Here you gohttps://www.pokemon.co.jp/ex/legends_z-a/ja/pokemon/250910_01/
>GYATkun Pokémon
Shiny better not disappoint
>>58231897>stimulates it's brain with it's tentacles to increase it's psychic powersneat
>>58231897I like this
>>58231897>the tentacles ball up to look like a giant brainKINOOOOOOOO
it think it's nice, don't get the hate
>>58231926Literally no one is hating this
>>58231897BAZZ
>>58231897It is literally impossible for them to not just make Pokémon look more human
tfw you will never unlock your brain potential>>58231926it's mostly the poor description and the quick piece-it-together art. if you notice the leaks don't mention how it animates
>>58231916>big deformed brainThis is all Palafin's fault!
>>58231926>>58231938I dont hate the mega, I'm hating the forced shilling campaign for it.
>>58231926What hate? People seem to like it or be neutral so far, I've not seen a single person shitting on it
>>58231926it’s just mental illness like this guy>>58231956
>>58231897I think we're mostly all in agreement that the Kalos megas have been winners so far.Even if the mega doesnt suddenly make you like a pokemon you didnt like before, I feel like they both have successfully continued the appeal of the original and feel designed to be enjoyed by people who already enjoyed the base form, something I'm not so sure Dragonite or Victreebel accomplished well.
Need a lot more than +100 BST to fix this.
>>58231953seems like Lumiose city needs a hero
>>58231982These two are going on my team. Here's hoping Gen X gives us mega Palafin
>>58231980You'll notice that malamar and hawlucha are 2/1 stage mons, meaning there's more places to go with their designs then a 3 stage mon inherently does.Even mega dragonite pitches itself as "gains some dragonair like traits" because best it can do is go backwards.
>>58231956It's called advertising.
>>58231980Also funny how the two Kalos megas thus far got lackluster descriptions from the leak in question
>>58231897>Malamar mega evolves not because you have achieved a good relationship with it, but because you are literally brainwashed into having high affinityThat's a cool twist on mega evolution
>>58231981Maybe the ability will boost the power of its psychic type moves.
>>58231981While it won't be relevant in Z-A itself, keep in mind Megas tend to have overtuned abilities as well to complement their +100 stat buff.Its also possible to drain stats from other areas to minmax a bit more like we saw with Beedrill.
>>58231981Just go the mega beedrill route and min-max him. Plus 50 in attack, plus 50 in speed.
i like it but its odd how it doesnt do anything further with inkay/malamar's orientation concept. I think it could've been much cooler if its whole body spiraled around slowly as well to combine that aspect with the hypnosis angle or something like that
>>58231981Ability and moves are more important, it's why the stats are so bad to begin with and why they limited it to Superpower for boosting. They could just do this to the stats:869288118 (+50)75123 (+50)And have it keep Contrary while learning Psycho Boost. It'd be a faster stronger Serperior. Seperior only has 75 special attack and it's already threatening after the first Leaf Storm.
Do you guys have the list of all leaked megas drawn by that twitter guy?
>>58231981They're probably going to remove 50+ points from attack and maybe 10 from defBut I wonder how they're avoiding making M-Alakazam 2
>>58231981>-50 Atk>+100 Sp. Atk>+ 50 Sp. DefHere, I fixed it.
>>58232029anon I don't think we want to junji ito children
>>58232048We're already going psychological horror, aren't we?
>>58231981knowing malamars theme i bet its base stats change drastically for the mega. that attack probably drops to 20 and the sp atk to 120
>>58231981>+40 Speed, +50 Sp.Atk +10 Attack,>Keep Contrary>Keep Superpower>Give it Close Combat >Give it Psycho Boost, seriously it's been 6 gens since it was introduced (going on 7 come Gen 10) and Deoxys hasn't used it ever, just fucking give it out already.There. It's still has a dogshit defensive dual typing and its heavily susceptible to revenge kills from strong priority, but it now has the chance to snowball off the riskier but stronger Psycho Boost (riskier because Psychic hasn't been a good offensive type in roughly 25 years so relying on clicking it comes with a litany of issues like being blanked by Dark types), or use the weaker and slower-ramping but more consistent Superpower/Close Combat
>>58232046>>58232043>investing in special attackfor a pokemon with contrary superpower
>>58232060Sure but look at that design, I don't think they're going for the physical route
>>58231981just give him simple
>>58231897Actually really cool
https://press.pokemon.com/en/releases/Mega-Malamar-Revealed-for-Pokemon-Legends-Z-AEnglish press reveal and press kit with higher quality pics (too big for 4chan)
Looks like pure garbage, i don't understand why everyone loves it.
>>58232066And regular Malamar screamed physical attacker?
