Nominated by: 20three
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Within me, I've always had a heated debate with myself trying to decide which one between Wartortle and Blastoise I liked more.
I think I have the answer now: I like Blastoise a very little slightly tiny bit more, but both are so awesome, it doesn't really matter (Oh, another line where I love everyone that I forgot to mention).
As for Wartortle, I love its design: the ears, the fluffy tail, the face... I don't like the fact that it is slightly more "tanned" than Squirtle, but I understand that it would've just been a Squirtle with more stuff added otherwise. I'm not too fond of the "voice" it has in the anime too, but whatever, minor complaints.
I'll go as far as saying that, design-wise, I like it even as much as Squirtle and the things that really make me like Squirtle much more are mostly connected to media exposition and cuteness.
Something more that I noticed about Wartortle is that, IMO, the sprites never really made it justice. Until B/W, its in-game sprites never really conveyed all of its coolness for some reason, sometimes I wonder if they made it look "bad" on purpose. It's the total opposite of Wangrovyle, who looks cool in sprites but is actually pretty gross in other renditions *throws rock, hides hand*.
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SuperNiceDog won the Guru contest super nicely!