A common problem with Mega Evolutions is the fact that they tend to go overkill with the design, instead of putting emphasis on their well known trait(s) or looking more feral.
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Purugly is a cumbersome execution all around, and the chubby design doesn’t reflect it’s rather fast 112 base Speed. The name also tells that this is the intention, which is… no, it’s not helping anything. While a deliberately ugly design do add design diversity, it had to be done carefully. Purugly isn’t the case.
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Goldeen is already pretty plain and is indistinguishable from a goldfish or whether inspiration it’s supposed to be, but
Seaking did nothing to make it better. Being a mid-game or late-game Water-type so often, with middling stats, it’s design is often a bad sign that it’s not worth investing unless you are a completionist or you want to challenge yourself.
Now I‘ll do the inverse; the Disappointing New Pre-Evolution.
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I get Baby Pokémon given for rare or already strong Pokémon, but given for Pokémon in need of an actual buff, like the Jigglypuff line, really?
Igglybuff isn’t even that cute at all for me, and shows a prime example that, in hindsight, Baby Pokémon in general is such a poor execution of a honestly interesting concept. It’s no wonder there’s no more Baby Pokémon for old gen Pokémon.
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Unlike the other three Pokémon that obtain a Baby Pokémon in Generation 4, Chimecho would direly benefit more an evolution than a pre-evolution, or even both as is the case of Roselia. For now, while cute,
Chingling ultimately adds nothing of real value for Chimecho aside of three guaranteed IVs.
