Re: Generation III: Criticized too often?: Fan's response in defense of Generation II
With that logic, you should also dislike Heracross, because it's a beetle-based Pokemon with high attack like Pinsir, Miltank because she's just a girl's Tauros, Turtwig because it's the lovechild of Squirtle and Bulbasaur, Pachirisu because he's just Pikachu's squirrel brother, Finneon because it's a prettier Remoraid...I could really go on and on.
Hope I haven't offended, but this is one of those anti-gen III arguments I'm just not getting.
What this is saying to me that after there is a Pokemon based after a certain animal, that animal cannot be Pokemon-ized ever again. "We already did a seal-type thing! We can't do those ever again!" If you're trying to compare the Spheal line to the Seel line, that's a bit of stretch...White seals =/= blue walruses. As for Feebas, it's a nice female-esque counterpart to Gyarados. And for Seviper...Yeah, so he and Arbok are just both snakes. I see nothing "rip off"-y about this.
These are the most blantant examples of Gen 1 rip offs I can find. But there is also less obvious ones like the other Crawdaunt and the snake that hated Zangoose
With that logic, you should also dislike Heracross, because it's a beetle-based Pokemon with high attack like Pinsir, Miltank because she's just a girl's Tauros, Turtwig because it's the lovechild of Squirtle and Bulbasaur, Pachirisu because he's just Pikachu's squirrel brother, Finneon because it's a prettier Remoraid...I could really go on and on.
Hope I haven't offended, but this is one of those anti-gen III arguments I'm just not getting.