We here at Kotaku have\u2026complicated, multifaceted feelings on Mega Starmie. The Mega Evolved starfish started out being seen as one of the silliest new transformations in Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A, then turned out to be one of the MVPs of the RPG. Despite all the endearment I feel toward Mega Starmie and its weird long legs and arms now, seeing the thing in the Pok\u00e9mon Horizons anime series has reawakened my innermost disgust reflex. I have many questions about this creature, but as far as the show goes, one comes to the forefront: Why does it look like Mega Starmie has been oiled up? The latest episode of Pok\u00e9mon Horizons, titled \u201cThe Catcher in the Sky,\u201d premiered in Japan last week, and in it, one the new series\u2019 main characters, Friede, was revealed to have captured a Starmie that is capable of undergoing Mega Evolution. When the starfish is in this state, it stands as tall as its trainer and moves its arms and legs in a very uncomfortably human-like manner. Friede seems to be hamming up the human characteristics of Mega Starmie by calling it \u201cInstructor Starmie,\u201d though it\u2019s unclear just what instructing it\u2019s supposed to be doing. Anyway, the creature is shiny, as if Friede oiled it up before he reunited with the rest of the cast, and Horizons does a great job of exaggerating its animations to make it unnerving. Put it all together, and you\u2019ve got a Pok\u00e9mon that is just awful to look at. Way to go, team. You nailed it. I haven\u2019t been keeping current with Horizons, but I really enjoyed what I saw of the show when it made its English debut. The series\u2019 storylines have more of an arc compared to those in the previous series which was led by Ash Ketchum and kind of written for the series to have no real end goal and for episodes to stand alone. It seems like Horizons has been sticking with that storytelling approach as it enters its third season. The episodes that have been dubbed in English are streaming on Netflix.<\/p>\n
A epis\u00f3dio de Pok\u00e9mon Horizons, intitulado The Catcher in the Sky, foi ao ar no Jap\u00e3o na semana passada. Friede, um dos protagonistas, capturou um Starmie capaz de Mega Evoluir. No estado Mega, a estrela de mar fica do tamanho do treinador e move os bra\u00e7os e as pernas de forma quase humana. A apresenta\u00e7\u00e3o enfatiza caracter\u00edsticas humanas do Pok\u00e9mon.<\/p>\n
O clipe mostra o v\u00ednculo entre Friede e o Pok\u00e9mon Mega Evolu\u00eddo, com a criatura sendo retratada de forma brilhante. A s\u00e9rie, que j\u00e1 est\u00e1 em sua terceira temporada, continua a seguir uma linha de narrativa que avan\u00e7a mais do que a temporada anterior, centrada em hist\u00f3rias com arcos mais definidos. Os epis\u00f3dios dublados em ingl\u00eas est\u00e3o dispon\u00edveis na Netflix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"