Why did Scyther get a steel evolution but Pinsir didn't?

Useually comes down to design being bad

>>31121218
>Mega Pinsir
???

Heracross was a more fitting rival

>>31121227
>Thrown out after the two worst games in the series
Kek

>>31121204
Because Pinsir stopped being Scyther's rival and became Heracross's rival.

Stag vs. Hercules is common in Japanese bug fighting

>>31121204
Because they decided to make Herashit instead and give the rivalry to him.

>>31121204

Pinsir got a new rival in the form of Heracross.

Then Gen 7 gave him another rival, Vikavolt.

>>31121245

Mega Pinsir is available in Sun/Moon.

>>31121636
>Then Gen 7 gave him another rival, Vikavolt.
what did he mean by this

>>31121636
There's literally no relation between them and Vikavolt

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>>31121654
>>31121673

>Its greatest rival in Alola is Vikavolt

>>31121673
pokedex entry says its biggest rival in Alola is Vikavolt. It's just that the two are stag beetles, not actual counterparts.

>>31121705
interesting
really makes you think

>>31121705
>use mega evolution
>gets grilled by Vikavolt

Scyther getting an evolution was one of the weirdest thing GF has done anyway. The base stat total doesn't even change between the two.

>>31121204
Heracross was originally planned to be an evolution of Pinsir, but they did away with that idea because they were too different in appearance.

>>31121792
GF doing something right? wow

>>31121754
Maybe next gen we'll get an alternate mega that becomes bug/rock with lighting rod because fuck you vikavolt

>>31121247
Uhm
You didn't even mention rhino beetle you pleb.

>>31121792
citation needed

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>>31121792

>>31121204
No Bug/Dark Executioner evolution. Guillotine.

>>31121245
But Mega Pinsir didn't even exist in Heartgold and Soulsilver.

>>31121759
IIRC, they didn't actually want to give scyther an evo because it's stats were already good enough, but scyther was so popular in gen 1 that they made him an evo anyway and just shifted some stats around so it didn't become too powerful.

>>31121759
Scyther was fast but frail and Scizor was slow but had good defenses.
It made more sense in the days before Mega Scizor's Instant Burrito Delivery Service.

>>31121204
It should've gotten a fighting type evolution.

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thoughts

>>31124311
the eyes are a bit strange. it could look cool if it had one glowing red eye.

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>>31121792

>>31121792
>too different in appearance
>in the same gen that gave us Remoraid and Octillery

>>31124311
65/130/110/40/100/55?

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>>31124311
made it more scizor-y
gave it cutters