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>ITT: Shitheads with no design experience argue about good design and also muh gen1
Stop going back to Gen 1 as a reference point for current Pokemon. As the brand ages, they get a better grasp of their brand, and they hire more younger designers with different ideas and experiences.
They improve on things that they haven't thought of in the first generation like different eye shapes, better silhouettes, a play on how the Pokemon interact with each other and general gestures, etc. That's why they don't give a fuck about shit like Voltorb and Electrode, and Muk and Grimer got lucky they got the spotlight with a redesign for Alola.
If you're going to draw dumb shit and say "Well it's simple like the first generation therefore it's good" and "well Xurkitree is a better design than anything they did before" then you need to reconsider about your design foundations and creature design skills.