I still think it would be cool to get a Power Ranger/Kamen Rider evolution for Ledian and be Bug/Fighting with levitate or something.
Be cool to have it go up against UFO samurai Orbeetle.
Now that I would like. Ledian just doesn't feel like the final stage and even its pokdex entries describe it as having weak punches. Plus Orbeetle is Partially inspired by a mad scientist so it works even better.
Meme culture.
People love them because LeCHONK and SMOLiv. Notice how Pawmi is not as popular.
To an extent yes but some people just don't like Pawmi's design in particular. It's not the most exciting design in my personal opinion (though if it gets a new evolution that may change). I've also seen people saying they don't like how it looks in-game but like its official artwork. Some people just don't like Pikaclones (which this seems to be). Its all subjective and I've seen some people really love it.
Also, I just realized Gen 5 have no early route bug.
Gen 5 had quite strong bug types. I don't know why but they seem to have some focus towards it. It did lead to some great designs so I'm ok with it and would like to see more of that. Guess that meant making them slightly later made some sense.
You could argue Sewaddle and Venipede were Gen 5’s closest answer to an early bug, but they made them deliberately available later than the first Gym so that the player who chose Oshawott was forced to use Pansear to beat Cilan. Same reason why Pidove was also locked behind getting the first badge, they didn’t want you to cheat the Grass/Fire/Water type matchup education that the Striaton Gym was about.
That's a fair point. But ultimately it made that gym more memorable so I'm ok with it.
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