I had trouble sleeping last night, so I hopped on 4skin for some reason. After a while I got off but Pokemon was still on my brain, and then something hit me. I was thinking about the leaked starters, and I realized I couldn't picture them in action at all, especially Poppmaid and Rowlet3. By this I mean the games and anime.

Poppmaid's design makes it look as though she'd be extremely awkward and ungraceful on land. Like, picture a sea lion hobbling around; now imagine Poppmaid doing that. Look retarded? Yeah, thought so. And then she has those pink spikes protruding from her tail for no reason, which makes it even more difficult to imagine her getting around well on land. All I imagine is the spikes hindering her and tilling a trail in the dirt wherever she goes. She's shaping up to be Samurott #2.

Rowlet3 seems like its bow and arrow wings are going to be useless in aerial combat, since it's going to need them to fly. Unless it becomes part Ground, which has been speculated, and it fights on the ground. Although if the anime logic is anything to go by, it'll probably just levitate in midair while nocking and shooting its arrows. Even then, I can't seem to picture it running with its weird legs. And then the whole hood bit seems counter-intuitive to its design, what with its ability to rotate its head and all. Not sure if the kind of hood its wearing would be ideal for an archer, even if it's just Pokemon.

Litten3 has its fair share of "wtf how" bits as well, such as its crotch belt which I can only picture him using by dry humping the air, which I can't see happening in a game or anime that's made for kids. If so then it will probably be censored to hell and back in some countries. Not sure how that poison spitting bit's going to fair either. Despite this, Litten3's seems to be the only one of the three I can picture in action.

It wouldn't surprise me if these are just early design concepts.