XY Sylveon's type is pink

I also feel that people who are against a pink type, a fairy type, don't like it because they dislike the idea of there being a type that's pink and girly.
Ok, so we all should have established in one thread or another that fairies are not always pink and girly or resemble a pixie.

However, even if GF decides to make a type like that, I don't see the problem. I think that people are being a little selfish with the fact that it'd be a new type that doesn't suit them or cater to their tastes. It's true that I don't think GF would add an entire type based towards one demographic, but even still for the people who don't like fairies, you still have dragons, poison, fire, dark, and any other type that you would consider "not girly" or badass.

So they added a new type that you clearly don't like for a selfish reason. They're definitely going to add more of every other type and new type combinations to top that. Really what are you complaining about?

If you disagree, cool, but please don't rehash what I just said and say something like "it just doesn't fit" or "fairies are lame". It's Pokémon we're talking about. There are so many fairy like creatures already I don't see the argument of it not fitting in? Makes some of you sound homophobic anyways.

Someone should start an anti-fairy thread so you can gather there and I would love to read that.
 
Thief said:
I also feel that people who are against a pink type, a fairy type, don't like it because they dislike the idea of there being a type that's pink and girly.
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I think the attitude that "pink and girly = bad" is stupid. Or that traditional femininity is bad. Reminds me of MLP fans that say they like the show "in spite of" its girlyness. What exactly is wrong with girlyness??

That being said, I hope that that's not what the type is about exclusively, because I don't like the idea of a narrow type. Like I said before, not all Dragon types are scaly reptilian monsters. There's Altaria and Kingdra, for pete's sake! I want a similarly diverse Fairy type, that can still have its share of typical girly fairies.
 
Mindfang said:
Just found this on tumblr. Sylveon's DNA type speculation...
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As much as I can see the resemblance, that just wouldn't make sense.

Having a DNA type seems illogical. I would almost just think of that as like a normal type since really every Pokémon has DNA, leaving it with no real special attributes.

Plus, Sylveon's ribbons only look like DNA, because that artist drew them like that. The Sylveon in your signature shows that it's ribbons have no resemblance to DNA strands.
 
It might be a light type... NO NOT FAIRY TYPE! Light is a awesome type (that doesn`t exist) and I hope thats the type. Could be a strawberry type :3

It could be fairy as some "fairy" types already exist. Like CleFAIRY.
 
staddon said:
It might be a light type... NO NOT FAIRY TYPE! Light is a awesome type (that doesn`t exist) and I hope thats the type. Could be a strawberry type :3

It could be fairy as some "fairy" types already exist. Like CleFAIRY.
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Light would be redundant. Everything it could cover can be covered better by existing types.
Counter to Dark = Fighting
Literal light energy = Electric (Ampharos and Lanturn are both classified as the Light Pokemon and were introduced in Gen.2, when new types were added. If it didn't make sense then, why would it suddenly make sense 4 gens later?)
Goodness = generally the Audino/Blissey style Normal types, can fit into Psychic
Cutesy fairylike things = Fairy type (if it exists :p), and can also fit into Psychic and other types depending

The DNA type is interesting, but I can't really see DNA being its own type. What would it be super effective against? Every Pokemon has DNA, it doesn't really make sense that a small group would get it as a type.

I'm still betting on Sylveon's Fairy type, and if it's not Fairy, my next guess would be Normal.
 
I at first glance thought Sylveon to be a pure Flying type (like Tornadus). Now that I see the actual website ... Sylveon I declare to be a Fairy type. And now that I think about it, Pink it usually the representation for Psychic, and medium-purple for Poison. I sure hope Sylveon isn't another Psychic type.

But with the release of a brand-new game and attacks shown in trailers that are and may possibly were Normal type attacks, making Swift and Gust into Fairy would actually be kind of nice. But it would be the second time Gust changed type. Blah.

But also, It has been known that alot of Flying types learn Swift and Gust ... Pidgeot, Crobat, Fearow, etc.
 
After the picture of the director pointing to the rainbow, I thought about it again.

Even though light type would be considered not specific enough, It could depend on what they mean by "light." Maybe not literal light, but more of an essence, like a holy light or magical light. With the powers Sylveon has showcased in the anime short trailer, I would say that it has some kind of power to manipulate light. Creating psychedelic kaleidoscope like images. So I'm thinking that it could have the power to manipulate colours, which are technically all light based; similar to Lady Rainicorn from AT.

It would be interesting to have a type that is based more on defensive tactics with illusions. So it could or possibly might not be a "light" type. Although in most fictional material, rainbows are commonly connected to magic; meaning it could be a fairy or magic type.
There is a difference with magic and psychic.
 
