>>27279516>Bad Pokemon designsAmoonguss.
Amoonguss is one of the few pokemon that I actually think is truly and unquestionably fucking terrible.
The Fucking Icecream cone is okay, TRUBBISH is okay- Amoongus is shit.
Generally speaking I try to rate pokemon's designs not on whether or not I "like them", but if they keep up with the thematic design standards set by the 1st and 2nd gen (which included Pokemon they couldn't include in gen 1 due to time constrains, etc).
Amoonguss is a fucking "pokeball coloured mushroom": It's name is "Amoonguss" which is just a combination of humongous and Amanita (the red and white mushroom) so that has absolutely nothing to fucking do with it's actual design which is literally a "pokeball mimic mushroom."
VOLTORB is a pokeball mimic but that at least that makes SENSE because it's heavily implied that Voltorb is an artificial pokemon that developed from a pokeball and it looking like one is just a victim of circumstance.
Even then, EVEN THEN- Voltorb/Electrode has a more "natural" looking design and doesn't LITERALLY look like a POKEBALL. Further more both of these pokemon's designs are AMAZING in a non-urban design because they stand out as warning colours.
Amoonguss literally has the pokeball logo/design painted on it's hands and head.
Amoonguss lives in the fucking woods and is a mushroom and for some reason a pokeball design is supposed to attract "prey" despite even the pokedex acknowledging it's a fucking stupid adaptation.
Amoonguss is a bad design because it's a "game-mechanic" design that wouldn't exist if pokemon were "real" and not a "game".
I know that sounds contrary or idiotic, but if you weren't playing a "game" you wouldn't even be able to see the entire pokemon design of Amoongusses head because their height would obscure it.
Seriously, it's fucking stupid.
