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ahatintimestorybook · 4 years

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A Voice in Time-Timeless Jade Chap.2

Hello! Here is the next chapter for you all!

Also in case you were confused on the new trainer. I’m going to give her a mini introduction. This is Tina, my head canon name for Beta Hat Kid. She’s the female player character in A Voice in Time AU. So besides Hattie you’ll also get a bit of Tina’s adventure as well.

Enjoy!!

The young trainer, Tina made her way towards the Violet City Gym. She was already of the age 10 and started her journey not too long ago starting with a Cyndaquil she got from the professor. Now she was ready to take the next step into her Pokemon journey; her first gym battle.

Tina stopped as she heard voices coming her way heading towards the gym. “M-Mu! Are you sure I can handle a gym battle? I-I only have my Hattrem.” She complained.

Mu chuckled as she pushed her best friend inside the gym. “Nonsense, I’ve seen you battle with just your Hattrem. You two will be fine.” She explained.

“Mu.” Tina whispered, blinking as she saw Mu again. Tina met Mu at the lab when she received her Cyndaquil, and where Mu received her Totodile. Mu then offered to battle her, which Tina won.

The new trainer wondered who was the girl Mu was with. Cyndaquil tilted his head towards Hattie sensing something was up with the other girl. Cyndaquil followed the girls, but once they went inside the gym the door closed on the little fire-type starter.

“Quil.” Cyndaquil groaned, dizzy from running into the door. The fire starter shook his head, as his trainer carried him and watched the fight from the window.

Mu and Hattie walked inside the gym, seeing no one in sight. It felt cold and spooky. “You sure the gym leader is here?” Hattie asked. “It looks so abandoned.”

Mu nodded, “of course!” She replied. “Don’t worry about it, he’s here.” They walked a bit more till a bright light flashed in their eyes blinding them.

“WHY HELLO DARLINGS!” A voice shouted. It was a man with dark skin, hair hair tied into a poofy ponytail and wearing shades, an electric blue tank top, a red jacket, dark blue jeans, and bright neon shoes. “Welcome to the Violet City gym!” He announced. The man would’ve continued more, but the girls were still complaining about being blind.

“My eyes! My eyes!” Hattie complained as she covered her eyes. Even Hattrem cried as she covered her eyes as well thanks to the bright flash.

“Man, I thought I’d be used to them by now!” Mu complained.

The man snapped his fingers dining down the lights, despite this the girl’s were now seeing spots due to the brightness. “Sorry darlings, didn’t know the light show I had planned would be that bright.” He apologized. The man then turned to face Mu recognizing her from his previous battle with her not too long ago. “Hey, you were the girl from a few weeks ago, here to challenge me again?” He asked.

Mu chuckled, her eyes clearing up from the brightness. “Not this time, my best friend is though.” She explained grabbing Hattie and putting her up in front of the man.

Hattie chuckled nervously, giving a small wave to the guy. “H-hello.” She said. The man looked at the young girl from top to bottom and recognized her.

With a chuckle he said, “Are you the darling of the new ghost-type gym leader from Ecruteak City?” He asked.

Hattie nodded slowly. “Y-yeah. I’m Harriet, or Hattie.” She introduced herself, “and this is my Hattrem.” Hattrem floated over to the gym leader and gave a little bow.

“Well.” The man chuckled. “They call me DJ Grooves, or DJ around here.” DJ introduced himself. “I’m the new Violet City Gym leader!” As he shouted the lights came back on this time, it wasn’t too bright, but bright enough for the girl’s to shield their eyes again.

“Do you have to shine a bright light at us?!” Mu shouted.

Her shout caused the lights to dim down themselves, and DJ to chuckle nervously. “Sorry, force of habit.” He apologized. “So, guessing your father wanted you to take on the gym challenge, huh?” Hattie nodded in reply. “Well, I may be the first gym leader, but that doesn’t mean I’ll be so easy.”

Hattie glared, determined to battle the DJ in her first gym battle ever. Hattrem floated by her with the same determination on her face. “I’m ready to take you on!” She beamed.

“Hata! Hat!” Hattrem shouted.

“Well let’s see how strong the gym leader’s daughter really is?” DJ asked. He snapped as music started to play for their battle.

Hattie removed her bag, where Celebi was still inside and handed to Mu. “Keep Celebi safe alright.” Hattie whispered. Mu nodded and stood to the side as she and Hattrem were ready to battle. “Alright, I’m ready when you are!” She told the gym leader.

DJ chuckled and grabbed a Pokeball and threw it up in the air. “Come on out, Mareep!” He shouted. Soon a sheep like Pokémon came out and let out a bleat.

“Hata!” Hattrem spoke out ready to battle.

“Hattrem, let’s start by using Disarming Voice!!” Hattie commanded.

“Hata~” Hattrem sang letting out a loud pink voice towards the Mareep. The sheep Pokémon got hit with the attack, but held its ground.

“Now Mareep let’s use Thunder Wave!” DJ commanded.

Soon Mareep was charging up ready to release blue electricity towards the fairy/psychic type Pokémon.

“Dodge it Hattrem!” Hattie shouted, just as Mareep was ready to release Thunder Wave to paralyze the Serene Pokémon.

Hattrem dodged the attack by doing a little dance as the Thunder Wave hit a nearby wall.

“Hattrem, use Brutal Swing!” Hattie commanded.

Hattrem’s pigtails started to glow a dark purple and were ready to hit Mareep.

“Dodge it Mareep!” DJ commanded as well.

Mareep dodged to the side, missing the attack, but Hattrem kept on trying to hit the Wool Pokémon and the latter Pokémon kept on dodging it side to side.

“Come on Hattrem, keep using. Brutal Swing!” Hattie shouted.

Hattrem kept on using Brutal Swing towards DJ’s Mareep, but the electric sheep Pokemon kept on missing the attack. That is, until Mareep mis-stepped and Hattrem was able to land a Brutal Swing on the sheep Pokemon.

Hattie smiled giving a chuckle seeing Hattrem landed a hit on Mareep. “You're doing great Hattrem!” Hattie cheered.

“Hata Hat!” Hattrem replied back to her trainer.

Mareep slowly got up and glared at the psychic/fairy type Pokémon. “Mareep, use Thundershock, darling!” DJ shouted.

“Maaareep!” Marrero shouted as the wool Pokemon launched electricity towards Hattrem. The Serene Pokémon got hit with a blast of electricity, weakening her. Hattrem shook the electricity off and glared at the electric sheep.

“Quick, Hattrem use Attract!” Hattie commanded.

Hattrem gave a wink and released some hearts towards Mareep, but the Attract didn’t work due to Mareep being a female. Hattie glared, realizing attract won’t work after all, and had to think of another strategy to take down Mareep.

Then Hattie snapped her fingers and realized what move to use next. “Hattrem let’s use Psychic!” Hattie commanded.

Hattrem’s eyes and body started to glow blue and soon Mareep started to levitate in the air and then slammed Mareep into the wall knocking it out. “No, my darling Mareep!” DJ yelled. He grabbed Mareep’s Pokeball and sent Mareep back before sending out another Pokeball. “Alright, darling you asked for it!” He growled. “Go Shinx!”

