Today's the 740th day of the 11th Pokémon Year Cycle, so we're celebrating Crabominable!

I'm not done with the proper video, so please enjoy this alternate video:

Crabominable (Burning Shadows)

I'd be lying if I said I liked regular Crabominable that much—there are one too many incohesive design elements and it doesn't feel like it builds off of Crabrawler that well.

However, with that said, I do think Mega Crabominable is a good improvement. The out-of-place yellow hair is the biggest change: it's now long and flowing with extra fur on the body and head, and the yellow, while still present, is at least distributed throughout the bottom of the hair and the top instead of being all on in area (though I'm not sure why only one of the pieces of hair at the top of the head is yellow).

The hair has also been changed to cover the eyes, which are now small and pupil-less. You could almost be tricked into thinking it looks intimidating as long as you ignore the fact that it still has buck teeth.

Beyond that, the other big changes are that it now stands on one set of legs, which have their ice sheaths lengthened, and the very odd "paws" of regular Crabominable have been replaced with giant ice-covered clubs to match the legs, which it uses to beat down opponents. This feels like it helps justify it being fighting-type to begin with, and the ice is now visually balanced by the ice on the legs.

My only real issue with Mega Crabominable is that...well, it's still Crabominable. There are still elements like the awkward chest piece, the inclusion of yellow in the palette, and the unnecessary purple spots on the arms at play, and I feel like the mega could've improved things further while still being recognizable as Crabominable. Plus, while it standing up is pretty cool, I'm also not sure how it ties into the main focus of the larger arms.