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Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 15:41:53 No.42329251 View View Reply Original Report

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What qualifies as a good Pokémon design?

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Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 15:42:47 No.42329258 Report

Quoted By: >>42329978

I like it

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 15:43:37 No.42329268 Report

Quoted By: >>42329309 >>42329333 >>42334199

>>42329251
>combines elements of different animals
that's it

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 15:44:31 No.42329285 Report

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>>42329251
It depends on what you like. Furfags think that toxtricity is the pinnacle of game design while autists like me enjoy ambiguous kaijus like duraludon

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Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 15:44:54 No.42329293 Report

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Anything that doesnt look like this

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 15:45:41 No.42329303 Report

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>>42329251
>Good Pokémon design
Design I like
>Bad Pokemon design
Design I do not like

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 15:46:00 No.42329309 Report

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>>42329268
oh also if it's something like this. basically be chimera and you win

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 15:46:53 No.42329322 Report

Quoted By: >>42329499 >>42331300

>>42329251
- At least one feature on it but not too many
- Sensible proportions
All in all, I think those are my only real demands. I like Pokemon like Pyroar and Greninja but dislike Pokemon like Incineroar and Inteleon because of their arms.

Sakurai made Incineroar look nicer though I will say.

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Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 15:48:15 No.42329333 Report

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>>42329268
>>42329309
'monster' literally used to mean chimera, hence pocket monsters. it's why edgelords like dragons--they're chaotic chimeras of lizards, birds, etc. waiting to be defeated or tamed. it's metaphysically objective what constitutes a good pocketMON.

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Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 15:50:14 No.42329356 Report

Quoted By: >>42331300

Something anatomically practical and not just a bunch of fucking simple geometric shapes mashed together to form a body.
My theory is that when 3rd gen came out they made an effort to make the designs easier to pop out of a plastic mold press for merchandising reasons.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 15:53:46 No.42329391 Report

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>>42329251
Anything not based on an extant mammal, reptile, or bird. Just go to the zoo if that's what you want out of Pokémon.

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Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 15:58:58 No.42329460 Report

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>>42329251
I want to stick my dick in it

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 16:01:03 No.42329485 Report

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>>42329460
Yes this is it

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 16:01:57 No.42329499 Report

Quoted By: >>42331300

>>42329251
Good concept and good execution. Anything from objects, to animals, to myths, to ambiguous kaijus, can be a Pokémon as long as the concept makes sense and complements a solid design.

What >>42329322 said.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 16:02:42 No.42329507 Report

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>>42329460
eleventh post best post

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 16:34:43 No.42329970 Report

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>>42329251
"Good" is a subjective word that means different things to different people and can't really be determined in a binary good/bad context.

that being said, FUCK KINKLANG LINE, FUCK CRYOGONAL, FUCK FERROTHORN, AND FUCK THAT UGLY ASS DRAGAPULT

thank you

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 16:35:25 No.42329978 Report

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>>42329258
/thread

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Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 17:15:19 No.42330618 Report

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>>42329251
My favorite ones are the Chimeric designs. Reptile + mammal. Amphibian + fish. Dragon + Insect, Mammal + different mammal, animal + mythical creature, object + creature, etc. Literally Pocket MONSTERS so stylized animals being "peak design" is laughable.

I think peak creativity is the Whismur line. Feels like their design process was:
>Lets make an evolution line based on the concept of sound!
>Don't make them based on animals associated with sound, make them look like believable creatures inspired by the instruments of sound!
Would like to see more pokemon like these in future gens.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 17:19:52 No.42330692 Report

Quoted By: >>42331300

>>42329251
Does it look it can exist in the same world as the rest of the monsters? Is it functional in motion?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 17:19:58 No.42330693 Report

Quoted By: >>42331300

>>42329251
Looks like it could fit into a natural environment and is an animal but could also be domesticated
Pulling off interesting concept(EX: mantine being a bomber aircraft, its subtle and it makes sense within pokemon lore because remoraids are remoras and pistols. Literally a perfectly executed pokemon dou)
The only pokemon free of these restrictions are those that are literally supposed to be inorganic/created by human activity

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 17:20:47 No.42330707 Report

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>>42329251
Age.
Pokémon designs are, apparently, a fine wine. The older the design is, the more people like it. No matter how bad it is.

