I love Annihilape, it tying back to primeape’s lore that it can get so angry it dies and turning it into “it gets so angry that it dies but it’s spirit is still so angry that it comes back as a revenant like the grudge” is the coolest thing ever.
It having an incredibly good design and being really strong just makes it perfect.
I already liked primeape since mankey was the GOAT for carrying my early yellow run. I always was a bit bummed that it wasn't competitive viable. Annihilape really is a great evolution both in theme/concept and in making the whole line competitively viable.
i didn't really care about any of the gen 9 starters when sv released so the moment i could do anything i just rushed to the desert and got my scary sword guy. it was love at first sight
Same. I wanted a duck, not a dancing peacock. If they were gonna go that route they should have just done a flamingo pokémon for a fun pun with Flamenco dancing.
I don’t normally give the pikaclones a second thought but I needed electric coverage at one point and gave him a shot. Between gaining Fighting type, the unique ability to ditch its Electric typing, and the option to revive a downed teammate I found my Pawmot was easily my favorite pokemon by the end of the game.
I was so pleasantly surprised by how good Garganacl was. The ‘three stage rock monsters’ so often get cursed with terrible SpDef and No Recovery, neither of which is true for Garg. Then on top of that they gave it an absurd ability AND Signature Move.
Was definitely one of my favourites to use in early SV VGC
Exactly the one you've shown. A cute pink fairy that made itself a giant hammer because it liked banging stuff is such a beautiful subversion of Fairy tropes that I couldn't fail to love it.
Flutter Mane and that was way before I knew what a competetive monster it was gonna be.
I always liked Misdreavus way more than Mismagius so when it got the paradox form I was really happy. And it being powerfull is not a negative :)
espathra. won't lie, i found those eyes really offputting at first, but now i think that’s what i love about it??? its ruffles are really elegant and its shiny is so so good. doesn’t hurt that it’s a competitive menace, either.
Nymble/Lokix & Frigibax line really blows me away when looking at them. They're so well done they really don't even feel like they're new gen Pokemon, atleast to me. The gen had a lot of duds, but these 2 are some of the gems.
Meowscarada because grass is my favorite and Dark is amongst my favorite types. It's got a good design and good stats.
Honestly, most of Gen 9 new pokemon are really unappealing to me. Outside of different forms or evolutions to existing pokemon, I really do not like any of the new Pokémon. I really liked the game. I'm not intentionally trying to be a hater, but most of them look very bad to me.
Armarouge and Ceruledge!!! I love them both! I LOVE KNIGHTS 😭 there’s so much to love about these guys, I love they proudly represent Scarlet and Violet, I love how they contrast each other, I love their types, I love their expressions and capabilities, I love THIS ART (I wish I knew the original artist ☹️). And I love these two as a duo! (And if I had to pick a favorite, it would be Ceruledge 💜)
I haven't even played any gen 9 games, but I began loving Flittle as soon as I saw it. Cutest and most amazing little thing in the whole wide world. I have this card art of it at home
The entire Sprigatito lineeee, I fucking love them so much lol, but also the Fidough line, I remember a bit ago I was playing mega dimension and I found a distortion that had Fidough and Dachsbun and one of the tasked was to use the catch window and literally every time I knocked one out I felt so bad and was just going like “IM SO SORRY BABIES I NEED TO I DONT HAVE ENOUGH TIMMEEEE T~T” and that made me remember how much I love them lol, I used both a Meowscarada and a Dachsbun in my first playthrough of SV and I loved both of them lol, the Meowscarada was called Chloe after my irl kitty and the Dachsbun was called Beagle Bagel for obvious reasons lol (also fun fact, that whole team was all female, not on purpose it just happened, it was fun lol)
Meowscarada. I like cats and stage magicians. Put those two together and add in some sass, and you have my favorite gen 9 mon. Honorable mentions go to Tinkaton, Kilowattrel, the entire Charcadet line, Flutter Mane, and Ogerpon.
I had originally planned to use Ceruledge in my playthrough, but quickly realized, that, due to me only having access to Scarlet, I couldn't get my hands on the Malicious Armor. So I used Armarouge instead.
Over the course of my playthrough though, I found myself growing quite attached to the red cannoneer and really liking the design, especially how Armarouge's design with the colour scheme and all seems more like the proper continuation to that of Charcadet than Ceruledge's.
