Pokedex entry says that kids eat Tropius' bananas so... shrug.
Anyway, this argument is stupid. So is the Exeggcute one. Good thing we're set to get a buttload of info next week...
I'd just like to add that a banana is not a vital organ and the consumption of such an item is how seeds are dispersed over great distances. The same argument applies to Exeggcute.
@ Remoraid + Octillery analogy: not the same. Exeggcute are incorporated into Exeggutor itself, explicitly demonstrating that the coconuts or seeds are in fact Exeggcute. If you want to say it is an egg bearing tree, fine. I also understand Vanillite isn't ice cream. I'm more concerned with why a creature would imitate food when it would result in death.
Anyway, I agree the argument is irrelevant. Game Freak will make Pokemon based on their own inspirations and as they bring in new developers, new perspectives will be incorporated. Personally, I don't mind Pokemon based on food or human items for that matter. I think Chandelure is very cool. But Farfetch'd seemingly exists solely for consumption (although I think that's merely the Pokedex and professors being anthropocentric in their research).
Putting that behind us, is anyone going to E3 next week? Seeing how this is going to be a global release and this is the first time they will be doing this iirc, I think a lot of new information could be obtained.