Board 8 > Favourite Pikachu clone pokemon?

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andylt
01/19/22 2:29:18 PM
#1:


pika pi?









B8's favourite early Pokemon
Basic rodent: Zigzagoon > Bidoof >> Sentret
Evolved rodent: Furret >> Raticate > Linoone
Basic bird: Starly > Pidgey > Hoothoot
Middle bird: Pidgeotto > Fletchinder > Corvisquire
Fully evolved bird: Corviknight > Staraptor > Talonflame
Larval bug: Caterpie > Venipede > Sewaddle
Middle bug: Swadloon > Charjabug > Whirlipede
Fully evolved 3-stage bug: Scolipede > Butterfree > Beedrill
Basic 2-stage bug: Cutiefly > Spinarak > Combee
Evolved 2-stage bug: Shedinja > Ribombee > Centiskorch

The 1HP bug/ghost's uniqueness paid off as it won the evolved 2-stage bug poll, with none of the Bug/Flying types making the top 3 (Ninjask just missed out in 4th).

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/8/5/AANyLIAAC0wh.jpg

Today we've got pikaclones! These are all pokemon presumably designed to capitalise off of Pikachu's mascot appeal.

Now there's no official categorisation for these so a couple of today's choices are debatable- neither Mimikyu nor Marill are electric types with cheek pouches, and Marill is the only pokemon here that can evolve. But would a poll about pikaclones really be valid without Pikablu in it? The majority of people asked wanted Marill here, and I'm generally in favour of being more inclusive with poll options when it's feasible. If you don't like Marill or Mimikyu's presence here, feel free to ignore them!

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hombad46
01/19/22 2:36:06 PM
#2:


Mimikyu, easy. Such a good boi

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CasanovaZelos
01/19/22 2:38:35 PM
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Marill feels like a funny what-if scenario - what if each generation had its own signature mouse of a different type? And then they immediately switched to electric rodent and never looked back.

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CassandraCain
01/19/22 2:39:24 PM
#4:


Never considered Marill as a pika clone

Mimikyu is the only good one

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KommunistKoala
01/19/22 2:40:08 PM
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mimikyu and it ain't close

marill is good though

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HeroDelTiempo17
01/19/22 2:41:50 PM
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CasanovaZelos posted...
Marill feels like a funny what-if scenario - what if each generation had its own signature mouse of a different type? And then they immediately switched to electric rodent and never looked back.

Oh this is a really good way to sum it up

I feel like there was a ton of promo for Marill as the face of Gen 2 in the anime and such, and then it turned out no one really cared about it as much and they said fuck it and went back to Pikachu.

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Alanna82
01/19/22 2:41:52 PM
#7:


Emolga is pretty cool. Shocked (see what I did there) it doesn't have very many votes.

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swordz9
01/19/22 2:42:17 PM
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KommunistKoala posted...
mimikyu and it ain't close

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NBIceman
01/19/22 2:42:55 PM
#9:


I don't think there's anything Pokemon-related that confuses me more than people's love for Mimikyu.

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LordoftheMorons
01/19/22 2:43:20 PM
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Mimikyu is pretty easily the best

Giving up on a full ranking here since most of the others are pretty close to each other

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Xuxon
01/19/22 2:44:26 PM
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I would have considered leaving Mimikyu off just because it would be a more interesting poll without it. Mimikyu is easily my favorite pokemon overall since gen 2 but I also really like the gen 3-5 pikaclones.

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Whiskey_Nick
01/19/22 2:45:10 PM
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Pikablu

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_Keeby
01/19/22 2:48:56 PM
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Plusle/Minun (voted for Minun, curious as to why theyre separate options on the poll) followed by Marill. Least favorite is Pachirisu.
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andylt
01/19/22 2:49:21 PM
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Xuxon posted...
I would have considered leaving Mimikyu off just because it would be a more interesting poll without it. Mimikyu is easily my favorite pokemon overall since gen 2 but I also really like the gen 3-5 pikaclones.
I like Mimikyu but I honestly didn't expect it to be so resoundingly dominant here lol.

CasanovaZelos posted...
Marill feels like a funny what-if scenario - what if each generation had its own signature mouse of a different type? And then they immediately switched to electric rodent and never looked back.
Yeah this would've been cool, sadly electric rodents are also now doomed to be single stage pokemon because of this trend.

