I feel like finding regional variants in the wild of other regions kinda goes against the whole point of them. Although i guess they could simply be named after the region they are first discovered even if they aren't found only there? Alolan Vulpix being in the wild does make that person mistaking Hisuian Zorua being a Vulpix make more sense though.
Well it's like regular Vulpix is also called Kantonian Vulpix so yeah, first discovered. Which would be a good approach for the series to take anyway because making all variants just be in-game trades or minigame rewards until their region comes back around for remakes would be pretty bad in the long run.
I feel like the reasoning for at least some of the regional variants appearing catchable in other regions can be explained away as imports that either a) are available via a region's Safari Zone equivalent or b) have escaped into the wild. I mean, we already have Pokémon who's lore revolves around being imported anyway (the Corphish and Yungoos lines), so having imported regional variants doesn't seem that much of a stretch. Plus, it would be a good way to keep the Pokémon world connected instead of each region being in their own bubble in this post-Dexit era.
It doesn't even have to be imports. Pokemon could just adapt in the same way to similar situations/environments in other regions, and the form would still be named after where it was first documented. Pretty sure we actually see this in the scientific names of some real world species, although I don't know any examples off the top of my head.
Wow I didn't realize just how much of the dex was new Pokémon and the gen 4 mons until now. It's really a shame there's no post gen 4 Pokémon in the game (Save for the genies) except those with Hisuian forms. And Sylveon i guess.
I mean the sky with two heart-clouds. If that's not Fairy/Flying than Khu choosed the wrong riddle.
Fairy/Flying does make sense for the riddle, though I suppose whatever it is could just have a heart motif and not be fairy like Luvdisc. Whatever it is, it's either gonna be a big surprise or no surprise when the datamine drops. XD
Probably filming for Pokémon Day next month. Or having a meeting about something. Or both.
Yeah, Kantonian Vulpix is still called Kantonian even when found in Galar and other regions, so I think finding the newer variants in other regions still works.
Apparently that guy is also known to be a troll. Probably doesn't even actually have it this time.
Of all the people to potentially get it, why does it have to be some troll....
I know right? It makes it hard to trust his info.
The leaker said that Samurott and Typhlosion barely changed in their new forms, while Decidueye is "a mess". This is why they keep making Samurott that way. However people love to think Typhlosion will be too cool to accept that it will barely change, so this is why in the same "leaks" the fire starter is designed as the son of the devil.
Well, being a troll does make one more likely to lie about having it, so the odds were a bit tipped there.
I think people are just unimaginative when it comes to Samurott. It is a bit of a less obvious design to work with.
