>>36876221>most of the Pokemon introduced were basically carbon copies of Kantomons.It's pretty much this. You were restricted to pokemon that you've seen but worse.
When me and a few friends were looking through the gen 5 mons, seeing which one's we'd get rid of, most of what we were saying regarding them was "Oh that's just BTEC _____" And by the time we were done, we still wanted to get rid of more. The leftovers were probably the least BTECish of the bunch.
>>36876263Designwise though, there was a LOT of 1-1 counterparts. Which is the most important in establishing an identity.
