Friday, October 18, 2024

No. 931: Squawkabilly

 these guys only give you 1 gold coin when you spray them

It's been a while since I've gotten to complain about another useless Normal/Flying type. Corviknight was Flying/Steel, Toucannon was actually cool, and Talonflame was Fire/Flying. After years of generic flying feathery assholes, Gamefreak finally figured out the secret to making good birds was to make them NOT just a basic bitch Normal/Flying bird.

So it fills me with a mixture of nostalgia and ire to report that Squawkabilly sucks. I like a pompadour, but its become depreciated in recent years. And I don't care about the multi-color gimmick, because Squawkabilly isn't even good enough to want to collect 1, much less the whole set.

The design isn't offensive, and in fact I appreciate how it hones closer to classic design sensibilities with the complex feather arrangements and detailed feet, but it's still just so boring.


Overall: 4/10

2 comments:

  1. First off, great Sunshine reference. Took me a second. Best game.

    Second, what a missed opportunity to give them their own identity. They could have had different moves or a split evolution or something.

    Also they're kind of overshadowed in their gimmick by dancy bird whatever it's called.

    Finally, it's real good to be back to regular updates from you. Thanks for that.

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    1. Dancy bird would be Oricorio but yeah, they kinda reinvented the wheel here. Tatsugiri also does this same thing but just Isn't a bird

      and yes, I agree, good to Straw Hat back with the milk finally

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