https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Dark_Pulse_(move)Dragon energy is well-stablished in the series already. We have Dragon Pulse, Dragon Breath and Draco Meteor.
I definitely agree with your assessment.snip
Going to play devil's advocate here: Regieleki and Regidrago aren't as out of place as you think they are. For starters, you're taking the age thing too literally. Regieleki and Regidrago aren't based on the names of the ages, but the defining characteristics of those ages as a whole. The Dark Ages is a colloquial term for the Middles Ages, and what mythological creature started becoming really popular during the Middle Ages? The dragon. Regieleki, meanwhile, is most likely based on the Information Age, where technology began improving vastly. Usually technology is associated with metal, but there's already a Steel Regi, so GF went with the next best thing, the Electric type, which works due to these new technologies needing electricity to even be powered in the first place. It also makes sense that their material of origin isn't a solid and that they were "shoved into" the Regis's existing myth. They're extremely powerful beings who were sealed away and written out of the Regis's original lore due to their immense strength and the fear that they could hurt humans. And it makes sense that they have super-abilities instead of Clear Body. Their bodies aren't solid, so light can't reflect off of them. And once again, they're incredibly powerful and destructive, and Transistor/Dragon's Maw fits their lore. I will agree that it was dumb that the original three Regis didn't get new signature Abilities/moves when Eleki and Drago got them, but then again what would those sigs even be?Alright. Now that the dust has settled some, I'm turning this into an Enamorus appreciation thread.
I'm stuck marveling at how cohesive she is compared to some other recent additions to the canon: Regidrago and Regieleki.
Bear with me. Think about the OG Hoenn Regi Trio. They have some strict commonalities and a theme they all share: their ability Clear Body, their weakness to Fighting-type damage, and their inorganic solid body compositions, to name a few that are relevant. They also map easily onto the Stone Age, Ice Age, and Iron Age respectively. Regigigas (Sinnoh) bucked all of these characteristics except the Fighting weakness, but he's the trio master. He gets to bend the rules some. He looks like he's made of ceramic, another golem-worthy solid, and he also has jewels that invoke the colors of his progeny and bolster their connection as creator and creation. He complements the Hoenn three.
Regidrago and Regieleki are just wrong. They're cool, but there is something seriously wrong about them. They don't share an ability with the others. They're not weak to Fighting. They're made of asspull materials like "dragon energy" or bioelectric organs. They're not represented in their creator's design, nor do they map onto any popular ages unless we reach for the Digital Age or the Dinosaur Age. Also, their names are gibberish against the raw simplicity of the others. It would have been so easy to design a Dark-type titan, give it Clear Body, call it Regidark, and say the Dark Ages are the missing piece of the puzzle. With all the strong themes they had going, the last member of the squad could have written itself. Instead we got these bizarre energy beings shoehorned into the family just by virtue of having the telltale seven eyes.
Enamorus is everything those two aren't. She is the "Regidark" of the cloud genies. She feels less like a slapdash addition to the trio and more like the missing piece that was there all along. It's well contended that their Therian forms are the Chinese cardinal symbols, but they've always been missing a tortoise. Likewise, one might speculate they are connected to the seasons or the Four Winds, but again... it never quite worked because there were only three of them. Until now. Enamorus completes the cloud genies. She is the fourth season, the fourth wind, and the missing tortoise all at once. She stays consistent with their motifs (except for the cheeky swap from Prankster to Healer), sports a devilishly clever name to boot, and arrives with fresh signature moves for all of them. The "force of love" concept is admittedly stupid, but I think there's enough else going on to excuse it.
It's shocking. It's inconceivable. It works. Those mustached palette swap screwballs from BW, who began their long redemption arc with the Dream Radar in B2W2, are now some of the coolest and most coherent Pokémon families in the whole freaking series. Like a hurricane, they've overtaken the Regis and a dozen other Legendaries in my estimation. They beat the odds. They saved themselves and vindicated a whole generation.
Thank you, genies of healthy meta. Also, thank Riddler Khu for making this leak cycle so... fun.
tl;dr
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- Regi because seven dot eyes for a face
- Unprecedented new super-abilities
- Off-theme monotypes
- Bloats existing mythology
- Disrupts existing themes
- Hoards signature moves for clout
- Sorry, but dragon is not an age nor a construction material.
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- Cloud genie with the right horns, tail, white mouth feature, etc.
- On-theme abilities
- On-theme dual type
- Fills gap in existing mythology
- Complements existing themes
- Brings sig moves for the whole family
- Sorry, but love is not a storm nor a force of nature.
They did it. They did the thing. I'm about to cry tears of joy.
I really like this interpretation. Between that and Regidrago looking the way it does because Regigigas ran out of materials, it gives Regigigas some really interesting characterization. Arceus created the dragon trio and the lake trio because it's a creator deity. Regigigas created the golems because it just likes creating golems.it’s like Regigigas made the first three and then decided to get weird ideas about where to go next lol
I heard a theory (it was in French but I'll edit the link in if I find it) that was saying that the other Regis were not final forms, he was lacking of materials (similar to our real condition on earth) and couldn't finish to create them.I really like this interpretation. Between that and Regidrago looking the way it does because Regigigas ran out of materials, it gives Regigigas some really interesting characterization. Arceus created the dragon trio and the lake trio because it's a creator deity. Regigigas created the golems because it just likes creating golems.
