>>50759382>Onix was very much designed to be "the first boss", but the conceit that you had to be able to catch it made it easier to realize how garbage it is.CORRECTAMUNDO! Should have never been catchable and an enemy dude. But no, everything has to be wildlife and everything has to be available despite it being complete and utter shit.
I honestly don't get the point of just making dex filler with bad stats that are completely unusable. Why not have a a smaller roster that are completely viable with everything else enemies? If that was the case, we would have had mystery dungeon tier sprites or mana tier sprites/animations/effects as far back as gen 3.