Their brain: "Oh man, a Ponyta!" My brain: "Damn! Did you hear that freakin' cat being strangled by a sheep?!"
Ended up going with Treecko. Just made it past the 3rd gym with a team of: Makuhita Ralts Wingull Grovyle Electrike Surskit
It better have wings. How have we gone over two decades without a pegasus Pokemon? And this is not a rhetorical question. I want extensive psychological profiles of every single employee in Game Freak's history so I might understand their motivations and create a clear and comprehensive picture of how we ended up at this point.
I am all for Galarian Ponyta/Rapidash. I feel like regular Ponyta and Rapidash were never given the attention they deserved.
Clearly flying type. The fire has been replaced by clouds, and Rapidash will then sprout beautiful wings.