People seem so angry at the new generation Pokemon like Vanilluxe because of their designs. It's rather ironic considering that those Pokemon were the first ones designed by an American and not a member of Game Freak.
iirc the guy designed the Vullaby and Vanillite lines, which are meh in design. But he also designed Golett so it works out in the end.
Pokemon has seen an increased amount of western influence in the games, so having symbols that are more synonomous with western culture (ex. cotton candy) is somewhat expected now.
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