5. Breeding
Having finished the subject of baby Pokémon it's only natural we discuss breeding next. Introduced in generation two, breeding has become one of the best aspects of the game allowing players to multiply their rare Pokémon and obtain new movesets previously unavailable in specific species. It's also just one more reason why these games cannot be compared to real life. Breeding within the game is rather simple when you get down to the basics. You must have one male and one female Pokémon in order to produce an offspring. So far, so good. The two species must also match up based on their "egg group" which prevents cross-breeding between say, a pigeon and an elephant. Kudos to Game Freak and Nintendo for coming up with this concept in order to establish some semblance of reality. However, even these "egg groups" have their flaws. For instance, while you can't breed a sunflower and a snake there's nothing holding you back from doing so with a kitten and a whale. Furthermore, despite the possibility of breeding two extremely different species the offspring will always match one of the two species used exactly. There are no hybrids available. In real life when you breed a horse and a donkey - same genus, separate species - you obtain a mule also of the same genus but an entirely new species. And what is up with the fact that all Pokémon come from eggs? Even the mammalian ones? It's hard to believe any Pokémon species diverged into a new one when you can't even hybridize.