Game Freak and The Pokémon Company amplified attention on Malamar through videos and care packages that emphasize the squid-like creature. Malamar debuts a Mega Evolution in a live-action trailer where it goes into overdrive and uses hypnosis on citizens, driving dramatic personality changes. The mega-evolved form appears slimmer and luminescent, with a rainbow light that seems to power its hypnotic abilities. Other older Pokémon like Dragonite and Victreebel also receive Mega Evolutions. Speculation suggests the Mega Evolution acquisition might echo Inkay's upside-down evolution mechanic on Switch hardware.
"The live-action trailer reveals that all this excitement is due to a Malamar, which has gone into overdrive after it mega-evolved, using its hypnosis on the citizens of the world. Once the 'mon changes forms, it can hypnotize people to the point of completely changing their personalities. Its appearance is a bit more slender than in its base form, and its body becomes luminescent, emitting a rainbow light that seems to be the source of its hypnotic abilities."
"It's nice that more obscure Pokémon are getting Mega Evolutions in . Dragonite and Victreebel are cool additions, but we can always use more non-Generation I representation when giving old Pokémon new forms. I do wonder, though, if the game will find some way to implement Malamar's signature odd evolution style into the Mega Evolution. Maybe you'll have to hold your Switch or Switch 2 upside down to acquire its Mega Stone when the game launches on October 16."
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