All past paradoxes except for the magnaton one. That one is purely cursed. And the jigglypuff (i just dont like jigglypuff)
As for original gen 9 mons, ill give a top three (based on only one plathrough of the game.
3.Espatha, cause its the only non legendary one I have that isnt the weed cat and im not a fan of the weed cat.
2. Fezandipiti. I like the poison bird. The other three in the trio look like dog shit.
1. Chien-Pao. Sabre tooth tiger who' teeth are swords. Thats just inherently cool.
As someone who really enjoys steel types, the Tinkaton line was refreshing.
Varoom, likewise, was great.
A bit basic, but all of the doggo lines have made their way into my heart.
I think the big surprise for me was Nacli.
I didn't like it at first, but wound up playing with it.
Turned out to be a pretty neat line. Wound up seeing the vision by the time it fully evolved and started adding real flavor to battle.
I will say that Pokemon design wise Gen 9 was pretty solid.
Kingambit because he’s like a leader of a group that will obey him and his main ability supreme overlord is so good to us in battles and I love the evolution line of it
I have a huge soft spot for Mabosstiff. In terms of battling, it's one of the most Okay Pokemon of the generation, but I just really like the big guard dog. I also like that the "Pokemon Mafia" thematic has finally gotten The Muscle.
Also my aunt had mastiffs when I was growing up, and they were the sweetest dogs ever, so bonus points for that
Just wanted to say tinkatuff is cooler than tinkaton imo and ive felt that since day 1.
My fav regularly changes so it wouldnt be accurate to list just one. But the gen 9 ones that are in the mix include Scream Tail, Archaludon, and Mega (yuck) Bax purely off its SICK design.
Pawmot was surprisingly good, it stayed with me until the end of the main story. I loved it when I figured out that Double Shock doesn't remove its electric typing if it's terastalized so I could keep getting STAB out of it.
When I was a kid, I tried designing fakemon, but the only one I ever thought was actually good was a grass-type kitten that was supposed to be a starter. So as silly as it is, it kinda feels like I've had a history with Sprigatito since decades before ScVi was even announced.
(Honorable mentions go to Ogerpon and Koraidon for being my new favorite legendaries, on the grounds of being the only ones I've actually been allowed to get to know as characters with actual personalities, and spend time bonding with before adding them to my party.)
None of them became my favourites, but I really liked plenty of paldean pokemon. Easily the best pokedex since unova for me. Palafin, Tinkaton, Scovillain, Quaquaval, Toedscruel and Clodsire, Dondozo and Tatsugiri, Ceruledge, Orthworm, Garganacl, Cetitan... lots of hits. They knocked it out of the park with this one
The box legendaries, they are probably the first i actually care about because they have actual stories and not just lore and designs.
Also mabostiff but that's cheating. Ignoring Arven, I used to have a bull mastiff myself and he was good boy who weighed more than I do now and was strong enough my huge bodybuilding dad was pulled by him on the times he went on a walk. I love the big scary not scary boy.
As a fire-starter-by-default person, Meowscarada. I usually go with the first thing I catch, and I must have gotten horrible natures for everything, because this guy from the start outclassed everyone. It's like when I got a Sigilyph in White that wrecked every gym leader. It was just meant to be.
Tinkaton I didn’t expect to like anywhere near as much as I did, but I’d have to say Fidough because of the noise I made the first time I saw Dachsbun’s name. 10/10 pun
I’ve played since Gen 1 but it’s taken till Gen 9 to find my true favorite Pokémon, Fuecoco. Something about him clicked with me better. And I love the Fuecoco in Horizons too!
I love Annihilape, it tying back to primeape’s lore that it can get so angry it dies and turning it into “it gets so angry that it dies but it’s spirit is still so angry that it comes back as a revenant like the grudge” is the coolest thing ever.
It having an incredibly good design and being really strong just makes it perfect.
I already liked primeape since mankey was the GOAT for carrying my early yellow run. I always was a bit bummed that it wasn't competitive viable. Annihilape really is a great evolution both in theme/concept and in making the whole line competitively viable.
Annihilape also gives off huge "Akuma from Street Fighter" energy.
The release of Annihilape is what got me back into pokemon
Designs like annihilape are the reason I get so sad at the crap pokemon designs.
