What To DO About Grista?

[Schwimm]

We were talking in the c-box, and some interesting issues with the Fire-starter Grista line were brought up. All of the sprites look quite a bit like canon Pokemon. Grista is just a Growlithe with wings after all. Grista doesn't look like its evolutions except very superficially, Horntorous doesn't have any horns, etc. It was even brought up to completely toss out the Grista line and hold a contest for a new fire-starter.

Several options for remedying this were proposed. PEOPLE NEED TO VOTE!!!

Option 1: Keep Grista as a starter, but redo it. Suggestions include giving Grista hooved front feet like its evolutions as well as changing its colors to look like the rest of its line. Also give Horntorous horns, makes its front hooves more apparent, and make it more canine and less horse-like. Koranto could really use to look less like a Houndoom with wings.

Option 2: Remove Grista as a starter but keep it in the 'dex. Revamp the sprites, but this revamp would probably not be as dramatic.

Option 3: Keep it as is. Grista is really cute and we have a skin for it as it is anyways.

Option 4: Completely toss out Grista and its evolutions because it sucks and is splicing at its laziest.

Once again, EVERYONE SHOULD VOTE! Can Vio or Feather make this an announcement so everyone will see it?

[//.ElusiveSerenade.\\]

I like option two. My suggestions would be changing it completely, giving it a revamp. With that being said, maybe make it darker? Blacks, that dark green you have, hooves...maybe even a devil tail, except black? Haha. Or maybe just some spiked/thorn-shaped tail?

[decimal]

I say give it a complete revamp. Either make Grista darker or make the later evolutions lighter. Maybe change Grista's face.

[Kouryuu]

I agree with the other two and option 2. It looks too...different. Make it match the theme of the others. Sorry if my argument is to short. D:

[Dalton[ SMILE!]]

My simple opinion:

We changed all the others--why not Grista?

In order to leave our skin the way it is, keep Grista the same and evolve it differently. Maybe make it some kind of werewolf thing? oO

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I can do the contests--we can do a triple contest, they are the most fun.

[Schwimm]

Something that was brought up is maybe keep the orange coloring as a shiny. That way we can keep the skin, but make the normal Grista darker.

[Violet]

I think so long as it's a cute puppy/horse thing it doesn't matter, so I threw a vote in a random option... Don't have a lot to say about the matter.

[~Kristie Kay~]

The Grista line has always confused me xD From cute little orange winged puppy thing to...some sort of black horse with green flames. Or something xDD

I dunno.

But I think we should keep the puppy idea, and just redo the other evolutions. Edit up the sprites/recolor them so they're ORANGE. xD

[`PhiePhie~]

funny, I was actually doodling some grista designs in the car today. XD

I think it would be best to keep the cute puppy design as it is, but make it look less like growlithe. As for the other parts of the line, I think it should follow the dog design, and possibly keep the dark theme as the shiny.

[Schwimm]

Seems like people want to keep Grista, but not as a starter. Make the evolutions more orangy, revamp them all to make Grista less like Growlithe, and the others less Ponyta/Rapidash/Houndoom