"The 6 types of Pokemon designs."

This is my taxonomy of Pokemon designs. The "prompt" for you is too say your thoughts and preferences for each and how Game Freak might continue to create Pokemon from each design philosophy.Animal Pokemon: This is by far the most common one. Usually a blend of an animal with an element, like Typhlosion is a fire honey badger and Squirtle is a water turtle. Sometimes there's also a bit of human in their too, especially with later starter Pokemon, like how Cinderace is a fire bunny soccer player. And someone's we just have Pokemon that are literally just an animal with no twists: Tauros is just a bull, Miltank is just a cow, and Bunnelby is just a bunny. I'm curious if people think Game Freak has fully mined the animal kingdom of distinct designs. Are there any more animals you'd like to see made into Pokemon?Plant Pokemon: Often these are mixed with animal designs as well. For instance, Bulbasaur is a dinosaur and bulb plant. But there are a few that are just sentient plants, such as Sudowood is a tree, Exeggutor is a palm tree, and Victreebell is a Venus flytrap.Manmade Pokemon: By far the strangest set of Pokemon, these guys are designed around man made objects. We had a little representation before, such as Voltorb, but things really picked up in Gen Five, where we got Pokemon designed around ice cream, key chains, and lawn mowers.Nature Pokemon: Not too many of these, these are designed around natural objects. Muk is a poisonous mud, Geodude is a rock with arms, etc.Cultural Pokemon: My favorite:These Pokemon are designed around various cultural stories. Xatu is designed around mesoamerican totem poles, Gyarados was inspired by Chinese folklore, and Ghastly is probably a will-o'-the-wisp. Meowth is a cat, yes, but is designed specifically around the maneki neko.Original Pokemon: These are Pokemon that aren't particularly based on anything. Clefable comes to mind. Some Pokemon are based on a previous category, but evolve into something less clear. For instance, Mew is a psychic cat, but Mewtwo is so distorted it can no longer be said to be designed around an earthly animal anymore. via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/3wG2Nm4