Doublade Revealed for Pokémon X & Y, an Evolution of Honedge

So long de bowser

It dont even look like an animal :S

I think they should have named it "Fallopiantubes".

DAT IZ DA BLADE!

Well, I'm a sword fan, so this is all kinds of win for me. ^^;

Eh, bit disappointing, I was expecting a evolution of a pre-gen 6 Pokemon. Oh well, I'm sure they're saving loads of surprises for the release

@Ngamer It's a Pokemon. Looking like an animal is irrelevant. (E.g. Magnemite, Voltorb, Jynx, Jigglypuff etc.)

@JayceJa you are right it does look weak, its very disapointing I was looking foward to the starters final evolution or Yveltal's mega evolution.

So, did it find another Honedge to pair up with like Magneton, or did to duplicate by itself?

Also, I'm not dissing the design, I like swords, and I like 2 swords.

So... Now it's two swords? Don't get me wrong, I like Honedge, I just was hoping for something a little more intimidating... Well, l can still hope for another evolution, like a ghost knight that holds both swords?

Nice. I wonder if it will have a third stage?

@Natsu It's already been confirmed that no Kalos pokemon will be getting Mega Evolutions.

"(face palm) No Poison or Dragon Eevee reveal...just two swords.... never over hyping myself for stuff like this again...oh well..."

@WindWakerLink you and me both.

@MikalM thanks.....I think

Come on third evolution being some kind of ghost knight holding two swords!

Now he's twice as cool. Going on my team for sure.

I would be excited, but Ghost/Steel typing has now been weakened to due to the BS changes of having two of it's 11 type resistances taken away. There was no reason for that, yes Steel type is super effective against Fairy, but so is poison and poison didn'y get an improved super effectiveness of Bug type Pokemon like it should have been. Bottomline, if they were going to make some changes to the type chart, they needed to make more.

Very cool. I posted about this here a couple hours ago, but I guess this post takes ownership over mine. Nonetheless, I'm not the biggest fan of inanimate object Pokemon, but love this one.

May name mine 'Athena'...

Please say someone else has played Spartan: Total Warrior...

Looks cool.

@Jaydenn Athena is a real Greek Godess.

The name's fine. Not thrilled about the design.

it better have a reason for just being 2 swords

Awww, this appears like a wasted chance to me. They could've designed it like a different weapon - or a more baddonkey sword!
Just combining two Honedge's into one seems way less logical than the Magnemite family (those were related to magnetism, so it was fine).
I can only hope it has some good justification for this.

@DestinyMan third ev?

I guess the reasoning behind this is that the swords aren't actually the Pokemon itself. It's a poltergeist type ghost which means it just manipulates stuff around it.

If it does have a 3rd form it probably won't be a suit of armour. It'll probably be a huge mass of weapons (or maybe a 3rd blade lol...Triblade?).

It looks like the kind of decoration royal and rich people would have in their homes and castles.... Which makes it kinda awesome.

....
Perhaps I'll wait for Pokenon Z now...

@ShadJV You should work for GameFreak.

I must say it looks a bit boring. Think they could've gone more creative than that...

@Trululu the third stage would be three blades forming a triangle and their laces inside making it look like a triforce!

uh oh... somebody pulled a magnemite. all joking aside I kind of like it I might even use it sometime.

DOU BEARS!

...wait whaaa?

never been a fan of pokemon that resemble inanimate objects

Uh huh.

Disappointing. I don't like it when the evolutions are just the original Pokemon x2 or 3.. (Magneton, this, Vanillux etc. etc.) Just seems lazy to me. I was hoping for more.

Honestly, a true Pokémon fan would not let a single evolution derail their liking of it... Adapt to it. And in time...we will get used to seeing it. Its probably going to gain an evolution none of us saw coming.

Magnemite --> Magneton
Diglett---> Dugtrio,
Doduo --> Dodiro,
Vanillite ---> Vanillish---> Vanilluxe

These are only some of the pokemon that have an evolution similar to Honedge (adding one head or having 2 of them come together) and most of them are 1st gen, so i suggest those of you who are already thinking of not buying the game because of this specific pokemon's evolution to do a little bit of research and get off your high horses.... This game looks like it's going to be awesome and if you decide not to buy it because you dislike one pokemon the joke'll be on you...

@Blue_Yoshi: What changes are you talking about? Why is ghost/steel type losing 2 of its resistances?

