Beta No. 220: Magby

The Babypalooza comes to an end. At last, rest for the weary pilgrim.


And fortunately, it's a high one!


They slimmed down Magby for his final version, and took away his Bart Simpson haircut, and I think it was a mistake. I love the look of this little guy. He looks like a thug, instead of a dork, which is appropriate for Magmar's line. Though I will say the artwork for this one seems to have ignored a key detail - I think Magby is supposed to have flame patterns on his belly! That makes him even better. Finally, Magmar has a prevolution that can stand toe-to-toe with Elekid.

Why couldn't all of the babies be like this one!?


Overall: 10/10

Beta No. 219: Elebabee

socially awkward bee


oh god it's CUTE tho!



Listen, the world is not fair. Elebabee is adorable, but Elekid already kicks ass. Maybe we can alter reality to make Elebabe the first form, and Electabuzz the final form? But then we'd lose Electavire, who is still cool in his own way. This sucks. Elebabee deserves to exist, looking like a self-satisfied ring-toss game, but it cannot without destroying something else of value. Leibniz was wrong, truly we do not live in the best of all possible worlds.


Overall: 9/10

Beta No. 218: Lipp

Let's get one thing straight - it's weird that Lipp is still based around kissing, when it's a baby.


And yes, those lips are still... just... offensive.


But all that aside, Lipp is a step up from Smoochum, I think? It dunno, I like the hair better, and I appreciate how it's wearing a dress like Jynx, instead of a generic baby-body. Still pretty bad overall, but not the worst thing ever. Improvement!


Overall: 3/10

Beta No. 214, 215 & 216: Lefmew, Dandemew & Cottomew

WHOAH EVERYBODY CAT PLANET TONIGHT YEAH





Doing all three of these furballs at once, because I would just be repeating myself.

so yeah, I think I can tell right off the bat why this line was changed. There's barely any progression from start to finish! They all look like the In-Training forms of Digimon. And they're all cute, sure, but I expect my Pokemon to at least achieve something on part with a Digimon's Champion form by the 3rd evolution.

Weirdest part is, the Hoppip line they came up with barely shows progression, either. At least it's more clearly a dandelion, instead of getting confused with the cotton plant toward the end.

Also interesting to note that the Lefmew family are supposed to be cats - the :3 face, the tail, the ears - but Hoppip, Jumpluff, and Skiploom are just generic plant-monsters. I think the dandelion concept works, and they can be cats, but they just needed to GROW. It's a shame, because Lefmew in particular is pretty good, but the promise goes nowhere.

Lefmew: 8/10

Dandemew: 2/10

Cottomew: 2/10

Beta No. 217: Ballerine

May I offer you an egg in this trying time?

ok, I can do this. I'm strong enough. It's the last group of babies. deep breath, let's do this...


Actually, no. Screw this, Ballerine sucks. Mr. Mime having babies is horrifying and I don't want to think about tiny clown mime eggs dancing all over the place and crawling into my nightmares. I hate the smiling egg baby.


Overall: no/10