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Throh was based on a scrapped Gen 4 design
>Sugimori: “I designed these two monsters from scratch. When considering what kind of Fighting Pokémon didn’t exist yet, I had an idea for a judo Pokémon, or rather, a Pokémon that uses throwing techniques. Around the time of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, I’d submitted a design based on that concept, but that design ultimately went unused. So for Black and White, I decided I would polish that old design, and that’s how we ended up with Throh. Later we decided we needed a Pokémon that could be his rival, and isn’t karate the rival of judo? That’s how Sawk was born.”