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NFUN
01/19/22 2:50:40 PM
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_Keeby posted...
Plusle/Minun (voted for Minun, curious as to why theyre separate options on the poll) followed by Marill. Least favorite is Pachirisu.
yeah, they really should be together. if they were combined in the poll, they'd have a total of one vote, much more competitive than they are now

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KokoroAkechi
01/19/22 2:50:56 PM
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Pachirisu is a boss it won the vgwc

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Grand Kirby
01/19/22 2:51:37 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/9/7/AABtbFAAC0wt.jpg

I voted for Mimikyu though.

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swordz9
01/19/22 2:52:04 PM
#18:


Mimikyu is insanely popular. If it wasnt an option Id have voted for Morpeko though.
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Xuxon
01/19/22 2:57:55 PM
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andylt posted...
I like Mimikyu but I honestly didn't expect it to be so resoundingly dominant here lol.
Ah yeah I guess you missed Steiner's ranking project where he averaged lists from the entire board together. Mimikyu ended up almost at the top of gen 7 while none of the others did all that well and some were close to the bottom of their gens.

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hombad46
01/19/22 2:59:06 PM
#20:


The lesson here is that ghost types are awesome :)

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LordoftheMorons
01/19/22 2:59:16 PM
#21:


Ehh I guess Ill try to do a full ranking after all

Mimikyu > Togedemaru > Pachirisu > Plusle >= Minun > Morpeko > Emolga > Marill > Dedenne

I think the only ones Im confident in are first and last place, though

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BetrayedTangy
01/19/22 3:16:51 PM
#22:


I get why Mimikyu is on here, but I personally don't count it.

I voted Pachirisu, both because of VGC and because of how adorable it is.

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RyoCaliente
01/19/22 3:48:05 PM
#23:


Morpeko. Marrill and Mimikyu (ironically) aren't Pikaclones. Pachirisu is great too. Emolga is pretty cute but playing through Gen V it's basically impossible to wind up not hating it.

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Cybat
01/19/22 3:59:17 PM
#24:


Emolga

https://safebooru.org//images/470/ba7a2d2b9ed161486728cdf976b09ac05b99fa17.png?470803

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mnkboy907
01/19/22 4:04:33 PM
#25:


Togedemaru > Emolga > Mimikyu > Dedenne > Pachirisu > Marill > Plusle/Minun > Morpeko

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Emeraldegg
01/19/22 4:05:19 PM
#26:


Someone won a pokemon world championships with pachirisu.

Pachirisu.

Edit: I'm so glad someone already posted the comic strip I always think of, bless you.

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CelesMyUserName
01/19/22 4:08:17 PM
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It will always be Pikablu

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Esuriat
01/19/22 4:21:29 PM
#28:


Togedemaru.

I like to ponder it.

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DireKrow
01/19/22 4:50:15 PM
#29:


Mimikyu > Pachirisu > Emolga > Dedenne > Marill > Plusle > Minun > Togedemaru > Morpeko
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Sheep007
01/19/22 4:58:26 PM
#30:


Mimikyu is the only one of these I care about and I used to be indifferent. Then I used it in Radical Red and love it now.

Mimikyu >>>>> Pachirisu > Emolga > Togedemaru > Marill > Dedenne > Morpeko > Minun > Plusle

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hombad46
01/19/22 5:05:56 PM
#32:


That's a period there, not a comma. I think Morpeko is Ryo's answer to the poll

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HashtagSEP
01/19/22 5:08:04 PM
#33:


hombad46 posted...
That's a period there, not a comma. I think Morpeko is Ryo's answer to the poll

Ohh, you're right. My bad.

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Kenri
01/19/22 5:32:48 PM
#34:


Pachirisu. Wish it evolved into Emolga though.

(Also the gen 2 Pika-clone is clearly Pichu)

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MZero
01/19/22 6:10:34 PM
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NBIceman posted...
I don't think there's anything Pokemon-related that confuses me more than people's love for Mimikyu.


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Team Rocket Elite
01/19/22 6:26:42 PM
#36:


In its deliberate attempt to be real, it's more real than the real thing.

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Sheep007
01/19/22 6:51:03 PM
#37:


I think Mimikyu is just cute, has a good typing and moves, and a good ability. The concept of being a little thing that shittily pretends to be a Pikachu is also interesting and it's nice to see a bit of self-awareness in the design.

On a mostly unrelated note, can we please get more electric types which are dual typed and not single stage? About 1/6 of all Electric pokemon are from the Pikachu family or a clone, and there's a grand total of six dual type electric lines with evolutions.