Out of the Pokeball, was a blue and black electric feline Pokemon that came out. “Shinx! Shinx!” It spoke.

“Aww it's adorable.” Hattie commented.

“Don’t fall for how cute it is, Hattie!” Mu shouted on the sidelines. Hattie turned to her friend, as Mu continued to explain. “This little Pokémon is strong.” She reminded her friend.

Mu remembered her previous battle with DJ and how Shinx almost destroyed her team till she used her Houndour in order to take Shinx down.

Hattie chuckled. “Hey if I can handle a Mareep. I think a Shinx is the least of my worries.” She replied.

Mu sighed and shook her head. “I warned her.” She said to herself.

“Ready to handle this one Hattrem?” Hattie asked.

“Hata.” Hattrem replied.

“Are you sure you want to use your Hattrem again? Do you have any other Pokemon?” DJ asked.

Hattie chuckled nervously. “Sadly no, Hattrem is my only Pokemon as of now.” She replied. DJ was surprised that the daughter of the ghost-type gym leader had only one Pokemon on hand. At this point Hattrem looked like she needed to be switched out, but still was confident to take down DJ’s last Pokemon.

“You sure are the gym leader’s daughter alright.” DJ chuckled seeing how determined the young girl was using her one and only Pokemon for this battle. Hattie smiled at the comment, before going back to her determined look and continuing the battle.

“Now, Hattrem uses Brutal Swing!” Hattie commanded.

Hattrem went to use Brutal Swing again, but before she could lay an attack on Shinx, the Flash Pokemon leaped away in a, well, flash. Hattrem paused and suddenly was tackled from behind. The tackle wasn’t too powerful, but with how weak Hattrem was from Mareep’s Thundershock it added more damage towards the psychic/fairy type.

“Hattrem!” Hattie shouted. The Serene Pokemon shook it off and floated back up. “You okay?” She asked. Hattrem nodded in reply. Hattie sighed and then commanded Hattrem to use another attack. “Hattrem, use Psychic!”

Hattrem’s eyes started to glow blue again as she started to lift Shinx up in the air and slammed the electric type in the ground. Shinx glared and as Hattrem was still using Psychic on him.

“Shinx use Spark!” DJ commanded. Shinx glared and started to glow and started to sprint towards Hattrem, slamming into her. Hattrem landed on the ground once again and struggled to get up.

At this point if Hattie couldn’t think of a quick enough strategy then the battle is over. “Alright, just stay calm Hattie. This ain’t over yet.” She thought to herself. Hattie then saw Hattrem slowly get up and looked at Hattie giving her trainer a nod that she still wants to continue with the battle. “Are you sure you want to keep going?” Hattie asked.

With enough strength Hattrem fully got up and replied. “Hata. Hat!”

Hattie gave a light chuckle. Then she remembered Hattrem has Attract, hopefully, just hopefully it will affect Shinx. “Hattrem, lets use Attract!” She commanded.

Hattrem smiled and soon gave a wink towards Shinx causing hearts to circle around it before affecting the electric type Pokémon. Shinx was a boy!

“Yes!” Hattie cheered. Now the battle for her just gotten easier thanks to Shinx being immobilized by Attract.

“Oh no!” Exclaimed DJ seeing his star Pokemon had fallen in love for the opponent’s Pokémon.

With a smirk, Hattie realized she had this battle in the bag. “Okay Hattrem let’s use Brutal Swing!” She commanded.

Hattrem smiled as her pigtails glowed as she landed a few hits on Shinx. Even though the electric type was still attracted. Hattrem just let a giggle seeing no male Pokémon could resist her Attract.

“Let’s finish this off with Disarming Voice!” Hattie commanded, hoping this last move would end the battle.

Hattrem chuckled and soon let out a loud pink voice, which pushed Shinx away slamming the electric type to the wall. DJ looked behind him and saw Shinx was knocked out for the count. This gave Hattie and her Hattrem the win.

Hattie and Hattrem cheered seeing they won the battle dancing around as they won their first official gym battle. Mu was also happy and ran over to her cheering alongside her. “See, I knew you could do it!” Mu cheered.

DJ put Shinx back into his Pokeball and looked towards the girls celebrating their victory. He walked over to the girls, who stopped cheering and stared at the DJ Gym Leader. “I’m impressed, you defeated me with only one Pokemon. You truly are a gifted trainer darling.” DJ explained commenting on the young girl.

Hattie smiled at the comment the gym leader gave her. “Thank you.” She replied.

“You’re welcome.” DJ then took a small badge from his pocket. The badge was a yellow lightning bolt in the shape of a music note. “Here is your first badge, the Beat Badge.” Hattie took the badge and her eyes sparkled seeing the badge in her hands.

Her first gym badge was in her hands.

Her first gym badge was in her hands!

That’s all Hattie thought in her head was that she won her very first gym badge. She couldn’t wait to tell her dad about her achievement. “Now we both have our first badge!” Mu exclaimed. Hattie giggled and high fived her best friend. The two decided to celebrate for this achievement and started to walk out of the gym.

“See you again darling!” DJ yelled. “Tell your father I said hi!”

“I will! Thanks DJ!” Hattie shouted back.

Tina, who watched the entire gym from outside looked to see the door to the gym open and quickly hid as Hattie and Mu were leaving the gym. The two were talking and laughing as they made their way to the Pokémon Center.

“I’ll buy food for us. Whatever you want I’m paying!” Mu offered.

“Wow thanks Mu.” Hattie thanked her friend.

Once they were gone Tina was ready to enter the gym. “Guess it’s our turn Cyndaquil.” She said to her starter.

“Quil.” Cyndaquil replied as they followed their trainer inside the gym.

DJ was just done healing his Pokémon and heard the door to his gym open. “Oh hello there.” He said to Tina. He didn’t have time to do his big introduction as he was healing his team and was even surprised another trainer showed up minutes after Hattie. “I’m guessing you're here for a battle too.”

Tina nodded. “I am.” She replied.

#A Voice in Time AU #A Voice in Time #ahit AU #Pokemon AU #dj grooves #Beta Hat Kid #Hat Kid #mustache girl #hattrem #Shinx #Mareep #Cyndaquil #Gym battle

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piefanart · 6 years

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Mareep color sprites from the pokemon spaceworld demo. It looks like Mareep was originally going to be pink like Flaafy, since there is a yellow color used in other sprites. In the final release, shiny Mareep is pink, so i wonder what color was originally planned for the shiny...

#mareep #shiny #pokemon #spaceworld 1997 #beta #demo #sprite

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ao3feed-crimeboys · 2 years

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Tommy & Mareep in the Backrooms

by DCJoKeRHS

Tommy falls into the backrooms when getting down his big Mareep plush.

He's not the only one there.

(I'd say I'm sorry, but I'm not.)

