Palafin Illustration Rare
Finizen and Palafin were definitely two of the lazier new Pokémon designs in Gen IX. They’re also some of my favorites, because they’re just such cute lil’ dolphins! That the only thing that distinguishes them from actual dolphins is some sort of fused-on rubber ring around their tails isn’t exactly…imaginative. The only difference in its evolved form is a heart on its chest. But given my all-time fave pocket monster is the mighty Mantine, I’m clearly a complete rube for the most blatantly “just change the name of an animal and pretend we thought it up” order of Pokémon.
This shiny Palafin is in its “Hero Form,” as opposed to what’s rudely called its regular “Zero Form.” It’s basically a roided up dolphin, and here looks very menacing as it fails to understand that standing up is a pretty redundant action when underwater.
