>>44606206>Gen 7I'm not sure if what my absolute favorite from this gen is, but Mimikyu is close to the top. I like how it incorporates batesian mimicry and deconstructs the pikaclone idea. However, I'm mainly listing it here because it's an exception to two design choices I otherwise hate.
It has the same "unseen body" gimmick that pokemon like Diglett/Dugtrio, and Tangela/Tangrowth have, but it's explained much better that people have seen it and either become ill or did not want to remember out of fear. With Diglett/Dugtrio, it makes no sense because it would mean nobody's ever defeated one and looked at its underside and each member of this species perfectly hides its underside at all times. Much less believable.
It also has Cubone syndrome with the pokemon as characters instead of species thing, but it works here because without the character aspect of Mimikyu's design, it would just be a dumb bedsheet ghost, as shown by initial reactions when it was leaked in corocoro before the scan was translated.
