Mega Evolution & Other Gen 6 Crap.

[NICKtendo DS]

I don't understand why they don't just give them REAL evolutions.

The mechanics are still not clear enough to really judge them. For what I understand is that Mega Evolving is more of a Forme change than really evolving.

Black and White Kyurem are basically Mega Evolutions if it weren't for the method. It's still a Forme change, because no Mega Stone is used. Keldeo's Resolution Forme also appears as if it's a form of evolution rather than a change. Again, the method to achieve this keeps it from being a Mega Evolution.

It goes differently for Giratina. The Griseous Orb can be seen as his "Mega Stone", but because Mega Stones only affect the Pokémon during the battle and not outside, whereas the Griseous Orb is always in effect as long as it's hold, it counts as a Forme change, not a Mega Evolution. The sane goes for Shaymin.

Mega Evolution basically simplifies and generalizes the Forme change concept so it can be applied to a mass of Pokémon.