Annihilape plus shell bell = easy raids, gimme my herba
Clodsire
Applaud the Clod.
I love my clueless boy (or girl).
Fidough and Dachsbun!! They're my favorite dogs now lol
Just some good boys!
He's gonna be the very best.. boy there's ever been
Named mine in the game Biscuit 😁
Same as yours
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Tink found a copy of Bloodborne lol
This is the lockscreen on my phone.
incredibly basic answer i know but i don't care. ceruledge
Basic for a good reason. Its simply dope.
i didn't really care about any of the gen 9 starters when sv released so the moment i could do anything i just rushed to the desert and got my scary sword guy. it was love at first sight
Ceruledge has such a cool design, it has dethroned Dusknoir as my favourite ghost type!
LOVE ceruledge! have never been a big ghost type person, but this was the first one I really felt like I needed on my team
Mine is basic I feel but tandemaus/sinistcha
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That’s not basic. I’m slowly starting to really warm up to Tandemaus/maushold, I think they’re funny and cute
Farigiraf as well as Slither Wing climbed the ladder of my top 12 fav pokemon 💕
slither wing is my favorite pokemon and honestly i've been warming up to farigiraf recently, they look so cool!!
Ogerpon
Little bebeh
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She’s so adorable
Glimmora!!
Also quite like the smoliv and pawmi lines
Gen 9 has a lot of very cool designs but I'm going for Tatsugiri, Tinkaton and Clodsire
Sprigatito !
Kilowattrel I am his only fan
No ya aint! I love him too
Lies, kilowattrel is great!
Kilowattrel is my go-to electric type in S/V
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My boy.
👌👌
I love Orthworm, such a silly :>
Same, he’s a goober
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The duck
I love quaxly but I didnt like quaquaval...
Same. I wanted a duck, not a dancing peacock. If they were gonna go that route they should have just done a flamingo pokémon for a fun pun with Flamenco dancing.
Cyclizar :)
gets wayyy too little love I feel like. he's such a cutie
I feel like if Cyclizar was used instead of the bike in gen 1, we'd have a new regional form every generation
Ogerpon, the Charcadet line, and the Sprigatito line
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My number 1 fave Pikaclone.
This is Morpeko for me. I love Pawmi, but the evolutions made me disappointed.
Emolga for me
I don’t normally give the pikaclones a second thought but I needed electric coverage at one point and gave him a shot. Between gaining Fighting type, the unique ability to ditch its Electric typing, and the option to revive a downed teammate I found my Pawmot was easily my favorite pokemon by the end of the game.
He’s also deloghtfully friend shaped
Tinkaton, Maushold and Gholdengo
Gen 9 produced so many bangers tbh
tatsugiri
chad response. I love the lil sushi bois
The Nacli line is my favorite evolutionary line, Nacli and Garganacl are virtually tied for my favorite Pokemon
I also really like Revavroom, Hydrapple, Veluza, and Tatsugiri
I was so pleasantly surprised by how good Garganacl was. The ‘three stage rock monsters’ so often get cursed with terrible SpDef and No Recovery, neither of which is true for Garg. Then on top of that they gave it an absurd ability AND Signature Move.
Was definitely one of my favourites to use in early SV VGC
Bellybolt and Garganacl are definitely my favs of gen 9, love my big boys!
Ceruledge. Guy carried me to top 10 gen 9 OU ladder
fidough/dachsbun, mostly because i own a doxie in real life lol
Dolliv :]
Not my favorite, that's still Budew, but Tinkaton immediately propelled herself into second place
Ceruledge and Bellibolt! Was surprised how much I liked Ceruledge cause I tend to gravitate towards “cutesy” or softer designs closer to Bellibolt :>
Exactly the one you've shown. A cute pink fairy that made itself a giant hammer because it liked banging stuff is such a beautiful subversion of Fairy tropes that I couldn't fail to love it.
i love that she leans in the same direction as klefki and impidimp, an agent of chaos and mischief like fairies in folklore >:3
floragato
Dachsbun
Scovillain!
I love capsakid and scovillain
Loyal 3 + Pecha + Ogrepon + UrsaBM
ogerpon!! shes soo cute!!
The whole Pawmi line for sure. Used them as my starter Pokemon
I usually can't care enough about legendaries but Ogerpon was so cute and well introduced !!
