>>53521468>But I am a genwunner and I've never felt this until 8, something weird happened that gen to the design philosophyWesternization happened. The genuine kind.
Something's "off" with Galar compared to Alola and even Kalos. And it's even worse and way more noticeable with Paldea with the artstyle, how it's not Sugimori anime anymore.
There's also how the old guard is slowly but surely retiring. New blood is coming in with their own thoughts and ideas and those clash with all that's been beforehand.
There's also how there's a distinct lack of unity during the design process. Some sort of organization so that everyone's on the same picture. You can see how this is not a thing with the Pokemon but even the humans. Everyone is on their little private box designing what they got assigned and then everything gets dropped into the games as is.
I cannot stand seeing the art of the human characters and see how each one of them looks like they're from a different franchise.
>Now of course neither the fans nor GF give a fuck about Bellibolt.See, the thing is that GF has no fucking idea of what will end up popular or not. I'm absolutely certain of it.
I bet you anything that they decided to give Iono Bellibolt since they thought it would end up being a popular mememon because is blobby and cute and derpy and with Iono being my mom's Gawr Gura they thought they had a winning combination.
Except now you look at things and Rika is the one mogging everything and everyone in terms of popularity.
Just look at Geeta being the third or fourth attempt of trying to catch the lightning in a bottle that was Cynthia just for it to fail utterly once more. Those people to this day STILL have no idea why people truly like Cynthia. They think "People like Cynthia because "she's strong" so let's make the new Champion the super duper ultra the strongest in lore surely that'll make it as beloved as her".
