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Pokemon Masters
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The extra lore they gave Falkner in the beta of GSC was actually great. There's a ROM hack that uses a bunch of the unused beta stuff that was uncovered it's pretty great
Is his badge design supposed to be a… birdcage? I never thought about that before.
Falkner would've loved to have Staraptor in his team. I mean look at that hairdo, Staraptor was made to be his ace
Falkner always had a weird way of standing out to me among first gym leaders for not only the heavy amount of blue (which was always one of my favorite colors) but also he was much like Brock where he's super effective against one of the starters but not weak to any of them unless you grind your Totodile to get ice fang quick, and that combined with the really solid "first dungeon" design of the Sprout Tower made Johto always have this fun feeling of progression
I always remembered him for having such an imposing name, it's just sounds so cool
His newer outfit looks a lot like the kind of outfit a tengu would be depicted in.
Fun Fact about Falkner: while his level 9 Pidgeotto is impressive, what was far more impressive is that he originally had a Level 10 Pidgeot, though this was changed very late into development.
In fact, you can still see his Pidgeot in the infamous SpaceWorld '99 demo
Given your notes on his clothing and the martial vibes, i like to think that a more modern iteration of Falkner would use a Hawlucha
Old Japanese falconer's gear! I never would've been able to identify that. While I've always liked Falkner's look, I had no clue what about it was meant to communicate Flying-type beyond the use of sky blue.
I figured maybe it was meant to imply he along with the town places a lot of value in upholding tradition and preserving history, but that's more Ecruteak's thing.
I always liked his design
I only learned some of these details from this video, so I now have a lot more appreciation for this design.
Falkner? Hardly know her
The bangs covering one eye evokes the way most birds, even predatory ones, have their eyes on opposite sides of their head
And of course the I assume obvious aspect of his Name being "Falconer" in German
…his name is just. Falconer. But German? That's some "Les McBurney" kind of name xD
On one hand, the design is mildly cool and he could have been a great character. On the other hand, his team is SO LAME in game, like most Johto Gym leader. It's worst for him since he doesn't even use his own Pokémon, they were his father's (granted, maybe he's dead ; but come one, you're a JOHTO gym leader and you couldn't have a Hoot-Hoot?)
You know what, yeah, I’ll accept that. Level 9 evolved bird, not a mistake from Gamefreak, Falkner is just that good at birds.
I didn't know there was traditional falconry outfits in Japan, honestly that makes his design cooler than I ever thought it was.
This was my favorite Gen and I like almost all the designs from it and hope you will cover more of it.
WHOW! You kiss your wife with that mouth? Oh you were just saying the character’s name.
In that last art of the strip, I can’t help but see the chin line as his mouth and his mouth as a pencil mustache
We have reason to believe that the forced evolution sidequest was a much larger part of the narrative in gen 2 early in development, and Faulkner may have been involved in that.
I like the take of "he's good so he evolved it early" when most call him a cheater
Falkner? I barely knew her!
He just caught the Pidgeotto in Viridian Forest
If he was a bit stronger he would be so awesome
This bro gets rolled so hard every time I start a new file XD
As a kid I was so into Falkner 😳
I only just realized Falkner is just a slight slurring/changed pronunciation of Falconer…
His pseudo-johto pseudo-gymleader hair does look kinda like a beak)
I always figured underleveled evos like this or Lance's dragonites or Morty's ghosts or similar were just the gym leaders/E4/Champions being skilled as a trainer in a different way. Like, their battle acumen isn't sharp otherwise they'd never lose, but they're really, REALLY good at promoting a pokemon's growth.
Please tell me this guy has a staravia, he has the haircut
There was a period of my life in elementary school where I based my whole personality around him because I just played my first pokemon game ever which is crystal version and Falkner's was my first gym ever, therefore he became the most memorable one. I made a facebook account using his name and his picture. He was so cool
Honestly he's underrated, I do prefer the original look over the remake
Honestly I can ignore the Pidgeotto, but no hoothoot? Now that is a crime I cannot forgive, it can even learn mud slap so it stays on theme with the gift tm
I feel like the hair, in the Sugimori art at least, looks genuinely evocative of a beak
That is a good enough design, not over-detailed, just the important parts.