>>42511179Yes and no! Generation 7 introduced "regional variants" which are older pokemon with a different design as well as typing and movesets.
Generation 8 (aka this one) upped the ante by giving some pokemon with regional variants brand new evolutions (for example, Meowth's rugged-looking Galarian form can evolve into Perserrker, a badass viking cat). The idea of Galarian Corsola is that global warming dried up all the oceans it once inhabited and has now become dead coral.
