Why were Jigglypuff, Gardvoir, and Marill changed to be Fairy types?

They’ve been there for so long, so how the hell do you go from one type to another without evolving!? I don’t hate Sylveon, but I just hate the new type and the fact they change old types because now people are going to want explanations on how long have they been hiding their Fairy powers.

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Well.. It’s not the first time a Type has been changed. One example is Magnemite. It used to be pure Electric. Now its Electric/Steel.GameFreak may just think that Fairy suites them. It also may give them an advantage in the games and in competitive.

Lastly, the Egg Group Fairy contains those Pokeemon, and the Water Egg group contains many Water Types. Maybe GameFreak decided that the Egg Group’s name should be an actual type.

Overall, there’s no way to really tell. This is just speculation. Only GameFreak/The Pokemon Company knows.

Gamefreak said it themselves. They wanted to bring dragon types under control, so they created a new type that is at the advantage to dragon. Rumor has it that fairy is weak to poison and steel, types that arnt great offensively, and resisted by fire and psychic, rather poor offensive types, while resisting fighting, a powerful offensive type. Basically, it appears that game freak isleveling the playing fieldwhen it comes to types, so that the overpowered types like dragon are put under control while “weaker” types like poison get their chance to shine. This is kind of like how the introduction of dark and steel limited the reign of psychic types while giving fighting types a chance. Retconning is nothing new either. Magneton was once a pure electric type, but now everyone has accepted its steel typeyness. Our favorite Pokemon while still retain there original typings, but gain new ones as well, and with them likely gain new moves and advantages. In the end, like it or not, the fairy type is here to stay, and you’ll get accustomed to the existence of fairies in this world of demons, dragons, giant bugs, walking plants and rocks with fists.

I would understand why Claffairy and Jigglypuff would be best suited as Fairy types but Marill, Gardvior and the rest is a bit out of the blue. Is Snubbull a fairy type? It says in the pokedex that it’s a Fairy Pokemon haha!