| mZuzek said:
All typings have some slight restrictions to what they should look like, though (or at least they used to). Dragon-types up to today always either looked like actual dragons, or like they had some sort of "dragon element" power (Goomy). This turtle looks just like a turtle with absolutely no Dragon-type properties whatsoever. Maybe nowadays they're focusing more on creating nice typings regardless of design, but that's certainly not what Pokémon used to do - which was to first create the design of a Pokémon, then give it a fitting typing. And about Smash, no, I wouldn't want all fighters to play the same, just as well as I wouldn't want them all to be extremely gimmicky. There has to be a balance. If they all played the same, the game would be very boring and wouldn't have any variety (can't think of an example here). If they were all gimmicky and had their "unique" thing, it would become a mess because the whole game would boil down to knowing the unique gimmick of your opponent (Rivals of Aether). Smash actually has a pretty good balance between gimmicky and "normal" fighters. |
So what Pokemon used to do is automatically the best thing to do? Turtonater is a reptile so already more Dragon-like than the likes of Kindra, Altaria, n Goodra. Plus I just looked it up and apparently there is such a thing as Dragon Turtles in Chinese mythology. Also that's a lot of undefined terms there. "Dragon element power?" you mean like spitting fire? Don't know what the difference between "normal" "gimmicky" and "balanced" is in this context, but I do know that not a single Smash fighter plays exactly the same as another, and although there are a few clone characters they have slightly different moves and stats.
Knowing the match-up is always a key factor and has especially been the case in Pokemon, where the first thing you even do in a battle is consider match-ups to decide which Pokemon to bring out. Lastly, why are you just now complaining about new moves and abilitys as if they haven't always added more every single generation, especially gen 5 with hidden abilitys. The only real new gimmick in Sun & Moon is the Z-Moves which I definitely understand having concern over, but atleast unlike Mega Evolution that's something every Pokemon has access to.
