>>17806429Those two Arcanine models look pretty much the same to me, except for as said the redone textures which heavily influence it. XY uses a totally different style for them than past 3D games used, which were all generally the same. Otherwise, those two Arcanine models look the same to me.
Take a look at
>>17791009 for example, that's literally one of its Amie animations, and the model is exactly the same too.
It doesn't apply to all of them, many animations likely had to be new for XY, but there are definitely recycled animations and the models themselves are undoubtedly recycled.