>>55407164Actually there is a lot of regard for how it fits in with other Pokemon and it's not just a 1 to 1 copy of Sun Wukong.
Most notably the circlet and armor is turned into more naturalistic spiral shapes around his body that are still evocative but are distinctly Pokemon, reminiscent of Pokemon like Meowth, Ampharos, Slowking with their various not-quite-manufactured adornments.
The noodle limbs also help make him look more like, you know, a creature rather than a naked human with a mask like in the OP
