mammalian cimmabu???
im sorry but how do you miss the point/inspo of a concept so hard. cimmabu was originally a turtle/snail cinnamon roll beast that had no ears, a weirdly flat but adorable head and face, built very stoutly/short, etc. and now the redesign turns it into a ferret/squirrel with ears the size of its head, makes it taller and thinner, and whatever else. and the fur? the turtle snail thing is furred now? right...
and i dont even want to hear the "waaah it didnt look like a turtle snail wah." idc WHAT it looked like. the original inspiration of a design should be kept even throughout the redesign. things like the flat head, the shell, the lack of ears, the round eyes, the thicker extremities, and the goo theming all attribute to cimmabu's design inspirations. the only thing you can attribute to its original inspo on the redesign now is the cinnamon roll "shell" on its back.
dont get me wrong, it looks good. if this was cimmabu from the start, i wouldnt gaf. it truly isnt that deep but im just absolutely amazed at how it seems like twin atlas is just profitmaxxing even harder, making actually quite-unique AND cute low tier designs into stereotypical "cute fluffy mammal" designs. is it worth basically ditching its entire original inspiration/idea for a few more sales on the sweets gacha? really? 😭
no hate to the artist btw, retronintendo makes beautiful concepts and im sure these design choices werent wholly their decision.