@mee_jing As someone who has been a fan of the franchise from the start, I've only ever seen the "they look like Digimon" complaint from people who were immersed in Gen. 1 and 2 but then played 3+ without context/attachment to it (not watching the anime or participating in fan communities/art/etc.). All Pokémon designs look weird at first to everyone, but people warm up to them when they get attached to a certain species they use in a playthrough, or art their friend drew of it, that sort of thing. It's those memories that situate them in the franchise's world, just like how Mr. Mime and Jynx don't look weird or unfitting to you because you're used to them.
There's also been object Pokémon forever (it's kind of a Shinto thing) but for some reason people started hating on them in Gen. 5 (and I didn't notice an increase in humanoids until later as Gen. 3 is mostly beasts).
To each their own but a lot of subjective stuff gets treated as objective.
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Re: Archivists Rescan Ken Sugimori's Pokémon Artwork, And The Difference Is Incredible
@mee_jing As someone who has been a fan of the franchise from the start, I've only ever seen the "they look like Digimon" complaint from people who were immersed in Gen. 1 and 2 but then played 3+ without context/attachment to it (not watching the anime or participating in fan communities/art/etc.). All Pokémon designs look weird at first to everyone, but people warm up to them when they get attached to a certain species they use in a playthrough, or art their friend drew of it, that sort of thing. It's those memories that situate them in the franchise's world, just like how Mr. Mime and Jynx don't look weird or unfitting to you because you're used to them.
There's also been object Pokémon forever (it's kind of a Shinto thing) but for some reason people started hating on them in Gen. 5 (and I didn't notice an increase in humanoids until later as Gen. 3 is mostly beasts).
To each their own but a lot of subjective stuff gets treated as objective.