>>43861304It's a very clunky, awkward design that tries to be something it can't. If it was more like
>>43859786 then it'd be fine, but they decided to go with a bipedal approach instead which just does not work with its body type and the placement of its cannons. As stated multiple times in the thread, this causes it to be very inconsistent throughout all of its appearances as its design is not flexible enough to appropriately fit all the different ways in which they attempt to convey it. It's clear that the artists have a vision for how they want Blastoise to look in each appearance, but then realise afterwards that it doesn't work and are forced to make alterations to the design if they want to continue with that idea.
On a more subjective note, I both really fucking hate its face and design as an evolution to Squirtle/Wartortle. The other 8 Kanto starter stages all have very similar facial structures (especially the shape of their mouths), which gives them a nice sense of unity/rivalry but then Blastoise fucks it up. Wartortle introduces a lot of design elements which feel like a natural upgrade from Squirtle's, but again Blastoise goes and does something different by not only removing everything Wartortle gained but then having new elements come up out of the blue. It's really evident from the get-go that Blastoise was never meant to be part of the Squirtle and was just forced in at a later point.
