you ever wonder how voltorbs haven't gone extinct

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

you ever wonder how voltorbs haven't gone extinct

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

like, are they just inedible and thus frequent incapacitation from exploding is generally safe in the wild? or do they just have a mayfly type of thing going on?

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

sweetie don't go outside it's voltorb mating season

[one deafening earth shattering explosion later]

ok now it's safe let's go assess the damage

[video_game_king@mastodon.social]

@aeva My assumption is other Pokémon don't eat them because they don't want to risk the explosion.

[endlessmason@hachyderm.io]

@aeva
Mom's spaghetti?

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@Video_Game_King right, but once they've detonated and fainted they should be easy pickings right?

[bearmine@gamepad.club]

@aeva maybe they explode into a bunch of baby voltorbs?

[video_game_king@mastodon.social]

@aeva Now all I can think of is bird Pokémon picking up Voltorbs and dropping them on other Pokémon they want to explode.

[adaliabooks@ohai.social]

@aeva

They are literally just spheres... How do they even mate?
(In fact do they even have a gender? I have a vague recollection that they are one of the genderless Pokémon)

[aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@adaliabooks according to bulbapedia, they can be bred with a ditto (they're in the "mineral" egg group, apparently, and not the "no eggs discovered" egg group, which means they can produce offspring)

[ipd@universeodon.com]

@aeva
You Dissing high Voltage...??
You know how I feel about High Voltage..