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* The reason that Hisuian Typhlosions aren't running around is likely that the spiritual energy it was absorbing came from the Space-Time Rift, and as the Gen 4 games don't have it Quilava can't absorb energies from it to gain the Ghost Type.
** Meanwhile at no point in the games so far could the player bring a Oshawott or a Rowlet into Sinnoh, so there was no way to see if Rowlet would evolve into Hisuian Decidueye beforehand.
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* The reason that Hisuian Typhlosions aren't running around is likely that the spiritual energy it was absorbing came from the Space-Time Rift, and as the Gen 4 games don't have it Quilava can't absorb energies from it to gain the Ghost Type.
** Meanwhile at no point in the games so far could the player bring a Oshawott or a Rowlet into Sinnoh, so there was no way to see if Rowlet would evolve into Hisuian Decidueye beforehand.
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* The reason that Hisuian Typhlosions aren't running around is likely that the spiritual energy it was absorbing came from the Space-Time Rift, and as the Gen 4 games don't have it Quilava can't absorb energies from it to gain the Ghost Type.
** Meanwhile at no point in the games so far could the player bring a Oshawott or a Rowlet into Sinnoh, so there was no way to see if Rowlet would evolve into Hisuian Decidueye beforehand.
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** Why do Zacian and Zamazenta need to be in their Crowned forms to fight Eternatus effectively? Eternatus is a Poison/Dragon type. Zamazenta wouldn't be able to do much as a Fighting type (Poison resists Fighting), while Zacian would be outright weak to Poison as a Fairy type. But their Crowned forms give them an additional Steel typing that considerably limits Eternatus' options while widening their own [[note]]Steel is immune to Poison and not resisted by Dragon or Poison[/note]], a stat boost, and a move tailor-made to take down Dynamaxed and Gigantamaxed Pokémon [[note]]although the bonus doesn't apply to Eternamaxed Eternatus, the same cannot be said of the ordinary Pokémon that become Dynamaxed/Gigantamaxed as part of the Darkest Day[[/note]], levelling the playing field.
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** Why do Zacian and Zamazenta need to be in their Crowned forms to fight Eternatus effectively? effectively and end the Darkest Day? Eternatus is a Poison/Dragon type. Zamazenta wouldn't be able to do much as a Fighting type (Poison resists Fighting), while Zacian would be outright weak to Poison as a Fairy type. But their Crowned forms give them an additional Steel typing that considerably limits Eternatus' options while widening their own [[note]]Steel is immune to Poison and not resisted by Dragon or Poison[/note]], Poison[[/note]], a stat boost, and a move tailor-made to take down Dynamaxed and Gigantamaxed Pokémon [[note]]although the bonus doesn't apply to Eternamaxed Eternatus, the same cannot be said of the ordinary Pokémon that become Dynamaxed/Gigantamaxed as part of the Darkest Day[[/note]], levelling the playing field.
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** Why do Zacian and Zamazenta need to be in their Crowned forms to fight Eternatus effectively? Eternatus is a Poison/Dragon type. Zamazenta wouldn't be able to do much as a Fighting type (Poison resists Fighting), while Zacian would be outright weak to Poison as a Fairy type (and not be able to do much either given Poison cancels out the Dragon type's weakness to Fairy). But their Crowned forms give them an additional Steel typing (Steel being immune to Poison and not resisted by Dragon or Poison), a stat boost, and a move tailor-made to take down Dynamaxed and Gigantamaxed pokemon [[note]]although the bonus doesn't apply to Eternamaxed Eternatus, the same cannot be said of the ordinary Pokemon that become Dynamaxed/Gigantamaxed as part of the Darkest Day[[/note]], levelling the playing field.
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** Why do Zacian and Zamazenta need to be in their Crowned forms to fight Eternatus effectively? Eternatus is a Poison/Dragon type. Zamazenta wouldn't be able to do much as a Fighting type (Poison resists Fighting), while Zacian would be outright weak to Poison as a Fairy type (and not be able to do much either given Poison cancels out the Dragon type's weakness to Fairy). type. But their Crowned forms give them an additional Steel typing (Steel being that considerably limits Eternatus' options while widening their own [[note]]Steel is immune to Poison and not resisted by Dragon or Poison), Poison[/note]], a stat boost, and a move tailor-made to take down Dynamaxed and Gigantamaxed pokemon Pokémon [[note]]although the bonus doesn't apply to Eternamaxed Eternatus, the same cannot be said of the ordinary Pokemon Pokémon that become Dynamaxed/Gigantamaxed as part of the Darkest Day[[/note]], levelling the playing field.field.
** Relevant to the above: why is ''Zacian'' the one who's immune to both of Eternatus' types? Zacian's a physical attacker, which means it's much more likely to get up close and personal and thus much likelier to get hit. Its defenses are not the best compared to its counterpart, so being immune to Eternatus' strongest attacks (including its signature attack, Eternabeam) means it's able to stay in the fight longer and deal out more damage.
