks and Aurora Veil as supporting tools for its defensive forms and you've got a pokemon that at least has a purpose to it
8:12 Does a Parasect with Dry Skin take 8x damage? Or is it just 5x? Or is it one of those things we don't know in practice, because Parasect faints at the thought of direct sunlight?
I honestly still think that if a mon got a mega...it's completely out of luck of getting an evolution, so mons like mawile and sableye are worse off now then they where before, the only way i can see them evolving is if they get a regional variant also im pretty sure people say that gen 9's regional bird is Kilowattrel since it's stats are pretty on par with the other birds pidgeot, noctowl, swellow, staraptor, unfezant, talonflame, toucannon and corviknight, plus kilowattrel is an evolution unlike Squawkabilly who cannot evolve edit: i wanted to add that i think if a mon evolves via an evolution stone....it's out of luck of getting a further evolution, so unfortunately this means that sunflora is stuck where it is and is doomed to never get an evo
List of older Pokémon that need new evolutions Parasect (removes grass type and gains ghost type making it bug/ghost type) Eevee (bug, poison, steel, ghost and dragon type evolutions) Luvdisc (gains fairy type making it a water/fairy type) Scrafty (removes fighting type and gains dragon type making it a dark/dragon type) Grafaiai (removes normal type and gains dark type making it a poison/dark type)
I will say that in regards to pre-evolutions, Game Freak should make them a means to access powerful Pokémon earlier without making the game too easy. They did it before with Budew when it debuted in Sinnoh but imagine if they had done it with Azurill by making it an Early Route Pokemon in Hoenn or if the Johto Babies were part of Ilex Forest.
Squawkability. I once came up with a Raticate evolution idea, based off a mutated lab rat. It was Normal/Poison (or Dark/Poison if evolved from the Alolan version). Why not make a "good future" Parasect evolution where the bug wins control of its body back from the mushroom, and becomes, say, pure Bug-type, or Bug/Ground?
I’ll play devils advocate to baby mons, as it allows you access to their evolution lines much earlier which is amazing for team building. Anyway, Grass/fire Sunflora evolution when?
Lucario need an evolution just like Duraludon. Ability is Variations of the Anger Shell and Supreme Overlord and Base stats is Iron Valiant but the Total is 600
Gamefreak just confirmed that mega evolution will be returning to the main series games which therefore rules out any possible evolutions for Sableye and Mawile. I told you so!
yeah only in Legends Z-A, and tbh I'd say the only way that sableye and mawile could evolve is if they get a regional variant, that's really the only way they could receive an evo
@@bulborb8756 Yeah that's exactly what I said to this content creator. The intoduction of regional variants and new evolutions to those variants has revived the possibility of giving Sableye and Mawile an evolution. Since their "Hoennian" forms have megas, that already implies they are fully evolved. However, a possible regional variant is capable of evolving further since they don't have a mega evolution.
@@AdrianP3833 Yeah, like with Linoone and Qwilfish, the Hoennian and Johtonian forms are fully evolved, but their Galarian and Hisuian forms are not. Z-A could even give us those new regional forms. Personally also thinking we could get new Megas, but not something I can with much certainty. Just a gut feeling.
@@caiusdrakegaming8087 but it's stats are so poor that, despite it's unicity and wide movepool, i think there is nearly to no reason to use it even in the low formats. Than even Zoroark plays gimmick and is usable, an offensive with fair power and solid Speed; Hisuian can play great gimmick with it's three immunities.
@@unknownartist689 Again, said it's rare, not impossible. Zoroark's just one of a few gimmick pokemon that happen to be strong and aren't legendary pokemon. The others would be Palafin, Slaking, and Aegislash. Most are jut weak and not really usable in competitive formats, like Smeargle, Plusle and Minun, Kecleon, Eicue, Unown, Ditto, Burmy, Sawbuck, and while it' not listed on the site I'm looking at I'd say Furfrou counts too given it's whole gimmick is its fur trims. Zoroark's gimmick just happened to be good for competitive because it could disguise itself as another pokemon and trick your opponent. without Illusion, it'd still be strong but probably not really used as much as it has been.
@@caiusdrakegaming8087 yeah even Smeargle, the most versatile and umpredictable ever, but stats so weak, making actually useless; what GF thinks, the result is they are wasted.
Smogon's probably more fair than the VGC ever has been. At least you're more likely to see varied teams in Smogon than the same cookie-cutter teams that plague VGC every year.
they should give miraidon a new evolution
Baby evolutions have a niche ingame use where it can be used to justify getting lines earlier. Like Electabuzz and Magmar are too powerful early game, so you usually only encounter them mid to late game. But Elekid and Magby are weak, so you can have them be available early game like in BW2, which allows the player to pick them up earlier and form a closer bond with them.
“Squawkabilly is the closest thing Paldea has to a regional bird”
Wattrel and Kilowattrel: “Are we jokes to you?”
