Pokémon Needs More Slowpokes

The first generation of Pokémon featured an interesting category of designs which have been largely absent from future gens. Why is that? Links: Parker's video on Sunrise on the Reaping:    • Why There's A Poem In Sunrise On The Reaping   FlyingRotten's Cubone comic:   / cuptg2nqg36   Jan 2011 Nintendo Dream translation: https://lavacutcontent.com/ken-sugimo... Jadranka Stojaković's interview with Radio Sarajevo: https://radiosarajevo.ba/metromahala/... Pokémon Designers interview with Yomiuri: https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/fukayomi/20... Unofficial Pokédex translation: https://lavacutcontent.com/satoshi-ta... My BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/kadabraguy.b... Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 02:18 - What Is a Slowpoke? 04:36 - Why Is a Slowpoke? 06:39 - Slowpoke!! :D 07:20 - Cubone 08:24 - Snorlax 09:24 - Chansey 10:31 - Eevee 11:33 - The Kaiju 12:30 - Anchored by Evolution 13:20 - Pseudo-pokes 16:04 - Where Is a Slowpoke? 17:52 - Theory 1 20:00 - Theory 2 20:46 - Theory 3 22:42 - Theory 4 24:55 - Outro