** Relevant to the above: why is ''Zacian'' the one who's immune to both of Eternatus' types? Zacian's a physical attacker, which means it's much more likely to get up close and personal and thus much likelier to get hit. Its defenses are not the best compared to its counterpart, so being immune to Eternatus' strongest attacks (including its signature attack, Eternabeam) means it's able to stay in the fight longer and deal out more damage.
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** Why do Zacian and Zamazenta need to be in their Crowned forms to fight Eternatus effectively? Eternatus is a Poison/Dragon type. Zamazenta wouldn't be able to do much as a Fighting type (Poison resists Fighting), while Zacian would be outright weak to Poison as a Fairy type (and not be able to do much either given Poison cancels out the Dragon type's weakness to Fairy). But their Crowned forms give them an additional Steel typing (Steel being immune to Poison and not resisted by Dragon or Poison), a stat boost, and a move tailor-made to take down Dynamaxed and Gigantamaxed pokemon [[note]]although the bonus doesn't apply to Eternamaxed Eternatus, the same cannot be said of the ordinary Pokemon that become Dynamaxed/Gigantamaxed as part of the Darkest Day[[/note]], levelling the playing field.
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Most hybrids are infertile, but some hybrids can and have produced offspring successfully.
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** Furthermore, why can't the Galarian fossils breed? Because they're MixAndMatchCritters a.k.a. hybrids, and hybrid animals are infertile.
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** Furthermore, why can't the Galarian fossils breed? Because they're MixAndMatchCritters a.k.a. hybrids, and hybrid animals are generally infertile.
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** Most human [=NPCs=] in the series follow a FloralThemeNaming (since the start in the Japanese originals, since Gen V in the English translation). Calyrex is the first Pokémon in the series who interacts with the player as a normal human NPC would, and fittingly it has a Floral Theme Naming of its own (''calyx'' being Latin for "bud")!
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* When Dynamaxing a Pokémon or catching a Dynamaxed raid boss, the player's Poké Ball enlarges. The player than lifts the ball above their head, using two hands and throws it outward. The shape of the ball looks just like a football ball and the throwing method is the way field players (especially those assigned as lateral throwers by their coaches) throw the balls as well, in an overhead manner. Similar to the above, as an analogue for Britain, this makes sense, especially because football (known as soccer in North America) is especially popular there.
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* When Dynamaxing a Pokémon or catching a Dynamaxed raid boss, the player's Poké Ball enlarges. The player than lifts the ball above their head, using two hands and throws it outward. The shape of the ball looks just like a football ball and the throwing method is the way field players (especially those assigned as lateral throwers by their coaches) throw the balls as well, in an overhead manner. Similar to the above, as an analogue for Britain, this makes sense, especially because football (known as soccer in North America) [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball football/soccer]] not only is especially popular there.popular, but was also the place where football as we know it was born, and it houses [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Football_Association_Board the sport's very own ruling board]]. The country's local association even hosts [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FA_Cup the oldest Football competition ever still active]].
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*** More likely, the heaviness of their shells probably contributed to their extinction; short of rolling away as Sliggoo does, they're not particularly practical or fast for movement. It would be reasonably easy for predators to catch them, and for their own prey to escape. As a result, the Hisuian variant likely couldn't adapt to a smaller/lighter shell, and natural selection took it's course.
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* Why is Eternatus Poison-type? Well, it radiates a tremendous amount of energy that is known to [[NuclearMutant turn Pokémon into giant rampaging monsters]], it can unleash devastating energy attacks, [[WellIntentionedExtremist ChairmanRose]] attempted to harness that energy as a nearly-inexhaustible power source, and feeding it too much material caused it to turn incredibly destructive — it went critical, so to speak. Sound familiar? Now consider that the effects of overexposure to nuclear radiation in real life are known as ''radiation poisoning''.
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* Why is Eternatus Poison-type? Well, it radiates a tremendous amount of energy that is known to [[NuclearMutant turn Pokémon into giant rampaging monsters]], it can unleash devastating energy attacks, [[WellIntentionedExtremist ChairmanRose]] Chairman Rose]] attempted to harness that energy as a nearly-inexhaustible power source, and feeding it too much material caused it to turn incredibly destructive — it went critical, so to speak. Sound familiar? Now consider that the effects of overexposure to nuclear radiation in real life are known as ''radiation poisoning''.
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* Why is Eternatus Poison-type? Well, it radiates a tremendous amount of energy that is known to [[NuclearMutant turn Pokémon into giant rampaging monsters]], it can unleash devastating energy attacks, [[WellIntentionedExtremist ChairmanRose]] attempted to harness that energy as a nearly-inexhaustible power source (and it manages to actually provide that energy source once the heroes get it under control), and feeding it too much material caused it to turn incredibly destructive — it went critical, so to speak. Sound familiar? Now consider that the effects of overexposure to nuclear radiation in real life are known as ''radiation poisoning''.
