Game Freak, Please Don't Ruin The Cat Pokemon This Time
When I saw Sprigatito during the Pokemon Direct, my cold dead gamer heart grew three sizes. That leafy little cat is so adorable and pure, that it brings me great pain knowing what will likely happen to it when it evolves. There’s been a rallying cry among Pokemon fans to keep Sprigatito quadrupedal rather than become an anthropomorphic man-cat like Incineroar. As much as I hate to give credit to Pokemon complainers, at the end of the day I am one of you. If Game Freak gives Sprigatito’s evolved form castanets and boobies, I’m gonna lose it.
It’s no secret that I’m not the biggest Incineroar fan. When Sun & Moon came out, Pokemon had been trending in a disturbingly humanoid direction for awhile, and Incineroar took it a step further by having a human hobby. The Heel Pokemon, with its six pack abs and passion for professional wrestling is beyond the pale if you ask me. Sword & Shield came along and introduced a drummer, a soccer player, and a secret agent chameleon with a sniper rifle. What the hell are we doing? I don’t want to sound like a cranky boomer, but whatever happened to fire breathing dragons and big turtles with water cannons? I always thought anthropomorphic ‘mons with Digimon’s thing, but here we are, training sexy Catmen to perform cool wrestling moves.
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The female-coded Pokemon have it even worse, at least in terms of their odd sex appeal. Gardevoir’s slender figure and flowing dress raised some read flags for me all the way back in Ruby & Sapphire, but since then we’ve gotten a whole bunch of yikesy designs like Florges, Braixen, Primarina, and of course, Lopunny - a thighed-up bunny rabbit with its own dedicated fan art community - Google
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