I prefer Cyndaquil, and partly not for the usual reasons.
Speed and Special Attack. Not because it's the poor man's Charizard; questionable choice for competitive, but because with the right build, you can outrun nearly everything while hitting just hard enough.
I like to pair it with my Honchkrow. I honestly fell in love with the bird years ago. Like, you can almost never go wrong with that boss.
I was watching someone go over what was shown from the Presents and the one thing that bothered me about that video was them saying that they thought Stanler's design was hideous.
I understand that people have their likes and dislikes with pokemon designs, but seriously?
This is hideous?
When we currently have greatest contender for most unappealing design right here (according to the people I've seen talk about it)?
I was watching someone go over what was shown from the Presents and the one thing that bothered me about that video was them saying that they thought Stanler's design was hideous.
I understand that people have their likes and dislikes with pokemon designs, but seriously?
When we currently have greatest contender for most unappealing design right here (according to the people I've seen talk about it)? View attachment 2482119
Bruxish is the most hideous design? It's just a fish with lips, which is weird, sure, but not the weirdest thing. I wouldn't say Stantler is hideous either, but it is a little odd...Like, is that a beak, or a nose? It makes its head look like a squid.
Y'know what? I got nothing better to do, lemme look through every generation of Pokemon and find the weirdest (to me) among each.
Gen 1: Lickitung
I get it's based on an Akaname, which is a gross yokai that licks bathroom floors clean... but it's gross. Also, what even is it supposed to be? It doesn't look like a woman like Jynx, and it doesn't really look like an animal, what's with the tail? The symbols? It's just altogether unsettling.
Gen 2: Snubbul
I was tempted to put Togetic, but this is about hideous designs, not stupid ones. I mean, Togetic is like... an egg bird? It's kind of weird. Anyway, Snubbul. Gen 2 doesn't have the worst designs, but this is a vaguely humanoid dog in a dress. Why? Are they supposed to look like middle-aged soccer moms with bulldogs?
Gen 3: Cradily
Swalot and Gulpin are close seconds, with their blobfish-like appearances, or whatever they're supposed to be, but... penis plant. Does this thing even look like a plant to you? Or a rock type?
Gen 4: Probopass
I know, I know, you probably thought it was gonna be Lickilicky, and while it is one of the many bizarre evolutions in Gen 4, it doesn't beat out bush friend here. Seriously, what's going on here? It kind of looks like it's growing two extra heads where its "arms" are, and also that its... mustache? Is its bushy pubes.
Gen 5: A lot of them
Alright, while Gen 5 is one of my favorites, I can't deny that a lot of these Pokemon just look stupid.
Gothita
It's a Pokemon based on a gothic lolita. Why? Unova is supposed to be based on New York City, why the hell are these creepy fanservice things running around those dark alleys?
Alomomola
Oh hi there Luvdisc's evolution, except it's not, for some reason. It's literally just Luvdisc, but more fish-shaped, again.
Beheeyem
I know it's a UFO, and a creepy man in a trenchcoat, but he just comes across as a sentient bop-it, or some other children's toy. Also Pokemon with clothes never stop being weird. See: Gothita, Snubbul.
Mandibuzz
Why does this bird have eyeliner, and why is it making bedroom eyes at me? Also does it have a skirt? The previous form has an eggshell diaper, so maybe. Also the one in the eggshell diaper, literally named a baby, also has eyeliner.
Gen 6: Aromatisse
Honestly none of Gen 6's designs are really hideous to me, except maybe Aromatisse and Spritzee. Gourgeist is pretty bad too though. It looks like it has a plague doctor mask, but like Beheeyem, when Game Freak intentionally designs a Pokemon around a creepy concept, they just make it look cuddly and cute instead. I know it's more than just that, but still. Also again with the eyeliner! This one's about beauty products, so it's more excused, but it's still creepy as hell, just not in the way it was probably intended.
Gen 7: Incineroar
Yes, Incineroar. Not Bruxish, or Drampa. Not the charging brick, the sexy salamander, or the stuffed bear. Not the sexy plant (making bedroom eyes with eyeliner again), or the fucking sandcastle. Not the anchor, or any of the Tapus, or Ultra Beasts. The pro wrestler cat. Just once I wanted my Fire starter to not turn into someone on furaffinity. Infernape gets a pass for being Wukong, but ever since Typhlosion, every Fire starter has been a dude, like a man, or a woman. The one time I choose the Fire starter, because I think maybe, just maybe, it'll be a really cool big cat, like a panther or something, it turns into Tony the Tiger's evil brother.
