Floral Valiant's Poké-Pandemonium

Pokémon design reviews, retrospectives, and various other geeky ramblings from a trans queer nerd with too much on her mind.

The Blog Posts

  • Pokémon Review: Ponyta and Rapidash

    Pokémon Review: Ponyta and Rapidash

    Next up we have another fairly plain design given a second chance through a regional form: the Rapidash family. Ponyta is competently designed, albeit just too plain and uninspired for my liking. The prompt of a flaming horse with fire for a mane isn’t a terrible one by any means, it’s just unfortunate that Ponyta Read more

  • Pokémon Review: Geodude, Graveler, and Golem

    Pokémon Review: Geodude, Graveler, and Golem

    I’m going to be completely honest, due to Geodude’s family being the only three stage evolution line with a full set of regional forms, there’s a whopping six designs to cover and they’re all pretty similar in tone, so some of these are going to be a bit shorter because there isn’t as much to Read more

  • Pokémon Review: Tentacool and Tentacruel

    Pokémon Review: Tentacool and Tentacruel

    Now, after far too long away from this, we move onto one of the Kanto Pokemon that, if not among the most iconic, is definitely among the most pervasive. Tentacool is a Pokemon that appears in almost every game in the series as a very common encounter in large bodies of water and catches a Read more

  • Pokémon Review: Bellsprout, Weepinbell, and Victreebel

    Pokémon Review: Bellsprout, Weepinbell, and Victreebel

    We now come to the last of the three Generation 1 Grass/Poison families, and one I’ve been excited to talk about for a while, as this is just one of those Pokemon where my attachment skews a lot more strongly towards the personal side. Bellsprout stands out to me among Grass Pokemon and Generation 1 Read more

  • Pokémon Review: Machop, Machoke, and Machamp

    Pokémon Review: Machop, Machoke, and Machamp

    Shifting over from brains to brawn, we now take a look at another of the original four trade evolutions and arguably the standard bearer for what the idea of a Fighting type Pokemon was originally envisioned as: the Machamp family. Machop starts by giving me not too much to talk about with a pretty plain Read more

  • Pokémon Review: Abra, Kadabra, and Alakazam

    Pokémon Review: Abra, Kadabra, and Alakazam

    Hey all, sorry for the long hiatus. Such is life with a busy summer. I’m hoping to get these back on track a bit, though they will be slower for at least the next few weeks in all likelihood. However, with that being said, let’s get back on track with some of the more eerie Read more