Diamond & Pearl
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1) Not necessarily, because Vulpix (more specifically Ninetales, but still) already has supernatural aspects in its regular form. It already fits in with a spiritual place, whereas it would be jarring in an icy biome.
The same could be said for Cubone and Marowak more or less, although not movepool-wise. Yet Marowak still received a Ghost form. In fact, a Ghost-type Alolan form for the Vulpix line should have been stimulated had it resided in a spooky area as Exeggutor's Alolan form is stimulated by being exposed to the sun oftenly. According to your reasoning, Exeggutor should not have gotten an Alolan form as it already fits in with a tropical habitat. It's actually completely the opposite. Stimulation also results into change. I find regular Exeggutor to be much more tropical-looking than I find regular Ninetales to be spooky-looking.
2) If you want to go down the road of could-have-been hypotheticals, we can perform custom rewrites on pretty much anything in the franchise in order to support virtually any argument. I'm only trying to look at it from the view of the games as they actually happened, and as we can clearly observe.
I find Vulpix trying to acclimate in a snowy area in a region like Alola to be very bizarre, but whatever. And where does that Fairy-type come from? Also whatever...
3) Practically speaking, I'm not sure there's much that you actually can apply logic to in Pokémon - it's a very loose, exaggerated reality that makes relatively few attempts to justify itself according to realistic standards, and marketing ultimately takes precedence over everything (see: Mega Mewtwo).
That's what identity crisis and lust for money combined do to a company. I'm specifically talking about Mega Mewtwo; disproportionate marketing...
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