>>45691551The goofiness may have been intentional. Adding in elements that go against a Pokemon's general vibe is so ethibg they do to make designs more memorable. Whether or not this is a good thing is a matter of taste though. Sugimori mentions this in an interview.
"I often tell members in charge of design to “take away from designs that are too cool,” but that is probably a sentiment that is difficult to grasp. What’s cool and what’s not is all subjective in the end. To put it extremely, my job is to get something that would look cooler if it didn’t have this or that on it, then put it in on purpose. [laughs] Basically, if it looks too cool then it takes away from what makes it memorable for the players."
