>have to resort to making regional forms to fill out a dex (that's what I think)
>yet they are stilll able to fulfill the very specific quota of having a new electric type rodent each generation, despite Pikachu massive popularity making those unnecessary
I don't get it. Surely the regional forms have a strong enough concept to exist as their own Pokemon with no prior relation to already existing mons. A giant palm tree dragon didn't have to be Exeggutor, a bear trap didn't have to be Stunfisk, a dead coral reef didn't have to be Corsola. You get the point.

What are your thoughts /vp/?