>>53535603Actually Feraligatr was always described as a lumbering quadruped that moves around on fall fours. It would rear up onto its hind legs to attack, but it wasn't comfortably or easily walking around upright outside of water.
The key is to look at the spine. The gen 2 sprite has the top of his body still coming forwards, he's hunched forwards with his spine in a bit of an "S" shape.
In the new sprites he has a vertical human like spine with just a head on top. It's not longer croc like as in the old design but now just upright dino.
See the picture comparing the sprites. The line of the spine. And how gen 2 feraligatr would look straightened out.
>It is hard for it to support its own weight out of water, so it gets down on all fours. But it moves fast.