>>30295273Oshawott, a Pokemon the size of a Pikachu with a sword, is not going to work as well as Dewott. No matter how you cut it. Just having a bigger size and an extra sword is enough to make the character much more interesting.
You're just saying we should have a clearly inferior Pokemon because it's cuter.
As far as animating goes, animating Dewott wouldn't be that hard. It'll certainly be easier than some of the other Pokemon so far has been. What I think would be complicated, not necessarily hard, is how they handle Oshawott holding a sword. He sort of lacks fingers.