whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?????

Too lazy to make it spin around.
I find it funny that the people who defend this and Typhlosion not spewing fire are the same people who will justify gliding Pokémon because they're in battle.

>>27107288
Because it has to spin to remain upright (despite what its BW sprite shows) and for it to never stop spinning the entire battle would be pretty ridiculous.

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Why not? He still

>uneducated plebs continue to be unaware of the basis of Pokemon designs and bitch and moan when the devs decided to give the Pokemon more character that actually reflects their origins

>>27107315
This, plus its Gen VI model's dance is the default position of capoeira.

>>27107322

spins, derp.

>>27107336
>to give the Pokemon more character
That's not what this does at all you fucking Game Freak fanboy.

>>27107313
Typhlosion does spew fire. When it attacks. Just like Hitmontop spins when it attacks too.

I hate the gliding models though.

It's natural

>>27107288
Because when you can animate the Pokemon throughout the fight then you don't need to stick him in a single pose.

Dude is only supposed to be on his head while attacking. If you can only put in a single sprite then you have that as his pose because it's the most dynamic and defining pose he has, but if you have to make multiple poses and one of them is him idling, then there's no reason NOT to have him actually idle.

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>>27107367

>>27107288
>hating on carltontop

>>27107313
>Typhlosion not spewing fire
Not defending anything else but that's happened since Colosseum. Fire only comes out while attacking.

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You are now hearing the music manually.

>>27107313
If hitmontop spinned constantly it would be the equivilant of a flying type constantly gliding.

>>27107405
Fuck I hope you die

>>27107405
IT'S NOT UNUSUAL

>>27107408
GF seems to love making Pokémon awkwardly glide the entire battle, so I don't see why they can't do it for Hitmontop's spinning.

>>27107385
OK, since everything's an opinion to you and 100% subjective, then why respond to the thread at all?
Your post adds nothing to the argument.

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>>27107492

Neither did yours.

>>27107456
There are 7 Pokémon that glide.

>>27107288
Because it's not on its head 24/7? That would be fucking stupid.

It spins to attack, not all the time. It performs the motions it does because they resemble capoeira, and so that it could start spinning whenever it wanted. It's constantly performing the first part of the spin so it's ready to attack.

The models get a lot of flak but they corrected a lot of dumb shit. Just look at Ferroseed's model. You might want to complain that it no longer spins like a top either but it was never supposed to spin around all the time like a top. The new model accurately depicts it planting itself in the ground with its spikes, not balancing on one and spinning around for no reason.

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>>27107288
>i will screenshot that one moment when it's on his own legs despite knowing it does also spin in the model animation

Let me guess, you're a smogon shitter who thinks showdown uses all the pokemon in battle animations.

Also as you can see here >>27107322 >>27107405 this thing isn't based on a top only because this part is only a secondary flavor, the Pokémon is based on the capoeira martial art and it is pretty much done with these movements.

Still a retarded form of martial arts tho, not surprised it was introduced by the niggers along with twerking...

I agree that the prevalent spinning animation / sprite pose is still more iconic to Hitmontop after all the minigames and side game animations, its whole design isn't great and once it stands on its legs it looks even worse.

>>27107405
Joke's on you, I like that song.

>>27107288
HOLY FUCKING SHIT

It's suppose to be a Capoeira Fighter, its name across 4 different regions including Japan are basically the word itself. The stance of the style IS THE FIGHTER MOVING SIDE TO SIDE LIKE A DANCE. Hitmontop being 3D actually shows what it's SUPPOSED to be, not standing on its damn head all the time. It only does that for attacks.

Fucking hell why hasn't anyone said this? It's not laziness, it's the exact opposite.

>>27107322
>/thread

>>27107313
>Too lazy to make it spin around.

If it was constantly spinning I'm 100% sure you autist would complain like for the gliding skarmory

>>27108010
because your ignorant and illiterate lmao

>>27108121
No? Don't be retarded. Why would we complain about an animation with effort? Everyone loves Archeops

>>27109410
I've seen many people complain about Archeops on /vp/. Besides >>27107322

>>27107405
WHAT'S NEW PUSSY CAT

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>>27108127
>your ignorant and illiterate

>>27108127
>claims someone else is illiterate while being illiterate at the same time.

*you're

Please learn the difference.

>>27107288
Why is it suddenly so much fatter in the belly?

>>27111204
Everyone loves Archeops, but liking Archeops is pain. Archeops has a very well done animation, it actually looks like Archeops is barely staying aloft despite its most valiant efforts.

Skarmory is literally hanging on a wire.

>>27107678
Which is seven too many.

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>There are "people" out there who WILL defend this
>They have the same rights as you and me

>>27107405
Baby you can tell by the way I walk I'm a lady's maaan no time to talk...

>>27107313
It literally spins around during its attack animations. It would be "lazier" NOT to incude a standing uo animation. Usung negative words against things you don't like ony works if they actually apply you stupid fucking retard

>>27107405
These boots are made for walkin' and that's just what they'll do....

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>>27111292
>>27111293

>>27111478
I blame the anime for that one.
In it, Tropius flies and hovers with it's wings straight out and only ever flaps them to attack.

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>>27111478
It still boggles my mind that Tropius is a flying type in the first place. Like, who would ever look at that and go "yep, that palm tree dinosaur is clearly capable of flight".

>>27111979
I always thought it spin it's four petal blades like a helicopter to fly.

>>27107288
>Capoeira in Capoeira stance
WHOA DUDE

>>27107315
It doesn't have to spin constantly. Sounds like someone's underaged and never played Stadium 2 or Colosseum

>>27111478
What's the problem?

>>27112081
Not him, but it was stupid then and it would be stupid now. Hitmontop is my favorite Hitmon, but I love the fact taht he has a proper stance (and dances like a champ) while still attacking with a proper head spin.