Its hard to say how accurate any new types name would be in how well it describes what kind of powers it is about, since some of the existing types are vague easy to grasp terms that aren't very specific and don't cover everything that belongs to a type.

That's excluding the Dark type mistranslation, as that's a separate issue ("Evil" is one of the more accurate type names).
I'm sure they wouldn't do another mistranslation like that; where itd be called Fairy in japanese and light in english... especially since that's even more inaccurate and also makes it seem like some counterpart to the Dark type, whereas in japanese it wouldn't (Evil and Fairy? more like Ghost and Fairy if any).

So the question is whether they would call it Light everywhere.
I think that's unlikely, as that name has very poor coverage of what it would be about (assuming it'd also include all the stuff like magic tricks, fortune, wishmaking, fairy appearances, astrological crap, tendency to be friendly, healing powers). And its not like "light" would be the crucial aspect out of all those features (if there at all). Light is so generic there are already all kinds of beam and shining attacks all across other types.
I know some could mean it as also representing "good", but I find that a bit too silly, and I'm confident that's not what most people would think about when they hear "Light type".

Whereas Fairy gets to the point more directly, and is a way wider term than the other species types like
Dragon (powerful, mythic, epic, winged/scaly, soemtimes fire-breathing)
Bug (yeah well, insects actually, tough exoskeleton?..)
Ghost (ghosts? scary perhaps, play with shadows... we don't even know if they're just gaseous weird creatures or actually some kind of interdimensional beings lol)

What I would love is if there was some place in the games with official explanations of each type. What it's really about.
Cause we've merely been guessing for 5 generations based on one word and the types pokemon designs.
 
Fairy type confirmed on Nintendo Direct!!
Sylveon, Gardevoir, Jigglypuff and Marill share this new type!
 
Drokas said:
Fairy type confirmed on Nintendo Direct!!
Sylveon, Gardevoir, Jigglypuff and Marill share this new type!
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Gardevoir makes sense; helps it match Gallade also having a secondary type.
Marill? Little weird. I'd assume Azumarill's also going to be part Fairy, but... What about Azurill? Will its Normal type be replaced or what?
And I don't see it for Jigglypuff, especially as opposed to Clefairy o_O Maybe they're just naming a few and that's not all there is. Hrm.
 
Drokas said:
Fairy type confirmed on Nintendo Direct!!
Sylveon, Gardevoir, Jigglypuff and Marill share this new type!
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Gardevoir becomes Fairy?! YAY!!!!
I wouldn't have assumed Marill would, but it makes sense that all the round cutesy things become it. Jigglypuff was rumoured to become one.
 
Frezgle said:
Drokas said:
Fairy type confirmed on Nintendo Direct!!
Sylveon, Gardevoir, Jigglypuff and Marill share this new type!
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Gardevoir makes sense; helps it match Gallade also having a secondary type.
Marill? Little weird. And I don't see it for Jigglypuff, especially as opposed to Clefairy o_O Maybe they're just naming a few and that's not all there is. Hrm.
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inb4 Glalie Ice/Fairy.
 
Mitja said:
Frezgle said:
Gardevoir makes sense; helps it match Gallade also having a secondary type.
Marill? Little weird. And I don't see it for Jigglypuff, especially as opposed to Clefairy o_O Maybe they're just naming a few and that's not all there is. Hrm.
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inb4 Glalie Ice/Fairy.
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If Glalie gets anything, it should be Dark or Rock.
Dark because 4x weak to fighting, and Rock because horrid defensive typing.
(not that they make sense or anything, Glalie needs to suffer)
 
leecario said:
WPM's source just got a bit more credible. Fairy type woooo
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As if it wasn't credible enough :p
Revealing the english names of the 4 revealed Pokemon was good enough for me to believe it.
 
P.DelSlayer said:
leecario said:
WPM's source just got a bit more credible. Fairy type woooo
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As if it wasn't credible enough :p
Revealing the english names of the 4 revealed Pokemon was good enough for me to believe it.
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Me too (and the attacks), but you can never have too much credibility haha
 
Was I the only one who thought the Azurill line would be Fairy? I don't understand how that's such a shock. But yes! We get a new type! But Gardevoir is cool, just a little unexpected for a new type considering it's around for such a long time. Also, Marill. Think about it too, we could be possibly getting Pokemon with 3 types. It's a long shot, but still, think about it.

These are more Pokemon that need to be Fairy-Type:

. Snubble (Fairy)
. Granbull (Fairy)
. Roselia (Grass/Fairy)
. Roserade (Grass/Fairy)
. Clefairy (Fairy)
. Clefable (Fairy)
. Pikachu (Electric/Fairy)
. Raichu (Electric/Fairy)
. Wigglytuff (Fairy)
 
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