Re: Mega Evolution Discussion
I'm... kinda glad Absol's getting a Mega Evolution rather than a standard evolution. I've always thought that Absol looks like a perfectly mature Pokémon, and I didn't think a evolution really suit it because of that, although I understood it was considered a little weak. A Mega Evolution seems like a good way of getting Pokémon that are already mature a more powerful form, particularly since Pokémon than can still normally evolve are generally considered immature.
I wonder if this is a way to get around the Eviolite problem, where giving existing Pokémon new evolutions can make the Eviolite suddenly work where it hadn't before. Alternatively, this can be used to give Pokémon like Shuckle a power boost, whereas Shuckle may've been too powerful if it could use an Eviolite.
I'm... kinda glad Absol's getting a Mega Evolution rather than a standard evolution. I've always thought that Absol looks like a perfectly mature Pokémon, and I didn't think a evolution really suit it because of that, although I understood it was considered a little weak. A Mega Evolution seems like a good way of getting Pokémon that are already mature a more powerful form, particularly since Pokémon than can still normally evolve are generally considered immature.
I wonder if this is a way to get around the Eviolite problem, where giving existing Pokémon new evolutions can make the Eviolite suddenly work where it hadn't before. Alternatively, this can be used to give Pokémon like Shuckle a power boost, whereas Shuckle may've been too powerful if it could use an Eviolite.