What Would Pokemon's Next Set Be

Bro, that Melmetal Goldengo fusion is so cool-looking, you did NOT need to go that hard with it 😭😭😭

I USED to think that people who says pokemon is running out of ideas does not have a background in character design, because for ME some of the design are nice, and following the character design principle very well

12:29 OH MY GOD THAT WAS A GHOLDENGO MELMETAL FUSION!!!! I HAD SUCH A HARD TIME TO GUESS THAT!!!

Recently on Reddit I saw a concept for a fusion where Perrserker wields Dhelmise as.a weapon and gains an ability combining Steelworker and Steely Spirit and (as someone who loves Dhelmise and likes Perrserker) that was the coolest thing ever.

So for a Fakemon region I was creating, it had two interconnected gimmicks. 1. That gyms were based on Pokémon coloration as opposed to type (Gym Leaders were ALSO the rival 'evil teams' like Aqua and Magma) 2. The 'big bad' only used Black, White, or Gray Pokémon, and his plan was to remove the coloration from Pokémon, which had the side effect of making them typeless (and yes, he had a typeless Shedinja on his team).

6:58 how goofy Koraidon and Miraidon's emojimons illustrations look in comparison to Lunala and Solgaleo look is such a big contrast I fucking love it

Fun Fact! Slitherwing is the Scarlet Fusion because it takes design aspects from Larvesta and Volcarona

Before the video; I like the idea of ​​fusion as a gimmick like ultra beast and paradoxes because it allows you to make a few chosen designs rather being able to merge anyone After: I was almost right, haha

For an idea for a fusion-inspired mechanic, I thought it would be interesting (and more reasonable) to translate the pair-up mechanic from Fire Emblem into Pokémon. Essentially, you'd pair-up a lead Pokémon with a support Pokémon and the support Pokémon could boost the stats, change the type advantage or even change the ability of the lead Pokémon. The caveat being that you can't used the support Pokémon until after the lead Pokémon is deafeated. As for actual fusion, you could probably have something like parasitic Pokémon that could actually change the lead Pokémon physically in some way. There could be one parasitic Pokémon for each type. Granted, 12*1045+ is still an insanely large number, but they could probably simplify it by just adding an aura or armor to the lead Pokémon with the exception of certain legendaries that would have unique forms (plus maybe Pikachu and Charizard because it's GameFreak).

The artwork itself alone is worth subscribing, thanks n0Rtist

More "Hybrid form" ideas: Zonkey/Zorse: Zebstrika x Mudsdale (Mudsbra, to fit the Mudsdale line naming convention) Electric Ground type Darkened Mudsdale base colors with stripes, a "mishmash" mane of the two, and a "muddy" version of Zeb's tail. Grolar bear: Ursaluna x Bearctic (Ursarctic, cuz that means bear bear and that's funny) Ice Normal type Pale brown (think Teddiursa) sleek Ursaluna with an elongated nose, with some of the accent features (mostly the collar) made of frozen ice. Wolfdog: Lycanrock x itself (Lycanruff) Rock type All the Lycanrock forms, made rounder and with pre-evo coloration, adapting a slightly bipedal forwards leaning (think Raccoons when they grab something and walk bipedally) gait, with a combination of their various ruffs. Brontosaurus head incident: Tropius x Auroros (Polorius; Polar + Auroros + Tropius) Grass Ice type Basically a teal and cyan colored Tropius with a swoopier neck and Auroros' frill and tail. Bananas are ice crystals now. Wolphin: Wailord x Palafin (Finwail, Wailmer x Finizen, also Finnwhale) Water type A bloated, elongated Finizen with a dopier face, less detailed colors, a reduced backfin and Wailords extra fin things. Colors taken from Palafin hero form. This is just a few I thought of off the drop of the hat, there's dozens more possibilities lol, especially if you include mythology inspired hybrids (which, imo, should really be on the table lol)

I want to do fusions without feeling like I'm just following a trend. The rules I gave myself were that the mon had to be monotyped, and that they had to "fit" in some way. But I stopped after a Bonsly/Chansey fusion based off of gardeners

The fact you chose leo for chimerism could funnily enough also reference lyonization, which is x-inactivation causing calico cats. I don't know whether this is coincidence but I thought I'd mention it.

I’m think maybe the next gimmick will be like you get 6 of the same Pokemon and they create a Susanoo like being that can only be taken down by taking out each Pokemon individually

i love that he used a clip from bugsnax

N0rtist and Madoka Magica are now within concerningly few degrees of separation (this video alludes to the Archangels in Cassette Beasts -> The devs have stated their artstyle differences were inspired by Madoka's Witches -> Madoka)

Pokémon could make fusions in one of two ways: 1. Limited number of fusions that can be made with specific Pokémon. Ex: Venustoise can only be made from Venusaur and Blastoise.| Base Stats are the average between the two, with small increases. 2. Whole new Pokémon that can only exist temporarily by fusing compatible Pokémon. Ex: Fusion "Granblaze" made by fusing any Fire-type with any Fighting-type of the same stage.| Base Stats are lowered if the Pokémon were not final stage.

Funny thing is with thw Box Legendaries, so far if there's a set of new species they are somewhat involved, but if there are gimmick forms, they are not.

I'm always excited to see what you will come up with next and show us! Hope the game comes out amazing and would wanna play it for sure! :glasses-purple-yellow-diamond::cat-orange-whistling::yougotthis:

Now that you mentioned cryptid inspired Pokémon, I have to start cooking up designs