Words: 2084, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Dream SMP, Minecraft (Video Game)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: Gen

Characters: TommyInnit (Video Blogging RPF), Wilbur Soot, Phil Watson | Philza, Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF)

Relationships: Wilbur Soot & Technoblade & TommyInnit & Phil Watson, Wilbur Soot & TommyInnit, TommyInnit & Phil Watson (Video Blogging RPF), Technoblade & TommyInnit (Video Blogging RPF)

Additional Tags: TommyInnit-centric (Video Blogging RPF), Backrooms AU, The Backrooms - Freeform, I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping, You're Welcome, My First Work in This Fandom, Angst, Dark, Dark Sleepy Bois Inc, Blood and Injury, Body Horror, Horror, Alternate Universe - Horror, Seriously if you came here for fluff I'm sorry but there's basically none, Sad Times With The Sleepy Bois, Soft Wilbur Soot, Soft Phil Watson (Video Blogging RPF), Soft Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF), I'm Sorry, But I blame the prompt, Rated T for Cursing and The Body Horror, Not Beta Read, No Beta We Die Like Vilbur.

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/39510126

#IFTTT #ao3feed #wilbur soot #tommyinnit #crimeboys #crime boys #crimebois #crime bois #mcyt

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eritiacoli · 5 years

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Pokefusions with some of my favourite pokemon: mireep (beta baby vulpix+mareep), vulaffy (vulpix+flaaffy) and ninepharos (ampharos+ninetales), all fire/electric!

#pokemon #pokefusion #vulpix #ninetales #mareep #flaaffy #ampharos #fanart #artists on tumblr #now I'm really sad this pokemon don't exist

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jaybug-jabbers · 4 years

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Gameshark Codes for Pokemon Gold/Silver 1997 Spaceworld Demo

I’ve been collecting Gameshark codes for the Pokemon Gold/Silver 1997 Spaceworld demo. Behind the cut because it’s kind of long!

Infinite HP:

016313CA, 0163A2CD

Change First Slot in Item Bag to Any Item:

01xx9FD1

Replace ‘xx’ with the hex code for the desired item from the spreadsheet

Quick note: Master Ball is ‘01′, Rare Candy is ‘20′, list of TMs and their codes here

Max PP:

1st Attack: 01630ACA, 0163C9C6 2nd Attack: 01630BCA, 0163CAC6 3rd Attack: 01630CCA, 0163CBC6

4th Attack: 01630DCA, 0163CCC6

Encounter Any Level Pokemon in the Wild:

01xxE6CD

Replace ‘xx’ with the hexadecimal # for the pokemon level

Encounter Any Species of Pokemon in the Wild:

01xxD7CD

Replace ‘xx’ with the species code from the list below.

Patch the First Pokemon in Your Party Into Any Species:

01xxABD6, 01xxB2D6

There are two codes because pokemon species data sits on two bytes. Replace both ‘xx’ with a species code from the following list:

Species Code List

98 Chikorita

99 Blossomole

9A Meganium

9B Flambear

9C Volbear

9D Dynabear

9E Cruz

9F Aqua

A0 Aquaria

A1 Hoothoot

A2 Hoohoo (beta Noctowl)

A3 Baaspark (beta Mareep)

A4 Flaaffy

A5 Ampharos

A6 Trifox

A7 Tangel

A8 Gelania

A9 Rayleep (beta Mantine)

AA Babul (beta Qwilfish)

AB Numpuff

AC Pichu

AD Cleffa

AE Igglybuff

AF Quagsire

B0 Natu

B1 Xatu

B2 Golppy

B3 Marill

B4 Sunmola

B5 Anchorage

B6 Grotess

B7 Crobat

B8 Para

B9 Spidette (beta Spinarak)

BA Tuhedd (beta Ariados)

BB Skarmory

BC Animon

BD Chiks

BE Sunnee (beta Sunflora)

BF Trunpet (beta Phanpy)

C0 Donphan

C1 Twins

C2 Girafarig

C3 Smeargle

C4 Meowsy

C5 Rinring

C6 Bellboyant

C7 Politoed

C8 Slowking

C9 Unown

CA Ledyba

CB Tripstar (beta Ledian)

CC Minicorn

CD Espeon

CE Umbreon

CF Turbann

D0 Grimey

D1 Remoraid

D2 Octillery

D3 Gohng (beta Tyrogue)

D4 Hitmontop

D5 Puddi

D6 Lefmew (beta Hoppip)

D7 Dandemew

D8 Cottomew

D9 Ballerine (beta Mime Jr.)

DA Lipp (beta Smoochum)

DB Elebabee (beta Elekid)

DC Magby

DD Bellossom

DE Belmitt

DF Miltank

E0 Bomseaker

E1 Ghift (beta Delibird)

E2 Tigrette

E3 Electiger

E4 Madame

E5 Kurstraw

E6 Pangshi

E7 Murkrow

E8 Happi (beta Blissey)

E9 Scizors (beta Scizor)

EA Plux

EB Houndour

EC Houndoom

ED Wolfman

EE Warwolf

EF Porygon2

F0 Likk

F1 Steelix

F2 Kingdra

F3 Rai

F4 En

F5 Sui

F6 Sneasel

F7 Ho-oh

F8 Togepi

F9 Snubbull

FA Tael (beta Aipom)

FB Leafeo (beta Leafeon)

GLITCH POKEMON:

FE (Glitch Egg)

FF (May send out a glitch trainer)

This is a repost on a new blog. The original post was on Jun 3, 2018.

#pokemon #beta pokemon #pokemon gold spaceworld demo #mycontent #pokemon research/resources

