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Cyclizar's design is fine, great even. Solid proportions, looks like a friendly monster, little splash of orange, I dig it.
No, the problem here is that the damned thing has wheels but doesn't use them. It looks like a bike for no reason, it isn't a bike, but people ride it like a bike, but it's not a bike, it just runs on four legs. Koraidon also does this, but Cyclizar is here now so he must bear the brunt of my wrath.
This is a Pokemon. You just had a car with an engine and wheels. Why can't Cyclizar literally have tires that spin? I agree that it's clever to hide the wheel in the dewlap, but you could also just make it function as a proper wheel. Gigan has a sawblade in his tummy, Tails spins his tails like helicopter blades, I can handle a little anatomical impossibility in my made-up monsters. And if you're not willing to give him real tires, then just abandon the wheel motif altogether. I can also accept people just riding lizards like they're horses.
also, it's a little sad that this thing only exists as a diminished version of your ride legendary, an awkward evolutionary middle point between the epic past and glorious future.
Overall: 7/10
I dunno I could kinda like that the wheels are vestigial. Like in the past they were functional wheels, in the future they're gone altogether in favour of floating, and here in the present they're still kinda there but not doing anything like an appendix.
ReplyDeleteBut that's not the way they went so now it's weird.