Pokémon that belong to a different region

[Corveone]

Pokémon introduced on each gen are allways referred to as Pokémon from the region in which the new games from that gen take. So, gen 4 Pokémon are "from Sinnoh", Gen 6 Pokémon are "from Kalos", etc. But is this allways an accurate depiction of things? Well, not really.

The idea for this thread came from Yungoos and Gumshoos. Their dex entries say they aren't actually Pokémon from Alola, but were merely imported from another region to deal with a Rattata outbreak. So considering we could only find them in Alola and Paldea so far, could the Yungoos line be actually a Paldean Pokémon, or maybe it came from a region we have yet to discover?

Besides dex entries, there's also another factor: in-game availability. Certain Pokémon can only be found in their respective games in the Safari Zone (or even only obtained as gifts, but can't be found otherwise), which implies that they don't actually belong to that region, especially when their availability is much higher in other regions. Tauros was only available in Kanto in the Safari Zone, but it can be found as a regular wild Pokémon in Johto and a few other regions. Houndour is a Pokémon "from Johto" but, surprise, it's nowhere to be found in Johto except for the HGSS remakes, and even there it's only in the Safari zone. Eevee was, for various gens, an extremely rare Pokémon that you could only receive as a gift or by "buying" it with casino coins, and it was only many games later that we could finally start finding Eevee living in a natural wild environment.

So which Pokémon do you consider that belong to a different region than the one they were introduced?

 

[𒈟Lavemu𒐫]

Copperajah is indicated to have came from a not yet known region, probably an indian one.

Sword entry: "They came over from another region long ago and worked together with humans. Their green skin is resistant to water."
Scarlet entry: "This Pokémon was brought to Paldea long ago by people from a faraway land. It's so strong that it can easily pull an airplane."

 

[ReKoil]

Copperajah was the first to come to mind but is already mentioned.


Zigzagoon/Linoone then:

'Hoenn' Zigzagoon:
Shield - Zigzagoon that adapted to regions outside Galar acquired this appearance. If you've lost something, this Pokémon can likely find it.

Galarian Zigzagoon:
Shield - Thought to be the oldest form of Zigzagoon, it moves in zigzags and wreaks havoc upon its surroundings.

Apparently Galarian Zigzagoon/Linoone are the oldest/original forms, thus they are originally from Galar.

 

[Sheep]

Magearna should be from Kalos. And the more I think on it, the more Skarmory seems like a Hoenn mon to me.. @_@

 

[Devalue]

The Treasures of Ruin. Originally came from the east.

Hitmonchan/Hitmonlee. Could not catch either in the wild. Waited until Diamond/Pearl to find wild Tyrogue.

 

[Corveone]

Another one that comes to mind is Roselia. As a kid I used to think it was a Pokémon introduced in Sinnoh, given that in Hoenn it was such an underwhelming single stage Pokémon that you could find in like... one route (?) in the entire region.

Not only it was forgettable and easy to miss, but also both its pre-evolution and its evolution actually came out in the Gen 4 games, and Roselia itself had a lot more protagonism in Sinnoh, showing up more often in the wild and used by trainers. Even Cynthia, and the rival (if Piplup was not your starter) had a Roserade in their teams.

 

[Gruffin]

One that comes to mind is Riolu/Lucario. They're Gen IV pokemon, but in order to get them in the Sinnoh games, you must hatch them from an egg you receive from Riley on Iron Island. Meanwhile, they show up in the wild in all subsequent regions.

The thing that complicates this is that they do show up in the wild in Hisui, so...Maybe they were actually from Hisui/Sinnoh, but went extinct in the wild?

 

[KaiserFenrir]

Hisuian Pokémon confuse me.
We're to believe that many of the pokemon that got new evolutions set in this time period died off or devolved and became unable to obtain these forms? I just don't understand why they seem to loose them.
The only one that I think is believable would be Kleavor as it could be argued that the evolution stone needed for them became over mined and couldn't allow the Scyther to evolve that way.

 

[Curt_09]

There's always the possibility that we have entered the era of the Pokemon "multiverse" where the world no longer needs internal consistency between games. Maybe the Hisuan Pokemon went extinct, or maybe it's just a different version of the past.

 

[Corveone]

The only Hisuian Pokémon that seem "extint" to me are Sneasler and Overqwil, because they evolved from regional forms that apparently only existed in the past. Maybe Basculegion too, since it's exclusive to the white-stripped form.

As for others, nothing would stop Scyther and Ursaring from evolving into Kleavor and Ursaluna respectively, provided that you find the evolutionary items, but there's nothing special about the Scythers and Ursarings found in Hisui. Same for Wyrdeer, you just need your everyday Stantler to learn a specific move. And Enamorus is a legendary that's just less known than their Unova counterparts.