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* Why is Eternatus Poison-type? Well, it radiates a tremendous amount of energy that is known to [[NuclearMutant turn Pokémon into giant rampaging monsters]], it can unleash devastating energy attacks, [[WellIntentionedExtremist ChairmanRose]] attempted to harness that energy as a nearly-inexhaustible power source (and it manages to actually provide that energy source once the heroes get it under control), source, and feeding it too much material caused it to turn incredibly destructive — it went critical, so to speak. Sound familiar? Now consider that the effects of overexposure to nuclear radiation in real life are known as ''radiation poisoning''.poisoning''.
** In addition, after it's captured, it actually manages to provide Galar with the solution to the energy crisis Rose was looking for by supercharging the region with its energy. Nuclear energy, when properly controlled and contained (not by someone as impatient as Chairman Rose) is perhaps one of the most efficient low-carbon energy sources, [[https://www.ourworldofenergy.com/vignettes.php?type=nuclear-power&id=3 producing far more energy than any fossil fuel]]. The message seems to be less "nuclear energy is bad" and more "nuclear energy needs to be used with patience and care in order to be an effective and eco-friendly energy source."
** In addition, after it's captured, it actually manages to provide Galar with the solution to the energy crisis Rose was looking for by supercharging the region with its energy. Nuclear energy, when properly controlled and contained (not by someone as impatient as Chairman Rose) is perhaps one of the most efficient low-carbon energy sources, [[https://www.ourworldofenergy.com/vignettes.php?type=nuclear-power&id=3 producing far more energy than any fossil fuel]]. The message seems to be less "nuclear energy is bad" and more "nuclear energy needs to be used with patience and care in order to be an effective and eco-friendly energy source."
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* Why is Eternatus Poison-type? Well, it radiates a tremendous amount of energy that is known to [[NuclearMutant turn Pokémon into giant rampaging monsters]], it can unleash devastating energy attacks, the BigBad attempted to harness that energy as a nearly-inexhaustible power source, and feeding it too much material caused it to turn incredibly destructive — it went critical, so to speak. Sound familiar? Now consider that the effects of overexposure to nuclear radiation in real life are known as ''radiation poisoning''.
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* Why is Eternatus Poison-type? Well, it radiates a tremendous amount of energy that is known to [[NuclearMutant turn Pokémon into giant rampaging monsters]], it can unleash devastating energy attacks, the BigBad [[WellIntentionedExtremist ChairmanRose]] attempted to harness that energy as a nearly-inexhaustible power source, source (and it manages to actually provide that energy source once the heroes get it under control), and feeding it too much material caused it to turn incredibly destructive — it went critical, so to speak. Sound familiar? Now consider that the effects of overexposure to nuclear radiation in real life are known as ''radiation poisoning''.
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** This also appears to have been a test run for the idea of introducing new evolutions for older Pokémon at all after having not done so at all in Gens V and VII (and only having introduced one new evolution for an older Pokémon in Gen VI — Sylveon, which evolves from Eevee, a Pokémon that was already established for having several possible evolutions). Both ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' introduced a few evolutions for older Pokémon that were ''not'' tied to regional variations[[note]]Scyther to Kleavor, Stantler to Wyrdeer, Ursaring to Ursaluna, Girafarig to Farigaraf[[/note]] (in addition to regional form-exclusive evolutions[[note]]Sneasel to Sneasler, Qwilfish to Overqwil, Basculin to Basculegion[[/note]]) after the evolutions for the Galarian forms were well-received.
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** This also appears to have been a test run for the idea of introducing new evolutions for older Pokémon at all after having not done so at all in Gens V and VII (and only having introduced one new evolution for an older Pokémon in Gen VI — Sylveon, which evolves from Eevee, a Pokémon that was already established for having several possible evolutions). Both ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' introduced a few evolutions for older Pokémon that were ''not'' tied to regional variations[[note]]Scyther to Kleavor, Stantler to Wyrdeer, Ursaring to Ursaluna, Girafarig to Farigaraf[[/note]] Farigaraf, Primeape to Annihilape, Dunsparce to Dudunsparce, Bisharp to Kingambit[[/note]] (in addition to regional form-exclusive evolutions[[note]]Sneasel to Sneasler, Qwilfish to Overqwil, Basculin to Basculegion[[/note]]) Basculegion, Wooper to Clodsire[[/note]]) after the evolutions for the Galarian forms were well-received.
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*** And the fact that it's a drum-playing gorilla in a Nintendo game, much like [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry Donkey Kong]], and the modern, drum-playing DK we're all familiar with was created by Rare, a British company.
