>>39190028Charmander looks nothing like a dragon. It doesn't have claws, horns or wings. Its eyes and face and neck are completely different from Charizard. It's just a bipedal salamander with a tail that's constantly on fire.
Charizard kept the color scheme and the most iconic feature of the pre-evos (the tail) but that's about it.
Some of its themes are introduced throughout the line but they aren't all present from the start, which is no different from most other starters. Charizard from Charmander is unimaginable.
But I guess your word > Nishida, right anon?