Honestly I wouldn't mind that. Maybe some kind of erasure feature of the newest Pokemon Bank to balance the game. So that stupid things like Softboiled Clefable doesn't exist(at the top of my head, my point gets hopefully across)A lot of moves really should be more restricted than they are (Earthquake, Toxic, and Stealth Rock are big offenders here), but there's no practical way to fix it unless a future game re-did everything's movepools and wouldn't let you transfer Pokemon with moves they no longer have access to.
From Bulbapedia:This isn't about a specific pokemon, but I was thinking earlier today "why is U-turn a bug-type move?" Seems like a random choice given the action of making a U-turn is just turning around and heading back the other direction, no bug influence is obvious to me. Can anyone shed some light on this?
U-turn may be Bug-type because its Japanese name (とんぼがえり Round-trip) contains とんぼ (tonbo), which means dragonfly.
That in itself is an oddity. Because Unown must always have Hidden Power, it is never possible to actually use TM10 to teach it Hidden Power.Unown can only use TM10 Hidden Power
It's probably a safety net for hacked ones. Or something.That in itself is an oddity. Because Unown must always have Hidden Power, it is never possible to actually use TM10 to teach it Hidden Power.
Not like Aurorus can pull it out and be better because of its really bad speed even though it has snow warning. Sad sod most likely can't even survive a round without being destroyed.I think this has been mentioned before, but Aurorus not learning Aurora Veil is the most pathetic thing in Pokemon. And I'm including past stuff like "Flareon doesn't get Flare Blitz" or "Lickitung doesn't get Lick".
Aurorus is already a sad Pokemon who is already objectively bad (like, the worst defensive typing in the game, and mediocre stats all around which belie its grandiose, dinosaur qualities). Its ability is Snow Warning (which is required to use Aurora Veil), and Aurora Veil is a *TM* (why is it even a TM? that's just rubbing salt in the wound). Aurorus may not be the "Aurora Pokemon" like Suicune (who also can't learn Aurora Veil), but Aurorus has tons of "aurora" flavor, from having rainbow-colored fins that change color, and also learning Aurora Beam. Because of Aurorus's unique aurora flavor, and the fact that "Aurora Veil" is also "Aurora Veil" in Japanese, you can't tell me that this is just a "localization thing" where it only seems like an exclusion in English.
Design Head: Okay, we just finished designing the Kanlos Fossils.Not like Aurorus can pull it out and be better because of its really bad speed even though it has snow warning. Sad sod most likely can't even survive a round without being destroyed.
That said, that is probably another case of overlooking just like Flareon (when Atk and SpAtk hasn't been separated). Poor Aurorus man.
Let's not forget Icicle Crash and Ice Shard, despite it shown to perfectly be able to form icicles when it tried toThings like Kyurem doesn't learn any physical ice type moves is really a huge headscratcher. No ice punch but has shadow claw and dragon claw? Maybe still OK because Kyurem has T-rex like 2-tipped claws which are too small to really punch anybody but can claw someone (as seen in anime where the claws are enlarged), but no icicle spear or even ICE FANG is really strange at best and ridiculous at worst. Kyurem has a huge gaping mouth, yet it CANNOT learn even goddamnt BITE, but somehow it learns FLY of all things.
Or at the very least make a new Physical Fairy-type move that doesn't rely on the Pokemon being the "frolicking/playful" type. You made a new Bug-type move Lunge just for Buzzwole and Pheromosa (and Mothim, Dewpider family, and Surskit via breeding for some reason) but you couldn't extend the same forethought to the Pokemon who have more significance to the Alola region?The Alola guardians can't learn Play Rough (which Koko would absolutely loved it) is also weird but somewhat more understandable. But come on Koko and Lele are at least more playful...
Correction. Buzzwole learns Low SWEEP... which in Japan is called Low Kick.Buzzwole knows LOW KICK (even though the attack mentioned it attacks the lower portion of the enemy instead of actually kicking them), I mean how?
Silvally's TM pool is a mess because they don't know what they want to do with it. It can change types so they want to give it as many elemental moves as possible but at the same time they don't want to stray too far from what its design can do.Silvally and Null is extremely huge as a quadrupedal, hound-like pokemon......Yet it doesn't learn Earthquake nor the more powerful versions of the elemental beams, but somehow it learns IRON WING of all things. Buzzwole mentioned above CAN learn Earthquake, for some reason.
Very true! Look at that tail! Very water-type!While it is still pretty silly, i think Silvally gets Steel Wing because the crest on its head was probably a wing.
More weird is that Silvally doesn't seem to get Fury Cutter (for its weird bug feet) or Aqua Tail (for the weird tail), though those are also move tutors at least.
Kyurem's mouth is frozen shut when it's not merged with Reshiram or Zekrom, thus no biting moves. I have no idea how those stubby "wings" would be able to get it off the ground, however. Maybe it just leaps really, really high over really, really long distances?Not like Aurorus can pull it out and be better because of its really bad speed even though it has snow warning. Sad sod most likely can't even survive a round without being destroyed.
That said, that is probably another case of overlooking just like Flareon (when Atk and SpAtk hasn't been separated). Poor Aurorus man.
Things like Kyurem doesn't learn any physical ice type moves is really a huge headscratcher. No ice punch but has shadow claw and dragon claw? Maybe still OK because Kyurem has T-rex like 2-tipped claws which are too small to really punch anybody but can claw someone (as seen in anime where the claws are enlarged), but no icicle spear or even ICE FANG is really strange at best and ridiculous at worst. Kyurem has a huge gaping mouth, yet it CANNOT learn even goddamnt BITE, but somehow it learns FLY of all things.
-This also applies to Necrozma, where it learns all sorts of light-based attacks (solar beam, hyper beam, its signature Prismatic Laser and to-be-signature Photon Geyser), yet it doesn't learn dazzling gleam which is like leagues below in power like a miniature PL but somehow can't use it, as if GF intentionally limits Necrozma's power against dark types.
-The Alola guardians can't learn Play Rough (which Koko would absolutely loved it) is also weird but somewhat more understandable. But come on Koko and Lele are at least more playful...
-Buzzwole knows LOW KICK (even though the attack mentioned it attacks the lower portion of the enemy instead of actually kicking them), I mean how?
-Silvally and Null is extremely huge as a quadrupedal, hound-like pokemon......Yet it doesn't learn Earthquake nor the more powerful versions of the elemental beams, but somehow it learns IRON WING of all things. Buzzwole mentioned above CAN learn Earthquake, for some reason.
It's Special Attack is higher anyway.Palkia and not getting Iron Tail
But Ratatta gets Iron Tail! Also Palkia is said to have a powerful tail...It's Special Attack is higher anyway.
Rattata is a physical attacker, thus makes sense GF will focus on it getting physical attacks.But Ratatta gets Iron Tail! Also Palkia is said to have a powerful tail...
Honestly, Gamefreak really doesn't seem to care about that. There's plenty of physical attackers with huge special movepools, and vice versa.Rattata is a physical attacker, thus makes sense GF will focus on it getting physical attacks.
Bare in mind a lot of those "phisical pokes with tons of special TM learned" and other way around are remnants of gen 1-3 where Phisical/Special split had not happened yet, so for example Alakazam was pretty happy to throw Thunder or Fire Punches to people in same way as phisical atkers loved Shadow Ball.Honestly, Gamefreak really doesn't seem to care about that. There's plenty of physical attackers with huge special movepools, and vice versa.
Have you ever tried to stab someone with a cardboard tube?Bumping to ask WHY THE HECK GARBODOR DOESN'T LEARN POISON JAB. It has arms. It is a Poison-type. What the heck?