JFrombaugh
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There's a theory going around that Armor could be the next big gimmick for the series to be introduced in Gen 8. RuffledRowlet breaks in down in his latest video, so rather than rehash I'll just post the link here:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA2ARUrOYkc
So what do you guys think? Is it likely fake, or true? Would you welcome this being the gimmick feature of Gen 8?
I personally think there's a very good chance this could be real, as they have been teasing Mewtwo in armor a lot recently. It seems like something GameFreak would do, as a way to advertise both the Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution movie along with the new gimmick for Sword & Shield, and the final movie in the trilogy of past Gens has always tied in to the next Gen in some way, shape or form.
But I will say one thing - if this does turn out to be true, they'd better not just give it to old-school Pokémon like Charizard & Mewtwo that already have Megas anyway, or Pokémon that were already OP even without a Mega Evolution like Garchomp & Salamence. I'm hoping that if this is to be similar to Mega Evolution in which only a handful of Pokémon will get it, then GF will actually learn from their mistakes & give the Armor power ups to not only the final evolutions of the Gen 8 starters (and the Sinnoh starters, if Diamond & Pearl are remade on the Switch this Gen) but also some Pokémon from Gens 5-7 that could really use a buff of this nature, as well as others from Gens 2-4 that did not receive Megas but could have REALLY used them, like Flygon.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA2ARUrOYkc
So what do you guys think? Is it likely fake, or true? Would you welcome this being the gimmick feature of Gen 8?
I personally think there's a very good chance this could be real, as they have been teasing Mewtwo in armor a lot recently. It seems like something GameFreak would do, as a way to advertise both the Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution movie along with the new gimmick for Sword & Shield, and the final movie in the trilogy of past Gens has always tied in to the next Gen in some way, shape or form.
But I will say one thing - if this does turn out to be true, they'd better not just give it to old-school Pokémon like Charizard & Mewtwo that already have Megas anyway, or Pokémon that were already OP even without a Mega Evolution like Garchomp & Salamence. I'm hoping that if this is to be similar to Mega Evolution in which only a handful of Pokémon will get it, then GF will actually learn from their mistakes & give the Armor power ups to not only the final evolutions of the Gen 8 starters (and the Sinnoh starters, if Diamond & Pearl are remade on the Switch this Gen) but also some Pokémon from Gens 5-7 that could really use a buff of this nature, as well as others from Gens 2-4 that did not receive Megas but could have REALLY used them, like Flygon.
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