I count 50 evolutionary families (including UBs and counting Luna/Sol as 1). To compare XY had 37 (not counting Sylveon).
Including permanent form differences, Zygarde 10%, and Alolan Forms gives SM 66 new fully evolved Pokemon (not including Ash-Greninja) versus XY's 42 (including Sylveon, counting Meowstic twice, and counting Gourgeist 4 times).
Part of that is because of all the single stage lines including FUCKING KOMALA ARE YOU KIDDING ME
The thing is though, that Gamefreak considers Alolan forms (and probably mega evos too) "new" Pokemon which is why the main dex is so tiny this gen
>>29278054
I know I'm being a complete dummy here and it's kinda off topic, but in all of these why is mimikyu always listed twice in two different poses?And for actual commentary on the thread, I don't think that it matters much how many pokemon there are in a generation, just the quality. I mean it would bee nice if they could just suddenly squirt out a million S+ tier designs, but I'd prefer a handfull of A designs than 100+ shit designs. Yes Kalos had a small pokedex, but I wasn't a fan of most of the designs whereas I like most of these, making this probably one of my favorite dexes. And for the number of evolutionary families, it might be a callback to gen one design. Look at how many three stage evolutions are in kanto, there are the starters, pokemon that evolve by trading, pidgeoto and the early bugs and that's it I think.
>>29278084
They are new pokémon though?
>>29278054
You Should count Oricorio 4 times then, and Lycanroc twice
>>29278493
That's how I got 66.
>>29278267
Mimikyu has two models. One with the disguise still active, and one where he has taken the first hit in the battle and thus the disguise is tilted as if it fell