25 Pokémon SECRETS You May Not Know About! - Kanto

Pokemon games are filled with secrets and cool details that can very easily go unnoticed, but in today's video, I'm going to be putting some of these secrets in the spotlight! I'm going to be highlighting 25 cool secrets from the Kanto based Pokemon games that you may not know about, but definitely need to know! I hope you enjoy!
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[@CKracoon]

If there was a possible third let's go starter I'd assume it'd be Clefairy

[@ParasiteAdam666]

Was gonna say the same. Honestly would make sense to round it out with the original planned mascot of the series.

[@jaylee9552]

Would be fitting

[@kingzant99]

Yep. It was the original mascot. It's a no brainer

[@topher8670]

I would love that

[@NipplesTheEnchilada2323]

Plus, the other two starters, Pikachu and Eevee, both have evolutions related to evolutions stones. It would make sense if the third starter, most likely Clefairy, also had that theming.

[@tomwinslow3039]

I always thought it was named Pallet town because all the other towns are named after colours so the place you'd start when painting would be to use a pallet to apply the colours

[@BrotherGreed]

While your explanation makes sense and is probably the original intention before they retconned it, it's worth noting that painters use "palettes" not "pallets."

[@XxYamiNoEnzeruxX]

@@BrotherGreed I believe that homophones as jokes are pretty popular in Japanese writing so it wouldn't surprise me if the misspelling is purposeful because they thought it was funny XD they also cut everything down as small as possible to fit everything they wanted into the game, that may be a factor too.

[@jackmilburn3819]

I suppose they gave it a sort of "in-universe" explanation. I was aware of that Pallet Town fact while it was being said in the video.

[@Justic_]

@@XxYamiNoEnzeruxX note that the Japanese name of Pallet town isn't literally Pallet town (it wouldn't be spelled like this anyways, it'd be spelled in Katakana and thus they can't really misspell it as something that sounds the same), it's Masara Town, which comes from Japanese for "brand new" and sounds similar to the word for "pure white". As for the explanation behind the towns name, I'd say this is very clearly an anime-only thing, since a) the towns in Gen 1 are of course all named after colors, but more importantly b) it goes completely against series lore from the games, back then and now, because it claims Pokemon trainers to have already been a thing at the time of Oaks great grandfather, so even before the professor was born, probably more than 100 years before when the Kanto-games are set, when Pokemon trainers still would've been relatively new as a concept and there definitely wouldn't have been a Pokemon League yet, since lore back then stated that Pokemon are a relatively recently discovered thing in the first place, and in recent lore we learn Pokeballs only came to be around that time, and with them the idea of someone "training" Pokemon for a living.

[@rickychambers6503]

Just noticed that

[@risuwolf]

I like to believe Clefairy was in the 3rd Pokéball in Let's Go, since it was considered as the Pikachu-esque mascot and subsequently almost got a Pink version game

[@bri1085]

Isn't it also the manga mascot?

[@Judgementday3010]

Considering its BST is so similar (even being in between Pikachu and Eevee), it's also considered a mascot of sorts, and is also a 2-stage (at least in gen 1) that evolves via stone, I'd say Clefairy is a great choice. Pikachu BST: 320 Clefairy BST: 323 Eevee BST: 325

[@JustAPrinnyDood]

Gen 1 being inspired by Earthbound / Mother made me realize how much more sense it made having Pokemon Trainer and Lucas team up in Brawl's Subspace Emissary

[@poisonbarb75]

The Pallet Town bit makes sense, as it's name in Japanese is Masara, which comes from masshiro, which means "pure white". Since ōkido also means oak, his ancestor's name is literally White Oak

[@R0m0n3]

White Oak is also the name of a rum.

[@jackmilburn3819]

I've had the fact of that it's called Pallet Town as all the others have names of colours, so the starting point would be of something to apply the colours with. It being named of the colour white though brings an idea of martial arts belts, as white is the beginning colour (I think?)

[@legatomodi3522]

A pallet is a white board artist dab colors of paint on before putting it on the canvas. It makes sense as a starting point to me.

[@greiddgamer4729]

Can't wait for the Unova part of the series!

