Pokemon Pokémon Designs You Dislike?

[Serperior]

RE: Worst Pokemon Designs?

Sawk and Throh do suck. I forgot about how awful they were.

And Braixen is not the best middle starter. I don't own X or Y so I don't know about its cute dances and stuff. I do know that her skirt should actually be a skirt instead of an awkwardly shaped dress-to-shorts combination. The shape is just bad. I don't like her eye shape either.

I forgot about the barnacle Pokémon too. Like...what?

 

[professorlight]

RE: Worst Pokemon Designs?

Sawk and Throh do suck. I forgot about how awful they were.

And Braixen is not the best middle starter. I don't own X or Y so I don't know about its cute dances and stuff. I do know that her skirt should actually be a skirt instead of an awkwardly shaped dress-to-shorts combination. The shape is just bad. I don't like her eye shape either.

I forgot about the barnacle Pokémon too. Like...what?

Agreed on the shorts-to-skirt thing. Nontheless, the fact that we finally have a middle starter that is more feminine is something remarkable, which is why it's so sad seeing her evolve into delphobox.

If you ask me, one starter line per gen should be more feminine, other more manly, and the remaining one as they are so far. It extends RPG's usual PC and partner's gender ratio to pokemon.

PS: throh and sawk can die in a fire. I'll pour the gasoline myself.

 

[Leaf_Ranger]

RE: Worst Pokemon Designs?

Bidoof and Bibarel - way too simple (at least Patrat has those big red eyes).

Lanturn - After seeing Chinchou I was expecting something scary but instead its evolution is a fat blue fish with a pretty face. -.-

Sawk and Throh - Pokémon wearing karate robes without explanation!? Despite not liking, I can live with Primeape's metal "shackles", Hitmonchan's gloves, Zoroark's bangle, Poliwrath's gloves and Timburr's family "props" but robes? What's next, a Pokémon wearing shoes? Spoink's pearl has an explanation, Timburr may bring down a tree to carry their logs and so on but what about Sawk and Throh? I prefer garbage, ice cream, Pkball, toxic waste, etc. Pokémon than these two, because those show us that the Pokémon world isn't perfect but what about these?

Well, Hitmonchan is already wearing shoes.

Yup, you're right!! I had never noticed it! O.O Well, then only high-heels are missing.

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Sawk and Throh do suck. I forgot about how awful they were.

And Braixen is not the best middle starter. I don't own X or Y so I don't know about its cute dances and stuff. I do know that her skirt should actually be a skirt instead of an awkwardly shaped dress-to-shorts combination. The shape is just bad. I don't like her eye shape either.

I forgot about the barnacle Pokémon too. Like...what?

I don't mind Binacle because it reminds me of the bosses in "Alex Kidd in Miracle World", namely this guy:
http://sydlexia.com/imagesandstuff/alex_kidd_in_miracle_world/alex265.png
http://oldschoolgamer.com.br/reviews/alex-kidd-in-miracle-world/imagens/alex-kidd-in-miracle-world-inimigos.jpg
Not only that but after Exeggcute and Doduo...I just shrug my shoulders.

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Sawk and Throh do suck. I forgot about how awful they were.

And Braixen is not the best middle starter. I don't own X or Y so I don't know about its cute dances and stuff. I do know that her skirt should actually be a skirt instead of an awkwardly shaped dress-to-shorts combination. The shape is just bad. I don't like her eye shape either.

I forgot about the barnacle Pokémon too. Like...what?

Agreed on the shorts-to-skirt thing. Nontheless, the fact that we finally have a middle starter that is more feminine is something remarkable, which is why it's so sad seeing her evolve into delphobox.

If you ask me, one starter line per gen should be more feminine, other more manly, and the remaining one as they are so far. It extends RPG's usual PC and partner's gender ratio to pokemon.

PS: throh and sawk can die in a fire. I'll pour the gasoline myself.

I agree with you. Only a feminine water-starter line is missing now: we already have Meganium and Delphox for Grass and Fire. I would also welcome more gender differences in starters.

Why pour gasoline when you can just hang them by their belts and squeeze their insides!? :shy:

 

[professorlight]

RE: Worst Pokemon Designs?

Agreed on the shorts-to-skirt thing. Nontheless, the fact that we finally have a middle starter that is more feminine is something remarkable, which is why it's so sad seeing her evolve into delphobox.

