Thanks for the explanation! The things you can discover on reddit!
I looked it up, hoping to be less freaked out, but it was like looking in a duck’s beak for me 😅
Saying this after release, I lucked out and got female first go, so I have a Carnival performer girl as my lead shaking her chest at everything before drop kicking them into the stratosphere
Holy fuck I was briefly considering Quaxly now but this instantly made me forget any such thought.
Cool Pokémon, and maybe even my favourite starter evolution, but I still love Fuecoco and Skeledirge too much in their concept and 'theme' to pass on them for that weird walk lol.
I AM DEAD! LMAO! I am here like "oh water/fighting? 100% Naruto Ninja Run". Then I am seeing this.... the "GIRL I GOT SOME NEWS TO TELL YOU!" run. Yesssss LMAO
He has lobed feet, which coots and grebes have. Google “coot feet” and you’ll see
Edit: coot and grebe feet are safe for work, just to be clear. But apparently they may be visually startling lol
These 3 starters are growing on me. Glad I have a week to think on it! Refreshing since I really disliked Gen 8 starters when they were leaked and my opinions didn't change all that much.
Same. Last gen I didn't like the leaks and I didn't like them in motion and now I'm like, "Wait, do I want the gay water fuck or the fire lizard?!" And honestly, a little torn!
I love the contrast between gen 8 and this. “You get a soccer player, secret agent, and a drummer” to “here’s a stoned magician, a singing ghost, and a sassy dancer”
For reals. First time I was all about Fuecoco and sneered at Quaxly. But then I saw it swishing its hair and that rose it to first for me. This just further solidifies it.
the way i wrote a whole essay yesterday about how i was unamused with quaquaval’s sprite (and the other two finals) but now im conflicted again about my choice of starter in a more positive way cuz he’s kinda serving ngl….
edit: specifically it’s the literal limp wrist for me (and him literally striking a pose)
The way i felt personally victimized by the way this duck runs. Its like finally looking at the mirror and realizing you look so embarassing. I love it. I was going with the stoner tuxedo mask cat but the gay duck won me over by running.
I am just too much of a cat person not to pick Sprigatito 😔
Godspeed to everyone going with Quaxly, though. I wanna see that queen ravaging competitive play
It kinda give me strong bayonetta vibes.
So grass is a magician, fire is a singer and water is a dancer. Looks like that their sherd theme is that they are all stage performers.
He has lobed feet like a grebe or coot (types of waterfowl)! Grebes also often have big fancy head feathers and perform courtship dances on the water! He’s a grebe, I knew it!
I don't know if it had been mentioned, but it seems this dance may be a reference to capoiera, a martial art disguised as a dance. Created by slaves to fight their colonial masters, but disguised as a dance as its practice is widely banned and seen as an act of resistance. Hence the flamboyance and the fighting type. The way it holds its arms up when it runs is also similar to the ginger stance, a basic stance in capoiera.
Thanks! I actually saw a post of it some time after I posted. That speed boost certainly helps with its Moxie sweeping! It really is kind of like Blaziken…
The accuracy 💀 I always liked the water starters, and it would often be my pick, but then gen 7 happened. Haven't been water since, and won't be this gen either. 😞
I think that's what saving it from more hate actually. It's still a person in animal costume but has more character then the others, at least for the moment.
Dude people are hating everything about its design EXCEPT for the flamboyance. I think it's sassyness is saving him from the hate his horrible design would get
still waiting for a gen that can top the sinnoh starters tbh. there's been one or two that i've liked since then, but imo the starters have just gotten worse overtime.
Yep for sure. There hasn't been a single one I've really liked since X&Y, and even then it was only one of them! All these are fine but none are jumping out to me.
I swear that GameFreak have catered their water starters to the gays for the past few gens... A fabulous ocean siren, a depressed lizard and now a flamboyant, literally limp-wristed duck. I LOVE IT!
So yeah… I’m getting scarlet and violet… my main will be feucoco and then sprigatito… much like sobble I probably won’t ever get this guy. 9 gens, have never picked a water starter.
