>>36440227>Ho-oh>legendary phoenix made for a video game>orginally planned to be on the cover of both gold and silver>fits perfectly into the games lore involving the towers and legendary beastsMeanwhile
>lugia>furbait made to shill a movie>doesn’t fit in gen 2 lore so they had to lump it in with articuno, zapdos and moltres>the only relation is they’re all birds>doesn’t even get a fitting typing, just gets psychic because its “the strong type” and they wanted to shill it as hard as possible>barely gets any mention in G/S/C because it was hamfisted in>forced counterpart to the glorious chad ho-oh despite having no relation either Ho-oh is the patrician choice for people that actually play video games. Lugiatards just jerk it to their dumb furry shillmon with human fingers.
