EvolutionsVoid [2014-11-14 23:18:09 +0000 UTC]
It is weird that it got switched up like that. Seems like a big oversight, or a big change if it was done on purpose. I remember in Red and Blue that Kingler had two giant pincers instead of one, and Golbat had an enormous slobbery tongue to go with his mouth. I wonder what other things got switched or changed.
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Monster-Man-08 In reply to EvolutionsVoid [2014-11-14 23:37:02 +0000 UTC]
Gastly lacked a proper "body", Cloyster was "sideways", one of Exeggcute was waaaaaay bigger than the others, and Pikachu seemed a bit more Raichu-esque (his belly and maybe paws were different colors from the rest of his body, and his tail seems to be doing that "rope tail ending in a lighting bolt" thing) -- those always stood out to me. I'm guessing those were earlier beta designs, though I'm not sure why they'd have used those instead of the "correct" ones.
A lot of 'Mons also had beady little eyes; I think that may have just been a limitation with the sprites, though.
It was always fun hooking up with Stadium to see everyone in their true glory. Golbat actually kept his freaky tongue there, though.
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EvolutionsVoid In reply to Monster-Man-08 [2014-11-15 01:21:55 +0000 UTC]
What would be interesting is if those designs turned into variants of that species, or a sub-species. All of them that were mentioned aren't too radical of changes that you would mistake them for anything else. Why not have a Cloyster that holds its shell sideways? Or Kingler that has grown two large claws? A Pikachu that looks like a cross between its current form and adult form would not be all that crazy.
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