{"id":98170,"date":"2019-08-09T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/08\/random_kiss_gene_simmons_has_something_to_say_about_new_pokemon_obstagoon"},"modified":"2019-08-09T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T11:00:00","slug":"random-kiss-gene-simmons-has-something-to-say-about-new-pokemon-obstagoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/08\/09\/random-kiss-gene-simmons-has-something-to-say-about-new-pokemon-obstagoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: KISS&#8217; Gene Simmons Has Something To Say About New Pok\u00e9mon, Obstagoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f5264b0eabc29\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f5264b0eabc29\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Images: Pok\u00e9mon \/ @genesimmons\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f5264b0eabc29\/images-pokemon-atgenesimmons.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f5264b0eabc29\/images-pokemon-atgenesimmons.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Images: Pok\u00e9mon \/ @genesimmons\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\">Images: Pok\u00e9mon \/ <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/genesimmons\/status\/1153158206740258816?s=20\">@genesimmons<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this week, The Pok\u00e9mon Company shared fresh details for the upcoming Switch games, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_sword_and_shield\">Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield<\/a><\/strong>. Alongside the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/08\/pokemon_sword_and_shields_team_yell_sound_like_a_total_nightmare_in_the_best_way_possible\">mischievous Team Yell<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/08\/pokemon_sword_and_shield_will_feature_galarian_forms_new_rivals_and_team_yell_revealed\">chimney-style, top hat-wearing Weezing<\/a> form, brand new Pok\u00e9mon Obstagoon was revealed.<\/p>\n<p>In our social circles, the new design seemed to be receiving universal praise and not much more, but some corners of the internet couldn&#8217;t help but notice a certain similarity to American rock band, KISS. The internet then did its thing, because of course it did.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m so nicknaming Obstagoon after KISS member, Gene Simmons! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Genesimmons?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Genesimmons<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KISS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KISS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Obstagoon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Obstagoon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PokemonSwordandsheild?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PokemonSwordandsheild<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nrxu2SoZvE\">pic.twitter.com\/Nrxu2SoZvE<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Anthony Faiella (@GreenLightning3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreenLightning3\/status\/1159098282716610560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I WANNA ROCK N ROLL ALL NIGHT, AND PARTY EVERYDAY!!!&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pokemon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#pokemon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/zigzagoon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#zigzagoon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/linoone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#linoone<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/obstagoon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#obstagoon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KISS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KISS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1EC16ZJIvb\">pic.twitter.com\/1EC16ZJIvb<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Christina Mijares-Doung (@ChristinaDrawin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaDrawin\/status\/1159282244688551936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Surprisingly, KISS singer and bassist Gene Simmons has commented on the similarity. Talking to <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/pokemon-sun-shield-linoone-kiss-obstagoon-gene-simmons-1453065\">Newsweek<\/a>, he said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Pok\u00e9mon has been a part of our household for decades, ever since our kids first discovered them. And to see Pok\u00e9mon pay homage to KISS, is flattering.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>Whether or not Obstagoon and the new designs for Zigzagoon and Linoone are <em>actually<\/em> based on KISS remains to be seen, but that&#8217;s probably how we&#8217;ll always see them going forward. Either way, it&#8217;s nice to know Simmons approves of the design.<\/p>\n<p><em>Are you an Obstagoon fan? Will you be humming along to &#8216;Rock and Roll All Nite&#8217; when you battle with it in-game? Tell us below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Images: Pok\u00e9mon \/ @genesimmons Earlier this week, The Pok\u00e9mon Company shared fresh details for the upcoming Switch games, Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield. Alongside the mischievous Team Yell and the chimney-style, top hat-wearing Weezing form, brand new Pok\u00e9mon Obstagoon was revealed. In our social circles, the new design seemed to be receiving universal praise and not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98170\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}