>>41028288>>41028288For new evolutions, it's either that or coming up with, like, niche items to justify them. Would it be easier to just retcon stuff? Sure, I mean they retconned the type chart several times, so on paper it shouldn't be a big deal. But for some reason they refuse to do that with evolutions, so they're not gonna start now.
I don't know, the whole thing can be a bit silly, but at least this is a plausible way to suspend disbelief? There are many factors that could cause the population of a certain area to diverge, plus I guess it's a way to explore a concept that differs from the original line. But yeah, things do get muddied when you have regional forms that evolve from the original Pokémon, especially since there are only a select few that do that. They really could have just made a Galarian Koffing to avoid this mess.
Ah well, what is consistency anyway?
