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10 Regional Pokémon That Make Zero Sense
21.10.2023 - 13:31 / screenrant.com
Regions play a big part of defining the series, but the games don't always do a perfect job of rendering their settings in a way that makes sense. Earlier titles all featured regions based on areas of Japan, while later entries have taken on a number of other cultural inspirations. Although the prevailing influence of one real-world environment can always be felt in a region, certain elements can feel anatopic in a way that ultimately doesn't make complete sense.
It's not uncommon for Pokémon themselves to seem somewhat out of place in the region where they're first introduced. While many are perfectly at home in their environs — Alola, for example, features plenty of proper tropical island creatures — every game tends to have at least one or two major fish out of water situations. Although the fictionalized nature of the world makes real-life incongruence negligible, it's still hard to justify regional Pokémon that are a complete mismatch for their ecosystem.
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Occasionally, Pokémon can take inspiration from the fossil record instead of currently living creature. The Baxcalibur line is one example of this, which justifies its inclusion in the Paldea region via likely inspiration from dinosaur fossils found in Spain. On the other end of things, Dragapult appears to take influence from the ancient Dipolcaulus, which doesn't appear to have ever lived anywhere near Great Britain. As the Galar region where Dragapult is found is based off of Great Britain, this is a somewhat random inclusion, although far from a particularly notable logical infraction.
The Gen 5 setting of Unova is inspired by New York, making the inclusion of Blitzle a somewhat odd one. Equines like horses and donkeys found in North America are non-native species, although they've become well-associated with the American West over time. Zebras, however, are entirely out of place, and Blitzle bears more resemblance to a zebra than anything else. As far as out of place Pokémon go, Blitzle is a fairly minor case, but it's still one that feels a bit strange in context.
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Zarude is an obviously simian Pokémon that resembles a baboon or mandrill more than anything else, making it seem like a rainforest would be its most natural home. Instead, it can be found on the Isle of Armor in the Galar region, which bears a general resemblance to the Isle of Man located between England and Ireland. Baboons are actually surprisingly adaptable animals, so it's not entirely unfeasible that Zarude could live happily in such an environment, but the simian still doesn't make much sense as a product of the environment.
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