Pokemon Gen 10 Could Easily Fix a Problem That's Been…

My name is Joshua Duckworth, and I like Bug-types. I don't really know how or when that became a thing. It certainly wasn't back in Pokemon Yellow, but now I will always have one bug-type Pokemon on my team regardless of the game. If they have no supporters in the entire world, it's because I am dead. Yanmega is easily my favorite Bug-type and overall Gen 4 Pokemon, but Escavalier is up there as well despite the huge Fire weakness. And I sincerely hope Pokemon Gen 10 finally gives the little guys the justice they have been denied for so long, and it could easily knock out two issues plaguing Bugs: typing and status.

Pokemon Gen 10 is still some time off, sure, but I don't have much confidence in Pokemon Legends: Z-A doing it. It doesn't seem like it's adding any new Pokemon, and of the new Mega Evolutions rumored for Pokemon Legends Z-A, there's only one Bug-type among them: Mega Scolipede. That doesn't inspire confidence, but I've been patient for this long. I can wait a little longer, but if it doesn't happen in Gen 10, I'm not quite sure developer Game Freak is ever going to pull the trigger.

Justice for the Bug Type

There are two areas where Bug-type Pokemon have never been represented: there is no Bug-type Legendary and there are no Bug/Dragon-type Pokemon. Regarding the latter, there have been plenty of types that weren't represented in games that Game Freak would bring into the next generation. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet introduced several new type combinations: Bug/Dark, Electric/Fighting, Poison/Normal, Grass/Fire, Steel/Poison, Fighting/Ground, and Fairy/Fighting. Assuming Pokemon Gen 10 does the same with the dwindling list, Bug/Dragon could easily be among them. Yes, it is an absolute injustice that Yanmega is not a Bug/Dragon Pokemon, but I doubt Yanmega's typing is going to change.

Unused Type Combinations Ahead of Pokemon Gen 10

Bug/Dragon
Fire/Fairy
Fairy/Ground
Ice/Poison
Rock/Ghost
Normal/Bug
Normal/Ice
Normal/Rock
Normal/Steel

Every Pokemon type has a legendary associated with it except the Bug-type. Yes, Genesect exists, but Genesect is a mythical Pokemon. Buzzswole and Pheromosa also exist, but they are Ultra Beasts. A traditional legendary Bug-type Pokemon doesn't exist. And while a Bug-type legendary and perhaps a Bug/Dragon-type Pseudolegendary could work wonders, the simplest solution is just to make a Bug/Dragon-type Legendary in Gen 10. Boom, done.

Bug-type Pokemon are typically perceived as low-level and weak Pokemon who historically evolve faster than others, but never to the same heights. It makes them great early route Pokemon to catch, but Genesect, Buzzswole, and Pheromosa are all proof that powerful, awesome Bug Pokemon can totally exist and work. It doesn't even have to be a Box Legendary; a legendary trio revolving around Bugs could easily work, with there being a Bug/Dragon among them. I just want one, Game Freak, c'mon, so even if it's just a one-off legendary, that's fine too.

We can only wait and see when Pokemon Gen 10 news starts rolling out, which will probably be well after Pokemon Legends: Z-A comes out. Just know I'll be heartbroken if it doesn't happen, and I'll be bugging all my friends about it too.

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