The Outrage
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Why do you care about Fairy Type Arceus? Questioning someone's preferences and then shooting it down as a gimmick Pokemon is simply dismissive and adds nothing to the conversation.my question is why do you care about farfetch'd aside from being a good pun to use on the forums he's good for nothing he's a gimmick pokemon he's not meant to be good. just like dunspace and delibird.
But I digress, you know what's a gimmick? Rotom--and it got five formes, and its formes even got revised in future generations to change its type. I don't really see how Farfetch'd is a gimmick unless that phrase has become synonymous with "Useless single-stage Pokemon". Its background mythology isn't any more complex or obscure than other Pokemon based on Japanese lore and idioms. Sure, they gave it its own signature item, but they also gave Chansey a Lucky Punch. Does that make Chansey a gimmick? At least there was a reason to give it its signature item (much like Marowak and its Thick Club)--why does Chansey get a boxing glove? Unlike Chatot, its existence wasn't tied to a specific in-game feature (namely the microphone and Chatter). It doesn't have anything specifically its own like Shuckle and its defenses, Smeargle and Sketch, Ditto and Transform, or some complex back story with a villain like Rotom. It's literally the most ordinary duck you've ever seen. Yes, its almost always a trade and played up as a rare Pokemon, but that again, is to tie back to its origins. I mean, getting a flying type right before you face a bug gym perfectly encompasses the whole "lucky find" theme it has going on.
Isn't that perfect though? It's farfetched, just like a duck walking up to you carrying everything you need to make a delicious duck stew. If anything, a Mega Evolution makes more sense.him getting a mega evolution is just farfetch'd xD
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