Why haven't they retconned these two into the same Pokemon with a branching evolution based on gender yet?

Why haven't they retconned these two into the same Pokemon with a branching evolution based on gender yet?

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Because that means Kanto would have 149 Pokemon.

It would have 150 dumbass. 151-1 is 150.

Same reason Miltank and Tauros still don't a pre-evolution, or why the Kangaskhan baby isn't its own Pokemon, or why the Slowbro Shelder still isn't its own branch evolution.

The point is that Mew is a secret and not even needed for Dex completion, so the original are a nice even 150 and Mew makes 151 which still looks and sounds good .
149 is just awkward.

Those are all things that don't exist. Nidoran already exists.

Mew hasn't been a secret for over 20 years now. Who cares. Everyone knows gen 1 has 151 pokemon which is just as awkward a number as 149.

Yes, Nidoran is two seperate Pokemon based on the limitations of the Gameboy and have since now only exist has nostalgia relics.

one-fifty-one rolls off the tongue much better than one-forty-nine.

Same reason we're still using the gregorian/jesus calendar, its too much of a hassle to change.

>based on the limitations of the Gameboy
It wasn't based on any hardware limitations because Gold and Silver run on the exact same hardware as RBY and they fully implemented genders in those games.

Because that would break the sacred number of 151, something nostalgiafags hold near and dear and would relentlessly complain about until it's reverted.

Most of GSC was GF doing everything they didn't have the experience for in RBY.
Half of the Johto dex was supposed to be part of the Kanto dex

>Because that would break the sacred number of 151, something nostalgiachads hold near and dear and would relentlessly complain about until it's reverted.

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Wasn't even a secret a year into its life span lmfao

Most of this board isn't even old enough to remember what Mew playground talk was like

Fuck off, fedorafag

correct me if im wrong, but the nidos are the only pokemon where different genders have different stats

That was Meowstick's entire gimmick

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Easy, make them the same Pokemon, and a add a new Pokemon to the 150 so they can become 151 again, who gets that privalage? A scrapped beta Pokemon? A new evo/prevo of a kantomon? You decide!

All of the national dex numbers ahead of them would need to be shifted down 1.