#mega metagross

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metagross

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#376 - Metagross

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Here’s the pseudo legendaries of Hoenn as emojis

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Round Two

[ID: Two images of shiny pokemon. On the left is zorua who is dark brown with blue accents. On the right is mega metagross who is silver with yellow accents and a blue face x. End ID]

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Mega Metagross -- 5ban Graphics

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Any thoughts design-wise on the Beldum line?

(This is the last request in the inbox right now. Send 'em if you got 'em, otherwise I might just do some randomly generated picks.)

I find it disappointing that GameFreak did a non-dragon like pseudo-legendary one (1) time and then never again. I like dragons as much as the next person, but why exactly does every pseudo-legendary have to be one nowadays? It would be like if every legendary was a psychic-type.

But part of the reason I find it disappointing is that the one time they did do a non-dragon pseudo, it absolutely slapped. Beldum hear is this bizzaro, alien-like magnetic creature with a single eye and claws on its end. I'm not even sure what it's supposed to be (I guess it's vaguely dumbbell-ish, based off its Japanese name), but it's such an interesting monster that's almost ultra-beast like in its presentation.

Visually, the body shape has this great scraggly look to it that I really like (Gen 3 has a lot of these. Solrock and Regirock are two other examples), and the red eye with a black background really pops against the blue body. I'm not sure why it has another hole by the eye, but it does give it a nice sense of visual asymmetry.

Metang makes it clear what this line's going for, and it's really cool—each stage fuses together, so two Beldums make a Metang, two Metang's make a Metagross, etc. I'm not a huge fan of evos where they just copy/paste the same Pokemon twice, so this is a good solution that's in the same spirit but actually gives us a unique design.

Also, because of this gimmick, Metang does a good job of transitioning between stages but also being its own thing. It's the only one of the line to sport only two arms, each one obviously a former Beldum, and it also sports these claw-like structures and horns that none of the rest of the line have.

Visually, it keeps most of the things I liked about Beldum, like the striking red-and-black eyes and the chiseled body shape. The only thing that I don't care for is the horns on the front and back of the body; they feel a bit tacked on, and I don't think it needed them considering it still has the claw structures on the sides of the body.

And, unsurprisingly, Metagross itself is really cool. It now has four legs, arranged less like a quadruped and more like an arachnid of some kind, which makes for a really distinct body shape and silhouette. The four limbs also help convey the combination theme, with it being made of two Metangs this time.

Another cool thing about it is that it has the intelligence of a super computer, now having four brains working in tandem. That's a nice extension of the concept and gives it a bit of personality beyond just being a cool metal thing.

Per the other stages, it also keeps the same good elements, creating a sense of consistency. The new element is a large X across the face, and while I have no idea where that came from, it really works. Just a great 'mon all around, very refreshingly abstract and plenty powerful looking.

Metagross also got a mega form. It's not terrible, but I do think it's the weakest of the line, on the grounds that it's just entirely too messy and visually busy. I get what they were going for, as the 'dex states that this is another fusion between one Metagross, one Metang, and two Beldum (why not two Metagross? that would've made more sense given the previous patterning):

This is a good idea in theory, as it gives it a meaningful theme and reason to exist, instead of just being a regular Metagross with Stuff tacked onto it. However, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense lore-wise with what we know about mega evolution (needing others from the line to mega-evolve a Metagross would actually be a cool mechanic, though a bit of a pain), and it's just way too much.

In addition to rotating the front limbs so they face forward (probably to match the X shape on the face, also because this debuted in XY), it also adds four extra limbs in the back (because of the combo thing), Metang's extra claws and horns, two holes on the face (probably Metang's eyes), and it's all just A Lot. I think the problem is that it tries to integrate too many elements; Metagross just keeps the limbs but none of Metang's accents, so the mega probably could've just had the eight limbs (maybe the four in the front are reflected in the back, to create a pattern) and dropped the extra claws and horn.

All that said, it is good conceptually, the addition of gold to the palette works nicely and makes the X really pop, and the actual arrangement of the limbs is interesting. If you can ignore the excessive details, there's a good concept here.

So overall, the main line is incredibly strong—cool design, strong concept, unique design and body shape. There's a good sense of consistency between the stages, and each stage is distinct in their own way. The only weak part is the mega, and that's just due to a bit too much detail.

(Also, final side note: the shinies for this line slap.)