Cinderace is somehow a pure Fire type, despite giving every indication of being Fire/Fighting. I guess they know people are tired of that one. In fact, every starter is pure of type, which is an odd choice, after the last two gens tried to explore unusual typings.
But after being a weeaboo teen, somehow Cinderace is back to tearing it up on the field, with random splashes of color trying to hide the fact that this design is just a rabbit wearing pants. I almost think this could have been the original middle stage, but they couldn't think of any way to expand on the concept so they just threw some details in there and invented a new middleman.
Besides the obligatory "kick a flaming ball" signature move, it gets a frankly ridiculous move that lets it swap ALL terrain effects (spikes, light screen, etc) to the other side. So it's a strong Pokemon, I won't lie. But again, I must compare to that other beloved kicking-oriented Fire starter, Blaziken... and Cinderace looks like a chump.
Overall: 4/10
I like how the scorbunny line seems to hit both the sonic and shadow archetypes. Like, you know exactly which starter most preteens are going to pick.
ReplyDeleteThis so obviously the "we want this to be the most popular starter so it can be in Smash and sell puppets".
ReplyDeleteCould be a great design, but unfortunately it has some major flaws: Its head basically consists just of ears and this weird head crest thing. No real head shape at all. Is it supposed to look like flames? Doesn't do it for me.
ReplyDeleteAnd why, WHY does he have these tiny stumps for hands? I know he's all about football and his legs and feet, but it looks like this meme with the miniature doll hands. Horrible!
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