>>33137793I think people underestimate this. Salamence is statistically damn near impossible to meet by mistake even before the dozens of problems with surviving let alone catching it.
Nobody is going to ACCIDENTALLY SURVIVE the 1% call chance of bagons and be in the state to catch it without knowing about it. It's akin to meeting a Shiny as soon as you get Pokéballs on your new game.
It's akin to getting the Lionheart for Squall on Disc 1 of FFVII. You are ONLY getting that on a second or later prepared run and shit like that is awesome in RPGs