...Manafi? (Warning: Possible spoilers for anime and Diamond/Pearl)

[Jeff]

My opinions:

Tamanta looks like a smaller, cuter version of Mantine, it could have been a little more original though, it's much more of a clone than most prevos in the past have been.

I like the parrot, cool idea. It's English name could be Parrap for Parrot + rap, similar to its Japanese name. I don't think it will be a pure flying type, flying has always been a second type since Gen 1 (there have only been something/flying and never flying/something) so I just don't see this happening unless they go back and change all the old normal/flying types to pure flying, they have changed types before, just look at Magnemite/ton.

As for the weasel, that does look like some kind of floatation thing around its neck, maybe its name could be bouy-related.

Manaphy could be the new Mew-like pokemon but it just seems odd for them to release it before the games (and most of the other new pokemon for that matter). I'm not completely ruling it out though, and if it is, then I definitly see another secret pokemon after it, like Deoxys, that we're not going to find out about until people start hacking the game.

[rinku]

Manaphy could be the new Mew-like pokemon but it just seems odd for them to release it before the games (and most of the other new pokemon for that matter). I'm not completely ruling it out though, and if it is, then I definitly see another secret pokemon after it, like Deoxys, that we're not going to find out about until people start hacking the game.

This is in line with what was done for Celebi and Jirachi. They appeared as the focus for a movie and then became available as promotional pokémon. What's a little bit different this time is that the movie is tied in with a non-core game (Pokémon Ranger).

[Phoenixsong]

Why exactly would Perappu not be pure Flying? They wouldn't have to change the types of the previous Pokemon, because Normal is an actual type with its own weakness to Fighting; it's not just a random extra thing that serves as filler. And even though I don't think they're experimenting enough, Nintendo has done some new and unusual type combinations before. I mean, consider the dichotomy that is the Psychic/Fighting Meditite and Medicham. And besides, back in Gen 1 the only Ghost types were Ghost/Poison... but then Misdreavus came out as just Ghost by itself, and they didn't take the Poison type off of the Gastly line. Who's to say the same thing can't happen for Flying with Perappu?

[Jeff]

I think people are missing my point here. I'm pointing out a trend that goes beyond just a couple of evo lines, or just the normal/flying types even. If you look back at all 386 pokemon, not a single one has flying as it's primary type, all flying types have had flying as their secondary type. It seems like the game's creators intended flying as a solely secondary type, and that's why we have so many normal/flying types instead of pure flying types. So, if they are going to change this now, they will probably go back and change some/most of the old normal/flying types to flying. Personally, I think it is more likely that Perappu will be normal/flying, I know it's been refered to as a "flying type", but so have Pigeotto, Swellow, Noctowl etc. And wern't Tailow/Swellow thought to be pure flying types as well?

[Hatake Kakashi]

Wait, why would they have to change the other Pokemons types?

Maybe it's a wind Pokemon? Or maybe it's based off something entirely different? It doesn't NEED to be normal/flying.

[mr_pikachu]

It's not totally unprecedented for a type that's always been a "combo type" to suddenly standalone. There have been a few examples already of that. Also, consider the Ice type, which was always part of a combo until Snorunt, Glalie, and Regice came along in RSE. And although it's a bit of a different situation (since it wasn't a type in RBY), Steel was also combo-only until RSE. Even though Flying is the only type that hasn't yet stood alone, I don't think that means it's entirely outside the realm of possibility. Nor do I think that any prior Pokemon need to be changed, although I'll admit that is a possibility.

[rinku]

I'd have to admit, I tend to agree that Perappa will probably be normal/flying, simply because it's yet another bird.

I'd have thought that the "pure" Flying pokémon would be one without feet - perhaps based on the myth about Swifts that they never land (untrue, although they do spend an amazing amout of time on the wing). I'd not expect such a pokémon to have legs.

A wind pokémon would not be pure Flying, IMHO. It's hard to see how it would be:

* Supereffective vs Fighting, Grass and Bug
* Vulnerable to Electric, Rock and Ice

(For the record, we already have a Gas pokémon - Gastly and its evos; and a Cloud pokémon - Castform).

[Drago]

I thought a wind type would be cool some three years ago, but now I'm not too sure. I mean, another thing for grass to have a weakness to? Grass gets entirely screwed over on the weak/strong ratio.

Now then, Perappu gets the ok from me. It's pretty neat-looking, and though it strangely reminds me of Spearow, it seems unique enough in itself. Buizeru a bit less good for me, the least they could've done was give it a gray colour-scheme to remove the Tails parallel. That aside, it's alright.
Manafi or whatever should burn in hell. That crap ain't cute, it looks like a disproportioned blue lump. Mew, Celebi and Jirachi all looked to me like something that I could send out and make people go 'ooh'. Manafi? No. Hell no.

I'm hoping for more Fire-types this run. New Fire-types were severely infrequent in RS. An assload of dragons, three(?) new fire families. Not cool.
Regardless, that first page is kind of cool because it's got a Cloud Strife-wannabe riding a Mantine. Spectacular.