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"what happened to pokemon designs" is you're 40 years old now, you are no longer the target audience
Honestly the Pokedex does need a thorough purge. Get rid of all of the fap bait, the "humans in a costume", and the gimmickmon (that includes all mega evolutions).
I blame the decline of Digimon, which lead to the Digimonfication of Pokemon design.
this might be true actually, but I will still defend silly shit like buzzwole as an s-tier pokeyman
Adaptive radiation. After an extinction event surviving species rapidly diversify to fill new niches.
If your pokemon's Wikipedia entry includes a subheading titled "As A Sex Symbol", that pokemon should be purged.
Look at the original design. Angewomamon from Digimon this critter ain't
If someone wants to fuck this thing it says more about them than Game Freak. I don't think it's Game Freak's fault weird nerds oversexualise anything even vaguely girl-shaped
Also that Wikipedia article is fucking hilarious
Maybe I was being a bit harsh yesterday, but Gardevoir still gives "person in a costume" energy to me.
Like, compare to Bellossom.
Bellossom also gives "person in a costume" energy, but the plantlike elements are much stronger and the humanlike elements are much weaker, so this one would get a pass in my Pokedex.
I don't think the humanoids are so bad, just overrepresented and maybe a little too human (contrast Mewtwo)
And the gimmicks are fun
I'm a gen oner and I say that every Pokemon should be based on an animal or object!
pay no attention to polywhirl, abra, machop, hitmonlee, hitmonchan, mr mime, jynx, or mewtwoWhen you said "gimmick", I honestly assumed you were thinking of something like Klefki, which is basically an object with a fae tie-in, putting it somewhat ahead of Magnemite's concept (I like both, to be clear). What did you have in mind by gimmick? Like Porygon or Ditto? (two of my favorites)
As an aside, I'd probably make another carve-out for Yokai and Yokai-like creatures, which would be good for Jynx except that her design is kind of lame for other reasons.
Sprigatito becoming a humanoid cat is top 10 worst gamefreak decision
I honestly like the final stage's design (mostly the mask), but I do definitely agree that there's a massive over-representation of humanoids in starter lines generally
I will take a bullet for Mr Mime