Anonymous commented at 2016-06-21 10:27:54 » #1973114

Now don't get me wrong, this is ridiculously cool, but I don't understand a lot of the choices. Like why Magnemite and Magneton are crabs, or why Froslass is some sort of insect. They look awesome but I don't get it.

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Anonymous commented at 2016-06-21 14:12:39 » #1973196

From what I know, the author is trying to portray all the Pokemon as realistic animals with somewhat believable biological reasons for their looks and the mythology that surrounds them. For example, the Gastly family are despite superstitions not actual ghosts, but bats that have a helium bladder that allows them to float.

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Anonymous commented at 2016-06-21 22:59:22 » #1973387

Well if we're gonna talk realistic biology, then I just wanna point out that Salamence is impossible. I love that Pokemon, but no animal/mammal/reptile can have six limbs. It doesn't even count as a wyvern, which is the most biologically feasible dragon in fantasy works.

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MissigNo. commented at 2016-06-22 11:19:11 » #1973615

Salamence wings are not actual wings here, Anon3. It's a mambrana like Helioptile's

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MyPitah commented at 2016-06-22 11:45:38 » #1973623

^ Speaking of your nickname, would be funny if GameFreak was to ever create a canon Pokémon that actually represents and explains the old Gen1 glitch known as MissinNo. :D

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Anonymous commented at 2016-06-22 12:29:30 » #1973645

anon2: thanks for the explanation. i was wonderinf since a while why did he change their design in adition to draw them in realistic style.

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Anonymous commented at 2016-06-23 22:45:43 » #1974416

Well, Salamence appears to be flying/gliding. If it was just a membrane, it would have to be attached to some other limb (like Emolga), otherwise it would fall out of the sky. Salamence aren't exactly light...

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MyPitah commented at 2016-06-24 01:09:16 » #1974489

^ Anon : bats only have membranes for wings. Same used to go for good old pterosaurs, no matter the size. The membranes are actually joining bones, and in this Slamalence's case i'd say we can see the bones' placeholders all over them : see those while lines in the middle of the wings' red background color ?

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Anonymous commented at 2016-06-24 22:57:59 » #1975023

^ That's the point I was making. The depiction of the membranes in this makes them out to be a third set of limbs. The membrane that bats have is attached to their fingers, same goes for pteranodons. Salamence having those bones in this picture is the only way for it to stay in the air, thus meaning it has six limbs. This is just me being a snobby know-it-all about dragon biology and what's biologically feasible.

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Anonymous commented at 2016-06-26 23:49:57 » #1976136

^ However those bones could feasibly be highly specialized extensions of the vertebrae, in a similar style to spinosaurus or, more contemporarily, sailfishes. The only difference being there are two of them that are bilaterally symmetrical. And to support that weight in the air, they would have to be very rigid, meaning no joints or muscles, in turn meaning that with no method of self propulsion it's restricted to gliding, though arguably still considered flying, loosely. As a species, instinctually they could be able to feel or sense air currents and shift their body's center of mass accordingly to give the illusion of complete flight control. Besides, a large reason tails evolved on many animals is for the purpose of balance, and in reptilian creatures they tend to be pretty hefty, yet maneuverable.

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