Is there some sort of mythological thing that I'm failing to pick up on even after putting in hours of research? Can't even find a developer interview or anything similar.

>>58012930 (OP)
There's literally no official reasoning afaik and I can't find much online.

I'm pretty sure the designer for Dratini and Dragonair didn't design Dragonite. That's not exactly a complete answer for why Dragonite looks the way it does, but maybe the line would feel more cohesive if all 3 were made by the same person

>>58012930 (OP)
Dratini and Dragonair were designed by one of the most standout Pokémon designers

>>58012930 (OP)
I like Dragonite. This art doesn't really show off its good side, it's not throwing its weight around.

Debunk this

There's not much you can do with Dragonair but make its doodads bigger. It's just a snake.

Am I the only who actually likes Dragonite? It's a fun spin on the dragon cliche. It has a nice colour scheme and it looks powerful but cute at the same time.

>>58013026
You could do a lot with it that isn't dragonite, fat ugly fuck it is

>>58013027
Yes. You are the only person in the world who likes not only a KANTOOOO pokémon, but also the KANTOOO pseudo with a 600 BST.
That's a very exclusive taste

>>58012930 (OP)
There, that's better.

>>58012952
>>58012943
dragonite was designed by sugimori?

Chatgpt gave up halfway through, but even it knows dragonite is fucked and has imagined this as a better evolution

>>58013027
Dragonite is my favorite Pokemon of all time. I love the entire line as well.

sugimori and his retarded design philosophy

>>58012930 (OP)
hi design is based in moomin

why are dragonairfags so insufferable

>>58012952
Dragonair's original design also looked more like Dragonite (which was created possibly an entire year earlier under Tajiri's direction), and Nishida is on record saying she preferred to make evolutions look surprisingly different.

And if you go look at Dragonite's original sprite from Red and Green, it looks pretty different as well, and the idea that they were always meant to be one evolutionary family doesn't seem so crazy.
https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Dragonite_(Pok%C3%A9mon)#/media/File%3ASpr_1g_149.png

>>58013224
You are selling your free-will to fakeness, unwilling to think for yourself, act by yourself and make choices.
A slave to machines.

>>58012930 (OP)
Because in 1995 they didn't know there would be 30 more years of Pokemon games so they wanted to cover both eastern and western Dragon designs between Dragonair and Dragonite.

>>58013027
Yes, you’re the only one who likes one of the most popular Pokémon of all time.

>>58012930 (OP)
Dragonite looks good tho

seeing all this dragonite hate makes me want to cry.

>>58013276
go in a woods and stop postng then, schizo.

>>58012952
Isn't it supposed that Sugimori designed Charizard, Venusaur, and Blastoise first and Nishida took this as a reference to create the pre-evolutions?

>>58012930 (OP)
Dratini and Dragonair look like Tadpoles.

>>58012956
Would be a kino Dragonitemon if the spikes weren't placed thoughtlessly. Dragonite isn't a 'add spikes' appeal.

>>58013207
>fluffy
Why though. Not bad, but a side grade.

>>58012930 (OP)
Sucks you didnt grow up watching Moomin.

>>58013027
No, just in this thread on a board that is infamously contrarian, do not take discourse on this board too seriously, use a grain of salt and your player experience to find an opinion. In hypothetical discussions like this for example, on the contrarian side, they just simply have different salt and experiences they wish they had because of that. I personally think that Dragonite deserves a regional form soon, pokemon with a very loyal fanbase that could honestly benefit from it seeing as Charizard has 9 gorillion variants on top of the arguably most desirable shiny variant.

>>58014363
> I personally think that Dragonite deserves a regional form soon, pokemon with a very loyal fanbase that could honestly benefit from it
Would be fun seeing what they come up with for a dragon regional, though from what I’ve seen regionals don’t really make the original more loved and if anything just makes people shit on the original even more
>seeing as Charizard has 9 gorillion variants on top of the arguably most desirable shiny variant.
I honestly think Charizard is the reason Dragonite hasn’t gotten any form yet
>we need to use a dragon for something
>lets look through the Kanto dex
>oh look there’s Dragonite
>screw that, no one gives a shit about “barney’s retarded cousin” the kids want CHARIZARDERINOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>58014455
>if anything just makes people shit on the original even more
I think that's just contrarians and people who complain about competitive. People who like a pokemon because they like it have a 'two cakes' response. Even in competitive it's a toss up if the new form will even be better as plenty of mons (weezing, ninetales, dugtrio...) are as equally viable their newer variants.

counterargument: she cute

Do you guys think Dragonite is scaly?. I like to imagine that she has a sort of mammalian texture besides the underbelly