Great video! I always love pokemon theory and lore content like this. One small thing though, Eevee can't be native to Unova. It's stated multiple times by Juniper and Bianca that all the old Pokemon now availiable in BW2 have only recently entered the region from migration within the past 2 years. So you were right about the Kalos thing, because that's the first region where Eevee can be caught in the wild and it isn't specified as a recent introduction to the region.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Oh, wow! That's a great point! I'd completely forgotten that bit of dialogue, but it makes sense. Having Pokemon in Unova in the sequels that weren't in the original B/W is kind of a weird "Gen 2 Kanto" situation, but that fixes that! Thanks so much for your comment! =D
@danielmalinen6337
5 ай бұрын
Along with Kalos, Eevee is also a native Pokemon in Paldea and ancient Hisui.
@slyfox7452
5 ай бұрын
Its likely in unova because they were abandoned or escaped.
@SakuraLovesong
5 ай бұрын
@@danielmalinen6337and Alola… and Galar… They’re always catchable in the wild from DPPt (Trophy Garden) onwards. But I guess it’s possible for a Pokémon to be native to multiple regions.
@helixsol7171
5 ай бұрын
@@SakuraLovesong I mean look at Pikachu
@KuroBlitz
5 ай бұрын
Scyther in Sinnoh was only present in Platinum but Kleavor's existence in Hisui makes their nativeness more evident.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
They're catchable in Diamond as well, and even though it might be a post-game route, it's still within the region (kind of like a Cerulean Cave situation)
@doomsdayrabbit4398
5 ай бұрын
@@BabusGameRoom"The region" - the Battle Zone is actually specifically called a separate region.
@LBTV_Studios
5 ай бұрын
@@doomsdayrabbit4398 The Battle Zone is still part of Sinnoh, a sub-region, yes, but still in Sinnoh.
@frousteleous1285
5 ай бұрын
@@LBTV_Studios Yes, this. It's an island, but it's still local to the area. The Kleavor/Hisui thing also solidifies this. It could be that it was hunted to extinction on the mainland but stayed safe on that island.
@doomsdayrabbit4398
5 ай бұрын
@@LBTV_Studios They canonically refer to it as a different region, no different to Kanto in GSC/HGSS.
@madnessarcade7447
5 ай бұрын
Lapras can still be native to kanto some dex entries say that it was going extinct so giving one to the player was likely a conservation effort
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
It could be from Kanto, but it's first catchable in the wild in Johto in Gen 2! =o
@JennJurassic
5 ай бұрын
@@BabusGameRoom Wouldn't be all too surprised if it was a critically endangered animal originally from Kanto. Likely only survived in Johto due to the extreme isolation it's afforded by the cave systems. The best example of something in our world would the the "Tasmanian" tiger (aka the thylacine), which wasn't only native to Tasmania Tasmanian Tiger/Thylacine: historically at it's greated range it lived in northern Tasmania, most of Australia, and even all the way north to New Guinea. The reason it was associated with Tasmania is that was one of the last places it was most populous(/not locally extinct), but this was also historically as much an Australian animal as a kangaroo (we even have cave paintings of it there). This fracturing of habitat as an animal gets more threated can create odd population bubbles which only show the most isolated portions of their range which managed to survive whatever drove the rest to local extinction. This is also how you get things like american bison existing in pockets of Alaska, Mexico, and Canada despite having originally been most populous in the US great plains, It's the most isolated areas of their former range (that were out of the way of us killing them all. The skull pile pic is both cool/horrifying).
@dameatmane
5 ай бұрын
@@JennJurassic I agree with this theory especially since wild Lapras can be found in the Kanto-adjacent Sevii Islands. Four Island is also where Kanto Elite Four member Lorelei is from and also is where she caught/trained with her signature Lapras. Furthermore, team Rocket was caught trying to poach & sell the wild Pokemon in Icefall Cave presumably to Johto where they were setting up operations, which could’ve introduced Lapras to the Johto region. Also I’m not sure if I agree with Babus that “order of game appearance” necessarily means thats where they are native to.
@CanTabOfWisdom
5 ай бұрын
@@dameatmane Was looking to see if anyone brought up Four Island. I can't remember exactly what's said about the Lapras there but it sounds like a believable native location. With the idea of just looking for their first native location in the order of games, Four Island probably doesn't change things, but if we're looking for lore on *all* the native locations it's possibly the best example for Lapras
@Zartanyus
5 ай бұрын
@@BabusGameRoom That's actually not true. Canonically, it's first obtainable in the Sevii Islands. Specifically in Icefall Cave on Four Island. It's also implied that that's where Lorelei got her Lapras. Chronologically speaking, FireRed and LeafGreen take place earlier then any of the Johto games. Since the Sevii Islands are considered part of the Kanto region, I'd say that makes Lapras native to Kanto. But seeing as how Johto and Kanto are literally connected, it's not a stetch to assume that Lapras are also native to Johto. EDIT: Just noticed this was already mentioned. Oh well. It's worth noting twice I suppose, haha.
@Donatello643D
5 ай бұрын
2:16 Well to be fair, Legends Arceus takes place at most 200 years in the past, while Aerodactyl is said to be millions of years old
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Yeah, that's my bad, haha...I didn't realize how "recent" Legends: Arceus took place! Thank you for the correction!
@archiedouglas4588
5 ай бұрын
@@BabusGameRoom Theres also the Sun pokedex entry for Cranidos which directly puts Aerodactyl in Sinnoh. "It lived in jungles around a hundred million years ago. It used its skillful headbutts to combat Aerodactyl."
@asher3311
5 ай бұрын
yeah the fossils in that game are only in the timespace distortions im pretty sure
@TMek42
4 ай бұрын
@@BabusGameRoom also in PLA the underground isn't dug out yet, iirc its the alpha onix you let get on with its tunnelling
I really like the idea that Snorlax is native to Sinnoh, given that they would have developed that thick fat to keep warm in the northern cold of Pokemon's Hokkaido.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
That's a great explanation! It really makes a lot of sense. I hadn't even considered that!
@Firestar-TV
5 ай бұрын
Might be rare because they sleep so much and don't encounter each other that often because of that
@edwardlara4271
5 ай бұрын
Also, in Pokemon Red/Blue I think when you defeat Snorlax or run away from the battle after waking it up, it mentions something about it “returning back to the mountains”
@annceres1204
4 ай бұрын
@@edwardlara4271Yes. I like to think the place they live in the mountains is hard to get to and that’s why the only way to get them is if they come down from the mountains. i.e. the tall grass with Snorlax may exist in Kano but is inaccessible by the player.
@christiancinnabars1402
5 ай бұрын
For references to the real world, I do take them as sort of placeholder names that the Pokemon team just didn't want to make a Pokemon equivalent for at the time. Then when they _do_ make a Pokemon equivalent of the name, they just retcon it to have always been the case. Look at Raichu's dex entries, for an example. Up until as recently as Pokemon Sun, its dex entries mention Indian Elephants, making both India and Elephants placeholder terms that "exist" in the Pokemon world. But in Gen 8, specifically Legends Arceus, it is then retconned to actually have been refering to Copperajah the whole time, whose native region is yet to be named (dex entries from both Galar and Paldea state that it is non-native to those regions; probably once an India region is made we'll see some native Copperajahs). So Mew is from "Guyana" until a South America region is made. Then, boom, it was actually from that region the whole time!
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
That's a great point! My new theory is that Faraway Island is an island of Guyana, ahaha
@Galastan
4 ай бұрын
@@BabusGameRoomThe sign out front of the thicket where you find Mew on Faraway Island seems to imply that, actually!
@amelialonelyfart8848
3 ай бұрын
I think it's also just likely that GF intended the world of Gen 1 and maybe Gen 2 to be a far different place than Gen 3 onward. This is also evident by a lot of external media like the anime and reference books having references to real world places too like Hollywood and Tokyo being the capital of the 'Pokemon Nation'. Guyana was just written in at a very different point of the franchise's history and I think that's part of the reason why they've been sort of shy about showing off Mew's origin. (I'm not sure if the infamous Minnesota reference was a dubism and I'm unsure if anyone's done the research on that...)
@BabusGameRoom
3 ай бұрын
@@amelialonelyfart8848 I had to look up the Minnesota reference -- from the first Pokemon movie (I think), and that completely flew over my head every time I watched it. The anime was a completely different world... ...one filled with """JELLY DONUTS"""! haha
@Passione_Offical_Channel
5 ай бұрын
On Aerodactyl, remember that legends Arceus isn’t as far away from the mainline games as it would be for the likely time periods that Aerodactyl and the other fossil Pokémon to have lived, so, it’s likely Aerodactyl existed in the region even further back, but by legends it’s extinct and ambers are deep in the ground.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Yup, that's a big goof on my part! haha I guess that'd make ancient Sinnoh the most likely candidate for Aerodactyl's native region!
@aldo_heHim
5 ай бұрын
I thought of this, but they did make the gen 4 fossil Pokémon Cranidos and Shieldon, catchable in Legends Arceus. So, uh, I guess Aerodactyl could be from a previous period, but I think they just forgot to add it. Also, it seems that the Old Amber is only findable in DPP after obtaining the National Dex; I don't know how that's possible but oh well.
@christiancinnabars1402
5 ай бұрын
@aldoespinosazuniga7711 Cranidos and Sheldon are only obtainable in the space-time distortions in P:LA, which imply that they are taken from a different time and place altogether.
@aldo_heHim
5 ай бұрын
@@christiancinnabars1402 Oh, I forgot about that.
