>>50276234>with Pokemon it's impossible to tell unless we have direct information about the intention behind itThat's not necessarily true, because no matter how incredibly obscure the design inspiration was, there's always someone out there who just so happens to have enough experience on the subject to be able to identify it. Think of how many Japanese culture inspired things we know about when GameFreak almost never reveals that sort of information.
>We need this information in order to judge how well-communicated the idea behind the design is.You're very much right, but what I'm saying is that for people with a brain, it's not impossible to excavate that information from the design itself and have a more or less accurate blueprint to use for said judging.
