General Pokémon

[Waddle Bro]

Just to make this clear:

Deer is the X(I'll bet you 10 bucks that it won't learn X-Scissor) and the epic dragon is the Y.

[blueflower999]

Wow... Gen 6? Already? Dang, time sure flies. 

I do feel like Gen 5 was too short though.

[BlackDragonSlayer]

The grass one looks amazingly cute!! Can't wait to see it's evolved forms

To quote my older brother:
"It looks like... what's that water starter?... Oshawott... plus Slowking."

About Froakie:
"It's like Poliwhirl, or that green one... Politoed."

Wow... Gen 6? Already? Dang, time sure flies. 

I do feel like Gen 5 was too short though.

Yeah...

[Nebbles]

wow, well... color me surprised! I'm very happy with all of this!

The graphics look great, I love the legendaries, and... FENNEC FOX STARTER!!!

[Cobraroll]

The most mysterious and notable power of the X Legendary is its ability to stand upright. I mean, Pokémon designs have been biologically bad before (Tyranitar logically shouldn't be able to walk, for instance), but never as off-balanced as this. It looks like a good fifty percent of the creature's mass is located in its antlers, which would make it topple over comically every time it turned its head.

[Nebbles]

It's a legendary, let it slide. XD

[Waddle Bro]

The most mysterious and notable power of the X Legendary is its ability to stand upright. I mean, Pokémon designs have been biologically bad before (Tyranitar logically shouldn't be able to walk, for instance), but never as off-balanced as this. It looks like a good fifty percent of the creature's mass is located in its antlers, which would make it topple over comically every time it turned its head.

omg it must have some sort of mystical powers

[Cobraroll]

http://serebii.net/index2.shtml (Click the image, as the large version isn't directly linkable)

Oh, I see it now. The power to generate invisible objects for it to lean against. Look at the position of its legs. There is nothing to suggest there is any form of support for it on our left side, yet that is also where most of its mass is located. Its centre of gravity (located somewhere in its head, by the look of things) does not project vertically onto the plane spanned by its points of support (feet). It should topple over, yet it doesn't...

...I've been to engineering school too long already, haven't I?

[SlowPokemon]

No, you're just taking a fictional animal way too seriously

[Nebbles]

I'm in love with the other bird legendary thing though. God, it looks so cool.

[BlackDragonSlayer]

The most mysterious and notable power of the X Legendary is its ability to stand upright. I mean, Pokémon designs have been biologically bad before (Tyranitar logically shouldn't be able to walk, for instance), but never as off-balanced as this. It looks like a good fifty percent of the creature's mass is located in its antlers, which would make it topple over comically every time it turned its head.

Maybe its legs are designed with an internal structure unknown to humans, that allows it to hold up more weight. And its neck as well.

I'm in love with the other bird legendary thing though. God, it looks so cool.

Yep; I'd like to see sprites as well, even if they're not featured in the game.

[Cobraroll]

No, you're just taking a fictional animal way too seriously

The simple concept of balance will come back to haunt GameFreak the day this guy features in merchandise. Mark. My. Words. ( OverlyObsessedEngineer.jpg )

Maybe its legs are designed with an internal structure unknown to humans, that allows it to hold up more weight. And its neck as well.

Its legs would have to be extremely heavy, then. Or rather, the bottom half of each leg save for its right foreleg. That would give it a chance of staying upright in that pose.

[Waddle Bro]

What if the antlers are super-light like a feather that are made of unown material :O

problem solved

[Cobraroll]

No, you would still have to account for the mass of the rest of the creature (in the stance on the picture, of course. In any other pose, it would be less of a problem). To prevent the damn thing from toppling over at sudden changes in velocity (like a short stop, a sharp turn or hitting anything while running), it would need to have the center of gravity located as close to the ground as possible, and within the trapezoid spanned out between its legs when looked at from above. Most animals (and to date, Pokémon) have their centre of gravity in the stomach region somewhere.

This same thing, inertia, also appears to apply to Fennekin. Notice how most of its mass is located in its head. If it manages to get up to running speed, how could it stop? It would be like a cycling man standing on his bike pedals, leaning forwards, and squeezing the front wheel brake. Bound to end with a noseplant.

[BlackDragonSlayer]

Its legs would have to be extremely heavy, then. Or rather, the bottom half of each leg save for its right foreleg. That would give it a chance of staying upright in that pose.

Or the material the leg is made of (whether bone or not, which is stretching into extreme-fiction) allows for different distribution of weight (instead of the legs weighing about as much as the antlers).

If they have merchandise, they may have the legs at a diagonal angle, spread out a little more (for figurines).