#beta blissey

[reestallized]

Mmmm beta Pokemon

[thelostdex]

This variant of Blissey is today's Beta Pokemon of the Day!

It sports two pouches for eggs compared to a normal Blissey. Researchers wonder if this allows it to assist more Pokemon at once...

[artsy-arlequin]

Rrrrrrrrrrrrr eeep (or whatever sound chanseys make)

[adobe-outdesign]

happiny/chansey/blissey review? (what do you think they look like? i think chansey looks like an axolotl)

Happiny is one of those baby Pokemon that just kind of... exist. It's got one or two little conceptual things going on with it to play into the egg theme—namely, it kind of looks like a boiled egg in a cup—but I don't really feel like it adds a ton to this line, especially when Blissey exists.

That said, Happiny isn't terrible or anything. It's at least visually distinct from the rest of the line, sporting a ponytail, blush cheeks, and a wrap-around pouch. I also think that it's kind of cute that it carries the oval stone it needs for evolution around because it thinks its an egg, even if it's a bit weird that a baby Pokemon would already be displaying broody behaviors.

However, I don't like the pouch that much, mostly because it sticks out from the body in a weird way that makes it look like it's wearing pants or something. I get the egg cup idea, but it doesn't quite work biologically. It's the one part of the design that really throws it for me. It's also strangely complex for a baby Pokemon—maybe if it had less hair or something.

On the plus side, the Happiny design we got is still a massive improvement over its beta design, which has a lot of bizarre elements like two egg pouches (shouldn't it have less instead of more) and a heart on its head that only looks like a heart and absolutely nothing else at all, no siree. I do kind of like how it keeps Chansey's frills and makes them bigger, and the face was a bit cuter, but nothing else about this design was working.

Chansey itself, however, is pretty decent. The idea of a Pokemon carrying around eggs to help cheer up other Pokemon is pretty sweet, and it carrying an egg in its pouch feels fairly natural, even though pouches and eggs usually don't go together.

The other thing I like about Chansey is that it has a tail. It's a minor thing, but I like that unexpected anatomical detail—makes it feel a bit more like a living creature. It helps that the tail shape is mimicked by some "hair" on the head that looks a bit like axolotl gills or something. Granted, it's a bit weird that it has no tail, gains a tail, and then looses it again (Blissey loosing the tail is justified because it becomes more egg-like as it evolves, but Happiny not having a tail is a bit odder), but either way, it's fun.

Unfortunately, Chansey's one of those Pokemon who's design has shifted over the years, and not in a good way. The above RB art shows it with A) more frills, which I like a lot, and B) a very different face. It's kind of a subtle change, but modern Chansey having a chin, smaller eyes, and a bigger mouth is kind off off-putting in a way. It's just a smidge too much detail, given the lack of definition anywhere else in the design.

I think I might be one of the few people out there that prefers Blissey to Chansey. Like I said, I like Chansey's tail and it's fine conceptually, but I don't know, something about Blissey's design feels a bit better. It might be that the colors are better (more white in the design is contrasted with a much bolder pink), but I also like the additions of a color split halfway down the body—basically making it an inverse of its egg pouch.

I also like how it has the little feathery accents, which basically serve as an extension of Blissey's frills. These also come together to look very vaguely like a nurses' uniform, which is a nice detail conceptually, given that they often are used in Pokemon centers and their whole thing, aside from the egg, is caring for others.

Also, Blissey's face is a bit less uncanny, so that helps.

There's also beta Blissey, which was orange(?) and had a more distinct apron, as well as keeping the tail. I do like the head frills on this design a bit more, but the apron shape is weird (the pouch is really far up, and the deep cute makes it look like it's not wearing a "shirt"), those frills on the side don't really look like frills at all, and the oval shape is odd as it makes it less egg-like. The design we got is a much better, cleaned-up version of this.

Overall, I'm not a big fan of Happiny, but Chansey is a fun concept and Blissey does a good job expanding on it both visually and thematically. Good stuff.

[loki-zen]

Ghost didn't balance Psychic as an offensive type - in Gen 1, Psychic was resisted only by itself. Dark also buffed Fighting and Bug, which were garbage in Gen 1 (what's Heracross going to hit?). Fairy did the same thing for Dragon but it's much sillier because the rest of its type chart is "what are these types bad at?" (+ nerfing Fighting because Steel is ridiculous) Ghost is fine tho, it used to be one of the best types and probably still is even though its attacks were trash before Poltergeist. IMO the biggest missed opportunity with the type chart is that Fairy (stupid strong defensive type) isn't weak to Normal, so there's an entire type that's literally STAB Facade + Blissey and nothing else. In the Gen 2 beta Dark was weak to Normal but it's for the best that they didn't; Dark is a low-mid type unless you're playing randbats where Umbreon is a wincon

I'm tryna use ghost but it feels hard bc everything has random dark and fairy moves.

