Post dem fossil mons
>>57062787Sauropods are the most based dinosaurs.
>>57061479>>57062787>lazy cartoon animal without a single pokemon element to their design>also are complete worthless shitmon>this apply to every single pokemon fossil with only 3 exceptions. It truly Is the worst group of pokemon.
>>57061479cradily is the best fossil pokemon
>>57061479so the reason they're all rock type is because they were brought back from fossils, right?back when they roamed the Earth, they weren't actually all rock-types... right?
>>57062883absolutely based, just about to say this
>>57062874>only 3 exceptionsOmanyte/Omastar Aerodactyl and Lileep/Cradily
>>57062890>so the reason they're all rock type is because they were brought back from fossils, right?nope. the cranidos and sheildon that come from space time distorsion in pla come from the ancient past and yet they are still rock type.
>>57062874Kindly fuck off.
>>57062890Maybe much like our planet, the Pokemon world in prehistoric times was a harsh place going through all sort of growing pains like tectonic and volcanic activity, and as such there was an evolutionary advantage to being a rock type.
Mammal fossilmon when?
Bump
>>57064104mamoswine already exist
>>57062874>a single "pokemon element">implying "pokemon element" is a defined design characteristic
Why are all Sauropods trash?How do we fix them?
>>57062874Aurorus is not completely useless. It can hit like a truck if you give it Hyper Beam + Nevermelt Ice.
>>57067540Whats it gonna hit?
ROBBED
>>57067276Game Freak:>let's give incineroar helping hand in gen 9 as if it's not already good enough as it is (we're also buffing it even further in gen 10)Also Game Freak:>yeah, we replaced defiant with competition for empoleon and shifty has wind rider now, but meganium having anything other than leaf guard would make it too strong>yes, HMs are no longer a thing in modern games but we're not going to give tropius any buffs to compensate>why yes we did take away rock polish from aurorus in gen 8 and gave out close combat like candy, and as a bonus it still doesn't get power gen (because fuck you)>also aurorus will NEVER get to have terrestrialization (because fuck you again but we also made sure that it rewarded strong pokemon like all of our gimmicks do)>and as a side note we're not bringing back inverse battles for balancing reasons (and that it would overwhelm the ADHD iPad kids when their lucario gets OHKO by ancient power)Remember that Game Freak deserves ALL the hate, but people are too busy sheepishly hating on Meganium to realize this.
>>57067555Good question.
>>57061479He looks like he fucks girlshttps://files.catbox.moe/r9gpsa.jpg
>>57062911How is Aerodactyl not a cartoon pterosaur?
>>57068850You're no better than the people who try to post bait in these threads.
The actual rankings based on my opinion. Those weird things you mix together to create abominations don't exist
>>57062874>pokemon elementThry are called types
>>57070421>Thry
>>57067555Don't put Aurorus against physical attackers. It has enough defense to withstand an attack
>>57062930There is a case for those two just coincidently being rock types already being either full rock or part steel. Alternatively it could just be that rock types for some reason were the only ones that left fossils behind that are sturdy enough to revive. Its possible that the Galar fossils would also have been rock types if they werent a fusion of two different pokemon.
>>57067593Appreciate the artist including fucked up versions of the fixed mons.
>>57061479
>>57062874somehow mog 95% of all pokemon
>>57067593I've always appreciated what they TRIED to do with these Pokemon, but they forgot that IRL when the paleontologists were assembling bones wrong, they were also still trying to assemble something that kinda made sense. They weren't just sticking random shit together like lego pieces, and that's where the Pokemon were taken too far and made retardedly jumbled. Good idea, horrible execution.
>>57067593>I'll never get to have electric raptorI cri
>>57070421>labels fossil pokemon as cartoon animals>insults them referring to them as worthless shitmons>says that fossil pokemon are the worst group of pokemon The telltale signs of this post being bait to reel in responses were there and you chose to respond.
>>57061479>accidentally turned my tyrantrum into a hm slave fml
>>57063667shouldn't it be water then?
Literally my favorite Pokémon, I love them so much
>>57074140>'you are wrong for responding' he respondedAnyways, if I were a gym leader I would be a Rock type gym leader just so I could have a full team of 'fossils'. Kabutops, Aerodactyl, Cradily, Archeops, Aurorus, and Relicanth.
>>57073340the abstract and unorthodox anatomy is part of the appeal for me and i wish there were more mons like it
>>57067593I will forever seethe about the fact that fossil 'Jurassic Park' was teased in gen 7, but nothing was ever done with it.
What if "we" got convergent fossils (basically old pokemon but as fossils lol) in gen 10?
>>57073340>they were also still trying to assemble something that kinda made senseFor Pokemon they do make sense, retard.
