Thread 58153281

Which of the 4 gens had the best design philosophy for Pokemon?

>>58153281 (OP)
3

Gen 1 or 3, because they all suck

Gen 2: bland, boring a large amount of kanto extensions/pre evo
Gen 3: Probably Close second, but too many pokemon convey to the themes of land and sea
Gen 4: Again pretty mediocre, latter half is full of gen1/2 evolutions.
So Gen 1 wins because every design is somewhat unique and not stealing from another generation. This is coming from someone who's favorite gen is 3

>>58153313
>convey
maybe meant "conform"
>mediocre
by what standards?
>Gen 1 wins because every design is somewhat unique and not stealing from another generation
how does that not apply to the others?

>>58153281 (OP)
Gen 4 looks really nugen when put like this huh

>>58153281 (OP)
1 >>> 3 > 2 > 4

>>58153367
I see gen iv as a development of one of the trends present in gen iii
it got "edgier" but certain gen i monsters were already edgy to an extent

>>58153281 (OP)
It's hard to pick between the first three because they all have great designs and stinkers, but I can say without a doubt it's not Gen 4. There are only a handful of mons I like from it, way too many ugly or overdesigned ones. I would want to say Gen 2 because even though it has lame ones I think it has the highest concentration of cool designs. It's also the only gen where I actually like all 3 starters. Gens 1 and 3 have some really big highs but they also have lows that are worse to me than anything 2 has produced. So I'll go with 2.

>>58153445
>overdesigned
no such thing
>I think it has the highest concentration of cool designs
that's supposed to be gen iv
>I'll go with 2
the fisher price designs gen?

>>58153281 (OP)
nobody else is saying gen 4 so i will. lotta solid designs there.
pic related, it's one of the solid designs

>>58153463
what's supposed to be brilliant about lickilicky
ask anyone and they'll more than likely say it's actually the worst cross-gen evo of its gen or them all

>>58153463
>lickitung but a fat jobmon with hair

>>58153458
I'll take 'Fisher Price' over ugly abominations anyday. Rhyhorn line was one of my favorites until they decided it ended in Rhyperior. There are some cool mons like Drapion, but most of the Gen 4 mons just veer into 'why did you add all that unnecessary shit and fuck over the design' territory.

>>58153479
Rhyperior > Rhyhorn > Rhydon
you just like smoothed over simplistic bathtoys, which gen iv is the antithesis of by and large

>>58153468
i didn't say it was brilliant, i said it was solid. it's a big fat monster with a big tongue. the lack of features on its body means less to distract from its rotundness. the wifi markings on its belly are carried over from lickitung's stripes. the bib carries associations of eating messily and drooling. same with the round cheeks.

>>58153477
what is lickilicky's job

>>58153491
ugly bastard

>>58153487
If you genuinely think that all I can say is you must have grown up in a world where you took Rhyperior for granted as being part of the line, because virtually everyone that was around for Pokemon before Gen 4 recognized it as a horrible and uncanny addition. It's not a matter of bath toys. It's like saying pizza is bad with just cheese or a few toppings, as if you need to pick a shit ton of toppings that then taste gross together because they clash.

>>58153513
only girls just eat cheese pizza or with one topping
the more things on there the better; it's not called "supreme" for no reason
of course you still have to choose the right toppings

>>58153537
Well yeah they don't want to insult their customers by calling it greediness, but at least you're consistent. Supreme, Su/Rhyperior, etc.

>>58153293
fpbp
G3 > G4 > G1 > G2

>>58153537
if you need five different toppings to enjoy a pizza, you don't like pizza

Gen 9

>>58153768
"plain white rice with salt is the best rice"

>>58153808
>salt
get that shit outta here

gen 2 is best, continued with mostly animals like gen 1 but was more creative in a good way. almost all of them are cool designs.

gen 3 is worst just salamence is the ugliest pokemon and people are forced to use it because it's good

>>58153771
worst dex ever.

>>58153833
>gen 2 is best, continued with mostly animals like gen 1 but was more creative in a good way. almost all of them are cool designs.

>>58153922
NTA but your post doesn't even directly address what he said. We got Feraligatr = crocodile, Donphan = elephant, Girafarig = giraffe, Stantler = deer, Murkrow = crow, Ariados = spider, etc. Donphan getting around by rolling like a wheel is a cool creative spin to distinguish from Rhyhorn being more of an expected charging rhino.

>>58153984
>NTA but your post doesn't even directly address what he said.

what is my nigga trying to communicate here

>>58153281 (OP)
Gen 1. Gen 2 is all toys, 3 is weird, 4 is garbage.

>>58153281 (OP)
4 > 3 > 1 > 2

>>58154004
Is Gen 1 not "weird"? And how is Gen 4 garbage

>>58153445
Such a faggy take

>>58154013
>Is Gen 1 not "weird"?
no

>>58153281 (OP)
3 > 1 > 4 > 5 >>>>>> 2
Gen 2 Pokemon are mostly gay chungus reddit shitmons, the starters are trash, and the legendaries feel shoehorned. You'll end up with the majority of your team being Kantomons when you play those trash games.

>>58154020
Isn't it the region with the black transvestite mon?

>>58154020
just throwing your credibility away like this is sad

>>58153281 (OP)
Gen 4 is peak

>>58154033
>transvestite
you should look up what words mean before using them, zoomer.

>>58154051
You like transvestite-adjacent Pokémon.

>>58154065
Bodied that freak

>>58153989
Your refusal to use your own words twice in a row tells me all I need to know about your 'thoughts'.

>>58154068
I know, watch xher dilate in xis next reply.

>>58154016
>talking out your thoughts to narrow down a decision is faggy
Whatever helps Grug sleep at night me guess

>>58153281 (OP)
5

>>58153440
I see gen iv as developing clear trends of everything everyone complains about nugen designs so anyone who likes the gen 4 dex and not nugen designs is a hypocrite

>>58154147
then you don't know nor understand the complaints about nugen designs

>>58154147
I agree, tired of the
>let's slap a bunch of shit on it
kind of designs, not to mention they for no fucking reason turned the rhino line into a construction worker jobmon and people nowadays are always complaining about jobmons

>>58153281 (OP)
include sprites for gens 5 - 9

>>58153989
>different pokemon look different
wow

>>58154189
>drill
>"no fucking reason"
starting to notice how all gen 4 antis are retards

>>58154189
That’s not why Rhyperior is a shit design. You can add job theming to something without it being retarded, you just need to spin (heh) it a certain way.

>>58154218
Yeah sure they should have turned Mega Charizard Y into a hairstylist with a blowdryer tail since blowdryers use heat and air to reference both its types. If you can't see the problem is your line of thinking you're hopeless.

>>58154228
They certainly picked all the wrong choices one way or another, but I'd have preferred they made a separate rhino jobmon than tainting the Rhyhorn line.

Either Gen III or Gen IV has the best design philosophy because they actually understand that it's important for Pokemon designs to have details, multiple layers of depth, and to lean cool or elegant and overall more mature.

>>58154670
>and to lean cool or elegant and overall more mature.
nah fuck that. these are monsters, let them be weird and gross.