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Audino, but one that looks just like Mega Audino so maybe there would be more actual merchandise :P More seriously, I do think I'd like to see evolutions for most one-stage Pokemon. I also think having a second Paras evolution where it is either more bug focused or more of a sharing sort of thing over it being fully taken over by the mushroom would be nice. Similarly, I still find Dragonair -> Dragonite odd and while they tried to make it a bit more merged with Dragonite's mega evolution, I think it could be another neat split evolution. I think Fidough could also be cute with another evolution or like different breads like how Furfrou has different cuts and Alcremie has other flavors.

In a sense, I hate when they do happen because I really dislike the one-time only ones. I'd love to see them show up more. Pink Butterfree has a special place in my heart so I think I'd have to say it's my favorite as well, but I'd love to bring all of them together because it makes me so sad that they're always one off and gone X-x

It's more or less my permanent team at this point, but: Mega Audino Slurpuff Vivillon (Meadow) Dedenne Dragonair Meganium There is maybe a chance I may switch Meganium out for Aurorus depending on if I feel I could use Aurorus more to help cover certain weaknesses as other Pokemon in my party can learn some grass moves, but we shall see. I feel bad when I switch out my starter, but ignoring that it's a mix of old starters anyway, coincidentally X/Y is the only game outside of like remakes/third versions where I didn't keep my Starter in the party.

Much to my surprise (I could probably count shinies I've found randomly across every single game on one hand), I actually found a Shiny Swirlix in Z-A! While I prefer normal Slurpuff colors overall, I always liked the shiny one too because it makes me think of an ice cream sundae.

If you manage to do that, I will be very envious :P I unfortunately struggle following video tutorials which is part of why I still haven't managed </3

Yellow is always my favorite third version as I liked the anime twist on it. I also enjoyed Black 2/White 2 for being a story continuation instead of just a replay.

There are honestly several, but if I had to narrow it down to one, I absolutely adore Shiny Ribombee. If I had any sewing skills, I'd love to modify a Ribombee Sitting Cutie/Fit Plush to be shiny instead.

Considering my favorite Pokemon is Mega Audino, it may not be much of a surprise to say mega evolution :P Removing some biases, I actually don't really like any-- I prefer battles being simple and I don't really enjoy mechanics that it feels you're forced to use. But in that sense, I enjoyed megas because while they did add some things, it was still that Pokemon with a new form and maybe some other new things and it's something I could see working even outside a battle gimmick and I really wish they WOULD find a way to make it a permanent thing. Everything else felt a lot more of a forced gimmick because of how specific their use is. In the same sense, I feel all of them could be combined with mega evolution, but not with the others. I did like some of the cutscenes for the Z-Moves, but I also feel like there were other ways to incorporate that (like stronger bonds with your Pokemon = twists on certain moves). Gigantimax did have some neat forms, but I just... did not care for the giant versions of them in any way and of all of them, felt like the most forced to be used to make like... a giant kaiju battle. I actually do like the tera crystals (I love rocks, again, biases), but not over actual form changes kind of like with Z-Moves, it's something I'd rather see combined in another way.

For a long time, I generally said Water even though if I thought about it, a lot of my favorite's types varied with many in normal (I just tend to lean towards Water starters), but Fairy has absolutely stolen the crown since it became a type. I feel like this is entirely unsurprising if you know my aesthetic :P

My first team from Pokemon Blue:

Shiny Ribombee (followed by Shiny Celebi) is probably my favorite shiny. As for least favorite... I honestly don't know. There are some where I did wish they were more my cup of tea (like Shiny Mega Audino is pretty disappointing to me), but I don't know if there is one in particular I super dislike. If I had to try and pick, I would guess one of the ones that are like neon green/yellow or the like brownish green-yellow. If I try really hard to pick one off-hand that bothers me, I guess maybe Shiny Primarina? The yellow "hair" doesn't match anything at all, even compared to its previous evolutions and I wish they went with a more complementary color of it (I think coral or seafoam could have been nice or even some mix): Like you had this Indigo, Violet, and light pink, and you added yellow. (As an aside, I don't personally have any grievances towards the ones that are super close in color. At least you know you'll like it and you get something similar with a special effect.)

I mean, I already do this frequently in most games. Whether it's a one stage only Pokemon that doesn't get tons of love (like Audino/Mega Audino) or just keeping them unevolved, it's absolutely something I do frequently. Even three stage evolutions-- sometimes I only get them to the second if I evolve them past the first. But yeah, just some of the Pokemon I've never fully evolved and used fully in a party: Pikachu, Frillish, Pumpkaboo, Lillipup, Rockruff, Wooloo, Galarian Ponyta, Piplup, Oshawott, Fidough, Flittle, Pawmo, Floette, Stufful, Teddiursa, Cleffa, Minccino... I could go for a while :P I always go with a party of favorites. I've never changed that.

I initially hadn't, but my parents surprised me with doing so as an early birthday present (my birthday is in July). My main hope was just to get one by the time the additional Kirby content released, but I'm glad I won't have to worry about it during the holiday rush now at least.

I hope you manage to get some! I still like to try and bring my 3DS in hopes of finding some, but I definitely do so less and less often... I honestly miss it a lot. I love StreetPass so much and also was disappointed to see nothing related to it or any kind of Mii related thing for Switch 2 (especially after the Tomodachi Life 2 announcement). Personally, I think they could absolutely have some kind of internal game and then have like... one of those peripherals Pokemon GO/Sleep has or like how the Dreamcast had the VMU and that could be used to gather Streetpass and then connect back to the Switch 2. The fact that Miis still seem to be given the boot and the lack of any kind of similar thing (I adored the StreetPass games so much too) blows my mind. There was a DS game I loved as well called Treasure World that essentially let you find items by finding other DS' and Wifi networks in the world which I super enjoyed.

Really hoping there will be one near us. I was so bummed the Animal Crossing Aquarium collaboration wasn't close at all so I'm really hoping better luck this time.