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starrawrcakes · 4 years

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Pokemon x nintendogs

You see that ^ Yeah that up there THAT Is what I want to see from nintendo. (also no beta we die like men) I mean sure let’s go pikachu/eevee was... g8. But. I need more. I want MORE than just sword and shield feather toy. I want a pokemon game for those who are stuck in their npc houses BEcause that’s the energy I have. I want. Cozy. I want. CUTE. I want to actually play with my pokemon. And here is my idea. YOu know how nintendogs had the version exclusive editions like chihuhua and golden retriever? Yeah that’s nice for dogs and everything. But VERSONS FOR POKEMON IS . EVERYTHING. Pokemon daycare. I wanna pet my pokemon. and not just like stand still pokemon I want them to roll over onto their tummies and be like scratch my neck. I want to have bathroom shinanigans. I want bathing your pokemon to be a game of either They get clean OR YOU’RE THE ONE GETTING CLEAN. Due to personality/(it’s nature) types not every pokemon will lie down for cleaning time. Some will be like that dog who stole the hose and is now running at you with water getting you wet. and the screen is now watery. It’s time for food. prevent your pokemon from eatting everything in the bowl. Is your pokemon the lax nature? is your pokemon laying in their water bowl after drinking? well time to get your towel before they run across the floor and make all your furnature wet. Meet with me!: you have a friend with the same game or different version Link your (switches/ds’s ) together to trade items, have one of your pokemons meet your friends pokemon and have friendship or rivalry occur! watch them play or fight over your toys! You have a electric stone and want your pikapi to stay the same? Give it to your friend with a eevee so they can have the jolteon of your dreams. Watch wild interactions between the games. You can choose between your favorite pokemon and unlock more friends too. Or you can find special eggs or wild poke which have secret pokefriends. Encounter amazing ledgendarys on your walk. (because ledgendary they’re unavailable for care) Take wonderful walks around the beach, forests, mountains, towns, and other fun locations. Encounter other trainers with witty diolog and gym leaders. Shop for furnature, toys, food, snacks, fruit, furnature, and even redecorate your home. Electric version: Unlocked immedietly : Pichu, pikachu, Raichu, (alola raichu) , plusle, minun, emolga, pachirisu , shinx, dedenne, togedemaru, yamper, morpeko, Secret poke: Jolteon, mareep, elekid, electrike, blistle, joltik, Helioptile Ledgendary encounters: Zapdos, Raikou, zurkitree, zeraora Flavortext time: Pichu: This good baby you just hatched from a egg is ready for love. Inexperienced and clumsy but ready for what life has in store. Careful for spark showers! Pikachu: Ready for adventures and to spend time with you. A world favorite. \ Raichu: This pal might be a bit older than the rest but knows it’s way about. If this pokemon glows in the dark... it’s best to figure out what has them riled up. If you choose them it’s good to be in contact with your local power plant. Alolan Raichu: Goodness Perhaps pancakes are the key to flight? This soft friend has many more things to learn about! Plusle: Good vibes from this poke. Relaxing for those a little on the downside. it’s electric shocks are thereputic. A good pokemon for lifes little victories! Minun: Careful for tangles on this poke! it’s going to give you a relaxing time if you are a busy person. Has easing energies... and electricity! Or it will surely energize you with spark showers. Emolga: this little one likes flying in freedom. Even stormy days are a adventure with this one. They like there food all to themselves. Make sure to watch them around bugs... Pachirisu: Sharing is caring! this pokemon is good at getting along with others and playing. Pachirisu are a bit of horders... so make sure to know where their hiding places are for potentially forgotton food and hair balls. watch the hairballs... Shinx: this cutie pattootie is a bit of a runner! It likes energy and often stores it’s electricity in it’s legs. If it gets upset it get’s a bit... blinding. Luxio: no matter what it tells you with that pouty face it gets lonley easy. It might be good to have a few pokemon for it to feel at home... Watch those claws! Luxray: takes it’s family very serious but loves unconditionally. Try not to worry them it can see through anything so... well. Just try not to think about that in the restroom... Dedenne: This little one likes to talk to it’s friends whereever they are... through electricity. They can often sip electricity out of your wall outlets if they don’t have enough.... might want to invest in a raichu for it’s electrical needs... Togedemaru: this lovely one is a good friend. If you can handle it. invest in bandages and rubber gloves for this friend. I’m sure they will love you just the same. ... No loud sounds for this pokemon... Morkpeko: this soft friend has a bit of a temper when hungry. It’s naughty in nature. So keep it fed or don’t... but feel the wrath of hangryness... we have all been there... It loves seeds so keep a few around. maybe blinker seeds in case that side comes out... Yamper: A very food motivated friend. Honestly we all know someone like this. Very loving friend either way. besides who can resist that cute face and tail wag? Boltund: After growing up a bit this good poke can run real fast. like... REal fast. might need to invest in some armor for walks now... incase this one is distracted and takes you on a bit of a drag instead of a walk. --- Jolteon: Wow your pokemon found a friend! It seems to be weak... would you like to take care of this new pokemon? This friend is very emotional... but now that it has you it’s very thankful and greatful for everything. Even if it accidently shocks you. You know they don’t mean it. Joltik: Yamper has found a little friend sticking to him. will you keep this new friend? (or: you have found a soft silky egg... with a nice buzzing sensation... will you care for the egg?: ((no: Let’s leave this at a pokemon center... they know what to do.)) ) This little pal is soft and fuzzy and often makes a nice static feeling. Often a good pair for raichus! Galvantula: Our little pal has grown up big and strong. Often makes wonderful silky doilies and nets. You can sell them because often time they can make them everyday. after you de-electrify them. Mareep: You found a little lost mareep! upon checking with any near by farms no one seems to own it. And It keeps following you... will you keep it? This soft friend has wonderful wool that you can sell when it sheds it... The spots that missing wool is a sign it’s going to evolve soon... Flaaffy: this cute friend makes a lovely night light. Although do you ever think it looks in the mirror and gets self concious about it losing it’s wool....? Probably not. Ampharos: enjoys watching TV with you. Often loves superhero shows. Has big dreams of being a hero. It’s favorite places to walk is in the forest and the beach. Electrike: This poor pokemon can’t run as fast as the other electrike... Because of this it’s been abandoned... will you care for him...? Even though it’s not the fastest electrike... you have still decided you need to wear body armor during walks... to weigh it down... so you don’t go flying! Manctric: your kind friend often needs trips to the power plant. It doesn’t mind. Sometimes the sneeky poke runs off to the powerplant without you... What they don’t know is that you don’t mind as long as the house doesn’t burn down... ect...

Events: Power up: head over to your local powerplant and get that excess electricity out! recieve poke(money) as payment! Fruit picking: pick fruit off of trees for poke! Warning some fruit are amazing electrified. but some arn’t! Contest time: Show how obedient your pokemon is in style and in the care you’ve given them! Your home!: regular old house with many rubber surfaces, powerplant, fluffy clouds, futuristic neon house. --- And other fun versions that I just don’t have the brain power to think of. like Eevee/normal type Fire friends water palace one iwth the forest edition spooky ghost fairy babies Fuck it master version with just ledgendarys and mythicals. and you know the rest. like fire types you have to stop them from.... laying in lava pockets in the mountains, regular house, fake volcano, cuddle crator, funky fake fire house. water types: jumping contest!, race of the fastest, contest time,. House types: a house with a kiddy pool, a fake beach, under the ocean, a river, a lake, a pool, or a giant bathroom. Bug contests: polination station, ect, ghost contests: creepy pasta~, halloween festival!, contest time! I hope you see what I’m trying to put down here. But will nintendo respond to this one single post? Probably not.WHY? I DoN’T KNOW. (probably because they’ll have to answer if pokemon poob or pee. I don’t know if they want to tackle that.) This is my hot take.

#Pokemon #pikachu #I have ideas #nintendogs #nintendo

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jinjojess · 6 years

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Oh, All-knowing Jess, hear my call and drive away my doubts: how was received in Japan the datamining of the beta of Pokémon Gold? What do you think about it? Are some Pokémon you like or want in actual games? (Personally, my favourite is that creepy Pinsir, for some reasons it reminds me of the Kaonashi from Spirited Away!)

You know, that’s a good question. I’ve seen some fanart and reactions on Twitter, but I didn’t really follow it much, sorry!

To make it up to you, I will now review all of the betas:

Chikorita!

Yay! I think I’ve made it very clear that I am a big fan of this little plant nugget, so I don’t have much to add really.

10/10

AAAGGGGHHH?!

What the fuck is this thing? How does this relate to Chikorita or Meganium, who are both largely unchanged from their beta designs? Where are the eyes? Like I’m diggin’ the tiny smug face-looking thing at the top of the bulb, but what’s the deal with the huge single eye down below? Where did the legs go? Why does the body shape change so drastically in the in-between stage when both the first and third stages are quadrupeds?!

0/10 would not trade Bayleef for it

Meganium

Whew, okay. Back on familiar ground here. Meganium is likely my least favorite of the Johto starters’ final forms, but I still like my big, dumb boy.

8/10

Tepkon

Awww~!

So unpopular opinion, but for a long time I really disliked cyndaquil’s design. I’ve come around to it these days, but back when GS came out, it really put me off. This thing is absolutely adorable, and though the design isn’t super inspired, I still fucking love it.