Among regional forms, maybe the Hisuian Growlithe, Zorua, and Voltorb lines could be considered extint. The others: Decidueye, Typhlosion, Samurott, Avalugg, Braviary, Lilligant, and Sligoo/Goodra are simply cases of regular foreign Pokémon evolving different when they're in Hisui (so presumably they could still evolve like that in modern Sinnoh)

 

[PhantorGlam]

probably many people already quoted about this, but alolan exegguttor actually is the original form of exeggutor, it's just that the other regions do not have as much sun as alola so he tends to be smaller bc he doesn't have too much sun to grow that large.

 

[Palamon]

Corphish is known to not be from Hoenn. But, we don't know what region it's from. I hope we get to know someday.

 

[miragespot]

I think Beldum is originally from Unova and Zorua is originally from Kalos. This is because in those Pokemon's first games, they were gift Pokemon only. (Technically Beldum did exist in the wild in Sinnoh, but was horde-exclusive, not a typical wild Pokemon).

Eevee was also only a gift Pokemon unti Gen 6, thus I think it is originally from Kalos.

 

[Setsuna]

Didn't really have a good idea for a title for this thread but I was watching this video:

and it talks about how some Pokemon introduced in Gen I's Kanto Pokedex aren't actually native to Kanto due to being gifted to the player or coming from other means. I'm sure there are a lot more examples of this but I'm curious to start a discussion and see if people have any other fun examples?

 

[Explorer of Time]

The full list of these is:

Kanto: Murkrow, Slugma, Houndour

Johto: Jynx, Farfetch'd

Hoenn: Porygon, Zorua, Larvesta

Sevii Islands: Lapras

Fiore/Alola: Gen 1-3 Starters

Sinnoh: Sudowoodo, Togepi/Togetic, Tyrogue, Beldum

Almia/Alola: Gen 4 Starters

Almia: Gen 4 Fossils

Unova: Castform, Riolu

Kalos: Eevee

Alola: Gen 5/6 Starters

Galar: Gen 1/3/5/6 Fossils

Undiscovered: Galar Fossils, Gen 7/8/9 starters

Spoiler:

The Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn starters are actually found in the wild in Pokemon Ranger, making them technically Fiorean Pokemon of all things. (They're also found in the wild in Alola via Island Scan.)

Sinnoh's starters are also found first in a Pokemon Ranger region, this time Almia, but are also available in Alola via Island Scan and were in Sinnoh back when it was called Hisui.

All Unova and Kalos starters can be found on Alola via Island Scan, but weren't in any Ranger games as they were all in Gen 3 or 4.

All of Kanto's, Hoenn's, Unova's, and Kalos's fossils are found in the wild in Galar's Crown Tundra. Sinnoh's fossils are captureable in the wild in Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, but not in mainline games. Galar's fossils seem to be the only ones that are actually extinct in the wild.

Eevee can be found in Castelia Park and the Trophy Garden, but neither is exactly a wild area. However, Eevee is available on Kalos's Route 10 and has the highest encounter rate there of any game, making it Kalosian.

Lapras is native to Icefall Cave in the Sevii Islands and Sinnoh's Victory Road, but also found in Alola and Kalos, and via special encounters in Galar, Unova, and Johto.

Jynx and Farfetch'd are both only available via trade in RBY but both are available in Johto.

Porygon can be found in the wild in two specific Mirage Spots in Hoenn.

Murkrow, Slugma, and Houndour are actually Kantonian, since though they were introduced in Gen 2, they were exclusively located in Kanto.

Sudowoodo is actually Sinnohian since it and its pre-evo appear in the wild in Sinnoh.

Tyrogue, and by extension all three of its evolutions, is found in Sinnoh's Route 208 and 211, and Unova's Route 10, but only through swarms or the Poke Radar, and as a hidden Pokemon in ORAS, but it's only available normally in Galar.

Togepi is native to Route 230 in Sinnoh's Battle Zone, but can only be found with the Poke Radar. It's also a rare encounter in Galar.

Castform is actually Unovan, found in rustling grass in Route 6, but only in B2W2. You can also find it in SOS battles in Alola.

Beldum can swarm in Sinnoh's Route 228, and be found in Johto's Safari Zone. However, Metang is found in Unova's Giant Chasm, making the Metagross line a little confusing.

Riolu, like Sinnoh's starters, was found in Hisui but doesn't have a population in Sinnoh any more. However, it can be found in the wild in Unova, Kalos, Alola, Galar, and Paldea.

Zorua can be found as a hidden Pokemon in Hoenn's Route 101 in ORAS, in the Trainer's School grass in Alola, or in Hisui, the Isle of Armor, or Paldea.

Larvesta is a Mirage Spot Pokemon in Hoenn and also available in Alola, the Isle of Armor, Hisui, and Paldea.

The Gen 7 and 8 starters are found in the Terarium but we still don't know their natural habitats.

And finally we still don't know where the Gen 9 starters are really from.