>>38630474Mate, that's the whole crux of the anti-zodiac argument.
>"IT MUST BE AN EXACT COPY OF THE ZODIAC ANIMAL, IT CAN'T BE AN INSPIRATION OR CLOSE RELATIVE FOR ME TO ACCEPT THEY HAD USED THIS AS A GUIDELINE FOR THE FIRE STARTER DESIGNS"Despite Game Freak having a habit of re-using base inspirations to make new pokémon with (JttW in Gen IV/V, fire-type monkeys, same) and admitting to using the Zodiac for creature creation in the first two Gens (which all weren't 1:1 copies either), they seem to think Game Freak CAN'T re-use it for inspiration WITHOUT it being a 1:1 representation.
>>38631606>seethingPic related