Why Typlhosion of all Pokemon? I know they've always liked him but it seems like such an odd choice 2 gens later.
Typhlosion is one of my favorite pokemon. Why Arceus why?
I believe there was some Japanese myth involving a shapechanging weasel yokai.
I think Sneasel is also based on the same yokai. A lot of this stuff is unknown in the west. If it weren't for Touhou I probably wouldn't have been drawn to the actual folklore. That information is easy to find now. But back when the Cyndaquil line was introduced you probably wouldn't know unless you happened to have some Japanese folklore books laying around. A lot of people still did not have regular access to the internet. I had been using it since the 90s but didn't have home internet until 2000.
They seem to be moving away from the yokai thing in recent gens. TFW no kasa-obake mon.
You also have to remember that a lot of this other lore, especially some of the darker shit.. has roots in japanese history and mythology. The sexual stuff too. I mean at worst it's on the level of Zeus fucking and knocking up a bunch of human women while in the form of animals etc. To look at it another way.
He also turned Europa into a cow. Although I think he didn't fuck her when she was a cow. But I can totally see him doing so. Zeus was freaky like that.
Poseidon turned himself into a horse to fuck Demeter, who had also turned herself into a horse. Don't even get me started on Loki. Ancient people were the OG bronies. They were cloppin' all up in this bitch.
I think most cultures have some freaky sex with animals/shapeshifting stuff going on. But this is a game aimed at children. We don't need rapey Typhlosions and horny men getting turned on by Octillery. You know where he put that thing. There's only one hole.
Also, from the Pokedex entry:
It has a tendency to want to be in holes
Tentacle freaks are going to feel so validated now. Octillery is a switch. This thing does it all. No inhibitions.
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Machamp evolves from Machoke
"Machoke is a bipedal,
humanoid Pokémon covered in blue-gray skin (purple prior to
Generation VI). It has a vaguely
reptilian face"
YOU ARE A FAGGOT
@Equal Rights for Androids
It's a reptilian alien. He came to Earth to flex.
Some say Graveler and Machoke were originally part of a linked evolution of some kind, which is how Golem loses his arms and Machokes face changes
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I never noticed before. I'm reminded of how much Butterfree resembles Venonat.