Pokemon Designs Inspired by Animals

Half of the PKMN are still pretty boring though. First I thought that the original 150 were best, and then it only got worse with every generation.
Now I know that's not true... Every gen has good and crappy PKMN and they all take some getting used to.

There are more animal-based designs than in Gens III and IV, but then again, some of the new pokemon designs are based on gears and mummies, as Jorge B seems to point out.

Duh!

The new Pokémon are arguably the most varied generation yet, almost 160 new beasties as opposed to what we're used to (100-130 or so)

The amount of new Ghost Types this gen has almost doubled what we had before too (so many amazing Ghost Types omg <3) and there aren't nearly as many Water Types, so the variation is huge, not just taking inspiration from animals, but also mythological symbols (for example my new favourite Pokémon is based entirely on ancient "Nazca Lines", and of course the coffin Pokémon).

I personally think that despite some really stupid ones GenV is my favourite Gen for designs thus far.

Isn't it kind of obvious? They always did almost look familiar???

Generation 3 is probably my overall favorite group of Pokemon. D/P was probably my most hated generation. 5th has shaped up pretty well. 2nd is really good too and 1st was awesome as well.

It irks me hearing how "They should have kept it 150 only." or "1st generation will always be the best."

I guess it's fine if you just want to play with the same Pokemon for the next 10 years. Everyone should have seen new additions.

*generic, naive comment about how the first 150 are the best*

Change happens. Deal with it.