[@chaosvolt]

20:50 this leads to an interesting point: it's noted that Lt. Surge served in "the war" and in 1st gen this was strongly assumed to be based on a real-life war of some sort, given the setting included a lot more influence from and allusions to real life back then. Thing is, there are two strong contenders for which conflict this was supposed to have been: either the Gulf War (being the most recent conflict) and WWII (an assumption you sometimes just see for the obvious reason of "it'd be interesting to assume Surge was a WWII vet and former occupation personnel who went on to move to Japan and end up a gym leader"). On the one hand, the latter seems anomalous given how young Lt. Surge looks, if we assume the game was set in the same general time period it was released, making the "based off the Gulf War" interpretation much more logical. But it's well known that one of the trainers in the gym, depicted as an old man, refers to Surge as his CO. So either Surge had a career soldier under his command who just could not hold onto a promotion during all that time, or Surge is quite a lot older than he looks.

[@ambyandony]

dermatologists hate him

[@jamesheatherly4209]

Now I want Snorlax as a playable fighter in Smash.

[@cassiangonzalez5732]

I agree with you all the way

[@TundieRice]

Kinda tough to have a basically sedentary Pokémon (until he attacks) in an action/fighting game that relies on fighters moving and dodging, huh?

[@jackmilburn3819]

It's a shame they already come from Pokeballs.

[@traj250]

YESSS

[@ThisAintGood.]

I would love a full depth analysis on why Necrozma, Terapagos, and if you look at it closely, Eternatus all have some relation with crystals and their bodies resemble crystals. I’m almost convinced that when the ultimate weapon fired, it caused certain pokemon to mutate just as the evolution stones did, creating these three Crystal Legendaries

[@shadowmarauder6033]

I have had similar theories about that, since it seems the gimmicks gen 6 onward are of similar powers & parallel origins.

[@Jibb3rs]

This makes sense but I really doubt that the "ultimate weapon" will ever be referenced again. All the theories line up perfectly apart from the fact that Kalos isn't the region above Paldea. I like to think the ultimate weapon created Area Zero and caused all of this but theres just no solid evidence for it

[@tkfarms7882]

The problem with that theory is that Necrozma doesn't come from the main series dimension, so it would be unlikely to be affected by the firing of the Ultimate Weapon.

[@necrozma4029]

no comment

[@ThisAintGood.]

@@necrozma4029 Explain yourself, WHAT ARE YOU???

[@jaimemorenoruizdesign]

The “yeti” sprite counterpart of Electabuzz and Magmar was not a new Pokémon but an early version of Jynx back sprite. You can see Jynx’ lips, Jynx’ fringe and Jynx’ hair. It is extremely similar to the official back sprite of Jynx too.

[@infiniteaditya]

I will never get tired of pokemon trivias. Great video hoops.

[@Mike_Ka-Chowski]

Rhydon's early design and use as a mascot kinda reminds me of the dinosaur Digimon sprite in the V-pets. Also, it reminds me of how Tyrannomon was basically Digimon's mascot before Agumon.

[@joefarrow1599]

So cool to see the Earthbound link, I did not know that one! The Final Fantasy Legend is another inspiration for the gen 1 games

[@JigSawKitteh]

My theory on the 3rd starter in let's go is that it's Clefairy, as it was intended to be the mascot before Pikachu was decided on. Also pokemon pink is a name they've made sure to trademark. The pocket monsters manga also has red with talking Clefairy. So maybe it's Clefairy

[@Chtsht23]

I wish we had the losing dialogue.

[@RoyArkon]

I always thought that Pokemon Blue and Red are based on Green and Red in Japan, but now I checked it and it turns out that the only thing that Blue and Red have in common with Green and Red is the list of version exclusive Pokemon in them, but everything else is based on Japanese Blue. That's news to me. Once again amazing video.

[@blackavar5723]

That makes me really, really want to play the original Green or Red, to see what they were like in comparison! Update: I found an English rom, and it's pretty neat! I'm not that far in, but so far, it's very similar to the Red/Blue games we know, but with different sprites and a more stripped-down feel. :)

[@Meandmyshadowclones]

Yeah, when Red and Green released in Japan, players found a bunch of glitches and bugs that prompted GF to release a sort of "Definitive Edition" in Blue. When releasing the games in the West, they decided to keep the concept of having 2 versions like with Red and Green, but based the international release on Blue's improved build. Then, due to Blue being a hit in Japan despite people already having bought Red and Green, and the popularity of the anime and Pikachu as a character, they made Yellow, which became the third version for the West.

