Remember the Dancer ability?

Dancer is an ability exclusive to the Pokémon Oricorio. We talk a bit about the bird, the Dancer ability, and what counts as a Dance move.
Oricorio looks like it's based on the Hawai'ian Honeycreeper. The Baile style looks a lot like the ʻIʻiwi. (If we ignore the flamenco theme for just a second.) ʻIʻiwi is in the thumbnail instead of Honeycreeper for artistic reasons. It's pretty awesome that each island in Alola is named after a color in Hawai'ian language (ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi). Those color names correspond to the color of the Oricorio you'll find there and the Tapu found there (as well as anything aethetically related.)
As always, we have to dive a bit into Japanese language to explain some move or ability intricacies. For the sake of brevity, I will oversimplify some Japanese concepts, because the Japanese pokémon data is evidence. This is not a college level Japanese course, so more than the basics in a 11 minute video is overkill. The average viewer doesn't have Japanese language as a hyperfixation. This is also why Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji are color coded for accessibility.
I reference my last video about kicking. In that video, I don't include Aqua Step as a kick because the move I cannot say with 100% certainty that it is a leg strike, thus I can't include it. 90% isn't 100%. You could use fast dance steps to get in close and punch. Plus the animation uses the floating tail feathers, which are not disembodied leg drones, are they? Yes, Quaquaval is all about dance, Kick strength, and maybe capoeira, so it is a reasonable assumption, but as we've seen, when localizers assume, we get jank situations where abilities and moves are recontextualized based on their distribution. I'm trying to avoid that. If you code Aqua Step as a kick in a mod or say it is in your own video, that's fine, it basically is.
Feel free to use the mechanics or ideas for Pokémon Mods, Romhacks, or even your own game. It's a common enough idea that I wouldn't try to claim ownership of something anyone would come up with.
The footage of break dancers comes from Yakuza 0 (in Japan it's known as "Like A Dragon").
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:16 - Oricorio
01:03 - Revelation Dance Mechanics
01:18 - Dancer Ability
02:06 - Dance Move Category
03:08 - Swords Dance
03:21 - Petal Dance
03:31 - Feather Dance
03:44 - Teeter Dance
04:02 - Dragon Dance
04:12 - Lunar Dance
06:03 - Quiver Dance
06:28 - Fiery Dance
07:41 - Revelation Dance
08:26 - Clangorous Soul
08:42 - Victory Dance
09:05 - Aqua Step
09:28 - Rain Dance
09:49 - Conclusion
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Outro Song: Driftveil City (CD Version) - Pokémon Black & White
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Background Song: I’m gonna make her mine - (Yakuza 0 OST Song # 81)
Move Infographics:
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[@CammyMeeleTea]

READ ME: Hello! The main topic of the video is the Dancer ability and the moves that trigger the ability. Don't forget to check the video description for details that would be otherwise superfluous in the video. (Or I didn't feel like talking about it.)

[@WalkinStereotype]

Always appreciate how you try to give as much context as you can in what time you have. Not enough people take the time to thoroughly consider the implications and differences that localization has, especially at the language level.

[@CammyMeeleTea]

Thanks, it always feels hard to get the balance of brevity and rambling.

[@marcelomelo9977]

i might assume that quaquaval's aqua step is a kick since it not only have step in it's name, but also is based on capoeira, an martial art/ dance that relies heavily on it's feet

[@starjake]

"Plus the abimation uses the floating tail feathers, which aren't disembodied leg drones, are they?" WELL, THANKS, THEY ARE NOW. I'm hoping that Dancer is given to other pokemon at some point. Hisuian Lilligant and Quaquaval are obvious contenders, but I could see Hitmontop or Alolan Marowak or even Volbeat as fun flavor.

[@thatnickwalker]

i always figured that aqua step was a stomp that splashed up water and doused the foe. love the vids :D

[@kenw.1520]

I was hoping that Dancer would work in Tera Raids, so I could see groups of Oricorio dancing around and destroying Tera Raids. Then I found out that Dancer doesn't work in Tera Raids. Which is lame. But now, the Indigo Disk DLC comes out soon and there's a focus on Double Battles. Now my Oricorio can dance and destroy the Blueberry Academy. At least, so I hope.

[@CammyMeeleTea]

It's crazy how it's already December, and it's right there. It feels like I fought Kieran a billion times and caught Ogerpon just yesterday.

[@starjake]

...I was today years old when I learned that Dancer doesn't work in Tera raids. Dancer doesn't work in Tera raids?

[@kenw.1520]

@@starjake Nope. It's weird. Maybe GF was worried that a Dancer Chain would break raids somehow. And I mean from a programming standpoint.

[@christopherbennett5858]

I’d say victory and Quiver dance are my favourites. Oricorio is a surprisingly fun pokemon to use. Especially now that you can do physical and special builds. I think Dancer would make sense for Lilligant and ludicolo but who knows? We could have crazy stuff with Gardevoir. Frankly, I’d love to see more nectars for Oricorio. Like a steel one for Tap dancing or maybe a dark type one for Vogueing.

[@CammyMeeleTea]

I hadn't even considered more nectar types, but yes, that would be pretty interesting. Hawaiian Honeycreepers are in the finch family, so even though Oricorio seems based on this specific bird, they can definitely deviate from the real world parallel and put it on other islands, there are non-Hawai'ian honey creepers out there. The whole adaptive radiation concept (Darwin's Finches thing) can happen on any island region with islands. So we could definitely see them again. Oricorio form for every type sounds like a great hypothetical video idea, if someone hasn't done it already. (Though probably for every type except (flying and normal). The stuff you said, plus some others. Fairy - Ballet Fighting - Capoeira Water - Synchronized swimming or something "flowy" like ballroom Rock - Rock and Roll (I dunno, like elvis) ??? - Disco You get the idea. It would be fun.

