still really similar to foxes
emolga, dedenne, morpeko, togedemaru, and alolan raichu (if you count it) don't have unique typings? I guess you have a bit of a point with the ones that are pure electric, but I can also make a point; electric/flying, electric/fairy, electric/dark, electric/steel, and electric/psychic are much more interesting type combinations than pure normal, pure fire, pure grass, pure dark....you get the idea. I don't see the problem with them all sharing an electric type.
I'll give you that all of the pikaclones are fast, and many of them are special attackers (or at least are specially inclined despite having equal attacking stats), but pachirisu, togedemaru, and possibly morpeko have very different stat distributions than all the others. It's of note that the eeveelutions all have exactly the same base stats, only distributed differently; 60/65/65/95/110/130. And don't give me the "they all have terrible stats" argument, that's just blatant elitism. I agree that pokemon with bad stats should be kept in moderation but game freak has gotten better and better with this so there's really no reason to complain. Besides, togedemaru manages to be somewhat usable despite its unimpressive stats, and I imagine morpeko will likely be the same.
with this logic, all pokemon that are clear members of a reoccurring category deserve to be cut. You don't want hydreigon, tyranitar, kommo-o, bibarel, furret, gumshoos, dustox, vivillon, swellow, rampardos, tyrantrum, etc to exist in the game? Because that's what it sounds like with this logic.
I wasn't aware that pikaclones were deleted in games after their debut generation. I guess it's pretty impressive that I own an emolga in ultra moon. I promise to use my powers to defy the universe for good.....actually, that's a lie, I don't promise that at all.
A lot of Pikaclones don't look like pikachu, and the ones that do are either apart of pikachu's family or mimikyu. plusle, minun, pachirisu, emolga, and togedemaru don't even have the same color pallet as pikachu. morpeko adds something new to the table, with it having two forms and a signature move. togedemaru has the lightning rod gimmick, dedenne has the antenae gimmick, plusle and minun have the cheering gimmick, etc.
this makes more sense than your previous argument, I'll give you that. I think it's mean to say they have "no other purpose", although I will concur that I wish more pikaclones had things to make them stand out more. I think togedemaru, morpeko, and alolan raichu do a good job at this, which are also the three most recent ones. Togedemaru and alolan raichu are also the most viable pikaclones, and with morpeko's unique and useful typing combined with the fact that aura wheel will most likely have a high bp, it seems they might be trying to make pikaclones more useful in battle too.
nah, I'm done