Tatsugiri and Dondozo almost immediately became some of my all-time favorites in general.
Tink but Dachsbun and Clodsire are close
My weird son Toedscool!!!
Lokix
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Cetitan. ALL HAIL THE LAND WHALE
Also has the best shiny in gen 9, the black and white color reminds me of an orca.
Haven't seen anyone mention Grafaiai yet, i just love the little mischief painter goblin lemur.
I will, regardless of how cool it is, forever hate the Tinkaton line just because my goat Corviknight does NOT deserve to be done this dirty
Mabosstiff. The Arven storyline hit me in my soul.
Dolly life 💚💚
Flutter Mane and that was way before I knew what a competetive monster it was gonna be. I always liked Misdreavus way more than Mismagius so when it got the paradox form I was really happy. And it being powerfull is not a negative :)
It would be a toss up between Flamigo, Revavroom, and Clodsire
espathra. won't lie, i found those eyes really offputting at first, but now i think that’s what i love about it??? its ruffles are really elegant and its shiny is so so good. doesn’t hurt that it’s a competitive menace, either.
Heck yeah, Espathra love! I love weird birds!
Cetitan
LOKIX🗣️🔥
Clodsire 100% I love that derp!
Nymble/Lokix & Frigibax line really blows me away when looking at them. They're so well done they really don't even feel like they're new gen Pokemon, atleast to me. The gen had a lot of duds, but these 2 are some of the gems.
I'm a huge fan of Walking Wake, Gouging Fire, and Raging Bolt
Armorouge and glimmet/glimmora
people are gunna think things about me, but I really liked Meowscarada.
He felt like a nuclear warhead.
Meowscarada because grass is my favorite and Dark is amongst my favorite types. It's got a good design and good stats.
Honestly, most of Gen 9 new pokemon are really unappealing to me. Outside of different forms or evolutions to existing pokemon, I really do not like any of the new Pokémon. I really liked the game. I'm not intentionally trying to be a hater, but most of them look very bad to me.
Meowscarada
Sinistcha / Poltchageist as well as Hydrapple
Ceruledge. I'll always have them on my team
Slither Wing and Clodsire.
Tinkaton, Floragato, Ogerpon, Charcadet line
Haha omg I thought I recognised the illustration style! Hello from the Maomao post
My ultimate favorite were Tatsugiri and Dondozo (got a shiny of each). Ran all of the last DLC with just them 2.
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Glimmora!
maushold and clodsire. both are easily in my top ten now.
Ceruledge, Armarouge and the menace to Corviknight that you posted
Definitely Tinkaton
Ceruledge 🤌🏻
Skeledirge and it’s not even close.
Kingambit I love me my shogun bro
Baxcalibur
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I really wish they will make an official bax plush
gotta be the hammer gremlin :3
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we out here planning our next crime >:3
Spriggy tito and fludder budder may
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Revavroom. I love poison types and I like steel types.
Lechonk. Mostly because it is the second wild shiny I ever caught. But also, it is strangely cute!
Farigiraf! I’ve been wanting a Girafarig evolution for the longest time and I’m so happy we got one! It’s also an extremely fun Pokemon to use.
Meowscarada because I'm boring
Ceruledge and Armarouge
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Armarouge and Ceruledge!!! I love them both! I LOVE KNIGHTS 😭 there’s so much to love about these guys, I love they proudly represent Scarlet and Violet, I love how they contrast each other, I love their types, I love their expressions and capabilities, I love THIS ART (I wish I knew the original artist ☹️). And I love these two as a duo! (And if I had to pick a favorite, it would be Ceruledge 💜)
I don't really have just 1 favorite pokemon so I don't have one
I haven't even played any gen 9 games, but I began loving Flittle as soon as I saw it. Cutest and most amazing little thing in the whole wide world. I have this card art of it at home
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Meowscarada, Garganacl, Ceruledge, Dondozo, Arboliva, Clodsire, and Lokix.
It's gonna be Grafaiai for me.
i like archaludon
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Ceruledge. Fire/Ghost is one of my favorite type combos.
Ceruledge for sure, girl just CLEAVED through most of the champions team.
