Tuesday, November 6, 2012

No. 538: Throh

remember when fighting Pokemon had cool names, instead of just typos?


Throh is kinda cool, though. He gots quilted sleeves, that's neat. He's a judo-guy, he's wearing safety kneepads, alright.

More than that, though, is his moves. Dude has throws. He can use Circle Throw to just toss a fool out of the ring, Storm Throw which always crits, or Vital Throw which goes last but always hits. And none of those are any slouch on damage, either. Also he gets Siesmic Toss, which means no matter what, you're getting thrown. He's like Zangief, except a judo Pokemon instead of a hairy Russki.

Damn, but he is red though, isn't he?

Anyway, middling design, but a fun concept. Sure he's just a Fighting-type, but he's a different breed. Defense and Health instead of any semblance of Speed.


Overall: 7/10

5 comments:

  1. Last two sentences rhyme. I think that this guy might have gotten his robe by KO'ing a black belt out and taking his clothes. Same goes for Sawk. It's probably a rite of passage.

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  2. ...he looks like a deformed guy with red skin :/
    0/10

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  3. I can agree with this, I like the guy. The designs nothing special really, though I kinda like it, but at least they make him different with all his throw gimmicks and different stats

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  4. "remember when fighting Pokemon had cool names, instead of just typos?"
    They aren't fighting type, but there are Gen 1 Pokemon with typo type names. *cough*koffing*cough*

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    1. well, "coughing" and "koffing" are actually fairly hard to typo into one another.

      whereas "throh" and "throw" are only one letter different.

      but point taken, haha.

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