>>51554005Until now you have been the most objective person, yes, they are using the concept of convergent evolution, but that does not eliminate the fact that it was done in such a mediocre way.
Now trying to answer your question, it is most likely that they had more ingenious ideas and concepts, but since the G5 fiasco, Game Freak has become cowardly and prefers to stay in his comfort zone (Financial) so to ensure sales with the new pokemon they only replicated a Kantomon with slight changes, commercially there is no fault, it will be sold together with the classic design and avoid rejection by the majority public.
