>>58161823
Just because Ilima looks like a faggot and Mina is an artist doesn't mean they were swapped

>■キャプテン7:その1 プリンスにしてマニア
>陸ライドの達人。のちにノーマルジムリーダーになる。
>名称:イリマ
>アオイ科の植物。
>イリマは、もっとも高貴なレイフラワーの一つであり、ハワイの人々にとって、とても馴染みの深い花。色は黄色。

>Captain 7: Part 1 - Prince and Maniac
>A master of land riding. Later becomes a Normal Gym Leader.
>Name: Ilima
>A plant of the mallow family.
>Ilima is one of the most noble lei flowers, and is very familiar to the people of Hawaii. Its color is yellow.

>■キャプテン7:その7 妖精画家
>ポケファインダー(ポケモンスナップ)に精通する。のちのフェアリージムリーダーになる可能性がある。
>●名称:マツリカ
>茉莉花。モクセイ科ソケイ属(ジャスミン、素馨)の1種の常緑半蔓性灌木。ハワイ語ではピカケ

>Captain 7: Part 7 - Fairy Painter
>Proficient in PokéFinder (Pokémon Snap). Potential to become a future Fairy Gym Leader.
>Name: Matsurika (Mina)
>Matsurika. An evergreen, semi-creeping shrub of the Oleaceae family, genus >Jasmine (Jasmine, Soka). In Hawaiian, it's called pikake.

>>58101255
Dev doesn't work that way, there's a reason Morimoto got in hot water for inserting Mew in the first place because the game could have legitimately become unplayable if Mew broke the game. And Mew was inserted in the first available MissingNo. slot in the game. What >>58101281 said applies. They were haphazardly inserting stuff as they went along and just yoinked it out of the code if it went unused because swapping code means you also have to make sure to check for all possible references to that index check for the right index otherwise you end up with the Burn Heal Ball in Gen II

>>58101267
Again, dev notes outright confirm it was never intended to be the case. Just people looking for shit that isn't there because of their own paranoia. There are examples of this though, like Wally was supposed to be the 7th Gym Leader and was replaced by Tate & Liza