>>34908327I loved Exploud back when I first played Sapphire.
I don't remember why I kept Whismur on my team back then, but once it evolved to Loudred I was happy to have it. Exploud was just icing on the cake because I thought he was bad ass.
>>34910261Admittedly I overlooked Swirlix and Slurpuff at first. But the Unburden+Belly Drum combo sounded really fun, and it quickly turned into one of my faves. I even have a 4-perfect-IV's shiny I bred that I never finished training (I had a concept for a team based on cooking/food that I really should finish some time)...
But I also wanted to agree with you about Crabominable. It kind of embodies a perfect design-theory for a Pokemon if you ask me. I'm still pretty amazed at just how well they combined all of it's inspirations into such a coherent design.
...Which ultimately disappoints me when I see how much hate it gets just because it's a bit dopey looking.
