>>46558216>that excerpt where the designer of the first evo monkeys goes into GREAT detail on hoe he made the designs and thought about every aspect really hard down to the hands looking like mittens because they work in a kitchen and each one has a job to do, plus the see no evil hear no evil say no evil themeAnd then he passed it on off to another designer who made the evolutions based on personality. I wonder how he feels about having made such reviled creations hated by so many fans. He probably wasnt expecting any backlash at all and was expecting them to be welcomed with open arms. I guess in a vacuum the monkeys are cute and harmless, but in the context of POKEMON, in a region based off AMERICA... In a crowded 156 dex with goofy simian neopet evolutions... It looks bad. Like really really bad. And lazy. Just for a one time gimmick near the start of the game for a gym. And the fact its using the starter trio trope, which, you know, usually has the best designs for marketing purposes, these are too simplistic. It makes them look like chinese bootlegs. Maybe that was the joke later on? That they were cheap bootleg chinese starters that evolve with stones but are practical shitmons? Maybe. But the way that guy passionately describes designing them leads me to believe they were seriously considered a vital part of the dex, which is just both hilarious and depressing in hindsight.
