#side game

Hearteon & Poiseon

The Heart Pokemon & The Poison Fur Pokemon

Evolves via Heart of the Sun & Heart of the Moon respectively

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Another sun and moon pair! These guys are based off beta/old versions of Espeon and Umbreon.

Beta Espeon used to evolve via the Heart Stone and had a yellow appearance and fully split tails. Beta Umbreon used to be a poison type with purple markings and thinner rings.

I did add some of my own flair though, particularly with Hearteon’s markings, Hearteon’s heart-shaped gem, and Poiseon’s poison drop shaped markings. I also added the dark type to Poiseon to help it fit better with the moon and added the fairy type to Hearteon to make it also a dual type.

I also referenced the gender differences they had in the Gen IV beta, where female Espeon and Umbreon had short ears. I’m glad this change didn’t get through beta, but it helped me add another detail to differentiate them further. Their shinies are also based off the Stadium 2 shinies of Espeon and Umbreon.

I will admit, I struggled slightly with their item. I almost considered using the beta Heart Stone and Poison Stone, but decided against it. I feel gameplay wise, the Shards fit best, since I could see these guys being Gales of Darkness exclusive. But, I already used the Shards and also I do think the Hearts fit nicely. Both because of Hearteon’s heart theme and because these guys are very much a tribute to Espeon and Umbreon through the years.

Me: 6 hrs later, 21 levels over leveled and massively over geared because I did every freaking side quest in the zone: *strolls into the place* so the boss told me you had the thing. Are you going to give it to me quietly or is this going to get messy?

Lodesteon

The Magnetic Crystal Pokemon

Evolved via the Magnetic Lure

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I believe this is actually the first Pokemon Go exclusive evolution method I’ve done! I’m not fully sure though, there might be another one I already did. Anyway, this is the first of two magnet based ones, since there also needs to be one for the magnetic field evolution.

I decided to base this one a bit off of the rocks in Chargestone Cave. I always thought those were neat.

Dolpheon

The Maelstrom Pokemon

Evolves via entering a whirlpool

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Another strange non-canon one! This one is also based on Pokemon Snap, particularly the part in the River stage where Staryu evolves by flying into a whirlpool.

Decided to just do a kind of cetaceon-esque design. Cause why not! Not really much more to say design wise. I suppose I do think I accidentally took some inspiration from the Maronians from Keroro Gunsou, purely because I think they have really nice designs.

Now you may think it learns Whirlpool upon evolution, but unfortunately that move is taken up by another future one. So, instead it learns Aqua Ring.

Torreon - The Tidal Force Pokemon

Evolves via Moon Shard

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Apologies for delay, forgot to finish up the post and schedule it!

Anyway, this is yet another of the many sun/moon related evolutions, using the Moon Shard from the Colosseum games. Will note I didn’t really factor much regarding the idea of these guys being Orre specific into this, so apologies if you were hoping for that.

Anyway, since a lot of the sun/moon evos are going to be pairs, I decided for the shards to make them not tied to each other and instead focus on unique aspects of the sun and moon respectively. For the moon, I chose to focus on the tide and how the moon affects it!

Igneon - The Burnt Pokemon

Evolves via falling in lava

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As an apology for forgetting to queue stuff, figured may as well post another!

This one is admittedly more of a joke/noncanon one, spawned by the fact I did want to cover side game evolutions. And well… in the original Pokemon Snap, there’s quite a few strange ways you can cause evolutions! Like, for example, knocking a Charmeleon into a pit of lava to get a Charizard.

So thought it’d be fun to make an evolution for that! I do think the design turned out really good too, I had a really clear idea for it and I like how I rendered the fire.

Chloreon - The Photosynthesis Pokemon

Evolves via Sun Shard

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I forgot to queue these, sorry for the delay orz

Anyway! For the aspect of the sun I wanted to cover for the Sun Shard, I went with the how it interacts with plants! So went with a sunflower design for it.