>>32243441Oh boy, I love this argument
>Red stripe looks slapped onConsistent across every stage of the design. Pokemon with markings are not a new thing and exist in every gen, unless you hate the "random" yellow stripe on Ekans' neck too.
>tail just looks like a tree glued onto its backThis argument is so outdated it's hilarious. It's a raptor tail with spikes that cause it to evoke a pine tree. It fully flexes like a regular tail and merges perfectly with the design, as a large tail is needed for a large, FAST bipedal dinosaur to run flat out- the arrow-like arrayment of the spines would even make it increase Sceptile's aerial mobility.
>just a bunch of decorations thrown on with no sense of harmony to the designYou're going to have to specify which if you want to be taken seriously, friendo.
>Generic grass lizard that pales in comparison to Blaziken and Swampert in both inspiration and designBlaziken is literally a Shamo chicken with arms- Swampert is literally a strong axolotl - Sceptile is literally a prehistoric leaf-tailed gecko. All have the same level of inspiration.
>even Grovyle does the 'cool grass lizard' thing better while having a more streamlined designThis is my favorite part, because it's objectively wrong. For example, the large leaf on Grovyle's head is "gued onto" it, and is a pointless "decoration," to use your terminology. Grovyle lacks thumbs or even enough fingers to gain gription, a large flaw in a tree-climbing species. Most of all, in place of a tail it has two leaves "glued on" to its ass, which serve no purpose except to say "it's a Grass type" and would prevent it from balancing while running flat out like Sceptile can. In terms of design, Grovyle's objectively the worst of the Treecko line- its popularity stems from PMD rather than any real quality.
Which is not to say it's a BAD design, it's still well above bottom-tier Grass types like Leafeon.
