#Kotora and Raitora

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beta pokémon

It would have given us one tailed baby vulpix and cute baby meowth and they TOOK IT AWAY FROM US. they probably thought they had plenty of baby pokemon as is, and redesigned some to better fit the pokemon evolution line.

Just Pokémon that were cut or reworked to be completely different. It was amazing when the demo leaked.

tcrf link: https://tcrf.net/Proto:Pok%C3%A9mon_Gold_and_Silver/Spaceworld_1997_Demo/Pok%C3%A9mon

Kotora and Raitora

A round electric tiger that was so nice, they cut it twice. These two were first discovered in the leaked Spaceworld '97 demo of Gold and Silver, which is a vastly different game than Gold and Silver ended up being, but they also appeared in a leaked roster for the original games alongside a further, unnamed evolution. Reasons for why they were scrapped twice are unknown. Kotora and Raitora are the directly-translated names they had in the Spaceworld demo, while Tyker and Straiger are hypothetical localized names given by former series translator Nob Ogasawara in an interview for Did You Know Gaming.

[starosis]

KOTORA ⚡ Work from last year for a beta Pokemon zine

[d34d-f1sh-1n-r4t-tr4p]

Beta pokemon: kotora evo line, white tiger pokemon(electric->electric/steel)

Based on: white tiger(mythology)

[marcosvargas97]

[ESP] Hola hola! Hoy les quiero mostrar estos fanarts que hice de Kotora y Raitora, dos pokémon descartados de la primera y segunda generación.

[ENG] Hello there! Today i wanna show ya these fanarts that i made of Kotora and Raitora, two pokémon that were scrapped from gen 1 and 2.

[mattapparentlystumbltourneys]

Cutting Room Throwdown - Series Prelim - Pokemon

Propaganda/Additional info below:

Propaganda:

Rinrin: Rinrin (And by extent it's evolution Berunrun) were some very cute Pokémon, and had no reason to be cut from the games other than overcrowding the dex. It would be another dark type cat, yes, but who would be mad at that? Rinrin needs justice!

Sugomori-Style recreations done by Rachel Briggs. (https://www.deviantart.com/racieb)

The top 2 will advance to the proper tournament alongside Kotora/Raitora.

[yuri-asuka-hajime]

Introductions!

[ic intro]

Hii!! My name's Yuri. Uhh- okay hold on i'll be right back my gameboy's trying to commit ace again. [distant music stops] [gameboy startup sound] There we go. Anyway... I... uh... nevermind. NEXT!

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Oh uh. I'm Asuka. I'm a MissingNo. By the way, if Yuri didn't tell you, she's a Ghost-MissingNo. I'm the backwards L but I choose to look like a bird because... well, Bird/Normal typing.

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[awkward silence] WhywasIjuststandingtherelikethat- Oh hold up. Sorry about that. By the way, I'm Hajime and I'm a Kotora, soon to evolve into... uhh, I think it's called Raitora? And then there was a third one, I think. Or perhaps the evolution data still hasn't been updated... Oh, I'm rambling again. Sorry, I tend to do that.

[lilith-devi-nyx-elsword-theorist]

Hear me out, this is a far stretched idea. what if we get Johto remakes, but we get the unreleased Spaceworld demo Pokemon to fill the Johto dex.

Make the Johto Pokemon, MORE available in Johto instead of locking them to National Dex.

Increase the wild Pokemon level's in Kanto because mind you, those level gaps were abysmal.

The idea is how many Pokemon in the Johto dex from Johto is available.

So we can maybe have a few pokemon that evolved or had recently gotten a new typing in Gen 2 still be available in Gen 2, the Baby Pokemon who were available in Gen 2 as well So we'd get

Scyther, Onix, Magnemite,, Bellsprout (because of the Tower) Pikachu, Clefairy, Jigglypuff, Zubat, Golbat, Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Slowpoke, Slowbro, Eevee, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Magmar, Electabuzz, Jynx, Oddish, Chansey, Porygon, Horsea, Seadra, I'll still leave in Magikarp for the Red Gyarados. and Dragonite (Because Lance and Claire has that line tho one uses Dragonairs but you get the picture.) and the fossils, I'll leave in Gengar line.