>>58232076Also website has been updatedhttps://legends.pokemon.com/en-us/news/mega-malamar
>>58232060I don't really see how a mind controlling Pokemon would work as a physical attacker. Maybe he'll get a signature move and a new talent.
https://legends.pokemon.com/en-us/story-world/pokemon/mega-malamar
O.o
>>58231981Malamar already has one of the best abilities in the game. Serperior also has a dogshit typing (better than Psy/Dark but still not good) and bad stats but is a menace just because of Contrary. If Malamar got some way to abuse Contrary with STAB along with more Speed it would be a serious threat
>>58232066Whipping is very physical.
>>58232088How much do we want to bet they won't implement a mechanic in ZA in which mega malamar sometimes does whatever it wants
>>58231897>it's shitWho would've guessed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW_EtH4G_0I
>>58232066you can be hypnotic physical attacker, you stat racist
>>58232060i fucking SAID give it Super Power
>>58232066One of Malamar's best traits is that it looks like it would have telekinetic abilities but just goes around hitting people because it's all for show.
>>58232115i mean PSYCHO BOOST, i SAID pyscho boost, you made me SO MAD I said the WRONG ONE
>>58231981I can't believe the stats are this bad>MALAMAR HAS UNPARALLED PSYCHIC POWER!>68 sp attack>way lower than attackThis is shit design.
I dig the sci-fi supervillain look
>>58232122Hypno has 73 SpAtkPecharunt has 88
>>58232122They wanted it to use Psycho cut+superpower
The trailer got me a boner. Is it too late for me?
>>58232101Your Malamar will never disobey you (because you’re the bestest trainer ever), but I guarantee there’ll be a side quest with a Mega Malamar disobeying and/or hypnotizing its trainer.
>>58232170Did you get a boner on accident, or did you get a boner because you felt like it was something you'd do?
The leaker really sucked at describing this one, didn't even mention the oversized brain and alien look which is core to the design
>>58232101No shit, it's hardly the first pokemon the dex describes as willfully disobedient that would be completely obedient in-game. That'd be a very cumbersome mechanic and would actively impede gameplay.
>>58231897Malamar is my favorite pokemon but I don't like the way the mega looks.
>>58232148It was likely a combination of:- Avoiding it becoming overpowered- Psycho Boost remaining a signature moveThere's no "lore" that suggests the psychic power is all for show and it's actually supposed to prefer fighting physically.
>>58232192No you arent allowed to think that.My friend Malamar!!!Am I fitting in yet guys? xD
>>58232137Pecharunt isn't a psychic type
>>58231938I am.It's gross
>>58231897>>58231981>while analyzing the war situation calmlyAnalytic? Underwhelming for a mega maybe but it would let you minmax with the points from the Speed stat.
>>58232192There's something that could be done design-wise. Not sure what, but i expected they turned the mind flayer vibes to eleven. I don't despise it but i don't love it that strongly Also iirc last legends games didn't have abilities, right?
>>58232262Mind control isn't necessarily tied to psychic type
>>58232338Correct, neither does Z-A (not that they would be comparable since the real time combat isnt really comparable to normal combat), though apparently it does have held items, which Arceus lacked.
>>58232344What a bummer. Hope they do subtle abilities or wait for champions >Inb4 no ability lmao
>>58232098>Gets 120 Psychic attack that drops your sp attack after use
>>58232098>>58232378Just give it Psychoboost. It's not like Deoxys was really using it anyway.
>give this squid the most powerful hypnosis in series history canonically>soon to put Hypno out of a job forever with its one gimmickBe ready, we're about to get the spiciest and most degenerate content to ever happen in over a decade by the time this game is out. Flat-out able to change someone's personality, mind and more permanently? It's like Game Freak are TRYING to get this bastard into endless doujins.
>>58232402I figured hypno's specialty was sleep, and malamar's specialty was mind controlIt's too bad hypno is a terrible sleep inducer
>>58231981Crazy abilities can completely turn absolute shitmons like Kangaskhan and Mawile into fucking monsters despite their low BST + 100.
>>58232402Nah, hypno still wins for the ugly bastard vibe. The squid isn't going to get more popular because it's not human looking enough. At best it'll compete with Kaa in niche hypnosis fetish.
>>58231897Almost definitely switching from physical to specialgive it psycho boost
>>58232427It's a legends game though. Unless the new megas makes it into a main game they won't even have abilities.
>>58231981?+75 speed, +50 one offensive stat, -25 the other offensive statThere done
>>58232453They'll just code them in like with Regigigas.
>>58232453Presumably they'll be coming to Champions.
>>58231916>it lobotomizes itself to strengthen its powerkinda based.
>>58232402Tentacle monsters will get some new stuff but i agree with what >>58232438 said
>>58232453They're literally going to be in Champions, thats where VGC and all that is going to be held next year and who knows, maybe years after that too. PLA is a real time combat game and in it the megas are moreso just your temporary powered up super forms you use when you fill up a meter, so yeah, competitive viability within PLA (Which may not even have proper online battles outside of the fairly gimmicky looking FFA mode) doesnt really matter.
