Elemental punches in gen 1 were exclusive to jynx/electabuzz/magmar and hitmonchan

>elemental punches in gen 1 were exclusive to jynx/electabuzz/magmar and hitmonchan
>jynx, electabuzz and magmar all learn moves that objectively outclass the punches because they're special attacks
>hitmonchan can't make good use of the punches because his special stat is complete shit
really, what WERE they thinking

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They were thinking about what children would think was cool, not what some metagaming fucktard would think was or wasn't good 30 years after the fact.

Probably the RP aspect of the RPG for immersion's sake.

the punches are level up moves and not TMs.

They didn't want Hitmonchan to be able to OHKO CHARIZARD with ThunderPunch

no kid is gonna think hitmonchan is cool when he hits like a fucking wet noodle

Serious Answer:
It's likely that the people at GF setting up learnsets weren't fully aware that there was no Physical/Special Split, thereby they thought Hitmonchan would hit pretty damn hard with these moves, which in Gen 4 and onward, he does.
In short: Poor communication
Meme Answer:

Thats why physical/special split is still the best thing to happen in Pokemon. The only thing that comes near to it is the introduction of Abilities

Fr fr no cap straight bussin. People who hate the physical special split are mentally retarded

>power creep is the best thing to happen in Pokemon
zoomer moment

Phys/Spec split didn't cause powercreep. Shillmon Pandering did.

You can keep playing that Pokemon Yellow, Gruncle Jeff. No one is stopping you. Oh no no there's no boogeyman hiding behind the door to steal your 25 year old moldy cartridge either.

>Phys/Spec split didn't cause powercreep
Yes it did.

They were thinking "let's make a cool monster collecting RPG that will likely be a cult favorite"

>filtered by powercreep
Why all boomers have low IQ like this, guys? No wonder the world turned into a literal cesspool right now

Tackle isn’t any pokemons best move either, ig it shouldn’t exist.

>jynx, electabuzz and magmar all learn moves that objectively outclass the punches because they're special attacks
GF balanced RB around the single player. By the time they learned the punches, most Pokemon of their types would learn weak ass moves with 10-35 less BP unless you already used the stronger one-use TMs. They're solid if you wasted them like an idiot or just wanted a second mon with Ice/Electric/Fire attacks. The real problem is being outclassed by the fucking birds.
>hitmonchan can't make good use of the punches because his special stat is complete shit
Because it's the punching Pokemon and someone must've thought it was cool to put in. Nearly every move he gets by leveling up is a punch.

is there a rock punch move yet?

>making more pokemon viable created powercreep
Now THIS is zoomerposting

Not that user, but the thing about the split is that it affected everyone, so both shitmons and Game Freak's Golden Children got better making it a lateral chance for the most part. The thing about the split is that it made it easy to make shillmons more broken since you can just put all its offense stats in one basket and give it a broken movepool based on that one stats, that's why you get bullshit like Cinderace.