Snom IS made of love

I really like what I'm seeing so far with these three! I feel like there's less overreliance on patterns to hide simplistic and blocky modeling. They're not overly-complex designs, but they feel complete! We'll see if they maintain that with the other new pokemon for this gen. I also personally like that these three look more true to their real-world counterparts than scarvio's trio did. Brout is honestly the most stylized shape of the three, but even then there are honestly birds that are just shaped like that. The other two are a fairly good cartoon pomeranian with a fire motif, and a stylized leopard gecko! Even sprigatito was far more stylized than these three are imo.

That's purely personal taste, but I like the older-gen style of rougher, more realistic (but still stylized) models, more than I enjoy the modern style that favors smooth, "cute" shapes. I know a lot of people like it, but the modern beanie-boo look just isn't for me!

I'm also excited about the environments I'm seeing, as well as the possible implication of Dive-style exploration underwater! A problem I personally had with the shift to over-world pokemon was how tacked on they felt. They were just sort of thrown on top of these kind of bland environments, and especially water pokemon got kind of screwed by only being able to swim at the surface of the water, or be fished up from generic fishing spots. I hope that they include underwater exploration, because it would really make the world feel more full and natural! I also think having a better looking world will help alleviate some of this. By adding unique environmental features into an area, you can easily add depth to the pokemon found nearby! Whereas a bland environment with features that are obviously almost exclusively reused assets doesn't tell as much of a story.