Convergent Pokémon can be found in the Laken region as well! Shucklin resembles Applin, but is an entirely unrelated species! Its split evolutions are also quite different from Flapple and Appletun!
Part of my Great Lakes fakemon pokedex project! You can find all my fakemon posts under the tag Laken Fakemon!
My friend and I made some variant forms! She designed Roggenrola and Boldore :D
#524 Roggenrola: It has a jolly disposition, bouncing around caves using its psychic energy. Its hexagonal ear is sensitive to sound which fuels its psychic power. When it releases this stored energy, it makes a pleasant ringing sound.
#525 Boldore: Its stored energy has sharpened the crystals on its head, enhancing its psychic power. The cavities in its limbs can shoot powerful sonic waves, which can leave a high-pitched ringing in its victim’s ears.
#526 Gigalith: This Pokemon is usually found in hidden, meditative caves. Whenever it takes a step, it makes a low-pitched, bell-like sound. Under the night sky, it uses the power of the cosmos to release psychic waves capable of shattering mountains.
It has come to my attention that I used a faulty diagram for my source (not the one in the above article), so I must issue a correction: a turnip bulbasaur would be B. rapa and not B. oleracaea. Same genus, different species. Sorry turnipsaur, you belong on a different diagram.
I imagine each region has it’s own variation, sort of like allopatric speciation, but with pokemon. They were based on the sprites of their respective gens too!