Post by Z451 on Mar 22, 2014 1:05:55 GMT
Charizard
Charizard was one of several different character choices conceived by Game Freak's character development team and finalized by Ken Sugimori for the first generation of Pocket Monsters games Red and Green, which were localized outside of Japan as Pokémon Red and Blue.
Originally called "Lizardon" in Japanese, Nintendo decided to give the various Pokémon species "clever and descriptive names" related to their appearance or features when translating the game for western audiences as a means to make the characters more relatable to American children.
As a result they were renamed "Charizard", a combination of the words "charcoal" or "char" and "lizard".
During an interview, Pokémon Company president Tsunekazu Ishihara stated Charizard was expected to be popular with North American audiences because of their preference for strong, powerful characters.
Whereas its pre-evolutions Charmander and Charmeleon are ground-bound lizard like creatures, Charizard resembles a large traditional European dragon.
Despite the resemblance, Charizard is explicitly a Fire/Flying-type, not a Dragon-type, except in its "Mega Charizard X" form; however, it can learn Dragon-type attacks.
Charizard have two wings that are blue, while the back is orange, as with the most of its body.
Its belly and soles are cream-colored, while their eyes are light blue in color.
The video games describe Charizard as having wings that can carry them close to an altitude of 4,600 feet, flying proudly around the sky and constantly seeking for powerful opponents to quarrel with.
They can breathe intense flames that can melt any material, but will never torch a weaker foe.
If Charizard become angry, the flame at the tip of their tail can flare up in a whitish-blue color.
Because of their reckless behavior, Charizard are known to unintentionally cause wildfires.
When Charizard is Mega Evolved, it can take on one of two forms.
In its "X" form, it gains the Dragon type, and its color scheme changes from orange and cream to black and blue.
In its "Y" form, its appearance gets sharper with pointed horns and wings, and it is able to fly much higher.
Links
Wikipedia> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charizard
Bulbapedia> bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Charizard_%28Pok%C3%A9mon%29
Pokemon Database> pokemondb.net/pokedex/charizard
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Originally called "Lizardon" in Japanese, Nintendo decided to give the various Pokémon species "clever and descriptive names" related to their appearance or features when translating the game for western audiences as a means to make the characters more relatable to American children.
As a result they were renamed "Charizard", a combination of the words "charcoal" or "char" and "lizard".
During an interview, Pokémon Company president Tsunekazu Ishihara stated Charizard was expected to be popular with North American audiences because of their preference for strong, powerful characters.
Whereas its pre-evolutions Charmander and Charmeleon are ground-bound lizard like creatures, Charizard resembles a large traditional European dragon.
Despite the resemblance, Charizard is explicitly a Fire/Flying-type, not a Dragon-type, except in its "Mega Charizard X" form; however, it can learn Dragon-type attacks.
Charizard have two wings that are blue, while the back is orange, as with the most of its body.
Its belly and soles are cream-colored, while their eyes are light blue in color.
The video games describe Charizard as having wings that can carry them close to an altitude of 4,600 feet, flying proudly around the sky and constantly seeking for powerful opponents to quarrel with.
They can breathe intense flames that can melt any material, but will never torch a weaker foe.
If Charizard become angry, the flame at the tip of their tail can flare up in a whitish-blue color.
Because of their reckless behavior, Charizard are known to unintentionally cause wildfires.
When Charizard is Mega Evolved, it can take on one of two forms.
In its "X" form, it gains the Dragon type, and its color scheme changes from orange and cream to black and blue.
In its "Y" form, its appearance gets sharper with pointed horns and wings, and it is able to fly much higher.
Links
Wikipedia> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charizard
Bulbapedia> bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Charizard_%28Pok%C3%A9mon%29
Pokemon Database> pokemondb.net/pokedex/charizard
Copyright Owner
Nintendo> www.nintendo.com/countryselector
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