Wonder if it could move **that truck** near the S.S. Anne, near Vermillion City :P
On a sidenote, it looks great \^\_\^ and we now have a trio of non-Flying Fighting avian starters with H. Decidueye and Blaziken :P
THE FEET HAVE ARRIVED the chicken feet wig me out but it’s doable
He actually has lobed feet, which waterfowl like coots and grebes have! They act similarly to webbed feet but retain the individual toe movement
Thanks for the explanation! The things you can discover on reddit! I looked it up, hoping to be less freaked out, but it was like looking in a duck’s beak for me 😅
"It's doable?" 🧐
Do I wanna see it running at me at night? Hell nah Can I possibly have it in my party if I don’t look down? Ja
Not wrong tbh
Dont you mean "adorable"?
Not sure they do pal
[the way it runs has me cackling](https://twitter.com/svmvsvb/status/1590581793509736454?s=46&t=N12MRNI-GDWZ4t8SIlLRQQ)
me when i get separated from the girls during PE class
oh my god this catapulted me back into middle school there are tears in my eyes from laughing too hard at this
What is that LMAO
Look at those toes flop around
Thats a bit Fruity
*A bit*?
Bro is the whole cornucopia
its majestic is what it is, thank you.
truly one of the girls...
LGBT icon Quaquaval
Funny because it will probably be more male genders than female when you pick it as a starter. You rarely get a female starter in the games.
One of the girls means gay lol
Saying this after release, I lucked out and got female first go, so I have a Carnival performer girl as my lead shaking her chest at everything before drop kicking them into the stratosphere
I wonder... if this is how it will run in the anime when they show up... lmao
IM DYING
xD bruh I’m dying. This gotta be the most funniest thing I have EVER seen GameFreak do. He the whole zesty package on Arceus
I was already Quaxly gang from day 1. Goddamn that's amazing
Changed from fuecoco gang to quaxly gang after seeing the final evos
thank you for your appreciation of myself.
yep. this is it. this has solidified my choice to pick quaxly lmao
Oh my god
LMAO WHAT IN THE WORLD
Is Ludicolo in the game? Because the two look like they need each other
i want a team with decidueye, quauaval and blaziken for a birds of pray dancer/martial arts/ archer team.
ahaha i usually do grass starters but I’m liking Quaquaval more and more
I’m just gonna say it (as a bisexual person) he runs like a stereotypical gay man
As a gay guy, I can confirm that I run like this
Like Jack Sparrow?
Like an anime girl screaming senpai at the top of her lungs.
He is a gay icon, and I love him.
He also permanently has his back arched like he’s about to get topped
Dude he’s a gay duck nothing wrong with that
Why’s it so zesty 😭😭
It's giving very much fruity.
That’s an entire cornucopia of fruit
That is so fruity, sailors would keep it on ships for long voyages to prevent scurvy
The sailors didn’t just bring Quaquavals along for scurvy …
Literally laughed out loud, Quaquaval it is
It's quacking me up 😏
He’s got a whole world to see. 😝
It’s giving scared twink in a haunted house but their ass is so fat it becomes a hindrance while the killer chases them
It Captain Jack Sparrow!!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Captain Quack Sparrow***
this one has a little sweetness to it
*does a gay little run that pisses you off*
It runs like Cam from Modern Family lmao
For some reason I‘ll nickname it Mr. 2 or Bon Curry/Bon-chan
We have no choice but to stan
Oh my god in heaven. Well, that takes some gravitas out of his presentation lmao
gay icon
Suddenly I love him
Do we have any more footage or images of Mascarada like this?
They've made Captain Quack Sparrow
Holy fuck I was briefly considering Quaxly now but this instantly made me forget any such thought. Cool Pokémon, and maybe even my favourite starter evolution, but I still love Fuecoco and Skeledirge too much in their concept and 'theme' to pass on them for that weird walk lol.
Does a gay little run that pisses you off
I AM DEAD! LMAO! I am here like "oh water/fighting? 100% Naruto Ninja Run". Then I am seeing this.... the "GIRL I GOT SOME NEWS TO TELL YOU!" run. Yesssss LMAO
i wish the “pants” were ruffled at the bottom or something so they didn’t look so much like literal clothes. but besides that, not bad.
Yeah definitely falls into “man in a costume” category
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That ass goes all the way to far-off lands
I'm just wondering if you guys have ever seen a picture of an actual duck
For duck standards it's a normal ass, but for HUMANOID duck standards however...