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RikkuAlmighty
01/19/22 6:55:34 PM
#38:


Is there any official depiction of what the real Mimikyu looks like?

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Raka_Putra
01/19/22 6:58:01 PM
#39:


Going with Emolga.

Out of these, the ones I used in my playthroughs were Emolga and Mimikyu. Both are very dependable, but I think I used Emolga a bit more.

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Isquen
01/19/22 6:59:18 PM
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More like "can we get more electric dual types that are usable/not legendaries/not Pikaclones"

So basically we've got Toxtricity, base form Stunfisk, Vikavolt, Lanturn, and... Rotom forms? The Galar fossil abominations? I'm struggling to think of others.

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andylt
01/19/22 7:03:07 PM
#41:


Isquen posted...
More like "can we get more electric dual types that are usable/not legendaries/not Pikaclones"
Galvantula, Alolan Golem, uhh... Oricorio...

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ctesjbuvf
01/19/22 7:19:52 PM
#42:


KommunistKoala posted...
mimikyu and it ain't close

marill is good though

This.

It's a shame the rest of them has to be electric and has to have no evolution. In particular because I find then all somewhat boring though Emolga is the only one I dont like. I appreciate them trying to give new typings from gen V but they're less cute.

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yellowwolley
01/19/22 7:20:44 PM
#43:


Togedemaru

Togedemaru > Pachirisu > Marill > Minun > Plusle > Dedenne > Morpeko > Emolga > Mimikyu

Mimiktu is so overrated.

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Isquen
01/19/22 7:44:42 PM
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I actually lost a mon in a Nuzlocke to Iron Barbs Togedemaru. It earned my respect and my contempt.

Voted Pachirisu though for the audacity of winning a world tournament.

Mimikyu I dont count a Pikaclone, unfortunately, or it would be there.

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LusterSoldier
01/19/22 10:47:00 PM
#45:


Marill doesn't count in my opinion because it can evolve, while the other Pikaclones do not evolve. And Mimikyu doesn't count a Pikaclone either, since it's not an electric type.

Xuxon posted...

Ah yeah I guess you missed Steiner's ranking project where he averaged lists from the entire board together. Mimikyu ended up almost at the top of gen 7 while none of the others did all that well and some were close to the bottom of their gens.


We haven't done a Gen 8 ranking project yet, and that's due to the uncertainty of when Gen 8 will be considered "complete" in its roster of Pokemon. Gen 7 marked the first time new Pokemon were added mid-generation, and Gen 8 is continuing this trend. The Switch being more capable of handling DLC than the 3DS has made it a lot easier for Game Freak to add new Pokemon mid-generation. The upcoming game Pokemon Legends: Arceus will add several new Pokemon, and there's still one more Gen 8 Mythical that has not been revealed yet.

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KCF0107
01/20/22 12:12:23 AM
#46:


Kenri posted...
(Also the gen 2 Pika-clone is clearly Pichu)

I am probably among the lowest tiers of Pokemon knowledge on B8, but isn't Pichu a younger version of Pikachu? Can you still be a metaphorical clone if you will be literally become that in time?

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Kenri
01/20/22 1:00:42 AM
#47:


I say yes because it's still a marketable electric thing that fits the same basic design as all the others. If it existed in gen 1 to start with I probably wouldn't count it though.

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MoogleKupo141
01/20/22 2:08:57 AM
#48:


Marill and Pichu are both attempted Pika-clones. Pichu was more popular, so all other Pika-clones were based on Pichu rather than Marill (little electric guys)

also Id say Mimikyu isnt a Pika clone, its just a thing that wants to look like Pikachu

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01/20/22 2:14:56 AM
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andylt
01/20/22 7:59:27 AM
#50:


I did consider Pichu for this fwiw, but the idea didn't have much support. And yeah I know Mimikyu doesn't fit the general trend, but it was marketed heavily as a mascot for the generation based on its Pikachu-esque appearance.

I think some of these (Emolga, Togedemaru) are very good designs that are held back significantly by being single stage. Mimikyu being single stage actually works for it and it has a great gameplay gimmick in addition to the lore. I had no idea about Pachirisu winning a tournament though, that is great.

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MZero
01/20/22 11:09:54 AM
#51:


Pichu would have gotten my vote easy but alas (and then poor Plusle would have 0 votes)

Save him for the baby poll imo

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