Is GameFreak... *sigh* running out of ideas?

[FSNW5yiFrXVXqv]

I thought Burmy was the first bagworm. Never paid attention to species, but more of the Pokemon's physical appearance and dex entries /surprised

Pineco, a bagworm XD could never have guessed.

 

[Livewire]

I was wondering when one of these would show up. Every generation, this comes up. Be quiet and play the games if you want, christ.

and Litwick is freaking awesome how dare you

 

[Sydian]

Inspiration and imagination are infinite. So no. They're not running out of ideas.

 

[T!M]

Inspiration and imagination are infinite. So no. They're not running out of ideas.

By that logic they never will. :)

 

[Sweets Witch]

Something to keep in mind is that in some cases the Pokemon may appear to be very similar (like how every early-game bird is a...well, bird), but they're individually based on different species of animals (like pigeons, owls, swallows, etc.). It's like the difference between Stantler and Sawsbuck. So the argument that GF is recycling the same species of Pokemon to fill different roles like early-game bird or token Normal type is largely false. They're recycling the roles themselves. Very, very few bases for Pokemon overlap. Pineco and Burmy are in this category, but wouldn't be if Pineco's classification was something other than "the Bagworm Pokemon" since the bagworm part is hardly noteworthy.