>>27107313
This post is so wrong holy shit

It takes more time to animate the capoeira than just spinning around you fucking mong. Stop this "le gamefreak is lazy XDDD" meme already

>>27111979
It's a banana tree you retard

>>27111979
>TROPIUS HAS NO TAIL
MAKE IT STOP!

>>27107313
>I find it funny that the people who defend this and Typhlosion not spewing fire are the same people who will justify gliding Pokémon because they're in battle.
>I find it funny that people who defend animations do so consistently.
What? What is in any way amusing about people who defend one thing you consider to be a poor animation will also defend another animation you consider to be poor?

So what did hitmontop look like in stadium 2, colusseum, gale of darkness, etc

>>27114899
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1HFsXSsRSU
>5:40 - upside down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBwyONSxEw0
>0:50 - upside down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkLEIS0SFUs
>2:55 - upside down

Sorry for the super shitty videos.

>>27107678
It's only seven, really? Man, /vp/ really does like complaining minor things. I mean I get it, gliding is kind of boring or awkward looking in some cases, but people make it sound like they literally don't move at all and that it effects every flier.

>>27107288
gen 6 deprived pokemon spirtes of all personality. Stiff sprites just sitting there occasionally doing things when idle or attacking is fucking boring. BW sprites for me is the best they've ever been and probably will be until they decide to move on from these disgusting gen 6 sprites.

>>27115086
holy shit I have never seen taste this shit. BW sprites are a fucking travesty of animation.

>>27115086
I find it hard to take someone seriously when they consistently call models "sprites"

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>>27107405
FUCK YOU ANON

>>27115079
http://www.pkparaiso.com/xy/sprites_pokemon.php?cid=0#chunk0
Full list of gliders
>M-Charizard X
>Gligar
>Gliscor
>Latios
>Latias
>Salamence
>Skarmory
>Tropius
>Wingull
>Xatu

I'm really not sure why some of these are gliding, especially Charizard X considering the regular and Y forms flap their wings.

>>27115257
>Why is the only form of Charizard that is susceptible to ground attacks not flapping its paper wings?

Gee, retard, you tell me

>>27115282
I guess

>>27107313
>an object rotating takes more effort than this sick dance https://youtu.be/dpCgqWiTGpo?t=5
I have the impression that you don't know a thing about 3D modeling.

>>27115257
Latios/Latias wings don't really move because they are jets. Gligar line its kind of in the name and I don't think their wings can be flapped either. Everything else is I guess preference. Only one that really confuses me is Xatu, though I guess it is interesting to finally see what it would look like flying.

>>27112307
... Those would be banana palms...

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>>27107288
>Hitmonchan
>based on Jackie Chan
>Boxing martial art

>Hitmonlee
>based on Bruce Lee
>Kickboxing martial art

>Hitmontop
>based on a top spinner
>it's a top spinner

Try to spin nonstop on your head for over 10 consecutive fucking years you son of a bitch.

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At least it wasn't this

>>27115693
Purrloin is really cute in amie so I'm fine with this.

>>27115693
what the fuck

i guess i managed to avoid seeing this thing in 3d up till now.

what the fuck

>>27111478
the best thing is IT HAS FLYING ANIMATION in game.

>>27115257
>gligar
>gliscor
>gli
>glider

Ann please, those two glide in the anime, side games and even TCG.

Wingull is also legit, I live by the sea and those seagulls and few other marine birds basically flap their wings once in a while to land or lift, most of the time you can see them gliding in air abusing the sea breeze or floating.

The other are pretty disgusting animations. Skarmory can technically glide too since the dex entry explains its body amd feathers are very light but everyone will agree Skarmory will always look better and more menacing on the field rather than mid air.
Tropius also looks much better withput its wings opened and is pretty much a mere Meganium 2.0 that spends most of the time eating berries.
Same for Xatu, the totem like gimmick alsco helps it showing its design better such wings and other particulars.

Salamence perhaps looks like it has rigid wings that may flap but let ot glide once its mid air, gliding is definitely Mega Salamence only option. Salamence problem is that it always look goofy.

Swellow is too plain, definitely needs to flap.

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I guess Hitmontop doesn't spend a lot of time upside down, in the anime unless it's battling it's barely in that position either.

>>27107398
Since Stadium 2 actually, same with Cyndaquil and Quilava.

>>27115941
Salamence glides in the anime.

>>27115946
Even Politoed is triggered by Hitmontop's shit design.

>>27107288

Who cares? Hitmontop is shit anyways.

>>27112037
How the fuck would that work?

>>27107288
But he does the carlton now

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>>27107405
yeah !

>>27107288
he turned his life around

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>>27115358
Hitmontop is based off of Capoeira.

>>27107288
The capoeira stance is much better anyway. It's amazing how they put so much effort in an irrelevant shitmon like Hitmontop.

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>>27115257

>>27115324
Xatu does not need to flap, it's holding himself in the air with Psychic power

>>27115257
Either because of variety or because they would have looked even more retarded constantly flapping their blatantly anatomically incorrect wings.

>>27119212
>pokedex only for whatever reason
epic gamefreak, really epic

>>27119282
>implying
That's the idle animation you fuck.

>>27119321
just started up ORAS. This animation happens very rarely and is very short. your webm is misleading as fuck

asshole

>>27119212
Salamence looks even more retarded flapping it's wings as does Skarmory.

He looks like an orthodox Jew in his new character sprite. Why are all Gen VI sprites either vastly superior or godawful?

>>27119360
>This animation happens very rarely and is very short
Yeah that's what idle animations are, good job finding that out champ.

>>27107288

Stop posting this stupid fucking garbage

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>>27119392
>Gen VI
>sprites
???