You can still clearly see the Kitsune influences, but it has this whispy, ethereal nature and a soft blue coloration suggesting its elemental affinity. Now, Alolan Ninetails is along the lines of what I wish Ninetails was. I don’t know why it lives in Alola (There are no Foxes in Hawaii) but it’s still cute, it’s still Vulpix, but it’s clearly a variant. Overall it just looks like a white Vulpix but, well, some foxes are Arctic Foxes and are white. There’s a few pokemon that are just ‘it’s the mythical creature but a pokemon,’ and Ninetails is probably the worst offender here.Īlolan Vulpix is interesting in that its six tails sort of blend into one puffy one. Having a Kitsune Pokemon is great, but I do wish they’d done something to its appearance to distinguish it as they did with Vulpix. Ninetails is more traditional Kitsune, and frankly, googling “Kitsune” finds a lot of pictures that just look like Ninetails with red stripes. It’s very clearly doing a Kitsune thing with its six tails, and while it really is just ‘a kitsune,’ the curls in its tail and on its head really set it apart from other depictions. But Brock’s a rock type and Misty’s water, so… yeah, by the time you’d want it, it’s time for Vulpix already. It would’ve probably had base stats in the 200 range and only be interesting if you could catch it before fighting Brock. Okay, moving on, Vulpix is adorable, Trifox would’ve been even more adorable, but considering I’ve ranted about Pichu and Cleffa already, I probably wouldn’t actually appreciate it being added in later. Trifox was cut from the original game, presumably because they felt they didn’t need an early game version of Vulpix and that mechanically it’d be fine where it was…īut look at this little ball of fiery snuggles! Okay, this is the beta sprite from the original game, so it’s obviously not the best depiction, but you can imagine. Wook at da fwuffy widdle foxxy woxxy! Is so cuuuuuute!įirst, I want to talk about Trifox.

Trifox pokemon card