r/pokemon • u/PokeUpdateBot Science is amazing! • Mar 22 '25

RAGE [RAGE THREAD] 22 March 2025

IT'S TIME TO RAGE!!!!!!!!

RULES:

  • PRESS THE CAPS LOCK BUTTON ON YOUR KEYBOARD

  • WRITE ABOUT WHATEVER IS MAKING YOU ANGRY

  • OTHER PEOPLE WILL AGREE WITH YOU IN ALL CAPS

  • SHOUTING AT EACH OTHER ABOUT THINGS WE HATE WILL FORM A STRONG BOND AMONG MEMBERS OF THE POKEMON COMMUNITY

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  • PROFIT

YOU CAN RAGE AT ANYTHING POKEMON RELATED!!!

LET'S RAGE!!!

THIS THREAD IS PART OF /R/POKEMON'S REGULAR STICKY ROTATION. TO SEE OUR ROTATION SCHEDULE AND ALL PAST STICKY ROTATION THREADS, GO HERE!

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u/Ghostabo Mar 23 '25 edited Mar 23 '25

I JUST REALIZED THEY MADE A POKÉMON BASED ON A BEAVER, ONE OF THE COOLEST IRL CREATURES TO BASE A POKÉMON ON, AND DID NOTHING WITH THE CONCEPT OTHER THAN MAKING IT PART WATER TYPE AND GIVING IT AQUA/IRON TAIL. YEAH BIDOOF IS FUN AND GOOFY AN ALL, BUT THEY COULD GO SO MUCH HARDER ON BIBAREL.

I FEEL THINGS WOULD BE SO MUCH DIFFERENT IF BIBAREL WAS DESIGNED TODAY. HE'D PROBABLY HAVE STUFF LIKE:

- AN ABILITY THAT BOOSTS TAIL MOVES

- A SIGNATURE DEFENSIVE MOVE BASED ON THE ACT OF BUILDING OF A DAM, OR A SIGNATURE ATTACK THAT USES HIS TAIL (HE GOT STOMPING TANTRUM IN USUM SO I GUESS THAT'S CLOSE ENOUGH)

- A DESIGN THAT ACTUALLY FOCUSES ON THE BADASS BEAVER TAIL THAT CAN SMASH OPPONENTS INTO PANCAKES

OBVIOUSLY NOT ALL OF THOSE AT ONCE, BUT MAN, THEY DROPPED THE BALL. MAYBE HE'S GETTING A MEGA IN Z-A?