Sunday, November 25, 2012

No. 554: Darumaka

references to Japanese culture things are okay when I already know about them

See, there's this Dharma ball guy and you're supposed to shade in one eyeball and make a wish, then when it comes true you shade in the other. I've got like 20 of these suckers, all blind in one eye. It's a scam, I tell you.

I feel like between the monkeys, the firefighters, and Magmortar, we've been needing a completely original Fire Pokemon. And Darumaka fits the bill. First, he's all about the physical Attack, which is kinda unusual for a Fire-type. And of course, he isn't like anything else.

He's a hyper-active little ball of asswhooping, that's what he is. Nice warm color palette, plus he learns Flare Blitz all by himself before even evolving. Gamefreak wasn't messing around with this guy, he's here to hit things with physical Fire moves, and that's about it. Which he does quite well.


Overall: 8/10

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