>Flygon was supposed to be the gen 3 pseudo-legendary
>>56610068There's nothing indicating it was going to be a pseudo.
no it wasn't
>>56610068Where are these backsprites from?Any of beta Sableye?
>>56610094>Stage 2 evolution>Dragon-typeGotta be a pseudo!
>>56610094>elite 4 having several dragonites/flygon
>>56610068>Gets cucked of the pseudo legendary by salamence >Gets cucked in utility by garchomp >Gets cucked of a mega by jynx At this point he's already dead
>>56610068Holy shit that looks awful. Flygon got saved.
>>56610068Odd that they scrapped the first stage and replaced it with Trapinch
>>56610186It wasn't a dragon at this point in development.
>>56610068Funny how both Trapinch and this "Yakoko" exist in the same build, or are they from different builds?
>>56610199You think they decide what Pokemon the E4 is going to have before they've even finalised the designs and long before they've given them stats or types or movepools? You're retarded. Also Drake has just as many Salamence and Shelgon as Flygon.
>>56610094There's some stories indicating it could have been a pedo though; give it time!
>>56610259We already know they'll mix different lines together if they feel it fits, e.g. Blastoise was originally its own Pokemon and not Wartortle's evo. They probably thought the original "Yakoko" was too boring or they really liked Trapinch but couldn't think of a good evo for it.
>>56610068>>Flygon was supposed to be the gen 3 [FANFIC]
>>56610152>Gimmighoul, Shuppet, Sableye, and Mega Sableye all took from the same beta designWild
>>56610068What's really interesting is that these leaks seem to go against the idea that Flygon's and Salamence's names were swapped in development.
>>56610385That was always obviously wrong because only Flygon is called Flygon in Japanese. Bagon and Shelgon have other unrelated names.
>>56610370>Gimmighoul, Shuppet, Sableye, and Mega Sableye [FANFIC]
>>56610370I really think people are misreading the "spike" as being in the middle of the top of the head, lile shuppet. it looks much more like a cocked back ear to me, the other being obscured by the glass.Thats why i really wanna see the backsprite!
>>56610446You're fucking retarded. They clearly reuse and repurpose design motifs. Why am I even responding to this garbage?
>>56610316It still makes sense thematically, I guess someone at GF simply noticed that and suggested the change.
>>56610456Oh I see what you're saying, the other "fin" could be obscured. That could be, in which case Shuppet's totally or mostly unrelated
>>56610498Either way would be cool to me, time will tell.
Some dev notes requested that Trapinch be used as the 1st stage of the Flygon line. It was likely at the point when that decision was made that Vibrava and Flygon were given more of an antlion look that looked less like a dragonfly.
>>56610479they did actually. we have notes on some of them and the note for trapinch said they wanted it to evolve into vibrava
>>56610345Yes anon, gen 3 is a fanfic.
>>56610476>They clearly reuse and repurpose design motifsI'm sure it's easy to think this when you constantly invent fanfic saying so.
>Metang used Ice Punch
>>56610456Here ya go
>>56611254Thank you, anon!>>56610498Wow so it is a single spike! You were right lol
>>56610221>Gets cucked of a mega by jynxExplain, sounds hilarious
>>56612649XY mined. Only trace of a cut mega was Jynx. Mega Flygon not even attempted
>>56611254>Banette formerly Chuck
>>56611254do we know ther types and stats?
>>56610068No wonder Vibrava is the only one that made it into the game. Proto-Flygon looks like some 15 year old's fakemon.
>>56612760Thanks. My bro got cucked hard.
>>56611254For me it's Donkey
>>56611254>Happy>Spank
>>56611254Proof that Trapinch was completely unrelated to the Flygon line, I fucking knew it.
>>56611254>ChuckIs there a Sneed?
I've lost track of things with all the threads going on. Is there a specific folder with these beta Pokemon sprites as well as their Sugimori arts?
>>56610152>Goatse coin
>>56610370I wonder what the original idea is....
>>56613480It's an eye
>>56610186It was a Bug/Flying shitmon lmao
>>56611254>spheal into swalot>orange and blue skitty>two clamperl lines >actually good manetric evo>a polar bear>every Castform form a different pokemon, maybe legendary fairy-thingsmixed feelings about this
>>56610446Based Gamefreak defender, sabotage the dataminers image.
>>56611254That peach rabbit is similar to a design that was cut during gen 2's development.
>>56615037Looks like Panotti.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panotti
>>56613915americans?that country is full of these guys
>>56610446>And then early RS Documents does have an in-between phase for Ikari->Sharpedo
>>56611254>togepeonWas it supposed to be related to Togetic in some way?
>>56612760Mega Flygon would be in ORAS not XY.
>>56613016Now that you mention it, it really doesn't make too much sense lol
>>56610446Isnt the one next to lugia a scrapped farfetchd evolution?
>>56613480This is correct.
>>56616086Yeah my niggy, it’s Madame.
>>56613951This is incorrect. see>>56616155
>>56616086Yes, the argument would be that someone saw the beta Farfetch'd evo and thought the wing looked cool which later inspired Lugia's design, which didn't exist at the time of the spaceworld demo and was added much later.
>>56616003Togepi is トゲピー in Japanese, so it's very likely. Maybe it was a split evolution?It's also super interesting that it's right next to Latias and Latios in the Pokedex, since many people have pointed out how damn much they look like Togetic evolutions over the years. Maybe they actually were related at some point?
>>56610068> Bug/FlyingNo way it was meant to be a pseudo with that type
>>56616003Did you forget the existence of togedemaru, which is much more similar to that creature than the togepi line
>>56611254>Elhawksounds like a luchador name
>>56616559So Fighting/Flying? Same niche as Hawlucha?
>>56616540It's egg shaped.
I'm more than happy with the flygon we got!
>>56616903you just want to fuck him
>>56611254Beta Makuhita looks better than its official sprite, and even better than most official sprites. Don’t know why they didn’t just recolor it at least to their official design.
>>56611254Formerly Chuck.
>>56610221>>Gets cucked of the pseudo legendary by salamenceas it should, salamence is so much cooler than that shitmon
>>56616031ORAS doesn't have anything at all lol
>>56613480That’s its right eye, wide open and looking through the glass shard as a magnifier to help it find more treasure
>>56617704Not the anon you responded to, but I remember seeing an interview around 2015-16 (early uni years are a blur for me) where Masuda had said they’d tried multiple times to create a Flygon Mega but never got past the concept art stage. Would have been cool if these leaks had those concepts as I like seeing the design process of Pokémon.
>>56617042is that bad?
>>56618298No.
>>56618298The "him" part is.
>>56610068>we lost Yakoko>but we gained Trapinchequivalent exchange is real
>>56618413That's the best part!
>>56618435Both existed simultaneously.
>>56618435Trapinch wasn't gained though. See >>56611254, they realized the Flygon line sucked and only kept Vibrava as-is. Trapinch already existed but Yakoko was swapped out for the antlion concept, which was applied after the fact.
>>56611254I wish we could've gotten Stump. Probably would've been one of my favorites.
>>56616068Trapinch is based on an antlion, a creature which metamorphoses into something that highly resembles what Vibrava and Flygon are based on. If you look up antlion larva and imago forms, you will similarly find that "it really doesn't make too much sense."
