>>57703285>According to you. Have they ever officially stated that or do you treat your own interpretationWell, let's see. taking Braixen/Delphox as an example, we got a mid-stage evo that can learn Psychic type moves but doesn't get STAB nor the stats to back up its usage of it, until it evolves and gains its secondary typing, a 125 BST boost to all 6 stats and even made a point of showing the inexperienced co-ordinator, with a NVE starter losing to the far more experienced co-ordinator who owned a Delphox through most of the series.
That even Iwata understood the core concept of RG/B, that they have not strayed from, despite adding all the bells and whistles they have since Special Pikachu Edition/Yellow kinda proves that's how they view their series. Pikachu's an exemption - no one gives a fuck for Raichu, even back the (people went crazy for Pikachu, but less so for Raichu, when the anime started up, Pikachu was the mascot, thus default shouldermon and the Lt. Surge/Raichu ep killed any and all hope of people caring for it, save outliers), thus shudo was allowed to play an old pikachu, could get away with it. But as we all know, Raichu is Pika's actual peak (that GF added the Light Ball just concedes it's (now) a mid-evo shitmon, regardless how cute the world finds it).
But as teraleak proved, Game Freak's full of furries, not paedophiles, which is why they don't treat immature creatures as being mature.