@allhailme8457
5 ай бұрын
@@christiancinnabars1402 Besides being catchable in distortions, Cranidos and Sheldon fossils are seen inside a cave in PLA. Like you see the actual complete fossils sticking out of a wall in the cave. So it appears they are from ancient Sinnoh/ Hisui.
@mikeyex3145
4 ай бұрын
Using a nearly extinct pokemon because you were the sole cause of their extermination is 100% a Giovanni top tier move.
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
ahaha, I hadn't even looked at it that way! Very true!!
@frousteleous1285
5 ай бұрын
Lapras is kind of an odd situation. It's pokedex entry for RB says "A Pokémon that has been overhunted almost to extinction. It can ferry people across the water." If it's been hunted to near-extinction, you would be unlikely to find it. That it appears in a cave in Johto almost seems happenstance; it's a safe place for it to be an unlikely be found. There could have been like 10 left in the wild for all we know, in which case--game mechanics-wise--you would never find it in the wild. It may still be a Kanto native. Heck, if it's a sea-faring pokemon, it may not be able to call any region native; it would likely call the ocean and many, many shores as being native. The same way we don't say that the blue whale is native to any one country, but that it has a specific habitat.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
A lot of commenters have been saying that Lapras would be native to "the oceans", which I can definitely get behind. The first place they're catchable infinitely in the wild (not as a stationary Pokemon) is in the Sevii Islands, which adds to that idea!
@itsgonnabeanaurfromme
5 ай бұрын
But actually, because of people breeding Lapras in the later generations, it is reintroduced in multiple regions.
@originalrkmorton
5 ай бұрын
The Johto encounter could easily have been released/abandoned there by its former owner, or lost while the owner was exploring the cave. It so happened to occur on a Friday, so Lapras returns every week without fail hoping to see its original trainer again. Haven't tested if it's a different Lapras encounter every week, so this could be totally bunk.
@nickdentoom1173
4 ай бұрын
Like, thats actually my issue with many Water type and Flying type Pokemon. Its hard to actually pinpoint their native region, since they can easily migrate to other regions. Like, for example Pidgey might have been Unova native (Or Pidove Kanto native), but they migrated away because of the other Pidgeon Pokemon.
@BrunoCaruso-wz7pg
4 ай бұрын
@@nickdentoom1173 most pokémon introduced in a generation aren´t strictly native to that region, they give us what species we can found there, but we can also find in other regions...Pikachu is a good example, it´s not strictly native to Kanto, is a relatively common species in many regions, and the Pikachu in Alola didn´t became a regional variant, but they evolve into a different Raichu variant, and that variant is NATIVE to Alola
@elemomnialpha
5 ай бұрын
Personally I'd argue Eevee is native to Kalos not Unova considering how unnatural it's location is, it's in a blocked off city park, it makes more sense to me that those Eeve were imported as exotic pets(as American is prone to do)that were either released or escaped/being the descendents of those that did, it makes more sense that it would naturally be in a route not a city It also makes more sense lore wise being the first region where all of it's evolutions are available
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
You're definitely right! Someone else brought up that the B2W2 species that aren't from Gen 5 have been brought over. So nothing non-Gen 5 should be exclusive to Unova. I missed that bit of dialogue in the games...oops! lol
@MrCheeze
5 ай бұрын
Because Eevee is based on domesticated pets, I'd argue that it doesn't really have a native region, mostly living where humans do but with a few going wild.
@HarukaxYuuki
3 ай бұрын
I gotta partially agree, but then Hisui exist and there were plenty of Eevee available in the wild, although you could say that either travelers from Kalos brought them there or they came from the distortions since the Eevelutions are one of the few pokemon that appears during that phenomenon
@BabusGameRoom
3 ай бұрын
@@HarukaxYuuki Hisui makes everything weird! haha Thankfully, in this case, Kalos came out before L:A, and I'm going by the games' release order...so by my criteria, that makes it a clear answer for Eevee
@tiziri450
8 күн бұрын
@@HarukaxYuuki i dont think hisui has as much of an argument there, none of the people we know here are pure native, past or present (except volo, but who may or may not have grown here. Cogita has the same wording as him but come from sinjoh) Many of hisuan character are from alola, laventon is from galar, clan pearl and diamond are likely from hoenn, Its unsure where beni and kamado are from but they are the first settler of galaxy group And the thing with hoenn too is that it has in ORAS a link to kalos, and fairy type / sylveon being available here make it the world where there's that link between the two Thus, they could very much still come from kalos, especially since clan pearl and diamond came very long ago, and P:LA is something like, 200 years ago, so, not so far,
@THEW0LFB0Y
5 ай бұрын
To me, just because a Pokémon appears in the wild in a game first, doesn't mean they're from there. For example, it makes much more sense for Eevee to be native to Kalos as all of its evolutions are present there, and there is an abundance of them compared to in Castelia City, where you have to go undergroud in a sewer to get to an alleyway just to get an Eevee which is a rare encounter in the few patches of grass there. I doubt that everyone whos gifts an Eevee went to the sewers in Unova to get Eevees. Fun video though! I really like this!
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it! =D Yeah, I did try to be careful with assigning the first region where they're infinitely catchable without a caveat, but I forgot about B2W2's caveat that all the non-Gen 5 Pokemon are explicitly non-native. So Eevee definitely belongs in Kalos!
@Nightmster
5 ай бұрын
I think the starters are kinda native to their respective region but are specifically bred to be "beginner friendly", kinda like dog breeds? Although your explanation makes sense too xD
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
That would make sense! It's always bothered me how the professors have such a monopoly on them, though. At least Professor Oak gave the Kanto starters out to other trainers. But I think in every gen since Gen 2, there's only one of each starter given out among all the characters you meet in the game! haha
@kevinumana3582
4 ай бұрын
i think its the case that starters are like endangered species of the region like their egg ratio is 88M/12F% ratio that only pokemon professors can provide the starters the necessary environment for them to reproduce.
@MrCheeze
5 ай бұрын
Lorewise, the Kanto starters are CLEARLY meant to be from Kanto, just so rare that you don't manage to find any. That's why so many different Kanto trainers have them and are able to give them out as gifts. Let's Go was being completely consistent with the established lore, there. EDIT: Also, Snorlax is specifically stated to return to the mountains if you defeat it. Presumably those are the mountains visible near Kanto on the map that you never actually visit.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
That does make sense (on both counts). Though, I just figured that the CoolTrainers and such who had starters were trainers who started from Pallet Town. All the other trainers started somewhere else!
@nickdentoom1173
4 ай бұрын
Actually, about the Snorlax part, those mountains probably refer to Cerulean Cave, since you can find Snorlax there in Lets Go.
@atticusarcherkofoed8196
4 ай бұрын
@nickdentoom1173 if you think about it, almost every pokemon here is found as a repeatable wild mon in the lets go games and the fossils other than Aerodactyl can be farmed infinitely in cerulean cave making them from kanto
@hatsudopia5085
5 ай бұрын
Coconuts can float really far and i don't think alola and Kanto are that far apart
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
True! Though I have my reservations on accepting that as Exeggcute's method of "emigration" until it can learn Surf! haha
@riverrun7061
5 ай бұрын
@@BabusGameRoomI don't see why floating would result in them being able to surf. Being able to bob around in water doesn't imply being able to control water- quite the opposite actually.
@Woltercore
3 ай бұрын
Hawaii and Japan.
@Iskaid
5 ай бұрын
Snorlax is said to be from "the mountains," so technically you could say it's from Sinnoh because it's the only region with a fully explorable mountain range with wild Munchlax galore.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
That's a good point!
@malick9549
3 ай бұрын
Yeah that or it's from the Sinjoh ruins but that'd be wild haha. I also think it's from Sinnoh because Munchlax was introduced in that generation.
@KuroBlitz
5 ай бұрын
Makes sense for Tyrogue to be wild in Galar since SwSh and its evos have themes related to Attack and Defense. Gym Leader Bea using a Hitmontop makes this more solid, it's a nice compromise and balance of both styles. Meanwhile, Eevee in Unova explains why there was a League Trainer in the anime who had a team of them.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
That's a great point about Tyrogue being native to Galar!! Thank you for that! I didn't know about the Eevee team trainer in Unova in the anime. I haven't actually watched it regularly since season 1! ahaha
@edgargaebolg9307
5 ай бұрын
The Unova trainer argument also implies that Eevee could be Galarian because of Penny
@lunar9342
5 ай бұрын
I have a pet theory that Houndour and Houndoom are rare Kanto Natives that Team Rocket tried to cut down on the population of, so that nobody could counter their Mewtwo once Giovanni got that master ball. Once it was taken by the player, and the team was disbanded, the population began to recover over three years. Team Rocket never had a reason to cull them without a master ball, and Giovanni was the only one that knew about Mewtwo anyway, so even if they got one, they'd probably waste it on something else, like one of the Bird Trio, or one of the Beast Trio.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Yeah, I love the "Team Rocket wants to get rid of Dark types to make Mewtwo even stronger" theory!! Some other commenters have suggested that they're nocturnal and great hiders, and no one in Kanto thought to look for Pokemon at night. Pokemon Training is a 9-5 job, I guess! lol I think that those theories aren't mutually exclusive...things are getting deeper! haha
@Snqwy
5 ай бұрын
I don't think Eevee is necessarily native to Unova, at least not in the location you'd suggested. In Black and White, non-Unovan Pokémon were only found in the eastern portion of the region. In the sequels that take place a few years after the events of the previous titles, Pokémon from eastern Unova are said to have migrated to new habitats in the rest of the region. Eevee being found in Castelia City's park is likely a result of migration from other places or Importation.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
You're definitely right! I think Kalos was the right call all along
@ionryful
5 ай бұрын
14:13 Your theory isn't much of a theory anymore because of the Beta Green leak. Marowak used to have an evolution, Guardia, that carries a child that looks alot like baby Kangaskhan. Most likely, this 3rd stage evolution was redesigned as Kangaskhan. Also, in the Alola games, Cubone has a chance to call Kangaskhan for backup in SOS Battles.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Yeah! I saw that after uploading the video purely by coincidence. Theory confirmed!!
