I’ve never seen a single person who likes this thing
It's alright, I see enough shitheads who claim to "love" Gen 3 yet never brought up that thing as evidence in favour of it.
>>59228338Whismur was my first shiny. When it finally became Exploud it raped everything in the game as a mixed sweeper. Like 90 attack and special attack, alongside the huge tm movepool from being a normal type, made the vanilla game really enjoyable for kid me.It stands out even today. Not my absolute favorite mon, but I do like the guy. I just wish his ingame lore didn't make owning one such a nightmare.
It's fine. It's got a decent design but mechanically it's kind of a worse Nidoking.
>>59228338I often forget it exists, for some reason Loudred seems like a final form to me.
>>59228338fond of this lad
>>59228338Good design. Needs better ability that nulifies any sound moves on field but boost own ones for like 20proc
>>59228338Way back when I wasn't really into pokemon I thought it was one of the infamous gen 4 cross-gen evos people were talking about. To me it always felt like what mamoswine was to piloswine, but for loudred. Finding out it really did exist organically all along was weird.Doesn't matter anyways as we all know the only real kino of this line is whismur.
>>59228338I like it a lot but it's a shame that it got Soundproof instead of Punk Rock. I'd actually really like if they pulled a Weezing and added a second normal ability to it (which they almost never do) just to give it Punk Rock. STAB + Punk Rock Boomburst would actually make the thing interesting to use, it's the OG Boomburster but it's also the worst fucking user in the game, even with Scrappy.
>>59228338I like it. Wouldn’t say love though
>>59228338>I’ve never seen a single person who likes [the reason people ask for Sound type to exist]
imagine the sight of him shitting out of his ass organs
>>59228338designated enemy/fodder monit's like tyranids or zerg, nobody actually likes those factions but they make good bad guys for you to kill
I'm surprised Whismur isn't more popular. When I saw it for the first time I thought it'd be one of those mons that get a shit ton of merchandise made out of them.
>>59228338I do. It’s my favorite Normal-type, actually.
>>59228338>weird sound monster>learns everything under the sun, making it fun for in-game use>had some viability before power creep absolutely obliterated itOnly sad thing is that it evolves at level 40 rather than earlier or with a stone
>>59228338I like Whismur more but Loudred and Exploud are good too.
Seen this thread 3 times this year >>59228947I always thought the sprite from the back looked pretty cool too
>>59228639zerg has a dedicated schizo who dominates any scbw discussion over on /vst/
>>59228639>designated enemy/fodder monit's a designated player mon actually because almost nobody in gen 3 even uses it and it's so easy to get
>>59228338It's one of my top favorites
>>59228338I love Exploud. I don’t know what exactly it’s supposed to be but that’s why I love it. Boomburst is one of my favorite moves and it’s one of the poster children for it.
One of my top 10, alongside both of its other evo stages. I deeply desire sound-type (or music-type, or wave-type, or sonics-type, whatever) so that it can truly shine as "THE sound pokemon" like it deserves.
>>59228519>infamous gen 4 cross-gen evosBut most of those are good>roserade>weavile>gliscor>magnezone>gallade>yanmegaThere’s only a couple retarded ones like Rhyperior and Lickilicky
>>59228639How many trainers in RSE actually use exploud though? Not even Norman or his gym trainers do because it’s too high level to evolve
>>59228338I really like it, i just wish it was stronger.Loudred and Whismur i was never a fan of though, very rare case of like final but dont like either of the first two forms, probably explains why i never used it.
>>59228338Overshadowed by both of his pre evos and mogged by Slaking as the gen's big beefy normal type
>>59228338same, but this place will claim they've always loved it because, yeah....
>>59228340I love Absol and I like Tropius.Grovyle was cool in Mystery Dungeon.When it comes to games gen 3 isn't my favourite but the had a neat artstyle, are the primary base for rom hacks and they did start the first Mystery Dungeon.
It's like the region's chansey/audino AND the chansey's nidoking/toxtricity. Both the simple silly squishy pink blob (whismur) AND the nondescript big ugly monster (exploud)Loudred even fits as a silly goober to fill in gaps. Perfect mon design.