7/10 wouldn’t trade cyndaquil for it, but would love to see the design reworked for future games

Chubby quilava

This is like quilava’s cousin who grows up to discover that he’s actually more of a bear than a twink. Really like it–seems very cuddly.

7/10 like quilava better but I support this thicc boi

Kirara

Seriously, this is basically just Kirara from Inuyasha. Not as crazy about this design as its pre-evos, especially since it seems like it’s trying to edge in on arcanine’s floof territory. An okay pokemon, but not a fave.

6/10 would not trade typhlosion for it

Baby Nessie

Totodile was one of those pokemon that I had been low-key hoping for, but I gotta admit that this is one adorable little fucker. Look at its stubby limbs! Its cute snoot! Its pudgy tail!

6/10 would not trade totodile but would love to see in another game

Let me clear my thoat (I hope ya don’t mind)

I am…less enthused about the middle evo. The eyes are cute and the little shy smile is to die for, but the…ballast? on its throat kind of looks like a giant boil and I’m not really here for that.

4/10 no thanks I’ll keep croconaw

Dragonair but with legs

The final evo I like a bit more–it looks like a dragonair that struck up a deal with Ursula the sea witch so that it could pursue its land-dwelling love. Now that the gem isn’t jammed right up under the chin it’s less off-putting, and the kind of fang-looking necklace is a Good Look.

6/10 still prefer feraligatr but GameFreak please dust off this design

Hoot-Hoot’s just really into henna right now

I’ve never been a huge fan of hoot-hoot, and I kind of like the extra markings. I assume they were taken off to make the design less busy as well as giving it a fanned tail, but I think I’d actually prefer this one.

5/10 would replace regular hoot-hoot with this one

It is the night

Okay, here we go! Now this is a cool-looking pokemon that would make training up a damn hoot-hoot worth it. Noctowl is a decent pokemon in the game since it means you get access to psychic moves early in the game, but I’ve always thought the design looked too goofy. I like irl owls a lot and this design really speaks to me.

8/10 go back in time and give teenage me this bird instead

Mareep

There’s not a ton to say here other than they lightened up mareep’s fleshy bits in the final release, and I like mareep quite a bit so there we go. Instead, I want to draw attention to this disaster of a backsprite. What am I even looking at? A giant ball of cotton candy that rolled through a bunch of broken candy canes?

9/10 I mean I like mareep, but I gotta take off a point for that awful backsprite

Flaaffy

Flaaffs seems largely unchanged. I’m pretty partial to this boi as well, especially since I had one following me for a bit in my Japanese Soul Silver game.

8/10 I like flaaffy, but fuck that name spelling

Ampharos

One of my fave Gen 2 pokemon! Doesn’t seem to have much different about it, though I did always question where the delightful floof went. I mean we get it back in the mega evolution but still. What was that about, GameFreak?

9/10 docked a point for lack of floof

Mikon

So this is clearly a pre-evo idea for vulpix, and it’s pretty damn cute. I love that with the addition of this member to the family, it’s confirmed that the line increases its number of tails by 3 every time it evolves. I like this, but I’m not entirely sold on it. The face lacks some detail and I feel like the design isn’t different enough from vulpix to really feel necessary.

7/10 it’s cute but I don’t think vulpix needs a pre-evo

Mahou Shoujo Green

This tangela pre-evo is pretty cute, though the body underneath kind of reminds me a bit too much of oddish. I mean maybe it’d be cool to look at the oddish line and the tangela line and see how two related species had off-shoots, but I am not really the biggest fan of baby pokemon as an institution so these will all be a hard sell for me, sorry.

6/10 again, cute but unecessary

Tangrowth as imagined by CalArts

I loved tangela a lot back in the day, and tangrowth is a really interesting pokemon as well…however this one has a little bow and ringlet hair so like, no contest, really.

9/10 this should be an alternate evo option for tangela (perhaps for females?)

i could be your angle or yuor devil

So this one is kinda cool in concept. It’s clearly drawing influence from Japanese kites, and the scary face might be an evolutionary feature designed to scare off predators…that or it’s a flying/ghost or flying/dark type and the angel imagery is the ruse. Either way I fucking love this thing.

10/10 I want this concept revisited

Qwilfish

I like qwilfish a lot! It’s got cool typing, it can perform decently on a rain team, and it’s based on a pufferfish. It’s definitely an underdog in the wider world, but not in my heart.

10/10

The Fish Who Lived

I have…reservations about this evolution though. As cool as it would be to have a qwilfish evolution, this just isn’t doing it for me. It’s kinda cool that it’s shaped like a naval mine, and the Harry Potter scar is pretty cute, but I can get over the dead-eyed stare.

4/10 yeah no I think I’m happy to wait for better evo ideas to come along

Pichu

Pichu’s cute enough I guess but I’ve never liked it as much as pikachu and sure as hell not as much as my boy raichu. However if the baby version was this roly poly cutie, I think I’d be more into it. This style of pre-evo harkens back to the good ol’ days of fat pikachu, and therefore I must doff my cap to it.

8/10 with a bit of polishing I would take this over pichu for sure

Cleffa

Okay, so of the baby pokemon, of which I am generally not fond, cleffa is by far my favorite because of how cute it is. This is also extremely cute. I like picturing the trainer being able to just grab the thing by the little knob on its head if it’s heading toward danger. Plus that tail nub is so cute! I don’t know that I could choose between this version and the actual cleffa.

9/10 would be a 10 but Nate once said “what if cleffa’s hands were its nipples?” and now I can’t unsee it

Igglybuff

Iggly has always reminded me of the Powerpuff Girls, but this beta version is so…delightfully round. God, it’s like hypnotizing how round it is. You wouldn’t have to show this from above to trick someone in a silhouette quiz. The tiny, wide-set eyes are also both piercing and kind of unassuming, which I can’t decide is cute or terrifying.

8/10 think I’d swap this guy in for the existing igglybuff

Quagsire!

I freaking LOVE quagsire. It’s so derpy, I love water/ground types, and just everything about it is cute and makes me want to hug it. The only problem with it in this beta is that there’s no wooper.

10/10 bring wooper with you bro

Natu

I’ve always thought natu was cute and really neat in concept, but I’ve never actually sat down and trained one. This sprite isn’t too different from its final one, but it is missing the color scheme, which is one of the reasons I like it.

6/10 stop being so washed out!

Xatu

Also largely unchanged from its final design, though I do prefer the Silver sprite where its wings are spread. (And I’m sorry about this, but some of the pictures will have bits of other sprites in them, since it was hard cutting these all down in Paint with a trackpad.)

7/10 very unique

Prince(ss) of the sea

Is this a pre-evo of goldeen and seaking, and I can see why it was cut. Who thought either of those would be popular enough to warrant a baby form?

2/10 fuck yeah was a meme guys, it wasn’t sincere

Marill

Marill’s okay. I think it’s fairly cute, and the design they went with using smaller ears and non-clown feet is better imo. Plus this is really minor but it’s bothering me that despite the codename “pikablu” this sprite is pink.

6/10 solid cute pokemon, but the final design is better

Finding Flounder

So I’m a big fan of lanturn because of its digimon-esque eyes and its cool typing. Chinchou I’m…eh on. This cutie though, I could get used to this.