>>57075308Would be pretty neat in my opinion. Still wish they had given us a Paldean Meowth to keep the trend going.
>>57074652so childish
>>57073340I get your complaint, but if the Galar fossils were actually realistic mis-reconstructions the gimmick would have completely flown over 99% of peoples' heads. Maybe the designs could have been better but nobody would have gotten the gimmick if they weren't as over the top as they were.
>>57075493>England, the place where Richard Owens coined the term dinosaur>Didn't touch Iguanodon or any of the crystal palace dinosaursonce again Galar was a mistake
>>57074329I did that to my Lugia in Silver back in the day lol
>>57068338>>57067276MeGODnium doesn't need to be "fixed," it's already the perfect Pokémon.It's objectively a good thing to have a hard mode starter.
This nigga is actually really cool.
Last month I found out a Game Store at my local mall had a copy of this card so I picked it up. I've been getting back into Card games recently with Pocket and the Hololive OCG and now I want a full art Cradily to go with this.
>>57080021Nice
Most of the time, I am Archeops but sometimes, I feel like Palafin-Hero but then again, I quickly remember that it's over and I am Archeops again
>>57080063Embrace the fluffiness.
>>57075628nobody care about iguanodon tho. It’s just a duckbill with no headcrest. it would make for a very boring and lazy pokemon.
>>57080143wdym? I was talking metaphorically
>>57080419EMBRACE THE FLUFFINES.
>>57062874Armaldo, Archeops, Kabutops and Aerodactyl look fucking cool and that's all that matters
>>57080450You are telling me to continue being a defeatist? I am confuse...
>>57080181Bulky rock grass, has access to some type of counter move in the form of "thumb spike" Iguanodon is fucking cool as well, maybe you just have shit taste
>>57080181>t. doesn't know what an Iguanodon isIts elephant sized reptilian gorilla with a rail road spike expressly evolved to stab things with. For someone that will blurt out "cartoon animal" at the drop of a hat you don't really know what that animal is supposed to look like.
>>57080181>nobody care about iguanodon tho.
>>57080462You're such a sussy baka :3
bump i love fossilmons
>>57084187Based for sticking it to the shitposters.
Why are there no Hominid fossilmons?
>>57070434honestly, I could see this being correct. I wonder how many pokemon fossils get unearthed through shit like earthquake and bulldoze, too.
>>57074652I love this silly little goober so much
>>57084974Cutie!
>>57062890Of course they were all rock-types, it was the stone age.
>>57062874please, stop posting and kill yourself
>>57062930>>57070434It's more like Gamefreak doesn't give a fuck about lore coherency anymore, if they ever did in the first place.
I found it kind of weird how it took until gen 4 for there to actually start being dinosaur fossils pterosaurs are not dinosaurs and for gen 6 for one of them to be a T Rex. Like it's as if they started with scrapping the bottom of the barrel and then worked back towards all the obvious picks.
>>57081201>rail road spike expressly evolved to stab things Based on what they eat (known due to coprolites), it’s for schucking the bark off of cyads to allow him to eat the tasty cambium underneath.It would take a particularly foolish predator to get itself into shanking position against an iguanadon.
>>57087370It's cause the first game was inspired a lot by the weird side of science (zombie mushrooms, clone experiments, polygon lifeforms...) and so it picked it's fossils from the more unique side of ancient life. Plus, why would gen 1 need a Trex when you had already dinosaur like creatures running around like nidoking
Sup guys how's it going?
>>57091953Best fish. >you will never fill up a kiddie pool in your back yard for your prehistoric water/rock buds
>>57077975baste
>>57087409I probably shouldn't have said "expressly" bark sure but breaking nuts with that seems far more unwieldy that just swiping at a predator or rival going for your neck. Defensive traits like tusks or in Iguanodon's case a thumb spike usually have multiple uses but I can find no paper stating Iguanodon used the thumb for just foraging and multiple suggesting it was for combat.
>>57092804>Shaped like a knife >biomechanically easy to plunge it into the guts of an opponent >doesn't get in the way of walking or foraging Nu-dinosaur enthusiasts always try to de-sex any dinosaur and remove all their "cool" weapons. What's next, deinonychus didn't actually claw with the thumb claw, it was just for posing? Get the fuck out of here
>>57080565I'd say this is too violent for Pokemon but then again they did make throat chop.
>>57092904this is so true>ceratopsians cant ram and the frill was just for display>the thick skull (with numerous impact injuries) in Pachycepahlosaurus was for display>diplodocids would explode if they used their tails for defense>Therizinosaurus claws cant be used for anything>Smilodon teeth would break if used for anything
>>57073340What they really should have done is kept the gimmick but rewarded the player with what the ACTUAL fossil-mon looked like if they shut the shit together themselves.