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* Indeedee willingly serves people because it gets feelings of energy from gratitude. This feature of its biology would keep it from being used as a slave by selfish people; if it worked for an ungrateful person who didn't appreciate its service, then it would have no reason to stay and continue working for them. Even if it was being forced to work for an ungrateful person and kept from leaving, eventually it wouldn't be able to work at all because it would run out of energy from the lack of gratitude.
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* Indeedee willingly serves people because it gets feelings of energy from gratitude. This feature of its biology would keep it from being used as a slave by selfish people; if it worked for an ungrateful person who didn't appreciate its service, then it would have no reason to stay and continue working for them. Even if it was being forced to work for an ungrateful person and kept were to force it to work ''and'' somehow keep it from leaving, running away, eventually it wouldn't be able to work at all because it would run out of energy from the lack of gratitude.
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* Indeedee willingly serves people because it gets feelings of energy from gratitude. This feature of its biology keeps it from being used as a slave by selfish people; if it worked for an ungrateful person who didn't appreciate its service, then it would have no reason to stay and continue working for them.
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* Indeedee willingly serves people because it gets feelings of energy from gratitude. This feature of its biology keeps would keep it from being used as a slave by selfish people; if it worked for an ungrateful person who didn't appreciate its service, then it would have no reason to stay and continue working for them.
them. Even if it was being forced to work for an ungrateful person and kept from leaving, eventually it wouldn't be able to work at all because it would run out of energy from the lack of gratitude.
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* Indeedee willingly serves people because it gets feelings of energy from gratitude. This feature of its biology keeps it from being used as a slave; if it worked for an ungrateful person who didn't appreciate its service, then it would have no reason to stay and continue working for them.
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* Indeedee willingly serves people because it gets feelings of energy from gratitude. This feature of its biology keeps it from being used as a slave; slave by selfish people; if it worked for an ungrateful person who didn't appreciate its service, then it would have no reason to stay and continue working for them.
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* Wooloo cannot learn Rollout despite the Pokédex stating that it rolls away to escape enemies. Well, getting run over by a big, fluffy ball of wool with hooves probably wouldn't hurt very much.
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* Wooloo cannot learn Rollout despite the Pokédex stating that it rolls away to escape enemies. Well, getting run over by a big, fluffy ball of wool with hooves probably wouldn't hurt very that much.
* Indeedee willingly serves people because it gets feelings of energy from gratitude. This feature of its biology keeps it from being used as a slave; if it worked for an ungrateful person who didn't appreciate its service, then it would have no reason to stay and continue working for them.
* Indeedee willingly serves people because it gets feelings of energy from gratitude. This feature of its biology keeps it from being used as a slave; if it worked for an ungrateful person who didn't appreciate its service, then it would have no reason to stay and continue working for them.
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Kleavor seems to move around just fine in its cutscene introduction. And the defensive capabilities of the shells of Sliggoo and Goodra should have negated any mobility issues (it's not like real world snails have a harder time surviving than slugs).
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*** It's large axes also would've made it difficult to move around and hunt, and it's wings have noticeably atrophied; it's possible that these biological factors also could've caused it to lose that evolution in favor of Scizor.
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*** The large, iron shells are pretty clearly heavy and likely make it difficult to move around, particularly for goo-based Pokémon. There's a good chance these forms simply died out due to the biological challenges presented by their physiologies; those metal shells very well could've been an evolutionary hinderance.
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* The absence of certain Hisuian forms and evolutions in modern-day Sinnoh, assuming they actually no longer occur instead of us just having not seen them in the modern day, are likely due to the geological, sociological, and ecological changes in Sinnoh over the centuries.
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* The absence of certain Hisuian forms and evolutions in modern-day Sinnoh, assuming they actually no longer occur instead of us just having not seen them in the modern day, are likely due to the geological, sociological, and ecological changes in Sinnoh over the centuries. Many might double as FridgeHorror.
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** The Hisuian starters aren't native to Hisui, and their evolutions are described as rare; it's possible their evolutions are simply uncommon enough that there's not a large enough population to sustain the lineages, and by modern times, the forms don't exist anymore.
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** White-striped Basculin is said to be very "gentle". It's possible this form gave way to natural selection as a result of this demeanor in the face of predators.
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*** They have a 4x weakness to water, and tend to live on a small volcanic island surrounded by water. Volcanic islands are notorious for appearing or disappearing with eruptions, and as the island isn't present in modern-Sinnoh, it's easily possible the population could've died out after the island sank.
** Hisuian voltorb live very close to the peak of Mt. Coronet, despite the cold. As grass types, this would've been detrimental, and easily could've led to extinction. In modern Sinnoh, the cold appears to have traveled further down the mountain by that point.
*** Within a few centuries, electricity also would've been invented, and the Voltorb would quite possibly have felt more at home feeding on the electricity produced by power plants, choosing to move there and eventually losing their grass type.
