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[Zac]

But no Pokemon design is better than the other. That depends on the person.

I love the newer gens as much as the older ones, I'm generally against the nostalgia tainted glasses that people seem to wear when they talk about Pokémon, but...this works as a reference to what MRSKELETON said.

I'll try to stay on GEN 5 so, ok, here's this guy, Krookodile:

People may or not like him, but when you look at this design, you see some actual work and thinking behind it. It's simple, he looks cool and gets the point across.

Now, there's this...Klink...thing and it's entire evolution line

People may like it (for whatever reason), but there's no denying that this is one of the most lazy designs in the series history ever. There have been simpler designs that get the job well done like Voltorb or Magneton (who is 3 Magnemites glued togheter and has way more personality than Klink), so this is, indeed, a very bad Pokémon design, it isn't a matter of taste anymore, there's nothing worth of notice on it, it's bland, boring and lazy.

But the klink line isn't lazy at all
Its' an original line, and doesn't appeal to the typical players of the game.
Instead of making a pokemon that everyone would love or would be particularly viable in competitive play, they stuck with an original concept and maintained artistic integrity. That's a risk I can respect, and I appreciate the designs of the klink line for that reason.

But there are lazy pokemon
primary example, this guy

They gave an him an unfitting original type and moveset oriented to make him competitively viable, a design and "personality" completely designed to appeal to the many 12 year olds that only want "badass" pokemon, and then made him a poster boy for dp, and included him in everything. They made this guy, and a select few other pokemon for the sake of appeasing fans, with out ever having a truly solid idea. That seems way more lazy then guys like klinklang and magneton, who conceptually have some value.