So, the next DidYouKnowGaming's LOST Official Pokedex part is out:
Nothing too revealing this time, but still interesting tidbits. Here are the ones which stand out to me:
- Venonat =/= Venomoth: So both are listed several Pokemon apart, Venomoth is even described first, and they mention they don't know their evolution stages. They would do the same for Magikarp & Gyarados, but that one I can understand. But for the Venonat family? Don't think they're that special to keep it a surprise. And once again, even if this is the first research collection of Pokemon made, surely SOMEONE has raised Venonat and got it to evolution level before now (and yes, the same could be said about Magikarp, though in-lore I can see why a natural Magikarp evolution would be rare as you'd have to follow their evolution ritual which involves going up a waterfall and they're very weak so many probably didn't raise them). Like, instead of pretending they're not linked, maybe say that a pupal stage has never been discovered like for Caterpie and Weedle, thus the surprise is Venonat directly evolving into Venomoth instead of having another cocoon to wait through.
- Pikachu Examination: So we finally got an explanation of the first vid's clickbait image of Pikachu strapped down: they're measuring its voltage. Don't think you need to strap it down to do that, it's not like those straps will keep it from discharging (or maybe they will). Also, was strapping down the ears necessary? I'd be more worried about the tail which is longer and left freely to swing around.
- Food Source: So at some point when designing a Pokemon what they eat is decided. Not that major of a reveal... though it does make me wonder something. When they told us some development information about the Ultra Beasts they mentioned they purposely "broke" certain design rules to give them their alien feeling. Now, while certainly their physical designs gave that impression, I wonder if they also meant non-visual design traits such as "what do they eat". Like what does Kartana, Stakataka, and Blacephalon eat? We know Nihilego can possess others, but do they feed off anything from their victims? We've seen in Celesteela's swampy world there's vines which fuel its rocket arms, but is that its food (it does have a mouth which it doesn't seem to do anything with). Finally Pheromosa comes from a crystal desert world and in our world doesn't feel clean touching anything, so what does it eat?
- Ekans Digestion: A Rattata is a enough food for a month? I could maybe see this for a Raticate, but compared to Ekans' size a Rattata would at most be a few days maybe a week's worth of a meal.
- Tentacool's Eyes: So the "firing rays of light from they're crystal clear eyes" part kind of confused me, cause I could only think they're talking about the red crystal structures on their head. I checked their other dex descriptions... and to my surprise a whole bunch of them mention this same fact: Stadium, Sapphire, FireRed, Diamond, and X. It wasn't until Alpha Sapphire did they change it to it firing beams from the "small round organ above its eyes", and then after that was when they started giving Pokemon new dex entries. Still, this makes me wonder if maybe this description was yet another leftover from an earlier design of Tentacool where the crystals were its eyes.
- Poliwhirl Anatomy: So this is interesting, I remember seeing this image of a Poliwhirl's anatomy before. So either images from this guide was scanned online before these videos or specific pieces of art was used elsewhere.
- Magikarp Surprise: So no one knew Magikarp evolved into Gyarados, boy, whoever discovered that probably had the biggest heart attack... and then came the challenge of trying to convince everyone. "No, I swear, this pathetic little fish evolves into a giant ferocious sea serpent!"
- Pidgeotto Needs A Basket: Wait, how does it carry an Exeggcute? At most it can grab two of the egg/seeds. BTW, checking Pidgeotto's dex entry, this fact was stated in FireRed but no the originals or Stadium. So seems like FRLG may have brought back some of these dex entries which didn't make it into the originals.
- Pokemon Air Speed: According to an illustration, Butterfree (70 Speed) is barely as fast as a prop plane (200 Km/h), Pidgeot (originally 91 Speed) is as fast as an airplane (420 Km/h), and Dragonite (80 Speed) is faster than a jet (2500 Km/h). Guess this is even better evidence that the Speed stat more means "reaction speed".
- Magnemite Category: Isn't there an urban category? I'd imagine the object Pokemon which feeds off and generate electricity would be found someplace with a lot of electricity to absorb and discharge.
- Doduo Is A Mutation: So at what point does a mutation stop being a mutation when there's a population of them? "This Pokemon has two head?" "It's a mutation" "Oh so they normally have one head" "No, they all have two heads until they evolve and grow a third".
- Dodrio Religion: I have a feeling when they said there was Central & South American religions surrounding Dodrio I think they were just referencing how a lot of those Gods had elaborate feathered clothing. Like typing in "Aztec bird god" got me Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec god of the Sun and war which was represented by hummingbirds and eagles. Could also possibly be a reference to the Aztec's Eagle Warriors.