[Illusion]

Overall this gen has been awful with evolutions... I've seen so much better fan art for the Starter's evolutions, or the other Pokemon's evolutions (the slug dragon for example).
I don't understand how Gamefreak would let some of these designs pass.. I feel as though with a couple of design tweaks and some recolor changes that a lot of these Pokemon would look much better. I feel that Gamefreak must had been extremely rushed or something... I'm sure they have thousands of other Pokemon designs made, and only so few of them get passed. But I still have to question their whole process...

This generation began at a great start, the designs were a fresh reminder of the good ol' gen 1 days, and the Pokemon were truly a hit or miss. But now that we are seeing everything, it seems that the first conception of the designs were an illusion.

But as I said, this game feels like a stepping stone towards something bigger. (And no I don't mean a MMO Ashy D<) The best way I can put it is that Gamefreak is closing a arc, and this game is the prelude to a bigger game or for what's to come. I know for sure it won't be a MMO, the day we see a Pokemon MMORPG, is the day that Pokemon officially stops making new generations and ends. (If that day would ever come.)