Recent content by Cool Baton

Allergies exist as Vileplume is known for triggering them. That's maybe not the best example, since everyone has allergic reactions to its pollen — but the fact that it's identified as allergenic and not just some unique trait of Vileplume implies that more normal allergies exist. There's also...

Oh my bad, I misread the wiki charts - so not quite as early as I thought.

Kirlia learns it too in Gen 3, Munchlax starting Gen 4, Klinklang in Gen 5 (and Klink, despite that line not being pseudolegendary), and so on. I couldn't answer why Nuzleaf and Kirlia of all Pokemon were the first exceptions, but they def started relaxing the "fully-evolved or pseudo-legend"...

Nahhh, Teddiursa has always been ready to throw hands. In Gen 2, it already had Thrash and Fury Swipes by level-up, then viciously-coded moves like Faint Attack and Fury Cutter by TM. It also has learned Fighting moves by TM from the beginning (Rock Smash and DynamicPunch) as well as all the...

I actually had a theory a while back that Jolteon losing Charge Beam was a flat-out mix-up. Jolteon is the only Eeveelution in ScVi to get False Swipe, despite all of them being hypothetically capable of clawing and scratching at things. Jolteon has never had False Swipe before. False Swipe is...

Not really? Continents contain far more Ground than they would Ice. Also vegetation (Grass) and inland water bodies (Water). Volcanoes would also count for Fire, as would the many natural toxic substances and chemical elements that would count for Poison. You can't reasonably claim that Steel...

How does that follow? Animals in general all have shared ancestors; that's how evolution works. It doesn't make them all one single species. E.G., koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) and red kangaroos (Osphranter rufus) are different species with a common ancestor.

This has never been said canonically that I know of. AFAIK it's a common fan theory that emerges from the fact that "chain breeding" is possible across egg groups to an extent that we don't observe in IRL animal species divides. It's not an airtight claim for a variety of reasons. Specifically...

Adding to this, the Skitty family doesn't lend well to the "chore" flavor of the move. The Pokedex notes that Delcatty "prefers to live an unfettered existence" and basically does whatever it wants, when it wants, eating and sleeping at random. It also won't deal with dirty places — wild...

Apologies in advance if I'm replying to something from too far in the past - new to posting in the forum so still getting a handle on the rules! With Pain Split, it seems to be a literal translation from the Japanese name, "itamiwake". The thing is, while "itamiwake" can literally be...