Wait... why did Team Rocket steal the TM for Dig? This is a randomly distinct moment in RBY, with unique tilesets not used again. A weird amount of effort was put in for this, was Giovanni's plan to DIG somewhere?
Perhaps DIG a Tunnel into Cerulean Cave right nearby to get to Mewtwo?
Team Rocket stealing Dig
Henry James
Cooper Evans
it's a typo, it was supposed to be spelled with an N because they're thieves
Kayden Kelly
To dig your mom
Gotem
Carter Gutierrez
They dug a hideout under Celadon Game Corner.
Nolan Morales
whatever mewtwo's original design was, it was meant to be a fossil
the first time you find team rocket they're trying to take mt moon's fossils
the next time you see them they stole the dig tm
and the fact that the pokemon mansion is near the fossil restoration lab
there was def a change in development
Benjamin Sullivan
>Team Rocket steals DIG TM
>UNDERGROUND hideout dug under casino
>Giovanni uses GROUND types
>Was in Mt. Moon to get Fossils
Let's look at Gen 2
>UNDER the Slowpoke Well
>DUG ANOTHER HIDEOUT under Mahogany Town
>DIG their old boss so much they break in Radio Tower to call him
Team Rocket are Misunderstood
Ayden Morris
yeah no one really ever questioned WHY fossils existed, they aren't exactly a common JRPG trope. The concept of 'old' Pokemon is kind of like "modified/experimented" and both are concepts Gen 1 kind of touches on but scraps
Josiah Long
more of a fossil theming would contrast well with omega (a robot).
also it turns out the kabutops skellies around cinnabar were always meant to be there
and yet based on the grunt's pokemon they're effectively a poison team.
Isaiah Johnson
>they're effectively a poison team.
They moved onto dark type once it was discovered.
Nicholas Nguyen
That was mostly a consequence of Poison being the proto Dark type. If Dark had existed in Gen 1, they'd use Dark types like all the other villainteams
Gavin Perez
They were trying to find another Mew fossil so they could make their own Mewtwo
That's why they were in Mt Moon looking for fossils
That's why they needed Dig to look in other areas
That's why they held Mr Fujii hostage, because he worked on the previous Mewtwo experiment
That's why they wanted the Master Ball from Silph, so they could catch the escaped Mewtwo when they learned from Fujii that it was still out there
Eli Ramirez
The boss Giovanni uses Ground types to keep his Poison type Grunts in line.
In the games not reeeeallly they are a weird amalgamation of Normal/Poison/Dark, the TCG does a MUCH better job representing this change
Isaac Jones
>original game makes unique assets for a one off room in an early part of the game
>XY cant be bothered to do that during the climax when the ultimate weapon goes off and just flips the house models on to their backs like a kid playing with toys
Its things like that which showed why these games died
Caleb Murphy
Dr. Fuji died so Mr. Fuji from Lavender can’t be the same person.
Jaxon Ward
because they are simply criminals, you see this when Pokemon was still an adventure and not YOU GOTTA SAVE THE WORL' TRAINER. FOLLOW TEAM SHITCUNT AS THEY PLAY THE ROLE OF REGIONAL TOURGUIDE FOR THE THEMEPARK! DON'T FORGET TO RIDE THE DIALGACOASTER! LMAO LEGENDARIES AREN'T LEGENDARY
Parker King
???
No I'm pretty sure Fuji is the same guy - he was friends with Blaine and he ahs his photo in the gym
Gavin Carter
>LMAO LEGENDARIES AREN'T LEGENDARY
We actually see modern legendaries give up to their titles though, Mewtwo is just a lab experiment, and the birds are just some rare and stronger than average but otherwise unremarkable birds.
Tyler Brown
yes they are simple criminals, but there really was a Story to Gen 1 - at least there was at one point. Team Rocket has obvious deeper lore (Mewtwo stuff) that was intended but frankly dropped the ball in the final build.
I'm super interested in thinking about what that Story they wanted to tell was. The intentions behind the games various scenarios make more sense this way
Nathaniel Brooks
>but frankly dropped the ball in the final build.
They just didn't want a bunch of story in the actual final game.
GSC are similar, minimal story barring a couple of big events.
And then gen 3 kickstart the generic jrpg shit that's been reused almost every gen.
Jacob Robinson
>Mt Fuji = Mt Silver
>Characters in the Team Rocket story named Fuji & Silver
Probably a coincidence but I never noticed it before.
Brayden Hall
Pokemon has always been a generic JRPG