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Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 17:21:16 No.42330717 Report

Quoted By: >>42330909 >>42334238 >>42334337

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Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 17:33:40 No.42330909 Report

Quoted By: >>42332342

>>42330717
Sobble is a basilisk lizard/chameleon hybrid
Torterra is a tortoise/Ankylosaurus
hybrid

Otherwise this is spot on

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 17:57:12 No.42331300 Report

Quoted By: >>42331321

>>42329333
>metaphysically objective
do you even know what those terms mean you sperg or do you think as long as you string a couple of smart sounding words together you get 10 more iq points?

>>42329251
A good pokemon design has the following
>an interesting base (can be based off of animals, mythological creatures, objects and so on)
>one or more exaggerated design elements to make it interesting (colors, features and so on)
>uniformity in design (no feature sticks out like a sore thumb, all fits together naturally)
>a sensible anatomy that looks like that creature could actually exist in a world with our laws of physics (no cutesy wutesy mons whose ehead is larger than their bodies and supported on a thin neck)

if a mon doesn't fulfill the first two criteria, it may seem bland (dewgong), if it overdoes them it may seem tryhard (gen 8 box legends) and if it goes against the third requirement it just looks stupid (sobble, the new jackrabbit legendary).

>>42329356
>>42329322
>>42329499
>>42330692
>>42330693
these people also get it

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Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 17:58:37 No.42331321 Report

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>>42331300
i meant to say fourth in the last sentence before the (you)s

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Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 18:54:16 No.42332224 Report

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>>42329251
according to autists on /vp/, it's either from gen 1 or it looks like pic related.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 19:01:54 No.42332342 Report

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>>42330909
>bait image
>spot on

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 20:49:54 No.42334024 Report

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>>42329460
based and great taste for Alcremie.

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Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 20:53:30 No.42334103 Report

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>>42329251
Anything that has a little more to it than a generic humanoid/cartoon animal #2000000

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Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 20:57:58 No.42334172 Report

Quoted By: >>42334190

Idk. No one knows. Pokemon designs are all over the place. People like some, people like others. Anyone pretending otherwise is just autistic.

Pic related gets almost no love but is genuinely one of my favorite pokemon designs in years.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 20:58:47 No.42334190 Report

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>>42334172
>Pic related gets almost no love
have you just never gone on the internet since SwSh came out
Falinks has insane popularity

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Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 20:59:18 No.42334199 Report

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>>42329268
>animals
Some of the best pokemon designs aren't even creatures.

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Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 21:01:17 No.42334231 Report

Quoted By: >>42334276

>>42334190
nah, legitimately only seen 1 (ONE) falinks thread in my life and i'm pretty sure it died before 100 replies

im glad you like her too though

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 21:01:54 No.42334238 Report

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>>42330717
Calling something a cartoon doesn't make it one.

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Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 21:02:33 No.42334247 Report

Quoted By: >>42334320

>>42329251
refer to pic related

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Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 21:03:40 No.42334276 Report

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>>42334231
>im glad you like her too though
but I don't

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Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 21:04:51 No.42334296 Report

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>>42334276
well shit taste can't be helped i guess

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 21:05:57 No.42334320 Report

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>>42334247
as the years go on I grow to hate more gen 1 designs and i'm not sure why, they're starting to just seem so boring to me

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Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 21:06:43 No.42334337 Report

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>>42330717
Plot twist: they’re all cartoons

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Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 21:10:53 No.42334418 Report

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Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 22:17:42 No.42335591 Report

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>can this creature reasonably survive in the wild
>does this creature have features unnecessary for survival
>does this creature emulate a human activity for no reason at all
>does rhis creature have features that would hinder its survival rate for the sake of a gimmick

and this is why i detest 60% of the pokemon roster. I hope someone with a degree on animal anatomy joins their team or they just license it out to qualified zoologists

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 22:22:06 No.42335666 Report

Quoted By: >>42335948

>>42334199
pic not related?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 22:30:13 No.42335799 Report

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>>42335591
you've missed the entire appeal of pokemon. they aren't supposed to be animals, they're supposed to be superpowered replacements for animals, which means they don't always have to look or function like animals.
one of the only things game freak has ever done right is not being as boring with the concept as people like you want them to be.

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Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 22:37:25 No.42335948 Report

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>>42335666
ok satan

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Anonymous Fri 10 Jan 2020 23:34:43 No.42336886 Report

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>>42335591
Or how about you go play Monster Hunter instead? Christ, this is why it’s a good thing nobody here actually designs Pokemon. You would all be stuck in your own ways trying to strong arm all Pokemon to be designed in this one specific way that appeals to you, making this series boring as fuck.

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