I like this form tbh

i think it looks worse

>>27683144
It looks fine ingame but strange in the art. It's actually brown in the art, but orange in the game.

the art does look a little off but u guess we'll find out friday if it's legit

it's pretty cool that it uses it's tail as a surf board

surfing pikachu confirmed

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I love it.
About damn time Raichu gets some love. Electric/Psychic is a brand new type combination too, isn't it?

Where's this from? It's in the same format that the English Pokémon YouTube channel uses, but there's no video there,

>>27683280
A lot of the official art this gen feels like it was made based on the second-to-last revision and not the final design.

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>>27683292
It's a great throwback

>>27683144
Fucking fairies

Finally a good 'Alola form'. Much better than scoliosis exeggutor and the fire and ground type lines that completely lose their original typing to become ice types in order to adapt to a tropical island

That ears are rounded as shit. I like it, finally some love for raichu, but the ears are the exact indicator of what is going on with the art style. Round, plushies, faggot, yokay tier Pokémon Will be there. Beware them.
I would say it would have been 10/10 without that plastic ears

>>27683144
Can't wait for it to be stuck in SM forever like Spiky-Eared Pichu in HGSS and Cosplay Pikachu in ORAS

>>27683592
Eggs makes sense in a weird sort of way.
He became a dragon fruit tree.

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>>27683144
WAIT A MINUTE
>Pi-kahuna
>Puka is back and real

AAAAAHHH!!!!

It's ears look awkward

>already wanna use Vikavolt on Moon team
>typing clashes with another member of comp team, so gimmicky encore Raichu stays

Maybe I'll use it on my eventual Sun replay.

At least Raichu got a new form and not Pikashit

The original is cooler, this one is cuter, I like both, but I think I prefer the original.

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>>27683144
IS THIS SHIT REAL
RAICHU IS MY FAVORITE POKEMON WHERES THE PROOF

Raichu has been my favorite since day one, so happy he's been shown some long overdue love.

Mind surfer shall house a spot of honor in my party, like many Raichu before him.Time to get a pichu ready.

Why is it psychic ?

>>27683144
Awful. I'll stick with standard Raichu.

>>27683705
Pikachi is getting a mega

>>27683691
It will be pretty awesome if they writers brought them back for a episode about surfing and Ash explains through flashback like what he did in Unova with his Charizard and Butterfree.

Is this redemption for no megachu?

>>27683718
Serebii confirmed anon.

Plus it looks really legit.

>>27683739
It's fairy

>>27683829
>Blind

>>27683629
The tail is rounded to appear more like a surfboard and the ears are rounded to match the tail.

There's nothing wrong with the more rounded recent designs, anyways.

>>27683691
Because of Puka. Check above>>27683739

>>27683144
How can you even ruin such a simple design as raichu? Fuck GF.

>>27683674
Seriously game freak can go fuck themselves for pulling this shit twice. Fucking faggots.

It's pretty cute man.
I could see it selling plushies.

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>>27683824
MY FAVORITE POKEMON GOT SOME LOVE IM HAPPY

>>27683280
All the art looks awful this gen.

>>27683144
Why is everything so cutesy? Raichu is supposed to be bad ass. What is this shit?

>>27683674
I released my cosplay Pikachu lo live the free and contest-less life she deserves.

>>27683457
Yeah It was never used before

>looked it up
>did not found out anything vidya related
At least i found the trailer for the new movie.
Magearna looks cute as fuck
https://youtu.be/pHZzoBm3Rig

Its psychic cause it levitate on water

>>27683739
It surfs the skies with psychic energy

>>27683144
Yeah. It alright.

>>27683554
But it is psychic

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I hope this means Pikachu gets a surfing alola mode

>>27683739
To prey on poison who thinks it is fairy

>>27683946
Regular Raichu is much cuter than this and its cuteness is why I like it

The only appeal here I see is tubular sky surfing

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>>27683629
Yeah ok. The artstyle that you "love" lasted only a single fucking gen. 17 years passed. Let it go already, christ.

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>>27683144
They ruined my fav mon. It looks like shit in this region

>alola raichu
>no pikachu
Pikachu and raichu species confirmed split. See it explained in the dex as "species that live far away too often creates 2 species".

Now is this raichu a boy or a girl?

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>>27683946
Kill yourself.

>yfw Game Freak's logo for ears

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>>27684089
This is too cutesy. It pisses me off. Pikachu is supposed to be the cute one and Raichu the cool one. Where are my tough Pokemon leaks?

>>27684008
Now to hope it doesn't wind up being a crappy physical attacker or something.
Either way, I hope it's obtainable early.

>>27684130
They're probably saving Aloha Pikachu.

>>27684152
>kys XD
Go watch your Leafy videos elsewhere.

