"Pokémon design trend in each generations is so cool to analyse"

Like, it’s fun when you just look at a Pokémon design, and just go “Oh! That Pokémon is from gen _” because it just looks like it’s from that gen?For example, gen 1 Pokémon are very recognisable, even for people who are new to Pokémon. The principle is pretty much just “animals, but more”, or inspired from kaiju. Very basic and simple fantasy creature design, but are also very memorable.Gen 2 and 3 expand more upon that, but they still have that very early gen, organic, creature-ish look to them.Now when you look at the more modern designs, their sources of inspiration come from diverse cultures, archetype than simply just creatures. Like cinderace wasn’t just a bunny with fire feet, but a soccer player too, and corviknight and falinks are soldiers in armour, rather than skarmory, which is simply a bird made out of metal, or vikavolt which isn’t just a weird fantasy looking beetle, but also a freaking flying electric rail gun. While they look less like organic creatures (can you just imagine stumbling upon a wild inteleon just chilling like an animal in tall grass?), they made up for it by being more complex and diverse, and more closely represent the culture they are based on.You can see this in the legendary design too, like how the tower duo and weather trio looks like extinct creatures of old, while the tapus and sword and shield dogs looks like deities and legendary heroes of a long forgotten culture.Of course, I am not here to compare the designs and say one is better than the other, i and just simply here to share my observations. I have a huge love for creature design, so it’s super fun for me to discuss these kind of stuff. Anyway, what are your opinions? Thanks for reading this, and have a good day. via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/oT6XyuO