@thefaz3744
5 ай бұрын
Regarding Aerodactly and Hisui - they could have gone extict before the Hisui games take place, like most prehistoric animals irl went extinct way before we started mastering written language to a degree they do in Hisui. That is to say, it not being in Hisui isn't a problem for it being native to there
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
You're definitely right! The timeline mistake was a goof on my part, haha
@justinarney3050
4 ай бұрын
1:19 it should be noted that Mew was actually given away officially by in person events in Japan so it was planned to be released eventually.
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
Being given away at distribution events doesn't mean it was planned to be released! Nintendo could've said, "Hey, there's this extra unobtainable Pokemon in the game...why don't we hold events to give them away? That'll build hype!"
@FalconsEye58094
5 ай бұрын
Further, adding to that Sinnoh theory for Snorlax, if you defeat it in battle, it says it headed back for the mountains, where else other than Mount Coronet and Sinnoh is said to be north of Kanto
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
That's a great point! Though it does seem like a rather long journey for an injured Snorlax...haha
@jakariashafin8685
5 ай бұрын
I remember Ashes snorlax swims pretty fas in the anime t@@BabusGameRoom
@Kamidio
5 ай бұрын
Rock Tunnel and Mt. Moon are both in mountainous area though. Presumably those are the mountains being referred to.
@MLPIceberg
5 ай бұрын
Mt. Silver is between Kanto and Johto...
@nickdentoom1173
4 ай бұрын
@@Kamidio Also don't forget Cerulean Cave, where it can be found in the wild in Lets Go.
@RyoCaliente
5 ай бұрын
I think Mew is a difficult specimen because in my opinion Gen I implicitly takes place in our world with Pokemon added in, as opposed to every other Gen which takes place in the Pokemon world (and Gen II then retcons Gen I in that sense). I would argue Mr. Mime is a Sinnoh Pokemon though. Gen II takes place 3 years after Gen I; enough time for the Sinnohian(?) Mr. Mime to migrate over to Kanto (which explains why Mime Jr. isn't around). Kangaskhan I think belongs to Kalos, personally. That's where you can catch them in a normal wild area for the first time.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Great perspectives! Thanks for your comment! Gen 1 is weird from that perspective. It's hard to say how much of a distinction there's supposed to be between the real world and the Pokemon world...is the Pokemon world a parallel universe on top of our own? I think that might be what they'd been sort of going for for a while considering that real world locations have been mentioned in-game as recently as gen 6 (Poliwrath's dex entry mentioning the Pacific Ocean). Probably an oversight, but it seems relatively recent that they've been actively trying to cut out the real world. Between Mr. Mime and Kangaskhan, I'm more inclined to say Kangaskhan is Kantonian, and Mr. Mime isn't. I can imagine the team forgetting about Mr. Mime, and adding it to Gen 2 just to make it catchable in the wild somewhere in the GB/C games. But I like my Kangaskhan theory, and it does seem to check out...especially since the Cubone migrate from Pokemon Tower to Rock Tunnel between Gen 1 and Gen 2. I think the implication is that they always lived in Rock Tunnel with Kangaskhan, but after Team Rocket took over shortly before Gen 1, the Kangaskhan were mostly wiped out, and the Cubone moved to Pokemon Tower to mourn. ...of course, Kalos is another good contender for Kangaskhan's native region, especially for those who don't buy the Cubone-Kangaskhan connection! haha
@MrCheeze
5 ай бұрын
I'm surprised none of the comments specifically brought up Faraway Island as the explicit home of Mew in generation 3, and the modern canons equivalent of the Guyana reference.
@dameatmane
5 ай бұрын
Even though the concept of countries was removed from Pokémon in exchange for solely regions, I’m pretty sure the geographical earth is not that different from ours. One could easily argue that Faraway Island is based on one of the hundreds of islands in the Essequibo River in real-world Guyana (or whatever region in the Pokémon world that is based on South American countries). It tracks with mew’s origins.
@nickdentoom1173
4 ай бұрын
I actually think Kalos is Mr. Mime and Mime. Jrs native region. Mr. Mime and Mime Jr cannot even be found in the same area in the Sinnoh games, while both evolutions can be found in Reflection Cave in Kalos.
@arcticdino1650
4 ай бұрын
I would like to point out that later gens actually added more mentions of the real world including Antarctica (Regice, Pacific Ocean (Poliwrath Johto entry), Russia (Some npc in FRLG), and South America again (Xatu) I'm pretty sure it's gen 6 onwards that began removing them
@Parostem
4 ай бұрын
Great video! One thing I would disagree with though is the idea that Scyther and Pinsir are placed in the bug catching competition by staff. Namely because this means that the staff would be finding and removing every single one them at the end of each contest. Due to the random nature of finding these bugs, there is no way to guaruntee that you will recapture all of them after each contest, especially since it is an open air park and the pokemon could presumably just leave if they felt like it. Contrary to what you said, I think it's entirely possible that these pokemon do actually live nearby and come out in response to the bug catching contest, in the same way that raccoons respond to trash bins being put out on garbage day. Scyther and Pinsir might show up specifically because a bunch of humans are chasing bugs out of their hiding spots in the tall grass, kind of like a dog chasing birds out of the brush so a hunter can see them (or maybe they just grab people's lunches that they've left out, like a bear at a campsite).
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
Thank you; I'm glad you enjoyed it! =D That's a good point on Scyther and Pinsir. I could see them being domesticated, and returning to captivity by the Park staff, but I'll admit that's a bit of a chance. I didn't mean to suggest that they're WILD, but probably bred in captivity or something. Still, you have a really good point. I could see them being lured out by some sort of bait being placed by the Park staff. Though I'd still be inclined to suggest that they should be available elsewhere in the wild if they were truly native to the region. Could go either way though!
@MasterofInterspace
5 ай бұрын
10:00 Snorlax live in Kanto. Beating them result in them heading back to the mountains. They could just live in areas that are too dangerous for the protagonist.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Snorlax would definitely be tougher than a little human kid!
@fenkit8973
5 ай бұрын
I bet the exeggcute migrated from alola, like IRL coconuts migrated, by floating across the ocean
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
I could get behind this theory if Exeggcute could learn Surf! haha
@AlexGarcia-ir7fl
5 ай бұрын
I think, is the other way around, remember palm trees grew so high in order to compete for sunlight, something like the Natural Selection of the giraffes, they "adapted to be taller for survival reasons".
@Kamidio
5 ай бұрын
@@BabusGameRoomPokémon don't need Surf to float or even swim, the same as they don't need Fly to fly. See Magikarp and Butterfree.
@cwlogan13
4 ай бұрын
12:30 coconuts float. Thats how they get from island to island. Stands to reson eggsecute would be the same
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
On the other hand, eggs don't float...hmmm...
@cwlogan13
4 ай бұрын
@BabusGameRoom but they're not eggs they're seeds that look like eggs. Also some eggs float after an incubation period. Like goose eggs after 2 weeks of development they egg will float
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
That's true! Though it *is* Exeggcute rather than Excoconutcute...haha
@dmansuperich2800
5 ай бұрын
I would love to see you do these with the later generations. While I don't fully agree with every choice I like how you kept it open ended. Also I feel like some could be native to an "unseen region" as they sometimes imply in the series (gen 9 legendaries as an example). For those I'd say you could guess a real life equivalent using the animal inspiration or pokedex as a reference.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Will definitely be following up on this with other regions!!
@conansglasses2645
4 ай бұрын
About Eevee, its actually NOT native to Unova at all, its explocitly stated that the changes in the encounters in Unova in B2W2 were actually due to the activities of Team Plasma in the first game + pokemon fleeing from the transfer lab ( which is why the post game routes 12-15 were infested with non Unova pokemon in BW despite the main region not having them, the idea is that those pokemon have fled the transfer lab which is located around route 14, and during the 2 year timespan those invasive pokemon spread out throughout the region ) , this means that Eevee ( along with the other B2W2 additions ) are actually INVASIVE species to Unova and not native
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
You're definitely right about Eevee! Thank you for that; I'd forgotten that bit of dialogue in B2W2
@christofell
5 ай бұрын
Isn't the Old Amber with the mosquito just a Jurrasic Park reference?
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Yes, for sure! But there'd still need to be some DNA inside the Old Amber to revive an Aerodactyl. I guess they replaced "stealing an idea from Jurassic Park" with "no idea", ahaha
@AlexsGoogleAccount
Ай бұрын
About Eevee in Unova, It's implied that the patch of grass you find Eevee in was a recently created park (within the last 2 years from the sequel). It may make more sense if the population of Eevee was started by Castelia City residents whose pet Eevees had run away, and that Eevee is native to Kalos instead.
@BabusGameRoom
Ай бұрын
You're definitely right about Eevee being from Kalos!
@Sethsosweet
5 ай бұрын
I love these ideas. They open up a new aspect of pokemon I've never thought about before. Having certain pokemon not be native to the region they first appear in also makes the world seem so much more connected.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Definitely! I'm glad you enjoyed it =D
@KStarPR
5 ай бұрын
It's very possible that Exeggcute was imported to Alola from Kanto & Johto, given it's a very popular vacation spot. The invasive kanto pokemon within the region also could be evidence for this. Though, they could just be from Exeggutor Island in a sort of Galapagos thing, being isolated from the rest of the world.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
That's true! That's why I'm inclined to believe that Exeggcute are from Johto rather than Alola. I feel like Exeggutor Island is another case of an invasive species taking over an area, which seems to be common in Alola.
