EXPLAIN

if you bothered to read, the non-alola to alola evolutions make sense
but /vp/ is too retarded for that

>>30845475
Cubone gets hooked on a feeling

>>30845475
Branch evolutions

>>30845475
So in future games will sandrew/sandslash be safari zone type things or location type things and alolan marowak be a night evo?

>>30845475
Genwun pandering

>>30845497
no it does not make sense. it's genwun pandering. it's because of the ghost in lavender tower. the reason for cubone's evolution is retarded. just retarded. alolan marowak is cool and all. but the reason for why it evolves is fucking stupid

>>30845582
Every fucking one of Cubones pokedex entries mentions it's dead mother.

>>30845582
Weak bait m8

>>30845475
They didn't feel like making a A.Cubone, so they share the same pre evo

>>30845475
Alolan Sandshrew is genetic. Alolan Marowak is caused by environmental factors.

>>30845594
>>30845597
???

The reason cubone becomes alolan marowak is to fight off mandibuzz who prey on cubones. yet mandibuzz is flying/dark and ghost/fire does nothing to it. makes zero sense. like i said, alolan marowak is cool. but it makes no sense.

>>30845644
It's to fight off the grass types.

>>30845644
angry mom spirit gives cubone STAB that hits Mandibuzz

>>30845644
>The bones it possesses were once its mother’s. Its mother’s regrets have become like a vengeful spirit protecting this Pokémon.

literally sun pokedex entry

>>30845658
Still bullshit though.
Vanilla Marowak takes neutral damage from mandibuzz's stab, while alolan is weak to her.
And mandi need to get close to it for attacking marowak, ergo she exposes herself to the boomerang.

>>30845672
Is this a jojo reference?

>>30845672
>Alola-Marowak is Ghost Rider

>>30845672

Bullshit. Don't give me that dead Marowak shit. That only applies to that one Cubone in Lavender Town. I want science, goddammit.

>>30845475
>Ground-type evolves into a Ghost/Fire-type
Explain this

>>30845770
Marowak became Fire type to protect itself and its offspring from Grass types, not Mandibuzz. It makes more sense that Mandibuzz started preying on Marowak AFTER they became Alolan Marowak.

>>30845850

Then why are their offspring still Ground? The only explanation would be that Alolan Marowak is a branch evolution, achieved by different means. What those means are still unknown.

>inb4 Cubone evolves into A-Marowak at level 28

No, fuck that. Levels don't exist in their universe.

>>30845840
It has Lightning Rod :^)

>>30845947

That makes no sense.

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>Rock Head > Cursed Body when Cubone evolve

>>30846008
>Battle Armor Cubone becomes Rock Head Marowak

???

>>30845834
>>30845770
You're an idiot

>>30845895
>Levels exist in the anime
>anime is canon to the games
Really makes ya think...

>>30846069

Again, no. The Giselle episode was from 20 years ago. After that, they were never mentioned again.

And the anime isn't canon to the games, actually. They exist in their own separate universes.

>>30846110
>this thing in canon that was never stated to be non-canon ISN'T canon because of time.
Sure thing buddy

>>30846126
Frog boy says you're wrong.

>>30846056

How? You're the idiot for thinking every Marowak's eventually killed by some bad fuck with a whip. Cubone get their skulls from all sorts of different places. In the games they all look the same because it'd be crazy give each pokemon 20 different appearances.

>>30846143

A separate Ash within that universe. Multiverse says your wrong.

>>30846069
pokemon HAS an anime, pokemon HAS a trading card game, but for all intents and purposes- pokemon IS a video game series.
The anime and the games do not follow the same exact canon/continuity. When people say that the anime is not canon, they mean that it is not canon TO THE GAMES, not that it isn't canon "PERIOD" as a lot of people have ignorantly thought. although, because the anime is only an offshoot of the games, that's not entirely inaccurate either.
The games are the "real" continuity people are talking about, but each piece of media still has their own separate canon. to constantly argue that the anime IS canon (to the games) is to not understand the concept of continuity or canon.
It is not a personal opinion being shared with you to be told that the anime and games follow separate continuities. This Is Fact.