>>29416126I'm not crying about it, but all in all, probably my least favorite gen. I intensely dislike the starters and the legendaries, which make up a big "face" of the dex. There's a hand full that I really love, but there are way too many weird, bizarre and ugly pokemon. Don't get me wrong, those types are fine to add, but I feel that you need a strong foundation of more grounded designs first and foremost. You know damn well that if a newcomer or returning player looked at this dex, they'd think "these things look weird.." and then stick to being a filthy genwunner. Too much space wasted on filler bullshit pokemon like Togedemaru, and the UB's honestly don't stand out as much when some of the Pokemon themselves are nearly as weird, despite that being their intended purpose. The worst offenders are the Alolan forms, in my opinion. We got some really kickass ones, like Marowak, Ninetales, Exeggutor, but all of the leaked ones were absolutely awful, and there's just so few of them. That idea is bustling with potential, but they had poor distribution, and chose to waste 4 of them on jokes before actual designs.
This all being said, I think that these pokemon all work very well when you see them in the Regional dex. As stand alone new additions, they were subpar.. if they tried another Unova with this dex, it would've been really bad, but the entire Regional dex all feels good together. These additions make a lot of sense when you look at it through a lens of seeing all Pokemon as up to date and currently relevant.
