>>55995928>>55996571>Heracrosslacking elements to make it feel complete; feels unfinished
>Slugma linefulfilled its mission, but did the bare minimum
>Remoraid linefamously revised to be left unfinished
>DelibirdWhen you think about what it's supposed to be, it strikes you as a genuine victim of Gen II's design philosophy, like it was sabotaged
>Skarmorybland coolmon; so uncharacteristic from the rest that many people thought it was from Gen III
still suffers from the Johto problem of purposefully lacking depth
>Houndour linethe most potential for greatness of all of these, but left unfinished
>Phanpy lineall things considered, probably the bare minimum of what should be considered an okay Johto design
it is disjointed and not cohesive, with all parts of it working together to convey the central point
>SmeargleStraight out of a newspaper comic
>Miltankmore like a cartoon cow than a Pokemon
>Legendary Beastsacceptably met the requirements, considering the generation's design constraints
>Larvitar linerather uninspired; could have and should have done more with it
>Lugiaugily executed, doesn't surprise me it's a fake Pokemon design
>Ho-Ohuninspired, one-to-one
>Celebibabyish
So the Johto dex with all the stragglers removed still sucks on the whole, being still exemplary of the design philosophy behind the gen, which trends toward simpler = better.