Regional birds are normal/flying type, at least in their base form. I thought about Wattrel for a while, but it starts out as an electric type. In any case, you don’t encounter Wattrel or Squawkabilly in the very first areas of the game like you do other regional birds
@@MEPlaysGamesrookidee is a pure flying type so that statement is incorrect, regional birds are usually flying/normal but it's not a necessity
Right, my bad. Either way, my point is more so that regional birds don't start out as electric or steel types or anything like that. They start out with a basic typing like pure flying or normal/flying
It's fanmade term it doesn't matter 😂
@@MEPlaysGamesFletchling literally evolves into a Fire/Flying-type.
So, that's *three* Regional Birds that evolve into a different primary typing: Talonflame, Corviknight and Kilowattrel.
Previous megas can absolutely get new evolutions. They gave a special gimmick-of-the-day form to Duraludon with Gmax. Then they gave it an evolution after leaving Gmax behind. Now that the mega gimmick have been abandoned, those Pokémon can get new evolutions just like Archaludon.
Gmax has been given to not fully evolved pokemon from day 1, see Pikachu or Meowth. Megas were supposed to be the ultimate full power form of a pokemon so normal evolutions don't make sens within Mega lore
Now that Megas are coming back, I think it's very unlikely for Sableye or Mawile to get evolutions.
@@mantisr818 Plus you can't actually transfer a Duraludon with the G-Max factor, so even though it does have an evo you can't evolve your G-Max Duraludon into an Archaludon. And as you said, Megas are meant to be the untapped full power of a fully evolved pokemon. with Z-A bringing Megas back, it's seeming like all the single stage pokemon that got a Mega won't ever be getting anything else to help them.
Sableye doesent need an evo it’s perfect as is (though I would love to run an evoilite set in comp so I wouldn’t complain
I hate how Mawile and Sableye got megas rather than evos, they never felt like fully complete pokemon in the first place. Its so odd.
Ariados needs an evolution. There's a lot it can do with poison: It is the only pokemon aside from Smeargle who learn Toxic Thread to posion AND slow the enemy. It can follow this up with Spider Web to trap the target, Venom Drench to weaken it further, Venoshock or Hex for damage, set up Sticky Web And Toxic Spikes, or Baton Pass stat boosts from a few different moves, all while being immune to the poison status and sleep. But the stats it has are too low to accomplish any of this. I would give it a much bulkier evolution with some form of reliable healing move.
It doesnt need an evo, no early game bug needs one but they need some stat buffs/alterations, ability changes, more moves that they should get and more and they will perform well
Thank you for this video.
Johto's roster needs all the help it can get...Sunflora, Ariados, Magcargo, etc.
And Ledian.
@@rjd1922 Hence why I said "etc."
Eh sunflora is crazy in randbats
2:52 Duraludon had a Gigantamax form, but was still given an evolution (Archaludon) in Scarlet and Violet. I'd that that's proof enough that Sableye could get an evolution even with the existence of a Mega form (then again, Pokemon like Pikachu and Eevee got Gigantamax forms, despite not being fully evolved too, so its hard to say).
Glad Zen Mode is getting the recognition he deserves.
Different Idea for Castform: instead of an evolution, just give each weather form +50 Base Stats when it transforms
Each gets +20 Speed and +30 into a specific stat: Sunny Forme gets +30 Attack (just give it access to Temper Flare or Flare Blitz or something), Rainy Forme gets +30 Special Attack, Snowy Forme gets +30 Special Defense, and a new Rock type Sandy Forme gets +30 Defense. Now all of the Castforms hit a decent speed tier of 90 and lean more into the identity of the weathers they represent, hitting 100 in their boosted stat. Top this off by giving it Follow Me to play into its Meteorologist-y angle while giving it a Doubles niche and Stealth Rocks and Aurora Veil as supporting tools for its defensive forms and you've got a pokemon that at least has a purpose to it
8:12 Does a Parasect with Dry Skin take 8x damage? Or is it just 5x?
Or is it one of those things we don't know in practice, because Parasect faints at the thought of direct sunlight?
It takes 8 times damage, though good luck having it even imagine the glow of a fire cause it will die regardless
@@pimpingporygon7157Okay, Parasect, next gym is on Cinnabar Island
Parasect: *dies*
BRB gonna hunt for a shiny Xatu and name it Saturday
It has to be in all caps tho SATURDAY
my broken millennial brain sees that as a genuinely cute name for a xatu though 🫠
Having Baby Evolutions is the PERFECT way to add split evolution paths, or hidden moves/abilities... But NOPE they did basically nothing with them.
Just realized that kingambit has dots over his nipples
Wattrel is the regional bird of Paldea
Sunflora is insane in randbats
I honestly still think that if a mon got a mega...it's completely out of luck of getting an evolution, so mons like mawile and sableye are worse off now then they where before, the only way i can see them evolving is if they get a regional variant
also im pretty sure people say that gen 9's regional bird is Kilowattrel since it's stats are pretty on par with the other birds pidgeot, noctowl, swellow, staraptor, unfezant, talonflame, toucannon and corviknight, plus kilowattrel is an evolution unlike Squawkabilly who cannot evolve
edit: i wanted to add that i think if a mon evolves via an evolution stone....it's out of luck of getting a further evolution, so unfortunately this means that sunflora is stuck where it is and is doomed to never get an evo
The lack of a Sunflora evolution is one of SV's biggest missed opportunities.
