>>51569010Basically this. By definition, convergent forms would be any two Pokemon species that have similar lifestyles and independently developed traits that are similar to one another. We can't look at two species and say for sure whether they developed their traits independently since we don't have a tree of life showing the relations between all of the species, but a good example (assuming they do not have a common ancestor with this trait) would be the Horsea line and Octillery. Both of these lines evolved to shoot water (and even ink) like a blaster and have specialized and similar-looking mouths for this task. We didn't need to be told that this was convergent evolution. It just was, and it was practically as natural a convergence as you would find in most real-life examples. Compare this with Wiglett, which seemed to have been designed with the mindset of "make it look like Diglett and justify the similarities later". If they wanted a Pokemon that looked like Diglett, they could have just made a regional form. I like the concept of officially recognized convergent forms, but in execution, I don't see much of a point beyond flavor.