>>59228338it's probably in the top 5 ugliest pokemon ever
What the fuck, Exploud is one of my top 5 fully-evolved, and I like Loudred even better. Best evo-line in the series as a whole IMO. Is it really unpopular?
>>59229197The reporters do, actually.
>>59229359Probably just not talked about as opposed to disliked.
>>59228338Literally my fave normal type. The problem is it just doesn't fit well onto teams in gen 3.
She kinda feels like a sinnoh mon
>>59228338I doI've always liked the BEEG MOUTH design and the pipe organs on its face/It looks very loud. Successful design.
>>59228486>thinks the obligatory shit mid evo is the final formThankfully you aren’t a dev
>>59229409Always been one of my favorite normals. Never had the makings of a varsity athlete sadly.
I like him :)
>>59231219It's just that Exploud's design is very similar to Loudred, the only thing it really does different is trade the speaker ears for pipes. I guess it looks cooler and stronger too. I prefer Exploud, I just think Loudred is more memorable as a design.
>>59231254>same designHabibi their design isn’t similar at all, as in the actual direction of the theme for each evo of the line is explicitly very different. That’s before you even factor in one being a plushy, one being a monkey, and the other being an animate pile of slag wicked mid formation.
I do prefer loudred
>>59229359Exploud line isn't unpopular, but it's definitely unsung, even though Exploud itself is arguably the most creative and original design in the generation.
>>59229813>The problem is it just doesn't fit well onto teams in gen 3.That's false; it has normal STAB and can be taught almost anything. It's a stronger Clefable.
>>59230670because Sinnoh is an extension of certain trends initiated in Hoenn, which Exploud indeed represents, such as more hostile coloration, composure, and "excessive" detailing body-wise
>>59231277Whismur is a plushy but Loudred and Exploud are toads.The jump in power between Loudred and Exploud is shown subtly via Loudred's one-dimensional output capacities versus Exploud's output reaching out in all different directions around its body more like a bomb than a cannon like its preevo.It is very much rational and conceptually successful, as well as aesthetically pleasing. Sheltered zoomers think a speaker is louder than organ pipes and tubes.
>>59228338I do
Because it's strangely absent from the RSE gamesIt looks like it should be a mid-game boss but i don't even remember if any trainer actually uses itMaybe the reporter couple in one of the very last rematches?
>>59232299it's literally one of the many Pokemon you can use before even challenging the 1st gymit's earlier even than Aronthat NPCs do or don't use it is not an excuse; it's irrelevant
>>59228338I like it, but Loudred is such an ugly fuck, even among awkward mid-evos. Exploud isn't without its flaws though, it looks great in the art and in spritework, but the second it closes its mouth it looks horrible. That said this is true for other great designs like Gyarados as well.
>>59232318You're talking about Whismur, all of the stages are so drastically different from each other that you'd assume at first glance it's a completely different line
>>59228338There are defiantly worse offenders for the "Hoenn special" all things considered, boomburst has carries it. I wonder why I dont see more people using it in play throughs maybe the high level 40?
>>59228338Always liked the design, but it was disappointing to train in the gen 3 games. Then gen 6 gave it Boomburst and I rocked an Exploud in my Y team. Shit was cash. Been among my top favourites since.
>>59232318You're fucking retarded, if NPCs don't use it and you happen to not use it then it's absent.
>>59232454Doesnt get boomburst untill later gens and only at lvl 60/70 so thats not really a reason to use it in a playthrough
>>59232378maybe if you're a retarded zoomer
>>59232514everyone back then had guidebooks zoomie, we knew the whole dex going into it, even version exclusives
>>59232371Loudred is cool, Exploud is cool, neither are particularly "flawed", gain taste
>>59232454retarded campaignshitting zoomie take #23
>>59232469you don't know how to play Pokemon
>>59228338I hate the final evos design. Whismur and Loudred are both super cool and interesting, but that interest disappears when they drop the whimsical ear boombox design into whatever the fuck Exploud is supposed to be. I always hate when an evo line changes vibes on the last evo. Makes the first two feel pointless.