So the Dex is around 154 (Celebi is still a Johto mon) and still has some Kanto mon's. but if we split them we'd also get 47 Kanto Pokemon!

now to make sure this Johto dex is still a Johto Dex, is 107 Johto Pokemon now let's rank up that number.

We need the scrapped solo pokemon that was attached to Slowbro, make it a Water/Steel type.

the unreleased "branch" evolution of Weepinbell. it still a Grass/Poison

the Seal with a fireball. I like to see it being a mirror of Seel.

we need Kotora and Raitora they're cute electric types.

Norowara and Kyonpan these two would be fun for Morty being a Ghost type gym leader as he doesn't really use ANY Johto pokemon the first time not even a Misdreavus! also, GIVE HIM A MISDREAVUS!

Urufuman and Waaurufu, they're actually cute looking Yeti? I see a yeti in it, and it's an Ice type, so Pryce would definitely have these.

I also would like to add the unreleased 2 Starters making them become freely available but but! there's a better idea, if you visit Celebi's shrine there should be a Kimono wearing NPC who often visits the Ilex Forest Shrine and they simply challenge you with both of these Pokemon, and then they exclaim that after the battle they give you a choice of the 2 pokemon saying that " They're old Pokemon I've recently found, and I assure you would want to show them the world outside of my home, I'll give you a choice. The Fire Bear (Honooguma) or The Mystery Water Pokemon (Kurusu). " but there will be a reward where if you're a champion and you come back to the shrine, you will find a Pokeball, of the other Pokemon that you didn't choose but the NPC is gone, we won't know where they went.

These can be bred for multiples but this is to show us not only a little nod to the demo, but they're returning.

And if we go this route if we have a Chikorita line, and we visit the shrine with it, we get an event where Chikorita finds a mysterious Pokeball that has a Hanamogura. (the demo version before it was changed to be Bayleef) but it get's a second evolution since it will have around 415 BST, I know it's a little too high, but let me explain the evolution will have 552 BST.

Okay without counting the Kanto Pokedex that's still involved is 124 (even though Weepinbell branched evolution is a maybe but if we dont count it, its 123.)

the Pokedex now has 171 Pokemon in Johto when we add back the Kanto Pokemon.

Unless I miscounted so maybe around 170-174.

Edit!!!

there was more Pokemon that were cut I may of skipped over, so back at 124 Johto Pokedex.

So we have a ghost pokemon with a Hitaikakushi this one could represent well enough in Johto

A ball looking rabbit? could be interesting,

Gargoyle

the Drill looking Squid,

A literal Squirrel Ninja

the flaming Tanuki

there's a odd looking skeleton Pokemon so I guess we can have it as an "exclusively" rare fossil Johto Pokemon.

a Pokemon that is apparently a Flying Fish but with bird wings and legs.

the Scarecrow pokemon, I would like to say it scares off or taunts Murkrows.

a plant pokemon that's a ball? then it says here to evolve to Ball Sprout, with branched evolutions?

so 136 Johto Pokemon, add that, now we have 183 of a completed Dex, not counting Kanto if we didn't unlock Kanto, with Kanto unlocked

[mlarayoukai]

Yuzu looks like he’d pass for a good Kotora/Raitora Gijinka

Hate that I immediately knew what kotora is without a second thought, my good friend kotora. Although I'll be extremely honest yuzu was just straight up inspired by raikou so you're not off

[klam-digguh]

It's their year. 🐯

[thepariahcontinuum]

Happy Year of the Tiger.....Lest we forget

We want the Kotora line back Gamefreak

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Matchups, Round One!

