Leave VGC to me.

Maybe if your hair were pointed downward like a real Ashita no Joe reference.

Go get'em Crab bro!
*sniffles*

>>27972954
That's a dated look. What's in is pompadour and undercut, boxer crab is serving us trendy hair

>>27972944
>Coconut Crab
>Not grass/water
BLUNDER OF THE FUCKING CENTURY

>>27972991
Yeah but his hair isn't fucking right.

>>27973033
I'm not even sure if they even call coconut crabs "coconut crabs". The pun probably doesn't carry over in Japanese.

>>27973033
>coconut crab
>water type
Are you retarded? Coconut crabs are land-dwellers and adults can't swim.

>>27972944
I really hope it doesn't suck statwise.

I mean, I'll totally use it anyway, but it'd be even better if it didn't suck.

>>27973033

>Coconut Crab
>Being a water-type in its adult stage.
>Wanting a coconut crab to literally be a coconut.

Retard.

>>27973264
It looks like Sylvester Stallone if Sly was a coconut crab

>>27972944
>Literally a crab
>not crab type
wtf gamefreak?

>>27973099
Coconut crabs are called "palm crabs" in Japanese.

>>27973318
There are going to be so many of you who are too stupid to argue with in the coming months who know nothing of source material nor care enough to do research into it.

I fucking hate idiots.

>>27973329
But presumably because they climb on palm trees or something right? There's not really any reason to make it a tree or something because of that. I mean they could have but it's not like the obivous line of thought of making a literal coconut crab.

>>27972944
>yfw it's worse than Hitmonchan

>>27973310
This exactly
I never even watched Rocky and I get this reference
Too much underage on here crying about no water type or grass/water

>>27973310
So I should name it "Rocky Lobster"?

>>27973392
It's actually based on Ashita no Joe which is why it randomly has that huge antennae hair, but it's basically the same character archetype

>>27973425
I'mma name mine Sendou.

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>http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/coconut-crabs-eat-everything-from-kittens-to-maybe-amelia-earhart-180948206/?no-ist
>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2621610/Did-CRABS-hide-Amelia-Earharts-remains-Bizarre-experiment-prove-giant-crustaceans-scattered-aviators-body.html
Hidden ability that makes all its moves super effective against flying types pls gamefreak

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>>27973072

>>27973425
No, it's based on boxers. It's why it has boxing gloves for claws. It's why it's fighting type. Just because it's antennas form what appears to be something resembling your favorite mangu does not mean that it's based on it.

It's a boxer straight with the black eye.

>>27973392
I thought it was based on boxing before I even knew it was based on a coconut crab.

>>27973401
Name it Ali.

>>27973542
Don't forget
>They often descend from the trees by falling, and can survive a fall of at least 4.5 metres (15 ft) unhurt.

>>27973576
Pokemon has made explicit references to anime before. Serperior was said to be inspired by the Rose of Versailles, a similarly famous and well-known old-school anime and manga. Ashita no Joe isn't some random flavor of the month manga.

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>>27973631
>Serperior was said to be inspired by the Rose of Versailles, a similarly famous and well-known old-school anime and manga.
It's a Western-based garden snake that takes design cues from the Fleur-de-Lys and French aristocrats and how high class they were in the 18th century.

What references to anime have been done that have been verified and aren't just Bulbapedo autism?

>>27973718
>Ken Sugimori has said that Snivy, Servine, and Serperior are based on French royalty, specifically mentioning the anime The Rose of Versailles as inspiration.
http://web.archive.org/web/20101228065540/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/interview/irbj/sp/index5.html

By the way, the Rose of Versailles is an anime about french aristocrats just like Ashita no Joe is an anime about boxers. Saying what it is doesn't somehow make it not inspired by an anime that is that thing.

Someone post "leave it to me" but in romanji please

It's literally just a Hitmonchan that knows Crabhammer. Not even stats can save it. It has no unique niche.

>>27974318
Hyper Cutter so immune to Intimidate

>>27974585
>using hyper cutter over iron fist
just

>>27974672
We don't know what its stats are. If it has SD, which based on it getting Hyper Cutter it should, then you could argue that a SD set with Hyper Cutter has some utility over an Iron Fist set.

What if this is not the final form yet?

>>27974895
Possible, though if it's based on a brawling boxer, how do you take the design thematically further?

>>27972944
>110-125 ATK and 95-105 SPD
Do this Game Freak. Make it a powerful lightweight.

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>>27974781
Yeah because Crawdaunt uses Hyper Cutter over Adaptability.

>>27973631
No? It's based on European aristocracy not specifically on that anime

>>27973310
>It looks like Sylvester Stallone
no it fucking doesn't

>>27976043
>>27973874
Also http://www.pokebeach.com/2010/09/pokemon-peer-interview-translations
ALSO also if you're not fucking blind you can can clearly pick up on the art style cues in Serperior's design, like the curly "hair".

>>27973318
Coconut crabs (and other hermit crabs) are not crabs. They are related (like Lobsters and Shrimp) but not exactly crabs.

>>27975016
>implying crawdaunt is a fighting type

Serperior really does just look like a long-faced, green Oscar