Sandile, Krokorok and Krookodile

I could go either way on this one, really.  Let’s see.

ac199-sandileToday I’ll be talking about the desert crocodile Pokémon, Sandile, Krokorok and Krookodile.  They are… well… crocodiles that live in the desert.  That’s a good start, but it does seem to me like the designers have been reusing a formula again – and I’m not talking about the older crocodile Pokémon, Totodile, Croconaw and Feraligatr.  What Game Freak have done is take a North African river animal, shift it a few hundred kilometres west, turn it into a Ground-type with a wave of their magic wand and said “eh; good enough.”  Sound familiar?

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