this is why things get taken to far because people get dumb ideas and think its cool. not even a bat eevee would be cool and having clouds in the sprite is to much needs to be basic. New Subject, please. i think they are going to reveal the starters sunday.
Dumb ideas? Says who? You? Cause facts sure don't!! Sure Eevee is primarily based on a dog, and we all know that dogs can't fly. But of course they have no need too. (More on that later) A simple argument is to say, what if, hypothetically, Penguins/Emus were the first "birds" discovered. It would be safe to assume that no bird could fly and that'd be a safe assumption...until proven false of course, and we all know that isn't true.
Second of all, every pokedex entry of Eevee's clearly states that it has an irregular genetic make-up that causes it to evolve when exposed to radiation (evolutionary stones) or an environment that has cause for adaptation. I'll use Crystal as an example. "Its ability to evolve into many forms allows it to adapt smoothly and perfectly to any environment. " So basically if Eevee ever had the need to grow wings, it would be a matter of adapting to it's surroundings (cliffsides possibly) or evolving to be able to outrun predators/catch prey. Add that to the fact that Eevee's english name most likely stems from the word EVolution, than it makes sense for it to be able to
evolve no matter what the need. Eevee certainly wouldn't be the first creature to evidently "grow" wings.
Now if we get into the design of Eevee and it's evolutions, we see that it evolves into pokemon whose bodies basically become that of water, ice and grass/leaves. That and Espeon manages to develop supernatural psychic powers and you have many more unbelievable or unnatural things than that of just growing wings. Couple that with the fact that Eevee most likely draws some of it's design inspiration from the Japanese Tanuki which in legends is known to shape shift than really it makes perfect sense for there to be a flying eeveelution.
Finally, this makes sense from a pokemon perspective AND for Nintendo. Shelgon->Salamence or Trapinch->Virbrava are good examples. I know, Shelgon is basically a Dragon's version of a cacoon but it says in Bagon's pokedex entries that it often dreams of flying, than in Salamence's it says that it has finally fulfilled it's dream of flying. Who says that certain Eevee, the pokemon of evolution, don't dream of flying? And to finish it off, from a marketing standpoint this makes alot of sense. For generations people have been crying for a pure flying type and Eevee's evolutionary chains suggest it'd be the perfect candidate to
finally give us a pure flying type. So really it makes sense for the creators to make one as well.
So there we go, a flying typed eeveelution is totally and completely pratical as well as comprehendible. It makes perfect sense!! (I also hope that teaches you Andy, to never call anyone's ideas dumb. :) )
Anyways to respond to the starters thing. Sadly, I only expect them to release one pokemon but I would love if they did release the starters. I'm skeptical but I sure hope you're right!!
