>>28061022Amorphous, reportedly floats and animates itself with psychic power. Possibly a boneless meat sac with the exception of the red fins, which may be rigid and are most likely important to the channeling of psychic energy or vital bodily functions.
I believe the Collosseum fainting animation for Gardevoir had it flatten out or "deflate."
The humanoid shape for the meat sac was more popular with early humans and trainers, and made it easier for the two species to bond. This may have weeded out blobbier, more fucked-up looking variants as they were less desirable for companionship and were less fit to compete.
The Ralts family are all chicken nuggets.
>>28061401>>28061481Chansey specifically appears to be a joke about both monotremes and marsupials. It lays eggs instead of giving live birth like a monotreme, and then carries them around in a pouch like a marsupial.