@pircachupi4771
5 ай бұрын
On the note of scyther and pinsir appearing only during the bug-catching contest, Canalave Library has an ancient Sinnoh myth that has a corresponding myth in Legends Arceus called "Sinnoh Region's Mythology", which offers an explanation that pokemon appear in tall grass because they want to help humans. In the anime (which is a different canon, but can be used to make inferences at times), this is supported, with them stating at one point that wild pokemon appear before trainers because they want to be caught or are jealous of trainer's pokemon, and the catching process is a test to see if the trainer is worthy of it. I think this can offer a good explanation of why scyther and pinsir only appear during a bug-catching contest - they *do* actually notice all of the trainers out and about catching bug pokemon all at once, and leap out to try to be caught by ones that can prove that they're worth being able to train them.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Interesting point! Of course, mythology doesn't mean that it's true. But maybe those Scyther would just rather help CoolTrainer Nick than me win the Sun Stone...
@KatTheDork
5 ай бұрын
Mew is a strange one because in the Gen 1 games there is in game content mentioning it being from in real world Earth's Guyana, however in Emerald there is an event that was never released to the US where you can visit an island called Faraway Island and you can catch Mew here. There is a sign on the island with text that is theorized to have been written by Mr Fuji, so it's possible this is Pokemon's in game way to retcon the Mew Guyana situation.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
After looking more into Faraway Island, my new theory is that Faraway Island is an island off of Guyana! ahaha
@TimReviewsEveryNAWiiGame
5 ай бұрын
Isn't the bug catching contest inspired by beetle fighting hobby many Japanese kids in IRL Kyoto take up during the summer(hence Heracross being a thing). That might point to the day specificity for bug catching contest being a game-play abstraction of seasons which aren't a thing in Gen 2.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Pokemon most definitely is inspired by beetle fighting! That is an interesting hypothesis, though! I actually kind of miss seasons...but I guess I wouldn't want to have Pokemon locked away every few months either. How many people are done with the newest Pokemon game over the course of a single month? haha
@SillyBanjo
5 ай бұрын
I love how there are two Snorlax in Gen 2 with one being catchable and Red having the other.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
That was a great nod to the continuity of the original games!
@sarahharuka2811
5 ай бұрын
just proves further that they are not native lol, if they were, how would we have the same amount of snorlax with that 3 years gap? lol, they definitively came from sinnoh I would love if you did the same type of video with other regions like Johto and Sinnoh, specially because of all the evolutions from other gen pokemons they got, pre evolutions too Imagine after done, a video just showing the ACTUAL native pokemons of each region, instead of the pokedex, would be very interesting to see
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Johto is definitely on the way! =D
@sarahharuka2811
5 ай бұрын
@@BabusGameRoom that's something I will for sure see
@MrBlack0950
4 ай бұрын
on the note of exeggcutor not being able to travel, irl coconuts, which presumably the exeggcute seeds are based on, can travel for several thousand miles by floating on the waves. My theory is that exeggcutes are native to the region around alola, in the way the common coconut is native to the pacific ocean, but not specifically *just* alola. Its entirely possible that johto borders this hypothetical oceanic range, and thats why its found in the wild there
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
I've learned so much about coconuts thanks to making this video...haha Interesting idea about the Exeggcute-coconuts drifting over to Johto, though!
@TMek42
4 ай бұрын
fun little bit about the Old amber, in gen 2's early development there was a mosquito-like pokemon sprite, makes you wonder if they planned to explore a bit more on aerodactyl until just deciding to removing the amber from GSC altogether. Also, the old amber not being present in Hisui makes sense, the underground hasn't been dug out yet by onixes. For Mr Mime, I'd say Sinnoh. Both GSC and DPPt happen some years after RBY and GSC implies Mr Mime migrated to Kanto in that time, and since Mime Jr is a preevo I lean more to say thats where they have always been.
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
Oh wow, that mosquito would've been fun! I wonder if it was redesigned into Yanma?... And yeah, Mr. Mime's situation in Gen 2 is weird, lol...probably just a nod to the anime!
@mishatarkus
5 ай бұрын
Great video. Would love to see more of this type of content.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
@eburpees
5 ай бұрын
The kanto starters are all catchable in Galar, charmander is in the wild area and the others are in raids in the isle of armor
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
I'm not sure if I'd want to count the raid dens, but is Charmander actually catchable in the wild? I only see references to raid dens, Hmm...
@cecillewolters1995
5 ай бұрын
Both Mew and Lugia were planned to be lore only pokemon. The story was supposed that we never knew where Mewtwo came from. His design also got made first before Mew. Lugia was supposed to be Pokémon X, the female guardian of the seas (or nature?) exclusive to the second movie. Bonus: I’d say Pokérus is a Johto pokemon :p Missingno. is originally Kanto in my book as well. Last note: I do believe there are some pokemon that originated from the Sevii Isles. My strongest case is Lapras, being a low encounter on Four Island. It just likes to travel to Johto once a week for… reasons =.=
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Very interesting, and great points! Lugia is the master of the legendary birds from Gen 1 too, right? I guess they must've tossed him in to be a counterpart to Ho-oh so they could put legendaries instead of starters on the boxart of the Gen 2 games! I love the idea that Pokerus is a Johto Pokemon. I almost forgot it existed! haha And yeah, Lapras might actually be native to "the oceans", with Sevii Island being the best contender. Maybe the ones in Union Cave just head there to hide out from poachers!
@dameatmane
5 ай бұрын
@@BabusGameRoom my personal theory is that a few native Kanto Lapras were successfully poached from Four Island and brought along to Johto, then were released near Union cave after team rocket was ultimately defeated in Johto a few years later.
@MLPIceberg
5 ай бұрын
But isn't Lugia cannonically male (kind of)?
@cecillewolters1995
5 ай бұрын
@@MLPIceberg The English movie voice is male, that's all I know. The original concept for it was to be female and the Lugia in the series also is female with a baby
@N2HeroProductions
5 ай бұрын
I love this topic and it’s something I’ve done a bit of looking into myself. The newer games such as Galar and Paldea certainly make it more challenging, with the open design of those regions the spawns feel like everything but the kitchen sink. Starters are native to their respective regions, in captive breeding for the purpose of being a starter. I personally consider LGPE cannon, and Bulbasaur would naturally be found in areas such as Viridian Forest, just were not in the spawn tables in Gen 1 to make the starters feel special. I think they would work as a rare spawn. Farfetch’d I’d argue for Johto. It is catchable in Kanto in Yellow but like LGPE, the canonicity is up to debate. Yellow is based on the anime with Pikachu being the starter and cameos of Jesse and James, not quite the same Kanto we explore during R/B/G. Given the proximity of Kanto and Johto, I could see them being available in Kanto before and going extinct or endangered by the time of the games but I’m still going with Johto. I agree with Exeggcutor. Johto being the native region thus far and just so happens to do better in a climate like Alola, we know Johtoians have established routes and settlements with the Alola region. I don’t disagree with them being able to act like real life Coconuts and float/raft between regions but if that’s the case then why don’t we see them in other regions like Kanto, Hoenn and the Sevii islands? Tyrogue & Co. I can see Galar but I don’t dismiss the PokeRadar. It’s a tool to help find Pokemon, they could be rare but still be native. I could go either way, even both regions on this one. I think due to their origin, an Asian region makes more sense and like I mentioned I have problems with Galars spawns. Rhyhorn like Farfetch’d I’m not counting yellow. Which would put it in Sinnoh going by first appearances in games. Kangaskhan I don’t believe are Kanto Pokemon. I believe the population in Rock Tunnel is from the Safari Zone after it’s closure and Rock Tunnel was the most habitable place for them in Kanto. Their appearance in Unova were escapes from the PokeTransfer. Kalos would be the next one, they feel a bit weird there only being found in that cave and not found in surrounding routes or regions (Paldea). Alola feels more like a home at-least from what we’ve seen so far. Mr. Mime I believe is.. Going by the game spawns Sinnoh. I believe the population on Route 21 is from Team Rocket importing them to the Game Corner in Celadon and a ship being shipwrecked causing some of the pokemon to be found there. It would’ve been awesome to have an explorable shipwreck and show Team Rocket was importing those pokemon but that's just my head cannon at this point. The argument can be made for Kalos with the french inspiration and reflection cave but say they are imported, Sinnoh is much closer then Kalos. I feel like Scyther and Pinsir fit better in Alola but I can get behind Sinnoh. If not both, the first appearance is Sinnoh but pokemon can be native to multiple regions. Jynx is Kanto and Johto at-least. But if you want to go by first appearance then Kanto. Agreed with Tauros and Johto. See in the comments you agreed to Lapras just being a worldwide sea pokemon and I agree. Eevee is Kalos as I’ve seen you agree in the comments, but also in the route you can find it you can also find all the evolution stones iirc so it makes it a perfect place. Agree with Aerodactyl though possibly its range was also in Kanto and Johto. Same with Snorlax, especially since it’s also found in Kitakami which, based on the real life geography, would be between Kanto/Johto and Sinnoh. Yes to Dratini in Johto. Mew though I would say Lapras is a worldwide pokemon. Faraway island (Guyana-adjacent?) is it’s “home” that we’ve seen so far in games though. Awaiting your Johto upload now to compare notes.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Galar and Paldea are almost double-edged swords for this topic. They have Pokemon from so many earlier gens wandering around...but they could end up being the "native home" for some of them simply because they make so many Pokemon available during the main story. That's how Tyrogue finally found his home! haha I've always wanted the starters to be catchable in the wild, whether it's post-game areas or in later gens. It bothers me how they're exclusive to the professors! lol I've gotta say though, taking LGPE as canon but not Yellow is a bold stance! haha I know Yellow tried to make things more in-line with the anime, but making Pokemon like Farfetch'd and Lickitung more available was more of a gameplay-focused change than an anime-inspired one. I believe Japanese Blue came well before Yellow, and allowed players to catch most of the previous "non-native" trade exclusives, and then Yellow added a few more. The only trade exclusive missing was Mr. Mime, which could've been planned to be "made wild" in Pokemon Pink or something if G/S had to get delayed or something. But this is all just wild guessing! lol It's fun how many different conclusions different people can come to. In some ways, that's the beauty of having a bit of an inconsistent mess of a world! ahaha Johto is definitely on the way, and I look forward to discussing all the..."quirks" of the region! lol
@Martynollins6789
5 ай бұрын
In fire red and leaf green, if you fail to catch a snorlax, after the battle ends, it says that it “gives a huge yawn and returns to the mountains”. Given that the only mountainous areas in Kanto are in the north (mt moon, victory road, rock tunnel, and technically mt silver) and Sinnoh is canonically at least northwest of Kanto via the sinjoh ruins map, it would make sense that it originated from there
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
I think the same happens in the original, too! I've always thought that a cross-regional trek would be too long of a journey for an injured Snorlax...but who knows! haha
@Adam-ru8vq
5 ай бұрын
Porygon and mewtwo should be in a man-made Pokemon category
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
That definitely makes sense!
