[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

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And thats it. Its all we know about Melmetal and Meltan. Its basically all his Lore. *Sigh* I miss the times Gamefreak make better work in making the Lore of Legendary more interesting. This is the same case of Magearna and Zerahora. They make a little more interesting Lore when have come to Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, but still lacks from something interesting. And Zerahora its only a Pokemon who absorb eletricity...and thats it. Its a living battery. 

Mythicals typically get more lore when they either a) show up in in-game events (which are currently on hiatus as far as we know) or b) are featured in one of the movies.  Magearna actually has quite a lot of lore, but you have to watch the Volcanion movie to see it in action.  Marshadow and Zeraora were actually featured in the first two reboot movies.  For all we know, Meltan and Melmetal might show up in the next one (which is a reboot of the very first pokemon movie).

So yeah.  Most of the lore for mythicals comes from the Pokemon Anime these days.  And since Meltan and Melmetal haven't been in the anime yet, that means we only have those 2 pokedex entries to go off of so far.

Y'know this is something I've been wondering for quite some time: how the heck do pupa Pokemon, such as Kakuna or Metapod even execute the move Bug Bite?

Beats me. Its one of the things we might never know. Its like Arbok using Sucker Punch without having arms or Kyurem not learn Ice Punch (despite the fact he literally have a Ice Punch).

Sucker Punch actually isn't a punching attack.  Its Japanese name directly translates to 'surprise attack' (a much more general name), which is why many pokemon without hands can learn it.  It's also the most common example of a move's actual interpretation getting somewhat lost in translation.

Kyurem can't learn Ice Punch because base Kyurem and White Kyurem don't punch things (I don't think base Kyurem is even capable of punching things with those short arms...).  Yeah, Black Kyurem probably could, but since they all share the same movepool (with slight alterations), things need to be kept consistent for all of them, I imagine.