8/10 cute eyes are better than terrifying cross eyes I’m sorry

Clanker’s Cavern

As I just said, I like lanturn a lot. However, this is a shark with an anchor attached. That’s like if you left dhelmise and sharpedo at the day care on the same day an enemy team spilled plutonium all over the yard. It’s so stupid! I love this thing so damn much.

8/10 it’s way too similar to other existing pokemon, but I still kind of want it anyway

Homsar

This thing kind of scares me. The gaping mouth, the wide eyes, and the fact that it clearly would inhabit deep parts of the ocean all make me want to nope out. That said though, I respect it.

6/10 glad they came back to this idea with elektross

Crobat

If you’ve ever battled me in one of our local or online tournaments, you will know that I have a soft spot for crobat. I think golbat’s design is kind of terrible, zubat is simplistic yet kinda cute, and crobat gets to be both cute/cool and also not suck completely in battle (see what I did there?). This design seems mostly unchanged.

8/10 a very good bro

Most likely to drive an airbrushed van

This paras pre-evo looks like it’s inspired by a lovely whimsical creature from Wonderland or Fantasia. I kind of like having a pre-evo to show that at the start the sinister mushrooms allow the baby para to call the shots, biding its time until takes over the entire nervous system as a parasect. Really not feeling the face, though.

5/10 cute, interesting idea, but I don’t know if I want to add more baby pokemon to the mix

Spinarak

I have some mild arachnophobia, but I actually rather like spinarak since it’s so adorable. This version is a little more true to life and not as adorable. Also wtf GameFreak stop giving your arachnids six legs!

5/10 very much prefer the final design but kinda reminds me of the little jumpy bois I catch and release from inside my apartment sometimes

Ariados

Again with the six legs thing. Ugh. Anyway, this beta version of ariados is actually much cuter than the one we ended up getting in the final game. I’m pretty lukewarm on ariados in general (my spider boi of choice is the far superior galvantula), but look at this thing’s face! Look at the face on its body! It’s cute even when it’s trying to be scary!

6/10 why did we not get this adorable boi?!

Skarmory

It’s skarmory. That’s it. A pokemon that I like in theory but have never been super into his design.

5/10 respectably cool but not my cup of tea

Alphonse Elric’s head in chibi form, screaming as his body melts

Here it is. My favorite of all of the beta sprites. This thing is so fucking wonderful in part because I have literally no idea what the hell it’s supposed to be. What is this?! What type is it supposed to be? What is it based on? Is it a pre-evo of an existing mon? Why is its mouth parted in an eternal screech? These questions do not necessarily have answers, and I am a sucker for mystery.

10/10 GameFreak please bring this idea to life just so that I can get closure

Mine! Mine!

So I see what they were going for. It’s a baby form of doduo, with three baby bird heads and a big puff of feathers to make it look like a brood peeking out of a nest. I respect the idea, I do. Too bad it also conjures up images in my head of rat kings and other fused abominations.

5/10 a good idea that didn’t pan out so well

[Obligatory Undertale Reference]

Sunflora would actually probably be more intimidating if it had an evolution rather than a pre-evo, though. I’m no big fan of sunflora, but I gotta say that this sprite is way better than the one we ended up getting.

6/10 replace existing sunflora with this bullet seed-spewing former skiddo

The Littlest Babaar

I’ve never really been into elephants as a species. Like they’re cool, but they’re pretty middle of the pack for me in terms of my animal preferences. As a result, I always found donphan kind of disappointing. However, I do like phanpy quite a bit, if only for the fact that it’s goddamn adorable. This sprite is a bit plain, but does bring the cuteness.

6/10 prefer the final design but this one ain’t bad at all

Donphan

The Don hasn’t changed much at all as far as I can tell. I’ve never trained one in Gen 2, so is its backsprite really just its trunk? If so, hilarious.

5/10 congrats! you exist!

That’s the statement of the grave mint, Doublemint

I can’t decide if this was intended to be a pre-evo for ghastly or if it’s supposed to be a new ghost type (perhaps later replaced by misdreavus?). Either way it’s an interesting concept, and I can imagine the pokedex entry now: “Born from the souls of fetuses who were eaten in-utero by their siblings. Since they feel they were destined to be twins, they find each other shortly after death and fuse together so that they’ll never be alone again.”

7/10 not the most original design but damn we had a shortage of ghost types back in the day

Girafarig

Girafarig is one of those pokemon that I always wanted to be more competitively viable because I think it has a unique design and could fill a cool niche. I like that the final design has the tail as an evolutionary measure and that there’s a smaller brain in it, just like some real life creatures. That said, we really missed out on getting a face full of evil uniraffe in the backsprite. Man, this is a real tough choice.

7/10 let’s keep girafarig as is and try out this concept on a different mon

Smeargle

This version of him seems a bit more…simian than his final, kinda canine design. Not sure if I dig it. Also, have you noticed that Gen 2 felt obligated to have a ditto/mew type mon that could mimic all the other mons? I feel like this concept gets revisited every so often and GameFreak thinks we’re none the wiser.

5/10 flesh beret just isn’t okay

Coin Kitty

So I know I said I’m against baby pokemon on principle, but the fact that this thing never saw the light of day upsets me so much. It’s so. fucking. CUTE.

10/10 go back in time and replace skitty with this

Betty Boop’s best friend

I get the feeling that this dark type cat got recycled into the purrloin line, but this one is way cooler imo. It references the old adage of “belling the cat” and I think that this pokemon line could have had some really cool sound-based signature moves (sorta similar to the whismur or jangmo-o lines).

9/10 not feeling the bipedal thing, but still a really neat concept I’d like to see

Luna

Again, I love the idea of a pokemon based on a fable. I can see why this particular design didn’t get used, given how simple it is and how closely it resembles umbreon if you just glance at it, but I’d love to see this revisited.

7/10 spruce up the design a bit and get back to me

Politoed’s wild ride

So when I first met politoed I felt he was a bit too…cutesy? Like the rosy cheeks were a bit much. This guy feels a bit more like he belongs in the poliwag line, though he doesn’t look like he’d be as bouncy.

6/10 might replace existing politoed design, might not

Slowking

Though I prefer slowbro as my yadon evo of choice, slowking is pretty awesome in his own right. Not a big fan of the clown ruffle, but honestly it’s kind of a minor setback all things considered.

7/10 remember how he could randomly talk in the 2nd pokemon movie? That was fucked up.

Unknown

All of these cool, unsued beta designs, and this one gets to stay in?

1/10 don’t talk to me right now, GameFreak

Ledyba

It’s ledyba. One of the bug types I’m actually not really all that into. Pretty sure this is the sprite actually used in Gold.

4/10 fine just not for me

I see you

Ledian’s deal as a superhero is kinda cool, even if I don’t particularly care for the actual design. And I gotta say, it’s preferable to the ever-watching eyes of this thing. Those stars aren’t natural; they’re tattoos for each trainer its killed.

3/10 I feel like I need to go lie down

My Little Shetland Pony

Clearly this is intended to be a ponyta baby form, and while I commend the idea of a foal version (or maybe a Shetland or something?), you may notice that there is very, very little to set this pre-evo apart from ponyta. Like it and and rapidash aren’t exactly the most daring design-wise, so stripping it to the essentials doesn’t really work.

