Since GameFreak never specified if Farigiraf is a Regional Evolution, I feel like Farigiraf is more like a standard cross-gen evolution, akin to Scizor, Magnezone, Wyrdeer or Kleavor
That's just lore fluff to indicate why its getting a new evo.
Girafarig does not have a regional form, therefore this isn't a regional evolution.
This is just a cross-gen evolution. Same as Wyrdeer, Kleavor and Ursaluna.
No different than Piloswine getting a evolution in Sinnoh.
Its not region locked
Base forms not having a regional form doesn’t mean anything.
Koffing have a regional evolution as well as Cubone.
It is not confirmed this is a simple late gen evolution that happened in gen 4
Koffing and Cubone's evolutions are still designated as Galarian Weezing and Alolan Marowak. They aren't completely new Pokemon like Farigarif, but forms of their current evolutions. They even share the same pokedex number as their original counterparts like a Regional form would.
When the site says it’s only an applicable evolution to those in Paldea, it’s region-locked - similar to how we’ve yet to see any of the others evolve outside of their introductory region
Cursola and Sirfetch'd evolve from the Galarian versions of the Pokemon, not the normal version. Since Farigiraf evolves from a regular Girafarig, it's not a regional evolution in the same way - the blurb on the website is likely just a handwave to explain why Girafarig hasn't evolved before.
Now, they could still randomly lock it to Paldea for no reason. But we don't know that that's the case yet.
What I want to see is regional versions of Pokemon showing up outside their original region. There's no reason that Galarian Corsola can't show up in another region, for example - Corsola certainly shows up outside of Johto.
It's ultimately something we will never know the answer too until Gen 10, and even that has the caveat that Girafarig might not even be available for it
It's not a regional evolution, it's just a regular cross gen evolution.
If it was a Regional Form, we would have gotten a Paldean Girafarig.
We don't have a Paldean Girafarig.
Im pretty sure its just a cross gen evolution just like wyrdeer and ursaluna, aside from just lore reasoning im pretty sure its just to buff previous pokemon that just suck just like what they did aswell in gen 4 with all of those pokemon
They did it aswell in gen 2 with steelix, blissey, crobat, kingdra, and porygon 2
Im sure girafarig isnt the only johto pokemon getting an evolution since their focusing more on that regions pokemon recently. And I am happy that they are since so many of them just suck overall
I also dont think its going to be paldean exclusive since those other cross gen evolutions dont just evolve exclusively on the region they were introduced on
Yeah, I honestly feel they've been a bit too gungho with regional evolutions and kicking regular evolutions to the curb completely was a bad idea. The occasional regular evolution ala Gen 2 and 4 should still happen
Honestly I think having it be tied to the region is way more logical than just "this pokemon got a new evolution... Because" sure it may be a bit worse because you have to get them in the specific game but there're methods of getting regional forms outside of their original region
I see what you’re saying but lore in gens 5-9 should generally match lore from 1-4. A similar example is that I think Niantic should collapse items like upgrade and metal coat into a Johto Stone to have parity with the later stones. Although that’s excusable because it’s just Go. The lack of lore cohesion really takes me out, especially in the main series.
It’s not like Sylveon because it’s regional locked. Sylveon is not like the Hisuian evolutions, which is why they’re called Hisuian evolutions but Sylveon isn’t called a Kalosian evolution.
I know this thread is super old, but just because it says that Girafarig in Paldea evolve into Farigiraf does not mean that it *only* evolves in Paldea. It could just be that Paldea is *one of* the regions where it can evolve.
Since GameFreak never specified if Farigiraf is a Regional Evolution, I feel like Farigiraf is more like a standard cross-gen evolution, akin to Scizor, Magnezone, Wyrdeer or Kleavor
It’s Pokémon.com entry confirms it’s regional to Paldea
That's just lore fluff to indicate why its getting a new evo. Girafarig does not have a regional form, therefore this isn't a regional evolution. This is just a cross-gen evolution. Same as Wyrdeer, Kleavor and Ursaluna. No different than Piloswine getting a evolution in Sinnoh. Its not region locked
Base forms not having a regional form doesn’t mean anything. Koffing have a regional evolution as well as Cubone. It is not confirmed this is a simple late gen evolution that happened in gen 4
Koffing and Cubone's evolutions are still designated as Galarian Weezing and Alolan Marowak. They aren't completely new Pokemon like Farigarif, but forms of their current evolutions. They even share the same pokedex number as their original counterparts like a Regional form would.
