Marionette
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The question is not necessarily whether 17 is enough. Of course it is. You know what else? 151 Pokemon were enough, too. 251 were enough. Etc. That doesn't mean we can't want more. Yes, the types are interesting as they are, and yes, the game will work perfectly fine without the addition of new ones. The world will keep turning without them. I fully acknowledge this.
That said, I completely would not mind a few new types, and it could even be interesting. As long as they work hard to balance it (as they could stand to do this with the existing types), I don't think it's going to hurt anything. The world's not going to stop turning because of them.
As for what kind, I don't know.
I like the idea of Wind/Air just because that happens to be my favorite element, but it's obviously covered elsewhere, so I wouldn't really suggest it as a type. Personally, I find Flying a little silly alongside more elemental types. It's just a handful of air moves plus moves that involve, well, flying, with the other odd bird-based move. Fish-type Pokemon don't get a Swimming element. There's not a Biting element for moves like Crunch or Bite. Wind/Air would have been better, but c'est la vie. It's not changing now.
Light? Maybe. Yeah, it's covered elsewhere, but that doesn't mean there couldn't be a little bit of restructuring. It could work, I think.
Sound? Not a bad idea, especially given that there are a lot of sound-based things in the game, as others have pointed out. I like the idea of Steel being weak to it.
Cosmic? Hmm, I'm not sure about this one, but I wouldn't mind it, either. It is a good point that they'd really need to flesh it out, though, 'cause it doesn't take two hands to count the Pokemon that could be considered cosmic currently, and most of them are legendaries.
That said, I completely would not mind a few new types, and it could even be interesting. As long as they work hard to balance it (as they could stand to do this with the existing types), I don't think it's going to hurt anything. The world's not going to stop turning because of them.
As for what kind, I don't know.
I like the idea of Wind/Air just because that happens to be my favorite element, but it's obviously covered elsewhere, so I wouldn't really suggest it as a type. Personally, I find Flying a little silly alongside more elemental types. It's just a handful of air moves plus moves that involve, well, flying, with the other odd bird-based move. Fish-type Pokemon don't get a Swimming element. There's not a Biting element for moves like Crunch or Bite. Wind/Air would have been better, but c'est la vie. It's not changing now.
Light? Maybe. Yeah, it's covered elsewhere, but that doesn't mean there couldn't be a little bit of restructuring. It could work, I think.
Sound? Not a bad idea, especially given that there are a lot of sound-based things in the game, as others have pointed out. I like the idea of Steel being weak to it.
Cosmic? Hmm, I'm not sure about this one, but I wouldn't mind it, either. It is a good point that they'd really need to flesh it out, though, 'cause it doesn't take two hands to count the Pokemon that could be considered cosmic currently, and most of them are legendaries.