I thought I should add my thoughts here, since I've been keeping it bottled up all day.
I, for one, absolutely hate the supposed Mijumaru evo. I don't really care about the other two starters, as I already dedicated myself to picking Mijumaru when the starters were originally revealed, contrary to the hate he was recieving. I knew karma would make him awesome. When I saw his evo, I nearly cried tears of joy like a little girl who just got her first easy bake oven. It gave me hope that he would indeed become an awesome water/fighting samurai otter with the announcement of Shell Blade, and he would get his revenge (teehee pun). But seriously, what is with his last evo?! I mean, it's a decent pokemon....as a stand-alone. But as a evolution to Mijumaru? How does that work?! That poke is completely different...
-Mijumaru and evo has a big, round head; last evo has a small head, similar to a dog.
-Mijumaru and evo have tails similar to sea otter; last evo does not.
-Mijumaru and evo have black, circular eyes; last evo has yellow eyes.
-Mijumaru and evo has cute orange nose; last evo does not.
-Mijumaru and evo are bipedal.
-A shell just suddenly grew on last evo's head?
-The 'shells' on last evo don't even resemble shells.
I'm also doubting the color scheme of the evos. In the anime art, they're obviously in black and white (lol another pun), but if it was blue, don't you think it would've been darker, rather than white? Green on Tsutaaja's evo is depicted as black, since it is a darker color. Iris and Ash are depicted as black, as well. So obviously, some colors are depicted on this beta art. If Mijumaru's evo really was blue, I believe it would've been depicted as black, but since it was white, I'm gonna believe it's white (also because it doesn't look as cool when it's blue and the color scheme doesn't match Mijumaru at all). Of course, this can all be wrong since Kibago is white, even though he's really green, but I'm still gonna believe that Mijumaru's evo is white, since Tsutaaja's evo was shown with color. Just my thoughts on that.
Anyways, the evos of starters normally have certain traits that carry through the chain; there is absolutely NO resemblance between Mijumaru/his evo and his last evo. None at all. If these are real, you really dropped the ball here, Game Freak. And you broke my heart. :'(
Of course, I'm still on the 'fake!!!' bandwagon. While there has been evidence to prove it as fake, has there been any evidence to prove it as real, other than "these are real, this guy told me so"?
Fake:
-Drawing/photoshop errors.
-Somebody admitted to drawing it.
Real:
-WPM/Serebii's sources said so?
I'm honestly unsure why people think that they're real. Can someone please tell me why they think it's real, other than "cause WPM said so"?
Also, I joined the forum just to post. lol