EVERY. FUCKING. GENERATION.

>>30651116
It's called a tradition.

>>30651116
I don't know why they made that garbage when Mimikyu already exists.

I love Emolga.

>>30651116
Dedenne is the shit, nigger.

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I love Emolga.

>>30651116

> Did anyone anywhere like Plusle and Minun?

yeh. 'specially after Colloseum.

> Does anyone even remember Dedenne??

yes. I never forget a fairy type. never forget, never forgive...

I have liked Plusle (and Minun by extension too, I guess) since Colosseum. It was a great combination for Thunderdance.

>>30651116
I hope they all get an evolution in the same gen.

>hating on emolga
>hating on pacharisu

KYS

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Plusle, Minun, and Dedenne are actually the most popular Pikachu-likes though OP, between Plusle and Minun's appeals as a paired duo and being the first Pikachu-likes and then Dedenne's anime presence with Bonnie's bag.

Anyone with taste though knows Emolga is the best. Or Marill if you count it.

>>30651242

what if I like pachirisu but dislike emolga?

>>30651306
maim yourself

>>30651242
Emolga is probably the best of them, for what it's worth. Pachirisu is so forgettable that i forgot to include a reference to it in my OP.

>>30651149
yeah Mimikyu is as much as Pikaclone as the Marill line is. That tag is reserved for electric types.

>>30651116
i like this one

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>>30651306
What do you see in Pachirisu?

What was johto's pikaclone?

>>30651367

Pichu

>>30651367

pichu

>>30651116
Dedenne kinda sucked and pachrisu was pretty gay
Sonichu being a real pokemon is the best thing to happen with gen7

>>30651343

I like squirrels, which helps. I like the overall design. it's cute, and watching one win VGC was downright hilarious.

I know that Emolga is a flying squirrel, but something about its design just doesn't click for me. the ears, or the shape of the wings, I'm dunno if I could explain it 100%.

>>30651367
Pichu? But that's a pre-evo of Pikachu.

Marill is the Proto-Mimikyu.

>>30651343
A warm and comfortable snuggle partner

The only thing wrong with togedemaru is the lack of actual steel moves. The fuck were they thinking?

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>why are they equally as insistent on making all of them shit?

Did you forget that the winner of VGC 2014 had a Pachirisu on his team?

It's obviously still a shitmon that had a useful niche at the time, but I still like a few of the pikaclones. Pachirisu and Emolga are cute, the rest's shit.

>>30651343
Vgc 2014

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>>30651116

So they can sell merchandise of them.

>>30651472
The same thing they thought with no Moonblast on Dedenne

Anyone got a picture of dedenne with that smug look on its face.

>>30651146
Shoehorned in gen 3. Marill isn't a pikaclone (no electric cheeks) and pichu was just a baby stage that is related to pikachu so it's not exactly a clone

>>30651472
This
Your only choices for Steel this gen outside of UBs are I think Beldum and Magnemite

>>30651293

Serious question: Was Marill supposed to be the Pikaclone of Gen II and merely water-type the way Metagross is the one non-dragon pseudo-legendary?

>>30651328
Marill isn't literally wearing a Pikachu costume. Mimikyu is THE Pikaclone.

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>>30651492
>Cosplay Pikachu is forever trapped in ORAS

it isn't fair

>>30651557
>forgetting Tyranitar

Look at this faggot and laugh.

>>30651557
>Metagross is the one non-dragon pseudo-legendary

Second non-dragon pseudo. Tyranitar was technically the first non-dragon pseudo (Rock/Dark).

>>30651557
>what is Volcarona

>>30651116
Plusle is low key an MVP mon of mine from my last AS playthrough, and I used Dedenne for a little while on Showdown for shits, and it did work. That said, I actually like Togedemaru. He can be kinda trolly in a way I appreciate.

>>30651653
Not a Pseudo-Legendary.

>>30651387
>>30651409
Pichu can't be a pikaclone, it's literally RELATED to Pikachu. It's not attempting to clone its likeness at all

>>30651653
Not a pseudolegendary. No three-stage line, no BST of 600.

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>>30651116
>>30651146

>>30651687
this. the gen 2 pikaclone was marill, otherwise known as pikablue.

But Togedemaru is decent in VGC.

>>30651116
I love Emolga because of Mystery Dungeon. Poor gay kid desperately needs to drop disgusting Dunsparce and find someone who loves him back.

Togedemaru was great for my in-game team.

>>30651527
Heard of plusle/minun?

>>30651557
It wasn't "supposed" to be the Pikaclone. Marril and Pikachu just look similar because they're both mice. In a sense it was the first Pikaclone, since it started the "half of the rodents like Pikachu" thing.

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>>30651987
I wanted to ditch my useless shit of a partner and fug that Emolga.