To be clear I'm playing like, the game. I think 'competitive play' for Pokémon is kinda of silly you do you or whatever but that's very much not what these games are about to me idk what randbats is and I'm not sure I want to know 😛

[moments-divins]

thank u beta blissey kissing u on ur heart shaped forehead <3

none of us can clean our rooms ever. maybe my mom. but that’s the only person in the world i think

[sushi-stims]

Make me choose: Meowzy or beta Blissey

Requested by @dottival

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[popkas]

It’s got a butt on its head.  It’s obviously supposed to be a heart, and maybe even vaguely some kind of nurse’s hat, but that is a butt.  This Beta Blissey has a nice overall form but the more you look at the details the weirder they get.  Why an egg pouch over each hip?  That seems less safe for the eggs than centering it over the underbelly.  The weird ‘hair’ flaps go all the way down the sides in a way that looks maybe a little more monsterlike than the cutesy maternal Blissey is supposed to look.  The hip eggs and side tentacles were redesigned nicely into Blissey’s apron frill things.  If we must stick extra details on the sides of Blissey’s butt then minimalist is the way to go, I guess.

[octopeachy]

doodled some betas! the bell cats are my favorite!!

[duthea]

Happii/Beta Blissey

Okay, this design is definitely too much. I don’t care for it. It’s awkward and I don’t know what’s going on in it. Why the heart-head? What’s going on with the sides? What are those? Where’s the egg? The real Blissey’s 100% an improvement.

[agriefthatcantbespoken]

The stages of Blissey's design

[phiphoton]

[occasionallyblissey]

BETA BLISSEY BETA BLISSEY BETA BLISSEY

[violet-of-the-stars]

I'm so tempted to make pokemon teams for the msc characters.

Bestie you know how long I’ve been wanting to do this???

Okay so I’m doing all the characters post the Pokémon event right now.

Tord: Salamance, Pidgeot, Scizor, Klingklang, Magnezone and probably Charizard

Bob: Smeargle, Ditto, Ribombee, and Octillery (cuz. Ink.)

Ron: Shuckle, Furret, Mantine, Blissey, Jolteon, Slowking

Oswald: Tyrogue, Kangaskhan, Sandile, Pignite

Girlfriend: Pheromosa, Delphox, Vikavolt, Ledian, Nihilego (Ultra Beasts cuz she’s an alien n stuff)

Beta: Blacephalon, Exploud, Primarina, Altaria, Poipole, Lapras

Gold: Parasect, Typhlosion, Celebi (yes, the cut in half shiny one from the creepypasta) Magcargo, Azumarill, Misdreavus

Edd: Obstagoon, Toxtricity, Grapploct, Drapion, Banette, Venusaur

Sonic: Gallade, Deoxys, Starmie, Manectric, Umbreon, Cosmog

Pibby: Grimmsnarl, Liepard, Appletun, Togekiss, Espeon (cuz Sonic has an Umbreon and to connect them somewhat)

Finn: Porygon-Z, Whimsicott, Hatterene, Leafeon, Jumpluff, Decidueye

I’ll do the beyond gang in a reblog-

[heiach]

Beta Blissey In The Classic Sugimori Art Style! I’ve started to art again lately, inspired by https://bynineb.tumblr.com/ and his Sugimori-style Pokemon paintings. I thought I’d have a go at them too! Also I decided to paint the Pokemon Gold Beta sprites to see what they’d look like! I’m looking to draw many more of these if you’d like to commission me! Check out my Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/Heiach

[arctimon]

The Big Hero 6/Pokemon Crossover We All Wish Would Happen

Over the past couple of weeks, members of the Big Hero 6 fandom have been drawing/making mock-ups of the team with their respective Pokemon partners.  Now, in total accordance with being late to every single trend ever, I will now do the same, but I won’t be backing it up with wondrous drawings.

Mostly because I can’t draw. Some of the members were really obvious, and some...weren’t.  Out of everyone, Hiro was actually the hardest one, and I actually am still not really sold on my choice.  That’s mostly because the specific Pokemon is not his schtick.  There’s not really a Robot Pokemon.  There are certain members that were tremendously easy.