** Johtoan Sneasel/Weavile are said to hunt in packs, compared to the more solitary Hisuian Sneasel/Sneasler, and are ice types, more suited to the cold than the Hisuian forms (notably, in modern Sinnoh, Johtoan Sneasel are readily found in roughly the same area, just outside the lake). They easily could've outhunted the Hisuian line, or even decimated the population in turf wars.
** Hisuian voltorb live very close to the peak of Mt. Coronet, despite the cold. As grass types, this would've been detrimental, and easily could've led to extinction. In modern Sinnoh, the cold appears to have traveled further down the mountain by that point.
*** Within a few centuries, electricity also would've been invented, and the Voltorb would quite possibly have felt more at home feeding on the electricity produced by power plants, choosing to move there and eventually losing their grass type.
** Johtoan Sneasel/Weavile are said to hunt in packs, compared to the more solitary Hisuian Sneasel/Sneasler, and are ice types, more suited to the cold than the Hisuian forms (notably, in modern Sinnoh, Johtoan Sneasel are readily found in roughly the same area, just outside the lake). They easily could've outhunted the Hisuian line, or even decimated the population in turf wars.
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** The Mirelands shrinking into the comparatively smaller Great Marsh would have lessened the amount of peat available to Ursaring, preventing them from evolving into Ursaluna.
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*** It's large axes also would've made it difficult to move around and hunt, and it's wings have noticeably atrophied; it's possible that these biological factors also could've caused it to lose that evolution in favor of Scizor.
** The Mirelands shrinking into the comparatively smaller Great Marsh would have lessened the amount of peat available to Ursaring, preventing them from evolving intoUrsaluna. Ursaluna.
*** Like with Scyther, peat also would have faced overmining, and likely would've led to it losing it's ability to evolve.
** The Mirelands shrinking into the comparatively smaller Great Marsh would have lessened the amount of peat available to Ursaring, preventing them from evolving into
*** Like with Scyther, peat also would have faced overmining, and likely would've led to it losing it's ability to evolve.
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Oh wait, Basculegion is technically a regional evolution.
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** This also appears to have been a test run for the idea of introducing new evolutions for older Pokémon at all after having not done so at all in Gens V and VII (and only having introduced one new evolution for an older Pokémon in Gen VI — Sylveon, which evolves from Eevee, a Pokémon that was already established for having several possible evolutions). Both ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' introduced a few evolutions for older Pokémon that were ''not'' tied to regional variations[[note]]Scyther to Kleavor, Stantler to Wyrdeer, Ursaring to Ursaluna, Basculin to Basculegion, Girafarig to Farigaraf[[/note]] (in addition to regional form-exclusive evolutions[[note]]Sneasel to Sneasler, Qwilfish to Overqwil[[/note]]) after the evolutions for the Galarian forms were well-received.
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** This also appears to have been a test run for the idea of introducing new evolutions for older Pokémon at all after having not done so at all in Gens V and VII (and only having introduced one new evolution for an older Pokémon in Gen VI — Sylveon, which evolves from Eevee, a Pokémon that was already established for having several possible evolutions). Both ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' introduced a few evolutions for older Pokémon that were ''not'' tied to regional variations[[note]]Scyther to Kleavor, Stantler to Wyrdeer, Ursaring to Ursaluna, Basculin to Basculegion, Girafarig to Farigaraf[[/note]] (in addition to regional form-exclusive evolutions[[note]]Sneasel to Sneasler, Qwilfish to Overqwil[[/note]]) Overqwil, Basculin to Basculegion[[/note]]) after the evolutions for the Galarian forms were well-received.
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** Inteleon is a play on the words "intelligence"[[note]]particularly the abbreviation "intel", which tends to refer to intelligence in the specific context of espionage[[/note]] and "chameleon". Not only is Intelleon a [[Film/JamesBond spy that blends into its environment]], but its initial form Sobble's number in the Galar Pokédex just happens to be 007[[note]]a coincidence downplayed by the fact that it's the position assigned to every Water-type starter in their regional Pokédexes, but nonetheless too good to let it pass[[/note]].
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** Inteleon is a play on the words "intelligence"[[note]]particularly the abbreviation "intel", which tends to refer to intelligence in the specific context of espionage[[/note]] [[EspionageTropes espionage]][[/note]] and "chameleon". Not only is Intelleon a [[Film/JamesBond spy that blends into its environment]], but its initial form Sobble's number in the Galar Pokédex just happens to be 007[[note]]a coincidence downplayed by the fact that it's the position assigned to every Water-type starter in their regional Pokédexes, but nonetheless too good to let it pass[[/note]].
