Why do moves that do the same thing have different PP?

Question

More specifically Switcheroo and Trick, Detect and Protect, and Seismic Toss and Night Shade.

Comments

game freak logic

---

How is it logic? It doesn't make sense.

---

GameFreak logic=Not Logic
Just ask user Swift.

---

Lol ok xD

Answer 1

They basically do the same thing but different Pokemon can learn them. I think alot of Pokemon can use protect but less can use detect so the latter has less PP as it is rare and a fighting type.

Hope this clears it because mostly I think it is how GAMEFREAK wanted really.

Comments

Yes but wouldn't gamefreak want the less common move to have more PP because it is rare? I appreciate the answer though.

---

Actually no because if something is rare you wouldn't find heaps of it would you, because it's rare.

---

Yeah. Which is why the move should have more PP, because it is harder to get and there should be a bigger reward from catching a pokemon that can learn it.

---

I wouldn't say GAMEFREAK is that rewarding but still I stand by what I have said.