Botsun | beta Alice Yabusame (Your Turn to Die)

playable Zelda (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword) | Vah Manta (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)

life indicator rune | early concepts (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)

Termina Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask) | Unicorn Fountain (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)

cut dungeons (The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker) | The Legend of Zelda: Mystical Seed of Courage

Yosuke Hanamura romance route (Persona 4) | devil Joker boss fight (Persona 2)

Moonjumper | Timmy (A Hat in Time)

Sand n Sails | Vanessa's manor third floor (A Hat in Time)

distilled emotions (Psychonauts 2) | Li-Po document (Psychonauts)

human woman (Star Fox 2) | Dinosaur Planet (Star Fox Adventures)

Michael Tutori (Wii Music) | fish render (Wii Party)

"like, half the game" (combined with cut levels of Monty Gator Golf) (Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach) | coconut.vtf (Team Fortress 2)

F-Stop | Cave Johnson cube (Portal 2)

Czar Dragon (Final Fantasy VI) | musketeer class (Final Fantasy XIV)

room_water_prebird (Undertale) | unused art (Undertale console versions)

twisted sword | everybody weapon (Deltarune)

unused Ralsei battle (Deltarune) | final boss battle backgrounds (Mother 3)

wolf howls | beast boy (Minecraft)

Rana | Steve and Black Steve (Minecraft)

beta Arceus | beta Giratina/Kimairan | ???-type Arceus (Pokémon Diamond/Pearl)

Pokémon Z | Paldean sea and skysphere (Pokémon Scarlet/Violet)

cut beta pokémon (combined with unused baby pokémon) (Pokémon Gold/Silver) | Kotora and Raitora (Pokémon Red/Green and Gold/Silver)

unused trade theme | Mew (Pokémon Red/Green)

Honey the Cat (Sonic the Fighters) | Tiara Boobowski (Sonic Xtreme)

good Cortex (split from Good Cortex and Evil Coco) | evil Coco (Crash Twinsanity)

8 beta colossi (combined with Spider colossus) (Shadow of the Colossus) | "Hot Coffee" minigame (NSFW) (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas)

backdash | ancient_bench (Hollow Knight)

extended Abyss | Pure Vessel dream nail dialogue (Hollow Knight)

the Aviary | Daylight Prairie invisible boat | early Isle of Dawn (split from the entirety of Sky: Light Awaits) (Sky: Children of the Light)

arms on the player characters (Journey) | Omori keyhole cutscene (OMORI)

original rabbit designs (Splatoon) | octoling backup dancers (Splatoon 2)

Singing Mountain (Chrono Trigger) | multiplayer sabre (Halo: Reach)

Selph/Self | robo NiGHTS (NiGHTS into Dreams)

fur (Wobbledogs) | Ancient Castle Spires (Neopets: The Darkest Faerie)

Dude (Hylics) | FN F2000 (Hot Dogs, Horseshoes, and Hand Grenades)

BomBom (Angry Birds) | Snick the Porcupine (Pizza Tower)

Golden Deer!Ashe (Fire Emblem: Three Houses) | Jagen death scene (Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light)

Laura Cruz (Tomb Raider) | Kale quest (Eldin Ring)

Dragon King: The Fighting Game (Super Smash Bros.) | Melee selected animations (Super Smash Bros. Melee)

Meteor Slime (Slime Rancher) | SNES CD-ROM (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)

the original story (Bayonetta 3) | Kid Kirby

Bionis Shoulder (Xenoblade Chronicles) | pitcher plants (The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion)

Phoenix Wright heart eyes | early concept art (Ace Attorney)

cut character models | docks mission (Dreamfall Chapters)

Musa boss battle (Skeleton Boomerang) | the plot (Ace Combat 03: Electrosphere)

Starbeans café crossover cameos (Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga) | Bottles's Revenge (Banjo-Tooie)

Shipwreck Cove (MySims Kingdom) | MySims Agents 2

Shockwave (Genshin Impact) | doki17.mp3 (Doki-Doki Literature Club)

