One of my favourite things about 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Detective Pikachu Returns is the funky descriptions it gives to each Pokemon. I've never been much of a fan of the Pokedex entries, because they don't feel real. The ones that aim for tragedy make no sense - all Banettes are haunted dolls that were thrown awa👍y? - and with the creepy ones it brings the character of their trainers into question. If we know Hypno goes into little kids' bedrooms and Drifloon abducts (skinny) children, what does that tell us about a trainer who has both of them in their party? Then there's the stupid ones, like Magcargo having skin hotter than the sun itself, or a volcano exploding when Entei barks.
Detective Pikachu Returns ditches these pseudo-scientific entries in favour of describing the individual Pokemon as characters. Xatu, for example, 'stares into the great beyond', while Audino 'can hear how healthy you are'. Vanillite, we're told, 'sleeps soundly beneath the snow'. Some are just descriptive, like Applin, who 'lives in an apple'. A couple aren't even descriptions at all, just general sentences: Raboot's is 'score a hat-trick!' while Lillipup's is 'did someone say walkies?!'. Perhaps my favourite of all though is Impidimp, who is described as 'just a silly guy'. However, the worst one of these is Lickintung, and I want to unread it. Since I can't, I'm making you all read it instead.
Detec𓄧tive Pikachu Returns Review - Elementary School, My Dear Watson
Detective Pikachu Returns plays out much like the first game, offering a cosy wander through the world of Po𓆉kemon but without much challenge
Lickitung, according to Detective Pikachu Returns, at least, has 'licked every flavour of life'. And we learn this accompanied by a huge slurping sound as Lickitung sucks in the stale midday air, presumably to lick our own flavour to see if it really has tasted them all. You don't need to take my word for it though, you can take a listen to the video below to hear that stupendous suction in all its splendour.
Look, I get that Lickitung is a Pokemon defined by its big, pink tongue that always sticks out. I understand that its design is based in comedy, and has been twisted by the internet into something darker - it's not the same as Pokemon like Tsareena, clearly designed with some adult choices in mind, and therefore has a greater innocence to it. To have licked every flavour of life, you might imagine a carefree Lickitung in an ice cream parlour, slurping up each sugary delight. But it's not what you imagine. It's not what I imagine. And why was I forced to imagine what I was forced to imagine at all?
The people are pretty dull in Detective Pikachu Returns, but the Pokemon bounce with life. These descriptions, whether informative or nonsensical, add to the cuteness factor every time you stumble across a new Pokemon pal. Not all of them will talk to you - and therefore not all have these descriptions attached - but you can tell there's been a lot of heart put into every single one of them you do encounter. With Pokemon's recent penchant for cutting corners, that's something to be celebrated.
Lickitung is a great Pokemon to have in a game like this because while it's not very useful in the main games, even when evolved into Lickilicky, it has an iconic design that is perfect for capturing the thought of Pokemon walking among us. Just please, never ever make me capture the thought of Lickitung licking every flavour of life again.