>>22327642Their designs (remoraid is shaped like a gun for one thing), movepool and abilities are clearly meant to evoke a gun and a cannon, respectively. All those beam moves they learn evoke scifi rayguns, and they get moves like bullet seed too. The ability Sniper speaks for itself.
Octillery's name is fucking made from the word artillery, and it's signature move is fucking called Octozooka, as if it needed to be even more obvious.
Yes, it's a fish evolving into an octopus, but that's not ALL it is.