If you ask me, one starter line per gen should be more feminine, other more manly, and the remaining one as they are so far. It extends RPG's usual PC and partner's gender ratio to pokemon.

PS: throh and sawk can die in a fire. I'll pour the gasoline myself.

I agree with you. Only a feminine water-starter line is missing now: we already have Meganium and Delphox for Grass and Fire. I would also welcome more gender differences in starters.

Why pour gasoline when you can just hang them by their belts and squeeze their insides!? :shy:

Meganium is not feminine... cuter than the average for starters, maybe, but having a flower doesn't make it feminine... but I get your point.
Also, please don't count delphobox with the feminine starters; up to braixen is fine.

Because it's messy. also, they have sturdy. The bastards would probably survive and use reversal or something. A good burn is all it's needed.

 

[Serperior]

RE: Which Pokémon Designs Don't You Like? Why?

I think Meganium is a little feminine. But I think Delphox could've been made more feminine if it were more Ninetales-esque. I was hoping it'd stay on four feet...

Binacle/Barbaracle are weird looking though. They have those pink cheeks, eyes on their hands, and the colors are just awful.

 

[ustinodj]

RE: Which Pokémon Designs Don't You Like? Why?

I find the "ice cream pokemon" and others get too much hate, and barbaracle could have much more potential than just being a reef magneton. He could have evolved and just come out of his rock thingy.

 

[Their Goominess]

RE: Which Pokémon Designs Don't You Like? Why?

I find the "ice cream pokemon" and others get too much hate, and barbaracle could have much more potential than just being a reef magneton. He could have evolved and just come out of his rock thingy.

...You do know that in the Binacle/Barbaracle line, the actual Pokemon are the orange-hand things? They're attached on the rock, the rock doesn't hide anything.

and shush. Barbaracle is awesome.

 

[Leaf_Ranger]

RE: Worst Pokemon Designs?

I agree with you. Only a feminine water-starter line is missing now: we already have Meganium and Delphox for Grass and Fire. I would also welcome more gender differences in starters.

Why pour gasoline when you can just hang them by their belts and squeeze their insides!? :shy:

Meganium is not feminine... cuter than the average for starters, maybe, but having a flower doesn't make it feminine... but I get your point.
Also, please don't count delphobox with the feminine starters; up to braixen is fine.

Because it's messy. also, they have sturdy. The bastards would probably survive and use reversal or something. A good burn is all it's needed.

It's not just the flower per se that makes me think of it as feminine, it's the colors. Venusaur has a flower and it don't comes out as feminine, not even after Mega-evolving and getting a pink flower on its forehead, because all the other colors are strong. Meganium's flower and body colors are light.
Another example is Roselia and Roserade: Roselia again has light colors and is feminine while Roserade has darker colors but seems more manly than Roselia, despite having bouquets as hands and a "rose hair" from the 80's. In the end, despite gender differences, Roselia and Meganium will always appear like female while Roserade and Venusaur will appear as males.

You're right, setting them on fire is indeed the best option. Hey, maybe we could call Delphox to do that and gather a pile of wood near it and also burn it like a witch. I can already imagine those ear's fur burning.
Seriously now, I think Delphox's main problem is that skirt/dress and the fact that the Pokémon seems very tall...maybe if the ears were a little bit smaller and if the skirt was opened up at the front, revealing more of its black legs, it would look better. I do hope that all the starters appear in the anime because sometimes it can do wonders.

 

[professorlight]

RE: Worst Pokemon Designs?

Meganium is not feminine... cuter than the average for starters, maybe, but having a flower doesn't make it feminine... but I get your point.
Also, please don't count delphobox with the feminine starters; up to braixen is fine.

Because it's messy. also, they have sturdy. The bastards would probably survive and use reversal or something. A good burn is all it's needed.

It's not just the flower per se that makes me think of it as feminine, it's the colors. Venusaur has a flower and it don't comes out as feminine, not even after Mega-evolving and getting a pink flower on its forehead, because all the other colors are strong. Meganium's flower and body colors are light.
Another example is Roselia and Roserade: Roselia again has light colors and is feminine while Roserade has darker colors but seems more manly than Roselia, despite having bouquets as hands and a "rose hair" from the 80's. In the end, despite gender differences, Roselia and Meganium will always appear like female while Roserade and Venusaur will appear as males.