[@Pennywise12528]

I'd honestly wager that the Yeti is an early prototype of Jynx. Jynx is right next to Electabuzz and Magmar in the Pokedex, formed a sort of conceptual trio with them as vaguely humanoid Pokemon who (at the time) were standalone evolution-less representations of an element, and a single element each at that assuming the Yeti wouldn't have had a psychic secondary like Jynx wound up with. If so, it probably would have been better if they went with the Yeti design, since Jynx kind of got pushed into the soft retirement pit with Porygon and Kadabra for what people assumed of hers.

[@algar6616]

I’d like to see videos like this for other regions

[@silversonic1]

Karen is a relative of Clair. She has taken the teaching of the Master/Elder in the Dragon's Den to heart and echoes his line regarding strong and weak Pokemon. This means she more likely has a connection to Blackthorn City.

[@cobaltlance18]

Wheres that confirmed? She might just share the ideal. Clair certainly isnt so humble.

[@silversonic1]

@@cobaltlance18 Legends Arceus' character Sanqua has a strong resemblance to Karen, but also via dialogue has an outfit in her closet that matches the description of Clair's. Pokemon Masters hinted at the two having some kind of relationship, but never said for sure the exact type. Tie those together with Karen using the same "Strong Pokemon. Weak Pokemon." line as the elder from the Dragon's Den and you have enough evidence to show where Karen comes from. Of course Clair isn't humble. That's a big part of the plot in her leg of the story in Gen 2. It's why she hasn't received the approval of the Elder.

[@youtube-kit9450]

So not actually confirmed.@@silversonic1

[@HesGotaGun505]

Boo was based on an Ultraman kaiju named Woo. It was revised into Jynx, the Ice Punch specialist.

[@JaybeePenaflor]

I’m loving this series already, Hoops!

[@sagacious03]

Neat analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

[@BattyBitz]

This was really good. I didn't have any expectations because I watch too many of these type of videos. This one was full of stuff I had no idea about! I will say, I believe Pallet Town was named after a paint pallet and that's why it's the starting town and the rest of the towns are named after colors.

[@timtalbot9593]

Your dog is beautiful

[@ketanpatel1068]

Great video, mate! Keep em coming. Loved the content

[@assemblyrequired7342]

I cannot help but notice that the Rhydon in the early Pokemon opening screen seems to also have traits from Tyranitar bizarrely enough (look at that tail! Tell me that's not Tyranitar's tail!). Makes me wonder if Tyranitar and Rhydon were initially one Pokemon, only to be split off into two families in the end.

[@IsaacBoykin-gj2mp]

Oh my gosh, you're a conspiracy theorist!!! And I hate hate hate conspiracy theorists!!!!!🖕😡

[@assemblyrequired7342]

@@IsaacBoykin-gj2mp Not as much as when they made us wait an entire generation for what was once basically the same critter! It worked out for Tyranitar, though, He needed that Dark typing! Now if only they'd put Pursuit back in the game!

[@WhoIsCalli]

This was great, thanks so much

[@bocioguie007]

I only knew 9/25 of these. Great video!

[@Robby_D]

This was one of the most fun videos I've seen in a while! More secrets please!

[@bakuiel1901]

I've always wondered if the Sevii Islands were a reference to the Orange Islands from the anime but were never in the games.

[@MazterP28]

In let’s go, it’s might have been psyduck or Clefairy or jigglypuff. The starter. Because psyduck is the main designer, Clefairy because of that was the original starter in the manga, and jigglypuff because was also in the manga too. It could of also been poliwag too. Because that’s a favorite of one the designers too😊

[@rocoo9611]

You are a great KZbinr I appreciate the hard work you put into your videos

[@blue94rose]

I really love the Kanto region, since it was the first ever region, they tried to make it seem like it existed in the real world! Especially in the anime, because they had all these trainer ranking things from the Pokemon league ( I guess? I don't remember much) and I guess it also explains why it had real food like chicken and stuff, back then it was part of the real world and they were gonna end it after johto anyway... And another amazing thing about the original Anime was that the filler episodes were more down to earth, even the actual plot épisodes, I felt it was something anyone could do if Pokemon were real , but now it's all very trivial and sometimes too over the top

[@maximum.collecting]

Two thoughts: 1. At 5:05, I wonder if the unused text is for Strength; IIRC, the battle animation for Strength in gen 1 is a rock (or similar) being “thrown,” so “ground rose up somewhere” could be like “the rock/earth was thrown somewhere.” 2. At 18:15, I wonder if this is an early sprite for Jynx. Jynx is in a similar Pokédex area as Electabuzz and Magmar, a yeti would likely be ice-type (as Jynx is), and, unfortunately, Jynx’s early design had the same blackface depiction as Buu does. Thanks for frequently putting out high-quality and entertaining videos! :)

[@valivali8104]

Jynx isn’t blackface, but slap at then common fashion trend; it was unfortunate accident that Jynx looked like blackface.

