>>58908967Wrong
>>can actually ne used in future games and arent just stuck in Mega games foreverBoth are subject to "whatever Gamefreak feels like doing" since megas were brought back for SM and original forms/past regionals were cut from LA.
>>can actually use them throughout a whole run/adventure as an actual pokemon instead of just a once in awhile ultSV had two regionals usable during the entire main story, while ZA gave you over 60 megas for the main story. Most past game regionals are also entirely post-game locked in subsequent titles, if added at all.
>>usually have a cohesive finished design instead of being a finished design with extra shit added onNot really. All of them are just reused old designs with a new color or texture on them. At least megas try to vary the body shape, and meaningfully alter the stat distribution. "Finished" or "cohesive" are laughable, since they can't even commit to being new pokemon.
>>always come with a new typing, moves, and sometimes stat distribution and abilities, whereas almost every ZA mega has the same typing and none have abilitiesLA regionals also lacked abilities, and had even more barren movepools than the base forms until SV stepped in.
>>dont lock a pokemon out of further development, a regional can have an evo or another form later but a mega is the end of the lineSlowbro had a mega, followed by a regional. Absol gained an additional mega, even stronger than its initial one. Gallade had a mega, followed by a buff in the form of sharpness, which is more substantial of a buff than the vast majority of regional forms. "Megas are the end of the line" is just nonsensical given your own criteria.