>>28967491>is just a game mechanic ratio to get some semblance of rarityYeah but even this reasoning is inconsistent with how easy it is to breed with ditto, or set up massive breeding farms.
Now, if they had said "you can't breed starters with ditto", that could have helped with scarcity. But even then, it only takes a few people churning out boxes full of starters and throwing up for trade on the GTS or wondertrade for that rarity to be all but removed entirely.
That thinking would have worked several generations ago but not anymore, so they have no reason to continue it. It really is a "we don't wanna change it because we said so" sort of situation. Not a big deal.
All that shit you said about fantasy not having to make any sense is just silly. Imagine lets them push the boundaries of what can work, but it doesn't mean throwing all logic to the wind will make for a coherent experience. If that was the case, they wouldn't care at all how the different types look.
Sometimes they literally don't give a shit, sometimes they throw all design logic to the wind. Sometimes you have a pink praying mantis be a pure grass type. But they care about it enough about consistency to be on point most of the time, because they know it's important.