Remember Dedenne? Hell yeah mother fucker he was the first pokemon that I bred and trained for competitive. Actually did pretty good in the battle maison in XY

>>30651562
Mimikyu is a deconstruction or a darker twist on the Pikaclone

A Pokemon who wants to be as popular as Pikachu, looks like it, and while many have tried and failed (Plusle and Minun, Pachirisu, Emolga, and so on), Mimikyu is actually a hit.

>>30651116
I have him in my team

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>>30651343
It's not about what you see, it's about what you don't.

>>30651116
Plusle and Dedenne tripe battles with Plus and double Helping hand on a Mega Charizard Heat Wave....
I miss tripe battles

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>>30651437
Yeaaaa Boi

>>30651367
Pikablu if you get rid of the Electric typing requirement
That would also mean Alola gets 2 pikaclones (Pikaboo)

>>30651328
Didn't Pachirisu win worlds?

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>shitting on plusle and minun
even by themselves, they were amazing

>>30653828
i beat XD with a minun becasue i didn't read that you could catch shadow pokemon and spent the whole game not finding wild ones

>>30653854
you'll get meme responses for mentioning gale, but those two saved my ass loads of times, especially since colosseum was all double battles

>>30651116
>Why is Gamefreak so insistent on making Pikaclones

One word - marketing. They're designed less for competitive utility, and more to put in advertising, sell as plushes, focus on in the anime, and just generally attract young players who think they're cute. And they're perfectly usable in-game, so it's not as if they're completely worthless.

>>30651116
Why is Gamefreak so insistent on making regional birds and why are they equally as insistent on making all of them shit?
Did anyone anywhere like Pidgey and Spearow? Does anyone even remember Hoothoot??

>>30654066
>hoothoot

>>30651486
Part of that pic bugs me because the battle in question did not have a Mega T-Tar, just a normal one, think it was running Choice Scarf

>>30651472
Oricorio is the same. I hate it, but there's nothing that can be done about it.

>>30651573
you know Super contests exist in Sinnoh, right?

>>30651987
Super Mystery Dungeon or Gates to Infinity?

Oi retards.
"Pikaclones" are meant to introduce the new features of the generation they aren't meant to be "Pikaclones", they just make them resemble Pikachu because it sells better having a cutemon introduce something.

Big thing in Gen 1? Evolution.
Pikachu gets Raichu.
New thing in Gen 2? Breeding.
Pikachu gets Pichu.
New thing in Gen 3? Double battles.
Plusle and Minun are created as a pair.
New thing in Gen 4? Gender differences.
Pachirisu male and female look different.
New thing in Gen 5? Hidden abilities.
Emolga has a hidden ability.
New thing Gen 6? Fairy-type.
Dedenne is Fairy-type.
New thing Gen 7? Alolan forms.
Alolan Raichu is a thing.

>>30652860
I like the anime version of Mimikyu that fucking hates Pikachu aand wears the costume to keep itself on a constant hatred high

>>30654257
None of what you just said holds any water whatsoever.

>>30651116
I'm not saying Togedemaru is good, but it is adorable and you had best protect it with your life.

>>30651116
As an Electrik type lover, yes, I do like Pikaclones.

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The solution is to make it a non-rodent animal
Cockatiels are small, rotund, yellow, and have red cheeks. They're an easy fit.

Togedemaru was the first one I've used in game, it's cute & carried its own weight through the E4.

>>30654257
That is not it whatsoever, retard. You just wasted your time typing that all out

>>30654378
I'd take ten. I mean it'll never happen, but I can still dream, and this Gen's is already not a rodent so it's not completely impossible.

>>30651210
This. OP has garbage tastes

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>>30651116
what did they mean by this?

I FUCKING HATE PIKACHU
AND ASH TOO

>>30651116

First time I battled that thing I literally didn't even realize it was a new Pokemon. They all look the fucking same.

Little shit kicked my ass too what's with that crazy bulk?

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>>30651116

>he hasn't faced a Wish-Spiky Shield-Nuzzle-Reflect Togedemaru with Iron Barbs and Rocky Helmet.

wew

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4 pikachu
31 dedenne
77 emolga
124 pachirisu
513 minun
199 plusle

>>30654477
Trick room>>30654802
Not even the best set up but still decent for singles

>>30654891

>decent

This shit can't die in OU. Nobody has answers for it.

>>30654720
They're implying it wants to fug pikachu

>>30651242
your underage is showing.

Woah hold up. Sonichu is actually pretty decent. Definitely one of the better pika clones.

>>30654066
Staraptor and especially Talonflame were good
have we already forgotten the bravest bird?

>>30655014

Staraptor is still great. It's always been better than Memeflame, just Memeflame had revenge kill potential because of Gay Wings.

>>30651116
>why are they equally as insistent on making all of them shit?

Pachirisu won at worlds, friendo

>>30654882
>none of the elemental chimps except Pansage are above 650
Confirmed for worst designs ever.