[@maximum.collecting]

@@valivali8104 accident or not, both sprites do share that similarity, so it’s still a possibility! I think they’re sufficiently far off from each other that they *aren’t* the same, but just the typing and ‘dex location seem like good indicators

[@HesGotaGun505]

Jynx and electabuzz were both based on kaiju from Ultraman. The Kaiju, named Woo, was a dark faced humanoid with a body totally shrouded by long white hair. Woo was a kami of a snowy mountain.

[@fanboy7877]

Ground rose up somewhere reminds me of the Regi puzzle

[@CarlosSRD]

Maybe the third ball was a Rhyhorn.

[@anna-puu]

Cool stuff, man!

[@RLStine-dk3ux]

That "old artwork" of the old amber... That was a very obvious Jurassic Park reference! With that mosquito inside the amber, that was awesome! The devz must be huge fans of Jurassic Park!

[@TomAmit42]

18:17 Seems this Pokemon named Buu is a *Beta Jynx*. (1) he looks a-lot like Jynx, (2) if he's a Yeti then he's probably Ice Type like Jynx, (3) in Gens 1-2 Jynx & Electabuzz & Magmar were a trio (before the Jynx controversy caused the devs to burry Jynx).

[@animepierat607]

Man, if they named a town after a person that enter the top 1000d, then they should worship Professor Oak as a god for being the champion.

[@jonas-us7pr]

boo was probably jynx beta design since they are both ice and jynx was a counterpart for electabuzz and magmar(we can see that in smoochum, magby and elekid)

[@HeatedDeath94]

This was a very interesting video! I hope you make more!

[@R4NK4Z]

Since gIovanni is actually pronounced gOvanni because its italian, the Geo maybe being connected to him using ground types is probably just a coincidence

[@MiBrCo4177]

18:25 you could say it also kind of looks like a unused jinx sprite. She's looking to the right with her eyes looking back at you to the side and that's her hair flowing back.

[@TerryB01]

This is cool. Please make it a series.

[@chinolebron6233]

The save-the-game sound has my dog's head turning. Lol!

[@conradlorgar5508]

"Snorlax is indirectly based on kirby" Aka not based on kirby at all lmao Talk about a stretch

[@TundieRice]

I agree so hard, like what the hell was that? So, Snorlax was based on a dude who happened to be nicknamed after an existing Nintendo character, so that Pokémon was based on Kirby? That’s like the Flawed Logic 101, lol. That’s not how any of this works! Sometimes I really wonder why I watch some of these videos when they *start* with such a BS “fact.” I know these content creators have to come up with content on the regular, but maybe branch out a bit and think outside the box if that’s the best you can come up with…

[@Caffeinated_Firefly]

the Sevii roman numeral bit blew my mind, I hadn't noticed lol

[@bingewatcher4678]

I think Substitute doll is based on Rhydon.

[@LMK-Gaming]

6:45 my money is on the third starter being Clafairy - it was a starter for Red in the manga - was almost picked as the franchise mascot and Ash Ketchum's first pokemon in the anime before Pikachu was chosen instead - there was once the idea to have a Pokemon Pink version release alongside Yellow with Clafairy as the starter - i believe it was also one of the producers/devs favourite pokemon (could be wrong)

[@JoseSantos82PR]

Another thing that can be expressed from Navel Island is that navels are something that’s related to oranges and in part even if they’re not the exact same islands, the Sevii Islands in the games are supposed to be similar to the Orange Islands

[@drguykss]

"Ground rose up..." given the 2D nature of gen 1 and the choice of text in that hm description I would assume that it would create a bridge. So what would happen is you would be at a river and it would cause a bridge to rise up. This seems like the simplest explanation, but that's just my interpretation. This may have been dropped from the game in the early stages when they came up with the surf hm.

[@algar6616]

I know so much about everything it’s actually nuts But you got me here

[@jedipadwan20]

I would love to see videos like this for other regions.

