Post the inspiration of whatever pokemonMachamp is clearly inspired by Kinnikuman. He even has 4 arms to do the Akuma Buster, one of the fan favorite moves. Not to mention the obvious lip thing going on
Everyone knows Tyranitar is based on Godzilla
I can't prove it, but I swear Lucario was created to pander to DBZfags
>>58799067I think it's the angry toriyama eyes and the vegeta-esque color scheme. But they made him a cute dog guy with a huge ass so he's better automatically.
>Squakabilly is based on jojoit's bullshit, but I believe it
>>58799067Aesthetically, Street Fighter as wellIt was designed to debut the concept of “ki/spiritual energy” on the Fighting type
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Mewtwo
>>58799067He’s Ryu + the average canid shillmon Digimon.
>>58799047Amoonguss has the exact same face and is only missing the forehead kanji.
>>58799061You mean Baxcalibur
>>58799067it's based off of Blaziken actually, Blaziken was the first fursuit Pokemon they created and Lucario is further experimentation of it. It was a response to gen 2 Pokemon for being too "cute"
>>58799067No, that one is Infernape.And let's not forget DBZ (or at least the first saga, AKA DB) and Infernape are a reference to the chinese tale "Trip to the West"
>>58799129no this is Ryu
>>58802549Ryu does a fireball like what Aura Sphere isMakoto is much closer actual karate
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>>58801189Except none of those are ugly like Lucario (well, Ryu in SF5 and SF6 comes close).