>regular animals with triangle eyes
>small, cute animals with rounder edges and dull colors
>pairs of regular animals with more bright colors
>regular animals with a lot more lines, spikes and other bells and whistles
>a lot more objects than usual
>much more animated animals with big cute eyes
>very flat, simple depictions of animals, almost like stickers
What's next for Gen 8?

This image may seem like I'm insulting a Gen but I dont really hate any Gen's designs overall, though Gen 2 does have my favourites and I kind of hate how a lot of Gen 7's pokemon are drawn.