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Understood.

I believe that he could die in some way at some point in the game, and then be present "in spirit" in some way, if you understand what I mean.

I am not complaining, but in the Pokémon X and Y thread, it seemed to be a very broad topic, so because I was not allowed to talk about the previous topic there, what was I supposed to discuss?

I think that it could happen.

I do not mean to sound rude, but what was I supposed to be talking about?

I never said that the other birds do receive a same-type-attack-bonus from the attack.Hurricane has approximately the same accuracy as Hydro Pump and Fire Blast, and is as strong as both of those moves, but it has more PP. That should be enough to prove that it is a very useful attack. Steel Wing is nowhere near as useful as it seems, unless you teach the attack to a Skarmory. As I have already said, speed is not everything. That does not mean that a Rock, Electric or Water-Type attack cannot obliterate it, and because Gale Wings is a Hidden Ability and not its main ability, that makes getting a Talonflame with the ability difficult.I know plenty about birds, and I can positively say that Pidove does not look exactly like a pigeon. Pidgey does not look like a baby pigeon; baby pigeons are very scruffy-looking, and are not usually brown in colour. Edit: This double-post was not intentional. I apologise.

That does not change the fact that Talonflame is not as good as several people here are making it seem. Steel Wing does not have good accuracy, and Talonflame does not receive a same-type-attack-bonus from the attack. Pidove is not exactly like a pigeon. Its body is more ball-shaped, and it is also reminiscent of a quail in its design. That is not an attack, and an increase in speed is not necessarily a major advantage over all opponents.

The Focus Sash is virtually useless outside of online battles, and even then, Talonflame does not have any good moves that it can use against a Rock-Type.

I said before that its design is nowhere near as creative as that of the other birds in question. It looks like a sparrowhawk that was painted red and given a crest. Pidgeot can learn Hurricane.

So, you are taking virtually nothing of what I said into consideration?

Because Pokémon X and Y are already available, I want to purchase Yoshi's New Island when the time comes, because of the memories that I have of playing Yoshi's Island DS.

I have used a Pidgeot in my X version, and it has done just fine. Aerodactyl is overrated, is weak to Rock-Type moves, and cannot even be taught Rock Slide. Charizard is extremely weak to Rock-Type moves, while Pidgeot does not have any extreme weaknesses. I have used an Unfezant as well, and it was definitely not as weak as that. Staraptor does not receive a same-type-attack-bonus for Close Combat, and using the move is extremely risky. Talonflame is also extremely weak to Rock-Type moves, unlike the other "starter birds". Staraptor, as well as several other bird-based Pokémon, can learn Brave Bird as well, so Talonflame is nothing special. Talonflame also cannot learn any particularly useful Fire-Type moves via Level-Up.

@Crona: Little-known fact: Rock-Type is not resistant to Rock-Type moves.

That is not true. Plenty of people used Pidgeot and Swellow for battles in their respective generations.

That is not true in my case. Lately, I have been finding it far more difficult to remember all of their names.

I first found out about the series when I saw an advertisement for it in the back of a Pokémon manga volume in 2005, but I did not pay much attention to it from there. In 2012, I played the DDD "demo", and I loved the music and gameplay, so I bought the game soon after (even though I had no idea what was happening in the story). From there, I went on to research the story of the series, and I have also bought Re:Coded and 358/2 Days.

It looks more like a sparrow crossed with a thrush to me.

I am also somewhat disappointed with its name. Pokémon names tend to be a witty combination of two words that relate to the Pokémon in some way, but in the case of Talonflame, its name is literally two words fused into one.

It is more of an observation. I do not dislike its design, but it is not as creative as that of the other "starter birds"; Pidgeot looks like a cross between an osprey and a thrush, Noctowl is obviously an owl (but does not have a strong resemblance to any existing kind of owl), Swellow looks like a cross between a swallow and a skylark, Staraptor looks like a cross between a harpy eagle, a starling and a pigeon, and Unfezant looks like a cross between a secretarybird and a pheasant. Talonflame, however, looks almost exactly like a real sparrowhawk, except for its colouring and crest.

Does anyone else think that Talonflame is almost too similar to its real-world counterpart, in comparison to the other "starter birds"?

People need to stop complaining about the quality of Shadow the Hedgehog (video game) and Sonic the Hedgehog (2006). They cannot change the fact that both of them exist, but they can accept the fact that the days of those games are in the past, yet they do not want to. I also do not think that either game is bad in terms of story or appearance.

Thank you.

I think that it would be better if the time period after Apprentice Xehanort was found at Radiant Garden and before it was claimed by Maleficent should be shown in the form of a series of cut-scenes that are shown fairly late in the game.

They were derived from the memories of the worlds.