How can anyone say that Gen 5 had the best Pokémon when most of them were just shameless ripoffs of earlier Pokémon?
>Gothitelle line=Gardevoir line
>Sawk and Throh=Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan
>Conkeldurr line=Machamp line
>Zebstrika=Rapidash
>Krookodile=Feraligatr
>Gigalith line=Golem line
>Alomomola=Luvdisc
>Bouffalant=Sawsbuck
>Sawsbuck=Stantler
>Lilligant=Bellossom
>Amoonguss line=Electrode line
>Woobat=Zubat
>Audino=Blissey
>Maractus=Cacturne
>Archeops=Aerodactyl
>Emolga=Pachirisu
>Klinklang line=Magnezone line
Stop being mad your shitty designs got retconned by better ones.
>>25959707
>archaeopteryx
>a ripoff of a pterodactyl
You fucking what m8
>>25959707
Cool story bro
>>25959707
>Sawsbuck=Stantler
No. They have literally nothing in common except that they're both deer.
>Zebstrika=Rapidash
>Krookodile=Feraligatr
u ok m8?
>How can anyone say that Gen _ was the best Gen when all of them were just shameless ripoffs of the first Gen?
This is Pokemon, literally the most never-leave-the-comfort-zone game franchise in existence.
>>25959707
>>Emolga=Pachirisu
>>25959799
That's a good thing.
If a series changes too much, then its fans will stop buying it.
See: Final Fantasy, Sonic. Both of these series completely change their every game, and both have suffered for it.
>>25959830
Then stop bitching about the fucking Pokedex. It always rips itself off
>Electric Rodent
>Pseudo Legends
>Legendary Trio
>Mythical
>Always the pattern of Starters>Early Route Normals>Birds>Bugs>etc>etc>etc>Pseudos>Legends>Mythicals>MewTwo rip off at the end
It's all the same with a new coat of paint. Gen V just did it the best by trying as hard as it could to reboot things (and it proved succesful). After Gen VI's 20th anniversary pandering, expect a HARD reboot of the franchise.
Friend, how do you think the natural world works?
Organisms have common ancestors and as continents move and change so those living there evolving.
All Pokemon ARE related. Saying they're 'rip offs' is kinda ridiculous.
>>25959707
I don't agree they were ripoffs, they just had the biggest number of shit designs.
Gen 5 has plenty of amazing designs but it also has the nost stinkers. Was it because it was the biggest gen besides gen 1? Who knows
>>25959707
>Bouffalant=Sawsbuck
What
>>25960027
Whoops. I meant to put
>Bouffalant=Tauros
But you know what I meant.
>>25959707
>maractus=Cacturne
Are you saying that their can only be ONE cactus?? What the hell is wrong with you
>>25959997
>current year
>le gen v bad designs meme
>>25960187
And Cacturne is more of a scarecrow than a cactus.
And Maractus is geologically correct, as American deserts do have cacti.
>>25960290
>there's a desert in New Jersey/New York for cacti
>>25959707
>shameless ripoffs of earlier Pokémon?
Do you not know what a throwback is? Black and White were big throwbacks to Gen 1 and that's evident by a lot of the evolution lines you brought up. Also I love how you included all the obvious counterparts but completely forgot the Seismitoad line since it's clearly a throwback to the Poliwrath line.
>>25960312
Being based off =/= being exactly it.
You are gonna tell me Japan has deserts, tropical forests, etc too? And don't mention those 2KM wide dunes near Tottori. You're stupid.
>>25959707
>>25959742
>>25959997
>shitting on pokemon designs
A reminder to get a load of this
>>25959884
>Electric Rodent
Biggest offender desu. I think Game Freak should try to go another generation without this meme if they're going to make them all suck anyway
>>25960424
>Not liking Banchocat
Step it up senpai!
>>25960424
GET A LOAD
GET A LOAD
GET A LOAD OF THIS
>>25960452
I'm pretty sure Pikaclones aren't meant to be good. They're made to be cute enough to sell merchandise, but weak so they don't overshadow Pikachu itself.
