Mega Pokemon, and some Pokemon Digimon comparisons

So yesterday (for me), they just unveiled some leaks from the Coro-coro magazine for some news regarding Pokemon X & Y (these leaks are almost always true by the way).

They announced three new Pokemon. One is a rather adorable pre-evolution to the Pokemon Gogoat which has already been revealed earlier, one is a rabbit that looks really dumb/derpy looking, and one being a cross between the hamster Hamtaro and Raichu, and is most likely gonna be the Pikachu knockoff variant of the new game.

But that's not the most interesting news from there.

The big news (and I mean really big news) is the unveiling of 6 Pokemons that are considered to be Mega-evolutions to already existing Pokemons. The 6 Mega forms revealed were Blaziken, Lucario, Mawile, Absol, Ampharos and Mewtwo (whose form we've already seen before).

So, what do I think about this? I'm actually excited for this. It remind me (and a lot of others) of Digimon, and I don't really mind that since I'm a fan of Digimon too. Though I think this will create a lot of balance issues and raises a lot of questions. Like why did Blaziken and Ampharos - being Stage 2 Evolutions - get a Mega Evolution, and why Blaziken - being a starter - have one to begin with. However, it is stated that there will be more Pokemon having Mega forms, but not all Pokemon will have it, so hopefully (for the sake of balance), each starter has a Mega Evolution.

Also, another thing revealed about the Megas are that they are an in-battle form only, and have to use a held item to make them stay that way, which I think is fair enough, since being a Mega, I would expect that to have better stats than their normal counterparts, and it is confirmed that some of the Megas have some absurdly ridiculous skills (Adaptability MegaLucario and Speed Boost MegaBlaziken). Plus, there are rumours that some of the Mega forms with give the Pokemon brand new typing (Steel/Fairy for MegaMawile perhaps?). Overall, I hope the balance that they're about to give these Pokemons are enough to make other Pokemons viable when fighting them.

Another thing announced was a new Gym Leader who's specialty is currently unknown, and will show the player how Mega Evolution works. Honestly, I wouldn't expect someone who looks like a roller derby girl to be that one person who will explain Mega Pokemons.

I mean, really?

Also, while I am a fan of both Pokemon and Digimon, I enjoy seeing all the butthurt going on in the Pokemon fandom on the new Mega Pokemon. I don't mean to be mean but, some of the fans can be pretty ignorant about Digimon and just dismiss it as a Pokemon ripoff without actually trying to watch it without the mindset that it is similar to Pokemon (which is not by the way, aside from the -mon suffix, and that their monsters evolve).

To me, I think that Gen V has made some changes into the Pokemon world in some of their design and evolutions/form changes that it reminds me of Digimon. For example, I really like Haxorus a lot because it's design really reminds me of a Digimon (but still retaining that Pokemon feel to it as it is not an overly complicated design), and has been one of my favourite Pokemon of Gen V. Also, the Kyurem forms strongly reminds me of DNA Digivolution/Jogress Evolution in Digimon Adventures Season 2 (which came out in the year 2000), and I honestly don't mind these changes made to Pokemon (but I think that Black/White Kyurem is one ugly legendary). 

All in all, I can't wait to see what more stuff will be revealed until October arrives. I haven't decide which starter I'll use (that is usually determined by how cool the Stage 2 evolution looks). 

That's all, I guess for now. Pokemon and Digimon are equally awesome!!