SwSh Dynamax: Thoughts, Feelings, or Concerns

[Deku-Mimikyu]

Gamefreak: "Yeah, we love all the starters! Like Charizard and...... Charizard..... oh, and Greninja! And uh.... uhm.... Charizard."

(I do have to admit, the design for G-max Charizard is probably my favorite G-max design so far. Of course Charizard would get the best design.)

 

[Silktree]

I like Gigantafree. There was already an anime episode about it as Mothra.

 

[multiingbe]

Gamefreak: "Yeah, we love all the starters! Like Charizard and...... Charizard..... oh, and Greninja! And uh.... uhm.... Charizard."

(I do have to admit, the design for G-max Charizard is probably my favorite G-max design so far. Of course Charizard would get the best design.)

Yes!! These Gigantamax designs have a distinct flavor to them that feels rather inspiring. It seems like they showed the specific ones before specifically because they were more conventional.

Most of all now that more aspects of the style have been displayed, I do hope that there are actually quite a few Gigantamax forms. Perhaps there are nearly 100 or more?

 

[BigBadButterfree]

I feel ashamed cuz it's another stupid Kanto Pokemon getting another stupid extra form...

...But I like giganta-Butterfree...

Why couldn't it have just been its mega last gen? It's such a nice design.

Pikachu, Eevee, and Meowth are all pointless and silly. And Charizard just makes me mad.

 

[Esserise]

I actually think Charizard looks okay (but not as good as Mega X) and Butterfree is nice, but...

I suppose there's a silver lining in that the special bonus gifts for these games are all inconsequential meme-mons so that you're not really missing out on anything significant by not having LGPE or not buying SwoShi right away, but at the same time, I really would like to see the mechanic be used for more interesting transformations. Alcremie is fun (albeit still meme bait), but then Drednaw and Corviknight don't really deviate all that much from their base forms either.

 

[Daren]

*Gigantachu being Gen 1 Fat Pikachu is silly but I like it.
*Gigantazard is okay in terms of design but I really hate how he gets so much favouritism over Blastoise and Venusaur (the gen 1 starters in general get too much but he's the worst)
*Gigantavee is fine.
*Gigantafree looks okay.
*Gigantameowth will haunt my sleep for years.

 

[Pyrax]

I'm honestly tired of all these Charizard forms tbh. Imo Gamefreak should've given it to Dragonite considering it's the OG Pseudo Legend. You'd think it would have a Mega or a Z Move by now but nope, nothing.

 

[JFrombaugh]

Right now, I’m at work, typing this post out on my phone in the privacy of my cubicle, watching Gigantamax Charizard on a 5 inch screen, and I’m saying to myself...

“For the love of God TrollFreak, give Venusaur, Blastoise, and the JOHTO STARTERS some attention too!”

 

[multiingbe]

I would be very surprised if there isn't a Gigantamax Dragonite , otherwise it would mmost certainly be in the Gen 8 1/2 update games, whichever those will be!

The designs are strange to see compared to Megas (The Mega form style fits the part, surprising mutant evolutions to increase the viability of each Pokemon in battle.)

I think these are supposed to be almost like fairytale/mythological transformations. There is more of a fantasy element! They are not all necessarily battle-ready (some certainly are!), but they are so large and powerful that they can hold their own!

 

[swiftgallade46]

G-Pikachu is hilarious and I love it
G-Meowth is strange and creepy and ew
G-Eevee is...the same as regular Eevee?
G-Butterfree I love it and I’m glad it’s getting some attention
G-Charizard didn’t need the attention but I really like its design

 

[Esserise]

I do like that Gigazard keeps an emphasis on the base design's big belly, and retains the orange color scheme. I feel like slimming it down (as both of the Megas did to an extent) would be a really predictable way of trying to make it look "cooler," as is turning it black (don't get me wrong though, I am a total sucker for MCX).

What I will say I prefer so far about G-Max is that even though the designs haven't exactly wowed me, I like that they have avoided the "add random spikes lol!" trend of the Mega designs. Pikachu's tail elongating to look like an actual lightning bolt coming from the sky, and Meowth becoming freakishly long like, well, frankly, my actual pet cat feel like... I don't want to say "cleverer," because that's probably too generous, but it does feel like there's a little more thought put into the changes. People used to frequently decry Megas as being "overdesigned" (and if I remember right, even someone at Game Freak said that was a conscious decision), but these so far actually seem a lot more reserved. It does sort of appeal to my minimalist tendencies - sometimes you don't need a big alteration to make the point.

 

[DarkraiKnight]

As much as I'm annoyed with all this Kanto pandering, I will say that Gigantamax Charizard is absolutely epic and Gigantamax Butterfree is an very welcome power-up to a previously neglected Pokemon.

Also, if the rumors are true, we could be getting a Gigantamax Lapras pretty soon, which is also cool. I hope it has a shell made of ice and a more monstrous design.

 

[Alola]

Nobody:

Absolutely No One:

Not A Soul:

Game Freak: K A N T O

 

[Sakuraa]

I like the G-Max forms revealed today. Eevee's is kind of meh, but not weird looking at least. I can't help but love Pikachu because of how he literally just looks like his old self. Charizard looks fine and thankfully not over the top. Meowth looks so funny I have to love it. Butterfree is the only one I'm not too crazy about. It's fine, just not amazing. Its G-Max Move is the best off all revealed today though. (If you don't count Meowth providing you with some coins )

 

[Peridorito]

I love Gigantamax Pikachu, the rest are meh.

 

[Knightwolf09]

Okay guess I'll be the shill here, I think Charizard looks absolutely badass. It's freakin wings are made of fire, how do people not find that cool?

 

[emerson.brant]

Okay guess I'll be the shill here, I think Charizard looks absolutely badass. It's freakin wings are made of fire, how do people not find that cool?

Charizard and Butterfree are really cool.

 

[Knightwolf09]

Charizard and Butterfree are really cool.

At least we now see what Leon's ace can do

 

[emerson.brant]

At least we now see what Leon's ace can do

Fire wings in the champion battle. Nothing to complain about this.

 

[Tood]

I don't have much to say on the new gigantamax forms.

Slightly furrier Eevee, fatter Pikachu, long Meowth, Charizard geting a new form again; they're nothing special to me, and I wish they chose to give attention to some of the lesser recognized Pokemon from later generations instead. Looking forward to seeing more.