13 Things Nobody Wants To Admit About Pokémon

Like many people, I still get excited about the release of a new Pokémon game. That may be hard to believe considering the nature of this list, but it’s true. The series has an intrinsic appeal, and it’s always been good at getting people hyped, which is probably one of the reasons it’s done so well for itself over the years. A new Pokémon game is like an event; it’s all anyone talks about, and it never fails to deliver exactly what is expected of it.

With that said, there’s one thing that never fails to kill the excitement surrounding a new release: the new Pokémon designs. I mean, I know I'm not the first person to suggests that they’re getting noticeably worse, but, they're getting noticeably worse. Last generation alone, we were introduced to Bunnelby, Binacle, and Klefki, which was literally a pair of keys with eyes. Yeah. How long did it take to come up with that one?

It’s hard to get excited about the prospect of catching Pokémon when the Pokémon themselves all look like rejected Garbage Pail Kids. It seems long gone are the days of Blastoise, Gengar, and my personal favourite, Dragonite. Now all we get are keys and ice-cream Pokémon, as well bastardised mega-evolutions that feel like personalised assaults on our childhoods.