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** Given that whenever Calyrex uses its power, it is depicted as blue in aura, it might be indicated that it is Dynamaxing under its own power rather than the usual influence from Eternatus.[[note]]This does open the FridgeLogic of why Calyrex doesn't have a Gigantamax forme, but the Doylist answer is that it already has a Forme-changing mechanic, so a Gigantamax forme would be over the top. The Watsonian answer(s) is that Calyrex is noted to have the power to make things grow, so it is merely applying that power to itself, or alternatively the fact Eternatus needed external influence to change forms itself.[[/note]]
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** Given that whenever Calyrex uses its power, it is depicted as blue in aura, it might be indicated that it is Dynamaxing under its own power rather than the usual influence from Eternatus.[[note]]This does open the FridgeLogic of why Calyrex doesn't have a Gigantamax forme, but the Doylist answer is that it already has a Forme-changing mechanic, so a Gigantamax forme would be over the top. The Watsonian answer(s) is that Calyrex is noted to have the power to make things grow, so it is merely applying that power to itself, or alternatively itself. One can also note the fact that even Eternatus needed some external influence (namely, the availability of a ''colossal'' amount of energy to consume) in order to change forms itself.[[/note]]
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* Wooloo doesn't learn Rollout despite the Pokédex stating that it rolls away to escape enemies. Well, getting run over by a big, fluffy ball of wool with hooves probably wouldn't hurt very much.
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* Wooloo doesn't cannot learn Rollout despite the Pokédex stating that it rolls away to escape enemies. Well, getting run over by a big, fluffy ball of wool with hooves probably wouldn't hurt very much.
** This also appears to have been a test run for the idea of introducing new evolutions for older Pokémon at all after having not done so at all in Gens V and VII (and only having introduced one new evolution for an older Pokémon in Gen VI — Sylveon, which evolves from Eevee, a Pokémon that was already established for having several possible evolutions). Both ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' introduced a few evolutions for older Pokémon that were ''not'' tied to regional variations[[note]]Scyther to Kleavor, Stantler to Wyrdeer, Ursaring to Ursaluna, Basculin to Basculegion, Girafarig to Farigaraf[[/note]] (in addition to regional form-exclusive evolutions[[note]]Sneasel to Sneasler, Qwilfish to Overqwil[[/note]]) after the evolutions for the Galarian forms were well-received.
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* Galarian Farfetch'd being pure Fighting-Type makes sense when you consider that Farfetch'd have always used leeks as weapons. However, since leeks in Galar are larger and heavier than ones in Kanto, Farfetch'd likely adapted into its anatomy a different muscle and bone structure similar to a Fighting-Type.
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* Galarian Farfetch'd being pure Fighting-Type Fighting-type makes sense when you consider that Farfetch'd have always used leeks as weapons. However, since leeks in Galar are larger and heavier than ones in Kanto, Farfetch'd likely adapted into its anatomy a different muscle and bone structure similar to a Fighting-Type.
Fighting-type.
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** The destruction of The Temple of Sinnoh/creation of Spear Pillar doesn't outright sever both Hisuian Typhlosion and the White Stripe Basculin line's ties to the spirit world that gives them their secondary ghost-typing, but frays the connection enough for them to lose it overtime.
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** The destruction of The the Temple of Sinnoh/creation of Spear Pillar doesn't outright sever both Hisuian Typhlosion and the White Stripe Basculin line's ties to the spirit world that gives them their secondary ghost-typing, but frays the connection enough for them to lose it overtime.
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** Intelleon is a play on the words "intelligence" and "chameleon". Not only is Intelleon a [[Film/JamesBond spy that blends into its environment]], but its initial form Sobble's number in the Galar Pokedex just happens to be 007[[note]]a coincidence downplayed by the fact that it's the position assigned to every water-type starter in their regional pokedexes, but nonetheless too good to let it pass[[/note]].
** Rillaboom is a musician, with the British being famous for UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion in the 20th century including such bands as Music/TheMonkees and Music/TheBeatles, with this era as being the time in which drummers came into further importance in particular.
*** Also, since Rillaboom is a musical gorilla, another source of inspiration was most likely Music/{{Gorillaz}}, a band also led by a british musician[[note]]Music/{{Blur}}'s Damon Albarn[[/note]].
** Rillaboom is a musician, with the British being famous for UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion in the 20th century including such bands as Music/TheMonkees and Music/TheBeatles, with this era as being the time in which drummers came into further importance in particular.
*** Also, since Rillaboom is a musical gorilla, another source of inspiration was most likely Music/{{Gorillaz}}, a band also led by a british musician[[note]]Music/{{Blur}}'s Damon Albarn[[/note]].
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** Intelleon Inteleon is a play on the words "intelligence" "intelligence"[[note]]particularly the abbreviation "intel", which tends to refer to intelligence in the specific context of espionage[[/note]] and "chameleon". Not only is Intelleon a [[Film/JamesBond spy that blends into its environment]], but its initial form Sobble's number in the Galar Pokedex Pokédex just happens to be 007[[note]]a coincidence downplayed by the fact that it's the position assigned to every water-type Water-type starter in their regional pokedexes, Pokédexes, but nonetheless too good to let it pass[[/note]].