5/10 this is cute as all hell but it has no reason to exist

Espeon

Though I get shit all the time for liking espeon the least out of all the eeveelutions, I do still think the design is neat, and the fact that it draws from the nekomata myth is fascinating. Backsprite is a bit janky in the hips department–yet another unrealistic beauty standard, amirite ladies?

7/10 I personally don’t think there are any bad eeveelutions

Umbreon!

My absolute favorite Gen 2 pokemon! Not many changes between this and the final design, though I will say that this one looks a lot more terrifying–the hole eyes are worse than the red ones somehow. Still, love.

10/10 listen this is my personal rating

Alolan Shellder

This one is so fascinating to me. It’s obviously the chompy boi from slowbro and slowking, which in the pokedex is referred to as a shellder, but perhaps this is a unique evolution that only happens when it disconnects from the slowpoke? I am really upset this wasn’t actually used in the game, because getting to have this thing on the same team as slowpoke, slowbro, and slowking would have been like when Banjo-Tooie introduced the mechanic that let Banjo and Kazooie split up.

10/10 give me, dammit!

Garbage Pail Kid

Again with the baby form for a line that already is known for extremely simple designs. Grimer and muk are literally just piles of slime of differing sizes. (Shut up, Alolan forms weren’t a thing til later.) So basically this baby form is fucking adorable, and I’m loving the thing that could be a nose but I’m choosing to interpret as a mouth with a single tooth. It’s just that…who needs this?

7/10 cute, but not necessary by any stretch of imagination

Are ya feelin’ lucky, punk?

Okay, so this beta is a) way cooler than remoraid ended up being, and b) makes the evolution line make SO MUCH more sense. I can definitely see why it was changed, especially since censor-happy America was a legit market by that point. And I guess the revolver barrel part of the design still persisted in Gen 2, but still.

5/10 booo censorship!

TANK!

Octillary’s name also makes way more sense with the original tank design. I mean I can kinda see why this changed, but like…Digimon was over there with a creature in the anime just literally called Tankmon who shoots shells at elementary schoolers so I don’t fucking know.

7/10 I like octillary as is, but this is a much more interesting design

WWE fan

Okay so real talk, I am not the biggest fan of tyrogue’s design, but what was even going on here? What’s with the frog hat? Is it a safety helmet? The general hitmonlee body shape combined with the baby boxing gloves for hitmonchan was pretty cool, but this is not something I’d look at and think “Yes, this will grow up to be a humonoid fighting type.”

5/10 it’s…cute? I guess I just don’t see what’s going on here really

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NO. JUST NO. THERE ARE TOO MANY THINGS HAPPENING HERE, TOO MANY LIMBS, TOO MANY EYES, JUST NO. HITMONTOP ENDED UP BEING SILLY BUT AT LEAST IT WASN’T THIS MANGLED BODY HORROR NONSENSE.

0/10 for reminding me of claydol and my own mortality

Pupper

This is going to come as a surprise, but I’m glad they didn’t introduce a baby form of growlithe. The growlithe and arcanine line includes 2 of my top 3 pokemon ever and as cute as this is I don’t think it would fit aesthetically. It looks like a spaniel that doesn’t match the shisa vibe of the growlithe line. That said, I would love to see it as a first form for a different line of perhaps…ground type doggos?

9/10 please give us some floppy ear dog designs, GameFreak! new doggos!

Like, nya

I do think the hoppip line (except for the last evo) is pretty cute, and this one reminds me a bit of an in-training digimon so I’m liking it. That said, I think the designs we got were better.

6/10 cute but like existing hoppip

Gardnyar

Again, prefer Skiploom.

5/10 not a fan of the flower for some reason

Nyancat theme plays in the distance

So I like this better than jumpluff personally, even if the other is probably a more unique design.

5/10 jumpluff’s limbs bother me, but lbr I was never going to train one anyway

New this Easter

Mr. Mime, I think we can all agree, is an unsettling design. That’s its whole appeal, really. Mime Jr. is cute enough I guess, but this is a tiny clown egg that looks like it’s learning to ice skate for the first time!

6/10 get your derpy clown nose out of here, Mime Jr.

Agatha’s apprentice

Smoochum is…well, she is. She’s kinda cute, and I think I prefer the finished design to this one since it looks way too similar to grown up jynx. Plus it raises some uncomfortable questions about it being born with ganguro make-up and hair (in a style that looks like E4 Agatha’s for some reason). This smoochum looks like it’d be taken out to sit alone at the bar in the club while wearing booty shorts that read “Mama’s Lil’ Bitch” across the back.

4/10 this makes me uncomfortable, and the hair is too close to Agatha’s

Which way to the Chao Garden?

Elekid is one of few baby pokemon I like, but hot damn this thing is adorable. It looks like a tiny, wingless bee with a halo.

7/10 can this be recycled as something else?

Bart Simpson

Really what keeps me from fully embracing the magmar line is largely the fact that they all have butts on their heads. These spikes are way more appealing to me, and so I would have loved having this one in the game.

8/10 is it still too late to redesign magby?

Bellossom

Not too many changes from the beta. I am digging the shoujo sparkles going on around her, haha.

6/10 not a big bellossom fan but a well-design pokemon nonetheless

Audrey III

Nope, I don’t like this, no sir. Where would this even go in the evo line? Is it supposed to be an alternative to victreebel? Cause this isn’t much better, guys.

1/10 I will give it one point since it looks like it could cut a rug on the dance floor

Miltank

A good, solid pokemon I’m pretty fond of (once I got over my salt from the Whitney battle). I like her as a female counterpart to tauros. Nothing too astounding but still fun and cute.

8/10

Fire Seal

I feel like there’s folklore here, but my tired brain isn’t coming up with anything at the moment, sadly. Not a really detailed design but those tend to be more my favorites anyway. Trying to figure out what this was replaced by in the final game but I’m having a tough time figuring it out.

7/10 we have a lot of seals, but this is the only FIRE seal

Delibird

I see we chose the path with more subtlety in the end.

4/10 not really a big fan of delibird

Hanshin Hopeful

Okay, I know I said earlier that the screaming pile of goo was my favorite, but this line is also my favorite out of these beta designs. This one upsets me because this would have been such a great cultural addition! Osaka (represented by Goldinrod City in the games) has a baseball team called the Hanshin Tigers, which everyone in the area is a fervent fan of. Not only is this unbearably cute, it could have been hanging out in like a little baseball stadium area or something in or around Goldinrod.

10/10 how could you leave this out?!

Nandeyanen!!

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! Why did I not get this?! The Akihabara of Osaka is even called “DenDen Town” (Electric Town)!

10/10 we’ve missed our chance and now amends cannot be made

Talk to the wing

Is this supposed to be a farfetch’d evolution?! It doesn’t make a ton of sense aside from the waterfowl connection, but like…how pissed would you be if you were farfetch’d? This is kinda cool. I’m not super into swans or anything, but the masquerade/crime fighter mask is a neat detail.

5/10 I could see this being used interestingly, even if I’d probably not use it

Hitori Kakurenbou

I love this concept. Look at this! I know it was basically recycled for shuppet’s line, but this is so much more hardcore. Now this is a pokemon that can use curse appropriately.

