Why are most Alola Pokemon so slow?

>>32900849
The battle gimmick of this gen was supposed to be Trick Room, but they scrapped it from the game.
It will be available in US/UM.

Hawaii has high obesity rates.

>>32900849
hawaiians are fat

>>32900860
What?

>>32902071
Like Gen 5 had triples and Gen 6 had inverse battles, gen 7 was supposed to have reverse-speed battling but it got scrapped

>>32900849
Seriously though it's because animals that live on islands have adapted to not have to be fast as there is nothing to outrun.

Name three animals that only live on a tiny island irl that are genuinely fast.

PROTIP: You can't

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>>32900849

Slow islander life, man.

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>>32900901
>>32900907
you're not wrong

Decidueye - Snipers don't move around a lot.

Incineroar - Wrestlers don't either.

Primarina - Opera singers don't either.

Toucannon - Giant toucan

Gumshoos - Stays at one spot to watch over other Pokemon like a cop

Vikavolt - No idea but my guess is that since they carry Charjabug sometimes, this weighs and slows them down

Crabominable - Giant crab

Midnight Lycanroc - It lets the opponent move first.

Wishiwashi - Small fish + too many Pokemon make up its giant form

Toxapex - Based on brutal star that barely moves

Mudsdale - Big ass horse

Araquanid - Big ass spider

Golisopod - Big ass crustacean

Lurantis - Based on specific type of bug that blends into its surroundings and doesn't move much

Shiinotic - Based on mushroom

Bewear - Giant ass red panda

Tsareena - Based on a fruit with thicc legs

Oranguru - Sits and meditates alone

Passimian - Football/rugby player emphasizing strength over speed

Palossand - Rooted to sand

Pyukumuku - It stays in a single spot for a long period of time.

Komala - Sleeps all the time and only moves when tossing

Turtonator - Big ass turtle

Drampa - Elderly people are too slow

Dhelmise - Big ass anchor

Komm-o - Scales hold it back

Tapu Bulu - Big ass bull

Tapu Fini - Big ass shark shell

Buzzwole - Ripped

Xurkitree - Absorbs energy by planting its tail into the ground or other electric outlets

Celesteela - Big ass bamboo rocket

Guzzlord - Big ass glutton

Magearna - Metallic and heavy shell

>>32902089
Source for this?

>>32902233
Autism

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>its good in trick room

>>32903053
This whole board is autism.

>>32900849
Island time.

>>32902233
>Wrestlers don't move a lot

>>32903053
Its like the one reply that actually made fucking sense, and you call it autistic.

Guess unless youre shitposting, youre autistic now. Explains why his board is such shit.

>>32902100
>cats seals and owls only live on a tiny island
>all of the alola starters are slower than venusaur

>>32904832
Explaining why an entire dex is slow IS autistic Anon, do not hide. And reasons like "Wrestlers don't move a lot" are shit too.

>>32904832
Saying shit like "big ass" and "don't move that much" isn't the most enlightening response.

But it's better than the other shitposts this question got so far.

>>32902118
thicc

>>32902233
Actually, snipers and trick shooters are typically expected to have fast reflexes. Same for Wrestlers.

>>32902278
his ass

>>32900849
Because your bias made you forget about gen 5. It had double of mons yeah but 60 was a common speed in it.
It has a bug with an even memer speed yet only Vikavolt's shitty overused meme is being kept.

>>32900849
The real reason is that Nintendo wanted a soft reset on the competitive speed creep by limiting VGC to Alola mons and making most of them slow as fuck.

>>32904832
>made fucking sense
When one of the reasoning is just "big ass horse"? You wish.

Actually, you didn't even read the whole thing, did you, you little fuck?

>>32900849

Almost every new Pokemon I've seen on these islands that isn't an Alolan form Kantomon happens to have the Pinsir/Metagross stat spread.

>BIG ATK, FUCK SPECIAL
>BULKY
>SLOWER THAN MOLASSES

There are various exceptions (like Vikavolt being "BIG SPECIAL ATK FUCK PHYSICAL") and a few Alolan fastmons, but it's clear Gamefreak didn't want a gen full of sweepers like 4th gen.

America.

>>32905625
>has a bug with an even memer speed
Excavalier? Makes sense at least

>>32906364
How do you explain mosa and tapus?

>>32907938
There's a difference between a couple of Legendaries having a high speed stat and the ORAS meta where every relevant offensive mon needed base 100+ speed

>>32905625
>only Vikavolt's shitty overused meme is being kept.
I can't imagine why the Jet-plane looking bug being slow would confuse people.

I can't imagine why a pokemon whose dex entry describes how "It zips around" might cause some commotion when it's actually incredibly slow.

I just... I don't get it. I can't see why this one pokemon, whose design screams "fast" might attract some notice when it turns out to be not fast.

Hawaii isn't big enough to jog a lot

>>32900907
Obama constantly visited, locals reaped the benefits

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>>32908227
Vikavolt hasn't even Clocked Up yet

>>32908227
I just gave mine either mud shot or agility.

>>32902233
lurantis is a plant that biomimics(looks like) a bug, not the other way around

>>32908142
>big-ass bug with tiny flimsy wings
>fast
>>32908227
those blue things aren't wings, they're wing covers-called elytra

>>32911835
So what you're saying is that the people who recorded Vikavolt's' dex entry is a dumbass?

>>32902233
>Mudsdale - Big ass horse
Oh, of course! Horses are known for not moving around a lot, and being extremely slow when they do! Big ass horses were never used for, say, cavalry C H A R G E S or anything like that. Of course Mudsdale is slower than something like Tauros - after all, horses are slow and bulls are fast!

>>32907703
No, it doesn't. At least the Grubbin family has the same general speed.

>>32908142
>>32912079
It says it zips around. Not that it does it immediately. You know what the last move Vikavolt learns is? AGILITY.

Starts off slow and becomes faster as time goes on. Like the thing it's based on.

>>32913599
Clydesdales are famous for being some of the slowest and weightiest horses though, while being big, very energetic and having a lot of stamina(heh). Not mentioning this one carries ground over its body

>>32902233
>>32911835
>big ass
Stop

>>32913803
>Clydesdales [...]
See, this one makes more sense than just going "big ass horse".