** Rillaboom is a musician, with the British being famous for UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion in the 20thcentury century, including such bands as Music/TheMonkees and Music/TheBeatles, with this era as being the time in which drummers came into further importance in particular.
*** Also, since Rillaboom is a musical gorilla, another source of inspiration was most likely Music/{{Gorillaz}}, a band also led by abritish British musician[[note]]Music/{{Blur}}'s Damon Albarn[[/note]].
** Rillaboom is a musician, with the British being famous for UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion in the 20th
*** Also, since Rillaboom is a musical gorilla, another source of inspiration was most likely Music/{{Gorillaz}}, a band also led by a
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* Yamper is associated with challenges with Wooloo because the breed they are based on, corgis, were used to herd sheep in real-life England. Also Corgis in general are big in England, as seen with the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_corgis Royal Corgis]].
* The [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dreepy line]] is partially [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Ghost-type]]. It's based on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit B-2]] [[StealthPun Spirit]]. This also makes them immune to basic impact damage, Dreepy can physically slam into a target with any amount of kinetic force and it would never be fatal — which is really useful when they get launched by Dragapults at high speed. Granted, the hardest slam would probably end up being uncomfortable for it.
* The [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dreepy line]] is partially [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Ghost-type]]. It's based on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit B-2]] [[StealthPun Spirit]]. This also makes them immune to basic impact damage, Dreepy can physically slam into a target with any amount of kinetic force and it would never be fatal — which is really useful when they get launched by Dragapults at high speed. Granted, the hardest slam would probably end up being uncomfortable for it.
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* Yamper is associated with challenges with Wooloo because the breed they are based on, corgis, were used to herd sheep in real-life England. Also Also, Corgis in general are big in England, as seen with the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_corgis Royal Corgis]].
* The [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dreepy line]] is partially [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Ghost-type]]. It's based on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit B-2]] [[StealthPun Spirit]]. This also makes them immune to basic impact damage, so Dreepy can physically slam into a target with any amount of kinetic force and it would never be fatal — which is really useful when they get launched by Dragapults at high speed. Granted, the hardest slam would still probably end up being uncomfortable for it.
* The [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dreepy line]] is partially [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Ghost-type]]. It's based on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit B-2]] [[StealthPun Spirit]]. This also makes them immune to basic impact damage, so Dreepy can physically slam into a target with any amount of kinetic force and it would never be fatal — which is really useful when they get launched by Dragapults at high speed. Granted, the hardest slam would still probably end up being uncomfortable for it.
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** In addition, Coalossal has a vaguely saurian appearance. Coal is considered a ''[[StealthPun fossil]]'' ''fuel.''
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** In addition, Coalossal has a vaguely saurian appearance. Coal is considered a ''[[StealthPun fossil]]'' ''fuel.'''''[[StealthPun fossil]]''' fuel.''
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* Many fans have pointed out that Hatenna and especially Falinks resemble ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' characters. Well, it turns out that James Turner, the art director for Sword and Shield, is [[https://twitter.com/JamesTurner_42/status/1143276110035087360 a]] [[https://twitter.com/JamesTurner_42/status/1080968752882114565 big]] [[https://twitter.com/JamesTurner_42/status/1141839385270210560 fan]] [[https://twitter.com/JamesTurner_42/status/1154527033096937472 of]] [[https://twitter.com/JamesTurner_42/status/1140390026015981568 Kirby]], so perhaps he was inspired by ''Kirby'' when designing or helping design Hatenna and Falinks.
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* Many fans have pointed out that Hatenna and especially Falinks resemble ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' characters. Well, it turns out that James Turner, the art director for Sword ''Sword and Shield, Shield'', is [[https://twitter.com/JamesTurner_42/status/1143276110035087360 a]] [[https://twitter.com/JamesTurner_42/status/1080968752882114565 big]] [[https://twitter.com/JamesTurner_42/status/1141839385270210560 fan]] [[https://twitter.com/JamesTurner_42/status/1154527033096937472 of]] [[https://twitter.com/JamesTurner_42/status/1140390026015981568 Kirby]], so perhaps he was inspired by ''Kirby'' when designing or helping design Hatenna and Falinks.
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** As for its lack of gender, the answer lies when you think of it less as an "it", but rather as a "they."
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** As for its lack of gender, the answer lies when you think of it less as an "it", but rather as [[TheDividual a "they.""they"]].
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I Love Nuclear Power is dewicked
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* Why is Eternatus Poison-type? Well, it radiates a tremendous amount of energy that is known to [[NuclearMutant turn Pokémon into giant rampaging monsters]], it can unleash devastating energy attacks, the BigBad attempted to harness that energy as a nearly-inexhaustible power source, and feeding it too much material caused it to turn incredibly destructive — it went critical, so to speak. [[ILoveNuclearPower Sound familiar?]] Now consider that the effects of overexposure to nuclear radiation in real life are known as ''radiation poisoning''.
