>>38656291See, people. They're fucking SHINTO KAMI, not "genies."
>>38656298>Weren't enough Fighting-type Pokemon >Over a dozen before these guys were even made>>38656304Okay, so its wings were deliberately shaped like that to create the illusion that they are heads if in a silhouette. Nice.
>>38656307>James Turner the Englishman >Also, strong candidate for Mega Evolution that went unused >>38656312Well, now we know these guys were intentionally made as a reference to Dugtrio and Magneton.
>>38656338So these Pokemon were designed because they invoked a strong emotion, not because they were needed, per se.
>>38656348I had a feeling these guys were designed early on. Has that Gen 4 aesthetic to them.
>>38656359Does this explain why Vullaby doesn't even show up in game in White anywhere?
>>38656373Translation doesn't account for the fact that this only applies to the Japanese name: Morobareru.
From Bulbapedia:
>Morobareru is a combination of もろに moro ni (completely) and ばれる bareru (slang for "[for a secret] to be exposed"), referring to how it no longer convincingly looks like a Poké Ball.>>38656381Okay, two important things here. One, dual-type Pokemon can be specifically requested. And two, the person who designed Foongus and Amoonguss designed these two as well.
>>38656390>Relatively standardI guess Alomomola doesn't count or it wasn't designed yet.