The entire Sprigatito lineeee, I fucking love them so much lol, but also the Fidough line, I remember a bit ago I was playing mega dimension and I found a distortion that had Fidough and Dachsbun and one of the tasked was to use the catch window and literally every time I knocked one out I felt so bad and was just going like “IM SO SORRY BABIES I NEED TO I DONT HAVE ENOUGH TIMMEEEE T~T” and that made me remember how much I love them lol, I used both a Meowscarada and a Dachsbun in my first playthrough of SV and I loved both of them lol, the Meowscarada was called Chloe after my irl kitty and the Dachsbun was called Beagle Bagel for obvious reasons lol (also fun fact, that whole team was all female, not on purpose it just happened, it was fun lol)
Armarouge, he's like a fire Mega Man.
My girl Cerulegde
Love these goobers! Still crazy to me that I somehow got the family of three on my first catch
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Meowscarada. I like cats and stage magicians. Put those two together and add in some sass, and you have my favorite gen 9 mon. Honorable mentions go to Tinkaton, Kilowattrel, the entire Charcadet line, Flutter Mane, and Ogerpon.
lokix, came across nymble and on gawd it was love at first sight
Fidough, Scovillain, and Koraidon <- mostly cuz he makes me think of a dog that likes to steal sammiches 🤣
Definitely Armarouge.
I had originally planned to use Ceruledge in my playthrough, but quickly realized, that, due to me only having access to Scarlet, I couldn't get my hands on the Malicious Armor. So I used Armarouge instead.
Over the course of my playthrough though, I found myself growing quite attached to the red cannoneer and really liking the design, especially how Armarouge's design with the colour scheme and all seems more like the proper continuation to that of Charcadet than Ceruledge's.
Hydrapple
Maushold became my absolute favourite! How could you say it’s not cute? I also really like Chien-Pao and Hydrapple
Tatsugiri my beloved
All past paradoxes except for the magnaton one. That one is purely cursed. And the jigglypuff (i just dont like jigglypuff)
As for original gen 9 mons, ill give a top three (based on only one plathrough of the game.
3.Espatha, cause its the only non legendary one I have that isnt the weed cat and im not a fan of the weed cat. 2. Fezandipiti. I like the poison bird. The other three in the trio look like dog shit. 1. Chien-Pao. Sabre tooth tiger who' teeth are swords. Thats just inherently cool.
9 was for rough for me, I didn’t click with any of the latest additions.
I think Tink was actually the only Gen 9 aside from starter I kept in my party throughout Violent, it grew on me as much as that hammer did.
This one. Me and gf love it so much.
lovely artwork. i also really love leaving in the dotted grid in the export. makes it look like a physical watercolour painting in a notepad
ooh nice art-
IS THAT APPLE FREEFORM?!!
As someone who really enjoys steel types, the Tinkaton line was refreshing.
Varoom, likewise, was great.
A bit basic, but all of the doggo lines have made their way into my heart.
I think the big surprise for me was Nacli.
I didn't like it at first, but wound up playing with it.
Turned out to be a pretty neat line. Wound up seeing the vision by the time it fully evolved and started adding real flavor to battle.
I will say that Pokemon design wise Gen 9 was pretty solid.
Tinkaton, Nacklstack, and Tarantoula!
That one
Paldean Tauros (Aqua breed)
Ogerpon. Her storyline is also my favorite.
Tink and Clod for me
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Kingambit because he’s like a leader of a group that will obey him and his main ability supreme overlord is so good to us in battles and I love the evolution line of it
Veluza and Dudunsparce cracked my top 10. Dudunsparce might be the funniest thing Pokemon has ever done.
Cyclizard It is so stupidly goofy and charismatic at the same time !
That is indeed my favorite fairy type, and probably one of the only ones I like
Gholdengo
I got Violet over scarlet solely to Iron Valiant. Gallade is my favorite Pokemon and you’re telling me the final boss’s ace is robo fairy gallade????
I loved Tinkaton. Got like 5 shiny of it at freemons.org
BELLIBOLT!
This one. This exact one. I love this creature
I have a huge soft spot for Mabosstiff. In terms of battling, it's one of the most Okay Pokemon of the generation, but I just really like the big guard dog. I also like that the "Pokemon Mafia" thematic has finally gotten The Muscle.
Also my aunt had mastiffs when I was growing up, and they were the sweetest dogs ever, so bonus points for that
Gargnacl. The gentle giant deserves more love.
The little buddies that will turn you into a fine red mist within seconds
Fuecoco and Clody pls. Love this style.
centiskorch!! my child!!
