Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - All Past & Future Forms (Comparison)

I like the fact that future forms are smaller than the original ones as a reference of with the improvement in technology things get smaller than old ones .

I gotta go back in time. I love the futuristic style but the ancient forms just bang

Definitely liking the prehistoric forms much more. Just love their designs, but the futuristic volcarona is also very awesome. I love how with the wings levitating separately from its body it appears like the sun with shining rays.

With the names of the past forms, I always interpreted the meaning of their names being like how early humans would call creatures like this during a time when proper naming and categorization of species wasn't invented yet. Kinda like how in Land Before Time, the dinosaurs all call each other by nicknames based on their physical appearance rather than their species name, like Long Necks, Three Horns, Fliers and Sharp Teeth and such. Same sorta thing here, and it made the past forms all the more fascinating to me. With the future forms though, as much as I like them, there's something about them that makes them seem kinda depressing (in a deep, slightly horrific way), and it stems from when you think about exactly what they are in relation to their names. Unlike the past forms names that come from a basic understanding of what a new creature looks like, the names of the future forms give off the idea that, in the distant future, Pokemon are seen as little more than utilities to be used rather than their own beings, so much so that they've been retrofitted into being literal robots, forever ensuring that they'd be seen as and referred to as nothing more than tools or weapons. It's the kind of future that N in Black and White would've feared that Pokemon would become had he and pre-twist Team Plasma not stepped in.

Koraiden probably has the sickest looking shiny in the game so far.

I love the detail they put in the names. People in the past tends to name creatures based on their body description while modern people tends to be straightforward cause it's efficient

I like that Iron Valiant is like a fusion of Gardevoir and Gallade, and on top of that it fuses the types too

One thing to note is that Iron Valiant is actually supposed to be a mixture of both gardevoir and gallade. The blades are gallades but the hairband dress are gardevoirs. It also got rid of the psychic typing, but kept the 2 types that differentiated the 2, being fighting and fairy. And instead of being able to learn play rough, it keeps a high Special Attack and learns moonblast, a move gardevoir is known to have

I like the fact that Salamence and Gallade's paradox forms resemble their mega evoltions

I think it's hilarious that Violet gets all the robotic-looking future 'mon, meanwhile Scarlet looked at Magneton (one of a few ACTUAL robot 'mon!) and thought "...caveman!"

Have you guys noticed the color coding of the glowing parts of the future forms? Iron Treads - Red Iron Moth - Orange Iron Hands - Yellow Iron Thorns - Green Iron Bundle - Blue Iron Jugulis - Purple Iron Valiant - Pink/Magenta Neat rainbow theming for these pokemon!

Magikarp was one of the first pokemons to cite the past in its pokedex, its entry in fire red says, "In the distant past, it was a little stronger than the horribly weak descendants that exist today." That description alone makes me think of a high probability that we will have a magikarp paradox in the future. After all, we know how much nintendo loves kanto (read money through nostalgia).

Missed opportunity to finally make Hydreigon into a tank

Yeah but can we just talk about how koraidon's shiny and its normal form has some AMAZING color schemes?

Just the fact that Cyclizar’s past and future forms are the legendary’s blow my mind.

The way both the Prehistoric and Futuristic Paradox Pokémon have comparatively slower battle stance animations paints them both in a different light from modern contemporary Pokémon: the prehistoric ones having slower stances makes them look like vicious beasts just waiting for the chance to pounce and maul you to death, and the futuristic ones having slower stances makes them look like cold and calculating killing machines.

Its cool seeing pokemons evolving like actual animals. It gives some extra immersion and realism to the world building.

1:50 Gives me a robotnik badnik vibe.

I noticed that the cries of Paradox Pokemon are almost identical to the original, with the addition of a certain sound effect starting at the middle of the default cry (horns for ancient Pokemon, wooden clack noises for future Pokemon) Also, the idle animations of Paradox Pokemon move a lot less than their present-day counterparts.

The past forms seem to have this howling at the end of their cry while the future forms have a sort of clinking and clanging sound