#but yeah its also a lot better at walking than the other porygons

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Does PorygonHD flap their wings to move in the air? Or do they just float and move around like a swimming duck?

It can't really open its wings much, (they're more of a cosmetic feature) so I imagine it just floats in the air like the rest of its line. And paddles its little feet haha

#ask #anon #not art #porygonhd #prob should have a tag for it now since its part of my dex xD #but yeah its also a lot better at walking than the other porygons #so it can do both

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Let’s Talk About Pokemon - The Normal Type

Taking one more page from Bogleech, now that we've reviewed 809 Pokemon and with Sword and Shield news about to go into overdrive, why not review the individual types in a retrospective-style review! We'll be going over all 18 types, talking about the underlying themes, the best Pokemon of each type, and a little bit about what more we could expect from each one! I was gonna hold off on this until after I reviewed Gen 8, but since we're in a speculative phase with Gen 8, I'd like to state my current “Pokemon Wishlist” in some way or another before Gen 8 comes out. Just to see how much it fulfills!

Of course, we're starting with the Normal type today, and then we'll be covering the three Starter types in the usual order. From then on out, I'll be covering each type in order of overall least favorite, finishing off with my favorite type of them all.

So... Normal type then! Normal type is rather obviously meant to be something of a non-type. Being the second most populated type in the game at 109 Pokemon, the typing is usually reserved for regular mammals and birds. And typically is the first type of wild Pokemon you encounter in the game. The type is strong against nothing, but only Rock and Steel resist it. Along with only being weak to Fighting, and it and Ghost are totally immune to each other. Obviously in reference to how ghosts are incorporeal and would pass through any conventional touch, which is pretty clever.

Along with referring to creatures of no element, it also seems to be used as a “neutral” state among Pokemon. Type-based Form Changers or evolvers like Arceus, Castform, and Eevee tend to have Normal type as a default.

Also interesting is the type's association with sound. A fake Sound or Sonic type is usually a common thing to see on Fakemon, but I'd say Normal covers the concept of sound fine. Sound is nothing more than vibrations in the air, after all. It's about as elemental-less a projectile or “Special” attack can get, yeah?

Fittingly enough, I tend to be pretty Neutral on most Normal types. There are outliers obviously, but there's only five Normal type Pokemon I'd say I adore. The type is simply designed specifically to be ordinary, which is a bit of a fault in general. I'd say if Normal types were a bit more like Audino or Dunsparce in that they were treated a bit more like creatures that just happened to have no elemental affinity I'd like the type a lot more. Cause most of them are more or less treated like unimpressive creatures. Just look at ones like the Lillipup line and most of the common early-game woodland critters. They're all mostly treated like just regular animals that aren't nearly as interesting as the stuff that can shoot fire and conduct electricity at will.

I do also tend to like it when the Normal type is associated with very simple concepts that normally couldn't fit in any other type. Like zigzag lines for Zigzagoon or eating for Snorlax. Even ones like Skitty or Lopunny which have the theme of more or less just “looking pretty.”

There's also that odd set of Pokemon that are both an elemental type AND Normal type. What's up with them? I suppose the idea is that this group are just a little less elemental than the others. Deerling and Sawsbuck has aspects of Grass types but aren't entirely Grass type. Diggersby moves around in mud a lot and thus is Ground type, but is still a regular bunny-rabbit. Bewear does a lot of things associated with Fighting, but in the end is still a walking big plush-doll-like bear in the end. You get the picture.

I'd say the flavoring would be a bit more appropriate had the type been called Neutral or something similar. Normal just seems to lend extra emphasis on how ordinary these Pokemon are.

But I suppose that is the point to an extent. If the Normal type is good at anything, it's appearing ordinary. They rarely get too adventurous but I have the occasional soft spot for one of these.

Top 10 Normal Types:

These tend to be the weirder set as far as the Normal types go, but I also quite like the grossly cute ones like Furret.

Bottom 10 Normal Types:

Of course for these reviews I'm not really gonna sweat it for what order these are in. Point is, even among the boring type these are the most boring.

The Cutest:

The Coolest:

The Prettiest:

Yeah, stretching a little bit for this one haha. Kinda falling back on the ol' “eye-catching design” definition.

Weirdest/Most Unique:

For this segment, I'm gonna moreso count them as such in a “in relation to the type in general” sort of way.

Most Inventive Use of the Type:

A new section specially for these reviews! Here I'll be listing the Pokemon where the use of the typing is at the most creative. Not much here, mostly the aforementioned Pokemon that are “Normal” but are used mostly to refer to their purity or complete lack of Element. As well as the use of simple concepts to be made into Normal types. I’ll grant it’s hard to invent on top of how “normal” something is.

The Best at Being... Ordinary:

And here's the Pokemon that are just. The most “just an animal” out of all these Normal types.

NORMAL TYPE WISHLIST:

And here it is, my wishlist for the sort of things I want for each type! There may or may not be a couple types where I simply can't think of anything I'd like, but I can think of a handful for Normal, surprisingly enough.

A Toy Blocks/Lego Bricks Creature/Something Made of Toys:

C'mon guys, I know Digimon has one of these!! I know Stakataka has somewhat fulfilled this role, but I'd love to see one specifically made out of giant toy blocks or Lego pieces! There's literally endless possibilities there, and even an excuse to have the Pokemon drastically change shape when it evolves! The blocks just went and formed a completely different creature themselves!

In particular, I'd think it'd be fun to see something that looks like a critter right from the Lego Mixels line. Again, there's endless possibilities here!

Another Digital-Based Pokemon:

I'm not even overly picky on it. It could be pixel-based or wireframe or Tron-esque or whatever. I'd just love to see a new man-made Pokemon that looks like it was made on a computer. A TRUE, modern successor to Porygon! Porygon’s GOT to be running on some ancient software at this point, after all!

A Jackalope:

Just because more Cryptid-based Pokemon would be neat.

A Handful of General Mammals I'd Like to See in Pokemon Already:

We're at Gen 8 and we still don't have a Moose, weird, right? And I know there's Girafarig, but I mean a properly taaaaall Giraffe. Though I'd also take an Alolan Exeggutor-ish Girafarig regional variant where it actually looks like a Giraffe. Maybe make it look even more chimera-esque and give its chompy tail-head a serpentine neck.

And just sayin, with the region the Gen 8 games are based on, a Corgi is likely now more than ever.

But of course if any of these made it into literally any other type that'd  probably be even better. I just stuck em here in Normal because they don’t 100% slot into any other type on their own.

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