>>30551959GF knows exactly what it's doing. They've know exactly what they were doing since, I dunno, as far back as Gen 2 or 3.
Look at their human designs too. All signs point to GF knowing what makes their older audience (or a chunk of it anyway) tick.
>>30536646On topic: Gardevoir. Playing through Sapphire it was more of a "that's really odd, why's this pokemon look like an alien chick." Then I stumbled across some images and the rest is history.
It's only gotten worse with time, though I've stuck pretty much to humanoid/ish body types.