List of unused Pokémon and character designs: Difference between revisions

For posterity, it'd probably be best to actually write down the names of these Pokemon in the original language. If someone can get the others, that'd be helpful.
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(For posterity, it'd probably be best to actually write down the names of these Pokemon in the original language. If someone can get the others, that'd be helpful.)
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|epnum=Pokémon Gold and Silver beta
|epnum=Pokémon Gold and Silver beta
|epname=Pokémon Gold and Silver beta
|epname=Pokémon Gold and Silver beta
|desc= Like Kurusu above, its name and image are all that is known about it. Its name is a combination of 炎 ''honō'' (flame) and 熊 ''kuma'' (bear). In the alpha, it was the {{type|Fire}} starter and knew the moves {{m|Ember}}, {{m|Scratch}}, and {{m|Leer}}. Given its name refers to it as a bear, some fans believe it could have been an early version of the {{p|Teddiursa}} evolution family.}}
|desc=Like Kurusu above, its name and image are all that is known about it. Its name is a combination of 炎 ''honō'' (flame) and 熊 ''kuma'' (bear). In the alpha, it was the {{type|Fire}} starter and knew the moves {{m|Ember}}, {{m|Scratch}}, and {{m|Leer}}. Given its name refers to it as a bear, some fans believe it could have been an early version of the {{p|Teddiursa}} evolution family.}}


{{TrainerPoké
{{TrainerPoké
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|epnum=Game Freak  
|epnum=Game Freak  
|epname=Game Freak interview
|epname=Game Freak interview
|desc=Pikachu's original illustrator, Atsuko Nishida, and Pokémon designer Ken Sugimori revealed the lost evolution in an interview with Japanese newspaper Yomiuri on May 2, 2018, and [http://www.siliconera.com/2018/05/03/pikachu-originally-second-evolution-called-gorochu-large-fangs-two-horns/ Siliconera translated the article into English on May 3]. Originally intended to be {{p|Raichu}}'s evolution, the design was to include fangs and a pair of horns. Sugimori cited game balance issues, which led to the design being omitted from the games.}}
|desc='''Gorochu''' (Japanese: '''ゴロチュウ''' ''Gorochū'') was originally intended to be {{p|Raichu}}'s evolution. Pikachu's original illustrator, Atsuko Nishida, and Pokémon designer Ken Sugimori revealed the lost evolution in an interview with Japanese newspaper Yomiuri on May 2, 2018, and [http://www.siliconera.com/2018/05/03/pikachu-originally-second-evolution-called-gorochu-large-fangs-two-horns/ Siliconera translated the article into English on May 3]. The design was to include fangs and a pair of horns. Sugimori cited game balance issues, which led to the design being omitted from the games.}}


{{TrainerPoké
{{TrainerPoké
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|epname=Pokémon Red and Green Beta
|epname=Pokémon Red and Green Beta
|desc=This unused Generation I Pokémon was revealed on a sprite sheet for Pokémon Red and Green. It appears to be a bird, with traits similar to both Farfetch'd and Spearow.}}
|desc=This unused Generation I Pokémon was revealed on a sprite sheet for Pokémon Red and Green. It appears to be a bird, with traits similar to both Farfetch'd and Spearow.}}


==Altered Pokémon==
==Altered Pokémon==