Gen 8: Hmm...
Like Gen 5, there are a lot of designs that to me just look awful. Yes, including the intentionally mismatched ones like the fossils. From the penguin, just a regular penguin, with an ice cube on its head, to the disgusting evolutions like Obstagoon and Mr. Rime, to the starter I really dislike, Intelleon, I think I just don't like Gen 8. Even the legendary pair look exactly the same, the only cool one is Eternatus. And side note I'm leaving out Gigantamax, Megas, and alternate formes because the official Pokedex doesn't show them.
So yeah, I think Stantler and Bruxish are fine. There are way more grotesque-looking Pokemon than those two.
Bruxish is the most hideous design? It's just a fish with lips, which is weird, sure, but not the weirdest thing. I wouldn't say Stantler is hideous either, but it is a little odd...Like, is that a beak, or a nose? It makes its head look like a squid.
Y'know what? I got nothing better to do, lemme look through every generation of Pokemon and find the weirdest (to me) among each.
Gen 1: Lickitung
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I get it's based on an Akaname, which is a gross yokai that licks bathroom floors clean... but it's gross. Also, what even is it supposed to be? It doesn't look like a woman like Jynx, and it doesn't really look like an animal, what's with the tail? The symbols? It's just altogether unsettling.
I was tempted to put Togetic, but this is about hideous designs, not stupid ones. I mean, Togetic is like... an egg bird? It's kind of weird. Anyway, Snubbul. Gen 2 doesn't have the worst designs, but this is a vaguely humanoid dog in a dress. Why? Are they supposed to look like middle-aged soccer moms with bulldogs?
Swalot and Gulpin are close seconds, with their blobfish-like appearances, or whatever they're supposed to be, but... penis plant. Does this thing even look like a plant to you? Or a rock type?
I know, I know, you probably thought it was gonna be Lickilicky, and while it is one of the many bizarre evolutions in Gen 4, it doesn't beat out bush friend here. Seriously, what's going on here? It kind of looks like it's growing two extra heads where its "arms" are, and also that its... mustache? Is its bushy pubes.
Gen 5: A lot of them
Alright, while Gen 5 is one of my favorites, I can't deny that a lot of these Pokemon just look stupid.
It's a Pokemon based on a gothic lolita. Why? Unova is supposed to be based on New York City, why the hell are these creepy fanservice things running around those dark alleys?
I know it's a UFO, and a creepy man in a trenchcoat, but he just comes across as a sentient bop-it, or some other children's toy. Also Pokemon with clothes never stop being weird. See: Gothita, Snubbul.
Why does this bird have eyeliner, and why is it making bedroom eyes at me? Also does it have a skirt? The previous form has an eggshell diaper, so maybe. Also the one in the eggshell diaper, literally named a baby, also has eyeliner.
Honestly none of Gen 6's designs are really hideous to me, except maybe Aromatisse and Spritzee. Gourgeist is pretty bad too though. It looks like it has a plague doctor mask, but like Beheeyem, when Game Freak intentionally designs a Pokemon around a creepy concept, they just make it look cuddly and cute instead. I know it's more than just that, but still. Also again with the eyeliner! This one's about beauty products, so it's more excused, but it's still creepy as hell, just not in the way it was probably intended.
Yes, Incineroar. Not Bruxish, or Drampa. Not the charging brick, the sexy salamander, or the stuffed bear. Not the sexy plant (making bedroom eyes with eyeliner again), or the fucking sandcastle. Not the anchor, or any of the Tapus, or Ultra Beasts. The pro wrestler cat. Just once I wanted my Fire starter to not turn into someone on furaffinity. Infernape gets a pass for being Wukong, but ever since Typhlosion, every Fire starter has been a dude, like a man, or a woman. The one time I choose the Fire starter, because I think maybe, just maybe, it'll be a really cool big cat, like a panther or something, it turns into Tony the Tiger's evil brother.
Gen 8: Hmm...