>>57086726You're giving it the attention it wants.Of course, the lack of moderation on /vp/ enables the creature to lust for (You)s.Just ignore their shitty posts. Replying isn't worth it since doing so gives them more power.
>>57067593>Velokentro>Velorodon>Dunkleokentro>DunkleorodonI would be happy if they gave us those four new chimeras, you keep up your stupid joke and for paleofags GF indirectly gives them the complete form of the fossils.Extra points for using a Kentrosaurus and a Liopleurodon
>>57091953>"Bro you haven't changed!"A Galarian Lapras meeting a Paldean Relicanth
>>57092000would they need something a tad bit bigger than a kiddie pool tho
>>57095681I see. So like two kiddie pools.
>>57086596I cant stand you >:(
>>57092904>biomechanically easy to plunge it into the guts of an opponentNot really though. It takes a dumbfuck predator to get hugged, and bio mechanically it needs to basically hug whatever it stabs. It doesn’t have your ball and socket shoulder allowing it to swing its forelimbs wide to shank a nigga like someone holding a knife hammer grip, and it can’t really thrust past its own head forward. A predator is going to come from the flanks, and a forward facing spike with that shoulder anatomy isn’t useful from the side, only forwards. And a regular ass stomp with its front hooves is probably enough attack that way. Maybe they are shanking eachother when fighting over mates or whatever, but it’s not a dimorphic feature, so either both sexes fight for sexual access or it’s not for display/sexual competition (one of the main reasons why Pachycephalosaurs as bighorn sheep expies is unlikely, leaving the head for more general combat like muskox at best).
>>57092804And other defensive armament is more easily provable. We have Tyrannosaur fossils with healed punctures that match Triceratops spikes (and enough Triceratops frills with Tyrannosaur bites that we know they ripped the head off of almost every triceratops they killed, in order to get after the meat of the neck), we have Allosaurs with healed Thagomizer wounds from stegosaurs, etc etc.
>>57062791>Literally whale sized biological walking tank>Scientifics are still amazed those things (at least the biggest ones) were able to barely exist>Could only feel hunger, thirst for water and need to reproduceThey are based beyond imagination.But Tyrantrum is still my favorite. Only because it is a Tyrannosaurus.
Not enough Armaldo appreciation in this thread.Also, when are we getting regional fossils/regional forms of fossilmons?
>>57096221>>57096278apparently there is a Neovenator with a weirdly Iguanodon thumb shaped hole in it's gastralia but it's in a private collection; Molnar, R. E., 2001, Theropod paleopathology: a literature survey: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life and mentioned by Darren Naish in Dinosaurs Britain
>>57096221>arm can extend forward in a stabbing motion >dino can stand up on hind legs >arms can sweep from below and to the sides to threaten side stabs on front facing enemies Being able to threaten enemies from the front is good for anyone that wants to keep their eyes on the opponent. It also has two arms. Its a natural defensive tool - why are you so fixated on removing plausible and fun ways a dinosaur can defend itself? It makes total sense and is cool, but maybe that's the problem in its entirety. Now tell me how a utahraptor's claws weren't used for hunting.
>>57098553>>57096221Also forgot another argument>it would take a dumb predator to get stabbed Like one that just sunk its teeth in an iguanodon? You're not making a strong case here - the thumb spike disincentivizing direct attacks due to its existence seems like it working as intended
Drew a picture showcasing a potential normal use case of defending with a thumb spike. Please cease fucking with dinosaur weapons. They absolutely were using these as weapons.
>>57098924I cannot get the mental image of a prehistoric MMA/Self Defense class out of my head thanks to your drawing.
>>57091953Honestly 10/10 pokemon design here
>>57077975Agreed, he was my bromon.
>>57081201>That finger configurationJust give my boy a spike
>>57068877Looks more like a gargoyle than a pterosaur
>>57102408Not all pterosaurs were beaked, plenty had teeth. Yes, the beaked ones tended to be bigger and more impressive, and I wouldn't mind a fossilmon based on Quetzelcoatlus or Hatzegopteryx, but Aerodactyl is perfectly valid as a cartoon Pterosaur.
>>57102900The Azhdarkid Pterosaurs are neat, as tall as giraffes with a giant tongs for a face and quadrupedal, yet still able to fly.The secret to why Pterosaurs can be so much larger than flighted birds is that birds have to launch with their hind limbs and fly with their forelimbs, but Pterosaurs can launch with their forelimbs and fly with same, so they're much more efficient at allocating musculature.
What is the Pokemon fossil for me who hates Fairy Type, wants an anti-Fairy Type Pokemon that is tough and effective against that Fairy Type crap?