>>58232453We've already seen that Mega Dragonite is coming to Champions, so we can safely presume all the Z-A Megas will be as well. When they do they'll all get their own new abilities which can be gamechangers.For Z-A itself, like Arceus did before it the stats will likely be rebalanced for that game, so I wouldn't put too much stock into its current BST.
>>58232178Yeah, it's pretty weird, you'd think the fucking huge brain would be the first thing to mention.
>>58232493just seeing the design, you could easily think its just some dumb hairstyle rearranging its tentacles, not a huge brain
>>58231945You think Mega Victreebel, Dragonite, and this thing look human? More human than they did before?
>>58232483Emma doesn't have all that
>>58231956>forced shillingthat's the whole gimmick. He's making the company go overboard. Did you not get the bit or are you just anti-fun?
>>58232402I hope
>>58231981just keep Contrary and put all into speedThough it looks slender and fast GF is probably too retarded to go for obvious choice and will choose some other retarded gimmick instead
>>58232483Emma hot....
>>58232531It was the only Mega Malamar doing the hypnosis thing on pixiv up at the moment.
Do we think mega malamar will replace hypno as the Pokémon that everyone makes hypnosis fanart with?
>>58232563I hope so because it's a trillion times cooler
>>58232563I hope soIt deserves it
>>58232563>hypnosis and tentaclesonly if the coomers have a brain
>>58232563If that was going to happen, it would have happened already.
>>58232563It'll be fotm like mochi mayhem
>All the forced shilling of pretending that it doesn't look like shit
>Mega Malamar sees everyone, even you, as pawns and will literally hypnotize you if you give a command it doesn't like>Use Protect. I'm in charge.Do you feel in charge?>I-I captured you.And this gives you power over me?
>>58231897>its an upside down lumiose tower
>>58231897I just got here to ask, HOW IS HE OUR POKÉMON IF HE'S SO SMART, SAPIENT AND INDEPENDENT? Isn't this getting a little out of hand?That's pretty much a Digimon. I mean I'd say the same about anime Mewtwo but in the games they did make him seem more like a wildly screeching animal.Mega Malamar is pretty much anime Mewtwo. He has a high concept of himself and sees others as his servants, it just breaks my lore immersion this feels more like some non-playable boss character.I guess the limitation is that he is only this way during his Mega Evolution, and it only lasts for some minutes. His personality and sapience only returns whenever he goes Mega.
>>58232536I got the bit, I'm saying that its super forced to spam MY FRIEND MALAMAR xDD everywhere like a retard.>going along corporation's shilling is "fun"Jesus christ we are doomed.
>>58232645Its not shilling when it's the corporation doing it, retard. Thats just advertising.
>>58232633I never really got why any Pokemon would obey inferior beings like us desu. They're all smart and powerful, not just Malamar. We should be their slaves instead.
>>58231981>86/132/68/118/65/113>neuroforce
>>58232633>His personality and sapience only returns whenever he goes Mega.Anon... regular Malamar is the exact same. It's just not as hyperintelligent and powerful.
>>58232645The “forced corporate shilling is the only Pokémon meme that’s isn’t completely ass
>>58232633>>58232658Its official page says that it views its trainer as a pawn and it will disobey/hypnotize them if it disagrees with an order it's given
>>58232633>but he's SMART????Alakazam literally has a higher IQ than any human ever, this is nothing new, retard
>>58232673This. Metagross too. It's literally a super computer.
>>58232673>>58232677I always tried to rationalize it as them just having a high IQ to solve problems and stuff but not necessarily having human-like thoughts (although Mega Alakazam looks pretty wise now that I remember)But Malamar seems to directly be just an evil emperor kind of person stuck in a Pokémon body, no shred of "ummm he's an animal / computer thingy" no that's just a full blown human thinking about controlling the world or something.
>>58232285Kek, my thoughts exactly
>>58232563Between Typhlosion and Malamar, Hypno will beat the allegations after 30 years...
>>58232716funny enough they lightly explore this in the anime, were they are super villains, sadly they never completed their arc, and it ended with ''and so they disappear in their UFO ship'' though this mega form seems so fitting for a continuation of that, which sadly will never happenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43jisZPu-js
>>58232192It could have been much worse, you have dodged a bullet compared to fans of others that have got a mega.
>>58232563Hypno is easier to draw, so no.
>>58231981>52 Atk (-40)>68 Def (-20)>138 SpA (+70)>125 SpD (+50)>113 Spe (+40)
>>58231981>+50 speed>-24 Attack>+24 +50 (=+74) Sp. Attack>ability that boosts psychic type moves
>>58232531she got implants
>>58232192yeah nu pokemon designers suck ass mega malamar is just lets make megamind the pokemon
>>58232007are they paying bulbapedia?
>>58232101fun fact: since Legends Z-A, Pokemon you caught yourself can disobey you if you level them too high.
>>58231981My bet is probably it sacrificing Speed to give it an additional stat boost, maybe something like>86>117 (+25)>113 (+25)>143 (+75)>100 (+25)>23 (-50)
