How Pokémon Designs Evolved

How did Pokemon designs change over the generations?
After a few years of making creatures myself, I'll take a shot at making some observations while I show some new designs I drew to illustrate my point.
(Reuploaded to fix a few sections and to add something for Gen 9)

Thank you to @FCPlaythroughs for the gameplay footage

Learn more through the links below:

Sugimori Interview: https://web.archive.org/web/20191230185804/http://shmuplations.com/pokemon/

Pokemon Interview: https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/creator-profile-the-creators-of-pikachu


Megalosaurus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOgouWTNops

Crystal Palace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhWylzOryws

Megalosaurus as a Wastebasket Taxon: https://maxs-blogo-saurus.com/2021/04/07/the-many-faces-of-megalosaurus/

Dr. Hartman's Blogpost: https://www.skeletaldrawing.com/home/the-road-to-spinosaurus-i-megalosaur-skulls

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:54 Gen 1
5:43 Gen 2
7:29 Gen 3
9:52 Gen 4
11:45 Gen 5
14:32 Gen 6
18:07 Gen 7
21:27 Gen 8
24:41 Gen 9
29:07 Legends Z-A (Spoilers!)
29:44 Spoilers Over

Audio: https://pastebin.com/T3G9c2UZ

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