>>38139208>bad at luring>very few fall for itbut it does catch some things. which means it gets the job done, mission accomplished. i'm also talking about how voltorb is a worse design, in-universe facts don't have any effect on that. bringing up pokedex entries to dispute how effective the design is from our standpoint is a complete non sequitur.
>I doubt it, the arguments against one or another are pretty objective, they are not based on stuff like nostalgia or release datethey really are. i already explained how there's nothing of substance to voltorb's design, it's 100% nostalgia driven, why do you think you see so many zoomers shitting on it?
>since both are trying to be the same thing, but voltorb does the mimic betteragain they aren't, they use their mimicry for different purposes, like
>>38138831 said. and once again, the effectiveness of their mimicry was KANTOOO moving the goal posts as the effectiveness of their mimicry in-universe doesn't have a effect on the quality of their designs irl
>>38139295that was such a great thread