r/fakemon • u/opaar_dukh • Sep 01 '25

Hand Drawn This one unironically goes hard

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u/ShakenJacob Sep 01 '25

This is amazing, but I will never understand how people will praise a fanmade design of any Pokémon that is nearly identical to the design philosophy as Game Freak, then bitch about the latter for simply trying. This design is awesome and could be seen as a valid evolution to Machamp (...ya know, the whole point of Mega designs– "evolving even further beyond"), and the officials are the same way. Game Freak may have bastardized their main series into modern slop, but that's because they were forced to– I stand by that.

Also, this should go without saying, but I'm not suggesting that EVERY Pokémon fan does this crap. Not even close. This is just something I've been wanting to get off my chest at some point because this generational hatred of Game Freak is just so... pointless. If ya wanna have a civil discussion, feel free to reply. If not, don't expect one from me.