[@Scampr_]

I think it's interesting how the majority of moves under the Dance classification are status moves, with the connections dance has to energy, coordination, and summoning. It's neat then that the dance-based physical & special moves we have are not just plain attacks, but also tend to provide some significant boost or side effect when performed! I do hope the Dancer ability gets more distribution in future, and I can understand that they maybe don't want to take Oricorio's uniqueness away - but I feel like the form changes using nectar and signature Dance-move would still be enough to make it memorable? It's just too generalised of a concept for a single Pokémon to have ownership over, and there already several worthy candidates you could share it to.

[@CratthewF]

I really wish they’d distribute the ability to a few other pokémon. I built a VGC team centered on oricorio and it was surprisingly decent in spite of being centered around oricorio lol. If dancer ever got distributed to Quaquaval, Ludicolo, Hisuian Lilligant etc, I think the ability could really shine

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

I mean, meloetta would actually be useful if pirouette had dancer.

[@angeldude101]

Came for a potential analysis and tips about a one-off wacky ability that can cause weird situations. Stayed for the Japanese lesson.

[@CammyMeeleTea]

That's partially how this video started. Then the Oricorio lore and Hawai'ian references compelled me to change direction. Though this is a fun Dancer video strat: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKDFXq2FhN11bK8si=OWI_OqhkwzyiXyFP

[@pokeperson1000]

I feel like if multiple Pokémon use rain dance on the same turn, it should temporarily become heavy rain. Like, maybe for two turns. (The turn it is used + the following turn) Not for any meta reasons, because the mechanic would probably be worthless, but because more Pokémon performing a prayer for rain should make the rain stronger.

[@Fincaurum]

Dancer is one of those abilities that given to the right pokemon could make them broken, but I do hope that at least lidicolo gets the shiftry treatment and gest this as a new ability. Paired with volcarona you would have a field with perfect coverage and a mon that can fake out AND set up at the same time

[@CammyMeeleTea]

That would be so sick!

[@grrgrrgrr0202]

I'd love to see Chatot getting a similar ability for Sound moves. It's also a shame that Mr Rime didn't get Dancer.

[@CammyMeeleTea]

That would be so fun as an extra option for Chatot.

[@Mr.M3447]

@CammyMeeleTea I was rewatching your pokemon type chart rebalance and I took notice to your idea that “I wish Pokemon had more elements than concepts as types” and it got me thinking, what would be realistic, reasonable, and interesting new types that you would personally add to the game? I don’t know if you’d base it off that video for balancing but I’ve recently gotten into trying to come up with potential new types and how they’d make sense or if they’d be balanced (even if it’s just one like Light type which is the easiest to work out to me) based on similar creature collection games and what types of elements they have and general fan made types. Hopefully you find the idea interesting as well but if it’s too much to ask then it’s cool.

[@Mr.M3447]

Some types I’ve seen suggested are the the light and sounds types (like I stated before), then there are some weird ones that you could call concepts like nuclear or rubber, and then some that honestly are dumb suggestions in my opinion like Wind and Wood type, but I’m interested in someone’s ideas on the topic.

[@Qbe_Root]

7:28 Well the problem isn't exactly about on'yomi rendaku, but more about homophones right? The important thing is that readings aren't usually interchangeable, so you can't say かか (or かが) for "fireworks" or "spark". Kinda like how you can say "eight", "side" and "octagon", but not "octa", "gon" or "eightside"

[@CammyMeeleTea]

Yes and no. I repeatedly say in the video that things may sound the same but actually be written differently (homophones) or look the same but be pronounced differently (homographs). I did not want to spend more time talking or editing to talk about the difference between homophones and homographs. Instead, I demonstrated a ridiculous hypothetical and expressed that it would be miserable if those were the readings for those words. The point of 7:28 is to say "Look at this, wouldn't that suck to say or read? Luckily for you, that's not how it works." I just don't go into the detail of why it sucks (homophones and homographs). Per 4:28, I'm resisting the ND compulsion I have to overexplain Pokémon and Japanese language for my sanity and the sanity of the NDs and NTs watching. I said the "what" of what would suck about the hypothetical on'yomi rendaku, and intenionally omitted the "why" because looking at it makes it obvious why it would suck. You're explicitly explaining in depth the "why". To use a different, but parallel example, I might say "Having the flu would suck." You might say in response "Isn't the problem the symptoms of flu like coughing, sneezing, headaches, and hospitalization?" We agree, we're just communicating it differently. I find the "what" to be enough because the "why" is implied, and you find that the "why" needs to be thoroughly explained. Or at least, that is the supposition of the situation.

[@zimattack9994]

wow you can really dance?

[@CammyMeeleTea]

I can't freestyle at all. I've only practiced specific routines. I'm much better with piano and violin. I can noodle around a bit by recalling the pitch, and then at that point I can run through the piece a few times and be able to play it. People who just hear music and start breaking down truly impress me. Dancing to the beat isn't the hard part, it's their ability to string together what feels like a never ending strip of Legos to build up their dance.

[@Sideqazxsw]

テレプシコリアンだ! www