Reminder that if this game flops, Charizard or Lucario will be

>>25081751
I don't mind Charizard as the mascot desu

>>25081751
>new mascot
Finally. I'm tired of seeing Pikachu fucking everywhe-
>Charizard or Lucario

Just keep Pikachu as the mascot.

Pikachu has had no character development since the middle of Gen 2 and if not for the autistic japanese children with ADHD they'd have written it out a long time ago.

It doesn't help that they've been consistently drawing it worse and worse ever since

HA HA TIME FOR CHARIZARD

They are probably gonna give it a Mega to bump up its popularity.

>>25081751
Have Pikachu flop, PLEASE.

Boy pikachus are funny, I like them

>>25081810
How retarded are you? PIKACHU HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE FUCKING MASCOT AND ALWAYS WILL BE. AS LONG AS ASH HAS ONE, PIKACHU IS THE MASCOT.

Let's hope not. Pikachu is the only common promoted I can still stand.

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>>25081751
>Charizard or Lucario
>or
>implying it won't be both

Doubt they'll dump Pikachu or abandon a "cute" mascot altogether but if they ever did, they're going to make a rivalry out of the 2 "cool" mons if it happens. Not to mention orange and blue.

Why would you force Pikachu in a role that it isn't suited to have?

I can imagine an adult, talking , detective Lucario, but not Pikachu.

>>25081921
This is a different pikachu. All pikachus are different.

>>25081921
I think that's the point. The juxtaposition of the classic idea of what Pikachu is and this very different Pikachu.

>>25081751
you boys ready for Lucario face on everything for 20 years

>>25081904
Wait Charizard and Lucario are based on the red oni and blue oni in japanese mythology?

>>25081904
>>25081751
You knew it reason they choose Pikachu as a mascot (instead of Clefairy) is because it fulfilled both "cute" aspect and "cool" aspect right?

Lucario and Charizard only have "cool" aspect.

>>25082074
The issue is that it doesn't really fill either.

>>25081883

you have to be 18 to browse this website

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>>25081751
>Actually believing this

>Surfing Pikachu
>Flying Pikachu
>Lucha Libre Pikachu
>Baby Pikachu
>Spiky-eared baby Pikachu
>Fat, ignored Pikachu
>Ph. D Pikachu
>Rock Star Pikachu
>Pop Star Pikachu
>Belle Pikachu
>Detective Pikachu

What else

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>>25081751
Mareep should be the new mascot of the franchise.

>>25082224
It would be a nice choice, but Mareep isn't as popular or promoted like Eevee, Charizard, Lucario, Squirtle and Bulbasaur.

>>25082124
SJW Pikachu. It's Pikachu in all colors, sexualities genders, wearing headscarves, those jewish hats, red dot on its forehead all that good stuff.

>>25082082
I'm 20, shitlord.

>>25081751
>Not only will he simply be speaking, but Pikachu, who has been considered the cute and innocent Pokémon, will also have lines that are more suited for an adult, which makes sense considering he’ll be your senior detective partner.

Why?

>>25081751
the new mascot will be Eevee

the amount of Eevee related merchandise at stores like hot topic and suncoast is staggering.

>>25081921
Commit suicune, lucariofag

>>25081810
Stop sucking dick

>>25081751

Also Pikachu is the most know and liked Pokémon, he just isn't going to be replaced.

>>25081751
Reread the interview again anon.

They WERE trying to find a way to make Pikachu fit. Now they have passed that hurdle.

>>25082343
You first

Pretty sure that's related to this either this particular Pikachu's hard biol like personality or that there's a villainous blue Pikachu in this game. I can't remember which one.

>>25081751
Okay, I can tolerate Charizard, but Lucario, please no.
The franchise is going to crash if Lucario is the mascot. With no survivors.

You know what would make this more awesome? If Detective Pikachu smoked a pipe when he's putting evidence together to solve a case.

>>25081751
No way it will flop, since even someone like me that never liked pikachu is now interested in this game.
I hope it is not digital only. In that case it will flop hard and I won't buy it.

They're expecting massive public backlash if people don't like it which probably wouldn't happen, it'll probably just be ignored at worst.

>>25081796
>Thinking on the anime Pikachu
You're what's wrong with this fanbase.

>>25081883
It's the other way around, Ash has a Pikachu BECAUSE its the mascot, not the other way around.

>>25081921
That's what makes detective Pikachu good.

>>25081751
Talking Charizard smoking a pipe would be awesome.

>series has a talking Meowth character
>create scary looking talking Pikachu instead

>>25082728
Pikachu wasn't a mascot yet when the anime started.

>>25081751
>Pikachu in a detective hat will ruin the franchise
Um, okay? Is this something like Sonic having blue arms?

>>25082924
Ishihara said that he was afraid that something like a talking Pikachu with a more adult tone and a "Blue" Pikachu (Pikablu, not Marill) will hurt this game and possibly Pikachu's popularity, which was the reason why this game was created.

