I've never had a piece of sushi that didn't make me think "wow, this would be even better if they had just cooked the fish"
Bulbapedia twists itself into knots trying to justify why this edible morsel is part Dragon. Sure, that Curly form resembles a shachihoko, which is a dragon-fish seen on the tops of Japanese roofs (akin to the European gothic gargoyle). But it's not named Shachigiri, is it? The Japanese name is Sharitatsu, because shari is "sushi rice". But that's not Shachihoko, either. In fact, it's the "tatsu" part that makes it a Dragon, because that's what Tatsu means. So, okay, fine, it's a fish that's arbitrarily given dragonic qualities, that's fine. So why doesn't it look like it? Droopy and Stretchy forms don't have any bit of shachihoko in 'em, and NONE of that has anything to do with being some damn sushi.
Anyway.
The gimmick about jumping into Dondozo's mouth to command it like some sort of giant fishy mech is fun. It's a shame double battles aren't more prevalent in the main game, but whatever. I just don't get why it has to be sushi.
Like, the idea that it imitates food to lure in prey, then boom surprise here's Dondozo, why are other Pokemon looking to eat sushi? It inflates its stomach sac to imitate rice, for what reason? People eat sushi. Not wild animals. I think you could've done this entire gimmick and just made them big fish + little fish.
And I still don't understand why any of that makes it a Dragon.
Overall: 3/10
I assumed it was dragon because of dragon rolls, but even that doesn't really make sense
ReplyDeleteLeast they could've done is give it some dragony spines or protrusions. Or like make it look more mean and dragony when it's not baiting you.
ReplyDeleteI do really like their facial expressions. Not very Pokémon but they're expressive. Why are there three of them again?