Board Thread:Speculation, Theories, and Rumors/@comment-24165717-20160306062700/@comment-26334172-20160307212436

Considering the diversity and arguable downright strangeness of Pokemon, I think it perfectly logical to assume that these similarities are coincidental. (Note that I know even less about Pokemon than I do about Sonic, as well as that I am leaving the acute off of the E because I am lazy. ^_^)