You're right, setting them on fire is indeed the best option. Hey, maybe we could call Delphox to do that and gather a pile of wood near it and also burn it like a witch. I can already imagine those ear's fur burning.
Seriously now, I think Delphox's main problem is that skirt/dress and the fact that the Pokémon seems very tall...maybe if the ears were a little bit smaller and if the skirt was opened up at the front, revealing more of its black legs, it would look better. I do hope that all the starters appear in the anime because sometimes it can do wonders.

Something like this?

Spoiler

 

[Omanyte]

RE: Which Pokémon Designs Don't You Like? Why?

Somebody has probably mentioned him already, but I don't like Garbordor. Not because its a trash Pokemon, but because I just don't like the way it looks. Trubbish is a better design, in my opinion. Garbordor just looks demented to me, I suppose. Sawk and Throh aren't ones I like either. They're just Machop rehashes, and not good ones at that either. And Diggersby, because it reminds me of a fairly dull Warcraft 3 custom map about getting Easter Eggs.

And it isn't true now, but back in the Red/Blue days I didn't like Mankey and Golbat. Golbat's jaw was so wide that it freaked me out (I was a kid at the time), and I thought Mankey's arms were attached to its head.

Beyond those, one I don't like is Victini. I don't like how it has a move that does 180 damage, and the whole concept seems like a lame Mew rehash.

 

[RoyArden]

RE: Which Pokémon Designs Don't You Like? Why?

There's no Pokémon I'd say I really dislike, just a few that I like the least. I feel like the Musketeer Trio's designs are pretty generic, and I tend towards not liking it when final evolutions drastically differ from the previous evolution... I have nothing against Dragonite on its own, for instance, but it's always bothered me how little it resembles Dragonair.

There's definitely a few Pokémon I'd accuse of, for lack of a better word, Wolverining... Pokémon like Lucario and Charizard, the ones I'd be indifferent about anyway even if they weren't so overused. Disliking something simply because it's popular isn't really a right course, but again, I wouldn't exactly like them in the first place.
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[Leaf_Ranger]

RE: Worst Pokemon Designs?

It's not just the flower per se that makes me think of it as feminine, it's the colors. Venusaur has a flower and it don't comes out as feminine, not even after Mega-evolving and getting a pink flower on its forehead, because all the other colors are strong. Meganium's flower and body colors are light.
Another example is Roselia and Roserade: Roselia again has light colors and is feminine while Roserade has darker colors but seems more manly than Roselia, despite having bouquets as hands and a "rose hair" from the 80's. In the end, despite gender differences, Roselia and Meganium will always appear like female while Roserade and Venusaur will appear as males.

You're right, setting them on fire is indeed the best option. Hey, maybe we could call Delphox to do that and gather a pile of wood near it and also burn it like a witch. I can already imagine those ear's fur burning.
Seriously now, I think Delphox's main problem is that skirt/dress and the fact that the Pokémon seems very tall...maybe if the ears were a little bit smaller and if the skirt was opened up at the front, revealing more of its black legs, it would look better. I do hope that all the starters appear in the anime because sometimes it can do wonders.

Something like this?

Spoiler

Yes but, like I've said, with smaller ears, ending perhaps where the fur stops "sprouting" from inside said ears.

Now that I've actualy seen it like I've suggested, I think that instead of a opened skirt, it would be better if the skirt had two...openings (it's already hard knowing the proper names of things related to clothes in my native language, more so when figuring out how to say it in english -.-) for the legs with a piece of red fur/skirt covering the area bellow the belly and going all the way down to the feet (othewise, like seen in the picture, that white fur would also seems like fur from....you probably know what I'm trying to avoid by now).
I like those opened sleeves.
I think it would be better if the hands, feet and legs were black instead of light black or dark grey.
Oh I don't know it that was intentional or not but not having those flame marks is way better.

 

[Cinesra]

RE: Which Pokémon Designs Don't You Like? Why?

