Lost & Discontinued Pokemon Forms

Fun Fact: The Slowbro form of Shellder was an actual Gen 2 beta Pokemon named Tuuran / Turban. Wish we got to see it in action!

Although Burmy has three forms normally, there's one more form where it doesn't have a cloak. It's not obtainable in-game, but there is official artwork for it.

There is also one Pokemon I would like to mention: AZ's Floette. At one point it was supposed to be given away in a gen 6 event with it even having it's own stats. But this Pokemon was never released. It only became relevant agian because some fans think it might be a Paradox or Convergant Pokemon.

Old amber mosquito. Yes i know the mosquito has Aerodactyl's blood. Doesn't change the fact that the mosquito itself is a completely different thing/entity/being/creature entirely all together.

The Spiky-Eared Pichu replacing the originally planned White Pichu was a devoper in-joke. One of the staffers in internal memos would consistently make a typo when describing the upcoming white Pichu, calling it spiky-eared Pichu instead. Having a laugh about this, they ultimately decided to roll with it. Personally I would've liked if they kept the ear spikes but added the white color as well.

I really hope we get a Legends Arceus style game based around “The original dragon” set in ancient Unova

With Ultra Necrozma being the behemoth that he is, it's strange to see them absent, especially with Dusk Mane and Dawn Wings still existing. I know without Z-Moves he can't really Ultra burst but it just kinda feels weird to me.

Feel like the original Shellder should return as a regional variant or diverged version

- Vanilluxe isn't actually an ice cream - Proceeds to show the potential true form - Still looks like an ice cream

Another form that we may or may not see in the future is Arceus's true form, as it's been teased, especially in Legends: Arceus that the Arceus we know is merely a puppet to what the actual Arceus is. Maybe it looks like it's beta designs where it's clouded in a cloudy mist so us humans can see the real Arceus without outright killing the people who view it.

Since Box Legends weren’t allowed in 2017-18 and Ultranecrozium Z was banned for the majority of VGC 2019, it means that U-Necrozma was only ever legal in VGC for ~5 months. Also Spiky-eared Pichu needs to come back, please Game Freak, I beg.

Just wanted to say that Kleavor is a good contender for the base of Genesect; it's also an extinct pokemon, shares the bug typing (and it's future variant, Scizor, shares its dual typing with Genesect), and its body is almost 1:1 for Genesect's, matching its torso, waist, and abdomen to a T, with the arms and legs being similar enough that any difference can be excused away by reconstruction. Of course the head is different, but they made Genesect's head look like a car and that clearly isn't natural. Likely another point of armouring/reconstruction. Anyway thanks for coming to my TED talk

For the genesect kabutops theory..id like to add that shellfish are often described as the bugs of the sea/ocean, and water/bug could have been kabuto/kabutops' original type before being ressurected from a fossil added the rock type. Just my own thoughts on the theory

Notched Ear Pichu was like my first event that I got to do with everyone else as a community and I loved mine! However, I was crushed when I couldn't trade it. Since then, I only really want to collect pokes if they can be traded throughout the other games. Anytime anything was really cool looking or a special costume, I always had to take a step back since it was only going to be available for that game usually.

A Dragon Variant of Arbok would be nice to complement the Fairy Weezing. IIRC Lance uses them in the Stadium games, and it's also an Agatha Pokémon.

Since you included Applin's form, you should have also included the "naked" forms of Burmy, Dwebble and Crustle which all appeared in the anime.

I never played New Pokemon Snap, but the fact an Applin without its apple shell exists was mindblowing. Since the game came out, I lived an ignorant and fruitless period of time.

I think Genesect is more likely a Kleavor. pretty sure people were just claiming it was Kabutops since we didn't have anything close enough at the time. but if you rip the axes off Kleavor & slowly turn the rock portions to steel armor ya got the perfect Genesect.

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I thought for sure you were going to mention the Gen5's strange NPC-only enemy Pokémon you face against in the TV sidegames. Still, I didn't know about most of these, great video!