Pokemon Did You Knows?

[TheRealJDawgz]

(08-28-2012 11:53 AM)Chiappini92 Wrote:  

(08-28-2012 10:37 AM)TheRealJDawgz Wrote:  Gyarados was originally planned to be a water/dragon type in Red, Blue, and Green. However, due to the fact that Gyarados would have no weakness (dragon rage did fixed damage in RBGY) and the fact that it has very high stats, it would be too broken and powerful. It was changed to a water/flying type before the game's release. This would explain why Gyarados is so dragon-like in appearance and why dragon-type trainers like Lance used it.

Where are your sources on this exactly? I heard of a rumor like this too but that'd be just like saying that Aerodactyl would be a dragon type instead of rock if it wasn't ressurected or that Serperior was originally meant to be the first grass/dragon as well as the first starter dragon but was changed so that it wouldnt be too powerful or so that everyone didnt pick it.

I can't seem to find any sources, but it was a little tidbit of information that everyone seems to mention in forums or other sites whenever the question of Gyarados being water/flying type.

The thing is, Gyarados is very easily obtained (just catch a Magikarp and level it up a bit) and you can get an unbeatable Gyarados early on. Also, the only connection you can make to Gyarados flying is the fact that it's floating, and it can't even learn any flying type attacks until Gen IV, where it learns just Bounce. The flying type was probably added to make Gyarados counter-able, and maybe it was easier to program (I'm not sure just my guess)

It could be just a rumor, but the fact that it's brought up so much around the internet makes it worth mentioning.