>>39765257>original Zigzagoon line encompasses one theme and does it well: progressing from curious/meandering/indecisive (like a ZIG ZAG) to fast/straight to the point/aggressive (like a LINE)>16 years later, James Fucking Turner comes along and says "I can do this better!">now they look like KISS for some reason>now the whole zig zag/line thing is shoved to the side>now this alternate form is actually the original descendant of the Hoenn version that you've been familiar with for this whole time>now they're the signature Pokemon of the ugliest evil team to date>and hey, even though Zigzagoon and Linoone are very animalistic, let's tack on a NEW evolution that stands on its hind legs like a human and wears faux-clothes, just like all new Pokemon ever since gen 7>and let's just slap as many gaudy patterns and highlights on it as possible and not give any thought to it, no need for it to actually look like a natural animal anymore, we're just trying to create more epic marketable anime characters>and fuck the zig zag/line concept, this one is just a bouncer/thug now lolIt's funny, if you didn't like gen 2-4 cross-gen evolutions, you could at least say they didn't change anything about the original Pokemon, and if you didn't like Alolan forms, you could at least import the non-Alolan version from a different game, but with Galarian forms being mixed with cross-gen evolutions, AND considering the dex cull, Hoennese Zigzagoon and Linoone have effectively been retconned out of existence for the duration of an ENTIRE generation of Pokemon at the very least. AND they're trying to turn around and tell you that the Galar forms have been the original Zigzagoon and Linoone the entire time.
Sword and Shield are a mistake. GameFreak is a mistake. Burn it all down.
