i don't really get the self flagellation of raichu fans, pikachu is the mascot of the franchise, their favorite pokemon was a pikachu at some point and for some reason they hate that their favorite pokemon gets more powerful.like you can cry but no one fucking cares except other delusional people
>>58245647>MFW they cucked raichu of a good mega form just to make MEGA PIKACHU twice
>>58245653also no one is shitting their diapers about faggonite's mega having a call back to dragqueeny make it make sense
>>58245647SIMILAR TO THAT OF PIKACHU
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>>58245980wait raichu looks like pikachu.....
>>58245647Raichu got robbed because the mega got shafted for more Pikachu shilling
>>58245647pretty much.even the couple of posts shitting on it in this thread are just parroting the same arguments that got already adressed in your post or >>58245659
>>58245647pikachu's the mascot so it's kinda just the reality that it'll get most of the spotlight, but it'd be nice if they let raichu stand on its own merits for the mega. alolan raichu was a good addition in that regard, but the mega is like "look! it looks like pikachu! remember pikachu?" and it kinda sucks when pikachu already gets SO much attention. i like pikachu, it's a fine mascot design, but you'd think mega raichu would be more about raichu, not pikachu
>>58245647They should've used the opportunity to make Mega Raichu into Gorochu.
I think Raichu got enough attention in Alola.These new Megas are a mistake. Game Freak are clearly afraid of how Gorochu would be received.
>>58245647Raichu was almost always cucked by Pikachu's existence. It only got the alolan form, meanwhile Pikachu got a billion costumes, a Z move, a GMax, it was absolutely everywhere in the anime and marketing, etc...Raichu is not even close to Pikachu's popularity.A lot of people are tired of Pikachu getting all the shit, especially when Raichu is literally right there. But these megas are just Game Freak admiting defeat because if Pikachu fatigue wasn't a thing, they 100% would have cucked Raichu again by giving Pikachu two Megas that give like 200 BST to compensate for being a NFE mon.
>>58245980>Raichu Knight YThis AI translated.
>>58246775Pichu's the one who really nailed Raichu's coffin, it was ALWAYS meant to be a middle stage that led into Gorochu, but then Pichu came along in gen 2 and made it the final stage by default because the fucktards were pandering to girls with Baby Pokemon and making piss easy blobby designs so the poor anime storyboarders, animators and merchandise makers didn't have conniptions trying to make merch of Gorochu.
>>58246946baby pokemon were a mistake.
>>58245980It's pretty clear Y is just Mega Pikachu but they didn't want to break established rules for once and give an NFE mon a mega.
Reddit thread
>Mega Gengar has pinkish-redish energy and big hands like Haunter.>Mega Gyarados has red scales like Magikarp.>Mega Dragonite gains Dragonair traits too.>Mega Ampharos has wool like Flaaffy.>Mega Tyranitar has a red belly like Larvitar.>but it's when Mega Raichu has Pikachu traits that some retards spergShameful. Raichads won
>>58245647It's not Raichu fans crying.
>>58247275>Mega Aggron goes quadrupedal when it attacks>Mega Salamence regains more of its shell>Mega Metagross returns to levitating with its arms/legs forward, and gets its spike back>Mega Mewtwo Y gets more Mew-like proportions, while X gets Mew’s eye colors>Mega Aerodactyl is said to be its original appearanceRegression is definitely a common theme with megas. Also leaks suggest Eelektross and Feraligatr get traits of their prevos too.
>>58247321Even the cut Mega Jynx had Smoochum’s hair tuft
Japan loves them4chuds mad as usual when they realize they are alone and old and busted
>>58246775Alolan Raichu also has a exclusive Z move.But pikachu has 2 exclusive z moves.
X will be a physical attacker and Y will be special oriented, based solely on this fact which do you theorize will be more competitively viable?
>>58245647I like Raichu's design too much, taking away either his ears or tail just downgrades him.
>>58247512Depends on stats and abilities but most likely Y unless they massively buff Raichu's physocal moveset.Raichu's special moveset is amazing: nasty plot, focus blast, grassknot(if it ever sees play in ubers), SURF, volt switch and electro ball/thunderbolt.It's way better than its physical movepool and that's despite it actually having a great physical STAB in Volt tackle. Aside of that, its only good physical moves are knock off, play rough and that's it
>>58247912They say X floats a lot in the description so if it’s pure electric then it’d be cool if it had levitate and not have any weaknesses
>>58247331Who cares about what Japan thinks when their dogshit opinions ran Pokemon into the ground in the first place? Pokemon should've died after RBG, MAYBE G/S max.
