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Game Freak explains Pokemon Sun/Moon's wackier Pokemon designs

by rawmeatcowboy
25 October 2016
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Coming from a Kotaku interview with Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda and Shigeru Ohmori...

“When the designers first came up with the idea, the background is that the sun in Alola is so strong, that [Exeggutor] just keeps growing and growing.

For the 20th anniversary, we wanted to have a lot of special surprises…we wanted a funny element. At the same time, we had to find a balance of cool ones, serious ones. We looked at the Alola region as a whole and thought about that ecosystem.

I don’t think we have the intention of making [the professors] cooler or prettier.”

Speaking of professors, have you been wondering why Kukui is shirtless? There's a really simple answer to that. Masuda says it's because the Alola region is hot!

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