Satsuki Rin (Touhou Project: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil) | anti-piracy measures (Higurashi: When They Cry)

elh (Luigi's Mansion) | Tramplin' Stu (Super Mario Sunshine)

cats (Super Paper Mario Korean version) | dragonhead flower (Super Mario Galaxy)

[pokepersonalities]

For my 100th entry on this blog, I thought I’d do something a little different, and kick off a series of my interpretations of several of the famed beta pokemon (from both gen 1 and 2). Of course, as we lack any official information or pokedex entries about these guys, so please keep in mind that my interpretations will be a lot more abstract and subjective, and probably pretty short, too. Anyhow, for the first entry in this little series, I thought I’d start with arguably the most popular and beloved of the beta pokes, Kotora and Raitora. 

KOTORA and RAITORA

A kotora person has a bright, bouncy countenance, and tends to be robustly cheerful and whimsically childlike. They naturally radiate happiness, but also fizzle with chaotic energy, with they tend to release in spikes and spurts. They can be rather unpredictable and spontaneous, but appear perpetually guileless and friendly.

A raitora person is very similar, except that despite maintaining a generally childlike demeanor, they are better at adulting, and tend to be a little more assertive and confident. 

[baby-pokeganda]

It's no secret that I love all things relating to unused Pokémon designs. The thought got stuck in my head, then... What would they look like as complete Pokémon? What's their story?

So, over the next seven days, the Paradex will be releasing alongside my regularly scheduled reblogs - the Pokémon that never were, reimagined with fully-fledged Pokédex entries and slight sprite edits and a little extra lore. And first on the list, perhaps the most famous of all: Kotora, the friend-shaped electric tiger cub.

Bonus Lore: Research indicates that a “Toranium-Z”, were such a crystal to be found, would allow Raitora to upgrade its Rolling Thunder to a signature Z-Move.

[cosmopoliturtle]

BetaPokemon #61-62 - Kotora, Raitora

Decided to use their Japanese names since they sound cuter to me.

Type: Electric

Masterlist

[mattapparentlystumbltourneys]

CUTTING ROOM THROWDOWN - THE QUALIFIED AND PRELIMS PART 1!

Hello everyone! At long last, the Cutting Room Throwdown is nearly upon us! We just need to determine a few more competitors for this 64 character bracket!

Below, I'll show off all the characters that qualified (via autoqualification or getting enough nominations). But per the franchise rule (with only 3 characters per franchise), we need to sort through a couple of them! Thus, for the following week (STARTING TOMORROW AT 10:00AM EST), we'll have 5 one-week long polls to determine which characters will make the cut! (fittingly)

They will be based on the following franchises:

Bomberman

Pokemon

Ace Attorney

Sonic the Hedgehog

Disney Films/Misc.*

The 2-3 characters from each with the most votes will be added to the tournament roster. The following week, we'll have the remainder of the submitted characters face off for the remaining spots until we eventually get 64 characters! During this time, the ask box is free for any questions, comments, or propaganda for any of the submitted characters.

With that said, get excited for the initial prelims! Below is who makes the cut for the proper tournament!

*We have at least 3 Disney characters, but given the fact this is looking at the entire works of a large media company (and I also forgot how I classified this until I had set up the prelims), I am lenient with some expansions on the classification, allowing for 5 participants. If you have a complaint, know that I have no idea either and am very tired. This whole tournament is meant to be for fun.

Qualified characters:

Barrett - Mega Man Legends 3

Woody - Toy Story [Antagonist]

Sake - Tekken

Moonjumper - A Hat in Time

No. 2 (Cat Bomber) - Bomberman 3DS

Queen Elsa (Frozen)

The Star/Star Boy (Wish)

Daan (Fear and Hunger 2: Termina)

Walpeach (Mario Tennis)

Felix Agreste (Miraculous Ladybug)

Kotora/Raitora (Pokemon)

Ring Suzune (Vocaloid)

Jack Savage (Zootopia)

Bond Man (Mega Man)

Berratan (Mega Man)

Big Booty Alchemist (Fullmetal Alchemist)

[guiltyidealist]

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