what does /vp/ think of this design connection?

>>28954006
sucks ass like the responsible of these abominations.

>>28954006
a little early for this don't you think?

we don't even know if litten3's design was finalized when it was leaked.

>>28954006
>Green sludge
Poison/fire confirmed

>>28954006
Pure coincidence. You're giving GameFreak far, far too much credit.

>>28954037
>oily fur
>Asian Mist
>oil wrestling
I mean...

>>28954036
>>28954036
>>28954036

perhaps, but I find it difficult to believe that they'd make design changes to the starters this late into production, unless what we received were early sketches

>>28954037
oooh please

>>28954070
and worse, they hacked the database.

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Might as well dump this to help with the thread

Coincidental

>>28954080
>unless what we received were early sketches

yeah that's what I mean. There could be some slight changes like with what happened to wing-head Torchic which actually got turnarounds and minor animation refs.

The change while relatively minor did change the entire silhouette.

>>28954134
The Popplio one is such a fucking stretch

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>>28954134

>>28954134
>Rowlet using the symbol for Salt to represent Earth when Earth already has its own symbol
>Rowlet representing Earth at all given its typing
>Not using the symbol for Wood instead

>>28954036
>>28954036
>>28954036

Anime Concept art= Finald Design
An anime takes 1 year to make, designs are probably finished since Oras came out

Fire/Ground

>>28954191
I highly doubt the anime will be showing the final starter evos any time soon

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>>28954170
This one was a stretch by the artist because they were using the wrong symbol for lead

The symbol people were actually talking about was this, relating to the rocks on its collar

>>28954232
But you need the episodes to be done earlier

If the Leak was in june, I guess the episode with the fina evo will be in febraury

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>>28954006
Really makes me think.

>>28954263
How often do episodes of the Anime come out? When does SM anime start and how many episodes would that give it until (counting during) February?

>>28954290
XYZ were done a full year in advance.

>>28954036
Dude, Pokemon Desings most be the first thing to do since you need to make the 3D models and stuff That takes way too long to just change the desing because they were Leaked

The only way thse arent the final design is that the Leak wasn't a leak, but a marketing technique to make us hype the shit up

>>28954290
Once a week

>>28954247
why not both?

>>28954318
Yeah but that isn't what I'm asking, I'm just wondering if there would be enough episodes already in February for Litten to fully evolve, unless it showed up with another trainer.

>>28954006
So, I've been gone a while. Were Luchalitten and co. actually confirmed?

>>28954290
>>28954318
Plus the first thing you do in an animation production is the voice acting, so you need to have already defined, so voice actors can give it a personallity

>>28954290
Usually every week, but often they delay episodes because of other animes 1 hour specials or stuff like that, XYZ has at least 4 episodes left, so it should start about late november. and it should have like 10 episodes by the start of February

>>28954361
Not Officially, But for common sense

>>28954344
I know, a few minutes after posting I reread your post and saw the effects of sleep deprivation.

>>28954376
So.... June

>>28954344
You are forgetting that it could very well just appear in the OP or in a promo video like BW2 did. In that case it doesn't need to actually appear in the anime for its character design to be already needed.

>>28954174
It's because Alchemists believed Salt, Sulfer, and Mercury to be the primary elements, and had a bunch of symbolic shit attached to that trinity. That's why trying to shoehorn other elements into the theory, like >>28954170, is stupid.

>>28954422
or a movie, Those take at least 2 years to make

>>28954324
Yes, but we don't know how old the art was when it was leaked either.

Gamefreak is unlikely to give enough of a fuck about leaks to redesign them, but they have redesigned pokemon that have already had sprites before.

Not to mention that you can edit a model even when the animations are already done, especially if the basic idea behind them is still the same.

See: fighting games - particularly when a character gets grappled/thrown. Their animations tend to be pretty much the same even when their body shapes/sizes vary, but it's possible because they usually still have the same number of limbs.

>>28954409
Probably, probably even earlier if they only do a still shot of one of the final evos.

>>28954344
When Oshawott and Snivy's evolutions leaked, it was because the two of them appeared in an early filler episode commanded by random throw-away trainers.

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>>28954006
>>28954134
>>28954163
shrug

>>28954361
Mallow (trial captain and likely one of Ash's companions) is the girl in Luchalitten's art
Rugby monkey (or football lemur) further confirms the Chinese leak that said archer/wrestler/siren
Brionne is called the Pop Star Pokémon
Torrakat's bell looks like Luchalitten's belt, stands in some of its animations, and its description on the website talks about having a super strong punch
Dartrix's website description clearly hints at archery and also makes it out to be a wealthy elite (like what Robin Hood starts out as)

>>28954361

Look at the 1st starter evolutions and their descriptions from the official website, they imply heavily that they grow into the leaked starter images (Archer/Wrestler/Siren)

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>>28954450
>Popplio ended up being more feminine because of its link to mercury, which resembles the symbol for Venus, which is commonly used to represent females in zoology and botany

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>>28954267

>>28954433
>>28954433
>>28954433

Right, but I don't think it's too far off. Isn't Lead the most Basic Metal in alchemy, and Iwanko was said to have a important part of the plot

I'm pretty sure there was something implying a connection to the starters

>>28954146
>super detailed reference sheets that are more than likely for the anime due to the inclusion of both Ash and Mallow
vs
>a sheet with three small poses that have less detail and action, and are clearly more for testing out an idea

>>28954592
>Iwanko was said to have a important part of the plot
Nah man, I think it's just a random shitmon who pops up in a lot of stuff because people like dogs.

>>28954450
>>28954450

This is actually really interesting, is there a link between Mercury and Venus? Looked it up and it seems like Mercury is an asexual planet, male when paired with male planets and female when paired with female

>>28954789
>Appearance based on Trainer Gender
:000000000000 that would be really cool.

>>28954864
Latest trailer shows brionne with the female trainer only.
>hnnngg

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>>28954789
>>28954864
>>28954920

Oh shit

>>28954037
I'd be fine with two Fire/Poison options. Litten3 and Salandit. Only problem is GG after EQ.

>>28955046
Air Balloon exists for a reason.

>>28954134
REACH FOR THE SKY

>>28954006
I fucking hate that trash evolution design.

>le bara cat xD

can't they be a bit more creative than that shit?

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>>28955677
It's baffling actually how uninspired it is

>>28954361
No. Anything else is speculation.

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>>28954006
>>28954134
>>28954170
>>28954247
>>28954450
>mfw all of this speculation is just us thinking too hard and Gamefreak never inteded to implement alchemy in the first place

>yfw this could apply to the zodiac-fire-starter theory

Just as bullshit as the alchemy theme is with the starters to begin with but if it'll shut up the people screaming about it cool beans

Illuminati.

>>28955677
>>28955841
Go and post some more It Gets Bigger quadrupeds.

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>>28957010
>>28957010
>>28957010

Clearly there is an alchemy theme in the legendaries, and with Type Null, it's not such a stretch to wonder about the starters

>>28954037
The green mist is a prominent wrestling technique. It has nothing to do with poison typing.

Die you dumb alchemyfags, die you useless pieces of shit, the sun legendary is fucking weak to fire and you play detective with these shitty theories like the little mongoloid children you are just to suck GF's cock, die you pathetic turds

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>>28954450
>>28954789
>>28954864

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>>28957488
Settle down man.

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>>28957488

kek, I don't understand, it's typing only makes sense in the context of alchemy

here's your (You)

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>>28957488
>Die you dumb alchemyfags, die you useless pieces of shit,
Gee I wonder who could be behind this post

>>28954006
fuck yeah alchemy.

>>28958144
gtfo Plumeria