Primal Reversion

[Leaf_Ranger]

Because your body needs a mineral structure, like bones, to leave fossils. Bugs, plants... jellyfish, they don't leave fossils as we know them (only marks) because their entire bodies degrade; as such, it makes much more sense to think that rock-type pokemon, with their harder, already mineral-like structure could withstand the fossilization process enough to leave more than a mark, and to protect their DNA inside their remains.
Sure, there were all kinds of pokemon in pokemon prehistory, probably, but only a few left fossils, just like in our world.

And lance also used gyarados and charizard, before it got a dragon-fire mega (and let's be honest, that was simply audience pandering; the true charizard mega is mega charizard Y).
And above all, don't forget that in GF's design guidelines, strong reptiles and dinosaurs (such as pterodactyls) are covered under the Dragon type (much like a certain non-dragon fire dragon).

Well, more Pokémon could be preserved in ambar and so DNA would be found without what's left being just bones! It's only lack of thought by GF because they could go with more "fossils" obtained from ambar.
You do have a point about Charizard.

 

[professorlight]

Well, more Pokémon could be preserved in ambar and so DNA would be found without what's left being just bones! It's only lack of thought by GF because they could go with more "fossils" obtained from ambar.
You do have a point about Charizard.

Well, there's already one Pokemon preserved in amber, and amber simply does not have the variety fossil remains have.
So, if they did such a thing, how loud would the protests of unoriginality get?

 

[Leaf_Ranger]

Well, there's already one Pokemon preserved in amber, and amber simply does not have the variety fossil remains have.
So, if they did such a thing, how loud would the protests of unoriginality get?

I can't say that. I certainly wouldn't call it unoriginal and if some wouldn't like perhaps most of people could see it as a nice way to introduce primal Pokémon without the use of fossil Pokémon and without Rock type, not to mention that a few people would like to see a game with only those so with that move, despite not seeing it becoming true, they would perhaps be happy with the second best alternative.

 

[Scattered mind]

What if it is the opposite ? What if Fossil Pokemon looks the same as they were before and in their time, there were also many other Pokemon who through time had changed their form into what we know today?
e.g Primal Tropius (which already looks like a dinosaur btw).

They can virtually make any Pokemon go Primal.
I also think that we need to see another Primal evolution in order to learn more about the Primal design and how is it different than Mega evolution.

 

[Leaf_Ranger]

What if it is the opposite ? What if Fossil Pokemon looks the same as they were before and in their time, there were also many other Pokemon who through time had changed their form into what we know today?
e.g Primal Tropius (which already looks like a dinosaur btw).

They can virtually make any Pokemon go Primal.
I also think that we need to see another Primal evolution in order to learn more about the Primal design and how is it different than Mega evolution.

First of, I'd like that Primal reversion was a definitive thing, not a temporary one like Megas. The way it is now it seems that the only difference is that Kyogre and Groudon had too much power and their sleep meant "losing" some of it with a change in their look.

About other Primal, I think that doing that is letting GF have an excuse for somewhat random "new" Pokémon! By having fossil Pokémon have primal reversion from now on, we known at least that they wil be entirely new Pokémon because there'll be the new line with a third stage reversion. Having reversion as an excuse for dinousaur-looking Pokémon is just indeed having Megas with other name (unless revesion is definitive which is a nice option since some Pokémon can then have a double "4th stage" between a Mega and a Primal, each one with pros and cons) but with the same problem of having GF mess it up by either making reversions for the ones fans likes. I mean, in real life dragons are somewhat dinossaurs so Dragon-types would be prone to that. SO, what to say of Charizard being favored with having 3 different 4th stages options with two being Megas and one being a Primal? I'll tell you, people will be asking for a Primal Charizard just because they love it.

Except for GF's messing up aain, I love your idea. I can already imagine Primal Meganium, an Water type Primal Drapion, a Primal Yanmega, a Primal Sceptile but then again it would lead to disparity between starters. We know that it's most likely that all starters will have a Mega but not every one of them can have a Primal. Gen. V and VI seem the least probable candidates for it and yet it would be unfair to have Primal for those above and not these, namely when in my case I'm all about having a choice.

PS: some can say that fossil Pokémon, namely those already known, having s Primal is now written off because Mega Aerodactyl has screwed it but in this case, he could have that "4th stage" branched option by introducing a Primal and also ending that Pokémon's website info about it.