Man, Sableye is never getting an evolution now with Legends Z-A coming
List of older Pokémon that need new evolutions
Parasect (removes grass type and gains ghost type making it bug/ghost type)
Eevee (bug, poison, steel, ghost and dragon type evolutions)
Luvdisc (gains fairy type making it a water/fairy type)
Scrafty (removes fighting type and gains dragon type making it a dark/dragon type)
Grafaiai (removes normal type and gains dark type making it a poison/dark type)
Mawile should get its mega as an evo simply because it’s one of the actually good looking megas
I will say that in regards to pre-evolutions, Game Freak should make them a means to access powerful Pokémon earlier without making the game too easy. They did it before with Budew when it debuted in Sinnoh but imagine if they had done it with Azurill by making it an Early Route Pokemon in Hoenn or if the Johto Babies were part of Ilex Forest.
Squawkability.
I once came up with a Raticate evolution idea, based off a mutated lab rat. It was Normal/Poison (or Dark/Poison if evolved from the Alolan version).
Why not make a "good future" Parasect evolution where the bug wins control of its body back from the mushroom, and becomes, say, pure Bug-type, or Bug/Ground?
I’ll play devils advocate to baby mons, as it allows you access to their evolution lines much earlier which is amazing for team building.
Anyway, Grass/fire Sunflora evolution when?
THANK GOODNESS I'm not the only one who thought it was spelled "Squakability".
Unfortunately for Sunflora, there's no precedent for a Pokémon that evolves by stone evolving again.
Why not? If it's possible for a traded evolution to further evolve 😊
yay you guys are back love these videos
Lucario need an evolution just like Duraludon.
Ability is Variations of the Anger Shell and Supreme Overlord and Base stats is Iron Valiant but the Total is 600
Wait a liberty bell mon is cool
I really hope they give Dunsparce another evolution where he gets longer.
Dudududunsparce
Sunflora evolution Grass Fire Type with Flash Fire ability. Slow but bulky attacker
kilowatrel is the gen 9 regional bird
Gamefreak just confirmed that mega evolution will be returning to the main series games which therefore rules out any possible evolutions for Sableye and Mawile. I told you so!
yeah only in Legends Z-A, and tbh I'd say the only way that sableye and mawile could evolve is if they get a regional variant, that's really the only way they could receive an evo
@@bulborb8756 Yeah that's exactly what I said to this content creator. The intoduction of regional variants and new evolutions to those variants has revived the possibility of giving Sableye and Mawile an evolution. Since their "Hoennian" forms have megas, that already implies they are fully evolved. However, a possible regional variant is capable of evolving further since they don't have a mega evolution.
@@AdrianP3833 Yeah, like with Linoone and Qwilfish, the Hoennian and Johtonian forms are fully evolved, but their Galarian and Hisuian forms are not. Z-A could even give us those new regional forms.
Personally also thinking we could get new Megas, but not something I can with much certainty. Just a gut feeling.
Finally another video love your videos
Im naming my Xatu Saturday
Still get Mega Evolution in Pokémon Go. 3:22
Saturday?
4:39
Castform is such a unique Pokemon and they gave stats so poor making it useless, why?
Gimmick pokemon, it's rare for them to be strong.
@@caiusdrakegaming8087 but it's stats are so poor that, despite it's unicity and wide movepool, i think there is nearly to no reason to use it even in the low formats.
Than even Zoroark plays gimmick and is usable, an offensive with fair power and solid Speed; Hisuian can play great gimmick with it's three immunities.
@@unknownartist689 Again, said it's rare, not impossible. Zoroark's just one of a few gimmick pokemon that happen to be strong and aren't legendary pokemon. The others would be Palafin, Slaking, and Aegislash. Most are jut weak and not really usable in competitive formats, like Smeargle, Plusle and Minun, Kecleon, Eicue, Unown, Ditto, Burmy, Sawbuck, and while it' not listed on the site I'm looking at I'd say Furfrou counts too given it's whole gimmick is its fur trims.
Zoroark's gimmick just happened to be good for competitive because it could disguise itself as another pokemon and trick your opponent. without Illusion, it'd still be strong but probably not really used as much as it has been.
@@caiusdrakegaming8087 yeah even Smeargle, the most versatile and umpredictable ever, but stats so weak, making actually useless; what GF thinks, the result is they are wasted.
@@unknownartist689 They're not wasted if the whole point of them was just their gimmicks.
Whiscash should evolve
i havent even started watching but ill already say yes i agree !!!!!!!
Give it a second head.
I'm a simple man. I see Castform love, I like and subscribe ☁️ ☀️ 💧❄️
Smogon isn’t real competitive at all. They’re bad players that refuse to adapt and ban things they can’t deal with
Smogon's probably more fair than the VGC ever has been. At least you're more likely to see varied teams in Smogon than the same cookie-cutter teams that plague VGC every year.
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