"THEY'RE JOKES, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE JOKES, DON'T YOU GET IT????? IT'S THE CONCEPT, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT!!! THERE ARE SO MANY HIDDEN LAYERS OF JOKES AND CONCEPTS!!!!"I don't care, ideas are nothing when executed poorly. Can we abandon this mentality already?
>>59498822>ideas are nothing when executed poorlytrue
Maushold needs more distinctivenessBramble family is fine, another fitting ghost grassI assume Zero to Hero is the issue, not the dolphin itself?Rest I agree with
>>59498827F P B PPBP
>>59498832Yeah Palafin just exists to fill in a slot in the pokedex cuz the artists were lazy enough not to think of a more interesting design. It should've been either a standalone Palafin with its Hero form or a standard Finizen > Zero to Hero as an actual evolution (yes I know the concept but like I said, I don't care about concepts, just give me something serviceable)
>>59498822How are these about jokes or concepts, it's just bland and simple like back in gen 1 and you don't like it
>>59498822>OP thinks every pokémon should be just as seriously designed
mh=pb
>>59498827pic unrelated
>>59498822maushold line is cuteBrambleghast line is genuinely coolThe rest are bland but that's it. The only bad (read "ugly and not in an interesting way") is the bird with the hairanyway, OP is kind of a faggot
>>59498827pic related more than OP's
>>59498822What's the joke with the "Pikaclone"? Most of them are just excuses to introduce the player to a new mechanic for that generation.
>>59498822I don’t get how any of these are meant to be jokes. Squawkabilly’s theming is just tired at this point and Flamigo and the dolphin are dull cartoon animals most of the time.
>>59498822>Can we abandon this mentality already?No one’s forcing you to like it
>>59499033It's a defibrillator, thus why it can revive you. How/why, idk. They have w bunch branded with it in Japan now too.
>>59499033>What's the joke with the "Pikaclone"?>Most of them are just excuses to introduce the player to a new mechanic for that generation.Not just that, but the design and evolutions of "Pawmot", the Pikaclone for Gen 9, are just so fucking lazy and uninspired and the so-called "artist" who designed them needs to get shot.Jesus Christ wtf happened to Pokemon? This shit makes me so fucking angry.
>>59499081How is that a joke?
>>59499096I like Pawmi, but I think it would have been better as a standalone Pokémon, using those two slots for something more creative.
>>59499123>slotsThis isn’t a fighting game
>>59498822mid basedbased cringecringe based
>>59499117I don't know, but that's the inspiration.
I think maushold KIND of works because of how much personality it has, its a cute chungus for women, and it has a unique move/gimmick, plus its good competitively.The rest are just total dogshit.
It's genuinely so insane they made flamigo, finizen, squakabilly, and brambleghast. They aren't cool or appealing, and they didn't do shit with them in the anime to make people like them.
>>59498822>"THEY'RE JOKES, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE JOKES What jokes? they're just lazy animalmons + ghost plant
>>59499145No idea, but I've seen plenty of people saying they're supposed to be joke pokemon which excuses their lame design
>>59499144>squakabillyI think it would have been fun if these evolved into a mix of a Gastornis and Motorcycle to maintain the "greaser" motif—perhaps even having different evolutions depending on the color.Honestly, Paldea had so many elements that could have been used for things like racing mini-games, Pokémon Centers acting as gas stations, motorcycle-like lizards, Pokémon serving as bus engines, no cops, an open world, and multiplayer. Oh well—GF being GF.
>>59499145>Superma parody>plastic garden flamingo>collection of velvet animals from Japan>greaser gangs and rockabillyI have no idea about the rest
>>59498827>>59498840>>59498939>Implying the concept was good in the first place LMAO, improve your bait next time Kojo
>>59499081Yep, like how Pokemon GO started adding this to spots with defibrillators>>59499096>the so-called "artist"is Atsuko Nishida, designer of Charizard, Pikachu, Eeveelutions among othershttps://www.instagram.com/atsuko24d/p/DDCg3wKPJDR/>wtf happened to Pokemongen 1 Pokemon had similar stuff>getting this angry at something inoffensive just because the line is straightforwardkek
>>59499197I'll put aside your poopdickschizo bait to mention something important: an idea can be awful/terrible and still be salvaged in some way... but this wasn't the case with Samurott. Not only was the idea dumb but the execution was uninspired/lazy and outright idiotic. Without Pokémon's brand autism power, Samurott would eithe recieve all the ridicule it deserves or no attention at all.
>>59498883squawkabilly: delinquent parrot (barely a joke)maushold: hello kitty, multiple mice make one pokemon, they make a funny face when they yellpalafin: superman, including the necessity to run away and change into his costumepawmot: evolution line mirrors baby learning to walk, marmots have funny little armsflamigo: body kinda looks like boxing glove (not really, i feel like this is bullshit. i think its actually based on those crappy flamingo puppets kids make in art class, especially the feet)brambleghast: tumbleweed (not remotely a joke)
>>59499320Holy cope. This is a literal example of someone trying so hard to cope
>>59499138>he doesn't know brambleghast the wind demon
>>59499225>recieve all the ridicule it deserves or no attention at all.What kind of fake universe do you live in? Nobody here brings up this Pokemon outside of being shat on. Are you mentally unwell?
