Pokemon of the Week

POKEMON OF THE WEEK: VOLTORB

Hey guys, what is the deal with voltorb? this electric pokemon looks strikingly like a pokeball, but shares none of its characteristics.

First of all, as an electric pokemon, it knows moves like thunderbolt and spark, but also shares some of magnemites moves like sonicboom. To be honest, although electric pokemon are useful, this one is not the best the game has to offer. Regular stats, nothing special.

Actually, i kind of chose voltorb just because i fancied ranting about it. The whole concept is pathetic! a pokemon that looks like a pokeball, but the game just skimps on the explanation as why. I believe the pokedex says something like, "Looks like a pokeball, but remains a mystery... nobody knows... oooo00o." Rubbish.

similarly, this pokemon's primary attack is called SELFDESTRUCT! What is the deal?! It just explodes! Oh, and guess what, if you train it up, it learns EXPLOSION! unsurprisingly, just a more powerful version of selfdestruct. this attack just faints your pokemon and its opponent, gaining nothing.

A friend of mine also pointed out, "if it explodes, why doesn't it die? it faints, but is still alive when you heal it." Bollocks to that, its just plain stupid.

My rating: -1

Thats right, minus one. I just god damn hate voltorb. Also, i'm not going to review its evolution, electrode, because it is essentially the same! just upside down.