>>13003632But that isn't it at all. You can have a good design or a bad design; whilst the basis will undoubtedly provide the foundation, the details are entirely up to the designer.
Samurott didn't need to have those grotesque legs and freaking moustache in order to be a sea lion.
And Emboar didn't need to have that inexplicable flaming neckbeard in order to be a fire boar sumo wrestler.
I think the best example, though, is Archeops, who has pretty much one of the best possible bases of any pokemon ever, yet came out looking like shit compared to what it could've been. Pic related
