POKEMON GEN 6 ANNOUNCED

[puggsoy]

Lemme put it this way. Which would you prefer? A bland watery soup or a soup with spices and stock in it?

Personally I prefer it with just the stock

Which I guess actually explains my general opinion of Pokemon, at least in terms of design. I don't mind too many details, I love Klang (and Klinklang) and it's pretty detailed, but not with too many spices. But I also like Geodude, and it's pretty simple, although the shape and uniqueness keeps it from being watery.
I think it also depends on the flavour of the soup. Don't put chicken stock in a non-chickeny soup (if that makes sense). That is, don't put unnecessary details on a Pokemon that doesn't need them. Klang and Klinklang need their detail, because they're a bunch of gears working mechanically. Geodude doesn't, it's basically a floating rock with arms. I may be wrong (and sorry if I am) but Kriven's main annoyance may be that nowadays there are Pokemon that seem to have extra details that would have looked just as good or better without them, and the fact that they're there makes them look cluttered.
It'll work for some people, sure, but others just don't like chicken stock in their beef soup. Or at least not too much.

I dunno though. I'm just speaking my mind right now, that soup thing got me thinking