>>25960424
To be fair the monsters in Yo-Kai Watch are based on actual spirits in Japanese folklore and a lot of them are very weird, meaning the "shitty" designs of the Yo-Kai are actually very justified.
>>25959707
>implying
>implying
>implying
>implying
Different species are different species.
Convergent evolution, m8.
Gen 3 copied Gen 2 because Mightyena looks like Houndoom! Omg gen 3 is terrible!
>>25960737
Parallel evolution, too!
This actually makes Gen 5 dex the most interesting one for me aside from Gen 1.
A far-away region, you expect to see different species perform similar ecological niches.
I hope Gen 7 does this just as well, if not better.
>Croagunk line = Politoed line
>Magikarp line = Feebas line
>Oddish line = Sunkern line
>Corphish line = Krabby line
>Ekans = Seviper
Complain about how various pokemon are based in a similar concept is fucking retard
>Bouffalant=Sawsbuck
>>25959707
If we're, let's say, talking about animals, what you're doing is taking lions, bears, tigers, and wolfs and saying their rip-offs of each other because they're all mammals, quadrupeds, and apex predators.
>>25959707
several of what you posted arent actual counterparts but simply share similar themes. like how the continents all have birds and bugs
Gen 5 had many nice Pokémon, my top 10 lines.
Why are Gen V Bugs so based? I'm not even a fan of Bug-types, but Gen V doesn't have a single bad one.
>>25959707
>Bouffalant=Sawsbuck
>Sawsbuck=Stantler
top kek
>>25959707
Gigalith line is way better than Golem.
>>25959707
>12 legendaries
>7 alternate forms
Maybe its just me but having so many legendaries can ruin a region for me. 3-5 had way too many
>>25962518
>Likes all members of the Oshawott line
My african american brother
>>25965218
Gen 4
>107 new Pokemon
>14 of them are legendaries
Gen 5
>156 new Pokemon
>13 of them are legendaries
Gen 4 had the most legendaries.
>>25959707
Gen 5 had GOAT bug pokemon though
The only redeeming feature asides from resuable tms
>>25959707
It doesn't have the best pokemon.
To be fair, they were trying to reboot the whole roster, so some Exeggcutes and Jynx turds were bound to make it in.
>>25965345
>they were trying to reboot the whole roster,
It was more a case of Unova being really far away from the other regions and having native Pokemon.
Other regions = Japan
Unova = USA
Japan and the USA have different animals.
>>25959707
>Zebstrika=Rapidash
Probably has more in common with Pikachu/Raichu than Rapidash.
>Lilligant=Bellossom
>Krookodile=Feraligatr
>Archeops=Aerodactyl
These are just flat out incorrect.
You missed:
Ferrothorn=Forretress
Haxorus=Garchomp
Sigilyph=Xatu
Seismitoad=Politoed
Swanna=Pelipper
and a bunch of other weak comparisons
>>25959707
Also
>Bouffalant=Sawsbuck
>Sawsbuck=Stantler
What the fuck?
>>25962617
Bugs needed at least one Gen to be kind to them. Scizor couldn't be the only usable one.
>>25959801
>ignoring the fact that even if you think some of them are ripoffs there are still so many 10/10 designs?
Is there a single thing he can't SWINDLE from us?
>>25959707
Multiple Pokemon are not allowed to be based on the same kind of creature now? And zebras are ripoffs of horses? How fucking dumb are you?
>emo Lolita / Ballerina
>martial arts / kick boxing and boxing
>worker / heavy weight fighter
>ZEBRA / HORSE
>Crocodile / Alligator
>giant statue / bolder
>Mola mola / Discus fish
>Buffalo / Deer
>Different species of Deer
>Lilly / Blossom
>I'll give you that one but its fuckin Pokémon
>Different species of bat
>They're both pink and ugly but design wise not the same.
>Flowering cactus/ evil prickly cactus
Zebras are just rip-offs of the original horse design... lol
>>25959707
underage posting
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>>25959707
>Bouffalant=Sawsbuck
>Amoonguss line=Electrode line
>shameless rip-offs
