Trying to remember an article I saw posted here a long time ago where a designer for the games talked about how they'll take a cool design for a Pokemon and "break" part of it intentionally, making it unflattering, uncool, or ugly on purpose. (I can't quite remember the rationale, if anyone knows the article or where to find it lmk)

In general, do you feel like there are certain designs that would be cool if but for a fatal flaw? Do you think they were right to make this intentional mistakes in this way? I think in some cases it gives a cool design more character, but in other cases it feels like it ruins whatever appeal there could have been.

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