Like Gen 5, there are a lot of designs that to me just look awful. Yes, including the intentionally mismatched ones like the fossils. From the penguin, just a regular penguin, with an ice cube on its head, to the disgusting evolutions like Obstagoon and Mr. Rime, to the starter I really dislike, Intelleon, I think I just don't like Gen 8. Even the legendary pair look exactly the same, the only cool one is Eternatus. And side note I'm leaving out Gigantamax, Megas, and alternate formes because the official Pokedex doesn't show them.
So yeah, I think Stantler and Bruxish are fine. There are way more grotesque-looking Pokemon than those two.
I don't personally think Bruxish is that bad looking (in fact there isn't a single pokemon that I dislike design-wise). I was just going off of a recent example that I heard of.
Also, Vulby is wearing a skull as a diaper. While Mandabuzz has a bone skirt.
I'm not a fan of Samurott. It just looks so disjointed from Oshawott and Dewott that I just can't. I really like dewott but had it been more of an in between it probably wouldn't be that bad for me.
I'm not a fan of Samurott. It just looks so disjointed from Oshawott and Dewott that I just can't. I really like dewott but had it been more of an in between it probably wouldn't be that bad for me.
I'm not a fan of Samurott. It just looks so disjointed from Oshawott and Dewott that I just can't. I really like dewott but had it been more of an in between it probably wouldn't be that bad for me.
I never understood the Samurott hate. It’s awesome and I feel it would be appreciated a lot more if it was its own Pokemon line and not part of Oshawott’s line. The thing is, if Oshawott’s final form was bipedal people would bitch about it being furry bait.
Vullaby’s skull diaper is weird but Mandibuzz is badass. It looks like a total bitch and I love it.
I also think gen 5 in general has an unfairly hated dex. It’s no worse than any others aside from gen 8. The uglier Pokemon in the gen 5 dex remind me a bit of the classic gnarly Digimon aesthetic from the 90’s which was such an awesome style.
I never understood the Samurott hate. It’s awesome and I feel it would be appreciated a lot more if it was its own Pokemon line and not part of Oshawott’s line. The thing is, if Oshawott’s final form was bipedal people would bitch about it being furry bait.
Vullaby’s skull diaper is weird but Mandibuzz is badass. It looks like a total bitch and I love it.
I also think gen 5 in general has an unfairly hated dex. It’s no worse than any others aside from gen 8. The uglier Pokemon in the gen 5 dex remind me a bit of the classic gnarly Digimon aesthetic from the 90’s which was such an awesome style.
A lot of people will criticize and bash gen 5's dex because there's a few gen 1 copy cats like the Roggenrola line , Timeburr line and Munna line or it's the usual muh Vanilluxe and Garbodor complaints. Which is a shame because there's some really good pokémon in the Unova dex, hell some of my favorite pokémon are from gen 5.
A lot of people will criticize and bash gen 5's dex because there's a few gen 1 copy cats like the Roggenrola line , Timeburr line and Munna line or it's the usual muh Vanilluxe and Garbodor complaints. Which is a shame because there's some really good pokémon in the Unova dex, hell some of my favorite pokémon are from gen 5.
The only copy cat I have any dislike for is the Klank line, and even then, they're not that bad. And as for the usual complaints, I actually really like Vanilluxe and Garbodor. Well, I'm fine with Vanilluxe, but I like Garbodor and Trubbish. A Pokemon that's adapted to humanity's pollution, like Grimer and Muk, is pretty cool to me, especially in a region based on New York. The Vanilluxe line at least are just a bunch of icicles that look like ice cream, as opposed to like, Alcremie, and Sinistea, who I think are actually food? Not that familiar with Gen 8.
You are 100% coping if you insist that Legends (graphically) looks like anything but shit. Stop pretending. Whoever the fuck thought it was a good idea to put bird's-eye views of your repeating ground textures not just in a trailer but as the main focus needs to be fired. But I'd imagine you could drop most of GF's staff without any real trouble.
Change the thread title, there's no grieving when the whole funeral's fucking the corpse.
You are 100% coping if you insist that Legends (graphically) looks like anything but shit. Stop pretending. Whoever the fuck thought it was a good idea to put bird's-eye views of your repeating ground textures not just in a trailer but as the main focus needs to be fired. But I'd imagine you could drop most of GF's staff without any real trouble.
Change the thread title, there's no grieving when the whole funeral's fucking the corpse.
