>>37316578>>37316588It's notta meme, they were going to try making Pikachu like elementals. There was a fire one too that got completely axed. They all start like mice and incorporate another animalistic feature, Raichu's was Kangaroo[rat] feet. Azumarill was rabbit. Honoguma was gunna be bear. Also reflected the original type trios for gen 1 and two.
>Electric>Fire>Water/Ice>Paralysis>Burm>FreezeTri-Attack was gen 1 for a reason. These types were initially more focused on. With Water/Ice being so prevalent in gen 1 I'm fairly convinced they were the same type in early development. Ice was just a weaponized version of Water for the Water elemental monsters to utilize. If Scald is a thing why wouldn't the opposite be equally intuitive.
>Dewgong>Lapras >Cloyster 
