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>>9452028
Everytime I read this shit I lose braincells. It's about time this meme dies.
Gen 1 had 190 pokemon, we know of all the 40 pokemon that were cut from, none made it to the final version of gen 2. Moreover we have access to several beta versions of gold and silver that show how they were actively heavily redesigning pokemon all the way through development. Now add to this Sugimori interviews which are the cherry on top.

Tyranitar can be argued to be an heavy redesign of the cut gen 1 pokemon Gyaoon but that's about it. Stop spewing false information like it's fact

>"I see. Most Pokemon in Gold & Silver were of the cute variety, but this time…”
>Sugimori: “Indeed, there were a lot of kiddy designs, and some fans were starting to say Pokemon had become too babyish, so one theme for Ruby & Sapphire was returning to the coolness of monsters.
>“In your previous interview at the time of Gold & Silver (February 2000 issue), you said when you were designing Pokemon, you had to consider merchandising, and that created some constraints.”
>Sugimori: “Rather than constraints, I’d say we were careful about a lot of things. Like we’d say ‘if we don’t make a Pokemon this way, they’ll be difficult to animate in the TV show.’ We didn’t really think about those kinds of things this time, which might be bad for the anime staff and independent artists.”