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* Why is Eternatus Poison-type? Well, it radiates a tremendous amount of energy that is known to [[NuclearMutant turn Pokémon into giant rampaging monsters]], it can unleash devastating energy attacks, the BigBad attempted to harness that energy as a nearly-inexhaustible power source, and feeding it too much material caused it to turn incredibly destructive — it went critical, so to speak. [[ILoveNuclearPower Sound familiar?]] familiar? Now consider that the effects of overexposure to nuclear radiation in real life are known as ''radiation poisoning''.
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* Why is Eternatus Poison-type? Well, it radiates a tremendous amount of energy that is known to [[NuclearNasty turn Pokémon into giant rampaging monsters]], it can unleash devastating energy attacks, the BigBad attempted to harness that energy as a nearly-inexhaustible power source, and feeding it too much material caused it to turn incredibly destructive — it went critical, so to speak. [[ILoveNuclearPower Sound familiar?]] Now consider that the effects of overexposure to nuclear radiation in real life are known as ''radiation poisoning''.
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* Why is Eternatus Poison-type? Well, it radiates a tremendous amount of energy that is known to [[NuclearNasty [[NuclearMutant turn Pokémon into giant rampaging monsters]], it can unleash devastating energy attacks, the BigBad attempted to harness that energy as a nearly-inexhaustible power source, and feeding it too much material caused it to turn incredibly destructive — it went critical, so to speak. [[ILoveNuclearPower Sound familiar?]] Now consider that the effects of overexposure to nuclear radiation in real life are known as ''radiation poisoning''.
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* A reason why Hisuian Zorua and Zoroark have Normal as a secondary type rather than Dark, is since inspite of all their malice, [[IjustWantToBeNormal they simply just wanted a normal life]].
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* A reason why Hisuian Zorua and Zoroark have Normal as a secondary type rather than Dark, is since inspite in spite of all their malice, [[IjustWantToBeNormal they simply just wanted a normal life]].
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* Hisuian Qwilfish has a lower-case "q" on its tail, while Overqwil has a capital "Q", a possible reference to the former's English name. Similarly, the two lines on Johtonian Qwilfish's tail look like the katakana "ha" (ハ), referencing its Japanese name Harysen.
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* Regigigas bears two sets of three markings -- one red, one blue, and one gray -- whose colors seem to represent the first three legendary Golems -- Regirock, Regice, and Registeel. There don't seem to be any markings for Regieleki and Regidrago... unless one accounts for Regigigas' yellow, armor-like growths and black, jagged markings, respectively. The growths even shape themselves against Regigigas' shoulders as the coil does against Regieleki, and the markings bring Regidraco's sharp teeth to mind. On a conceptual basis, it is very likely that the two additional golems derive their most prominent colors from those parts of their maker.
* Speaking of the Legendary Golems, Regieleki and Regidrago continue the trend of the Golems being representations of the different "Ages" of humanity. The original three are the most straightforward: Regirock is the Stone Age, Regice is the Ice Age, and Registeel is the Iron Age. Regidrago represents the Middle Ages (where tales of dragons came from), and Regieleki represents the Modern Age (the age of electricity). Regigigas, who predates them all, instead represents Prehistory.
* Speaking of the Legendary Golems, Regieleki and Regidrago continue the trend of the Golems being representations of the different "Ages" of humanity. The original three are the most straightforward: Regirock is the Stone Age, Regice is the Ice Age, and Registeel is the Iron Age. Regidrago represents the Middle Ages (where tales of dragons came from), and Regieleki represents the Modern Age (the age of electricity). Regigigas, who predates them all, instead represents Prehistory.
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* There are a few interesting details about the two new Legendary Golems and how they relate to the four who preceded them:
** Regigigas bears two sets of three markings -- one red, one blue, and one gray -- whose colors seem to represent the first threelegendary Golems -- Regirock, Regice, and Registeel. There don't seem to be any markings for Regieleki and Regidrago... unless one accounts for Regigigas' yellow, armor-like growths and black, jagged markings, patterns, respectively. The growths even shape themselves against Regigigas' shoulders as the coil does against Regieleki, and the markings jagged patterns bring Regidraco's sharp teeth to mind. On a conceptual basis, it is very likely that the two additional golems derive their most prominent colors from those parts of their maker.
* Speaking of the Legendary Golems, ** Regieleki and Regidrago continue the trend of the Golems being representations of the different "Ages" of humanity. The original three are the most straightforward: Regirock is the Stone Age, Regice is the Ice Age, and Registeel is the Iron Age. Regidrago represents the Middle Ages (where tales of dragons came from), and Regieleki represents the Modern Age (the age of electricity). Regigigas, who predates them all, instead represents Prehistory.
** Regigigas bears two sets of three markings -- one red, one blue, and one gray -- whose colors seem to represent the first three