@orangesilver8
4 ай бұрын
Somewhere in the games it says the snorlax come from the mountains. Maybe it's like after you run from the fight it says they return to the mountains? Or maybe just defeat them without catching. Anyway, the snorlax live in the mountains near Kanto that are too difficult for you to reach. But since they aren't in Mount Silver, they must be to the North. So I would say snorlax's range includes Kanto, but is focused more on the Northern part of Japan that has not seen a game yet, but goes towards Sinnoh. Which they are also present in. I read more comments here and found that scarlet/violet has Kitakami which is northern Japan and there is snorlax there. So this is just a repeat comment!
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
Yeah, if you defeat Snorlax without catching it. It's interesting to think about where Snorlax could've come from in Kanto...especially since it seems to have no problem going back there after getting beaten up! haha No worries about repeat comments! Even if you share some of the same ideas, your thoughts and expression of them are unique to yourself!
@cinnasauria
4 ай бұрын
Ooh, this is fun to think about. My personal theory for Aerodactyl is that it may have actually been native to ancient Kalos, for a couple reasons! It's the only region except Johto where you can find Old Amber naturally. You find it in Glittering Cave, where researchers from Ambrette Town's fossil lab dig for fossils. The other big one is that the Pokedex implies that Mega Aerodactyl is actually much closer, if not identical, to Aerodactyl's original living form, pre-fossilization. That's interesting to me. Because Mega Evolution is so closely tied to Kalos, and the amber is easier to find in the natural environment here than anywhere else, I think this area was its home. In HGSS, you can actually find Old Amber in the Ruins of Alph, where there are also slide puzzles featuring the Kanto fossils. It might be possible that the amber was brought there by whoever built the ruins, but there could've been a small population of Aerodactyl around ancient Johto, or maybe they just migrated sometimes. The fact that it only becomes available in Sinnoh during the postgame actually makes me think Dialga + Palkia did some timespace shenanigans or something :p
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
That's a great point! I hadn't considered Megas when writing the script for this video! haha I could definitely subscribe to the Dialga/Palkia shenanigans to explain post-game Sinnoh stuff...especially fossils, haha
@ronin7561
3 ай бұрын
I like how Gen 1 is the basis for most of those Pokémon to appear in other regions (such as Eevee, Snorlax, Lapras, Tauros, Legendary Birds) from a meta standpoint yet it also explains why they're in Kanto in the first place due to them also existing in other regions where they could be native as an ingame explanation Also, thank you for pronouncing Guyana right :)
@BabusGameRoom
3 ай бұрын
Gen 1 always did hint at a bigger world being out there! I remember one trainer on the SS Anne battling with what she called "exotic Pokemon" (I think)...she sent out a Pidgey and maybe a Pidgeotto. ...maybe she came to Kanto from another region! lol And I'm glad I got the pronunciation right! =D
@Ray-wz8sg
5 ай бұрын
Quick note on Exeggutor, its pokedex entries for its Alolan form in gens 8 and 9 state that it outgrew its psychic abilities and awakened its dragon typing, meaning that you're right, it is not native to Alola like many think, that region is just the best environment for it
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Thank you for that! I've been alerted to one of regular Exeggutor's Gen 3 Pokedex that states it's originally from "the tropics" though, so I think it could go either way now...I'm so conflicted! haha
@donnylurch4207
4 ай бұрын
I don't remember the source, but I vividly recall the explanation for Alolan Exeggutor in Gen 7 being that this is its truest, natural form, and that the specimens previously seen outside of Alola had their growth stunted due to the lack of sufficient sunlight. I think that's pretty open and shut, they were imported to Kanto/Johto and some escaped into the wild.
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
The Dex entries for Alolan Exeggutor read more like "Alolan people think this version of Exeggutor is the best", and less like "This is the original form of Exeggutor, and the other one is a cheap knock-off", haha
@shellder_gaming
20 күн бұрын
You can also find all three fossils in Cerulean Cave in Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee, aswell as Snorlax.
@Eyepokai
5 ай бұрын
About the starters, can’t they be found in galar’s dlc? Also, they are found in yellow, which is canon, especially since you counted farfetch’d from yellow.
@serenitynow85
5 ай бұрын
You can catch wild Farfetch'd on route 12 and 13 in Kanto (Pokémon Yellow). The Kanto starters are all gift pokémon. You don't find them in the wild naturally (not counting that radar thing from SM)
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Yup, @serenitynow85 got it right! I'm going by where the Pokemon can be *caught* in the wild, not just obtained, to indicate where a Pokemon is native to. So the starters are always going to be hard to "place"...ahaha
@kalkuttadrop6371
5 ай бұрын
6:35 Yup, yup, 1996 Pokedex Red and Green book, Silph Co made it(and presumably Team Rocket embezzled a few out through their plants in the company). And that's a primary source, it's also the first time we learn Nidoqueen is sterile and that Pokemon shrinking is inherent to them and not to the balls.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
I've wondered how the relationship between Silph Co. and Team Rocket is. There were Team Rocket Scientists from or in Silph Co. Did they leak the Porygon code and Team Rocket mass produced them? Hmm. And that's a fun one about the Pokemon shrinking...I wonder if the Pokemon teams have ever changed their stance on that...?
@kalkuttadrop6371
5 ай бұрын
@@BabusGameRoom No that's still around, See my other comment about the timelines and Tajiri Canon
@dylenoyer94
4 ай бұрын
@Babu's Game Room You can actually catch wild porygon on Route 7 in Pokemon Let's Go! Pikachu and Eevee. I know this since I managed to acquire a shiny through hunting for it, so it is indeed possible to find porygon wild in Kanto, but just like Farfetch'd even if it only appears in one area it should still be deemed as from the Kanto region. Looks like you may need to make a third video explaining this or potentially add it in a future video, I hope this helps at some point! I'd be interested in seeing this kind of discussion for other pokemon from the other generations. Great videos, I enjoyed watching and listening to them, you've found another subscriber, keep up the good work!
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the video =D The Let's Go games are definitely an interesting wrench in some of my hypotheses. But I've started working on a follow-up based on the incredible response I've gotten to this one! haha
@pikminman13
3 ай бұрын
I would argue that the poke radar does count for nativeness while swarms do not. Swarming is evident that non native Pokémon are passing through the area, but poke radar mons are always available, meaning they are always there, just hard to find.
@BabusGameRoom
3 ай бұрын
Conversely, Swarms are sometimes "always available", at least in earlier games, because you can catch the Swam Pokemon when there's no Swarm. At least, that's true for Gen 2. I'm not certain about future Gens. With the PokeRadar, it's not satisfying to me to say that a Pokemon is "really good at hiding", especially when it comes to Tyrogue. In the 3D games, his strategy is to blindly charge at players, looking for a fight...no matter what level you or your visible Pokemon are, haha It could definitely go either way, though!
@magicalgirllaurie
5 ай бұрын
Worth noting that Old Amber can also be found via Rock Smash in Kalos, where Aerodactyl seems to have developed a Mega Evolution, so that tells me that Aerodactyl thrived in ancient Kalos, and if that’s the case, I think that’s a possibility of it’s native region.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
That's true! I hadn't considered Mega Evolutions... =o
@techguypaul
4 ай бұрын
Dismissing the Let's Go games makes this video dumb.
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
ahaha, they just threw too many wrenches into my hypotheses for me to want to treat them the same as the "real" games
@7GamerMinutes
4 ай бұрын
I'd still count poke radar encounters in DP/PLT despite being postgame. I'd argue the same for those found with swarms and the dual slot method. Something must be attracting them to you at that point.
