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Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 03:46:12 No.58308749 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>58308875 >>58308891 >>58308962 >>58309416 >>58310289 >>58310396 >>58310406

What's an evolution that feels like a downgrade to you? Seadra to kingdra always felt off to me kingdra always looked like a middle stage

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 04:20:36 No.58308870 Report

Quoted By: >>58308942 >>58309382

>>5830874
Aesthetically?
>Meowth to Persian
Strange vaguely reptilian Maneki Neko becomes generic panther with a jewel on it's forehead. Bipeds should never become quadropeds unless it's hulking gorilla stance like Swampert.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 04:22:39 No.58308874 Report

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haunter -> gengar

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Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 04:23:11 No.58308875 Report

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>>58308749

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Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 04:30:32 No.58308891 Report

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>>58308749
I agree, and also thought that Seadra and Horsea feel more feminine in design and Kingdra feels more masculine. I get they can be any gender but Kingdra's aesthetics feel off compared to the rest of the line.

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Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 04:31:12 No.58308893 Report

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>>58308891
For me it was the other way around. Seadra was masculine, while Horsea and Kingdra looked more feminine.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 04:57:53 No.58308942 Report

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>>58308870
>vaguely reptilian
How could you possibly think meowth looks vaguely reptilian, ever?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 05:01:51 No.58308958 Report

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Ivy to venusaur
Wartortle
Grovyle

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 05:02:16 No.58308962 Report

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>>58308749
Chansey to Blissey. What a waste of a dex slot.

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Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 05:59:11 No.58309087 Report

Quoted By: >>58309092 >>58309096

>>58308942
>no nose
>face like an axolotl
>whiskers seem to be coming out of it's face

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Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 06:01:11 No.58309092 Report

Quoted By: >>58309273

>>58309087
>>no nose
normal stylization I would think?
>>face like an axolotl
...Whiskers?
>>whiskers seem to be coming out of it's face
Yeah, whiskers do that.
My diagnosis: faceblind because of autism.

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Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 06:02:58 No.58309096 Report

Quoted By: >>58309273

>>58309087
axolotls aren't even reptiles lmao

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Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 07:20:59 No.58309273 Report

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>>58309096
well you know what I mean reptile/amphibian pretty damn close.
>>58309092
>Yeah, whiskers do that.
Yes, they are coming out of sides of it's face.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 08:32:03 No.58309382 Report

Quoted By: >>58309750

>>58308870
Pokemon are battling creatures, changing lifestyle for power isn’t unreasonable

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Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 08:53:24 No.58309416 Report

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>>58308749
>What's an evolution that feels like a downgrade to you?
The final form of 90% of the starters from gen 3 onward.

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Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 09:37:14 No.58309489 Report

Quoted By: >>58309693 >>58310294

Most evolutions introduced in a subsequent generation
Exceptions being Crobat, Bellossom, Blissey, Scizor, Steelix, the Gen 2 and 4 Eeveelutions, Gallade, and Froslass

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Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 11:51:59 No.58309693 Report

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>>58309489
Roserade is definitely an upgrade to roselia like roselia used to be one of hoenn's many set dressing pokemon that just exist to exist

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Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 12:31:28 No.58309750 Report

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>>58309382
Digimon did it better. A biped becoming a 20ft tall spirit quadroped or kaiju is reasonable; becoming a normal animal isn't.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 12:43:51 No.58309772 Report

Quoted By: >>58310285 >>58310412

>>58309693
Roserade's rosehands are a downgrade
Also the change in appearance from unambiguously feminine to somewhat androgynous

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 16:12:45 No.58310285 Report

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>>58309772
You know what I'll admit the change from actual roses to these plastic looking roses drags roserade down also I think it's still pretty feminine if it's androgynous it leans more towards feminine

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Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 16:13:42 No.58310289 Report

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>>58308749
one of the worst possible examples to start the thread

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Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 16:14:38 No.58310294 Report

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>>58309489
bellossom and blissey are fucking dogshit

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 16:38:28 No.58310396 Report

Quoted By: >>58310452

>>58308749
I disagree with most examples in the thread, but I think mine is probably not popular

Scyther to Scizor/Kleavor

I think both Scizor and Kleavor are awesome Pokémon. But I wish they were a single stage line each. For example, when Scizor was launched, they would have a quartet with Scyther/Scizor/Pinsir/Heracross as in-game strong Pokémon in an unofficial link. Maybe one day they could make it official by creating a baby Pokémon that could evolve to all four similar to how they united Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee.

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Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 16:40:39 No.58310406 Report

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>>58308749
Machoke to Machamp
>Snout becomes whatever that mouth is
>Loses three toes on each foot
>Loses the red details on the arms
>Extra arms just look awkward

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 16:41:48 No.58310412 Report

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>>58309772
Roserade is definitely feminine. It just look like an older, sort of a cougar, woman.

You know the type. Mother of two kids, recently divorced and sexually frustrated that prey on college guys...

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Sep 2025 16:52:09 No.58310452 Report

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>>58310396
I don't think it's really the topic at hand but I do agree It would be better if they were three related but independent variants, I don't really like evolutions that are sidegrades. And I agree about pulling a Hitmon, though I don't agree that Heracross and Pinsir being included, they're not similar enough

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