Whilst imperfect, Pokémon's Type system is the best elemental thing I can think of in a video game...

Why is it "different" and not "autistic"

>no electric/fighting
prepare for new pikachu variant, everyone.

And this may be an unpopular opinion, but Normal should never be mixed with anything else or have a secondary type. That's kind of the point of it just being 'normal', 'average', 'basic', 'standard'

Apparently making sense is autistic
A tree isn't grass. A tree is a plant.

cosplay pikachu/pikachu libre existed, and still gets a shitload of porn, and has a cameo in Smash. You have no excuse for having forgotten.

>whilst imperfect
>they pretty much nailed it perfectly

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How the fuck does normal/[element] work
"normal" should mean "lack of an element"

a mushroom isn't a plant, but they are grass type

I don't think that mushrooms should be that type
They should just be poison

You're not making sense though

not all mushrooms are poisonous tho

>fighting weak to flying

You ever try to punch a bird?

What if every pokemon had a unique set of weaknesses

elemental rock paper scissors is not good game design, it's just the bare minimum that makes it feel like a game has variety in the absence of actual content

Flying type has bird attack, like peck or wing attack, aereal moves, like aereal ace and bounce, and wind attacks like gust or air slash, three types in one

>fire/grass
Still makes no sense why this hasn't been used. It's the most obvious typing combination.

Pokemon is one of the only games that needs a system like this for balancing. In most games, it wouldn't be necessary. Warframe is an example where there are like eight (?) different elemental attributes and only about four different enemy classes. It's one of many qualities that makes that game a bloated and overcomplicated experience.

Why would attacking with a beak be a different type from scratch

it wasn't made by a soulless western dev who's only inspiration is wow and mtg

The MTG system (strong incentive to specialize in particular "types" rather than using them all, types are strongly differentiated rather than just being rock-paper-scissors options) is better

Fuck off, SMT, you don't even have proper PvP

>scratch is normal type
>peck is flying type (also nidoran and goldeen can learn it, but they use its horns)
>bite is dark type
>lick is ghost type

THAT'S MAKE NO SENSE AT ALL

Also, having a very limited selection of color forces the designers to make "poetic" choices about what colors their creatures and characters should be, causing the lore to be more meaningful

>Pretty much perfectly
Some types are absolute liabilities and they tend to be types that defensive pokemon have. It's really badly done.

it promotes archetypes in competitive design which is the least interesting way to make a game also pokemon has better and more thought out lore than magic

Axe Steel's resists to Ice, Psychic and Dragon. Make Bug strong against Fairy. Bam, solved.

Because those are all generic and soulless choices.

>Normal should never be mixed with anything else or have a secondary type
I think the only acceptable type to combine it with is flying, since stuff like pigeons still seem basic but should be flying.

>pecking can be done by someone with a beak, so birds or cephalopods
>biting is a dirty trick so it's the "dark" (evil in jap) type
>licking is associated with ghosts in japanese folklore