>>53227257Ah yes, because we don't have things like regional birds, regional mammals, psuedo legends, or the concept of a legendary trio in every single region all because Gamefreak never broke away from Kanto. Unova is the only region that obsessively references Kanto.
There's no way that Sentret, Zangoose, Bidoof, Bunnelby, Yungoose, and Skwovet are direct copies of Rattata, and there's no way that Starly, Fletchling, and Rookidee are direct copies of Pidgey. Nope. Nada. Gamefreak was totally original up until Gen 5.