Dedenne and Emolga are my favs. New one is not bad

>>30655296
Oh shit Pachirisu too

Long answer, it's become a mandatory thing after Gen 4 solidified it with Pachirisu by giving one to Dawn in the anime, and ever since someone other than Ash has had a Pikaclone.
Short answer, merchandise fodder.

>>30654882
>graveler almost rock bottom
instantly don't care about these results

I wish Emolga wasn't a shitmon. It really is the best Pikaclone.

>>30654257
>Alolan Raichu
>what is Togedemaru

so I'm not the only one that named their Togedemraru Sonichu right?

>>30655766
Probably the #1 most common nickname for it

>>30654257

About that last one...Z-moves:
Togedemaru gets Zing Zap~ ;p

>>30654882
how the fuck is minun insanely less popular than plusle.

>>30654882
>>30656372
Never mind. That was just a typo. You typed 513 instead of 153.Minun's actually more popular.

>>30653828
one of my Emerald MVPs was my Minun. I'll defend my bro to the death.

>>30654882
why the fuck do people like arceus that much.

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>>30651116
Because you'll buy it anyways. They've been pandering to gen. 1 in many different ways for as long as the series has been running. Why stop now when you retards have shown you'll buy the games no matter what.

Pachirisu was on a worlds winning team in 2014 and Togedemaru is viable in VGC 2017.

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>>30653376
still mad that Oppa SeJun and his pachirisu are still not adapted in anime or games.

>>30657145
they are religious

>>30651116
>pikaclone

The only pikaclone is maril since its a 3 stage rodent

All the others are just single stage electric rodents. That doesn't make them pika clones in any way.

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>>30657201
>Togedemaru is viable in VGC 2017.
How is it on 1100 ELO?

>>30657145
They don't. They just wanted it to win so perhaps it could be distributed.
Instead they got hot monkay dik.

>>30657265
fire pika clone when?

>>30652013
>what is gen 3

>>30654282
That Mimikyu is just /r9k/ as fuck.

>normies reeeee
>Pikachu reeeee

>I want to be a normie tho a bloo bloo bloo
>I want to be a Pikachu tho a bloo bloo

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>>30651242
>>30651116

Pachirisu is the realest pika; it managed to challenge the big leagues and win.

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>>30657721
cry more

>>30651116
They're cute, get over it

>>30657795
Tangrowth: The fuck are you doing man.

>>30651116
choice band dedenne is pretty fun, people dont expect for it to hit as hard as it does

>>30657664
That would be pretty cool.

>>30651343
A redirector that isn't cockblocked by Safety Goggles/Grass-types and can be built to tank some surprisingly strong attacks?
Also good Pickup fodder in Platinum.

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>>30654882
ARE YOU SIMISEARIOUS?

>>30654882
Pawniard and Magby at the very end.

yea fuck japan, Magby is goat.

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>there will never be an ugly electric/dark Oppossum Pikaclone
>there will never be an electric/ground groundhog pikaclone
>there will never be an electric/water capybara pikaclone
>there will never be an electric/poison sewer rat pikaclone
>there will never be an electric/ghost lemming pikaclone
>there will never be an electric/psychic lab rat pikaclone
>there will never be an electric/dragon jackalope pikaclone

>>30658565
PUN ALERT

>>30651229
This. I wouldn't mind them if they evolved

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>>30654882
>Espeon, Umbreon, and the original three are all outranked by the Salad Dog by an appreciable margin
the day of the rake is going to be even sweeter now

>>30654882
>6/10 of the bottom 10 Pokemon are from Gen 5
>the other 4 are from Gen 3
really makes you think

>>30654882
>All those Gen1 Mom close to the bottom

Hiroshima was justified.

>>30651543
Beldum, Magnemite, Shieldon (lol, don't), Skarmory, Sandshrew, Klink, Doublade. I did a Monosteel run the whole game, so I know my stuff.

There's also Probopass, but you get him so late that... meh.

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>>30651116
(you)

>>30654882
>scolipede at 212
I'm ok with this.

>>30654257
Anon... it's time to put the keyboard down and go outside.

>>30658241
So that's its niche.

>>30658737
>There will never be an Electric/Ice dormouse pikaclone

>>30660468
You forgot Alolan Diglett and Klefki.

Pikaclones exist to show off new mechanics of each generation.
Pichu - Breeding
Plusle/Minun - Double Battles
Pachirisu - Walking Pokemon
Emolga - Phenomona (It can only be found in them)
Dedenne - Fairy type
Togedemaru - I don't know, maybe someone else can fill out this blank I'm drawing.