[@Syiepherze]

The scrapped Alola protagonist's design can be seen in some concept art that was featured in the original Sun & Moon announcement trailer

[@MazterP28]

I just realized the final Pokémon in let’s go was probably poliwag, because it would evolved into a Poli wrath and submission eevee. And eevee could have use dig in that generation to hit pikachu

[@evolition7]

Old amber shows a mosquito not Aerodactyl, maybe a nod to Jurassic Park? Also I thought maybe it was called Pallet town because a pallet is the foundation for things like products but this town being the foundation for building off the character

[@justinburchette]

Poor _Boober_ 😂 ...what a name lol

[@Amerwiccan]

Seeing the old amber art makes me think it's heavily inspired by Jurassic Park

[@tobiascichy5034]

Me, almost 31 years old Pokemon fan since day one, have watched MANY videos like this and obviously played Gen 1 plus remakes plenty of times. And when you said this video is only about Kanto, I was like: "Yeah what can you tell me about kanto that I dont know? Try it!" 😂 Then you said snorlax facial pattern looks like fucking Pacman 😂😂😂 You got me on this one, I got to cocky, I apologize 😂😂

[@ItzNiekoyo]

That “yeti” is very clearly an early design of Jynx

[@enoyna1001]

Good point

[@TunnelPlaya]

The story of Pallet oak would make a sweet legends game

[@vilvile]

Technicality, but viridian is actually a pigment in the green family that has a blueish / teal tint to it (pg18). However, it is more commonly associated with green than blue.

[@yeyofamoelguerosalvaje6861]

Many of these I knew not!

[@Sez___]

The buu yeti Pokemon also continues the trio theme with fire ice and electric pokemon

[@shinyrayquaza2729]

i wish they made kanto starters for all the mainline games, i miss venusaur in s&v

[@maxwell5669]

1st off I enjoyed the video. Currently living in Yokosuka for a year in a half now. I use to pronounce it just like how you did in the video. But having Japanese Peeps as co-workers & friends you catch on real quick of how certain words are meant to be sounded like “Yo-kos-uska” Yokohama is also a pretty dope place to visit. I’ve checked out a Pokémon Center at Marui City Mall a few times already & some others that are scattered throughout Japan 🇯🇵

[@BDra7]

snorlax's head looks like kirby running with his hands behind his back!

[@robinedwards462]

I just assumed it would’ve been clefairy as the unseen starter

[@vesper8450]

Thinking about Prof Oak's grandfather being named "Pallet", yeah pallets are made out of wood..... Just like all the Profs are named after trees....

[@undrhil]

Does the novelization give you the name of what pellet town was before it was named peleton? And, yes! I would love to see more of these!

[@MarioPikachu626]

Masshiro Village

[@timtalbot9593]

Pallet town is a newly built town

[@kokosanka2333]

20:45 POLAND MENTIONED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪⚓⚓⚓⚓⚓⚓⚓🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@foxphantom3960]

There you have it, the 3rd starter in Let's Go is Ryhorn, who evolves into the first Pokemon.

[@serbetlemons8475]

"Ground rose up somewhere" might have been for Dig

[@jamesmkay]

I want a Let’s Go: Meowth where you’re team rocket and your goal is to take over each city by beating their gym leaders and then the elite 4! I’d love to see all of the interactions with the usual npcs lol! Plus beating up people’s Pokémon and taking their money makes more sense now

[@shanleyyelnahs]

I bet the other pokeball in Let's Go is Porygon. Cause ya know... they cant show it in the shows since the incident 😅😂

[@timtalbot9593]

Pallet town is a fairly new built town and is called pallet town because it is colourful instead of being just 1 colour like the rest of the towns and cities

[@pollywogapocalypse7432]

Ground rose up somewhere actually sounds more like a translation for when you’d use strength to drop a boulder in a hole. Someone probably fixed the transition and left the scraps in the code. I find that way more plausible then an unmade HM. That’s definitely text referring to a boulder or gateway opening and just wasn’t translated well. Rock climb was several games off and that doesn’t sound anything like what the text says. This was probably meant for when you moved the rock on the pressure plate.

[@BlizzardofKnives]

Wow, the Giovanni name-type link occurred to me earlier today 😲.

