>>43758414It doesn’t “appear”that it has pre-evos at all, that’s just how they’ve been arranged.
>>43758551That they’re related is pure conjecture, based *solely* on their appearance, not on internal numbering or anything else gleaned from the source code. As are the majority of the other designs.
This image was thrown together shortly after the leak by some retard who thought he had great insight into the design choices.
To support my argument, may I draw your attention to the excessive usage of question marks as evidence.
I mean, how did they figure the fox was fire? Why the fuck would GF introduce a second set of fire foxes? (IMO they were the early choices for the line zigzagoon line eventually replaced)
There’s also other absurd shit like “turkey dragon”, “cherry blossom” who is clearly an early cherrim (has this guy even played Pokémon before?), and “mushroom bird” who I think we all agree is based on a a weather vane and not a fungi.
Part of the argument that it’s the former Silver legendary, is its placement. Only unkown (348) separates it (349) and Ho-Oh (347). Both of which are placed well before the starter sprites even. We know Ho-Oh was designed and revealed very early on, so I think there’s a strong argument that 349 was conceived around the same time until Viking-boat-mon evolved into Lugia