Least Favorite Generation 1/2 Pokemon Designs?
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I personally like the design of Dragonite (Not sure of its correct spelling). While it does look like he's taken one too many mega punches to the head, I like to think of it as a don't judge a book by its cover kind of pokemon. He looks like he'll go down in two hits, then wipes the whole team out, assuming they don't have any other dragons/ice pokemon.HigherTomorrow said:This is a really popular one and I've never really understood why. He looks so silly. Cute, yes, but like you put it, he's one dopey-looking ************.wintercoat said:
I was so looking forward to getting some badass dragon after leveling up my dragonair, but no, I get this dopey ************. I was disappoint.
HigherTomorrow said:This is a really popular one and I've never really understood why. He looks so silly. Cute, yes, but like you put it, he's one dopey-looking ************.wintercoat said:
I was so looking forward to getting some badass dragon after leveling up my dragonair, but no, I get this dopey ************. I was disappoint.
Dragonair is evolving?
Like hell s/he is. B.
Buretsu said:
I've always loved Voltorb and Electrode. They're so simple it's stupid, but they've always had a cool sort of personality to them, Electrode especially. He's got such a cocky smile, combined with the fact that he just blows himself the hell up.ultrachicken said:
Also,
Magmar, Mr. Mime and Jynx are by far the worst pokemon ever designed.
Especially Mr. Mime. I fucking hate Mr. Mime.
Especially Mr. Mime. I fucking hate Mr. Mime.
I think hes based off a more japanese luck dragon design since charizard was (supposed be) based off the western dragon design (though he just came out looking like he had a seriously terrible case of the downs). my only problem with his design is I feeel his wings are too small for what his entry says, but if im going to start criticizing pokemon for realism I hav ea serious uphill battle to climb that in the ned probably wont be worth it.wintercoat said:
I was so looking forward to getting some badass dragon after leveling up my dragonair, but no, I get this dopey ************. I was disappoint.
anyway, Id say really most of them, just because hindsight and rose coloured nostalgia has made me really bitter to the old designs, and I can point out something thats stupide with just about every favorite first gen pokemon (you have no idea how much hate I get just for the charizard comment I made, and its not from people who are offended because it sounds like an insult to people with down syndrome, but rather cause I insulted charizard).
but in the end, it hink the worst was probably mewtwo, just because he was so hyped and supposed to be great, then you battle hima nd he looks like a pissed off, constipated 70 year old man.
I love Lugia, he's one of my favorite legendary pokemon :C I like him because he isn't just another stupid bird or dragon, he has mixed characteristics of both. And I love those wing-hands, I dunno why.Kavok said:
But then again my favorite pokemon is Ludicolo :l
I like all the generations. Gen 1 is my least favorite because a lot of the designs are uninspired and boring. Just reskins of animals that already exist.
Ones I hate?
The ice cream one
Lopunny
Qwilfish
Macargo
Stantler
Slaking
Nosepass/Probopass
Delcatty
Medicham
Claydol
Castform (he has testicles)
Huntail/Gorebyss
Bidoof
I could go on but I don't want to....
There was a LOT of laziness that went into designing 1st-Gen Pokemon, but I'll admit, the bulk of them are evolutions of Pokemon. Many 1st-gen evolutions are just bigger versions of the monsters they "evolved" from with hardly anything different but facial expressions, or they're just multiples of the same Pokemon but made into a Pokemon Centipede / Spider.
Pictured below: some of the laziest Pokemon evolutions EVER.
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*The sad thing is that I actually still like some of these guys.
Some designs I personally don't like much, as it doesn't suit my personal tastes, but I see what they were going for.
This guy, for example. I understand that this is a muscleman, like a pro-wrestler. The belt and the red marking that might be veins are neat touches. I just have never been a muscleman person. I never really got into wrestling, and I'll probably choose any other Smash Bro (even Snake) before picking Captain Falcon (except Ganondorf).
But then there are designs that are just flat-out hideous, making me yell like the Angry Video Game Nerd "What were they thinking?"
Exeggcute just brings up so many questions with its design, you're gonna want to grab a snack while I list them all. Why are they pink? I'm not sure if pink eggs happen. Ever. Why are there six of them? Do there have to be? Do they each have there own mind, or do they have a hive mind? What happens when one or more of them is separated from the rest? Are they born at the same time or join in a group later? Is one member of the group always cracked like that? Does that one have drain bamage? How exactly are these Grass Pokemon? What happens to them when they evolve? Exeggutor only has three heads, so where do the other three go? The Pokedex says that fallen Exeggutor heads can become Exeggcute. Exeggutor's supposed to be a coconut tree, right? Does a 2-meter fall really crack a coconut that badly? How have they not all cracked yet?!? AAAAAAAAAAAAH!
I just realized how Exeggcute's psychic powers work. They make you question its design in so many logical ways that your brain nearly snaps.
