>>54251406>Voltorb is fine as a concept, because it's a mimic designed to trick the player. But why have it evolve into something that's practically identical?Do you really not understand the idea of electric polarity? Just like Magnemite plays on the idea of +/- magnetic attraction, Voltorb plays on the idea of electric charge(in a non cringy in your face way like Plusle and Minun). Voltorb is constantly angry/frowning = negative electrical charge. Flip it upside down, Electrode is constantly happy/smilling = positive electrical charge.
It's a battery