He said it three years ago when the documental revealed this game's existence.

Did they have to do the realistic mouthing? Couldn't he just flap his pikalips? That would be more....Pokemonish.

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I dunno, the fact that they showed up another classic cute Pikachu in the same trailer means that they are really trying to really set that this Pikachu is different (instead of just expecting the populace to understand), so that if it fails they can distance it from normal mascot Pikachu easily. At least that's what it seems to me.

What if clefairy became the mascot like they originally intended?

>>25082326
But you're a woman, thus unable of reaching adulthood.GTFO underage fag.

>>25081751
Then I hope it flops. I don't dislike Pikachu or anything, but I feel it's become overrated and overdone over the last 20 years. I wouldn't mind a new mascot to make things seem fresh. However, fuck Lucario, which literally is an overrated peice of shit.

They should give Clefable or Poliwhirl the chance to become the new mascot like they planned to do in the late 90s. Or hey, fucking Zygarde Core.

>>25083195
Lol. Did that really happened? Somebody can notice it's a painting because it was at night.

>>25082071
>pokemon blue remake confirmed
>Lucario is the Covermon

>>25082491
Lucario as a mascot would seriously be extremely painful.

>>25081751
I don't understand what Ishihara is smoking.
Pikachu is going for Mario levels, it has been abused in marketing to hell and back. One more or one less shit product starring Pikachu won't make a difference.

>>25082728
The anime is what made Pikachit popular on the first place. If they hadn't decided that Ash should get a different starter first and the rest later, Pika wouldn't have ever become as polular. They could've even given Ash a different mon or let Pikachu evolve, and they would've likely become the mascot.

>>25083285
Looks like it. It's fucking hilarious.
I mean, if I saw the Roadrunner standing there, I'd be more observant to the "tunnel". I guess they never watched the cartoon.

>>25081751

Lucario and Charizard are too manly. They're not cute enough to be mascots. They lack the unisex appeal that Pikachu has.

It should have bee meowth

>>25083285
I'm guessing the driver was either drunk, high, and/or had bad eyesight. In any case they probably shouldn't have been driving in the first place.

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Pikachu has starred in shitty games before, and they didn't hurt its popularity.

>>25081921
Because a tiny adorable hardboiled detective solving murders is funny.

>>25083559
Who said there'll be murders?

>>25083571
The screenshots and trailer showing corpses.

>>25083398
But that was cute Pikachu doing cute Pikachu things. The idea is to directly contrast the usual perception of Pikachu, and making it an actual character.

>>25081796

>It doesn't help that they've been consistently drawing it worse and worse ever since

wait, I thought fatchu>slimchu was just a silly vp meme
there are peoplae that unironically think this?

>>25083398

because people barely knew this shit existed

>>25083591
>corpses
>not fainted pokemon

>>25083627
>wait, I thought fatchu>slimchu was just a silly vp meme
If you don't see a difference between gen I Pikachu and the current one in terms of body shape you need to get your eyes checked.

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>>25081921
I'd like a Meowth detective.

He can be crooked.

>>25083644
thats not what he meant

>>25082224
what pokemon is that

>>25083635
>Implying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJztKb_6BGE

>>25081751
>Reminder that if this game flops, Charizard or Lucario will be the new mascot.

Pikachu will forever be the series' mascot no matter what.

>>25081751
You mean we might see a mascot revision if the game does well, not if it flops. If it flops, everyone forgets about deep-voiced Pikachu and life goes in. If it does very well, you've now replaced adorable, own-name-saying Pikachu with this new, hardboiled detective.

Also, why the fuck would they choose Lucario? Replace one gruff, talking Pokemon with another? You're being mental. A cute Pokemon is needed to appeal to that demographic.

I swear, you shitposters don't even think.

>>25082076
Pikachu is adorable. You're being contrarian, faggot.

I'd play a detective Charizard game, but only if they played it completely straight, took place in the real world, and nobody pointed out that it's a Charizard

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>>25083373
Lucario is cute!!

>>25082076
It's funny because if Clefairy had been chosen as the mascot all those years ago you'd be saying the same thing.

Because you're a hipster contrarian faggot whose only opinions are "popular = bad", is what I'm saying.

do people actually like pikachu thought? I never liked it, I don't think it's cute at all
I understand pikachu is iconic, but is it popular? that's the question

Pikachu is always going to be the mascot no matter what.
>>25083277
nigga are you serious? Pokemonfags are so weird. You think fans of Mario ever say "man I really wish TOAD would be the mascot one of these days!"

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>>25082491
>>25083301

>>25083877
Immensely popular. You're in a small minority. Kids love it, and most older players like it as well.

>>25083879
Well, he may be an idiot, but he's right in the sense that Pikachu isn't a main character in every main series game barring Yellow. Mario is the MC in practically every main series Mario game.

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>>25083877

Slap Pikachu's face on anything and it's guaranteed to sell.