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
For me, it's not so much that it's post-game than that it's extra technology. For Tyrogue in particular, it doesn't seem like it'd be an exceptionally good hider that needs special technology to locate...especially given that in Galar, I think they charge you no matter how low level they are, haha
@Xsior
2 ай бұрын
Back in gen 1 and 2 it seems the idea was that (re)emergence kf pokemon is fairly recent (like less than century) occurrence, thats why you had to catalogue them for the professor, why there were normal animals like elephants and mosquitos, why they are so mysterious - to the point we don't know how they reproduce, and even some Japanese out-of-game materials mention that. Of course it was later fully retconned, but becausenof that remakes are more faithful representation of current canon IMHO. In gen 2 it's mentioned that some pokemon migrated between regions, as an explanation for new and missing pokemons in Kanto - so it's possible that Mime and Kangashkan were native to regions nearby to Kanto and moved there. Also Kanto, Johto and Sinnoh are so close to each other that many pokemon may be native to all of them and more common/rarer due to seasonal migration and such. Snorlax may be native to all mountain areas of the Kamto-Johto-Sinnoh area, Areodactyl as flying ancient predatlr probably could be found on areas that became pokeJapan.
@BabusGameRoom
2 ай бұрын
That makes a lot of sense! There's definitely a few lines that can be drawn in the game canon that separate different "eras" of game canon, haha Even still, I don't think that FRLG and HGSS answer all of the questions I had about some of the Pokemon...but they do answer some! (and IIRC, HGSS was better about that than FRLG)
@PnkRkTch
5 ай бұрын
I always find it strange that fans find that Earth and "Pokémon World" must be mutually exclusive. There's nothing stopping the "regions" being a term used to describe a tournament region or a geographical region as opposed to a country name. We know the first 4 regions are parts of Japan, and almost every area in both mainline and spin offs are based off of real places. Has it been retconned? Maybe. But it stands to reason the geography at the very least is identical to the real world with proportions being changed for the sake of gameplay. Sizes of cities being smaller and population too makes sense considering it's an alternative reality where pokemon exist, and pokemon are going to make it much harder for humans to expand.
@InsaneSquiddy
5 ай бұрын
the world became the nameless region of Pokemon go, that became canon fairly recently for the mega timeline
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
That's a great point! I don't know if there's enough evidence in the games (or even the broader Pokemon universe) to say that the Pokemon World and the Real World are the same, even in terms of geography. I could get behind the alternate reality/parallel universe theory, but I get the impression that the writers wouldn't want to "restrict themselves" to real world geography. I think they've been gradually moving away from real world geography with each generation. I don't think they've ever released an official map of the Pokemon world, but I'd be interested in seeing one if they have! Maybe it's a "we reserve the right to make this more or less like Earth when we decide it fits our needs" sort of situation, lol
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Even Pokemon Go has region exclusives (some of which overlap)! ...I guess that makes just about every Pokemon native to this nameless facsimile of Earth...? haha
@InsaneSquiddy
5 ай бұрын
@@BabusGameRoom it depends on what timeline you consider, it applies only to the mega timeline since pokemon go has mega evolutions
@Holgast
4 ай бұрын
Aerodactyl are also found in the wild in the Lental region (in New Pokemon Snap). It's a volcanic region and you can also find Tyrantrum there. Maybe it's like those mammoths that survived on one island up to the 18th century.
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
That could also have been what happened with the ones in Giant's Step (I think) in the Gen 8 DLC! =o
@ariesstorm9577
3 ай бұрын
Looking forward to watching this video. I do have some theories that I thought about earlier but one in particular is that Red’s Lapras was originally part of a breeding pair kept at the Safari Zone. But Team Rocket stole one of them until it was rescued by a Silph Co. worker who then passed it onto Red so that Team Rocket couldn’t steal it again. And why did they steal Lapras in the first place? Not only for its rarity but for the eggs it would soon lay, giving them a whole nest of baby Lapras to sell on at the Game Corner for a lot of coins (before Red shut that down).
@BabusGameRoom
3 ай бұрын
Ooh, if you haven't seen it yet, you might also enjoy the Johto video where I do a lot of theorizing revolving around Team Rocket! There is a Lapras in the Safari Zone "Zoo" out front, huh? That would make sense that they were being bred in captivity! They aren't handed out at the Game Corner, but it still could've been a future plan of theirs!
@cathallynch8269
4 ай бұрын
Your mention of ancient Kanto makes me think of what a gold and lore mine that Gamefreak and Nintendo have sat on for decades. Imagine a game focused on Mew or any number of origin game in addition to Arceus that er could have had by now.
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
Kanto sells! I'm surprised they went for ancient Sinnoh before ancient Kanto...but maybe it's because the Let's Go games were released too closely in proximity, haha
@sarahsander785
4 ай бұрын
About the Alolan Exeggutor thing: Coconuts and these palm seeds that are weirdly butt-shaped (forgot their name) can bop over whole ocenas in real life, colonizing islands and other continents. They can, like thriftwood, even act as a mode of transport for smaller animals such as insects. Maybe it's the same with Exeggutes? And about Aerodactyl not being in Hisui: It was already extinct at the time. LA is set in the 1800's, while Aerodactyl clearly is a primeval Pokémon. And given that the 1800's were just the starting years of paleontology people would probably only see the insect within the amber, but not the DNA within the insect.
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
I've learned so much about coconuts thanks to making this video! haha And yeah, the Hisui=Prehistoric times was definitely a goof on my part, ahaha
@browncow5210
5 ай бұрын
One thing I've always wondered is 'where does Togepi come from?' Aside from Hisui, has it ever made a regular wild appearance excluding things like radar or being stuffed into raid battles? Usually you get them from gift eggs, which means the species could exist entirely in domestication. Only problem with that is hatching that Togepi egg in gen 2 was what established they were breedable to begin with.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
That's a great question! I'll be covering Togepi in the Johto follow-up to this video! Of course, baby Pokemon do tend to be more rare in the wild...but I'm not sure if I've caught a wild Togetic, either.
@nickdentoom1173
4 ай бұрын
Togepi's native region is probably Galar, since its the most abdundant in the wild there, as you can catch it in the Wild Area (Similair to Tyrogue). However, Baby Pokemon are kinda funny in that regard, since Pichu hasn't been able to be caught in the wild until the Alola region (Which means Pikachu is most likely not native to Kanto either and that Professor Oak in Yellow obtained a Pichu/Pikachu from Professor Oak in Alola) Cleffa is most likely from Hisui/Sinnoh, since you can find it in the wild there first Igglybuff is just like Pichu most likely from Alola. Tyrogue is from Galar, like Togepi. Smoochum isn't as abundant in the wild as the other baby Pokemon currently, so its native region is hard to pinpoint currently, but i am gonna say Sinnoh either way, since its an Ice type and Sinnoh is really cold and it can be found in the wild there at Lake Acuity. Both Maby and Elekid are an interesting case. They can be found in the Wild in Hisui, however, they cannot be found in the wild (naturally) in Sinnoh without the Dual Slot mode. The only regions outside Hisui where they can be found naturally are Alola and Galar, although with Galar, they only appear in the DLC.
@TBustah
3 ай бұрын
Aerodactyl not being in LA is easy to ignore: the game was set in the world's equivalent of the very end of the Edo Period/early Meiji Era (mid to late 19th century), not millions of years ago.
@BabusGameRoom
3 ай бұрын
Yeah, that was a goof on my part, ahaha I didn't know how (historically) recent Legends: Arceus takes place! lol
@logan_wolf
5 ай бұрын
10:18 Jynx is also catchable in the wild in Gen 2's Ice Path, in Johto. Farfetch'd are also in the wild in Johto in Gen 2, but since they do also appear in Gen 1, and Gen 1 lore states that they were native, but were hunted near to extinction, that would explain why they're so hard to find. I'd argue that Farfetch'd is actually native to both Kanto and Johto, unless there's canonical reason to believe the remaining Farfetch'd ran to, or were exported to, Johto when they were being exterminated in Kanto.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Great points! Jynx has a little-known Gen 1 catchable location in Japanese Blue's Seafoam Islands! It ALMOST became a Johto Pokemon. I'm going by the same logic that makes "Kantonian Rattata" a Kanto Pokemon -- it gets its region based on the first region it's infinitely catchable in.
@CrocoDylianVT
5 ай бұрын
It actually makes complete sense that Aerodactyl could be native to Sinnoh and Hisui but not be available in the latter, since fossile Pokémon are stated to have lived millions of years ago just like their real life counterparts, and the first dinosaur fossile got discovered in the 1800's, while Legends Arceus seems to take place in the late 1800's, a time where they definitely wouldn't have the technology to revive fossils
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
You're right! That was a goof on my part, haha
@papxD
3 ай бұрын
Lol i like the idea that Aerodactyl not being in legends arceus is weird. Like a time traveler goes back to the 1800s and is wondering where the dinosaurs are.
@BabusGameRoom
3 ай бұрын
ahaha...Happens to me every time I go back there! or..."If the Shogun wanted to wanted to win the war, why did he not just tame the dinosaurs?" lol
@Kawaori
2 ай бұрын
Team Rocket slaughtering Kangaskhan could make sense. They'd get a lot of EXP points for defeating one, more than most other Pokemon up to that point. They're just grinding Kangaskhan for levels, trying to evolve their Rattatas.
@BabusGameRoom
2 ай бұрын
Team Rocket does seem to have a lot of evolved Pokemon in their teams!
@Thischanneldoesnotexistyet
5 ай бұрын
One thing to remember, the island of japan did not exist during the time of Aerodactyl so the fossil would have definitely come from another region. This is supported by kabuto and omminite being early sea life that would have lived on the bottom of the ocean at the time. Other than that, great video! 👍
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it! And you're definitely right. I'm no archaeologist, so my sense of time was waaaay off on Aerodactyl, haha
@xxjoeyladxx
5 ай бұрын
Kangaskhan, being a Kangaroo (on steroids), could make a case for an Australian region. It's also named after Ghengis Khan, which could mean its from a Mongolian region
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Definitely! I'd love to see a Mongolian region in the games!
