Also Chimera-gui's argument seems to boil down to Splashmon and Splashmon (True) having similar profiles..... yes, because Bandai has put so much care and effort into the profiles in the past. Might as well be asking to have Cherubimon (Virtue) and Cherubimon (Vice) merged into one profile.
Yeah not even close to what I actually said and completely misses the point. It's not even having "similar profiles" since it's literally a
single profile for Splashmon that uses two images; that's why both wikis link that
same aforementioned profile as the source for both the humanoid and tiger forms' pages.
For one thing, Cherubimon at least was deliberately
meant to be two species representing the duality it has as one of Three Archangels alongside Seraphimon and Ophanimon who both also have a fallen angel counterpart species because both forms are of equal value.
With Splashmon you can't even make the duality argument because you can literally remove the humanoid form and lose
nothing (e.g. Adventure 2020 and GrandGeneramon). Unlike Cherubimon, Splashmon's forms are
not of equal value because the humanoid form is basically the equivalent to Arachnemon and Mummymon's "human" forms and
no one is arguing for either of those to be made into species.
Hell, most media outside the anime doesn't even acknowledge the existence of Jessie and James' human forms beyond a single line in Arachnemon's Field Guide profile stating that the species can transform into a human-like appearance to get opponents to let down their guard so that it can approach and devour them.
Why should Splashmon get special treatment for a characteristic that we already know Bandai of Japan doesn't regard as warranting two species profiles? It's basically the same issue
@TMS seems to have with Justimon having three profiles when the "forms" are even less differentiated then Crimson Mode, Blast Mode and Promote.