One would logically think that baby Pokemon are supposed to be cuter (or at least more marketable to little kids) versions of Pokemon that already exist. One DID NOT think that for Igglybuff, IMO the ugliest baby Pokemon that wasn't meant to be ugly. I'm guessing they only made a baby for Jigglypuff, a Pokemon that is already meant to be admired by little girls (or used as Japanese pillows), because its rather similar companions Pikachu and Clefairy were getting baby forms, too. I don't know if it's the eyes that look way too big for its tiny body, or the lack of ears, or the fact that its curl in this stage is just a squiggle on its head rather than looking like hair like its evolved forms, but I never really liked Igglybuff's design and bemoaned how my Odd Egg in Crystal hatched into one of these instead of a Pichu (or any other baby).
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And now for something a bit different, a situation with good-looking Pokemon gone awry.
I have to post the whole family here as a visual aid. But let me make this clear: I like these Pokemon and their individual designs. Squirtle looks so tiny and cute with its blue skin and curly little tail. Wartortle is also pretty cool-looking, like a wise older turtle monster. The curly tail of Squirtle has become a gushing fountain, and the earlike fins are a nice touch. Blastoise just looks badass, too, as a giant turtle with water cannons hidden and popping from its back to hose down enemies with a vengeance. The Pokemon all look good. ...by themselves.
Where the Squirtle line falls apart is how they tie together. On their own, Wartortle and Blastoise look good, and they could definitely work as evolutions of Squirtle. The problem is that they look like completely different concepts for how Squirtle was supposed to evolve. Wartortle evokes the sense that Squirtle will eventually become a wiser creature, akin to some kind of water spirit from mythology revered by the Japanese. Blastoise, on the other hand, comes off more like Squirtle was supposed to gradually advance into a water-based weapon, like he was supposed to be a walking turret that soaks enemies with the force of a fire hose. Honestly, both of these ideas would've worked; we can see that with Wartortle and Blastoise as they are presented. It just feels terribly jarring to see my starter hit Level 36 and transform from a revered spirit that looks like it could've come from Dragonball to the latest bio-experiment to be sold to the fire department.
Pictured below: some of the laziest Pokemon evolutions EVER.
*The sad thing is that I actually still like some of these guys.
Some designs I personally don't like much, as it doesn't suit my personal tastes, but I see what they were going for.
But then there are designs that are just flat-out hideous, making me yell like the Angry Video Game Nerd "What were they thinking?"
Exeggcute just brings up so many questions with its design, you're gonna want to grab a snack while I list them all. Why are they pink? I'm not sure if pink eggs happen. Ever. Why are there six of them? Do there have to be? Do they each have there own mind, or do they have a hive mind? What happens when one or more of them is separated from the rest? Are they born at the same time or join in a group later? Is one member of the group always cracked like that? Does that one have drain bamage? How exactly are these Grass Pokemon? What happens to them when they evolve? Exeggutor only has three heads, so where do the other three go? The Pokedex says that fallen Exeggutor heads can become Exeggcute. Exeggutor's supposed to be a coconut tree, right? Does a 2-meter fall really crack a coconut that badly? How have they not all cracked yet?!? AAAAAAAAAAAAH!
I just realized how Exeggcute's psychic powers work. They make you question its design in so many logical ways that your brain nearly snaps.
One would logically think that baby Pokemon are supposed to be cuter (or at least more marketable to little kids) versions of Pokemon that already exist. One DID NOT think that for Igglybuff, IMO the ugliest baby Pokemon that wasn't meant to be ugly. I'm guessing they only made a baby for Jigglypuff, a Pokemon that is already meant to be admired by little girls (or used as Japanese pillows), because its rather similar companions Pikachu and Clefairy were getting baby forms, too. I don't know if it's the eyes that look way too big for its tiny body, or the lack of ears, or the fact that its curl in this stage is just a squiggle on its head rather than looking like hair like its evolved forms, but I never really liked Igglybuff's design and bemoaned how my Odd Egg in Crystal hatched into one of these instead of a Pichu (or any other baby).
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And now for something a bit different, a situation with good-looking Pokemon gone awry.
I have to post the whole family here as a visual aid. But let me make this clear: I like these Pokemon and their individual designs. Squirtle looks so tiny and cute with its blue skin and curly little tail. Wartortle is also pretty cool-looking, like a wise older turtle monster. The curly tail of Squirtle has become a gushing fountain, and the earlike fins are a nice touch. Blastoise just looks badass, too, as a giant turtle with water cannons hidden and popping from its back to hose down enemies with a vengeance. The Pokemon all look good. ...by themselves.
Where the Squirtle line falls apart is how they tie together. On their own, Wartortle and Blastoise look good, and they could definitely work as evolutions of Squirtle. The problem is that they look like completely different concepts for how Squirtle was supposed to evolve. Wartortle evokes the sense that Squirtle will eventually become a wiser creature, akin to some kind of water spirit from mythology revered by the Japanese. Blastoise, on the other hand, comes off more like Squirtle was supposed to gradually advance into a water-based weapon, like he was supposed to be a walking turret that soaks enemies with the force of a fire hose. Honestly, both of these ideas would've worked; we can see that with Wartortle and Blastoise as they are presented. It just feels terribly jarring to see my starter hit Level 36 and transform from a revered spirit that looks like it could've come from Dragonball to the latest bio-experiment to be sold to the fire department.
