>>42931872He doesn't pick the pokémon designs dumbass, the senior staffers (ie, the ones above him, who've been there from the start or thereabouts) do and always have. He set the artstyle for the game and region, but not how the pokémon for them should look, that was once again the job of the team who pick the pokémon (as they were the ones giving direct feedback to the artists, includding likely himself for his actual creations).