@wormcityy
16 күн бұрын
this is based on nothing but i could see exeggcutor having been native to a single continent that no longer exists due to changes in land. it sorta feels like a pokemon that's been around largely unchanged for millions of years, like horseshoe crabs irl. maybe this kinda stuff happens more often with groudon and kyogre?
@kono5933
5 ай бұрын
I would love something like this for every generation with non native pokemon
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
After the amazing reception these videos have got, follow-ups for other regions are definitely on the way! =D
@kono5933
5 ай бұрын
@@BabusGameRoom :D
@wario1226
5 ай бұрын
A fun theory for you: Giovanni is a ground type gym leader who has a kangaskhan in a few of his fights. But kangaskhan is a normal type pokemon. If we follow the cubone theory, a baby kangaskhan without a mother becomes a ground type, not a normal type, as it becomes cubone. Perhaps Giovanni was attempting to play God and artificially create a ground type kangaskhan for his gym team. He has also never used a marowack ever, either because they hate team rocket or because he deems them as failed experiments. It also falls in line with how team rocket has artificially created Mewtwo and porygon. It's their MO to meddle with that stuff. And then what you said about their return in the wild after 3 years fits perfectly. Also I think Mr. Mime has to be a sinnoh pokemon. It exists in Hisui, which would have had very little chance to import them in that era. Also, since Mime Jr. originates in Sinnoh, same as munchlax and bonsly (who's evolutions share a theme of unique overworld encounters), I think it tracks that all 3 lines would be native to sinnoh, and are regularly breeding in the wild to create those babies. The light pile of mimes in Kanto are probably just the effects of an invasive species after being introduced to the region via trade 3 years prior.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Oooooh, great point on Kangaskhan! Maybe it could've also been a symbol of his underlying love for Pokemon (at least his own)...Cubone may be natural (and Ground type), and he managed to evolve a Cubone into a full-fledged Kangaskhan. ...or something. But you bring up a great point I hadn't considered!
@jdgreen84
2 ай бұрын
I remember that even in the anime, Ash only ever encountered Tauros (for the first time) in a safari zone as well. While this was a S1 Kanto area episode, it was still safari zone
@griskin_8202
4 ай бұрын
I think this speaks to a problem with how we talk about pokemons native regions. When we say a pokemon is a region's pokemon, i.e. a kanto pokemon or a johto pokemon, we're really just referring to the first appearance of that pokemon in the series. So saying Swellow is a Hoenn pokemon is just saying it was introduced in the gen3 Hoenn games, and can be found in that section of the national dex. Like we call Caterpie a Kanto pokemon, right? But it can be caught natively in Johto, Kalos, Alola and Galar too. It's exasperated by regional forms too - Meowth has an Alolan and Galarian form, but we call common meowth Kantonian Meowth, despite it being native to Johto and Paldea. Later evolutions or prevolutions compicate it too. Magmar is a kanto pokemon, but magby is a johto pokemon and magmortar is a sinnoh pokemon, which isn't exactly helped by kanto remakes refusing to include anything outside of the original 151. It's all just a bit silly if try thinking about it for too long
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
Yeah, we're calling Caterpie a "Kanto Pokemon" simply because Game Freak doesn't want to officially use the word "Gen"! haha Calling it a Kanto Pokemon makes it sound like a coherent world. But calling it a "Gen 1" Pokemon makes it sound like it's from an outdated game.
@KaoruMzk
4 ай бұрын
Mew is catchable via event in Birth Island in the Japanese gen 3 games. We're never told where that island is located, so you can argue it's part of the "Guyana region", which, just like Kanto, has nothing to do with its real life counterpart.
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
I've heard it called Faraway Island, and I agree that it's part of the "Guyana region"! If Kalos is France, then Faraway Island is probably an island off of Guyana, haha
@kalkuttadrop6371
5 ай бұрын
One thing that's worth noting is that there are at least 4 distinct canons in the main series games(The Original Timeline, The Advanced Timeline, The Mega Timeline, and The Go Timeline) Citing info from across timelines is bound to cause problems as the very rules of how the world worked change dramatically. Notably, The Original Timeline(sometimes called the Tajiri Canon) takes place in the (mostly) real world, places like France and Guyana and China exist. Real animals also exist and share ancestors with Pokemon. Also Legendaries are just really powerful Pokemon with a lot of Myth around them. Meanwhile, starting in the Advanced Timeline(Or the Masuda Canon, as he took over in RS and retconned a lot of stuff), the Pokemon world is distinct from our own, real world locations were gradually purged from mention, real animals don't exist, and Legendaries are just straight up gods now. So if you're taking a 'Gen 1 first' approach from this video, they literally CAN'T be native to places like Hoenn or Galar. Those don't exist in Tajiri Canon. It would be Kyushu or England. If you ever do a third video I'd suggest diving into the Gen 1 Pokedex book.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Very interesting perspective! It does make a lot of sense...and I imagine those different canons also capture the distinction in the art styles between Gen 1/2 and Gen 3, for example. What's the Gen 1 Pokedex book you mentioned? Is that the Japanese one that I got the Porygon info from?
@kalkuttadrop6371
5 ай бұрын
@@BabusGameRoom Yup. Didyouknowgaming got one of the OG translators to translate the full book so you can see it from them. It’s essentially the series Bible and source of primary canon for Gen1 and 2. It established a ton of things(Nidoqueen being sterile is here, something people wrote off as a bug$ A third video should probably focus on the information the book provides as it is absolutely canon to Gen 1. (Second fun fact. The retcons made in the move from Tajiri Canon to Masuda Canon also explain some of the weirdness with Jobto. GSC is the ONLY game in which the new Pokemon are newly discovered in universe. In later games they’re portrayed as having always existed and just not been seen by the player. GSC says eggs are being newly discovered and studied, later games contradict this. Johto doesn’t have a true regional dex, it’s the same dex in a better order to reflect changes in knowledge)
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
I'd have to guess that Nidoqueen being sterile WAS a bug, and it was the job of the book's writers to come up with an explanation...haha I think I definitely like the ideas of the Taijiri canon better than later canons! haha
@kalkuttadrop6371
5 ай бұрын
@@BabusGameRoom Except the Japanese Pokedex book was published in 1996 alongside the games and was written months earlier. Nidoqueen being sterile wasn't in the game code until the Space World Demo in 1997 over a year later and wasn't in a released game til 1998. Or if you want a more extreme example, Pokemon shrinking on their own(NOT due to the balls) was in the book, and was in Legends Arceus 25 years later in the games. There's also stuff like several of the anime only Pokedex entries quoting the book, WestWood from the anime and his grandfather(the guy from the Slowbro episode) being from the book, or FRLG's habitat sorting feature being based on the book. Like I said, third video should go in with the perspective that nothing past Gen 2 exists and should use stuff like the manuals or that 1996 book for reserve information. Gen 3 was a soft reboot of the series and Masuda's vision was quite different. And if you HAVE to consult something outside of the games and the 1996 books for clarity, don't use the later games, use the Adventures Manga's original Red Green Blue run. Tajiri said that was the closest thing to his original vision.
@nickdentoom1173
4 ай бұрын
Except there is only one timeline, due to us getting references to Regions that aren't even in said timelines yet (We get Johto references in the Mega Timeline for example).
@TheDanishGuyReviews
4 ай бұрын
While birds wouldn't natively carry seeds all the way to other regions, there has been put forth the idea in the real world that coconuts (which Exeggcute/Exeggcutor is based on) have been carried by the ocean to other tropical islands to sprout there instead. Could easily be the same in the Pokémon world, and the different climate then caused it to be short and round instead, hence the Kanto/Alola form split.
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
That's very true! ..though Exeggcute doesn't seem to learn Surf... haha
@SkadingleMadongle
4 ай бұрын
I dont think a mosquito would have enough time to fly to a different region before digesting the blood (or using it for it's eggs). Its probably safe to say Aerodactyl could've been a multi region pokemon since its flying and the Ambers are found in many regions.
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
That's very true! Though we could also consider the movement of continents after the amber had been formed.. hmm...