Exactly Tinkaton.
Tatsugiri is the goat of Gen 9
The Sprigatito line and Ogrepon. Not quite my favorite, since that is reserved for Mimikyu, but both of them are in my top 5.
Espathra isn’t my absolute favorite Pokemon, but damn every day it’s getting closer
Just wanted to say tinkatuff is cooler than tinkaton imo and ive felt that since day 1.
My fav regularly changes so it wouldnt be accurate to list just one. But the gen 9 ones that are in the mix include Scream Tail, Archaludon, and Mega (yuck) Bax purely off its SICK design.
clodsire
Pawmot was surprisingly good, it stayed with me until the end of the main story. I loved it when I figured out that Double Shock doesn't remove its electric typing if it's terastalized so I could keep getting STAB out of it.
Dondozo. Annihilape
Pawmot!! It’s so cute and fun to use!
Honorable mention to Girafarig, Clodsire, and the Nacli line.
That one right there.
Definitely ogerpon, but tinkaton is a very close second
Fuecoco and its evolutions, for sure. Smoliv and its evolutions are a close second.
Toedscruel or dudunsparce
The tinkaton family. any time i replay i have to use one
Probably Toedscool or Flamigo. They’re both just silly little guys
Samdy Shocks and Koraidon
Ursaluna blood moon, meowscarada, annihilape, garganacl, tinkaton and dondozo, maybe I just really liked the Gen 9 Pokémon 😁
Maybe a weird one, but Bombirdier is one of my favs! It’s simple yet sinister, and can have 3 stabs with its hidden ability
archaludon. THE LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN...
Orthworm is such a happy fella I love em
Spidops.
Garganacl. Love his temple like body plus the pun names for him. I have a chef trainer OC and he fits him so well.
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Joint between Ogerpon and Tinkaton
Art by enyos_art on Instagram (commission by me)
Sprigatito.
When I was a kid, I tried designing fakemon, but the only one I ever thought was actually good was a grass-type kitten that was supposed to be a starter. So as silly as it is, it kinda feels like I've had a history with Sprigatito since decades before ScVi was even announced.
(Honorable mentions go to Ogerpon and Koraidon for being my new favorite legendaries, on the grounds of being the only ones I've actually been allowed to get to know as characters with actual personalities, and spend time bonding with before adding them to my party.)
None of them became my favourites, but I really liked plenty of paldean pokemon. Easily the best pokedex since unova for me. Palafin, Tinkaton, Scovillain, Quaquaval, Toedscruel and Clodsire, Dondozo and Tatsugiri, Ceruledge, Orthworm, Garganacl, Cetitan... lots of hits. They knocked it out of the park with this one
I might be the only one to say Archaludon
The box legendaries, they are probably the first i actually care about because they have actual stories and not just lore and designs.
Also mabostiff but that's cheating. Ignoring Arven, I used to have a bull mastiff myself and he was good boy who weighed more than I do now and was strong enough my huge bodybuilding dad was pulled by him on the times he went on a walk. I love the big scary not scary boy.
Tinkaton and Annihilape.
Tinkaton by a country mile.
Tatsugiri
I saw Tinkaton before I played, and fell in love instantly; but after playing the DLC, Ogerpon becoming a favorite was unexpected
As a fire-starter-by-default person, Meowscarada. I usually go with the first thing I catch, and I must have gotten horrible natures for everything, because this guy from the start outclassed everyone. It's like when I got a Sigilyph in White that wrecked every gym leader. It was just meant to be.
Tinkaton I didn’t expect to like anywhere near as much as I did, but I’d have to say Fidough because of the noise I made the first time I saw Dachsbun’s name. 10/10 pun
SHROODLE!
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I love this little fella and its evolution line, I love Poisonous mammals. I hope GF does more poison mammals in the future.
SO many but Tinkaton, clodsire, skeledirge, and koraidon were my ultimate faves.
Live laugh love tinkaton (and meowscarada)
I’ve played since Gen 1 but it’s taken till Gen 9 to find my true favorite Pokémon, Fuecoco. Something about him clicked with me better. And I love the Fuecoco in Horizons too!
Clodsire is ONE OF my favorites now.
I didn't like Gholdengo at first but after a while it started growing on me... I have a plush of Gimmighoul sitting in my room now