Every time a new Pokémon is released, we hear the same stock complaints over and over again and Zoroark's reveal makes it look like nothing will change for Gen V.
It is possible to genuinely not like a new Pokémon, especially before you've seen all it can offer. But if you are going to pull out the following common statements for every reveal you should really consider my rebuttals:
"Game Freak are uncreative"
Creativity is about coming up with new concepts. The range of new Pokémon leaves little case to claim that Game Freak are just copying the old. I'm sure you could name a few examples, such as the Wurmple line being the Hoenn version of the Caterpie and Weedle lines. But even then an interesting diverging evolution and different character designs show a clear level of creativity.
And the most uncreative generation? Honestly, I'd have to say it was the first one. A lack of creativity with the type combinations (all but one of the Grass Pokémon are part Poison) or just plain uncreative evolution character designs (Electrode and Poliwrath) are the franchise's biggest offenses on this count.
"Game Freak are running out of ideas"
For some bizarre reason this tends to thrown at the more unique concepts rather than the previous claim. News Flash: Any concept Game Freak uses is one less idea but that doesn't mean they can't pull out plenty more when the next generation comes around.
The most recent victim of this claim is the titles of the new games: Black and White are contrasting colours that they haven't used before. Next time they could stick with the colour palette, go back to metals or jewels or go another way again. They definately aren't in any risk of running out of ideas there.
Similarly with the Pokémon, you'd be surprised how much under the sun there is to base new monsters on. Including the sun.
"It looks like a Digimon"
Certainly, certain Pokémon have a resemblance to a Digimon. The only one I know where the Digimon came first is Claydol and Shakkoumon - both being based on a specific type of Japanese clay figurines. There are many similarities with other media that come from similar influences.
But this claim tends to be a more general observation in that a new Pokémon looks like it belongs in Digimon rather than this series. In which case, a question must be asked: What is the difference between what "looks like a Pokémon" and what "looks like a Digimon"? Seriously, I would love to hear an answer. My only guess is that people find think the new Pokémon are too cool for us.
"The old Pokémon were better"
I guess you can't do anything about nostalgia. Objectively, there is a huge range across the four generations so there should be something for everyone in there. (And if you really don't like a few, that's possible too. I simply find it hard to believe that everything after #151 is terrible.)
It is possible to genuinely not like a new Pokémon, especially before you've seen all it can offer. But if you are going to pull out the following common statements for every reveal you should really consider my rebuttals:
"Game Freak are uncreative"
Creativity is about coming up with new concepts. The range of new Pokémon leaves little case to claim that Game Freak are just copying the old. I'm sure you could name a few examples, such as the Wurmple line being the Hoenn version of the Caterpie and Weedle lines. But even then an interesting diverging evolution and different character designs show a clear level of creativity.
And the most uncreative generation? Honestly, I'd have to say it was the first one. A lack of creativity with the type combinations (all but one of the Grass Pokémon are part Poison) or just plain uncreative evolution character designs (Electrode and Poliwrath) are the franchise's biggest offenses on this count.
"Game Freak are running out of ideas"
For some bizarre reason this tends to thrown at the more unique concepts rather than the previous claim. News Flash: Any concept Game Freak uses is one less idea but that doesn't mean they can't pull out plenty more when the next generation comes around.
The most recent victim of this claim is the titles of the new games: Black and White are contrasting colours that they haven't used before. Next time they could stick with the colour palette, go back to metals or jewels or go another way again. They definately aren't in any risk of running out of ideas there.
Similarly with the Pokémon, you'd be surprised how much under the sun there is to base new monsters on. Including the sun.
"It looks like a Digimon"
Certainly, certain Pokémon have a resemblance to a Digimon. The only one I know where the Digimon came first is Claydol and Shakkoumon - both being based on a specific type of Japanese clay figurines. There are many similarities with other media that come from similar influences.
But this claim tends to be a more general observation in that a new Pokémon looks like it belongs in Digimon rather than this series. In which case, a question must be asked: What is the difference between what "looks like a Pokémon" and what "looks like a Digimon"? Seriously, I would love to hear an answer. My only guess is that people find think the new Pokémon are too cool for us.
"The old Pokémon were better"
I guess you can't do anything about nostalgia. Objectively, there is a huge range across the four generations so there should be something for everyone in there. (And if you really don't like a few, that's possible too. I simply find it hard to believe that everything after #151 is terrible.)
