Concept Corner Monochrome: Of Tao and Trios

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Image chosen due to pure awesomeness.Legendary Pokemon. The mythical gods of the Pokemon world. My favorite topic. Oh, we're going to have some fun today. Legendary Pokemon are, of course, the poster children of the games, dating back to Gold and Silver with Ho-oh and Lugia. We've seen diferrent themes in how the legendaries were handled over the years. In gen 1, the birds were really just treated as bonuses, with little to no explination, and Mewtwo is explained only through optional reading in Pokemon Mansion. Gen 2 gave us a little more, giving us backstory to the beast trio and Lugia and Ho-oh. Gen 3's legendaries are considered very residential to their region, the main trio holding ties to its creeation. Similar in gen 4, Dialga, Palkia and Giratina are considered as much more omnipotent, due to the magnification and scope of their powers. The other legendaries are revered in the same way. Generation 5 is diferrent, because the legendary Pokemon here are thought of a little differently. They are not thought of as gods, but rather as familiars, just with greater powers than most other Pokemon. This is meant to reflect the message of harmony and coexistence seen throughout Black and White, through the interactions between legendary Pokemon and people in Unova's history. The Musketeer trio protected humans from disaster in olden times, and the story of the heroes of Unova tells of humans and Pokemon joining forces to imrpove the world. However you view our favorite ultra ball targets, they still make for great discussion. And so I give you the legendary Pokemon Unova has to offer. And just a note, the only event legendary we'll be discussing is Keledo, due to his ties to the Musketeer trio. I'm saving the other two for another article.
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Concept Corner Monochrome: The Plasma Manifesto

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Look at him prancing. Truly, the righteous king of Unova.Across our years of Pokemon, we've seen several evil orginizations causing trouble. There was Team Rocket, a sort of criminal underground of Kanto. There were teams Aqua and Magma, two warring factions with ideals that were both different and similar. Then there was Team Galactic, a more tyrannical orginization, more closely dedicated to their leader, Cyrus, and his ideals. In this way, Team Galactic is very similar to this weeks topic: Team Plasma. Before we begin, let me warn all of my lovely readers: SPOILERS, SPOILERS, OH MY GOD SPOILERS. We have a lot to cover today, and I plan to go fully and completely in-depth. So if you're at pretty much ANY point before the end of the game, stop reading this right now. *looks around* are you gone yet? Good.
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Concept Corner Monochrome: The starters of Black & White

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Well, guys, here we are at last. Black and White are out, and all(or at least most) of us are enjoying them, and you're probably playing your game as you read this.(Don't worry, it's okay, I'm level-grinding as I write) Now, these games are obviously huge, but we're going to start small. We're going to be looking at the starters of Unova, and some of the Pokemon encountered early on in the game. So, let's jump into Unova!
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Pokemon Concept Corner: A retrospective

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Well, guys, Black and White are nearly upon us. Since this will be my final article before I start feverishly typing about how awesome everything in the new games is sure to be, however, I thought a retrospective was in order. So, this week in Concept Corner, we're looking back, not at Pokemon, but at their world, and how its developed.
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Pokemon Concept Corner: Three's a crowd

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Leaves of three, let it be...or else you're screwed.Legendaries are awesome. Some are considered full-on gods, such as Arceus, Dialga and Palkia. However, today we're looking at legendary trios, sometimes thought to be less important, but really just as interesting as any other legendaries. Legendary trios are the topic this week, so jump into the world of legends as we take a look at the trios through the years.
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Pokemon Concept Corner: Fossil Fuel

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Fossils. That's right, fossils. Introduced in the very first game, fossils have always been an interesting sub-category of Pokemon, mainly because of how diverse they are. Rather than just being dinosaur after dinosaur, fossil Pokemon over the years have been based on all sorts of fossilized species, both extinct and still living. And today, that's our topic, so jump into the time machine, because we're going back to prehistoric times in this week's Concept Corner!
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Pokemon Concept Corner: Region-locked

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Geography is an interesting thing. ...okay, that's a lie, but in this case it can actually be pretty cool. Today, we're going to take a bit of a different route(see what I did there?), and look at the regions throughout generations I-IV, from real-world basis to atmosphere and location. So jump on in, let's do this thing!
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Pokemon Concept Corner: Mythological influences

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This picture is more related than you might think.Back again? Awesome! Today in P.C.C, we’re talking Pokemon and mythology, a favorite topic of mine, which seems to get often overlooked. Of course, there’s plenty of mythology in Pokemon, centered on the various legendaries. But that’s not exactly what we’ll be looking at today. Of course, that’s not to say we won’t go there in the future, but there's no reason not to start now!
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