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| Topic | Ol Punny plays Pokemon Soul Silver for the first time *SPOILERS* |
| MalcolmMasher 12/31/19 6:21:33 PM #57: | If the goal is to give him something less pedestrian, I think I have to reject Zubat. >_> Farfetch'd makes sense, though. Johto's gyms don't share any types with Kanto's, which is clearly deliberate, and early GSC gyms favor Fire > Water > Grass instead of Grass > Water > Fire, which I also think is deliberate but will admit is not as clear cut. But, if my assumptions are right, GameFreak had limited options. Steel and Ice would yield the desired results typewise, at least on paper, but at least in GSC neither had the breadth to be a solid early game gym. Edit: Although, upon reflection, reversing the type usefulness probably is coincidence. All the types that are weak against Water or Grass showed up in Gen 1, so Fire being the most useful type overall in Gen 2 gyms is a foregone conclusion, and after that it's not weird at all that it's also the most useful type early on. --- I don't like this duchy. Now, it's an adventurer. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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