>>18649925If you want to look at it through purely first impressions, both the hypno line and the spoink line are bulky mono psychic types that evolve once
Also every dog and cat pokemon each generation
And even if they may seem similar to gen 1, there's more to the gen 5 niches than just first appearances
while Machamp and Conkeldurr have the same typing and both evolve through trade, they have different stat spreads ,movepools and abilities
There's literally nothing that's the same between Cacturne and Maractus besides them both being based on a cactus. Hell, they're not even based off of the same type of cactus. They have different typings, different movepools, different stats (not even the same BST), and different abilities
So, overall, you shouldn't say a newer pokemon is a complete ripoff of old one unless you really know what you're talking about
