>generic design
>bakeneko/nekomaki biped becomes generic panther
>bland color scheme
>shit stats
> alolan made it worse

Honestly it seems like a generic rpg enemy more so than a memorable pokemon.

You get a pretty memorable pokemon, that becomes this generic piece of crap.

Honestly, it would bother me alot less if it was some mystical transcendence into a spirit beast or something; but persian is just a simplified panther.

What would you rather have meowth become?
>nekomane king
>a persian encrusted in jewels.
> a fat as fuck maneki
>a more cat like shisha
> a shisha kaiju

Anything would be better than Persian.