Forum Thread
Mega evolutions
Forum-Index → Suggestions → Implemented → Mega evolutionsWhy should we make them make brand new Pokemon? I don't understand the point. Granted we have event Pokemon, but they look similar to other Pokemon except more creative. But there aren't event Pokemon for every single Pokemon out there (yet?). So if Pokemon the game hasn't made megas for every Pokemon (yet?) I wouldn't expect spriters with lives and jobs and hobbies outside of this site to sit down for a couple weeks (maybe longer) to make them haha.
There are a total of 28 mega evolutions (including X and Y forms, not including megas not confirmed, but with Latias and Latios that's 30) and there are a total of 718 Pokemon. Are we expecting the spriters to make 690 [or 688] brand new sprites? If so then I say no support.
But I still stand by my point, be it 200 new Pokemon, 50, 10, I don't expect spriters to go around making these new Pokemon. The more Pokemon with mega bubbles, the less rare it becomes, if every Pokemom has a mega bubble eventually then people will get them easier. I know people who say "Mega Blazikin? So what? Everyone has one." But there are people hunting for megas that haven't been caught yet and are excited to be the first or second or third with it. If every Pokemon is going to have a mega bubble then I can imagine it getting dull. And it won't even feel official because what if the Pokemon games releasing the official sprite for let's say Gallade, and he isn't a groom but a gladiator? Do we make the spriter who worked hard on it throw it out and make the actual mega? Does it just go to being an event egg? If so just make these "unofficial mega Pokemon" event eggs like Carpet said.
But some elaboration would make this much easier to understand.
Elaborating on my idea for the event ones, just in case that IS what is used, and in response to what Luna said about them being too common if they are released like normal events, I was thinking that they could be obtained in the same way as normal Mega Pokémon - you get lucky when you hatch one - but the Event only lasts for a week to a month. This encourages people to seek the Pokémon, without making it so easy that everyone gets one during the event. There would have to be an announcement about the event occurring, obviously, and it should say when it'll end. They also shouldn't come with free Mega Stones like the Blaziken, or else they AND the Mega Stones would be devalued a lot.
But, if there was a way to have a Fanmade mega Pokemon based on luck during an event like suggested I think that would be kind of fun. Now granted I'm not sure how popular it would be to other people who would have to break their shiny hunts for a chance at the event mega because they know they might not get another chance after a few weeks or a month. But, that's what makes them special and challenging right? We don't want to hand them out to people who don't want to work for them. If people don't want to break their chains or something then they'll probably miss out. But will those people cause an uproar, saying Premiums have it easier due to rate of hatching eggs, saying it's unfair for event eggs to break chains, saying they hatched over 100 eggs and "deserve" the mega. Would this idea be popular to the people who don't like going outside the comfort zone? Are those people the majority? Minority? I'm not sure haha.
Now of course week to a month might be enough time, maybe not, but it's a good range to start at least.
If this is what the guy meant then I'd consider it, but again we don't know yet haha
What I mean we could add 5-10 more to make it more interesting, but not too much since all fanmade is boring, for people, if they want, to discover them. Come on getting a mega Haxorus and waiting exited is pretty awesome. You dont know how it looks and noone else knows. Its a brand new thing and finnaly seing the mega after some time would be just amazing. But if you think that it would become less rare well it wont since its just 5-10 more new mega pokemon. But if you dont agree with me, well thats youre opinion.
But you, Simon, say "Come on, getting a mega Hacorus and waiting excited is pretty awesome. You don't know it looks and no one else knows." How long do you think that excitement will last though? Once the first egg is hatched and we've all seen what it looks like that excitement will die down. Is your premise or goal of this suggestion to make hatching eggs more exciting? That's not a bad thing but if making a new unseen mega Pokemon is the way to do then what happens when we all know what they look like? Do we make more megas and more megas or is that the end of it?
"It's a brand new thing and finally seeing the mega after some time would be just amazing." Again is the whole reason you are suggesting this is to increase the excitement of egg hunting? Again, it's not a bad thing, it just seems like after a mega or two are hatched, and we've all seen it, will it still be exciting? Or will the hype die down. And we will end up back at how megas are now, except with 5-10 more.
In response to what Luna said, I think that a Mega Tropius could be interesting if done correctly. If possible, a Grass/Dragon form would be cool, though obviously it's up to the staff. It could also be neat if there was one for each sign of the Western Zodiac, each released on the days of that particular sign, but that would require making TWELVE of them, which appears to be out of the question.
@Mirej Well yeah we have to start with baby steps. We start from one but in total we could make 10 so its not all fanmade. Right now Im trying to make something that looks like mega Rayquazza. Maybe it will turn out good (not like my Pokemon/Asia painting) and you could look at it after I finish it.
@Carpet It could be like the hoenn retros or something like that.
Also, please read what I said about people being able to find it before anyone even hatches it, let alone Mega Evolve it.
Also, if this is possible and wouldn't be too hard... Obviously, this event isn't going to last forever, but because it can't be added to the Event Shop (at least in the same way as the other Events), I was thinking about a way to make it available in the future: the Old Charm.
As you can see above, the sprite for this item already exists on the server (all items do). Basically, if you obtain an Old Charm, then for one week, you will be able to obtain the Mega Pokémon from the event. (If there turn out to be multiple events, then they could be like the Maps and have exactly the same sprite but be called different things, like Old Charm (Haxorus).) The Old Charm comes into effect as soon as it is obtained, and cannot be traded. You also cannot obtain an Old Charm while you already have one. A week after it is obtained, it will disappear, and maybe you can get a notification saying "The Old Charm (Haxorus) has mysteriously vanished..." or something.
They could be obtained in Boxes, while Rumbling, or however Riako decides to implement them (though I personally think it would be better if they weren't for Nuggets, so everyone has a chance to get them, since they aren't possible to trade; I also think that they should be really rare).
Adding to this, maybe the limited-time-to-get-Mega-Pokémon events that were discussed earlier could just be to get a free Old Charm of the Pokémon in question after completing a certain task rather than some specially coded thing that will only last for a month anyway. I'm not sure, but I think this might make it slightly easier to code.
The reason for this idea is that, since Mega Pokémon are needed for the Pokédex, even these event ones have to be made available again in the future. I just thought this would be a creative way of doing it. ^^
What are everyone's thoughts on this?