>>54520209Yeah it does, subtle does not always equal good, magmortar and Lickilicky could be helped by that I admit but only retrospectively as now most mon no longer hide it.
Steelix is a cartoon metal snake and Nidoking is a cartoon armored rabbit and Magmortar is a Cartoon Greater Demon, funny how you talk design philosophies and boolean expressions but play ignorant to cherry picking and infantilizing, do better I can tell you're better.
Also fat creatures are things, hippos, fat demons, pigs and (YOU).
>>54520245I admit the modern aesthetics are bad I'm beyond that now.
Concept and Style consistency is Fucking important and pokemon has 0 it's why gen 1 concept art is kids in deep forest wearing outdoor gear and after gen 5 we wear chucky cheese safety gear to ride bikes and be cradled by Machamp.
Magmortar is shit for it I admit my hypocracy I was fighting for more unfriendly mon like Garchomp and Golisopod there but Magmortar gets shit not for being made of spheres, but because it's ugly, it's mean and clearly sinister, it's a fat monster and unapologetically uncool to fit a more villainous design, I admit I'll defend that but I also know if they had gave him big horns made of fire, added the Magmar scales on the legs and gave him a sharp toothy grin and made him part Dark like Electivire should be part Fighting... I wouldn't be bitching here today and you'd not call out the madness it afflicts me.
