moves with confusing types

[Duck]

Light is produced through a phenomenon known as electromagnetic radiation, which is composed of both a magnetic and an electrical component. Magnetic > electrical, Electrical component > says it in it's name! Source https://www.reference.com/science/light-produced-3e9b872b6c30ca4f

True, but by that logic Fire shouldn't be a type at all since heat is nothing but infrared radiation - which is also an EM wave. Nor should Ice, since it's just an absence of heat, which again, is an EM wave.

With Pokémon, higher level abstractions are more important than the bare tacks. So if the light is related to how plants do photosynthesis the move will be Grass. Moonlight is associated with fairies and other supernatural creatures, so Moonlight becomes Fairy type, and so on.

So why not translate it to hop in English then. That would make so much more sense and more straightforward. You think the average Pokemon player is going to know the Japanese root word?!

Omit it, when you hear the word splash, the first thing that comes to mind is water.

Because when Red and Blue were translated the only Pokémon that had that move was Magikarp, which was water type. So they translated as Splash because they were thinking "fish -> water".

Gen II was backward compatible (to a certain extent) with Gen I so if they just renamed the attack, some things would get confusing. Context matters. We know now that going with Hop would be a better choice, but back in 1997 the translation team didn't.

Why would it be weird to have both moves as normal? Megahorn has a higher BP than Horn Attack. There are other moves that are the same and have the same typing, bind and wrap come to mind.

So according to your logic bugs are the only animals with horns?

As mentioned before, it was made for Heracross. It's bug because it was supposed to be its best attack, that's the only reason.

Again, context matters. When the move was made, it was made for Heracross and was referring especifically to how rhinoceros beetles will use their big horns for battling (which is relatively popular in Japan and was, iirc the inspiration for the Pokémon series as whole).

There's also a balancing thing in that prior to Generation II bug was an offensive non-entity. Megahorn being bug was part of the first step in balancing the type (the following generations would, among other things, make more Pokémon learn that move and introduce other good moves like Signal Beam, Silver Wind, U-Turn, X-Scissor, Bug Buzz, etc.)

 

[apokemoncoordinator]

Sparkling Aria should be a fairy move because the other signature moves of alola starters are their secondary types

 

[Lordecoxinha]

Ok but how come every sand move is ground type but Sandstorm, both the move and the weather, are Rock?

 

[Valroxen]

I feel like Coil is a Poison type move because thats like a snake thing? Ik there are many non Poison type snakes but the two standout ones being Arbok and Seviper (pretty weak argument but eh its worth mentioning).

 

[Adam Levine]

I find it odd that status moves have types at all. Obviously there are situations where those moves' types might come into play (e.g. Protean or Conversion), but it's kinda silly.

Triple Axel is a weird one. You can tell from its animation that it's meant to be an Ice-type move, and an extra coverage move for lots of Pokémon is great too, but I when I first read this move on Serebii.net, I went, "Wait. A kick move. And it's an Ice-type? Is that a typo?"

If you want another move that makes a confusing first impression pun not intended, because First Impression has been talked about in this thread already, there's Fiery Wrath. Obviously, though, being Galarian Moltres's signature move, it makes sense for it to be a Dark-type.

Oh yeah. Why is Rest a Psychic-type move?

 

[Lordecoxinha]

I find it odd that status moves have types at all. Obviously there are situations where those moves' types might come into play (e.g. Protean or Conversion), but it's kinda silly.

Triple Axel is a weird one. You can tell from its animation that it's meant to be an Ice-type move, and an extra coverage move for lots of Pokémon is great too, but I when I first read this move on Serebii.net, I went, "Wait. A kick move. And it's an Ice-type? Is that a typo?"

If you want another move that makes a confusing first impression pun not intended, because First Impression has been talked about in this thread already, there's Fiery Wrath. Obviously, though, being Galarian Moltres's signature move, it makes sense for it to be a Dark-type.

Oh yeah. Why is Rest a Psychic-type move?

I believe a Triple Axel is a figure skating thing, which might justify the reason it's Ice-type.

As for Rest...I dunno, because resting clears your mind from stress? :P