>>30651557

you're forgetting volcarona and tyranitar

>>30663124
volcarona is as much a pseudo legendary as dewgong is

>>30651527
pichu does count, it used the new baby gimmick
same way plusel and minun used the double battle gimmick

>>30651116
>Pachirisu is shit

>>30651557
No, pichu was the pikaclone in gen 2, Maril just so happened to look like pikachu similar to how chansey and sentret kinda look alike
Maril strays too far away from a pikaclone because it evolves, its water type, and it doesn't have cheeks

>>30654882
>mostly legendaries and iconic pokemon 1-20
>magnemite is 24

what?

do people actually like magnemite?

>>30663016
>Togedemaru

The design really only works when it's 3D and animated. (quills popping out during attacks)

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>>30651116
Oy, OP. First time I ever see the motherfucker in game. And this is what landed on my lap as I was just entering the pact of grass looking for it.

>>30651116
It's funny. They make a lot of Pikaclones and they aren't that good, but here comes Mimikyu, who's whole thing is trying to be like Pikachu and it's really good

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>>30664256
It's funny that we're so used to unironic shitty pikaclones that when they made a self parody of the concept that was halfway viable in a fight people latched on to it in no time

>>30651116
the worst part is that if it didnt have the retarded upside down tail it would be a good design.

>>30664445
That's not a tail, it's a spine that works like a lightningrod. I think it'd look better if it was directly at the top of its body though, personally.

>>30654802
That shit is so good that even the fucking AI in the battle tree uses it. Togedemaru is not a shitmon at all.

>>30654169
Yeah, but the only way to get it out of ORAS would be the Bank. Which didn't accept Cosplay Pikachu. SM also lack anything but an icon of Cosplay Pikachu. The chances of it not only showing up in any Sinnoh Remake but also getting a patch to allow it through the Bank are about as high as Spiky-Eared Pichu showing up again and the Bank getting a patch to take mons from Gen IV.

>>30651492
this pic needs an update with an mimikyu hidden somewhere under all the pikachu

>>30653854
> XD

kys yourself

>>30664668
you can call it whatever but its visually a pikachu tail and it hurts the design greatly.

>>30654743


> t. Mimikyu

>>30651116
Togedemaru is pretty good tho. Source: I have one in my team. It has 90+ base Attack and Speed, great typing, and with a moveset of Zing Zap, Gyro Ball (for Corkscrew Crash), Nuzzle and U-turn it can really put in some work. It can easily pull its weight even in the Pokemon League due to having a great matchup against Kahili, Kukui's Lycanroc and Braviary and being able to OHKO Hala's Crabominable with Corkscrew Crash. Easily the best pikaclone.

>>30667365
And togedemaru

>>30655766
I'd take a picture but I don't have my DS on me right now.
Expected dead weight but the little fucker held his own.

>>30654882
Who's the 721's ?

>>30651116
This is the most autistic thing to whine about, OP. Fuck off back to r/pokemon

>shit

iron barbs+rocky helmet+spiky shield+wish+reflect+zing zap

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>>30654282
Anime Mimikyu sounds like the fucking Reverse Flash.

>>30654882
>japan only likes lenedaries and animemons
wew

>>30651116
shit, I brought a dedenne in my Y nuzlock as the party leader past e4 rematches and it ended up at level 84, don't shit on my nigger

>>30654882
>Shelgon at the bottom
>Sneasel near the bottom
Japan confirmed for shit taste.

>>30657202
Okay, now this needs to happen.

>>30654882
The top of that list really depresses me.

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This guy is my bro. Dedenne is cool too imo

you tu.be/DPOQSvVbijc

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>>30673382
>>30673405
>>30673426
explain yourself

>>30651116
>not Remembering Electric/Fairy that can't learn Dazzling gleam
I still use it as supporter

>>30673481
Just trying some new things, don't mind me. Forgot to sage the last one

>>30673511
You got me excited I though the Megearna would have something to do with Togedemaru

>>30673571
Sorry :(

>>30651116
Togedemaru is pretty ok. Steel type, Zing Zap and spiky shield help a lot.
I wish it would learn Iron Tail, though.

>>30654882
>Archeops higher than Zoroark
I don't get it.

>>30654378
>Shockatiel

>>30655766
Do you have an A-Sandslash named Coldsteel too?

>>30673856
Archeops being that high confuses me
is he big in Japan?

>>30654126
Wasn't it the event one too? With ice punch? Or am I wrong?

>>30669608
love that set

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>>30654882
>Mew at number 3
>Sylveon at number 5

>>30654882
>Magnemite that highly liked
I knew I was not wrong in liking best steel type.

>>30651116
I don't think they're useless.. Pachirisu and Togedamaru are cool in battle.
Btw they're made expecially for anime fans, to my mind

>>30651116
>tfw one day they will grant Pikachu speed with Light Ball

I can feel it in my frozen joints.

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>>30657664
In the GenII Alpha, Honoguma was one of the starters. Looks like a fire pika, if you ask me.