"Starmie, the ethereal, possibly alien starfish Pokémon, is one of the monsters that I have loved for years, even if it didn't quite make it on my team in most games outside of Generation I. The jewel-wearing Pokémon has had plenty of fan-made Mega Evolution concepts that lean into its inherent beauty and possible cosmic origins. Game Freak had an opportunity to make a Mega Starmie worthy of the original, and instead, we got one of the silliest, least interesting Mega Evolutions in the series."
"Mega Starmie was one of the many Mega Evolutions whose description leaked ahead of the game, and essentially it boiled down to "its limbs get longer." Yes, Mega Starmie's arms and legs grow, giving it more humanoid proportions, but that doesn't sum up just how goofy this thing looks as it's running around on two legs. I had known about Mega Starmie's concept for months,"
Pokémon Legends: Z-A launches with leaked Mega Evolutions confirmed in-game. Mega Starmie receives elongated arms and legs that give it humanoid proportions and bipedal movement. The redesign shifts the jewel-wearing, possibly cosmic starfish from elegant and unknowable to a comical, Patrick Star–like figure that many find jarring. The Pokédex suggests Mega Starmie's humanlike behavior could be an attempt to communicate with humans or an effort to replace them, creating ambiguous and unsettling implications. Many players reacted with shock, ridicule, and memes rather than admiration, contrasting with fan concepts focused on beauty and cosmic origins.
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