I think Doublade is based on Swords that you can carry around on your back, if you've heard of/played God of War, look a Kratos and you'll know what I mean, there could still be a final evolution for it, a Ghost Knight/Warrior that carries the 2 Swords on his back.

My reaction: Sigh.

THAT's a Pokemon?! It looks more like an inanimate object.

@yuwarite because none have ever looked like inanimate objects?

@KnightRider666 In Generation VI, Steel loses its resistances to Dark and Ghost. It's nothing too major, though.

@Ngamer It is not supposed to look like an animal...

Pokémon = Pocket Monsters

I like it. I'm disappointed it's another assimilation evolution (magneton, metagross), but I still like it. Probably will have a space on my team for it.

The name of its final evolution will likely be "Tripledge".

@Luigifan141: Nothing major? That does suck!

Ugh, the fan base is being fickle again.

@Blue_Yoshi: If I remember correctly, Poison used to be super effective to Bug in Gen 1 games?

@Ngamer Lots of pokemon are based around objects Theyre not all based on animals

Sweet.

Looks really cool, i kinda like the new look, I wouldn't have hyped it up though...

@Pixel-Perfect I feel yuh. :/

It's... okay. I like it just by itself. Although with two positioned like that it makes it look like it has arms. Kinda cool... but it's not their worst design.

So lame yet so amazing at the same time.

Surely this Pokémon is asexual.

@KnightRider666 It was. Bug was also super against poison in Gen I. In terms of type charts, Gen 1 had the most screwed up one.

The changes to Steel were due to balancing. Steel was too common of a type with too many resistances. No one here will admit it since it most likely affects their teams but frankly Steel needed the nerf.

"Hey guys look, it's a MAGNESWORD"

HURR HURR HURR

Seriously though, we should have seen it coming. Dual wielding is cool.

@Ngamer
Does Geodude look like an animal?

Don't you guys know this evolution is based on the coat of arms?

http://www.thetreemaker.com/images/1378-sword-display.jpg

^that

@KnightRider666 It's really not all that bad. Dark and Ghost types fighting Steel types doesn't happen all that often in the first place (since most Dark and Ghost types tend to lack Fire, Ground, and Fighting moves), and Steel still gained a resistance in Fairy-type anyway. Plus, Steel is currently resistant to 10 different types (11 different types before X and Y), so Steel is already good enough as it is.

Who would want a Lvl. 100 unwielded sword pokemon? Well, there have always been some awful Pokemon

Looks pretty cool.

Luvit! A Steel Pokemon that is immune to Fighting type moves. How cool!

I like, I like it a lot!

i actually like it seems cool better then those food designs though but still meh

what i dont get is why they seem to be announcing stuff if they had said they wanted everyone to experience the games the same day with out one country spoiling stuff so isnt this spoiling? =S

@KnightRider666

Yeah exactly poison type should have stayed super effective against Bug Type Pokemon because without that it's only strong against one type and that's grass and now they added Fairy which will make it good but if they added Bug it would become a great balanced type. As for Steel I thought it would be annoying when I had a ghost or dark move and it was ineffective but ultimately I think it is kinda wrong to take away its resistances. People have wanted a Ghost/Steel specifically because the Dark and Ghost moves would have been nerfed due to the steel typing but unfortunately that's not the case so this Pokemon went from being good to mediocre as the newer generations seem to focus on more Dark and Ghost types.

X and Y looks great, but Pokemon-sword and Pokemon-two swords? Seriously?
Don't get me wrong, I like many designs from gen VI, but not this one.

@DarkKirby
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY INTERNETS
ALL OF THEM

Just another amazing original idea of the Pokémon franchise. One sword, evolving into two swords. Brilliant. 10/10. Never saw it coming.

I dig it.

I happen to like most of the Pokemon that go from one to two (or three) my favorite being the Diglett line and looks like the Honedge line may be my second favorite.

Since it goes from a sword to a coat of arms, the third evolution (if there is one) may very well be a suit of armor. Unless there's some other medieval inanimate object that involves swords they could evolve it to.

Pfff, stuff like this made me lose my interest in Pokémon. Hopefully these kind of "Pokémon" won't show up more often in this gen.

Da hell? Very strange but I don't care, nothing will detract this game for me. Getting a new XL for it!

Now, all we need is a ghostly figure to burst out of that sheath for the final evolution. A ghost knight that will dual wield both swords--he shall be named HEXCALIBUR!