>>52275174>hand feathers for no discernible purposeThe dinosaurs they're inspired from have those spikes on their hands.
Their fossils were also found in Spain, making this line technically an accurate Spain reference.
The Pokemon themselves use them as super-heated claws to break through ice.
Unlike most ice types, they don't generate cold themselves, they use thermodynamics to expel either heat or cold from various parts of their body.
This line is disguised as a Godzilla ripoff but it is conceptually complex and clever.
The design is bland, but this is a problem many great concepts have suffered from in this gen's pokedex. The Artistic director being a woman might have to do with the reduced quality.
