@lunardusk @SleepLate @thesuzerain
Fairy is a pretty broad typing appearance wise. A lot of them are pink and cute, but you also have things like Gardevoir and Xerneas that look more regal and proper. The only thing that encapsulates them all to me is that they appear to come from an Alice in Wonderland-esque enchanted forest.
The old Venusaur fits that bill well enough for me and I can plausibly see it in the deeper regions of said forest as a sage of sorts. I’ll concede it definitely looks more Grass/Psychic, but the Fairy characteristics are still visible.
The new Venusaur just looks pure Fairy. Perhaps if you changed it’s eyes to the same trance-like ones as the old Venusaur, but as it stands, I feel the old sprite is overall more appropriate.