>>46831284>Because they needed to fit their arsepull patternI've been thoroughly entertained pointing out how our caveman ancestors understood physics to put the heavy/sharp/dangerous bit at the end of the stick and swing holding onto the bottom while they seem to have missed the critical understanding of how they work to shoehorn a pokémon's design into a sole inspiration, when standing up it's obvious Primarina's based off a soloist, wearing a full evening gown, while its re-evolution is based off an Idol singer. But because we call something a rodent becaue Game Freak calls it nezumi, they can ignore when Game Freak calls something a soloist to call it a mace.