Gyrom8
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I get that Gen 5 did take a lot of inspiration from Gen 1 overall, but I did appreciate how the Pokedex was entirely new in other respects, with no cross-gen evolutions or variants. Plus I'd rather have something like Gigalith (Golem inspired) to Alolan Golem (literally Golem with some aesthetic and typing changes).I love Gen 5 and all, but tbh, a lot of the Unova Pokemon are rip-offs of older Pokemon
The Roggenrola line is literally just the Geodude line and Audino is just Chansey...
I understand that Black and White were supposed to be reboots of sorts, but still
Appreciate that Gen 5 did suffer from a little redundancy or Pokedex bloat. Still, even if you went harsh with the cuts, you could still have at least 100 good, worthwhile additions to the Pokedex. I think 100 overall is a good number per gen: 60ish feels a little underwhelming, even if it's becoming the norm.