Why does this exist? Why did GF give it two forms?

>>27431738
If you have to ask; you'll never know.

>>27431738
Literally one of two fish introduced in gen v. It's so they had something to catch while fishing/surfing, and the forms were just to make it more interesting.

>>27431738
Because Unova was predominantly based on Northeastern America and bass are a common and popular fish in that area.

But why they made Basculin so pointless and yet unique is beyond me.

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>>27431738
one can be found in the wild with a small chance of holding a deep sea tooth and the other a deep sea scale

>According to interviews with Ken Sugimori in Nintendo Dream, Basculin was created late in development when they realized there were few new 'standard' fish-like Pokémon in Unova, the only others being Alomomola, Stunfisk, Frillish and Jellicent. It was given two forms to make up for the small amount of fish in the region, and based on a bass since there are wild bass in New York state.

Blue and red for Crips and Bloods?

>>27431897

What made them think that anyone wanted regular fish, and shitty ones at that? They could have at least made them have different stats.

>>27431897
>based on a bass

Wrong, it is based on Rabuta Berry.

>>27431985
It was, iirc, basically because Unova was only gonna be new Pokémon and they were worried fish type fans would feel left out or something.

>>27431897
>Water is the most abundant type
>"We need more water Pokemon!"

It's my favorite type, but lol

>>27432031
As a fish type fan, Basculin is an insult. Quality over quantity...

At least its pretty good ingame.

>>27432104

Yeah, Adaptability Aqua Tail is solid in game.