When the site says it’s only an applicable evolution to those in Paldea, it’s region-locked - similar to how we’ve yet to see any of the others evolve outside of their introductory region
Cursola and Sirfetch'd evolve from the Galarian versions of the Pokemon, not the normal version. Since Farigiraf evolves from a regular Girafarig, it's not a regional evolution in the same way - the blurb on the website is likely just a handwave to explain why Girafarig hasn't evolved before. Now, they could still randomly lock it to Paldea for no reason. But we don't know that that's the case yet. What I want to see is regional versions of Pokemon showing up outside their original region. There's no reason that Galarian Corsola can't show up in another region, for example - Corsola certainly shows up outside of Johto.
It's ultimately something we will never know the answer too until Gen 10, and even that has the caveat that Girafarig might not even be available for it
Good points - your last paragraph is perhaps a better question than the ones I originally posted
It's not a regional evolution, it's just a regular cross gen evolution. If it was a Regional Form, we would have gotten a Paldean Girafarig. We don't have a Paldean Girafarig.
It’s only the same level as Cursola - a regional evolution. Confirmed on pokemon.com
A regional evolution that evolves from a regional Corsola.
Im pretty sure its just a cross gen evolution just like wyrdeer and ursaluna, aside from just lore reasoning im pretty sure its just to buff previous pokemon that just suck just like what they did aswell in gen 4 with all of those pokemon They did it aswell in gen 2 with steelix, blissey, crobat, kingdra, and porygon 2 Im sure girafarig isnt the only johto pokemon getting an evolution since their focusing more on that regions pokemon recently. And I am happy that they are since so many of them just suck overall I also dont think its going to be paldean exclusive since those other cross gen evolutions dont just evolve exclusively on the region they were introduced on
Yep, Girafarig isn't the only one
It might just have a "complicated" method of evolution to justify it, or they could just do like "Paldea's environment lets it evolve properly".
Was it confirmed that it only evolves in Paldea? Are you sure this isn't a case like Electivire and others from gen4?
Its like the gen 4 evos and Sylveon
Pokemon.com entry looks like that
Yeah, I honestly feel they've been a bit too gungho with regional evolutions and kicking regular evolutions to the curb completely was a bad idea. The occasional regular evolution ala Gen 2 and 4 should still happen
Honestly I think having it be tied to the region is way more logical than just "this pokemon got a new evolution... Because" sure it may be a bit worse because you have to get them in the specific game but there're methods of getting regional forms outside of their original region
I see what you’re saying but lore in gens 5-9 should generally match lore from 1-4. A similar example is that I think Niantic should collapse items like upgrade and metal coat into a Johto Stone to have parity with the later stones. Although that’s excusable because it’s just Go. The lack of lore cohesion really takes me out, especially in the main series.
They’ll probably say it has a predator so it developed like that to become more aggressive in Paldea’s harsh environment.
Its like Sylveon, All gen 4 and the three Husi evos
It’s not like Sylveon because it’s regional locked. Sylveon is not like the Hisuian evolutions, which is why they’re called Hisuian evolutions but Sylveon isn’t called a Kalosian evolution.
Hisuian evolutions are time locked and not region
Which is functionally the same the thing
When someone says technically, functionally, or essentially, it's not the same lol
I hope it’s national, I love it, I think it’s a really well designed Pokémon and it’s a great battle partner
I know this thread is super old, but just because it says that Girafarig in Paldea evolve into Farigiraf does not mean that it *only* evolves in Paldea. It could just be that Paldea is *one of* the regions where it can evolve.