To recap, the evolutionary line for Pristimon is:
stuffed animal -> furry -> humanoid -> furry again (you are here)

VR-Man said in comment #2631999:

To recap, the evolutionary line for Pristimon is:
stuffed animal -> furry -> humanoid -> furry again (you are here)

My opinion/short rant

I would be fine with Artiomon if Pristimon's Perfect/Ultimate form wasn't Bearcatmon. My expectation for Pristimon's Mega form becoming very high thanks to the latter.

So imagine how disappointed I was when the former was revealed, though it's not completely her fault. That's on me (and Bandai/Toei).

Bearcatmon was such a cool design... She set the bar too high

BesaPitos said in comment #2632001:

Bearcatmon was such a cool design... She set the bar too high

If only they switched Bearcatmon and Artiomon around...

Yeah, this reminds me of how disappointed I was upon finding out that Angewomon turned into... Magnadramon. It wasn't until later I found out in Digimon Frontier that Ophanimon existed as an alternative. At least this one's still somewhat humanoid in comparison.

Maybe, someday Pristimon's evolution path will lead to Amaterasumon through a different Ultimate form.

Frawnkenstein said in comment #2632079:

Yeah, this reminds me of how disappointed I was upon finding out that Angewomon turned into... Magnadramon. It wasn't until later I found out in Digimon Frontier that Ophanimon existed as an alternative. At least this one's still somewhat humanoid in comparison.

Maybe, someday Pristimon's evolution path will lead to Amaterasumon through a different Ultimate form.

FWIW Ophanimon postdates Magnadramon/Holydramon by 3 years. She literally did not exist in 2000 when they first showed Angewomon evolving.