This is another one I'm still a little iffy about. Pokemon designs usually have 3/4 main colors to them, but Hisuian Lilligant here has maybe 6 or more colors to it (including the gradient bits). It can feel cumbersome and over-designed to me. The shapes are nice though
They did it, they made Stantler even weirder...or should I say, Wyrdeer? 🥴 Stantler deserved it for sure and they definitely did it justice with this evolution. It really makes you wonder why base Stantler wasn't already psychic type
And when you evolve this Basculin, you get Basculegion! Another new favorite Pokemon of all time to me. They took a regular bass and made it into a ghost behemoth! It's just so cool and even has a whole different look depending on gender!
This one is weird since it both is and isn't a regional form. Unova Basculin are separated by red/blue stripe forms while this new one is a white striped. It's classified as a regional form since it can only be found in Hisui creating a slightly different take on the concept
Back again to bring Sneasel! I'm surprised they didn't go with poison/ice for its typing cuz that's a type combo that doesn't exist yet. It's alright though since the design is interesting and fun
Last one for today is Kleavor! When it was first shown off I thought it was pretty cool, but once we learned it was a Scyther evolution I became even more invested. There are some issues I have with it as a design, however the color scheme and its rugged-ness won me over anyway
Here's another people weren't happy with when it first leaked. It's hard to live up to Weavile's already fantastic design, but this isn't that in the best way possible. It's a very interesting idea and its use for scaling mountains means we see it even more! I think it's neat
Man when Hisuian Growlith was revealed this was just about the only thing you saw on social media for the next week or so. It's a great variation of an already super adorable dog
Gen 5 got a lot of love in this game and really made some of the more underwhelming gen 5 Pokemon feel special. Braviary was already pretty cool, but giving it the psychic type and the theming this form has was a good call. Super fun to draw too!