>>53283717 >these evolutions all feel like they come out of nowhere considering their prior forms, Decidueye especially. I think I would've much preferred a regional variant for every single stage instead of just the final ones, it would've made the transition for Decidueye especially much much smoother and I think all the stages deserved some attention as opposed to just the final ones
I'm almost certain that not giving the basi and middle stages Hisuain forms was intentional as a wway to draw in people who were fans of those starters as make the final forms more of a surprise (remember they really very cryptic about how the final forms would look and didn't even reveal that theere would be new forms until the game released).
It also make sense that starters not native to Hisui would have have to spend some time in Hisui before and only acclimate once they evolve. I like to think that if the Decidueye, Typhlosion, and Samurott established populations in Hisui, they would eventually adapt to have basic stages with traits of the Hisuian forms.