[@young__blacksmith]

Actually getting called a loser by Gary Oak would have broke me

[@bckgfr666]

“Let’s jump ahead a few years to Pokémon sun and moon” bro that’s more like two decades 😂

[@MoonMoon-cl4co]

Speaking of Kanto! The let’s go game have one of the most subtle but my most favorite hidden secrets! Let’s go wasn’t much for huge changes as other remakes- and one the things that stayed almost the same was the layout keeping the same locations the game has always had. But there is one thing that was added. In the mansions basement Is where the large test tube lies. It has been there in every game and stays the same but! In this game and this game only south of that room there is another. Instead of one large test tube there are 4 smaller ones located in the room. They are never acknowledged or mentioned it just there. But they still did add it and it most mean something! And to me at least it seems it might be in reference to a certain Mewtwo origin story. Think about it you never need a larger tube if what was inside never lived to outgrow it!

[@EClaire.1073]

In every game? I haven't played the let's go games, but I'm absolutely sure there's no such thing in the basement in gen 1 or the remakes

[@MoonMoon-cl4co]

No you were right! 💀 I went and checked after seeing this comment and I had messes it up- it’s the test tubes that are new not rooms the rooms have always been there!!! I’m gonna have to edit the post now, thanks so much for pointing out the error!

[@geoffstonehouse6304]

I'd guess it's Clefairy too. Let's go was originally going to be pikachu and clefairy instead if pikachu and eevee.

[@olivierplante361]

That last one about Pallet town would be cool to see in a Legends game.

[@lipika2841]

We do NOT need another Kanto game but that detail could be implemented in a Legends Jotho though.

[@robertbeisert3315]

The nostalgia didn't hit me until "Smell ya guys later."

[@aidancoykendall1268]

where can i find the gen1 artwork website that you showed?

[@rastaboy_gamesnstuff7778]

I always saw Lt. Surge as Guile🤣

[@circledude2362]

Kirby based on Jigglypuff also, pokemon facts you dont wanna know: dispite hatching from eggsm Pokemon have navels. Oshawott and Incineroar are prime examples.

[@jacksnipes9094]

They went Red and Green because the large reptiles don't sit well.

[@FinagoBaby1]

Now these are facts

[@michaeljanas1708]

Dude, the third Pokémon in Let's Go is Clefairy based on the fact that Pokemon Yellow was supposed to have two other games connected to it, being Pokémon Brown, which would have had Eevee as the starter like it was in Pokémon Let's Go and Pokémon Pink, which was supposed to have Clefairy as the Pokemon you get as all three Pokémon in these games were supposed to need a stone to evolve but was scrapped to put Yellow out because of the popularity of the anime. The Let's Go games aren't redos of Red Blue and Green, they are supposed to be the fulfillment of Yellow, Brown and Pink, though why we didn't get Pink still, remains a mystery.

[@heshhippietv]

Me growing up playing Pokémon since the original release… The commentator: “these OLD! pokémon games….”

[@Colonel_RamRod]

3:02 well, he's always been Gary to me but 🤔 😂 4:37 I thought canonically Dodrio can't Fly? 🤔

[@dewwwd3431]

Elite four music gives me the chills till this day when I hear it and is sooo intimidating. I remember me and my cousin spent all summer trying to beat the elite four. Basically as soon as we did the new Pokémon games came out and eventually it was Pokémon gold and crystal that became difficult for us to beat the Jhoto league elite 4 we would trade eachother our highest and best Pokémon so we would have a strong team of 6

[@TundieRice]

So Snorlax was based on a dude who just so happened to be called Kirby as a nickname (a dude who was born well before Kirby was established as an unrelated character?) So saying that Snorlax was even *indirectly* based on Kirby? That’s like…beyond a stretch, man. It’s just not a logical conclusion to make at all.

[@MistyMountainPath]

Rhydon was the original Tyranitar & was a late-evolution badass compared to other gen 1 guys. They seriously fcked up with later designs & making him evolve into something so far beneath him design-wise

[@crazebamm]

I knew 0 of these lol. Nice.

[@purehyper124]

Indigo plateau has a higher and faster beat.

[@jamesthomas6984]

"Ground rose up somewhere" - Sounds like earthquake was supposed to be important to VGC and Story

[@AnosVoldigoad31]

Missingno can be traded to gold, silver, and crystal. I know cause i had one that i traded to my pokemon crystal. All you have to do is get rid of one of the water gun attacks. I had a flying Kangaskhan in my pokemon crystal. I taught missingno fly in my pokemon blue

[@Kanji101]

So Buu is Jynx. Pretty obvious.