NIDORINA
IN SHOW
WHY YOU WANT A NIDORINA
If you catch a Nidorina in pokemon Yellow and don’t simply evolve a Nidoran♀ you can actually get a whole extra move out of it, that move being the very useful double kick, which many may think is pretty weak, but was actually one of the first fighting moves to be learned naturally in the game, and so this move can be pretty useful. Nidorina also learns double kick in pokemon red and blue but it’s at a much later level. Nidorina’s picture is actually one of the rare instances where the pokemon red and blue pokedex entry could actually be considered superior to the yellow one.
WHY YOU DO NOT WANT A NIDORINA
Yes, the pokedex picture in red and blue are superior to the one in yellow, but both of the pictures suck. Nidorina didn’t have that much screen time, but we at least knew it was supposed to be a poisonous rabbit, not some type of pig. Who thought it was a good idea to give Nidorina a pig nose? Also, other than double kick the move set is pretty much identical to that of Nidoran♀.
IN SUMMARY
Now, though Nidoran was a good ends to the means pokemon, Nidorina took whatever Nidoran had built on and...sat on it. It wasn’t an improvement, and it was really not very much of a progression. It was only given the one fighting move, which it would only ever get if you waited until level 50 to allow it to evolve, and by then many other pokemon were getting much better moves. And what was with the pig nose? Who thought bunny and drew pig nose? I’m sure they had actual art for what the pokemon were supposed to look like at that point, at least for the television series, so couldn’t the sprite artists have taken a look? I don’t really mind the awful pictures at this generation because the medium was so limited as long as it at least looks like they were trying, but when you add a pig nose to a pokemon who clearly doesn’t have one...But Nidorina is a pretty solid middle pokemon, as long as you didn’t keep it for too long.
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