>>49458182>so indian elephants are still canonWrong. Raichu's Pokedex Entry in Legends, Raichu being another Pokemon very famous for mentioning Indian Elephants, explicitly refers to Copperajah instead of Indian Elephants. They did this to remove Indian Elephants as a species from the Pokemon world because they no longer fit the modern Pokemon brand.
Again, LGPE has started an extensive focus on sanitizing the franchise to get rid of all mentions of the real world, and they've started by removing them from the source of it all, Gen 1, and have accomplished this either by using proper Pokemon replacements or getting more vague with the subject material because an equivalent doesn't yet exist.
Instead of Arcanine being a Pokemon famous in China, it's a Pokemon famous in "the East".
Instead of Mew being uncovered in the Guyana Jungle, it was uncovered in "the jungle".
Instead of Indian Elephants to act as Japan's famous metric for something's capabilities, we now have Copperajah.
Instead of Lt. Surge being the Lightning American, his nationality is now no longer relevant as he's known as the Lightning Lieutenant and no one makes mention of where he's from.
