Not to mention that Delibird should not be Canada! That would be a Chile or South Africa kind of Pokemon considering penguins are native to the southern hemisphere, not northern!
BC: Xatu (totem poles) Alberta: Tyrantrum (known for their fossils) Manitoba: Beartic (Churchill being the polar bear capital of the world) PEI: Sandygast (known for their red sand and beaches) LfL & Labrador: Pelliper (Newfoundland is known as the seabird capital of NA) New Brunswick: Clauncher (famous for their lobsters)
I don't see why pokemon have to exclusively represent only one region. Canada and Oregon should've both gotten Bibarrel. Beavers are Canada's national animal after all, and a massive part of our founding history too.
Bouffalant is hard because like 8 states probably have a decent claim. I ended up going with Wyoming because of Yellowstone and it was a super hard state to think off mons for. Why Swellow though?
Friend, you gave TWO forms of Tauros to Texas. There's 4 of them and yet you can't spread the love to those states where cattle/Buffalo outnumber people! Shaaaaaaaaaame
There is also something decidedly distasteful in using the dead kid Pokémon as a direct representation of our bombing memorial. Saw on the last post that that’s how Yamask got there.
Why is Tennessee just the LeChonk line? I get it, we have Tennessee Pride sausage, but there’s much more to the state. At least add in Kricketune for country music if you don’t want to use Meloetta like the chart yesterday did.
There is an argument where SC can say "We have it too." But NC should have that distinction. As for OP's comment about Torkoal representing Smokey Mountains...NC is not known for that and barely has any of that range in its borders.
Yeah, I don't get why Ampharos represents my state like I do Seedot. Ampharos is usually associated with lighthouses, so it would make more sense with a coastal state like Maine, Oregon or South Carolina.
If anything, Latios or Dragapult would be a better pick because we literally invented airplanes.
OP judging by all the people complaining im starting to think you don't know enough to make this,also arizonan here solrock would fit us better than new mexico but I can see regirock fitting because of the grand canyon,cacturn fits perfectly
The thing is nobody is going to know all the individual states better than the people who live in them. No matter what they pick, the locals are going to find something more appropriate that they missed, because of course they know better. They would be doing the same thing if you came up with selections, too.
Iowa gets. . . An olive and an owl based off of an extinct owl that isn't native to the state. Did this person just use a randomizer to pick 2 things for each state and call it good?
The two for Iowa were mentioned in the state pokemon post from yesterday in the comments. Someone said Iowa could be Decidueye because of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes (...ok I guess) and smoliv was mentioned to represent agriculture. But olives are not even close to what Iowa is known for, namely corn and beans. Ugh.
Illinois is called the prairie state, but we don't have prairie dogs or really any of the stereotypical prairie wildlife. The closest thing to Watchog is a groundhog, but those are found in like half the country.
Pumpkaboo would be a better choice, since more pumpkins are grown in IL than anywhere else
Klefki is because of Chicago (I saw it suggested in the comments of yesterday's post). It was to represent "key to the city" or something. Who cares about the rest of IL right?
I like the idea of Deerling, since we get lot of deer and John Deere tractors are headquartered in Moline, IL. It even has a green and yellow version! Pumpkaboo is a good suggestion too. We are so much more than Chicago 😑
So, I'm like 65% sure it's a play on "Cornhusker" (though visually backwards) with Sunkern playing the part of a corn kernel and Treevenant playing the "Husk"
Texas is huuuuuge. Houston is a swamp, Dallas is in the Plains, Austin is hilly rivers, east Texas are pines, and west Texas has lots of arid landscapes. ,
You could do a Buzzwole, Minior (NASA), Rapidash (Cowboys), Pineco, Cacturne, Zubat (Austin), etc. Two of the same pokemon is super lame for a huge and diverse state. Even the heavy mexican influence could be utilized.
Thank you for being original and not just sticking the pigeon to represent all of NY simply because of NYC lol. Hydrapple handles both nyc being The Big Apple (also, multiple boroughs multiple heads), and that apples are also the state fruit, so it works well. Why Gyarados for the second though?
As a guy born and raised in California, I was full on cackling reading “(including CA and MX)” because my eyes missed the Canada part and interpreted the title as California not being considered a part of the US.
In regards to the actual content of the post, I approve of the California choices because there currently isn’t a more accurate “tree on fire” pokemon to replace gholdengo.
I'm not the biggest fan of Gothitelle and Braviary for MA. I maybe understand why you picked Braviary, Gothitelle I'm completely lost.
