Pokémon Evolution/Capture/Release Thread

[Ash Ketchum!]

Ash needs something to evolve mid-battle in the league...

No. Let Kingler keep one of the few things that makes him unique.

[Pika25]

If anyone evolves in the Unova League, I have a feeling it would be Ash's Pignite. Maybe Scraggy if it's alongside Axew. I would much rather see Iris with a fully-evolved Haxorus, than just an Axew, by the time she makes it to the assumed dragon tournament in Blackthorn. That way she'd have lots of usable dragon Pokémon for use there, assuming she also gets the likes of a Hydreigon (she already has Dragonite).

[DynoStretch]

Honestly, at this point if anything else on Ash's team was going to evolve, they would had spoiled it in the opening like they did in last one with Pignite, Leavanny Unfezant and Krokkorok's capture. Looks like Krookodile was sadly all we're going to get this arc.

Not like the battles are lasting long enough for Ash to get much use out of said team. Since we haven't heard hide nor hair of a sixth generation yet, there's likely going to be a massive filler arc where we can hope Ash's midgets can finally develop.

[AlphaMouse]

Ok, so we've got a new arc coming up. Of course, we don't know how long the arc's going to be, but I think it'll be quite long.

At this point I think Ash is going to do what he did in Hoenn. He's going to leave some Pokémon that spent a long time on the main team back at Oak's and take some of the reserves.

-Pignite, although overused by Ash, I think is going to come with him. Like Grovyle in AG, he's been quite overpowered at times, and I think that he's going to evolve into Emboar in the following arcs.

-Palpitoad/Oshawott: After the league Ash is going to realise that he has misused Palpitoad and is going to realise that he's been underusing Palpitoad, and bring him with him. The other option is that Oshawott is determined to be on the same level as Pignite, as they were both once rivals. If Oshawott comes I hope he'll evolve.

-Boldore: In the same way that Phanpy was brought back for Battle Frontier (albeit briefly, but to be replaced by Tauros/Snorlax, both powerhouses) Ash is going to take Boldore along with him, realising that he has no firm tank on his team, and evolve him.

-Unefeazant: No I can't spell his name. Ash needs a flying type and will take along Uney. Hopefully she'll learn Roost or Sky Attack.

-Leavanny: After the League and vs Roxie Leavanny's showing itself out to be a strong player. Ash will take him along, and hopefully he'll learn Leaf Blade.

-Pikachu: For obvious reasons.

[Silktree]

Charizard has been heavily featured in anime-related merchandise as of late. It is safe to say that it will come back at some capacity.

[Kairyu]

Charizard has been heavily featured in anime-related merchandise as of late. It is safe to say that it will come back at some capacity.

I haven't seen this anywhere. Examples?

[Silktree]

I haven't seen this anywhere. Examples?

There are quite a lot of them. This post also lists many more examples. Granted, not every Pokémon that is featured in merchandise has to appear on the show, but Charizard is being promoted too much for it not to mean anything.

[Ampharos King]

Out of respect for those who don't want to be spoiled, I have placed the calendar and speculation-based comment in spoiler tags.

We know that Episode N will first air on January 17, and the first episode to the Kotetsu battle will air on December 20th. Taking a possible break on the 27th into account, this means that a league trainer might use a Gigalith. I doubt the Gigalith belongs to Ash, since Ash is confirmed to use Boldore during the Kotetsu battle. Assuming that an episode does air on the 27th, there is that slight possibility of Ash's Boldore evolving through trade after the Kotetsu fight. It's for this reason that I have posted this calendar here.

Other pokemon on this calendar that are set to appear in December episodes are Liepard and Sawk (belonging to Stephan), Trubbish (a wild pokemon in BW105), and Lucario (confirmed to evolve from Kotetsu's Riolu, and will be one of Pikachu's opponents during that battle).

The Darumaka might belong to a generic COTD.

[dman_dustin]

Honestly, at this point if anything else on Ash's team was going to evolve, they would had spoiled it in the opening like they did in last one with Pignite, Leavanny Unfezant and Krokkorok's capture

Ash's Quilava says otherwise.

Not that I'm suggesting something evolves.

But an opening or ending ONLY covers at most 18 episodes, regardless of the circumstances. Anything is open to evolve, now.

[TeddiUrsa]

Well it IS possible that Boldore evolves after Araragi sends it to Satoshi via her transfer machine. Isn't it technically a trade?

As for Charizard...Satoshi will release it for real this time after a chitchat with N. A guy can hope, can't I? :p

[dagzzn]

i honestly think that Ash's Snivy and Oshawott will evolve aswell as his palpitode- but i hope something like Ash's previous pokemon evolving like, Bayleaf or Quilava evolving to their final forms or maybe even Ash's unevolved pokemon like tododile, squirtle or bulbasaur- that would be amazing

[SaikouToxin]

As annoyance-reducing it could be, I doubt Oshawott will evolve. Scraggy and Snivy might, but they clearly do not want to let Oshawott go and become a great Dewott with a wider movepool. Additionally, the calendar with the Gigalith looks interesting, but it probably won't belong to Satoshi. With the way things are going, Palpitoad and Pignite might not evolve, either, due to Palpitoad being extremely neglected by Satoshi, and Bianca having an Emboar.

[1rkhachatryan]

At this point I'm actually hoping they evolve Boldore mid battle and just get it over with.

[Mythicalzoe]

i hope boldore evolves i hate ash so much >:(

[Adyniz]

Except for Combee and Pelipper, everyone else has made/confirmed to make an appearance in the BW2 saga.

Would be cool if those two make an appearance as well, especially Combee.