>>59232646Sorry but this looks pretty bad.
>>59232639Not true at all. Only the most dedicated kids had those overpriced guides, and you asked your parents to buy them after you already had gotten into a game, not before.
>>59232653Pray tell, what gave it away? Gen 3 Exploud's best learnset moves being Howl and Hyper Beam, with anything beyond that requiring TM investment? Lmao.
>>59232702whatever you say zoom zoom
>>59232671
>>59232750>I totally bought a game guide for a game I didn't even own yet!You're the zoomer here mate, embarrassing display. Here let me put down how it actually worked for the next time you want to try pretending to be an oldfag.1. See commercial for game you want on TV or magazine, or if you're late to the party, by recommendations from your friends2. Buy game, or get parents to buy game3. If you really like game, buy guideMixing up the order of 2 and 3 exposes you as a zoomer.
>>59232751Why are you trying to make this about genwarring as response to a post stating Exploud looks bad with its mouth closed? I'll be the last to defend Gen V.
>>59232759>doubling down on your larp with an irrelevant tangent
>>59232766>irrelevantIt's essential to the point you're trying to make, you did not generally know the full dex before buying the game back then.
are you guts pretending to be retarted and not know that he’s based on a pipe organ
>>59232769not that guy but i always got the guide at the same time as the game as a kid and so did all my friends
>>59232797You must be from a pretty wealthy area then. Here your parents only let you get the guides for the games you really liked.
>>59232808me and all my friends basically only played pokemon
>>59229193People meme that Gen IV has dogshit cross-gens but really it's the fact the Kanto evos specifically are really bad compared to the Johto/Hoenn ones that get people whiny. If you chopped all the Kanto evos out of Sinnoh (excluding ones like Porygon-Z since it evolves from a Gen II mon) I feel like people would hate the cross-gen evos less
>>59232812Fair enough. Gameboy was the dedicated Pokémon machine here as well but most of us had either a Playstation or a Nintendo home console as well.
>>59232794Nobody here implied it wasn't.
>>59232831theres at least 5 posts claiming to not know what it is
>>59232839Do you mean the ones talking about it being a toad? They also explicitly mentioned pipe organs. They were talking about whatever animal basis the pipes were added on top of, which I agree is pretty ambiguous.
>>59232639>if it's in this other item that isn't the game...not even going to finish typing out how retarded you sound, Christ
It's got Hoennitis, as in it's a slow frail mixed attacker. Looks cool though.
>>59228731Are the eyes menat to represent a controller or something?
>>59232671Looks like Seismitoad
>>59232905Highly doubt it, most likely was just designed that way on a whim to make it look unique and cutesy.
>>59232905>>59233210Whimsur is not merely a "plushy", it's also a squeaky toy. Its "eyes" aren't actually what one might originally expect of stiching, but actually additional sound holes through which the squishy squeak could escape.
>>59233253*stitching
>>59228338>3this but like half of gen 3 mons
>>59233261coope
I like it when normal types are ambigous monster with high hp with a huge special movepool
Ok, I have now seen dozens of people who like this thing.
>>59232671That's just bad art. Exploud is a cartoony design, it needs hard lines and a strong line of action to work on any level.
There are no bad Hoenn designs.
>>59234121That was the point I was making if you follow the post chain though. The design works great in static art when it is intentionally framed and posed a certain way, not so much otherwise.
>>59234130Exploud looks great regardless of context. In fact, for monstrous Pokemon, its design is superior to everything in Johto.
>>59234135>genwar out of nowhereNot a good look. But please do show me a shot of Exploud from the front with the mouth closed where it looks great.
>>59234146>>59232671>b-b-but>>59234121
>>59234147You failed a pretty simple task.
>>59234146
>>59234206this frightens the contrarian
>>59234783It's more so that I don't see the point of splitting hairs.I like Exploud, but it's very much a Pokémon designed for deliberately framed and posed still shots. You think this looks great? You go. I don't.
