How does he manage to look so bad in the main line games but

>>33469175

>Console vs. handheld
>'Realistic' vs. cartoony

>>33469175
Because here you can actually see that the blue parts and its beak are supposed to be made out of metal. Also it's best animated here.

>>33469184
The sprites looked amazing so what's gens 6 and 7's excuse? A lot of pokemon look great but Empoleon specifically looks shit

Because the gen 6 and 7 models look fucking garbage

>>33469194
Not all of them

>>33469175
Nah it's still pretty bad

>>33469213
Most of them. Garchomp looks good tho

>>33469175
I can't believe Empoleon was GF's chosen starter for Sinnoh.

>>33469175
Everyone but Game Freak knows how to make Pokemon look good.

>>33469175
Empoleon always looks like a turd and forever will look like a turd

>>33469224
easier to animate and more unique then greninja/infernape
plus piplup has decent popularity

>>33469224
Literally only because of Piplup
That thing was crazy popular in Japan back in DPPt era, even more so than Lucario

>>33469175
He's always looked good. The gen 4 starters are the best starters GF has ever done, followed closely by gen 3.