>>27683882
There's nothing wrong but so far we've got almost only cutemons and weird designs. Not saying they are bad, just some cool "edgy" dragon or fighting type Would be fine

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>>27683946
Agree. His color scheme was perfect, now it looks like shit.
Waiting to read the explanation of this Alola adaptation

>>27684229
Raichu was never cool, he was always a big fat cutie.

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>>27684194

>>27683739
silver surfer

>>27684275
You stop spamming your shit badass Raichu on two boards first.

>>27683457
Your right, Alolan Raichu is the very first Electric/Psychic Pokemon.

I surprised they hasn't been one before.

>>27684310
>Raichu was never cool
What? Raichu is cool. He can be cute but I think he's supposed to be cool.
>>27684350
>implying that we're the same anon

>>27683144
i think it's super cute,plus i love the surfing thing,needless to say it fits in with hawaii

>>27683144
It looks like a living rodent cinnamon roll.

Are they still doing megas or is that abandoned?

>>27683144
is fake

>>27683684
Dragon Fruit grow from cacti.

There's a Dragon Tree, but it's unrelated. Probably what you're thinking of.

>>27683144
This proves Sugimori has not worked on this Gen. He hates Raichu

>>27684563
No es fake

>>27684428
>He can be cute but I think he's supposed to be cool
No, it's definitely supposed to be cute as you can see in
>>27684152
Posting two random pics from the anime where it's angry or smug doesn't make it "cool".

looking like dedenne's big bro rather than pikachu's big bro even more so with this form

Finally, it gets some attention.

Curious about the ability. Hope it's OP as fuck. Raichu deserves it.

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why did they puff it up like a fucking balloon

>>27684723
Would electric attacks having the ability to OHKO in rain be broken?

>Blue kawaii uguu~~ eyes
>Rounded ears
>The tails edges are rounded for some reason when it's supposed to look like a lightning bolt
Why did they turn a good design into a faggoty looking plush doll
I've liked most of the redesigns but this just reconfirms my fears that most new designs have to look cute and cuddly and nothing is allowed to look the least bit intimidating or powerful

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>>27684651
>No, it's definitely supposed to be cute as you can see in
In what? Sorry lad, I think Raichu is cool. Alays felt his design was supposed to be the "Cool Pikachu".

>>27683739
Because it's flying on it's surf tail.

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>>27684852
>Alays felt his design was supposed to be the "Cool Pikachu".
*Always
My bad.

>>27684852
raichu is the cute one

>>27684776
What the fuck are you talking about?

>>27683144
Looks like it was made to be a plush toy.
Kinda meh. But cool type combo.

>>27684825
You think Vikavolt is cute and cuddly?
It's also pretty obvious that Salandits evolution won't be cute, and definitely not cuddly due to the typing

>>27684229
Doesn't this mean that pikachu is also getting an Alolan form?

Surge refers it to the Kanto Gym Leader?

>>27685009
Probably. Or maybe a Hawaiian themed cosplay Pikachu?

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It looks like Raichu and Audino fucked to make this

>>27684852
Raichu's cute to cool ratio is skewed way more towards cute than Pikachu

>>27684194
that's actually really cool

>>27683144
Holy shit. It's adorable. This is the best announcement so far.

Will Raichu finally get an anime episode where it isn't an asshole?

No thanks I'll stick to normal Raichu.

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>>27684948
look at its tail and ears mate. they're all puffed up

>>27683144
Source?

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>>27685734
>donut

>>27685734
The ears yeah, the tail no, it just has round edges instead of pointed ones.
The ears are the same as before but bigger but curled, the outside curl actually became an actual part of the Pokemon. It also has bigger but shorter feet.

>>27684800
>Pair it with Politoed with Protect
>Use something like Discharge that hits everyone on the field
>Use in doubles with a Choice Scarf

Not at all

>>27683592
>Scoliosis
>Spine is a completely straight line

Don't use my condition as a fucking pejorative if you don't know what it means you shit.

>>27683144
Not what I was hoping for, but it's still a good thing.

>>27684086
Actually not a bad answer anon.

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my favourite things about raichu were its black beady little eyes and weird gremlin ears. I don't like this as much as the original one but it's still nice to see one of my favourite pokemon get some attention.
All we need now is an Alola Mantine and i'll be happy.

>>27685009

We already saw Pichu and Pikachu, they're regular. Exeggutor has an Alolan form, but Exeggcute hasn't.

>>27685009
>Pikachu gets a mega form just to piss on Raichu

>favorite Pokemon is Raichu
>least favorite type is Psychic
GameFreak found a way to ruin Raichu for me.

I need an Alola Espeon and Umbreon

GameFreak can't miss an opportunity to not give anything to the Sun and Moon eeveelutions

>>27684308
He's tan with blonde "hair". Tan blonds are the default stereotype for surfer assholes in Hawaii (outside the natives, I suppose) and Cali

>>27683946

raichu was never baddas, just a big fat pikachu with a long tail

not in the games, nor in the naime

>>27683739
To get that sweet Calm Mind, boi

Tbh

baka desu senpai