Because nobody thought it was a real gimmick until it was revealed exactly what it was. I think the 16th Pokémon movie hurt the reveal, if you ask me, because Mega Mewtwo Y is pretty fugly, and when the Corocoro leaks happened showing Mega Mewtwo Y on the poster, everyone thought it was a bad Photoshop. Pokémon: The Origin showcased it better, but for some of us, it was too late.
I know, I'm just making a guess.
two of the first alolan forms revealed to us were Ice Types.
I think it's based on a mix between a samurai topknot and prehistoric stone spear tips.
SO a game based on Darwinian evolution with literal inheritable genetic stats for how good the pokemon is, needs genderless pokemon because...... How is it that "science" and society has completely lost the objective reality that different reproductive organs exist and male and female refer to that observable distinction. A penis and vagina are not on a spectrum. There is not a spectrum of reproductive functionality. (Love pleasure etc are an anomaly and can be considered inefficient evolution or just plain false as they are societal creations) Just because clownfish or whatever can become male doesnt mean little Timmy can be Tiffany. Different creatures different observable conditions. We refer to people in masculine or feminine ways because we humans at this point in history dont walk around with our genitals out (oh wait lgbt weirdos do at pride parades and are still confused). I honestly dont understand the end goal of this stuff what does a non-binary Pikachu even fucking mean? A messed up vagina dick? And you cant say anything about gender because there is no Pikachu society to begin with. Its insane. A complete amorphous reproductive responding creature already exists in Pokémon. What more than ditto do these people want? Its because ditto doesn't actively break what is considered social barriers? Does trans Pikachu need to go into the female side of the daycare? Its so ridiculous and I wish it would stop. Sorry for the rant
With the fact that Arceus Legends is based in Sinnoh I could easily see a spin-off movie with Ash involving Dialga time travel to ancient Jubilife.
To my knowledge, the latter.
There's an argument that Rise of Darkrai (probably my favorite of the D/P movies tbh) is canon because it's where Dawn got the Lunar Wing that was then used in the anime proper, but honestly, I think the first movie is the only movie that is truly canon given that the anime actually built up to that movie. The 16th movie is also almost canon due to the Genesect, but plans for Best Wishes involving stuff like Plasma vs Rocket got fucked due to the earthquake, and the movie's plans also were getting fucked due to anime Mewtwo being copyrighted to Takeshi Shudo's estate they couldn't get the rights to for a while. The second Mewtwo (a.k.a. Newtwo) was supposed to be the original Mewtwo, but they were forced to rewrite the character at the literal last minute, which caused a snarl in Mewtwo's lore that I think I've already sperged on before in the past.
The first movie really hit me in the feels as a kid, and the turn to stone scene is pretty impactful when you don't see Ash basically dying coming. Though I'll always be partial to Pokemon The Movie 2000 because I remember going to see it in the theater with my little brother and getting the promo cards of the legendary birds and Ancient Mew.
I don't remember Temple of the Sea that well, but I think that was the last movie I seen, I adored all the ones leading up to it for sure. I'll be honest, the movies slap. For whatever reason they really do step up their game, I'll always remember this specific part from Temple of the Sea just because they really fleshed out what what would be like to live in the pokemon world. Like, using psychic pokemon to to make water float and use it for a mid-air water show? Hell fucking yeah, they need to add more creative shit like this just in general and show types actually interacting in game.
Sucks that it gets memed on hard today because of it was the inception of the "Regi noises." However, I liked their dynamic as the antibodies of the Tree of Life, horrifying as those things were, JFC.
That it took people this long to realize how silly/awesome the Regi cries are I guess is a testament to the power of boredom, but if it gets more folks looking into the movie, I can't complain. But oh yeah, the Tree of Beginning is like some kind of cosmic horror or something, like why the fuck does this thing exist in the Pokémon world to begin with? Does Mew ever get to leave, or is this individual forever stuck there? What happen to intruders who get swallowed up by the antibodies, they die, right? Suffocation, or by being digested alive by the antibodies? Why did the Tree create guardians in the form of the Regis? Is that where the Golems actually came from, from the people of Sinnoh/Hoenn building them out of respect for the Tree or something?
The axe one feels like it could've been an unused Sw/Sh design. Honestly, the designs I'm seeing so far mesh very well with sw/sh, I look forward to seeing more.
Well there’s a fucking smartphone in ancient Japan, so…
