>Gen 2 adds a bunch of new Dark and Steel Pokemon >Only adds one Ghost (Misdreavus) and one Dragon type (Kingdra) Why
>>59132235We already have a Johto Bad thread
>>59132235misdreavus contained so much raw sexual energy that they couldn't add any more ghosts. as for kingdra, dunno. maybe they just hate dragons.
>>59132238We need another. The johto doesn’t get enough hate.
>>59132235they added kingdra out of obligation so clair could have her own signature pokemon
>>59132246
They honestly should have sold Gold/Silver as an expansion pack to Red/Blue and just treat it all as Kanto.
>>59132260damn look out guys we've got the next sherlock holmes over here
They were still trying to keep Ghost and Dragon types rare. Steel and Dark really didn’t get that many — there were what, around 6 of each? Compared to the 4 Dragons and 4 Ghosts, that’s not hugely different
>>59132235because Pedo Freak didnt want to make pokemon anymore and were bitter that they couldn't draw rape porn of Quinty. They were trying to make GSC flop until Masuda cracked the whip and Iwata came and saved their sorry asses when they were missing deadlines left and right.
I also don't get why they made the original ghost line part poison, making them weak to psychic who they were supposed to counter.
>>59132254It's because sea horses grow up to become dragons in Japanese folklore.
>>59132286Probably because of the gas pun. Ghastly is Ghos in other words a gas which evolves into Ghost which means its now a gas ghost.
>>59132286Not to mention Night Shade had a fixed amount of damage meaning it couldn't be super effective against Psychic Pokemon anyway. Shadow Ball at least mostly fixed that problem.
>>59132235Gengar needed a girlfriend so they made her for him
>Spiritually gen 1.5>Does exact same thing as gen 1It does make sense. I think they were trying to make ghost and dragon types more special than the rest but they gave it up by gen 3. It's only inconceivable after the fact
>>59132353ahemhe's taken
>>59132246You say that like seahorses aren’t monogamous, slow dancing, tail holding, m-pregging degenerates.
because dragon and ghost were originally "unique" types, it wasn't until gen 3 that they started handing those types out like candy on halloween
>>59132630Yep. You always got to remember that RBY especially (and GSC to a lesser extent) were designed as JRPG's first and Pokemon generations only retroactively. And especially didn't put any thought into PVP. So Ghost type is specifically a gimmick for the Lavender Tower dungeon. Dragon is just so the "final" boss has his own personal type. Hell even Kingdra is only there so Claire can have her own dragon to pair with Lance's.
Dragon and ghost types used to be special, that's why.
>>59132787Nah.In the first 3 gens, ghosts were physical.
>>59132319Does the gas pun work in Japanese?
>>59133001It works in Japanese because they view words differently because of how they spell things with katakana.Ghastly japanese name gets the katakana Go from ghost and Su from gas. Most Japanese would intuit from ghastly's design that it's a corruption of the english word gas.Haunter's Japanese name just adds the To katakana to the end of Ghastly's name which is literally the english word Ghost.
I love Ghosts!
>>59133022I always felt like Gengar had the least association with gas of the three. I'm sure it's there, but none of its Pokédex entries mention it.
>>59132330>shadow ball fixed the problem >gengar doesn't learn it>it uses attack instead of gengar's stronger sp attack
>>59132286And led everyone to believe that Physic is super-effective on Ghost for years. Which even makes sense because mediums and shit exorcise ghosts. What the fuck can physic powers do to poison?
>>59133058psychic powers can remove poison invasively or non-invasively
>>59132235I wonder why they didn't make it Ghost/Fairy in Generation 6. Did they want it to keep the honor of being the first pure Ghost type? Could've done it to Mismagius at least.>>59133058I think the idea is that meditation can cure diseases.Honestly I'd like to see the original devs give an in-depth explanation for the logic behind each type interaction. Some of them are pretty obvious but it'd still be cool.
>>59133461Ghost/Fairy is a cancerous typing.
>>59133461Flutter Mane is already the ghost/fairy Misdreavus, with amazing stats too. Misdreavus is fine being a cute, pure ghost shitmon.
>>59132696This is why GSC/HGSS is the favorite among people who actually play other JRPGs.
Spoopy bump.
>>59133058Didn't help that at the same time, Ghost was intended to be super effective against Psychic but was programmed to have no effect by mistake (and even if it wasn't, you'd only be using Lick), and because of THAT the TCG had Psychic type cards whose weakness was also Psychic, since it represented both video game Psychic and Ghost.
>>59133041And Psychics are Specially Defensive, so Shadow Ball targeted their much weaker Physical Defense.What's the problem again, exactly?
>>59133461>I think the idea is that meditation can cure diseases.According to the original type chart it's because psychic types can attack poison types without touching them.
>>59135001The problem is that none of the Ghost-types at the time could use it.
>>59135024Huh? That's weird, I had no problem using the TM for Shadow Ball on my Haunter. Your game must be bugged.
>>59132353I just realized they did the same thing with kingdra. So literally adam and eve and then gen 3 is just like yeah whatever throw some random niggas in I guess
>>59132235Because they're rare and/or powerful...
>>59135026He means in gen one
>>59132235Bad game design
