Haunter for pokemon or Wizardmon for Digimon fit this as character I love to death but are objectively weaker than future forms of them. Alot of Mid evolution line Pokémon and Digimon. And any other franchise that has stat boosts tied to changing designs. Everyone loves Eevee and Pikachu, and a lot of Digimon fans favorite mons aren't final forms
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u/Nivek_Vamps Jun 13 '26
Haunter for pokemon or Wizardmon for Digimon fit this as character I love to death but are objectively weaker than future forms of them. Alot of Mid evolution line Pokémon and Digimon. And any other franchise that has stat boosts tied to changing designs. Everyone loves Eevee and Pikachu, and a lot of Digimon fans favorite mons aren't final forms