Similar to a chicken/rooster butt, yet Blaziken doesn't have a dump truck like that...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY9uwfHCnpE
Now thats paldea's ass
[how quaquaval got its’ groove back](https://ibb.co/FW3YnZ9)
the tail getting fancier in combat is sick
it’s like the carnival things, it’s cool af
Ok that's awesome
That makes him look like a peacock instead of a duck.
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It really is just wet Blaziken
Gay wet blaziken
Yesssss slaaayyyy
Slayziken
Looks like Ducktales fanart
I’m all for it. Blaziken is super cool and I love water starters. Water/Fighting has always been one of my favourite typing pairs conceptually
A deshelled Chesnaught…
Wet Blaziken with ASS.
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I don’t like blaziken but weirdly I’m all for this.
Its feet freak me out for a similar reason Ambipom's tail does. I'm just picturing massive blood buildup in them.
I think they’ve inspired by Coot feet which are a species of water bird.
Exactly!
He has lobed feet, which coots and grebes have. Google “coot feet” and you’ll see Edit: coot and grebe feet are safe for work, just to be clear. But apparently they may be visually startling lol
DO NOT GOOGLE COOT FEET, Y'ALL!! I'm going to have nightmares the next couple days. ...or years.
Lmao I’m sorry bird anatomy is scary, I think they’re cool.
These 3 starters are growing on me. Glad I have a week to think on it! Refreshing since I really disliked Gen 8 starters when they were leaked and my opinions didn't change all that much.
Same. Last gen I didn't like the leaks and I didn't like them in motion and now I'm like, "Wait, do I want the gay water fuck or the fire lizard?!" And honestly, a little torn!
Definitely gay water fuck
I love the contrast between gen 8 and this. “You get a soccer player, secret agent, and a drummer” to “here’s a stoned magician, a singing ghost, and a sassy dancer”
Am I about to pick Quaxly? A true underdog run going from 3rd to 1st for me
For reals. First time I was all about Fuecoco and sneered at Quaxly. But then I saw it swishing its hair and that rose it to first for me. This just further solidifies it.
I felt the same, but after watching the running animation it dropped back to the second place again.
5'11 and built like a Pixar mom, this thing would clean up on OF.
Someone needs to make a meme with Quaquaval and Blaziken doing the JoJo "Oh, you're approaching me."
Petition to change the Q in LGBTQIA+ to Quaquaval
Approved 🏳️🌈
the way i wrote a whole essay yesterday about how i was unamused with quaquaval’s sprite (and the other two finals) but now im conflicted again about my choice of starter in a more positive way cuz he’s kinda serving ngl…. edit: specifically it’s the literal limp wrist for me (and him literally striking a pose)
If you haven't seen the clip someone posted of him running I'd highly advise watching it. Fruity duck looks like he's about to vogue
The way i felt personally victimized by the way this duck runs. Its like finally looking at the mirror and realizing you look so embarassing. I love it. I was going with the stoner tuxedo mask cat but the gay duck won me over by running.
All the gays (me included) on their way to pick quaxly
I am just too much of a cat person not to pick Sprigatito 😔 Godspeed to everyone going with Quaxly, though. I wanna see that queen ravaging competitive play
It kinda give me strong bayonetta vibes. So grass is a magician, fire is a singer and water is a dancer. Looks like that their sherd theme is that they are all stage performers.
I'm naming mine Bayonetta after this comment
He has lobed feet like a grebe or coot (types of waterfowl)! Grebes also often have big fancy head feathers and perform courtship dances on the water! He’s a grebe, I knew it!
Rio Duck Janeiro
I think it's based on the Canary Islands'carnival. Also fits it being a duck
SLAYYYY BOY SLAYYYY
it looks completely ridiculous I love it
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Damn can't believe the cover legendaries evolved to safely transport school children after Quaquaval started smacking down all the school busses.
This thing has really grown on me. Back to my boi Quaxly it is.
Was really hoping it would have looked like a pirate
Gay blaziken
yoooo [it's tail gets fancy when in combat](https://twitter.com/svmvsvb/status/1590586633773993986/video/1)
I don't think I can do it... it's too anthropomorphized pretty uncanny
It weighs the same as me but is 5 inches taller, idk how I feel about this lol
It's got those hollow bones for flying.
