How about brainstorming some sauce for the ones with little to no difference to make them more unique?Different index number, different stats, different movepools, different abilities>Volbeat, IllumiseDifferent index number, different stats, different movepools, same abilities>Nidoran, Nidorina, Nidoqueen, Nidoran, Nidorino, NidokingSame index number, different stats, different movepools, different abilities>Indeedee, OinklogneSame index number, same stats, different movepools, different abilities>MeowsticSame index number, different stats, same movepool, same abilities>BasculegionSame index number, same stats, same movepool, same abilities>Hippopotas, Hippowdown, Unfezant, Frillish, Jellicent, Pyroar
>>58905689i always liked the frillish genders but female jellicent is so ugly and retarded
>>58905689The first eight Pokémon from your image are not Gender Differences. They are Gender counterparts, as they are all separate Pokémon, they just have another Pokémon to be their opposite Gender counterpart. Gender Differences for Pokémon means a Pokémon species with both a Male Form and a Female Form, which is the case for all the other Pokémon from your image.
>>58906736They're both called nidoran bro
>>58906770It's just weirdness from being early in the series, gen 2 added Gender being a game mechanic, gen 4 added Gender Differences. So when they wanted to do the idea back then in gen 1, they made them separate species with identical names with only the gender symbol at the end being different, but they do still technically have separate names. Having a different National Pokédex number is what makes a Pokémon a separate species.
>>58905689I like your autism, OP.
>>58905689what would you classify Miltank and Tauros as?
>>58907744"unrelated but should be related" just like hitmonchan and hitmonlee
>>58906736Volbeat and Illumise produce eggs of one another, and Nidoran produces eggs of both Nidoran types, thus making them the same species
>>58908229It doesn't make them the same species. The term species is generally used differently in fiction than in real-life. In Pokémon, a Pokémon species having a different National Pokédex number is the only thing that makes it a separate species to another Pokémon species. Also, in real-life, some animals of different species can breed with each other.
>>58905689>Same index number, same stats, same movepool, same abilities>>Hippopotas, Hippowdown, Unfezant, Frillish, Jellicent, Pyroarway more pokemon than just these fit into this category. pikachu and eevees tails differ depending on gender, for example. there are loads, many even more subtle than that. see picrel for some spot the difference
>>58909143Yeah I know, the gen 4 wave was huge and eevee and hisuian sneasel got the same treatment later on, but the gen 5 and 6 ones are a lot more different than those, and I only included the Hippos because when I was a kid I thought the female one was shiny and caught a bunch of them, it's the only one that changes the majority of what the Pokemon looks like, and I'm biased as it was a childhood favorite mon
>>58909216yeah thats fair. i just brought it up since its weird/interesting. there are a couple of older ones that are a bit more noticeable; heracross comes to mind.full list for anyone interested:https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Pok%C3%A9mon_with_gender_differences
