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Pokémon Review: Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, and Politoed
Another branch evolution family to look at, we get probably the other most iconic representation of metamorphosis in nature to put under the lens for easily communicating Pokemon evolution to new players. This one however subverts expectations a little before offering a more traditional route after the fact, which poses interesting questions about design philosophy. Read more
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Pokémon Review: Growlithe and Arcanine
Pokemon’s most classic guard dogs are next on the docket, with one of the most iconic Kanto fan favourites alongside the first of the hugely exciting Hisuian Pokemon to cover here. Growlithe is a pretty cute little puppy Pokemon that stands out for its inspiration lying with shisa and komainu statues, as well as similar Read more
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Pokémon Review: Psyduck and Golduck
Another of Generation 1’s early mascot Pokemon and something of a recurring presence in Kanto era promotional material, we now take a look at a Pokemon that, despite supposedly being Junichi Masuda’s favourite, has gone relatively underappreciated without any new forms or evolutions in the years since its introduction. Nice that this gives me a Read more
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Pokémon Review: Meowth, Persian, and Perrserker
Meowth holds the distinction of being the only Pokemon to have received regional forms in two separate generations, so as such there’s quite a lot of ground to cover here for something so plain. Meowth is kind of hard to talk about as a Pokemon, in my view. This is largely because its presence in Read more
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Pokémon Review: Diglett and Dugtrio
Welp, time to figure out how to say different things about each of these four incredibly repetitive and bland designs that have done the same concept to death. Yaaaaaaay. Of all the designs in Generation 1, many of whom are unfairly dismissed as too simple, Diglett is easily the least complex visual design of the Read more
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