I initially thought so too, but no Regional Form has changed species, so to call Wiglett a Regional Form isn’t quite accurate either.Hmmm, don't like wiglett but the convergent evolution thing is okay. Diglett is the most boring pokemon basically so wiglett just looks unoriginal and boring. They could have taken a more interesting pokemon and did this. But I cannot get over that its basically a paldean diglett in my eyes, even if it isnt "technically" according to whoever made it. This is Pokemon, not real life.
I feel like if it was more than a one-off thing, they would've advertised it as such. But I guess we'll have to wait for the proper trailer.I wonder if these Pokemon will get a proper category/naming, aka a name for Pokemon that resemble other ones but are actually entirely different species.
Japanese name is pretty much Sea Diglett when translated.Not a fan of Wiglett, would've liked if it looked a little more distinct to not look like a regional variant. I get the reasoning they were going for with the appearance being similar but not being related phylogenetically or even in terms of behaviour but the Galar birds were classified as regional variants despite also not being related to the Kanto ones (or at least not a known connection). Outside of lore and consistency issues, I don't really care too much as I think of regional variants as new Pokemon anyway.
I don't know if the Japanese name tries to be a bit more clever but Wiglett has to be one of the worst Pokemon name ever.
Okay not that clever but I actually find Sea Diglett (at least feels like a reference to real life naming conventions of species' common names) a much better name than Wiglett which feels entirely meaningless.Japanese name is pretty much Sea Diglett when translated.
Also good visual reference for those wondering.
same. to me it would work better if they'd swapped the nose for a permanently open red mouth. give the nod to diglett, but make it subtlerI would have preferred if Wiglett didn't have the nose and actually looked somewhat more eel-like.
That's a continuation of the divergent evolution with the species diverging further from the ancestral morphology. Starting with the same/related ancestor but evolving into something completely different.Regional variants are divergent evolutions. But if a regional variant evolves into a completely different Pokemon (such as Perrserker, Cursola, Mr. Rime, etc), is it now considered convergent?
Ecology is nice.
Thanks. I just love how Wiglett let me learn something new.That's a continuation of the divergent evolution with the species diverging further from the ancestral morphology. Starting with the same/related ancestor but evolving into something completely different.
Wiglett's now been officially revealed. It's pure Water.