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Dratini -> Dragonair could have survived perfectly well on its own as a two-stage Evolutionary line. Maybe upping Dragonair's stats EVER SO SLIGHTLY would have been good too.
Dragonite just looks so, so different. Don't get me wrong, I love Dragonite too. But I kind of wish he was his own single-stage Pokemon. (Druddigan did it right, why not Dragonite)
I just love Dratini and Dragonair so much, I wish the families were split up.
I have the same opinion about Dewott -> Samurott. Samurott is just fine by me, but as an evolutoin of Dewott it just doesn't work. Dewott could have had another otter-inspired evolution and Samurott could be an unrelated, single-stage water type found in the late game.