The Best of Pokémon

56. Mankey

Form: 7.5. Mankey's body is truly bizarre. Its head, neck, torso, and abdomen are all fused into one hairy sphere. The thin limbs are typical of tree-dwelling primates, but the cat-like ears just up the oddity. I do like how the hands have evolved into primitive fists for performing Fighting attacks. The feet are rather ugly and atypical of primates, but they look adept for perching on tree limbs. Its face matches ...

316. Gulpin ~ D/P ___
It's not like any of its sprites do anything at all, even the animated ones, whose animations just seem to be fidgeting about. Gen III is misshapen, has small lips, and a short appendage on its head. D/P is all-around decent.

317. Swalot ~ E ___
For some reason, its eyes are red in Gen III and its official artwork, yet is purple ...

Another edition of Best Designed Pokémon. Some notes: I have tweaked the scores of a few previous Pokémon slightly, new Favorite Rendition artwork has been added for Venusaur, Caterpie, Metapod, Gloom, and Vileplume (all by the artist Petah55), and I have given the grade Variety a new name: Originality. This is to clear up my own confusion of the term. Previously I had been judging this grade by how original a Pokémon looked, not on how original its concept is. Lastly, I'm entertaining the idea ...

Are you serious.

Stadium 2. Prime Cup, Poké Ball. Blackbelt Yang. Screw him. Screw him so hard.

I thought I could win if I just went to use Struggle to defeat his Wobbuffet, and then Counter his other Pokémon to defeat. Then he switched to it, and it was a Hitmonchan that knew Dynamicpunch, Thunderpunch, Mach Punch, and either Fire Punch or Detect (can't remember).

Try as I could, I couldn't beat the

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Some of you may have heard that Mewtwo Strikes Back had a very important intro cut out which was included in the Japanese theatrical release. The opening dealt with the origin, infancy, and character shaping of Mewtwo, something so vital to the story it's a mystery why they didn't extend the barely 1.5-hour long English dub by a measly 10 minutes to show it.

The opening was later released in Japan as a standalone CD called The Birth of Mewtwo. The opening was first available in English ...