Friday, April 4, 2014

No. 710: Pumpkaboo

Did someone just say "pumpkaboo"? 'cause I think I just heard someone say "pumpkaboo"!

Love this little guy. is it a bat? is it a pumpkin? it's both! or maybe it's some kind of truffle? looks like something Rachel Alucard would summon.

in any case, Pumpkaboo is pretty neat. I like how they come in multiple sizes, like actual animals in real life do. Or actual pumpkins, I suppose. But yeah, you can catch itty-bitty ones for bite-sized eating, or big ass ones for sitting on and riding to the moon or whatever. It's got an intentionally ambiguous design that reads as both pumpkin and bat, without really using any cliches of either - no stereotypical bat wings, no grinning jack-o-lantern smile. that's why I like it so much.

another thing - Trick or Treat is a much better move than Forest's Curse, because it safely adds a type that allows Pumpkaboo to exploit the fact that Ghosts are good against Ghosts, without the enemy Ghost being able to Ghost back at him. But he can still Ghost, because he's Ghost. But the enemy is also Ghost. Does that make sense?


Overall: 10/10

1 comment:

  1. One thing I just realized about pumpkaboo: It looks like it's wearing some Mickey Mouse pants, with it's holes/lights looking like two big buttons

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