The only line I despise is the Klink line. Holy shit, the Klink line. I'm cool with inanimate objects being made into Pokemon, don't get me wrong. The problem is that all other inanimate object Pokemon are made animate. Magneton is a floating eyeball robot. Honedge is a sword possessed by a ghost and has an arm and an eye. Vannillite has a face. They all look like living/undead/robot things and could reasonably be alive in the magical world of monsters. The Klink line is literally just a bunch of gears. How does it sustain itself? How does it move? How does it do anything? I don't really have as much of a problem with Klink itself, because it at least has eyes on it that make it look like it has a face. The evos are the problem. Klang only keeps one eye, so it doesn't even look like a face anymore and don't even do any thing interesting with the design; they just add some more gears on there. Then it has the nerve to evolve again and they just add more gears and call it a pocket monster. I thought they were supposed to be monsters, not the inner workings of a fudging clock.

 

[Gardy]

RE: Which Pokémon Designs Don't You Like? Why?

Honestly, the only Pokemon's design I didn't like was Prinplup. I mean, it is so plain for a mid evo, then it turns into the Majestic beast that is Empoleon. It just doesn't make sense to me.

 

[Omanyte]

RE: Which Pokémon Designs Don't You Like? Why?

There's no Pokémon I'd say I really dislike, just a few that I like the least. I feel like the Musketeer Trio's designs are pretty generic, and I tend towards not liking it when final evolutions drastically differ from the previous evolution... I have nothing against Dragonite on its own, for instance, but it's always bothered me how little it resembles Dragonair.

There's definitely a few Pokémon I'd accuse of, for lack of a better word, Wolverining... Pokémon like Lucario and Charizard, the ones I'd be indifferent about anyway even if they weren't so overused. Disliking something simply because it's popular isn't really a right course, but again, I wouldn't exactly like them in the first place.
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First, I'm not sure who the Musketeer Trio is. Could someone clarify this?

Second, I can see what you mean regarding Lucario and Charizard. I don't see why Charizard has two mega evolutions besides popularity while the other two Kanto starters only get 1. It doesn't bother me that much considering Mega Charizard X isn't that good anyway, but it's still a little odd for me.

 

[Cinesra]

RE: Which Pokémon Designs Don't You Like? Why?

I'm not sure who the Musketeer Trio is. Could someone clarify this?

Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion. They're based on the three musketeers and Keldeo is the unofficial fourth member or something like that.

 

[Leaf_Ranger]

RE: Which Pokémon Designs Don't You Like? Why?

Btw, while not considering them bad, I can't understand the Combee line and Beedrill. To me, Beedrill always looked more like a wasp instead of a bee (mainly because of its head) and it has those wings that are alike the ones from a butterfly. Then you've got Combee which resembles a bee, has the word in its name but evolves into a wasp queen. I find them akward.

 

[Chaos Jackal]

RE: Which Pokémon Designs Don't You Like? Why?

Beedrill indeed is more of a wasp than a bee. Vespiquen, however, isn't a wasp queen. It's a combination of a queen bee and a honeycomb. Bee queens are larger and more intimidating than bees.

 

[Leaf_Ranger]

RE: Which Pokémon Designs Don't You Like? Why?

Beedrill indeed is more of a wasp than a bee. Vespiquen, however, isn't a wasp queen. It's a combination of a queen bee and a honeycomb. Bee queens are larger and more intimidating than bees.

Until today, I've always thought that Vespiquen was indeed based on a wasp because we already have Beedrill supposedly based on a bee and, while ignoring Combee's name hint, I trusted Vespiquen's english name and also because the wasps I see around my house build nests (now I know that they're likely to be paper wasps) ans so I thought that it was based on this same wasp. Now that I've learned of Vespiquen's japanese name, and thanks to your reply, ("Beequen") it all makes sense: Combee and Vespiquen (from now on every Vespiquen I caught will be named Beequen!) are indeed based on bees, honeycombs and queen bees, while Beedrill may be actually based on a wasp. So, in the end, the blame goes to the people who came up with the english names (in the case of Beedrill it may had been confusing since it's japanese name is only "Spear"). And here I was thinking that the connection between Vespiquen and honey was another akward thing from the franchise that wasn't supposed to make sense when in reality it makes all sense since bees produce honey.
It's true when people say that we're always learning!

 

[King Xerneas]

RE: Which Pokémon Designs Don't You Like? Why?

Avalagg will always be a Pokemon I just can't find myself to like. I don't know if its the flat back or that I feel like its torso should've been flipped up, but I just feel like an iceberg Pokemon would looked cooler than this. Especially considering the potential Bergmite had...