>>53449157I mean all the mythological tanuki lore, we have the real counterpart with Zigzagoon, but not the tanuki that transforms into a monk statue to steal sake, the tanuki that hits with his scrotum (change it to make his belly grow to avoid problems with western censorship), the tanuki who transforms to play pranks.
Well at least Sentret can glide through the sky. Something that differentiated the Tanuki from the Kitsune is that the former had several abilities without the need to transform, but they required a leaf to perform many of their tricks.
And now that with DLCs we are returning to Japan and a lot of attention has been given to Johto's pokemon, this is the best opportunity to give us a regional form.