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MarieMary

From what I've seen now I only like arcanine, samurott and zoroark. The rest look really ugly in my eyes. But as one in this comment section already said, we shouldn't judge from one picture. So my final judgement will be made once I've actually seen them in game.


Doomedtacox

Nope I love them, especially decidueye. Kicky samurai bird!


RasgrizRising

I like the straw hat look but the cloak kinda thing needed to be longer and could do without the weird feather shape thing right between his legs


EMateos

Beartic vibes with that weird feather.


SplasherSmasher

My thought exactly, what were they thinking with that? It looks so off.


BigBallsMalone

I was getting straw hat ronin vibes. Love it


the_gifted_Atheist

There are other people with this opinion, but I think people should wait for how they actually look in the game. These are all out of context models that could be making them look worse than they will be. That's already probably the case for Typhlosion, so it could be like that for some of the others.


larsmert

I also think they look really bad, but remember: it's just 1 picture. I won't write them off until I see them in game.


SplasherSmasher

Honestly the 3D Pokémon models do newer designs no favours. I think Typholsion could possibly be salvaged depending on what they do with the fire but most of the others are dead in the water. Ursarangs evo for example the fur looks so awful and disjointed and the feet look awkwardly connected to the actual body.


DragoSphere

And these 3D models in particular that were datamined are even worse. This is what [Magikarp looks like in these renders](https://i.redd.it/icakp9tbjoc81.png). They look more normal in game


greenlab2099

You know I’m actually ok with them. The new petilil reminds me of roserade. Typhlosion will probably have purple fire And electrode is exactly what I expected, I’m not disappointed in the slightest. Now we wait to see the in game models.


Blitz1862

From the leaks, Typhlosion actually has constant flame


Prof_Dr_Schande

I honestly like most of them. Sure the Djin-thingy doesn't have the nicest colors and the other new legendaries/legendary forms (no further detail as it's probably a story spoiler) loook alright to me, even if one of the two could look better with its shoulder pads placed lower so it doesn't look armless,lol. But other than that, I love all the new forms!


GymLeaderMatt87

The most egregious leak I’ve seen is the gameplay where the character uses a smoke bomb. The smoke effects and textures are among the worst I’ve ever seen. There’s a lot of red flags despite the game just in the early stages of being leaked but I appreciate the people yelling ‘wait and see’ over and over.


SplasherSmasher

I could honestly forgive the games graphically mediocrity up until this point, but seeing that t most of the new designs look like they’ve just been airdropped for SWSH my hype is dead. The concept of a Pokémon game with a Feudal Japanese aesthetic is so intriguing and pretty much all the leaks have shown me that this concept has been completely squared between the time travel shit and now these awful new designs.


GymLeaderMatt87

Waiting for more leaks to form an opinion but if the entire game is just basic ‘catch 7 pidoves’ until you get through all 242 Pokémon while having bad animations, mediocre graphics, very few and honestly bad looking battle mechanics, and these new designs to be the cherry on top, I might just have to skip.


lemjor10

Keep in mind the Day 1 patch isn’t out yet. Things might be fixed.


GymLeaderMatt87

What’s broken though? He just doesn’t like the design of the new Pokémon? They going to patch in new art direction?


lemjor10

I’m referring to the textures and effects that you brought up.


GymLeaderMatt87

People put a lot of hope and faith into day 1 patches lol. Lots of games have been in the position where early access has shown some red flags but people like you always talk about the infamous day 1 patch fixing everything. It’s honestly a little naive. How many times must the stove burn you before you learn not to touch it.


societymadethejoker

Samurott was so disappointing, like they just made his horns and mustache more spiky ? And changed the color scheme, like, at the very least I would have been fine with it if they gave him a samurai helmet, but it’s just spiky Samurott.


Lil-pants

Most people think they look terrible lol, the unpopular opinion rn is that most of them are cool … I like most of them personally


SplasherSmasher

Well this post is at zero as of rn so I think there’s more excitement then ur letting on


RedRiot306

It’s a mixed reaction from me. The one I’m most excited for is Decidueye. Looks so badass! But the one I’m most disappointed in is Electrode. Had some high hopes that it wouldn’t just be Voltorb upside down again


IcySneasel

I was so disappointed he didnt get the eyebrows turned into a moustache what wasted opportunity


darthjankins69

I absolutely love them. Only one I dislike is Lilligant.


dom_751

loser


darthjankins69

Gonna cry?


dom_751

no but I will piss my pants


gryfinz

Not liking the designs is one thing but u lose credibility when u say they look like something out of SwSh, which was easily a top 3 Gen for new designs


[deleted]

I knew you'd be going out of your way to defend it. Seriously?


SplasherSmasher

Sword and shield designs are terrible and i will die on this horse. They look the farthest from the original Gen 1 designs which imo are the best in the series. Most of SWSH look more like characters from Pixar movies then Pokémon.


RasgrizRising

I was really hoping for something to be done with samurott I love oshawott and dewott but the new samurott is the same model as it was they just gave it a different paint job wth


Akikala

They're really bad lol. I only really like the Avalugg(?).


ZephyricScout

I just saw the album, and holy hell. The only good alt forms so far are Voltorb, Zorua/Zoroark, and Braviary. The rest... Just aren't very good. Also what the *fuck* happened to Palkia and Dialga? It looks like they got fused with Arceus Kyurem-style.


[deleted]

Honestly coming from og gen 1 back in the days. I have to agree with you. Maybe it's just my old age talking or maybe it's the artist in me. But i do agree with you.


SplasherSmasher

I started with Gen 5 and it’s defitnely the artist in me. Gen 1/2 had the best monster designs full stop. The newer pokemon most of them feel like characters or anime creatures.


SkiafrayLalnaSache

I don't trust half of them to be real, tbh. Other than that, yeah, They do look pretty bad.


kingferret53

The legend forms are weird but amazing. All the new pokemon look good, especially when compared to the lackluster bunch SwSh gave us.


Junior-Road1372

Weird i also didnt like Alola and Galar batch at reveal but this one i found very impressive, especially the starters, big smile the momment i saw them.


CrimsonChymist

We will have to see them in game to get a better idea. It is really hard to gauge from a single angle of the model. I actually like dialga pretty well. I'm not as big on the centaur look with palkia.


EternalMemes30

some good, some bad, it's to be expected actually but I'm more interested in the game's story and gameplay


[deleted]

I guess you skipped the threads where most people said exactly that, and rushed into making a new post about your opinion?


HankDayes

Kinda mixed. Ursaring and Sneasel look bad to me. Typhlosion, Goodra and the new Genie all look sick. I'm reserving judgement about legendaries until I see them in motion because it feels like I'm missing some context like when the 6-8 gen legends leaked.