there's something deeply funny to me when companies say shit about their franchise early on before it becomes some ENORMOUS thing down the line
like i literally just learned that nidorina and nidoqueen cannot breed in pokemon games because of some Japan-only book called "Pocket Monsters Encyclopedia" that came out BEFORE breeding was a mechanic saying that once a female nidoran evolves she cannot lay eggs and for some reason this also reminds me of the, like, Magic the Gathering reserve list that was established pretty early on which became a thing of contention many years down the line and that I think Wizards has mentioned they regret
like I have to hand it to these companies for sticking to the random shit they said (though in wizard's case apparently it's legal issues) but also MAN what a wild reason and place for those pokemon to just not be able to lay eggs