Regigigas is an artist.
This isn't a theory. It's literally canon. According to Regidrago's bio on the official SWSH website, Regigigas was building a giant dragon with the crystal dragon energy, but it ran out of energy and was only able to complete the dragon's head, which ended up becoming Regidrago.I heard a theory (it was in French but I'll edit the link in if I find it) that was saying that the other Regis were not final forms, he was lacking of materials (similar to our real condition on earth) and couldn't finish to create them.
I like to think that Regigigas was lonely, spending all that time pulling the continents together on its own, so it created the Regis so that it could have some friendsArceus created the dragon trio and the lake trio because it's a creator deity. Regigigas created the golems because it just likes creating golems.
Regigigas is an artist.
Oh shoot, I wasn't aware of this but iirc they were talking about the others as well and had precise explanations for their designThis isn't a theory. It's literally canon. According to Regidrago's bio on the official SWSH website, Regigigas was building a giant dragon with the crystal dragon energy, but it ran out of energy and was only able to complete the dragon's head, which ended up becoming Regidrago.
Bruh recent gens? gems like "Seel" and "Meowth" have been a thing since Day 1 you know.Some of the Pokemon names in recent gens have been real hit or miss but Overqwil might just be the best name In the series.
What meme?THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THE MEME. GAME FREAK BASED
I haven't really seen any footage of this to know for sure, but there are some mentions of status in the text dump that mention this universal offense/defense raising. Still pretty interesting to know that these moves still have some basis in the main game mechanics.I noticed going through the move descriptions that every move that previously sharply rose or lowered a stat does not make any distinction in the description compared to those that only move it 1 stage, and going through the indepth move data confirms that all these moves indeed only change the stat by 1 level now. What I do find a bit odd though is the grouping of "offenses" and "defenses" in these descriptions. This makes it sound like any move that previously lowered defense, for example, will now also lower special defense. However, the indepth move data doesn't really support this as far as I can tell.
As for the duplicated fields, I'm pretty sure those are just supposed to be internally used by pknx (the game dump reader) and aren't present in similar move dumps from SWSH. We'll probably have to wait for the game to be analyzed further and Kaphotics's tool to be updated to get the whole picture eventually, but there's some pretty interesting stuff to be inferred still just from the descriptions and numbers we have.Power Boost
The Pokémon’s offensive stats are raised, boosting its Attack and Sp. Atk stats.
Power Drop
The Pokémon’s offensive stats are lowered, reducing its Attack and Sp. Atk stats.
Guard Boost
The Pokémon’s defensive stats are raised, boosting its Defense and Sp. Def stats.
Guard Drop
The Pokémon’s defensive stats are lowered, reducing its Defense and Sp. Def stats.
This made me notice Dark Void lowers defence and Shadow Force is 100/100 with the "likely to miss" description. Magma Storm has burn chance now which might be 100% based on the description and data. (612 = 512+100). Roar of Time and recharge moves lack the recharge in the description so I guess they're just like strong moves innately that would just lower your action speed.iron defense, shelter, acid armor, dark void
It sounds like the devs took some inspiration from Breath of the Wild's Koroks.Interesting note about the Unown: They aren't normal wild encounters all thrown into Solaceon Ruins. Instead they're now static encounter "collectibles" you find around the overworld in funny situations. Here's the screenshot of a friend's friend as an example:
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It can be a good idea but I don't think that on the long run it's going to be a good thing unless you can avoid the encounters with an object or somethingInteresting note about the Unown: They aren't normal wild encounters all thrown into Solaceon Ruins. Instead they're now static encounter "collectibles" you find around the overworld in funny situations. Here's the screenshot of a friend's friend as an example:
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I rather they went in the opposite direction and made a new Regi trio of man made golems that are the antítesis of the oginial trio, all made of energy with barely any physical bodies. Make them based on contemporary technolgy and based on energy. Regileki can stay but add Regiheat/Reginferno (Fire) and Regiation (Poison) instead of Draco.I don't think the golems needed extra members and I'm a huge fan of revisiting past families, but there's no way Drago and especially Eleki made more sense than a theoretical Regidark would have even if that idea is corny. There's so many ways to make that concept work, e.g. the fear of the worshippers or whatever, even shadows if we're saying there's a golem (tradiitionally made from hard, solid materials in mythology) made of electricity.
?It can be a good idea but I don't think that on the long run it's going to be a good thing unless you can avoid the encounters with an object or something
...Hey, that's new! Same for Dragon Claw. It looks like all slashing/cutting moves now have increased crit ratios, just like all pulse moves are now unable to miss. Makes sense, as a lot of cuttting/slashing moves (Leaf Blade, Night Slash, Cross Poison) already had increased crit ratios, so why not finish the set?It's pretty neat, looking through I learned X-Scissor has high crit rate.