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Old 02-10-2016, 02:52 PM   #1
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New Pokemon Revealed - Magearna

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Meet Magiana, a man-made Pokemon that bares a striking resemblance to Diancie, and the newest addition to the Pokemon world. According to Serebii:

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Its classification is Man-Made Pokémon. No type has been revealed. Posses a metalic body, text confirms it was 'made by human hands'. It was made over 500 years ago. Volcanion is chasing Magiana, only it knows Magiana's secret.

Magiana and Volcanion are to be the stars of the next Pokemon film, Volcanion and the Contriving Magiana. More info as it comes.
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Old 02-10-2016, 03:09 PM   #2
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What in the name of bloody hell.
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Old 02-10-2016, 05:34 PM   #3
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Looks neat and more man-made Pokémon is cool by me since I like Porygon & Castform! Maybe someday they'll be enough of 'em to be their own type lol.
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Old 02-10-2016, 06:05 PM   #4
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Surely the man-made type is Steel right? Seeing as I don't think steel exists naturally... But yes, an actual Artificialesque type would both be cool and awful.
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Old 02-10-2016, 07:13 PM   #5
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Wow I generally try my best to just accept new Pokémon but what is this shit.
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Old 02-10-2016, 07:23 PM   #6
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I actually like it. Well, just a bit anyway!
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Old 02-10-2016, 07:27 PM   #7
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Possibly based on the legend of Oriana?

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Old 02-10-2016, 07:31 PM   #8
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Orianna is based off of Pygmalion, and I kind of think that Magiana is, too (feminine appearance, "man-made," etc.). Maybe there's a little influence on the "robotic" detail...but League isn't a thing in Japan so I doubt it!

It looks almost like one of those music-box ballerinas.
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Old 02-10-2016, 07:41 PM   #9
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Old 02-10-2016, 07:53 PM   #10
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Pokemon fusion?!?!?!?
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Old 02-10-2016, 08:29 PM   #11
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Pokemon Dwemer confirmed.

The design itself is actually pretty cute, and I do want to see its story, though I'm worried it's more Diancie-centered stuff. Which would be a letdown because Diancie has already had plenty of spotlight imo.

At this point I don't really think of it being part of a possible fusion though, at least not like how it's portrayed in that sketch. Man-made fairy-looking thing fusing with a steam vent? Eh
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Old 02-10-2016, 11:04 PM   #12
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Theory: Next Pokemon game or gen will address Pokemon that are man-made, like Porygon and Castofrm, or appear to be man-made, such as Magnemite, Klink, Bronzor, Golett, etc, and even possibly some like Trubbish, Grimer, and maybe even Mewtwo.

And Magiana is the key to all of them.


But that's just a theory.

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Old 02-10-2016, 11:09 PM   #13
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Yay, having the exact same conversation in two separate threads! -.- Too lazy to hyperlink everyone's posts from the other one, but here's the OP and here's my reply.

Cross-posting from fourteen hours ago ...

It looks like a Klink-ified Diancie. Diancie looks a lot cuter to me, so I'm not really thrilled with Magiana, to be honest.

Also confused and disappointed by the revelation since it either has to be a surprise missing 6th Gen Pokémon or else we really are heading towards Gen 7 without any Z or XY2 in between. Really, really confused since the whole "Zygarde Core," "Zygarde Cell" thing seemed to be obviously setting up for a Pokémon Z. In fact, I'd still say we're getting Pokémon Z. But it seems like a really bad sales move to unveil Gen 7 before you've even officially confirmed Z is a thing. Who's gonna wanna buy Z now that they know it's going to be rendered utterly obsolete in just under a year? Like, we've always known that about last-in-the-generation titles, but not with the degree of certainty that Magiana's reveal gives us. Now it's like a fact: if Z does come out, it's going to be replaced by Gen 7 inside of one year.

The lore is getting too convoluted at this point. Magiana's design is clearly inspired by the PokéBall, and yet Gen 2 taught us that PokéBalls didn't even exist until very recently and that people used to use an apricorn-based predecessor to capture Pokémon. So why would a Pokémon from 500 years ago, and a man-made one at that, have a body that looks shockingly like a PokéBall? You can obviously try to explain it (e.g. "Well, maybe the guy who designed the PokéBall drew his inspiration from Magiana! "), but like I'm saying: the lore's just getting too convoluted at this point.

As for something I forgot to mention this morning ...

I definitely, definitely think the type will be Fairy/Steel. Magiana is what you'd expect to get if you took Diancie and robo-fied her. What they share in common is that Fairy feel, and where they differ is Diancie's mineral (Rock) aspect vs. Magiana's metallic (Steel) aspect.
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Old 02-10-2016, 11:39 PM   #14
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I understand that it's basically the same conversation in two different threads, but since the announcement of a new Pokemon is fairly big news, I thought it deserved its own news thread.


I hope the Pokeball design is more a coincidence than anything. I also would be incredibly surprised if it was anything but Steel/Fairy (or vice versa)
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Old 02-11-2016, 12:32 AM   #15
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I hope the Pokeball design is more a coincidence than anything.
Insert eyebrow-raise, "Really? " look here. Not at the "I hope" part, but entirely at the "is a coincidence" part. No fucking way is it or can it be a coincidence. Pink (red family of hues) top, white bottom, black equator, and even those gilded bits forming the center circle in the middle ... it's a PokéBall. Intentionally so, it's a PokéBall. There's no way this was an accident.

(Never mind the fact that she's got it again in the middle segment of her body -- a PokéBall, that is.)

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I also would be incredibly surprised if it was anything but Steel/Fairy (or vice versa)
We haven't really discussed the name (have we? I forget), but looking at it myself ...
  • the magi in Magiana could imply she has magical properties
  • the gia in Magiana is almost certainly intended as the Japanese for "gear"
  • the ma and na put together (after you've removed the gia middle bit) produces mana, which again takes us back to magic
So "Magiana" is just a creative way of saying "Magigear" while having the "gear" bit be in the middle and having the overall name sound like a European female name instead of ... well ... "Magigear."
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Old 02-11-2016, 04:32 AM   #16
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Maybe Gear + Machina? I kinda think that's what they're going after.
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Too fat.

Un-organic design, too.
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Old 02-11-2016, 03:59 PM   #18
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Too fat.

Un-organic design, too.

Check your skinny, organic life-form privilege.
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Old 02-14-2016, 11:20 PM   #19
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English name is now Magearna.

wtf that does not roll off the tongue at all
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Old 02-14-2016, 11:44 PM   #20
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Muh-GEAR-nuh. It's not that hard to say. Kinda reminds me of saying the name MacGyver.

Also: I feel like the English name -1's the machina camp while retaining or +1'ing the magi (mage) and mana observations I made the other day.
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Old 02-15-2016, 12:28 AM   #21
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I can imagine Magearna having something to do with the invention of the modern Poké Ball, maybe even having a signature move that improves the catch rates of your Poké Balls for five turns or something.
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Old 02-15-2016, 12:48 AM   #22
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I actually saw an iFunny post recently featuring Magearna that was kind of cute-it featured it, Diancie, and Hoopa drawn as the Powerpuff Girls. It was really cute.
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Old 02-16-2016, 07:05 PM   #23
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Here's the real question: is it a legendary or no?
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Here's the real question: is it a legendary or no?
It's a Mythical Pokémon. Event-exclusive legendary.
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I actually saw an iFunny post recently featuring Magearna that was kind of cute-it featured it, Diancie, and Hoopa drawn as the Powerpuff Girls. It was really cute.
Here it is! Source here, their art is pretty cute in general.

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