i never got the dragonite hate. this fucker has always been cool to me, way more than charizard
I don't get the hate but I also don't get the loveit's just kinda a generic friendly dragon design you'd see in any 80-90s animation
>>59226180Dragonair is just a better design tbqh famalam
>>59226180Ugly fat design I don't care about.
>>59226180why does Charizard make everyone seethe here
Hydreigon is cooler, despite the fact that Hydreigons life has been pure misery and suffering.
>>59226180Hydreigon > Salamence > Tyranitar > Garchomp > Metagross > Kommo-o > Dragonite > Goodra
>>59226202You are missing two
>>59226210I did not play the Switch Pokémon games. Fuck the Switch Pokémon games! I hate the Switch Pokémon games!Everything after 3DS is not canon.
I got this guy in Johto while doing a genlocke run (nuzlocke through each region bringing the champions to the next game) and I gotta say, once it evolves, Outrage is just unfettered rapeLove this nigga
>>59226210But Dragapult is better than Baxcalibur.And both probable get between Dragonite and Goodra. I just really hate Goodra because it is ugly and fetish bait.
>>59226180Dratini and Dragonair are just cooler designs.
>>59226192Insecure borts.
>>59226381I love to hate on CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARIZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD.But it's actually still my favourite gen 1 starter. It's more tongue in cheek than true hatered.
>>59226180It's because it evolves from dragonair. A beautiful serpentine dragon. Once it evolves everything that makes dragonair beautiful is thrown out to make a goofy dragonite. If they weren't parts of the same evolution line I don't think whatever hate you're seeing would be nearly as prevalent.
>>59226180>this fucker has always been cool to me, way more than charizard Comparing trash with garbage Kantofaggots sure have the lowest of standards
>>59226180He doesn't match the rest of his line
>>59226619what's your favorite gen
>>59226180I don't hate him in a vacuum. I dislike that he's the capstone on the otherwise far superior dratini/dragonair and maintains virtually zero of their design philosophy aside from type.
>>59226675Playing favoritism is sign of autism
>>59226192Not just here. The disproportionate love that TPC has for it makes some fans angry and causes them to take it out on the species.
>>59226180I like him, I think he works well as a pseudo. He's like a bear in that he looks cute and cuddly but can and will absolutely rip you apart. I always enjoy that sort of kind but terribly powerful tropes.
>>59226189i don't mind it suddenly gaining arms or having a different color palette (the former reminds me of tadpoles and the latter reminds me of small lizards as they molt, both of which are definitely in line with the bug and critter catching that inspired pokemon in the first place) but there's a lot of smaller details that i think i'd rather dragonite have carried over from its prevos>no visible whites of eyes>no visible mouth>horn remains a distinct color from the main body>no belly stripes>keep a pearl
>>59228687You forgot to not make it look like a morbidly obese american
>>59226180It's just kind of lame that it's this silly Barney dinosaur when it's supposed to be the ultra strong pseudo legendary of its game (and the first game at that). Compare it to something like Tyranitar or Salamence, or any of the other pseudo legendaries besides Goodra.
>>59226180too cutesy to be cool
>>59226180No, the haters were always right about it. It does look like a Dragon Tales character and it is hard-mogged by its prevos. The only defense for it is that it's a "surprise/unexpected/subverts expectations" which is the type of thing that gets shit on relentlessly when it's done in any other generation besides precious genwun.
>>59226180He stole a designated coolmon spot
Friendly reminder that gamefreak DID incompetently glued together two completely unrelated creatures and hopes pokefaggots were too much of a retarded consoomer fanbase to notice
Cool it with the anti-charitism.
>>59226189>>59226243>a snake>and it's blueIt's shit.
>>59226180looks like a fucking muumi
>>59228687This looks worse