>>25083877
>
I actually like Pikachu, at least as the mascot. I'm excited to see how well the "adult" Pikachu works in this game, though.

>>25081751
They'll just switch to a new cute pokemon to be the center of attention.

Plus it could mean Ash's pikachu can FINALLY become a Raichu.

>>25082340
Eevee seems like the most logical choice: It pretty much embodies everything pokemon is about.

>>25083911
>Lucario, Eevee and Goomy for no reason on this pic
I can understand the starters and the pikaclones, but those three, in an official pic?

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Bring back Poliwhirl

>>25083962
You forgot Ditto is in there, too.

>>25083962
Lucario, Eevee and Slowpoke are pretty damn popular. Ditto is more of an easter egg or so.
Goomy is the only questionable one since it's short rise to fame was quite short lived to say the least.

>>25082224
Mareep was my biggest dissapointment, when I first played gen 2 as a kid. I hoped it would evolve into some kind of ram. I´m okay now with ampharos, but as a kid, it was the biggest let down.

>>25081921

>Lucario
>adult

fuck off kid

>>25083911
>that salaryman pikachu at the gate
OH MY GOD! WHY IS IT SO CUTE?!

>>25081751
Pikachu can talk in PMD.

>Lucario

Well now I hope this game (if it isn't already cancelled because we haven't heard anything in like two years) does well.

>>25084072

Yeah but none of the Pokemon in PMD are actually speaking human language.

It's just translated for our convenience.

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>>25084084
Eh, close enough, from the player's point of view it's still Pokémon talking.

Now, if this game was voice acted I could see the difference, but we know nothing about the game at all and don't even know if it's still in development.

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>>25084045
That's Salaryman Pikachu. The story behind it is that one day Pikachu couldn't get his owner to wake up for work, so he decided to fill in for the day. The plush came with its own business card.

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>>25084091
Perfection!

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>>25083911
>that Raichu sobbing in the corner

>>25083911
>There's a Pikachu train
>train conductor Pikachu isn't on it
Talk about missed opportunities.

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>>25084090
>check the rest of /vp/
>it's not cancelled

Fuck, I should've looked first. This game's going to be a trainwreck.

>>25084133
> Hypercritical: The Post

Dont knock it before you try it, anon.

>>25084121
Where?

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>>25084195
Assuming the shit about the villain being a blue Pikachu is also true, I really have low expectations for this game, especially since they're holding the game hostage with a "if it does poorly we're going to shove Lucario down your thread EVEN MORE!"

>>25084061
notice how this pikachu doesnt have the standard :3 smile to distinguish himself from the main pikachus

>>25083911
>Slowpoke
>No Poliwhirl
Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
>>25084121
Where? Also, where are the gen 4 and 5 Pikaclones? Pichu?

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this thread in a nutshell

>>25081751
Just a reminder that this is a cheap eshop game. It holds no bearing on big yellow's popularity.

>>25084239
>"if it does poorly we're going to shove Lucario down your thread EVEN MORE!"
That has never been the case.

>>25084365
OP said the staff is aware that it could tank Pikachu's popularity. If it does then you know they'll try to push Lucario, who've they've already pushed so far that people call him the "second mascot." If Pikachu dies they're sure to put him in that spot.

Reminder that in a parallel universe they would have kept Clefairy as the mascot.

>>25083373
I meant more for the Sonic The Hedgehog appeal. Lucario IS Sonic.

>>25083373
That's what Riolu is for.

>>25084380
>OP said the staff is aware that it could tank Pikachu's popularity.
OP has terrible reading comprehension. If you read the actual interview he doesn't imply that.

>>25084423
>Lucario IS Sonic
>Lucario is Sugimori's Fursona
>Sugimori is a SEGAfag

Oh.

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>>25084481
Can you tell any difference between these two?

>>25084494
Someone needs to edit classic sonic in there

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>>25084494

>>25083891
>implying
Only absolute casuals who don't know any other Pokemon give a shit about it.

>>25083911
Suddenly, a Thunder Stone bombing

>>25084730
The casuals outnumber you.
On top of that there are core players that like it.

You're in the minority anon.

>>25081751
Obviously, it should be Clefairy the one to dethrone Pikachu and have his rightful place as the mascot

>>25084934

That would be very painful.

>>25084091
I need it.

>>25083911
what a sausagefest

>>25081751

>lines more suited for an adult

Do they mean "let's talk 401K and Roth IRAs" language, or "when you pulled up here, did you see a sign that said dead nigger storage?" language?

>>25085035
For you.

>>25085174
Both.

>>25085179
For chu

>>25083911
>No Surfing Pikachu

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>>25085174
i'm really hoping it's the latter

>>25086292
I'm hoping it's the former. At some point, at least.

Nothing will happen. This is actually a good way to take a risk with Pikachu. Remember that adults/late teens play Pokemon more than children do, and this could be a good way to attract a more mature audience to the game. At worst, the game flops and it gets swept under the rug. I'm all for it.