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Wishiwashi

At first glance, Wishiwashi is just a cute little fish that wants to be loved. It stares at you longingly, hoping for a trainer to catch it so that it can get some affection. Until, of course, it enters its School forme and turns into the absolute stuff of nightmares. The School forme is some disgusting amalgamation of dead fish that looks like Relicanth, except that it's actually alive and ready to gobble you up and promptly vomit you out. Wishiwashi is a great example of what happens when you bully a little fish too much. It becomes a murderer, and the ugliest murderer in the world. Beware.

Wishiwashi does, however, have a pretty interesting concept: a solo fish becoming a school of fish, which is something that I feel is very cool to explore. While I don't like how Wishiwashi turns into the devil incarnate in its School forme, it's definitely a great design move. It's also exciting to see Game Freak exploring a lot more with forme changing, and Wishiwashi's a good use of the mechanic. All in all, Wishiwashi has a nice concept, but I definitely think it could've been pulled off better.

Pyukumuku

Pyukumuku is disgusting. For example, it'll regurgitate its intestines onto you and then proceed to die, for example, if you just happen to trip and fall onto it (this is helpfully illustrated by the ability "Innards Out") and it's covered with some sort of mucous lubricant, which perplexingly is used as a skincare product. You wouldn't expect such a Pokemon to have a cute design, or even a good design. In contrast, it manages to look somewhat endearing (to me, at least), with its fluffy tail and nice little rounded eyes, as well as an asterisk for a mouth, looking a tad like Drifloon. The combination of Pyukumuku's behavior and its rabbit-like appearance makes it somewhat quirky and lovable. Overall, I think that Pyukumuku's a pretty cool (albeit weird) Pokemon.

Turtonator

I don't really get Turtonator. Firstly, there's no reason for it to be a Dragon-type, other than "it has a nice huge shell" even though that doesn't really have much to do with dragons. Also, it's really awkwardly posed and seems to have lots of inconsistencies in terms of how its body is drawn (contrast its hands and neck). To add on to how much of a mistake this Pokemon is, it's downright ugly. Whose idea was it to have Turtonator have a flamethrower as a mouth? It looks somewhat avian with that mouth, which would be nice if not for the fact that it's a turtle. Its tail is also very out of place, being jagged for no reason. Its spiky shell is a very interesting addition, though it's a huge waste on such a poorly drawn and designed Pokemon. Though I appreciate the idea of a flamethrowing turtle, it obviously could have been done much better here.

Stufful

If you thought that Bewear was creepy, then just look at Stufful. This thing just reeks of creepiness. It's a bear pretending to be a dog with a plastered-on smile. Stufful's smile's probably the most horrifying thing about it; whenever you look at Stufful, it'll smile at you. When it's faint after a long and hard battle, it's smiling. When you put it away and release it into the wild, it's smiling at you. Also, the fact that it has a tag at the back of it is also extremely horrific. It's a teddy bear somehow brought back to life by some arcane act. To make things worse, it's a Fighting-type for literally no reason. Nothing about it says "Fighting-type." For example, two huge eyes don't really make me think "hey, that's totally what a Fighting-type would have!" The same goes for the hair bands. The Fighting typing works for Bewear because it at least is huge, but Stufful is literally a puppy with big ears. The only reason it's Fighting-type is probably because it scares away all its foes. There truly is no end to this distress that Stufful is causing me.

Sandygast, Palossand

Sandygast and Palossand are really intriguing. Though their concepts are both really simple, they manage to be adorable and captivating. Sandygast is just a pile of sand, but its facial expression together with the shovel on top of its head makes it extremely beguiling. Be wary, though, of touching it, because it'll suck your life out. Spooky. Palossand is about the same (but with new and improved jewels!), except that its shovel somehow rotates, like some kind of helicopter. It's a sandcastle-helicopter! Spooky. Also, it controls human adults to make them build sandcastles for itself, which seems like a terrible prank. It also seems spooky. Water Compaction is a really nice addition to their design that I really appreciate a lot; both of these Pokemon are very well thought-out. All in all, the Sandcastle Pokemon are probably my favourite of the Alolan Pokemon.