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Pokemon more relevant in a future generation than their own debut

Anonymous Fri 30 Jan 2026 21:10:26 No.58884730 View View Reply Original Report

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Meditite in Gen 4 for instance
Hard mode: No Gen 2 mons

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Anonymous Fri 30 Jan 2026 21:11:17 No.58884733 Report

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>>58884730
starmie

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Anonymous Fri 30 Jan 2026 21:27:50 No.58884777 Report

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>>58884730
Lucario

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Anonymous Fri 30 Jan 2026 21:32:54 No.58884790 Report

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>>58884730
Rotom. It went from a cool pseudo legendary (not in that way) Pokemon to being a main part of every game from Gen VII onwards.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Jan 2026 21:36:02 No.58884798 Report

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>>58884730
Clefairy?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Jan 2026 21:45:33 No.58884827 Report

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>>58884730
Skarmory. It feels more like a Gen 3 mon desu.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Jan 2026 21:50:59 No.58884839 Report

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>>58884827
never got this meme
slugma i get, but skarmory is one of the original steel types AND available in the main story (assuming you're playing silver)
its counterpart mantine is always recognized as a gen 2 mon, despite being just as uncommon

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Anonymous Fri 30 Jan 2026 21:57:27 No.58884858 Report

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>>58884839
I played silver 2 times before sapphire came out without ever seeing a skarmory
I only found out it was gen 2 here

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Anonymous Fri 30 Jan 2026 21:58:05 No.58884860 Report

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>>58884839
Probably because Mantine doesn’t show up in gen 3. Skarmory also annoying to find in gen 2 and lacks trainers using it compared to gen 3 which has Winona and Steven

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Anonymous Fri 30 Jan 2026 22:05:07 No.58884877 Report

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>>58884839
skarmory is a version exclusive and a rare encounter in an optional lategame route. in gen 3 it's in a mandatory early route that makes you go through much more grass.

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Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 01:02:47 No.58885439 Report

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>>58884877
Its also a big part of gen 3's metagame

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Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 02:34:16 No.58885655 Report

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>>58884839
more kids were first exposed to skarmory in pmd than in gen 2

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Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 12:02:56 No.58886445 Report

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>>58884839
In the US I don't remember seeing Skarmory being promoted so you had to play the games and encounter it.

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Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 13:42:22 No.58886625 Report

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>>58884730
AZ's Floette :3

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Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 13:44:48 No.58886629 Report

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>>58885439
...and gen 2's.

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Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 17:35:19 No.58887156 Report

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>>58884730
Farfetch'd in Gen 2.

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Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 18:46:57 No.58887351 Report

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>>58884860
>Mantine doesn’t show up in gen 3
You didn't play the postgame in LeafGreen?

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Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 18:52:51 No.58887371 Report

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>>58887351
>version exclusive 5% encounter rate in a postgame battle facility area
lol really not helping mantine's case

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 18:56:52 No.58887384 Report

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>>58887371
It's not like the 10% it had in Gen II in Gold and Crystal was much better.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 19:04:59 No.58887409 Report

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>>58884730
You should probably also add "no mons that were more relevant in gen 6 than their debut gen". Lots of megas and fairy types there.

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Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 19:23:20 No.58887452 Report

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Serperior may be an unova starter, but it feels like it only became good in gen 6 onwards thanks to finally getting Contrary.
I wonder what the fuck happened behind the scenes at GF to make most dream world mons to not get released, like Shadow Tag Chandelure i can see why that didn't get released, that shit sounds like the most broken shit ever, but Contrary Serperior?
That feels like robbery, dude's a starter, those are shillmons by default.

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Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 19:57:32 No.58887546 Report

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>>58884730
How is Meditite more relevant in gen 4 than 3? It pops up everywhere in gen 3

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Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 20:05:44 No.58887557 Report

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>>58887351
I barely remember it. Last time I played those games was nearly 20 years ago.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 21:27:56 No.58887777 Report

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>>58884839
Mantine was in the Entei movie and compared to Skarm appears almost nowhere in gen 3. It's at least in Colosseum as well.

>>58885655
I never even thought about that. The first game's tie-in anime even adapted that mission.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 23:01:34 No.58888073 Report

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>>58884730
Meditite is more relevant in Gen 3 though. They spam that retard in literally half of the gyms, and every other trainer in the game uses it.

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Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 23:04:09 No.58888079 Report

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>>58888073
It’s also used by Brawly in Emerald, so it’s not like it wasn’t used by prominent trainers either.

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Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 23:04:57 No.58888083 Report

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>>58884827
Skarmory, Marill, Slugma, Xatu, Wobbuffet, all get more play in Hoenn than they do Johto.

Misdreavus would have, too, had they not decided to re-program Chimecho into the game at the last minute and overwrite its encounter slot at Mt. Pyre.

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Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 23:09:18 No.58888104 Report

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>>58888083
Xatu’s used by Will, you’re not going to miss that thing.

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Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 23:35:42 No.58888195 Report

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>>58887384
difference is that it's not post-game exclusive there

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Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 23:37:46 No.58888200 Report

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>>58888073
Meditite is as common among trainers in Gen 4 as it was 3, but where it's more prevalent is wild locations. Gen 3, it's Victory Road exclusive and not even found in Emerald. Meanwhile Sinnoh features it in multiple routes

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Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 23:39:45 No.58888204 Report

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>>58884730
Zeraora

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Anonymous Sat 31 Jan 2026 23:41:45 No.58888208 Report

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>>58888200
It’s in Pyre as well, buddy. And it’s definitely not used as often in DPPt as it is in RSE.

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