And we’re going to start with one of them: Go Go. 1.) The picture I drew of Chibi Go Go and Cinderace (which I still have to finish, for the record) doesn’t actually depict the Pokemon I’d put with her.  Cinderace would be her second choice.  The first?

Falinks, the Formation Pokemon.

Genwunners may not know this one, because it’s from the newest Pokemon games, but it’s very symbolic of Go Go: there’s six of them, it’s pure Fighting-type, and it has a signature move in No Retreat, which is basically a Pokemon version of “Woman up!”.  It raises all of its stats in exchange for it not being able to escape from battle.

But Go Go never escapes from anything, so it’s appropriate.

Plus they have the discs as well. Cinderace would be her backup, mostly because of the speed and rabbit parellels for her roommate, who is up next.

2.) Honey Lemon actually had the most options for her, because she’s the cutesy one.  That means she can be handed literally any Fairy type and call it a day, but what fun would that be?

Especially because there’s another bunny Pokemon that she’d be with...and that’s Lopunny.

It doesn’t really delve into her superhero side because it’s a bunny and cute and furry and all that jazz, but imagine HL’s completelyf amazed face when she gets one.  The squeeing would be nonstop.

Her secondary would be a Fairy type, and something that would change colored flowers based on the mood: Flabebe.

3.) Wasabi was also entirely way too easy, and he gets, in my opinion, one of the coolest Pokemon that was introduced back in X and Y: Aegislash.

I can’t even think of a proper backup for him; Aegislash is just that good.  Plus, if worse came to worse, Wasabi could grab him and swing it around himself.  But not too much, because the Aegislash line have a thing about possessing people with their tassels. His backup is another blade-related one: Bisharp.

Dark/Steel, cool design, somehow got Laser Focus as a level-up move in the latest games.  Pretty much a no-brainer. 4.) Karmi is also an easy one, and her inspiration came from one of the occupants of her lab when Hiro came to offer his help in “City of Monsters”: Mr. Varicella Zoster.

What Pokemon is cute, semi-translucent, looks like something scientific, and is also a psychic powerhouse (you’re assuming Varicella Zoster is not)? You guessed it.

Reuniclus.  The Multiplying Pokemon. The origin of it is based off of cells and amoebas, which is a perfect thing for a very scientific person like Karmi.  And the imaginary story in my head has her getting her partner first through the mysterious means that the team has to investigate. Her back-up plays off of her other project: the tech rose.  And the only Grass/Steel Pokemon (Ferroseed/Ferrothorn) isn’t really much of a fit.  So we’ll play off of her wannabe superheroics with another plant-based masked powerhouse: Roserade.

What’s better than a bouquet that has flowers for fists?  Nothing. 5.) Fred is a mascot for a “living”, and I think it would be funny if his partner would be very similar to a mascot, and that would be Bewear.

No, it doesn’t have cool Fire/Ice-type moves, and it’s not a lizard, but it’s a pun name, and I think Fred would appreciate a Pokemon with a pun name. Plus, I couldn’t really find anything that had Fire, Ice, and was a lizard.

At least with Bewear you can chain-breed Ice Punch onto it from Cubchoo, thus making Cubchoo an even greater Pokemon than before. His backup is one of the Pokemon based off of kaiju: Tyranitar.

Do you think that Fred is actually a Pokemon guy, or is Hiro the Pokemon guy?  Methinks it would be a collaborative effort to try to get everyone else to know what the heck they’re talking about.

6.) You didn’t think I would forget about Baymax, would you?  Now, you’d think that with being a healthcare companion would make me want to go for the obvious choice.

Blissey. And...you’d be partially right. But Baymax can’t just sit on the sidelines and heal, even though that’s his...purpose. Nah, we gotta get something a little more...metal.

Melmetal, to be precise. He’s very Baymax-y in the anime when Ash has him, and plus he’s got a two-fist move in Double Iron Bash.

Oh, and we’ll just give Mini-Max Meltan for funzies. 7.) As I was writing this up, I scanned back through it and was like “Who am I forgetting?”.

Oh nuts, Hiro is the one I was forgetting. So here’s the thing.  I actually really like the idea of giving him Magnezone, because of “lul magnetism” and all that.

And I was struggling to give him a back-up when I saw @baymaksu​ and his drawing of him and Riolu, and it just clicked for me.

Plus the mental image of Hiro manipulating Aura just like Ash gets me excited. So there it is.  My long, exhaustive post about Big Hero 6 and their Pokemon partners, based off my twenty some odd years of being a Pokemon trainer. I wonder if I should do the villains next.  Or maybe the Beta Team. Or both.