@manofhealing
5 ай бұрын
I'd argue that Eevee may not be catchable natively in Sinnoh in the present, but it being readily available in Hisui suggests that it once was native to the area, and probably spread out from there
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
That could be the case! I'm mostly going by the first region that was released chronologically, because otherwise older Pokemon would just keep getting more and more complicated after more and more new games come out, haha
@tsunderecat413
5 ай бұрын
i'd like to think that even some pokémon catchable in the wild in kanto aren't truly native to the region because of earlier evolutions found in other regions. based on the games in which the babies are first catchable in the wild (not counting b2w2, since i read a comment stating that the pokémon from previous generations that weren't in black and white came to unova from other regions; also not counting mass outbreaks), these non-native kanto pokémon would include: - pikachu* - clefairy (sinnoh) - jigglypuff (alola) - jynx (sinnoh...? smoochum's only really found in snowpoint temple (platinum) or seaward cave (usum) outside of mass outbreaks.) - electabuzz** - magmar** - chansey (alola) (*ignoring regional forms, we could assume pikachu is native to alola, since pichu was first catchable in the wild there. however, to my knowledge, there's nothing that states alolan raichu is what raichu is supposed to look like, unlike exeggutor, so that leaves either ancient sinnoh (hisui) or paldea. unless the surfing pikachu minigame in yellow is supposed to be some ancestral yearning or something.) (**assuming white forest doesn't count, there are only two possible regions that magby and elekid could originate from: sinnoh or alola. however, they're only catchable in sinnoh with either firered or leafgreen in the gba slot, so perhaps that's another white forest situation, leaving alola the more likely candidate?) the only problem with this theory is wynaut, ironically a baby of a gen 2 pokémon, rather than gen 1. it can't be found in the wild anywhere yet outside of mass outbreaks and max raid battles. so maybe i'm overthinking it just a bit, but it's still fun to think about. this comment went on way longer than i wanted it to lol
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Pikachu being native to Alola, or even Paldea, would be insane! But I can definitely see the logic there! I just figured that the baby Pokemon were kept well hidden by the parents, and the parent Pokemon went out to forage for food (and get caught)...wait...that's actually kind of depressing now that I think about it... Grade A detective work on finding where those baby Pokemon are first catchable! =D
@dragonOllie2023
4 ай бұрын
I always figured Jynx was actually native to Johto, the only one you get in Gen 1 is a gift and you find them wild in the Ice Path, can imagine the guy that trades it after finding one in the Ice Path. Also Smoochum I guess :)
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
The only one you get in Gen 1 is a gift/trade, EXCEPT in the Japanese Blue, where you can catch them in the wild in the Seafoam Islands! =o Until I learned that, I just assumed the old man who trades away Lola is from Johto, haha
@dragonOllie2023
4 ай бұрын
@@BabusGameRoom I never did play Japanese Blue ^^; Maybe I should seek it out some time, along with Green. Still, it’s nice to find your content! Very interesting topics! Hoping you’re well :)
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
Thank you, same to you! Japanese Blue is a real oddity. We got its graphics, but otherwise, we got Red and a rebranded Green. So Green will just be our "Blue" (in terms of wild Pokemon, in-game trades, etc.), but with the older graphics. Hope to see you in the comments on the future videos! =D
@zt2ean
5 ай бұрын
Consider: Exeggutor is from a tropical region, possibly Alola. Exeggcute could be spread to other regions over the ocean, similar to coconuts that grow on real life palms, some of which would inevitably wind up in regions like Kanto or Johto.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
That's definitely plausible! I actually learned that coconuts float thanks to making this video, haha
@devinclark6212
5 ай бұрын
All of this seems legit except for Aerodactyl and Exeggutor. It's personally my theory that Aerodactyl is a Kalos pokemon because pokedex (In Ultra Moon specifically) mentions that mega aerodactyl is its full, original, prehistoric form, suggesting that it originally lived somewhere where mega energy was naturally abounding, placing it in either Kalos or Alola. I chose Kalos because its the only place where this energy was naturally before the ultimate weapon was fired and the mega stones crystallized. And for Exeggutor, I feel Alolan Egg is definitely the original and it's an invasive species to Kanto since it doesn't grow properly there, like some palm trees moved to non-native areas. Now as for who moved them there... Lillie does go on a training arc in Kanto and the main characters of Sun and Moon are also from Kanto so it's pretty easy to assume the two regions are connected and in good standing due to the easy immigration between the two. Alolans likely brought some over during whatever connecting event these two regions had and they grew weirdly in the wild. Those are my theories anyway based on the lore and politics of the world.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
That's true! I hadn't considered the Mega forms of anything! It's hard to say whether Alolan Exeggutor feels like a retcon or not. It doesn't seem like it was the intention from the start, but there are references to Exeggutor being from "the tropics" as early as Gen 3.
@nickdentoom1173
4 ай бұрын
Too add to your Aerodactyl point regarding Kalos and Alola - in Kalos you can find Aerodactyls fossil in Glittering Cave. You cannot obtain Aerodactyl in the Alola Games (You cannot even buy it from Olivia's shop, while you can buy the other fossils).
@erickdearaujoandrade972
Ай бұрын
In Gen 3, Lapras can be found in Icefall cave in 4th island, where you help Lorelei fight against rockets, it only has 1% of chance to appear surfing in the water. Exeggcute can also be found but in Berry Forest in 3rd Island, it has 5% of chance to appear. And according to Bulbapedia, the Sevii Islands are an archipelago in Kanto region
@nathoghazi5026
5 ай бұрын
Very quick thing I wanted to mention: Coconuts spread through ocean currents. Maybe that's how Exeggcute got to Johto and other regions.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Great point! Though I don't know if we can say for certain that an Exeggcute's buoyancy is more like a coconut or an egg...hmmmm..
@negil
5 ай бұрын
I'd have to double-check, but I'm pretty sure that FireRed and LeafGreen's PokéDex did give the starters locations on the map where they "live," despite them not being catchable
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Oh wow! I had no idea. I'll have to look into that.
@MosukaDreamer
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for making this video. I've always thought that they were bringing in Pokemon from other places even in Gen 1. Though when I brought this up to my friends they didn't take me seriously. 😅
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
haha, I'm really glad you enjoyed it! Don't worry, there are still plenty of people in the comments who aren't taking this seriously...but finding so many other people who agree (even if not fully about each and every Pokemon!) has made it well worth it! =D
@plentyofpaper
5 ай бұрын
On the topic of Aerodactyl's native region, there's 1 Pokemon region I think is more likely than the others. All modern game regions we've seen pretty clearly have only plant and Pokemon life forms. If we want to broaden our definition of life just a bit beyond modern classification, there's also Pokerus. Given the abundance of humans and Pokemon, it actually seems pretty unlikely mosquitos would have gone extinct if they had ever been part of any of the main Pokemon regions. But Guyana has been confirmed to exist, and definitely has mosquitoes.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Ooooooh, I like that idea! That's awesome! haha
@HamazuraGOD
4 ай бұрын
Wow, you just uploaded this and its already your most viewed video by almost 2x! Thats awesome. Welcome back, btw; cant wait to see more from you, and Safia when shes out from school!
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
Yeah, this one blew up like crazy!! Thank you so much! Glad to see you in the comments! =D
@The_D_ray
4 ай бұрын
Mew can ONLY be officially found in the Faraway Island, which is EXCLUSIVE to the Hoenn games. Now, the Faraway Island (as the name suggests) it's pretty damn far from the region, but it can be reached via boat, so that means it's closer to Hoenn than any other region. So I would argue that Mew is not from Hoenn (or any known region) but just an island that happened to preserve such ancient and rare species thanks to the fact that is very far.
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
That's true! My new hypothesis is that the Faraway Island is an island off of Guyana! haha
@Randopatchi
3 ай бұрын
Fantastic video, I subscribed! One thing I’ll say that I’m certain I’m not the first to is that I don’t see a great reason why certain Pokemon cannot be native to multiple regions. Pokemon regions seem to be more artificial, “national” constructions, as evidenced by the national dex. While they do have their own biomes and such, I don’t see why a species of Pokemon could not be native across multiple areas that were then divided into these national regions by humans. In biology this would be called a cosmopolitan distribution, as opposed to a species only found in a single region it is native to called an endemic species.
@BabusGameRoom
3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it! =D Pokemon can definitely be native to multiple regions -- I'm just "assigning" them a region based on the first-released region that they're "from", kind of like how Game Freak says we have a "Kantonian Rattata" even though it's equally reasonable to call them "Johtonian Rattata". It's not the best terminology, for sure! ahaha
@roseheart270
5 ай бұрын
"These eggs are huge, birds wouldn't carry them across the sea." But, the birds are huge.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
It's not something they'd do accidentally (as with the kinds of seeds that get stuck to animals). They'd have to purposely want to plant them or something, haha
@roseheart270
5 ай бұрын
@@BabusGameRoom Food, takeout.
@ofanichan
4 ай бұрын
My theory is that any pokemon catchable in Kanto in gen 2 have migrated there during the 2 years that has passed. Mr Mime is a Sinnoh pokemon Mukrow is a Sinnoh pokemon Slugma is a Hoenn pokemon and Houndour is a Paldea pokemon (I know it's also found in the wild in pokemon X, but it was an X exclusive. So I feel way more comfortable with saying it's Paldean as it's in the first cave you enter and very easy to find)
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
Once we start considering version exclusives, things get REALLY interesting! haha
@tyranitararmaldo
4 ай бұрын
On Exxeggutor and oceans. Coconuts do travel via ocean to other islands. Some have even turned up on the British Isles (which they are clearly not native to) due to ocean currents. So it is viable for Exxeggutor to be an Alolan native pokemon, that had some of its offspring land in the ocean and bob away to other lands.
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
That's a great point!
@soupahmario5869
4 ай бұрын
You find a LOT of Tauros in Alola so I'm actually going to say they're Alolan! Also, i can absolutely see Pinsir and Scyther hop out during a Bug Contest. When there's a lot of hoopla going on in your front yard you'd jump out your front door like a grumpy old man, too.
@BabusGameRoom
4 ай бұрын
Ahaha, grumpy old Scyther and Pinsir. They DO seem pretty good at knocking out the player's Pokemon, prematurely ending their catching time (aka. disruptive time)!
@xxchaboweonxx3726
5 ай бұрын
I kind of remember some random photography game of Pokémon where one can go to take pics of Pokémon around all Kanto. The thing is that the Kanto starters aren't anywhere to be found there. I think that in some point you can go to a shitty island next to Kanto where you can actually take pics of Kanto starters and their evolutions at their natural habitats, so I think Oak went to that place and kidnapped some of their childs? Idk, I think it isn't canon anyway so don't mind me. Sorry for the bad english too. I'm not native of this region.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Oh man, you have hidden memories of Pokemon Snap! Have you seen New Pokemon Snap? I had a lot of fun with it. Your English is great, by the way, and there's no native language to the Internet! =D
@who-ge1gu
5 ай бұрын
I remember thinking this over 20 years ago when I was playing gen 1 as a teenager.
@BabusGameRoom
5 ай бұрын
Right? And yet, to this day, we still call it "Kantonian Mr. Mime" and "Kantonian Exeggutor"
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