>>37433899>Primarina is simply not made for a game where there characters have to quickly move around the stage on landThere are plenty of slow movie character in Smash. She doesn't need quick ground speed, and even if she did she can just surf on the ground like Squirtle does.
>need to be able to grab shit, need some form of air mobility,Pirahna Plant, Duck Hunt and ROB all don't have fingers and the second one isn't even an issue.
>need clarity in some way of what they are about to do and most importantly need any form of physical combat.What does that first one even mean? And she can slap with her flippers, hit with her tail or dive into the opponent or simply use water to attack.
>Primarina would not only awkwardly flop around the stage, but I don't you can make its jumping look organicSurfing and using water to propel herself upward.
>And as for physical combat, it could slap with its flippers and maybe use its tail, but that's about it really. Megaman has like 3 physical attacks if you count Hard Knuckle
>The amount of things you'd have to adjust for this design to work in an invironment like Smash are just too much, that's why they opted for the more safe and humanoid choices, especially since Incineroar was actually never part of the original project plan, Sakurai just decided later on which Pokemon he would pick after US/UM came out.They wouldn't have to change anything about her design. They only need to put in any amount of effort to make it work.
