>>46495761Lopunny is a great design conceptually and gender counterparts have been a thing since Gen 1 as Baragon, the inspiration of Nidoking, does not have a female counterpart yet Game Freak made Nidoqueen anyway. If you want to consider that an exception, remember that Miltank exists specifically as a female counterpart to Tauros. If they are doing anything weird, it started on Gen 6, not 4.