>"Our pitch for a new game was rejected, so let's

>>31928250
>make up a story about how they're from another dimension to justify why they look so different from other Pokemon"

And it worked. They work for this reason. Their designs are fully justified thanks to this.

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>>31928250
Speaking as a fan, I always thought that they would fit right in as Subspace Emissary enemies

>>31928250
>does thing
>has totally valid reason for thing happening
Fucking gamefreak, I can't understand why they're still in business.

I could totally see them as scrapped bosses from a new Gamefreak IP that never got off the ground. That's not really an uncommon thing in video games.

>>31928619
That thing was always my favorite enemy, I always hated those puppet things and the ghosts made of tiny boxes