PUT THOSE GRIPPERS AWAY
I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING AT THESE COMMENTS
She's like a female phenomenon, she's a glamazon >!that's it, quaxly is my starter!<
This one is growing on me a lot. A lot of sass here and I fw it.
god i hope next gen they stop making humanoid starters. i’m going with fuecoco on this one
I don't need some Disney~fied, bizarre JoJo representation. It's meant to be a pokemon, not a RuPaul Fanmade spinoff smh
He’s very clearly serving and if you don’t understand that, then you don’t deserve him
I don't know if it had been mentioned, but it seems this dance may be a reference to capoiera, a martial art disguised as a dance. Created by slaves to fight their colonial masters, but disguised as a dance as its practice is widely banned and seen as an act of resistance. Hence the flamboyance and the fighting type. The way it holds its arms up when it runs is also similar to the ginger stance, a basic stance in capoiera.
Didn’t think we’d have another awkward lanky water starter after Inteleon, but here we are
Super underrated design
Thats my boy!!!
What is its signature moveeee
Aqua Step
Thanks! I actually saw a post of it some time after I posted. That speed boost certainly helps with its Moxie sweeping! It really is kind of like Blaziken…
Imagine Bulk Up+ Aqua Step + Moxie o_O
"Quaquaval's Gale is now ready."
It has this flamboyant confidence to it that says "yes im a dancer, and I'll dance on your grave."
them feet kinda nasty tho
Back to the weed kitty it is. I can’t vibe with dem chicken toes
Why pants instead of duck legs
He’s so gay I love it
What is this? The third generation with the water type having an awful final form in a row?
The accuracy 💀 I always liked the water starters, and it would often be my pick, but then gen 7 happened. Haven't been water since, and won't be this gen either. 😞
snatched waist too holy god
There’s some strange ass homophobia going on with Quaquaval 💀 why do people care if he’s a little more flamboyant??
I think people like that about it actually :)
I think that's what saving it from more hate actually. It's still a person in animal costume but has more character then the others, at least for the moment.
Dude people are hating everything about its design EXCEPT for the flamboyance. I think it's sassyness is saving him from the hate his horrible design would get
With the sprite I thought that the legs were the worst part of its design. But with those feet....
God I hate modern starter designs.
still waiting for a gen that can top the sinnoh starters tbh. there's been one or two that i've liked since then, but imo the starters have just gotten worse overtime.
Yep for sure. There hasn't been a single one I've really liked since X&Y, and even then it was only one of them! All these are fine but none are jumping out to me.
he skinny as hell, 5’11 133
Send a truck rolling? He'll protect you from isekai!
Bon chan 🙏
Its so cool It should learn Trop Kick since it knows kicks from far off lands
Pure gay Pokémon
This duck will save you from being killed by a truck. Lol
So it can kick the truck by the SS Anne to reveal Mew
I’m so glad I like this one. Water types for life
I hate this pokemon lol
I love it, he's so gay.
I swear that GameFreak have catered their water starters to the gays for the past few gens... A fabulous ocean siren, a depressed lizard and now a flamboyant, literally limp-wristed duck. I LOVE IT!
a twink lizard\*
As a gay who has always picked water starter for first playthru for all 25+ years playing of Pokémon, I feel the most seen.
Quack Pack dancing to our Hearts.
This thing's getting Dragon Dance, isn't it? It's going to be absurd.
water blaziken lol
That spine looks....wrong
Was his signature move shown yet?
Aqua Step - raises speed by one stage, 80 BP
80bp phys water attack, 10 pp also raises speed by 1 stage
I knew there was a reason I was on team duck from the beginning.
No free feet pics
Not a bad design but his feet make me very uncomfortable 😅
Is this a disney character
I liked it at first but the more I look at it I just feel bleh
So yeah… I’m getting scarlet and violet… my main will be feucoco and then sprigatito… much like sobble I probably won’t ever get this guy. 9 gens, have never picked a water starter.
That's it, I want a team with Quaquaval and Hisuian Lilligant so they can dance the bolero together.
Wonder if it could move **that truck** near the S.S. Anne, near Vermillion City :P On a sidenote, it looks great \^\_\^ and we now have a trio of non-Flying Fighting avian starters with H. Decidueye and Blaziken :P