Actually in a way it sort of does.
A character that needs to appeal to a wider audience needs to be straight to the point. Doesn't have unnecessary patterns or doodads sprouting out of them. Something you could scribble down and they would say: "Hey that's Kirby!" or "Oh! Its Bloo!"
On a subconscious level these are the things we remember. So yes Charmander was just a lizard with fire on its tail... But that's all it needed to be. A unique idea we could all remember and understand.
But you know what, it doesn't matter. This is getting downright annoying.
A character that needs to appeal to a wider audience needs to be straight to the point. Doesn't have unnecessary patterns or doodads sprouting out of them. Something you could scribble down and they would say: "Hey that's Kirby!" or "Oh! Its Bloo!"
On a subconscious level these are the things we remember. So yes Charmander was just a lizard with fire on its tail... But that's all it needed to be. A unique idea we could all remember and understand.
But you know what, it doesn't matter. This is getting downright annoying.