Tirtouga was boring, but Carracosta is rockin'. I'm a big sucker for those kind of helmet-plate-things that cover the upper jaw and stuff, like a ton of Digimon have. Blazekin also. I think they did a good job of making him like the 4th "turtle" Pokemon, but different from even the other, more famous Water one. Colors look good together, and it even looks like he's wearing a flotation device vest.
which is appropriate, because one of his moves, Shell Smash, greatly raises his offensive stats, as the cost of lowering his defensive ones. It's a cool concept, that he'd just take off the damn shell like Rock Lee taking off his weighted ankle bracers, and isn't that bad of a move (as far as stat-boost moves go).
The guy isn't perfect, he's got a typing we've seen several times before, and as noted, we've seen turtles before, too. But I guess the point is that he doesn't make it seem old hat. also I love that name.
Overall: 7/10
He looks like Bane a little bit.
ReplyDeletelooking at the artwork, the armor on its hands or whatever looks really awkward in a design aspect. May just be the way the picture makes it look though
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