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Fan-made “fierce” Pokémon art of original three starters makes a stunning case for a style change

KK Miller Jan 22, 2017
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If Nintendo ever wants to “reboot” the franchise to be grittier, we hope it looks like this.

Now that we’ve all had a chance to play around with Pokémon Sun and Moon, we’ve had the opportunity to take a closer look at some of the classic Pokémon in their Alola versions. These curious variations are a sort of “natural selection” take on the wild pocket monsters had they developed in a totally different environment than the Kanto or Johto regions.

But as interesting as the new ones are, nothing gets long-time Pokémon fans going like the original starters from the first generation. Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle make up standard by which all starters are judged against.

No matter what new Pokémon species Nintendo comes up with, long-time fans will always have a special place in their hearts for these three and their evolutionary trees, especially when they look like this.

▼ “I returned to my mind as a child to make these, and I hope
they make others want to go on an adventure with Pokémon again.”

全部バラバラだったので纏めてみました。
ちょっと童心に返って、またポケモンと旅する方が増えたら良いなと思います。 pic.twitter.com/vby1xDeOBk

— サクライユウキ (輝櫻) (@kizakura184) January 18, 2017

Twitter user @kizakura184cm shared some amazing fan-art that show off Blastoise, Venusaur and Charizard in a slightly scarier-than-usual way. If Nintendo was ever searching for the “right” look of a live-action Pokemon project that doesn’t star Detective Pikachu, they should know fans would probably be pretty happy if they looked like @kizakura184cm’s creations.

一先ず完成っちゅー事で上げときます〜 pic.twitter.com/NQMxlkinkM

— サクライユウキ (輝櫻) (@kizakura184) January 16, 2017

とりあえず完成 pic.twitter.com/Ndl59Kf7io

— サクライユウキ (輝櫻) (@kizakura184) January 12, 2017

中指が死ぬ pic.twitter.com/Supi3EVJXs

— サクライユウキ (輝櫻) (@kizakura184) January 9, 2017

▼ A bit of a peak into the process.

メイキングのGIFこれでどうだ！ pic.twitter.com/fWgw1Pi8DW

— サクライユウキ (輝櫻) (@kizakura184) January 12, 2017

Maybe it’s the details in the facial expressions, or the texture of the skin, but something about these pictures really makes the Pokémon come alive.

We’ve featured plenty of other realistic-looking Pokémon before, so if Nintendo doesn’t like this look, there’s lots of others to choose from. And we have the perfect story for them to feature too: the love-struck Gyarados and Milotic.

Source: Net Lab
Images: Twitter/@kizakura184cm