How come Pokemon doesn't have any references from GameFreak's

>>32011561
Isn't Rotom based on Pulseman?

Ledian

They do. A kid in XY mentions Harmoknight and Volt Tackle is named after a thing from Pulseman IIRC.

>>32011565
Pikachu's Volt Tackle=Pulseman's Volteccer

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>>32011561
Not really a reference, but I believe Gamefreak was nostalgic for Drilldozer around BW development. Route 4 was even a construction site.

>>32011565
Also Ledian

>>32011561
Well...
>Rotom and Ledian are based on Pulseman
>Volt Tackle was Pulseman's special move
>Pulseman's enemies were called Team Galaxy
>Pulseman's girlfriend looks like Mars
>The D/P/PL rival battle theme contains a bit of the music from Pulseman's first stage
>The Klink line is based on some enemies from Drill Dozer
>Copycat in R/B/Y/FR/LG was playing Mario & Wario on her SNES (yes, that's a Game Freak game)

>>32011561
Same hair cut as the little girl who has a Kadabra in DP

>>32011565
One of the battle themes also sounds like the Neo Tokyo stage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIpMnJkPZjI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv8g5u55QFA