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I saw that Meltan and Melmetal are now required to finish the Alola Pokedex, and honestly I have to complain at this.

Its being said that people who "finished the dex" before Meltan and Melmetal had an advantage and that this is unfair. Riako has said he disagrees with this but honestly I believe it is unfair. Especially since Meltan and Melmetal were available on site when the Alola Pokedex was able to be completed which did give an unfair advantage to people who got Type: Null before getting Meltan and Melmetal.

My 2nd issue with this is that Meltan and Melmetal aren't Alolan Pokemon and therefore shouldn't be added to the Alola Pokedex. There were introduced in Gen 8 yes but they weren't in Pokemon Sun/ Moon/ Ultra Sun/ Ultra Moon which means they are not Alolan Pokemon. They are Kantonian Pokemon and if they are put into a dex then it should be either Kanto or Emera ( I suggest Emera since Missingo no is also by technicality a Kanto Pokemon) Meltan and Melmetal were introduced in Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee which are based in Kanto not Alola. So having these Pokemon count for the Alola Dex is like having Magearna in the Kalos dex.

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