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Tornadus, Thundurus and Landorus new formes

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So as it turns out Kyurem isn't the only Pokemon getting new forms in Pokemon Black 2 and White 2, but so are the the three Jinns are as well.

The three are supposed to be featured in their new formes in the new Coro Coro this month. Unfortunately the only picture to show them right now only shows Tornadus in great detail (being a green bird), and the other two are covered up.

PICTURE:
http://www.serebii.net/tornadusforms.jpg
 
I actually think those new formes look ridiculous lol. As a side note, you'll be able to battle every single previous gym leader and Elite Four member in Black/White 2. How awesome is that?
 
The source also say's (not fully confirmed?) that the forms are AR search and catch.
I just purchased a 3DS, and I am still checking out what all the 3DS can fully do, and downloaded the Pokedex 3D.
The AR feature is really cool and fun. Looks as if Pokemon is going to get full use of the AR feature.

As far as the form change, I like Uno,Dos, and Tres better- the Jinns really are silly looking before the new forms.....
meh- at least the games are branching out in adding options/forms for the Pokemon, keeps the games from going stale to quickly.
 
I now want BW2 even more than before, the djinn forms eh, couldn't care less unless they're an improvement (and I hope they're not female versions...creepy). But I really like the whole "battling past gym leaders and E4" thing, that can be awesome.
 
^Agreed. The "past gym leaders +E4" is hopefully not set up like the last time in HG/SS where you had to track them down and wait for certain days to battle them. I hope you earn exp. from battling them.

BW2 is looking to be a nice compliment to the series, with Pokemon having different forms, old feaures with new additions- looking forward to the USA release.
 
More scans have surfaced on Serebii.

It seems that the gym leaders will be appearing in some sort of tournament. Am I the only one who would find this an awesome replacement to the Battle Frontier?
 
TheRolesWePlay said:
More scans have surfaced on Serebii.

It seems that the gym leaders will be appearing in some sort of tournament. Am I the only one who would find this an awesome replacement to the Battle Frontier?
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I would happily take battling gym leaders over random CPUs who have to rely on hax to win any day XD
 
Pokebeach just updated with some info. Apparently, Tornadus is a bird, Thundurus is a serpent and Landorus is a jaguar (??? How does that work??)
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PidgeyCornerFTW said:
Pokebeach just updated with some info. Apparently, Tornadus is a bird, Thundurus is a serpent and Landorus is a jaguar (??? How does that work??)
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Well if you remember from the speculation in that update, the trio are likely being based off aztec mythology (especially if you look at the new form shapes in depth). Tornadus is already pure flying, so if that doesn't really change, giving it the bird-like body as a "sacred beast" form makes sense. Cloud serpents have always been a mythological thing as well (even if it's kinda pushing it by giving Thundurus large arms and legs), though I personally would've based Thundurus off the thunderbird from northern native american mythology (even if siliglyph is based off it already). I guess Landorus is probably the one that's a bit of a stretch, as jaguars don't normally fly and it's a Ground/Flying type, so I almost suspect it's going to lose its Flying subtype, though who really knows, maybe it'll fly by "running" on air, guess it keeps with the theme some.
 
Regis_Neo said:
Well if you remember from the speculation in that update, the trio are likely being based off aztec mythology (especially if you look at the new form shapes in depth). Tornadus is already pure flying, so if that doesn't really change, giving it the bird-like body as a "sacred beast" form makes sense. Cloud serpents have always been a mythological thing as well (even if it's kinda pushing it by giving Thundurus large arms and legs), though I personally would've based Thundurus off the thunderbird from northern native american mythology (even if siliglyph is based off it already). I guess Landorus is probably the one that's a bit of a stretch, as jaguars don't normally fly and it's a Ground/Flying type, so I almost suspect it's going to lose its Flying subtype, though who really knows, maybe it'll fly by "running" on air, guess it keeps with the theme some.
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I think they might also be referential to the directional gods in Japan (don't remember what they're called) you know Byako (Landoru), Sieryuu? (Thundurus), Suzaku (Tornadus), and Genbu (possible trio leader next gen?). It would make sense since they're already modeled after other Japanese gods to have their alternate formes be Japanese in origin too.
 
^Could be for the fact that cultures inter-mix and the adoption of new beliefs is why the two are combines or related.
If the Creatures/Gods are "Ancient", and the stories are handed down for oh, 2,000 years and found by a different culture and "translated" to match with the current trend/beliefs- you have a modern connection to ancient mythology.

It could also be as simple as Pokémon likes to intermingle similar mythical entities to be more globally appreciated by all the fans of the games.
 
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