>>26773709>>26775901>>26775982>>26775989As far as design bases and the execution of those design's bases go (and with no consideration for other factors),
>Charizard -Generic Dragon only vestigially based on legendary Salamanders
>Blastoise -Generic turtle with random cannons glued to its back
>Venasaur -Generic toad with a flower on its back, but better than the other two from kanto
>Typhlosion +Cross between a mustelid and a sun-bear which's typing is a pun on the sun-bear's name
>Feralligator ~Generic but attractive anthropomorphic reptile with added godzilla-spikes
>Meganium -Generic sauropod with petals glued around its neck
>Blaziken ~Based on the Japnese shamo, whose design's disproportion and martial appearance relative to other pokemon calls back it's origin as an unnatural species bred to fight to the death. Odd choice for a starter, though, and has jack shit to do with fire.
>Swampert +Attractive combination of Axolotl, Mudskippers and Lungfish
>Sceptile ~On the verge of generic anthropomorphic Leaf-tailed geckos (albeit an attractive one) with completely random secondary features, but the fact that it's the most scenically and cleverly implemented of the grass type starters typing saves it some face.
>Infernape -Literally my mom's generic depiction of sun wukong with its head on fire that is liked by people who don't know shit about journey to the west or how overdone it is in the east
>Empoleon +Penguin plus some sort of watercraft plus historic depictions of Neptune.
>Torterra +Attractive depiction of "Wold-on-a-turtle's-back" folklore from around the world crossed with an ankylosaur
>Emboar ?Not sure what the fuck this thing's based off of, and I'm pretty sure its a relatively hot topic
>Samurott -Concept essentially pulled out of the artist's ass which only made sense in tandem with the first two stages, with a design to match
>Serperior ?See Emboar
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