>>55719426Flygon-Salamence and Dragonite-Gyarados swaps are way worse.
Former doesn't account for "Salamence" being a dragon-like name that has nothing to do with bugs like "Flygon" does, and the Bagon > Shelgon > Flygon thing only accounts for English localized names for Bagon and Shelgon. The Bagon line has no naming convention of any kind in Japanese.
Dragonair into Gyarados because they're fucking blue and Magikarp into Dragonite because they're orange just reeks of cultural retardation.
>>55719338Remoraid into Octillery follows a theme of two sea creatures acting like firearms. Luvdisc into Alomomola still follows a theme of pink heart-like fish but one is hearts as in love and the other is hearts as in health as a medic, and so the pair-bonding aspect is lost if Luvdisc is THE lovey-dovey Pokemon. A Luvdisc evolution thematically would more appropriately be like Tandemaus. You gotta take into account more than just what kind of animal it is and what color it is, else you get Tauros into Bouffalant or Gligar into Drapion ideas. I can see the logic for it, but I can also see why it wouldn't work.
