>>37547014Absolutely. Every one of these designs comes out of the left field--and not in a good way. They each lack the creativity and continuity of the original designs, and Gamefreak has a rumored poster in their offices where designs and concepts are thrown about with each of these Gen 4 Failure-lutions listed, reading: "Do not make the same mistake."
After generation 5 it seems like someone finally read the memo on the poster, and we've had fewer monsters per generation, but made with quality, instead of the soulless desperation in laziness we see from each of these mistake-volutions in Generation 4.