Tangeh
Well-Known Member
I like to think that cut was a move invented by humans due to legality issues in the pokemon world. Perhaps the law states that pokemon trainers can only use cut to alter their surroundings? After all, kids going around hyper beaming every little tree they find is dangerous to say the least. There are no pokemon that learn cut by level-up - it is purely an HM move. It was likely invented to be a weak move with a broad learn-spread that can efficiently cut trees with minimal risk of accidental harm to the surrounding area.
Makes sense in my mind anyways.
One thing that always bugged me about the pokemon world is how pokemon can be immediately sexed as soon as they are encountered. It's one of three things you can always see about the other pokemon, the other two being species and level. Obviously we can tell what species a pokemon is by looking at it... level is a bit more ambiguous, but necessary for gameplay.
...Gender, though? Some pokemon have gender differences, sure, but the vast majority do not. Most pokemon look exactly the same regardless of whether they are male or female. Where is my character looking when it first spots the thing.....?! Even in the anime Ash only knows the gender of some of his pokemon because another gender-specified pokemon used attract on them.
Makes sense in my mind anyways.
One thing that always bugged me about the pokemon world is how pokemon can be immediately sexed as soon as they are encountered. It's one of three things you can always see about the other pokemon, the other two being species and level. Obviously we can tell what species a pokemon is by looking at it... level is a bit more ambiguous, but necessary for gameplay.
...Gender, though? Some pokemon have gender differences, sure, but the vast majority do not. Most pokemon look exactly the same regardless of whether they are male or female. Where is my character looking when it first spots the thing.....?! Even in the anime Ash only knows the gender of some of his pokemon because another gender-specified pokemon used attract on them.