Nah that was just someone unfamiliar with eastern mythology. In Chinese (and later Japanese) mythology, there are serpentine dragons who come from humble carp/koi who possess the determination to swim up a waterfall.
They switched and dropped a few evos around during development, if i remember right blastoise was going to be from a diffent evolution line from squirtle-wartortle starters
Ok i know your making a joke but isn’t there a theory that Dragonair was originally supposed to evolve into Gyarydos, and they switched it?
Nah that was just someone unfamiliar with eastern mythology. In Chinese (and later Japanese) mythology, there are serpentine dragons who come from humble carp/koi who possess the determination to swim up a waterfall.
Here’s a Japanese artwork that predates Pokémon
They switched and dropped a few evos around during development, if i remember right blastoise was going to be from a diffent evolution line from squirtle-wartortle starters
And i think kangaskhan had a pre evolution
did that become togepi or whatever?
I think i know that one it’s Cubone. Cubone was supposed to be a baby one that’s parent died.