10/10 personally like this one better than shuppet, if I’m being honest

Hsien-ko

This is the most Chinese pokemon since arcanine, oh my god. It’s a panda jiangshi. A panda jiangshi! Imagine it hopping after you adorably, ready to leech life you to death.

9/10 it’s not as cute as the pre-evolution, but still–panda jiangshi!!!

Murkrow

Not a lot of changes going on here either, aside from the more obvious witch’s hat design. Unsure if I like this one better or regular murkrow.

7/10 good flappy friend

*uncomfortable cough*

Blissey’s design is a bit too busy and frilly for my tastes, but it’s certainly a lot more acceptable than this. I get what they were going for: a heart on top of its head to represent healing and whatnot, but it just came out so…so yonic in nature that I have to wonder about the person responsible for this design.

1/10 not entirely awful but good lord

Scisor

Here’s the boi, only this time with eyes on his little crab claws! It’s cute but later got used for hydregion instead, and I dunno, I kind of prefer scisor as is. Still think scyther looks cooler, but a good strudy boi.

6/10 for the puppet shows it could give to entertain all the baby forms on this sprite sheet

Pinsir Noh Pinching

Here’s your fave, anon! You’re right that it seems to have a blank Noh-like mask on its face, as if a huge pinching bug wasn’t terrifying enough for you. That said, I kind of like the really creepy vibe, and poor pinsir got left in the dirt by his rival scyther once Gen 2 hit and gave scyther an evolution but nothing for his clampy comrade.

6/10 we could still get a pinsir evolution, guys

Houndour!

As you might expect of me, the houndour line is a close second to umbreon for Jess’s Favorite Gen 2 Pokemon. It combines two types I love, fire and dark, into this edgy but adorable package–what could I not love about it? This design is actually even better than the final one, because look at that sick-ass spine highlighting the ribs that got left in!

10/10 you cannot half ass edge; that misses the point

Houndoom!

Houndoom, meanwhile, looks pretty much as I remember him in Gold. And there’s nothing wrong with that–his design is fucking amazing. Man, kids, back in the metagame in Gen 2, houndoom was firmly in the top tier. Ah, I remember those days…

10/10 like a shark, houndoom has passed through decades without major tinkering to its evolutionary design

Baby yeti

Long before froslass burst onto the scene, this little bundle of deceptively charming horror could have been the first ice/ghost type. Yes, yes, it’s very adorable upon initial inspection, but once you look a bit deeper, you notice that the pokemon itself is actually black as night, with two piercing Jawa eyes, and the happy fur coat is another creature that’s been skinned and put on like a hoodie. Amazing.

10/10 I’ll take four

Wampa

I started on Star Wars references in the last entry and I gotta keep it going. Anyway, the evolution of tiny, arctic Buffalo Bill up there is even more fearsome, with claws and pupils! It’s even somehow found a way to make its fur covering evolve with it, having it sprout huge fangs (yeah I know, adults probably hunt larger creatures for clothing, but let me have this).

10/10 this so should have been a thing

Pon de Lion

I wonder if perhaps this design was meant to be an alternate form or evolution of porygon, or if this was an entirely different species based on toys (presumably to pad out the number of steel types). It’s an interesting idea, certainly, but I 100% get why this design got scrapped–it was a lawsuit from Mr. Donut waiting to happen.

Ugh

Did you know that horses produce 10 gallons of saliva a day? I now do thanks to Nate quizzing us over vacation last weekend to see if we could tell the difference between real animals and pokemon based on factoids. Now, lickilicky was not a new evolution I embraced with open arms, but man, it could have been so much worse.

2/10 I can’t say there’s no appeal (that mustache is great) but it just looks slimy and no thanks

Steelix

It’s steelix, unchanged from this beta to the final game.

7/10 I just think it’s neat

Sunken Master

I would like kingdra so, so much more if this is what it looked like.

9/10 this is goddamn cool and no one can convince me otherwise

Shadow the Edgedog

I’m not gonna lie, I fucking love this stupid design. It’s an electric dog with super sayain hair.

10/10 fuck you, I do what I want

Oscar Myer

Do I find this design cute? Yes. Do I personally like it more than entei’s? Yes. Do I think it’s a better design than entei? No. It’s a bit too plain to really give off that legendary feel, but for me? I’d totally take this in a game. Also at least the last two have actually looked like dogs. The Legendary “Dogs” we got were a tiger, a lion/bear hybrid, and whatever the hell suicune is supposed to be.

8/10 I am a simple woman with simple needs

Jen Kira

I see people likening this design to Nina Tucker, but I actually don’t see that. It looks more to me like a special edition My Little Pony toy from the 80s released to promote The Dark Crystal. I dig it, even if it’s my least favorite of the three OG doggos.

8/10 if only some of the pizzazz of this design was afforded to fiery boi up there and we’d be onto something

Rook

This weasel/otter type thing is really cute, and perhaps was a concept idea for what later became sentret? I’d say I would want to see it again, but I kind of get the feeling we already did get the concept revived in the mienfoo line.

6/10 glad we got to see this one again

Ho-oh

Doesn’t seem too different from the sprite in the final game, and still a good design. That said though, I’m noticing that there’s no lugia in these beta sprites. What the fuck is that?!

7/10 got bros over this ho(-oh)

Togepi

This little bugger was introduced so early in the anime that I’m not surprised that its design was firmed up by the time the demo came out. Togepi’s okay I guess, but again I don’t really tend to like baby pokemon and I got kind of over-exposed to it in the anime.

6/10 cute but not a fave

Snubble

SNUB PARTY!! Snubs has the dubious honor of being the only dog pokemon I actively dislike. I like granbull so I can put up with it temporarily to get it to evolve, but this does a lot of things on my Dislike Checklist: aggressively pink, check; clown ruffle, check; appears to be wearing a dress, check.

4/10 not a fan

Boscoe

This early version of aipom looks like Marsupilami if it had been created by the Fleischer brothers. Something about this design just isn’t Right, but I can’t put my finger on it. I think it’s the 1930s American animation style face combined with walking on all fours? Either way it creeps me out.

3/10 though aipom is a very middle-of-the-road pokemon for me, it’s a helluva lot better than this abomination

Leafeon Prime

If you had asked us kid pokemon fans back in the days of Gen I what pokemon we’d most like to see in the future, I imagine “grass type eeveelution” was near the top for many of them. It just made sense–you had the leaf stone just sitting around, not reacting to your eevee, and it was so blatantly conspicuous. I had my own grass type eeveelution design I’d made called “Thorneon”, the design of which I might share at some point, and I was far from the only one.

So yeah, I’d have appreciated this a LOT in Gen 2. I was disappointed it wasn’t introduced in Gen 2. However, promises of a grass type eeveelution in Gen 4 got me to finally pull the trigger on getting a DS to play Diamond and Pearl, and that turned out to be an execellent decision. So maybe it was better that they kept this idea incubating for a bit longer.

10/10 I like leafeon and I also like this design–particularly like the vine bits that look like scars

And so there you have it! All 100 beta sprites reveiwed by yours truly.

Hope it was worth the wait, anon!

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