he became the proto-“first” Gym Leader that we sawin Sugimori’s concept art on his Twitter. He may have been the original Gym Leader for Viridian City. His design doesn’t seem to evoke a type – perhaps he was a Normal
One other factor is sheer experimentation. I’ve read the ingame tier lists many times and know that Diglett is the best Ground type in RBY; however, how would something like Sandshrew or Cubone do in the Ground type role? (fyi Sandshrew’s pretty good and Cubone is awful). I do thi...