I dont particularly hate them they just feel kind of lazy.

the sprigatito line is really similar to litten from the last gen.

fuecoco etc is like a fire version of totodile/crocnaw/feraligatr

and then the duck is just a water typed torchic/combusken/blaziken

This gen just feels really recycled. Still enjoying the game, but stuff like this, (or lechonk, its literally just a pig, it doesnt look like a pokemon at all) is disappointing.