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There are similarities between Pokemon Mansion and the locations of Zapdos and Articuno.
In the original Red, Green and Blue:
All wild Electric types including Zapdos can be found in the Power Plant
All wild Ice types including Articuno and most Water types can be found in Seafoam Islands
All wild Fire types except Moltres and Poison types associated with toxic fumes can be found in Pokemon Mansion
Further more the version exclusive humanshapes are located:
Red's Electabuzz is located in the Power Plant
Blue's Jynx is located in Seafoam Islands
Green's Magmar is located in Pokemon Mansion
Power Plant, Seafoam Islands and Pokemon Mansion are all dungeons, reachable no sooner than obtaining Surf and the Soul Badge.
The dungeons also all feature some form of puzzle and maze to navigate though to the Legendary Bird/Secret Key:
Although not much of a puzzle but can still be considered, Power Plant has Voltorb and Electrode disguised as items.
Seafoam has it's boulders and water flow puzzle.
Pokemon Mansion has the switch puzzle.
Vicroty Road breaks all common trends of the Bird dungeons, furthermore, Victory road has an alternative objective unlike the other Bird dungeons.
Blaine was guided out of trecherous freezing mountains by a Moltres which led him to start a Fire Gym on Cinnabar Island, the freezing mountains could've been on or near the Seafoam Islands which are near Cinnabar Island.
In the remakes Moltres, is relocated to a new dungeon on Knot Island and obtainable earlier in the game. Some of the Pokemon Mansion wild Pokemon were also relocated to Knot Island
To reach Knot Island the first time, you must depart from Cinnabar Island.
Lastly: In Gen 1, the TM for Solarbeam is located in Pokemon Mansion and Sky Attack is located in Victory Road while in Gen 2 Solar Beam is located en route to Victory Road. It is possible Sky Attack and Solar Beam's locations were swapped when Moltres was relocated.
In conclusion: I suspect Pokemon Mansion was originally designed as Moltres's dungeon and later repurposed to house the Secret Key. It may even have been located near rather than on Cinnabar Island and had a different name, tile design and lore (perhaps at one point it was the treacherous freezing mountains where Moltres guided Blaine, as the Blizzard TM could indicate)
Edit: Another thing I didn't consider at the time of writing, is with all the mention of Mewtwo experiments at Pokemon Mansion, perhaps the Mansion was originally meant to have Mewtwo (or maybe even Mew prior to the decision to not program Mew in) at the end while Seafoam was intended for Moltres and Cerulean Cave or somewhere else was an Articuno dungeon, then they were all switched around prior to Pokemon Mansion getting repurposed for the Secret Key.
In the original Red, Green and Blue:
All wild Electric types including Zapdos can be found in the Power Plant
All wild Ice types including Articuno and most Water types can be found in Seafoam Islands
All wild Fire types except Moltres and Poison types associated with toxic fumes can be found in Pokemon Mansion
Further more the version exclusive humanshapes are located:
Red's Electabuzz is located in the Power Plant
Blue's Jynx is located in Seafoam Islands
Green's Magmar is located in Pokemon Mansion
Power Plant, Seafoam Islands and Pokemon Mansion are all dungeons, reachable no sooner than obtaining Surf and the Soul Badge.
The dungeons also all feature some form of puzzle and maze to navigate though to the Legendary Bird/Secret Key:
Although not much of a puzzle but can still be considered, Power Plant has Voltorb and Electrode disguised as items.
Seafoam has it's boulders and water flow puzzle.
Pokemon Mansion has the switch puzzle.
Vicroty Road breaks all common trends of the Bird dungeons, furthermore, Victory road has an alternative objective unlike the other Bird dungeons.
Blaine was guided out of trecherous freezing mountains by a Moltres which led him to start a Fire Gym on Cinnabar Island, the freezing mountains could've been on or near the Seafoam Islands which are near Cinnabar Island.
In the remakes Moltres, is relocated to a new dungeon on Knot Island and obtainable earlier in the game. Some of the Pokemon Mansion wild Pokemon were also relocated to Knot Island
To reach Knot Island the first time, you must depart from Cinnabar Island.
Lastly: In Gen 1, the TM for Solarbeam is located in Pokemon Mansion and Sky Attack is located in Victory Road while in Gen 2 Solar Beam is located en route to Victory Road. It is possible Sky Attack and Solar Beam's locations were swapped when Moltres was relocated.
In conclusion: I suspect Pokemon Mansion was originally designed as Moltres's dungeon and later repurposed to house the Secret Key. It may even have been located near rather than on Cinnabar Island and had a different name, tile design and lore (perhaps at one point it was the treacherous freezing mountains where Moltres guided Blaine, as the Blizzard TM could indicate)
Edit: Another thing I didn't consider at the time of writing, is with all the mention of Mewtwo experiments at Pokemon Mansion, perhaps the Mansion was originally meant to have Mewtwo (or maybe even Mew prior to the decision to not program Mew in) at the end while Seafoam was intended for Moltres and Cerulean Cave or somewhere else was an Articuno dungeon, then they were all switched around prior to Pokemon Mansion getting repurposed for the Secret Key.
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