This is where a bunch of our favourite Gen II Pokémon like Gligar, Skarmory, Phanpy, and Teddiursa were placed exclusively in, making using one the least appealing thing possible because there's almost no main game left and you'd have to do a huge amount of grinding to get it up to par, and Johto is the worst region to grind in out there. And in Silver and HeartGold, they were put on the infamous Route 45 - the final route before facing the 8th gym leader Clair, and the wild Pokémon are around level 20. Starting in their debut generation, they were exclusive to Silver, and later in Gen IV they were exclusive to HeartGold. These two are some of the most elusive Pokémon in existence. Here's one that makes me sad, because it's genuinely one of my favourite Pokémon, as someone who grew up watching the anime and loves elephants. It's always been a fun little favourite of mine. I used Lumineon the last time I played Platinum and I really liked it.
I think Game Freak might be reticent to give it to something not Bug or Grass type, but it's not like Lumineon would be gamebreaking if it got it. Why the hell not? It's literally a butterfly fish.
And the thing is it would be so easy to make it stand out. It's thoroughly average statwise and gets all the usual things Water-types get: Ice moves and a couple of Flying and Bug moves for good measure. This is largely down to it not standing out at all from its piscine brethren. It's not even available as a shiny in Pokemon Go yet. Fishermen you fight on ocean routes occasionally have one but that's about as much exposure as this thing ever gets. Never anyone's signature, never been in a regional dex apart from Sinnoh where it debuted.
It's hard to stand out as a Water-type, but I really do think Lumineon is the absolute nadir of its type. The only attention that Stantler has received recently was a costume in Pokemon Go lol.Īh, poor Lumineon. Also, there is no notable trainer (that I am aware of) that has used a Stantler ingame. This makes ORAS the only games outside of GSC+HGSS where Stantler is obtainable before getting into the Hall of Fame, but to do so requires you to get the right Mirage Mountain to spawn. Stantler could only be obtained through transferring in Gen 7, and was then Dexited (I wonder why).
#Pokemon winter wonders free#
This is one of those Pokémon who hasn't been prominent since its debut and has since been largely an afterthought, not showing up prominently in any games since (Excadrill and Galvantula come close to being as non-prominent, but had the luxury of finally returning in Sword and Shield's Galar dex, something Zebstrika hasn't had the luxury of having just yet).Īre there any other examples of this you can think of? Feel free to discuss! In Gen 6, much like in BW2, it is only available in the Friend Safari in XY's post game and the Mirage Spots in ORAS: in both cases, it's readily evolved as a Zebstrika, which means it's also less special to find since you don't get the luxury of evolving it from little Blitzle. Zebstrika hasn't appeared in any regional dex ever since, and is completely unavailable in Gen 7 without transfer and is also currently Dexited from Gen 8 (unless Legends brings it back, which I'm low key hoping it does, Zebstrika is so cool :( ). It's still prominent in BW2 due to being Elesa's ace, but it's also less prominent in that you can only find it in the wild readily evolved as Zebstrika: unlike BW1, you cannot raise it from a humble little Blitzle and you will need to breed if you want to use Blitzle, which is only possible in the post-game of BW2. Blitzle is very much a prominent Pokémon in its debut game of Black and White, being an early game Electric-type that shows up early and becomes an incredibly cool zebra in Zebstrika, as well as being the ace of the well known Elesa. Another prime example is Blitzle and Zebstrika.
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