Subject: Personally, I still prefer Missingno.
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Posted on: 2014-03-11 23:05:00 UTC

Because:

a) It was there right at the start. If the mini is Rayquaza, what did PPC Agents encounter when they went on Pokemon missions before Gen. III existed? There may not be any recorded missions, but RC numbers go up into the millions - there's tons of agents out there we've never heard of.

b) It isn't a major canon character. The Balrog, and Aragog, are both pretty minor villains. Memorable, but minor. Rayquaza is a major mythological figure. Missingno, of course, has no canon status either way, which I think is preferable. (Deoxys might be most preferable on this point, actually)

c) It's downright adorable. Come on, what would you rather have - a green dragon-snake-thing (yawn) or a miniature skeletal Pokemon which occasionally transforms into a living patch of static?

d) It seems entirely appropriate for the resolution to 'we don't know what this should be', to be 'what happens when the game doesn't know what this should be'. ;)

I, of course, will never do anything in the Pokemon verses, and so have no stake in this at all; but you wanted opinions.

hS

PS: When Phobos said he remembered one that looked like Kangaskhan, he was likely thinking of 'M (00), which a) looks identical to the classic static Missingo, and b) evolves into Kangaskhan. It also shares a type (Bird/Normal) with Missingno. By an amazing coincidence, it's also exactly the same height as Rayquaza - maybe the agents who thought they saw mini-Rayquazas have a very specific vision problem? :P :P :P

hS

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