>>46237356Onyx is actually perfectly designed for his role as the first boss.
1: He resists Tackle, thus educating little kids to not just mash A like in many contemporary JRPG's, and teaches them that Tackle is not the equivalent of selecting ATTACK, your mons have actual movesets
2: Has high physical but low special defense thus teaching dumb kids to target different defenses.
3: Uses Bind, teaching kids that sometimes you should use status moves like Tail Whip instead of always attacking.
4: Is a giant rock monster, hyping kids us by showing them they'll get to catch cool shit later and not always be stuck with little turtle and caterpillars.
5: has low attack to his high defense. His high defense and ability to survive more than one hit makes kids feel like they've cleared a hurdle while not having good attack means he's actually not a big threat.
This is all because even today GameFreak designs many mons as "NPC" pokemon and not for player use.
Luvdisc exist to be a Heart Scale dispenser.
Hydreigon evolves after the game ends because he's supposed to be the final boss.
Onyx is the first boss.
