>>50642711I don't think you can. I remember being excited for BW, and playing the fuck out of it when I got it. Went out of my way to get both versions just to keep playing without starting over. I really enjoyed Black and White. I didn't finish BW2 but I thought it was a cool story too. I liked how it revised the hud, and I liked the increased Pokemon selection. That last part brings me to the point of this response.
I really don't think many of Unova's monsters are that good looking, and are largely interesting based on how they contrast with Kanto monsters, since many of them were designed specifically as callbacks and homages to Kanto Pokemon, reinterpreting the same central concept into a new creature like with Munna, Musharna, and Drowzee and Hypno. I'm not mentioning this as a bad point, but as a good one, as it makes Unova monsters easier to appreciate in that context. On the whole though, and you're left with a hodgepodge of weird, gaudy looking creatures. The best Unova monsters are the ones that are naturalistic and don't seem to be referencing any of their predecessors or putting a new spin on an archetype. Haxorus, Braviary, Mandibuzz, Mienshao, Scolipede, Golurk, Eelektross, Chandelure, Caracosta, Volcarona, Accelgor and Escavalier, Liligant, Whimsicott, and to a lesser extent Zoroark I guess (no offense, it leans toward gaudiness with those bright red accents and feels somewhat out of place) are all really great designs that evoke a feeling of freshness. Their contemporaries like Klinklang, Vanilluxe, the three monkeys, the starters, Sigilyph (tentatively), Sawk, Throh, Conkeldurr, Swoobat, Garboder, and so on don't really match up to them in terms of excellence.
The best "cartoony' monster to come from Gen 5 is probably Cofagrigus.
