>>27431618>but people have yet to give reasons as to why the ones in the OP are well designed.They're creative with their theme and expand well on the first stages without falling into the "it just gets bigger" trap a lot of deviantart tier evolutions do.
That owl for example could very easily be an official design in the same lieu as Greninja. Instead of just taking Froakie and making it a generic bigger frog they enlaced the ninja connection into it and took a frog's trademark long tongue and made into a ninja scarf. Now here instead of just making a generic cool bigger owl they made it into an archer and it draws feathers from its wings and uses them as arrows. And the hooded shit fits into how owls are sneaky and well aware of their surroundings. It just works.
