Let's talk about odd character design choices

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AKA why you need to step in and take the belts away from Nomura.
 
The Last Stand said:
Devil May Cry to DMC.

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Blame Capcom. They wanted to make the reboot as Western as possible. Some of the early concept art is much closer to what fans would have wanted.

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Even the kindergarten level drawing is better than the crackhead they had to use.

Oh right, odd character designs. How about Gundramon from Digimon?

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The increasingly anthro Pokemon designs specifically to cater to furfags. Let's compare from 10+ years ago to modern day.

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Legs bent like actual canine's, sharp teeth, pointed ears and snout, paws, still quite animal-like despite the bipedal stance.

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Legs entirely straight like a person's, generic teeth, weirdly pointy and tapered ears, flat face with spherical head, it's not even a creature, this is a goddamn character.
 
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Aberforth said:
Blame Capcom. They wanted to make the reboot as Western as possible. Some of the early concept art is much closer to what fans would have wanted.

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Even the kindergarten level drawing is better than the crackhead they had to use.
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Those designs remind me of Dante's design from DMC2. That's not a bad thing either, I always liked his appearance in 2, it's just 2 sucked balls.

Frankly I like this better because it has the edgy punk aesthetic of DmC while also calling back to Dante's original design. But of course they made him look like a homeless teenager that was thrown out of his parents' basement instead.
 
UntimelyDhelmise said:
The increasingly anthro Pokemon designs specifically to cater to furfags. Let's compare from 10+ years ago to modern day.

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Legs bent like actual canine's, sharp teeth, pointed ears and snout, paws, still quite animal-like despite the bipedal stance.

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Legs entirely straight like a person's, generic teeth, weirdly pointy and tapered ears, flat face with spherical head, it's not even a creature, this is a goddamn character.
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I don't know why you picked Lucario as the "better" version, considering it's the poster child for godless furfaggotry in Pokemon. Even Braixen is an objectively better design for an "anthro" style mon. Lucario's weird gym shorts, the water wings (I still don't know what the fuck those are meant to be), the markings that look exactly like clothes for no reason, it's just so bad. Almost everything about it is off putting to look at, though I admit it's nowhere near as bad as Cinderace (which also has the drawback of an absolutely awful name). And yes, I know this makes me sound autistic.
 
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inexplicable ethos said:
I don't know why you picked Lucario as the "better" version, considering it's the poster child for godless furfaggotry in Pokemon. Even Braixen is an objectively better design for an "anthro" style mon. Lucario's weird gym shorts, the water wings (I still don't know what the fuck those are meant to be), the markings that look exactly like clothes for no reason, it's just so bad. Almost everything about it is off putting to look at, though I admit it's nowhere near as bad as Cinderace (which also has the drawback of an absolutely awful name). And yes, I know this makes me sound autistic.
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I specifically chose it because it's the poster child. I don't even like Lucario or most anthro mons for that matter (Fighting's my least favorite type partially for that reason), I merely used Lucario as a base.
 
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IMO this is the worst design decision that Capcom ever made (barring B-Boy Ryu). Their character designs have gotten weird over time, but this shit takes the cake. What the hell were they thinking? Some people like Maximilian Dood make the case that it works because embracing the dark art caused him to transcend humanity or whatever, but to me he looks absolutely retarded.

They added a classic skin in the game to make him look like he has in the other 40+ games he's been in, so that's some small comfort, but they better ditch this garbage lion flower design in future titles.
 
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IMO this is the worst design decision that Capcom ever made (barring B-Boy Ryu). Their character designs have gotten weird over time, but this shit takes the cake. What the hell were they thinking? Some people like Maximilian Dood make the case that it works because embracing the dark art caused him to transcend humanity or whatever, but to me he looks absolutely exceptional.

They added a classic skin in the game to make him look like he has in the other 40+ games he's been in, so that's some small comfort, but they better ditch this garbage lion flower design in future titles.
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WTF is with his giant nigganose and niggalips, did they repurpose the Balrog (M. Bison / Boxer) model for Akuma??
 
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I'm pretty sure Kishimoto doesn't even draw anymore besides maybe designing the characters. Even in Part II (Shippuden era) he was mostly delegating to a continually growing cast of assistants, if I remember correctly. It's the main reason all of the redesigns in Part II were also noticably simpler to draw and less visually interesting, which seems to have only gotten worse in Boruto (not that I've read that shit).

Himawari actually looks fine in the few episodes I've seen of anime, too, so I don't know why she looks like a downie in the manga.
 
inexplicable ethos said:
I'm pretty sure Kishimoto doesn't even draw anymore besides maybe designing the characters. Even in Part II (Shippuden era) he was mostly delegating to a continually growing cast of assistants, if I remember correctly. It's the main reason all of the redesigns in Part II were also noticably simpler to draw and less visually interesting, which seems to have only gotten worse in Boruto (not that I've read that shit).

Himawari actually looks fine in the few episodes I've seen of anime, too, so I don't know why she looks like a downie in the manga.
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Himawari looks okay in the anime because there's a studio behind it and they basically shit out filler instead of adapting the manga.

The manga looks like shit because Ikemoto is an anxious mess and the only thing he can draw well are high heels. Keep in mind, Kishimoto back then had to deliver on a weekly basis whereas Ikemoto has an entire month to get 35 pages done. Like Jesus, dude, I know you're too busy with your fetishes and social anxiety but don't follow in Kishimoto's footsteps if you're gonna draw MSpaint.
 
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