>>28411094Agreed, but Wartortle is literally my favorite Pokemon so I feel a bit biased.
As I kid I liked all of the Kanto starters mid-evolutions more than the final. I still think they have a nice youthful cheekiness, but appreciate Charizard for his pure "I AM TWELVE YEARS OLD AND LOVE DRAGONS BECAUSE THEY WILL EAT YOUR FACE" even if I wasn't a twelve year old who loved dragons.
>>28411297Bipedal was fine- Braixen is pretty rad. But Delphox just doesn't really bring anything cool to the table that Braixen didn't already have, loses a bit of the 'tude, and lacks much individual charm. It'd be like if Charmeleon evolved into Charizard, but Charizard didn't have wings.
pic related: I love Wooper. Quagsire is cool too but Wooper is just tough to top.