>>59499503In this board, it has as many mentally-ill defenders as Cinderace. Everywhere else, you see the usual "it grew on me" stupidity.
Who's "we"? I never accepted that garbage and ignore such.
>"LOOK! It's based on space godzilla! That makes it good."It still looks like shit. You can't just say the design was trying to do something, therefore its excused from all criticism
>>59499128In a post-Dexit world, yes, slots are a thing and they matter. Blame GF and their legions of enablers if you don't like it.
>>59499511Goes hard af
>>59498822None of those are jokes
>>59499511I completely forgot this fucker existed. The middle area looking like a pupitar is kinda cool but the rest of the details are bland>dude just make it spiky and looong
>>59499096I really wish it stopped at the first evo.
>>59498822The designs stopped being consistently good after gen 4Gen 8 and 9 was when millenials were given the creative reigns in the new mon designs. They all scream quirk chungus failed cartoon network ips.
>>59499601>Gen 8 and 9 was when millennials were given the creative reigns in the new mon designsThat gaijin James Turner is partly responsible for modern Pokemon designs and he was even the art director of Sword and Shield back in Gen 8, so you can blame him.>They all scream quirk chungus failed cartoon network ipsSee pic related, Sirfetch'd is a good example of "le smug funny Cartoon Network face xD"
>>59499601>>59499618That is mostly true but I think Galarian Farfetch'd and Sirfetch'd were one of the better ideas from modern Game Freak. They are not as elegant as the original but also don't go full-retard and bury the joke, unlike so many others.
>>59499512Nice fanfic
>>59499096>let's make another incomplete fighting mistakeyup, paldean mons were a mistake.
>>59499320Everything is a joke if you call a basic theme a "joke".Just stop being retarded, holy fuck.
>>59499601>They all scream quirk chungus failed cartoon network ips.lol Greedent just gives off massive Disney vibesgoddamn I hate this shit
>>59498822I never see anyone mention it but I'm like 70% sure squawkabilly's three wingfeathers are supposed to evoke a switchblade opening up. If so its not that clear and could be done better but i still prefer that interpretation even if its schizo. Remoraid still gets to be a gun after all.
>>59499320yes thanks for proving my point, laid it out like simple gen 1-like designs without much concepts/jokes
>>59499096True, Magnetron, Weezing, dodrio, are peak
>>59498848The whole point in the Finizen line is the whole civilian and superhero, Palafin is supposed to look like a Finizen to be a superhero in disguise, it's the literal point in it.I hate Palafin's design and how you get it is absolutely retarded, but the concept is good.
>>59499884>Magnetron, Weezing, dodrio, are peakI know you're being ironic but I unironically believe those are peak because they're from the original generation Gen 1, so they get a pass.And Game Freak seemed to have learned their lesson, at least at first, about not being lazy with designs, as you can see in Gen 3 for example, with all the unique Pokemon designs, concepts and evolutions that were introduced in that generation.It's really mostly been in recent gens that their creativity has stagnated and that's how you end up with garbage mons like those in OP's pic >>59498822
>>59499185>mix of a Gastornis and MotorcycleTERROR BIKE
>>59499951Taufags get the bolt
>>59499884Yes, those are genuinely peak
>>59498827>One word and samucucks are in shambles
>>59499906Sure, if you compare any gen to gen 3 it will look bad, everyone's favorite dex. But even gen 3 has some cheap designs, like all the twins.
>>59498822>"THEY'RE JOKES, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE JOKES, DON'T YOU GET IT????? IT'S THE CONCEPT, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT!!! THERE ARE SO MANY HIDDEN LAYERS OF JOKES AND CONCEPTS!!!!">I don't care, ideas are nothing when executed poorly. Can we abandon this mentality already?This is what you look and sound like.
>>59500536OP is fucking crying lol
Squakabilly is based on these hoodlums from way back when. It was trendy for some of the rebellious youth to dress this way, notably the jackets and hairstyle. They form gangs and fight and sometimes stab each other with switchblades, which were really popular. Notice how Squakabilly's first three wing feather's look like sharp blades.
>>59499096>Not just that, but the design and evolutions of "Pawmot", the Pikaclone for Gen 9, are just so fucking lazy and uninspired and the so-called "artist" who designed them needs to get shot.But you're fine with Plusule and Minun?
>>59501704>"But you're fine with Plusle and Minun?">b-but what about X?!?!Opinion discarded.
>>59499721Deerling is literally actually bambi but go off, king.
I love these fucking rats so much I don't care what anyone else this.
>>59501719>getting mad because I dared to criticize the designs of SwSh>implying I even give a fuck about gen 5Hey James Turner!
