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In 2021, my friend played a Pokémon Crystal rom hack called Pokémon Fool's Gold. He played it long enough for me to draw some sprites based on its reimagined Pokémon designs. No one asked me to do this but I thought the sprites could be improved.

The Bulbasaur evolution line in Fool's Gold has the Grass/Fire typing. They have peppers growing on their backs. I changed it to the cannabis plant instead. My friend enjoyed the new design. I like the green and orange!

I did the Pidgey line second. Its typing is Fighting/Flying. Each evolution's original sprite had stick legs. Mine are basically pigeons with missing toes. (Poor things.) My Pidgeot's design was inspired by the pro wrestler "Macho Man" Randy Savage and his fringe jackets. My friend is the wrestling fan, not me.

Extremely rare official art render of Diddy Kong seen from behind, used only once in the official German strategy guide for Donkey Kong 64 and not found in any other known publications.