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In the World of Pokémon, there lives a vast number and variety of amazing creatures to befriend and collect. Every week, we will be focusing on a single one of these Pokémon or evolutionary line and talking about what makes it special. This week's Pokémon of choice is the Snorlax line!
Snorlax, formally known as the heaviest Pokémon, was first introduced in Gen I. Following Red and Green's odd capture methods, Snorlax was only obtainable twice: once on Route 12, and once on Route 16. Having some of the highest stats in the game however, Snorlax is worth the patience of whittling down it's health through all the Rests. In the old meta-game, fans took advantage of it's states with the move Curse on a set commonly known as "Curselax."
Snorlax is known to either be eating or sleeping at all times, and doesn't really do anything else. Despite it's size, it's so laid back that children can jump on it's stomach without fear of being attacked! Truly, a gentle giant if there ever was one. Adding on to its carefree nature, Snorlax has also been said to be able to dissolve all types of poisons in its stomach - perhaps this means it will gain a special immunity or ability in the future?
Now in Gen VII, Snorlax adds the powerful new Z-Move Pulverizing Pancake to it's list of attacks. It can only be used once for battle however, when Snorlax holds the Snorlium-Z crystal.
In Gen IV, Munchlax was added to the world. Like Snorlax it's known to eat most of the time it's awake, though it will spend some if it's time hiding food underneath it's fur, despite forgetting it later on. Interestingly, Munchlax was the first Gen IV Pokémon to be introduced, having appearances in the anime, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, the first Mystery Dungeon and Pokémon Dash.
Munchlax also has the highest stats out of all baby Pokémon, but due to the groups typically low stats to begin with, it's not as noteworthy as its speed, which is actually tied as the lowest amount. Of course, that number doesn't consider how fast a Munchlax can move when there's food in play.
Here are some questions to consider to get conversation rolling. You don't have to answer all of them or any of them in your post as long as you're staying on topic and within global forum rules.
Previous Pokémon of the Week:
Snorlax is known to either be eating or sleeping at all times, and doesn't really do anything else. Despite it's size, it's so laid back that children can jump on it's stomach without fear of being attacked! Truly, a gentle giant if there ever was one. Adding on to its carefree nature, Snorlax has also been said to be able to dissolve all types of poisons in its stomach - perhaps this means it will gain a special immunity or ability in the future?
Now in Gen VII, Snorlax adds the powerful new Z-Move Pulverizing Pancake to it's list of attacks. It can only be used once for battle however, when Snorlax holds the Snorlium-Z crystal.
In Gen IV, Munchlax was added to the world. Like Snorlax it's known to eat most of the time it's awake, though it will spend some if it's time hiding food underneath it's fur, despite forgetting it later on. Interestingly, Munchlax was the first Gen IV Pokémon to be introduced, having appearances in the anime, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, the first Mystery Dungeon and Pokémon Dash.
Munchlax also has the highest stats out of all baby Pokémon, but due to the groups typically low stats to begin with, it's not as noteworthy as its speed, which is actually tied as the lowest amount. Of course, that number doesn't consider how fast a Munchlax can move when there's food in play.
Here are some questions to consider to get conversation rolling. You don't have to answer all of them or any of them in your post as long as you're staying on topic and within global forum rules.
- Do you like or dislike these Pokémon? Why?
- How are these Pokémon in-game?
- How are these Pokémon in competitive play? Are there any interesting strategies you like to use for them?
- Do you like these Pokémon's representation in the anime? Are there any moments or qualities in particular you enjoy/dislike?
- How do you think these Pokémon would interact with our world?
- If given the power to, would you change anything about these Pokémon and if so, what would you change?
- Do you think Snorlax should be among the Kanto Pokémon to get an Alola Form?
- How do you feel about Snorlax's special Z-Move?
Previous Pokémon of the Week:
Pokémon of the Week #1: Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, & Venusaur
Pokémon of the Week #2: Scraggy & Scrafty
Pokémon of the Week #3: Gulpin & Swalot
Pokémon of the Week #4: Porygon, Porygon2, & Porygon-Z
Pokémon of the Week #5: Emolga
Pokémon of the Week #6: Rufflet & Braviary
Pokémon of the Week #7: Ditto
Pokémon of the Week #8: Wynaut & Wobbuffet
Pokémon of the Week #9: Sneasel & Weavile
Pokémon of the Week #10: Murkrow & Honchkrow
Pokémon of the Week #11: Houndour & Houndoom
Pokémon of the Week #12: Exeggcute & Exeggutor
Pokémon of the Week #13: Gastly, Haunter, & Gengar
Pokemon of the Week #14: Smoochum & Jynx
Pokémon of the Week #15: Beldum, Metang, & Metagross
Pokémon of the Week #16: Bidoof
Pokémon of the Week # 17: Deerling and Sawsbuck
Pokémon of the Week #2: Scraggy & Scrafty
Pokémon of the Week #3: Gulpin & Swalot
Pokémon of the Week #4: Porygon, Porygon2, & Porygon-Z
Pokémon of the Week #5: Emolga
Pokémon of the Week #6: Rufflet & Braviary
Pokémon of the Week #7: Ditto
Pokémon of the Week #8: Wynaut & Wobbuffet
Pokémon of the Week #9: Sneasel & Weavile
Pokémon of the Week #10: Murkrow & Honchkrow
Pokémon of the Week #11: Houndour & Houndoom
Pokémon of the Week #12: Exeggcute & Exeggutor
Pokémon of the Week #13: Gastly, Haunter, & Gengar
Pokemon of the Week #14: Smoochum & Jynx
Pokémon of the Week #15: Beldum, Metang, & Metagross
Pokémon of the Week #16: Bidoof
Pokémon of the Week # 17: Deerling and Sawsbuck