>>42791832Beta Remoraid was perhaps too on the nose to get away with, but I'll never understand why they changed Octillery. They even left the JP name the same (Octank), how's anyone looking at the final design seeing anything tank-like instead of just some bland cartoony octopus? The Gen I evolutions that got revisited in Gen IV also look way better in proto-Gen II (except Leafan IMO, which feels like a rough placeholder for a Grass legendary). And...that's it. You can conceivably have replaced all of the useless babies with some of the more standout designs, but really, Game Freak knew exactly what they were doing: they picked the most marketable lineup.
