The Fascination with Rocks

[Nah]

I'm probably not the only person to see this, right? Ya ever notice how rocks and stones are ever-present in Pokemon and play a somewhat important role? There's the Rock type. There's a Rock type gym leader in every generation except the 5th. Many Pokemon evolve via special stones. Pokemon Mega Evolve through mega stones. There's Steven Stone. The original Tao Dragon and Deoxys came to the world on a meteor (aka big flying space rocks), and Deoxys even requires meteorites in order to change form. There's the meteorite you get at Mt.Chimney. Zekrom and Reshiram's dormant forms are the Dark Stone and the Light Stone. There's an item called the Hard Stone. Rocks even factor into ORAS's Delta Episode (gonna spoiler this part since ORAS is new)

Spoiler:

since a giant asteroid is threatening to impact Hoenn, just like it did twice in the past according to Draconid lore, and Rayquaza's mega evolution is fueled by the energy contained in the meteorites it eats.

Why is there an emphasis on rocks/stones of all things in the Pokemon world?

 

[Kyoe]

It might be a symbolic representation of the earth. In many cultures around the world there's a focus on the earth, the ground, the soil... it may be that the developers are pulling on that to add in a sort of constant character throughout every game in the series. The planet.

OR, maybe they're just weird...

 

[JesteR]

I'm not sure what it means, but I think that it has to do with the fact that rocks are a big part of the real world. Also, you missed the best rock:

 

[moon]

I think it might just be simple to use rocks, stones and gems for stuff like this. If there must be some kind of natural artifacts that can help pokémon evolve and stuff like that, having them be rocks is just the simplest solution. What else would there be, really? Plants? Man-made items? Liquids? Earth without life is rocks and water. It's as natural as it gets.

 

[Kaehl_Valkyrie]

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[Kanzler]

because they think we have rocks for brains hurr

i know i dont hurr

 

[ChikoritaCheezits]

Well they probably think it will make their Pokemon games rock.

*symbol crash*

 

[Harmonious Fusion]

Maybe Steven Stone works for Game Freak.

 

[Alfieri]

Not to mention the first ever pokemon design was Rhydon, a rock-type. And he's the look of every gym statue, monster icon in the party list in the old games, and the substitute doll. lol

This thread gets a 7.8/10 too much rocks.

 

[Bellsprout]

I just saw it as simple and makes sense. There are plenty of rocks and gems in our world that supposedly have powers behind them or symbolize things. Not only that, but they're just a natural part of earth. Pokemon are basically animals for the most part and some use natural items like stones to evolve/change forms.