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Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · 1d

And following up from my last mon, it's my Eighth #Pokemon of Poketober, Skorupi! Played a bit more loose here once I basically broke my reference image down to just the base shapes. Lots of diamond shapes here I could almost see a rock type regional/convergent skorupi line.

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Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · 1d

Knew I'd miss a Poketober day, sorry about that! Amaura was my #Pokemon for the 7th and I feel like I did decently enough. The second of a trio I had to reference from pokemon GO.

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Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · 3d

Day 6 of Poketober was Nickit! The first #pokemon my randomizer gave me that isn't available in gen 9 so I had to reference GO for this one. Still turned out okay for what it's worth.

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Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · 4d

Day 5 of poketober with Magby! Does look a bit... Q-berty though. A #Pokemon I never really thought of much before this, it's a decent start to magmar's line.

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Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · 5d

Anothet day another #Pokemon for poketober, this time a Rufflet that seems to have gazed upon something it regrets.

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Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · 6d

Late night post dedicaed to a mon that makes playing Sun/Moon at night a lot siller than it probably should be, it's Fomantis for today's #Pokemon drawing! Misjudged one of my pinks but otherwise turned out alright.

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Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · 7d

Almost forgot but today's Poketober was poliwag! My blue selection is a bit limited so this one ended up being shiny. #Pokemon

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Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · 9d

Doing a random pokemon draw challenge for october and day 1 rolled... Tandemaus. Not a fan (I like minccno/cinccino more) but I made it work decently, even if perspective continues to be something I struggle with. #Pokemon

Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · 10d

Average subways experience in Australia (Guest Starring Crossworlds)

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Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · 18d

Did a redraw from a friend's sticker in telegram, but what is she shocked about?

Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · 19d

He do kinda got that Stare of Disdain with the angle of the first one.

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Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · Aug 31

And finally day 31 of #Meteos Month, Starri. Nice aesthetics but another 6-meteo planet and I'm having a hard time telling what it's physics even are. A slower layazero with how fast its launches ramp in a combo? Interesting how I started and ended with the two most humanoid planets of the group.

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Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · Aug 30

#Meteos Month day 30, wrapping up to a close with Globin! Mostly normal physics except that its offensive output is extremely high... in exchange for the timer for getting a loss is VERY strict. Very much a high risk high reward planet. The aesthetics are also... something, to say the least.

Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · Aug 30

Day 29 of #Meteos Month is Forte! At first it seems to work like Megadom where each ignition gets worse. ...Except this only applies to horizontal ignitions. This makes it quite easy to unite the screen and get a full clear with just a single vertical match. Very strong once you get the strat down!

Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · Aug 28

Day 28 of #Meteos Month is Hotted! a discount Gravitas basically. Oddly tricky to unlock too since it has the highest fire meteo cost. As with most 6-meteo planets it's quite tricky to play, but everything that applies to Gravitas also applies here, minus the Super Rocket being much worse here.

Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · Aug 28

Going from one green to another on day 27 of #Meteos Month, Wuud! Another staller like Brabbit and generally follows the same gameplan as it. It's a bit faster overall though so playing that plan can get tricky. Unlike brabbit though all ignitions have the same power, regardless of combo.

Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · Aug 26

And moving onto #Meteos Month day 26 it's Thrinova! of all the planets this one looks the strangest when not in motion. Everything on this planet moves to its Bossa Nova groove, including the tiles themselves! The physics here are.. flighty? I dunno how else to put it. Tricky but fun I guess.

Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · Aug 26

#Meteos Month day #25 is Florias! Usually your first source of Dark meteos, I unlocked it actually pretty late. The physics feel similar to Cavious's but the tileset does blend into the background a bit, which combined with having 6 meteo types does make it a tricky planet to play on.

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Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · Aug 24

#Meteos Month day 24 is Cavious. This planet feels odd in that I'm not sure if it has anything special beyond being another 11 width planet. it does lack Air Meteos though, one of the only 6 planets in the game to do so, but isn't super noteworthy outside of those two points.

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Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · Aug 24

Following up on Day 23 of #Meteos Month is Yooj. Another planet with the max playing width of 11, but with more reasonable physics. It plays somewhat similarly to Geolyte, the planet Yooj shares a tileset with, making it a pretty chill planet compared to
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Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · Aug 24

Day #22 for #Meteos Month, it's Gigagush. The aesthetics are nice and... that's about it. The same physics as Mekks returns but with the biggest playing field size instead of the smallest one. Combined with having 6 Meteo types instead of the usual five makes it a nightmare to play on!

Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · Aug 22

Going from one slow planet to another in #Meteos Month, Day 21 is Luna = Luna! Unlike Brabbit, launches on this planet do get noticeably stronger with each one you make, so utilizing the Wall strategy becomes far trickier here. The soundtrack here is also quite funky, I appreciate it.

Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · Aug 20

Day 20 of #Meteos month is Brabbit! Certainly an interesting planet. Everything moves so slowly that the general idea is to throw on the speeder and use your stack as a wall against the oncoming Meteos. Quite strong if you can pull it off, just make sure you have a plan for when the combo ends!

Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · Aug 19

Continuing with Meteos Month day with with... Megadom. My least favorite planet since each combo gets weaker on each ignition, a drawback shared with two other planets, both of which can work around it. This makes playing on it a struggle to say the least. The aesthetics are nice at least?

Neo Tornado @neotornado.bsky.social · Aug 19

Day 18 of Meteos month, it's Freaze this time! Probably the drawing I'm the least satisfied with out of the 31 since Freaze looks far too squished here. Planet-wise it's very thin but has the most "normal" physics of the 3 planets with that distinction. Also one of the earliest you can unlock too!