I think that, from a creative standpoint, you could blame the furry, dewy-eyed, cartoony look on OWI's desire to take the series in a "different direction" and to make it more accessible. When you have an original product, the only way to go in a different direction is to either make it more unique, or more average. They went with the latter, unfortunately, and I think that's largely attributed to the loss of Olds and Farzad from the team.
Funnily enough, those two haven't made anything nearly as original since.
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