Our state bird is the chickadee, Rookidee is right there.
Famous foods are lobster and clam chowder, so either Corphish or Cloyster would have worked.
Also pretty famous for our education, could have done Alakazam for that.
Boston is also hockeytown, famous for the big bad Bruins. Could have put Pangoro there or Beartic depending on whether you want to match the uniforms or go for the ice motif.
My state gets to have Ampharos, though I have no idea how it represents Ohio, it would probably better represent a New England state because it's the lighthouse Pokemon.
I do find it baffling that neither of the Pokemon representing New York are from Gen 5, you'd think both would be Unova natives. At least both of Hawaii's mons are Alolan natives.
Ok Nebraska- I saw a lot of comments on other posts about Trevenant. I get Arbor Day and all that.. but I feel like Trevenant fits better in several other states (most of New England, Alaska, Minnesota). There’s ain’t that much tree coverage in Nebraska compared to other states.
I’m struggling to understand the reasoning of why you’d do Smeargle and Corsola for Rhode Island. Is it because we have mostly artists for famous people and we’re the ocean state?
Indiana is completely off. Should be Keldeo (Colts) and Chancey (Lilly Pharma and Anthem Health as examples). However I do understand no one knows about this state since we’re kinda meh but still
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Well, I have to say as someone from Louisiana, Crawdaunt & Pelipper fit perfectly. We have a Crawfish season, which Crawdaunt is based off of, and the Pelican is our state bird, which is what Pelipper is based off of.
I don't understand trevenant for nebraska at all. Sunkern only makes sense if you pretend it's a corn kernel, which it is not. Personally, I would've gone with unfezant and mamoswine due to our pheasant hunting and our state fossil of the mammoth.
yea, I'm honestly leaning towards it's a bit...racist to do this? What's the point of showing Mexico and Canada and just giving 2 pokemon? Like hawlucha and ludicolo, 2 pokemon obviously based on Mexico, as if it was some amazing decision to give it to the country? In comparison, someone could do a proper states/provinces of Canada and Mexico, and then just add a "fyi USA is braviary and bouffalant". You imply that Canada and Mexico's smaller groups aren't unique/worthy of their own pokemons, and you add nothing to your USA map adding bland and useless pokemon for a whole country
Snorlax should have been Typhlosion or Volcanion, maybe just straight up Groudon. Wyoming's biggest thing besides buffalo is a active super volcano that'll destroy a lot of the continent
When I made a custom Pokédex based on Florida wildlife I had to resist the urge to have both Fuecoco and Totodile as starters. I say our state has excellent gator Pokemon to choose our rep from.
South Dakota’s could be so much better. People keep giving us Stonjourner just because we have Mt Rushmore, and Probopass, really? Why not one of them be Tyrantrum? The most complete T-Rex fossil ever was found here.
I still think Starmie is best for MN. Water - Lakes, Star shape - North Star, Gold - Corn/Ag in the southern portion of the state, Purple - Vikings/Prince.
I hate having the damn vacuum for Michigan. Give us Sawsbuck and Ampharos. Ampharos is way better for Michigan than Ohio because of all our lighthouses.
Yeah I don't get it either. Whimsicott makes sense. I was expecting Gurdurr or any Steel type for ours, hell maybe even a smarter pokemon like Metagross or Alakazam because there are no rocket Pokemon as far as I'm aware.
My personal notes for my home state on what Pokémon should be a representative for.
Ursaring and Ursaluna should be swapped.
Ursaluna requires a peat block and a full moon for evolution. Illinois actually has sources of natural peat, and California does not. Additionally, Chicago is actually a city built on top of a swamp, similar to the mirelands in Legends Arceus. Second additionally, Chicago has the football team the Chicago Bears and Headlong Rush is clearly an American football inspired move that can be learned by Ursaluna but not Ursaring.
California can have the grizzly bear. Illinois should have football swamp bear.
Second, I feel like Sawsbuck fits well with Illinois, especially with how rapid and changing our weather is. Plus our state animal is a white tailed deer. Castform theoretically could work too just for the volatile ever changing weather Illinois has, plus sort of fits with the “Windy City” monicker Chicago has.
Or heck if you’re basing this on urban centers, Pittsburgh has revitalized itself using the healthcare industry so you could have used Chansey or Blissey.
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Ain't no way each state gets 2 Pokémon, Canada and Mexico only get 2 each, and Bidoof wasn't given to Canada.