#tahook

Better days are always ahead, I am so excited for them to come :,)

Back to Vega this time, with a cute little cat Pokemon! It’s kind of a counterpart to the Houndour line, with the evil team using a lot of them along with Houndour. Plus there’s the obvious cat/dog thing.

Maneko is a Normal/Fire type cat, starting off strong with an adorable little kitten! Maneko is more than just cute though, as it’s also a yokai in disguise! The splitting tail makes it seem that Maneko is based off of a cat yokai, the nekomata. I’m not too familiar with the nekomata​, but the tail splitting into two is an important part of it. It’s a good choice, and I’m glad it wasn’t just a cat.

Bakeko becomes a Fire/Dark type, making an odd change in typing. I don’t really get having it change from Normal to Dark, but it’s relatively harmless. I really like the messy looking hair, and the dark colors, and it’s two tails are more obvious. Another strange, but harmless, detail is the change in eye color, from red eyes to yellow, but to be honest I like Bakeko’s eyes more.

Cupricorn is a goat. This seems obvious, with the design and species name being “Goat Pokemon” but it took me until it evolved to realize that it wasn’t. I though I was looking at a other horse. This is no fault of the game, but my own lack of attention. That is all, moving on.

Cupricorn is a pure Steel type goat Pokemon, and a cute one at that. It doesn’t really look like a Steel type though, looking much more like a normal type. It lacks any definite Steel type traits aside from maybe it’s horn, but that is a very small part of it’s design to base the whole typing on.

Hornikel too is pretty standard, with a few more fantastical elements like the jet black front legs and horns, both of which look like they’re made of metal. It does a better job of conveying metal than Cupricorns relatively plain design. I do like the blue eyes as well, as they’re a small touch that kind of stick out amongst the solid white and black.

Goabalt has become a Steel/Dark, with the visciousness to match. It’s body is now more obviously metallic than both of it’s pre evolutions, with the front legs looking almost mechanical, while the hind legs look like they’ve been replaced at the knee. The few red marks help with it’s more intimidating appearance, and the darker overall color scheme helps portray it’s new typing as well.

From pill bug to potted plant, today it’s a review of the tanky Grass/Water Snalo line!

Snalo’s got a lot going for it, it’s got a good type and a good design. I especially like how the transparent pot let’s you see Snalo’s face peeking out. The little red eyes and the way it’s looking out is oddly adorable. It also reminds me of those hanging plants, which was probably intentional

Serplant, besides having a wonderfully punny name, is a simple evolution. The head pops out of the pot, a vine acts like a tail, and the plants colors get darker, nothing too drastic to change it, which I like. Snalo already looked good, and Serplant doesn’t change anything, expect looking a bit less cute, but that comes with growing up. Having Water Absorb is the only Ability it could have had.

DRAGON DRAGON DRAGON DRAGON. Ahem. Yes. First dragon of the Tahook region. I may be a bit excited here.

Fire/Flying Embird is a great start to the line, mixing red and purple with the flames coming from it’s head and wings. I especially like how it’s head has that flaming crest coming down to look like a beak. The lack of feet is a little strange, but as the next two stages have them I assume they’re hidden in the feathers.

Flambént is a great middle stage, taking the wings and making them bigger, along with making the crest of fire trail off the back of it’s head. It’s even got a rather long tail now, which Embird had, but was less impressive. Like many Fire types the tail is on fire, but unlike other Fire types Flambént has the whole thing ablaze.

Phenusc becomes a Fire/Dragon, and for the first Dragon type is kind of disappointing. It tones down the flaming tail and the crest, it’s body looks oddly smooth, and the Dragon typing itself doesn’t really fit. There’s no reason a phoenix should be a Dragon type, at least not this one. There’s nothing linking a phoenix with a dragon here, and it doesn’t even have any draconic characteristics. Something like Altaria gets a pass because it’s based on a mythical bird with a dragon’s head, while Phenusc just has the Dragon type because.