>>50115447Not very often. For every character that got a good redesign, there's several that got mediocre and bad ones as anime design and fashion trends continue to devolve.
Lyra was a downgrade from Kris. LGPE Green was a step-up from Leaf because she's relatively faithful to the unnamed gen 1 female trainer's design (which is superior to both Green and Leaf).
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