Creepy Pokemon who Almost Were... 💀 Beta Pokemon Origins Explained

[@Gnoggin]

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[@dejaypage1575]

…Soooo, any of these gonna be in Neo Legends Ghetsis? XD

[@TheSpektrum1989]

it's gotta be the OKUTANIJUNODESGNNANODAYO

[@BeckyNosferatu]

Psychodog. That thing is the MOST Unique out of all of them. The idea of a 'glass-bodied canine with swirling internal energy' is SO cool. Certainly could have been a better choice for dark/psychic. ...I HATE Malamar, ok? Like, damn!

[@lukeclaudio7936]

That blue pokemon ar 15 minutes must be a proto Deino remove the tusk turn that helm into fur and have it go down its neck make the spots red Now slap it in a cave Unsee what ive shown you

[@TornaitSuperBird]

Manta Sleep is the real deal. I love their products.

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

I like how this leak has Lockstin set with content to talk about for _at least_ a month- if not more!

[@SmudgedSketch]

Especially nice because of how little official pokemon news we've been getting lately

[@MrPerfectCellHimself]

He's gonna get his bag on this one

[@Veinelso]

Way more than a month imo

[@rorisangmotsepe8882]

Lockstin the leaker confirmed?

[@hhjan594]

3:05 The unown actually spells out "Okutani Jun no design nanodayo" as "nanodayo" is a common expressive sentence ending phrase. It overall translates to "This is Okutani Jun's design!" Also it's commonly theorized that's a visualized version of if MissingNo was a Pokemon.

[@necroseus]

*Really* surprised that he didn't mention the misingno. Similarities. I think he's into something, and the designer saw missingno as looking sorta like a gecko tail. The colours and vague shape line up for that, at least

[@Cr1ms0mGl0ry]

I hope they make a MissingNo. based Pokémon, would bring a lot of attention! Notch did regret not adding Herobrine to his game. I hope Game Freak does such

[@ojusgoyal2191]

14:50 The last three may be grouped together as Regi trio, the shards one being rock, blue one ice and last one as steel

[@beckhampang191]

Or ghost. For super ancient theming.

[@NightFuryLover31]

Oh…that psycho dog one… *definitely too cruel.* A lot of these just feel ancient, which feels fitting for Hoenn with all its nature potential discoveries.

[@noahberan6498]

Yeah I'm scarred now, kinda glad it didn't make it in the game

[@morgana.k.a.peacock8902]

NGL I almost cried hearing about how the psycho dog yokai are made. I couldn't imagine torturing a dog like that, then not even letting it rest in death 😭😭😭

[@TheSpektrum1989]

I wonder if the rocky dog-cat-lions were also floated as Rock Eeveelution but they couldn't figure out how to get Eevee to become it. Lockstin pointing out how their stones line up with Meteor Falls, it's like they could've done what they would eventually do with Glaceon & Leafeon, aka "Level up next to this Moss Rock/Ice Rock." like, Eevee could've leveled up inside Meteor Falls' deepest section and that'd be the same.

[@Gnoggin]

Ooo thats a cool idea! That would also explain why they have canine and feline traits, the eeveelutions are all like both almost.

[@HappyAxolotl24]

​@@Gnoggini actually remember in my elementary school during a rainy day a bunch of students and i gathered around and discussed whether an Eevee is a dog, cat, or a fox

[@BisaPKMN]

...Sodeon.

[@blackcat09tails55]

​@@HappyAxolotl24it's all of them or none of them

[@Solqueen86]

We was suppose to get a Flying Eeveelution in gen 7

[@bellaeon5646]

The fact that the sprites of the psycho dog and its possible pre-evolution (that sprite with a kinder face feels like a pre-evolution to me) were found on Ralts' scratchpad of all places just makes me wonder a lot of things. Like were they at one point thinking of making it Wally's signature Pokemon? If so, then damn!

[@evangeloevoxi]

I've been designing creatures and fakemon for more than 25 years, and I always find so much inspiration from you Lockstin when I'm working on my own fantasy universe. The way you cover these things, and present your ideas, is incredibly cathartic to me. You're amazing, and please don't ever change my dude! 💚💙💜

[@EnigmaticGentleman]

I think they were originally just planning to skew Pokemon to an older audience after Pokemania died down, the vast vast majority of cut pokemon dont have art nearly as polished as this so it almost certainly signals a different direction for gen 3.

[@dylanlawson7129]

I do recall an older interview (or something similar) where it was confirmed Gen 3 was originally intended to be a reboot to the franchise, as they were experimenting with more monstrous or humanoid designs The leaked beta concept art does seem to line up with that

[@Techy404]

@@dylanlawson7129 well this would also explain the psycho dog

[@AbsolXGuardian]

That actually makes a lot of sense and explains why we have more concept art in this style than I'd expect for "turn the creep factor up to a hundred for these ideas for this generation's spooky pokemon" or just getting down ideas

[@zigslotheon]

That dog one looks like if Atlus wanted to confirm the fan theory that Cerberus was actually Koromaru’s evolved Persona and that dog mon was his initial Persona.

[@BeckyNosferatu]

It certainly looks like it belongs in Persona and/or Shin Megami Tensei instead!

[@feckboygurry832]

It is done in a really smt style

[@jackhumphries1087]

A lot of the beta designs look like stuff out of atlus games, I could see any one of these being a persona in the next game

[@SylvesterAshcroft88]

Concept art in some ways, is in some ways i imagine like writing a pitch for a story. It will often change dramatically when it comes to writing the finished product, but the outline is there which makes it easier to create a canon, based on the outline which was previously written, maybe even years earlier.

[@Fr4yDay]

As weird as this may sound, that third last one - blue monster speculated to be a super early placeholder for Kyogre - the way it’s positioned, the protrusion on the back of its smooth head, and how he says the cyan pores kinda look like crystals? All makes me think of Gigalith.

[@UltimateMustacheX]

To me, those spots look like puddles. So a rock body with holes that are filled with water (like Lombre's dish head).

[@baddragonite]

2:50 I like how it's the same shape as Missingno

[@foul_ball7025]

Ahh finally someone else who noticed that! I wonder if it was intentional

[@deadshields8561]

The last one's legs more make me think of grasshoppers rather than crabs. I like the idea of it being an early Regi, it could be quite well used as inspiration for a Ghost-Type member of the family; a strange irregular skeletal being marked with archaic scripts that may be animating it's form.

[@seanmurphy4270]

Psychodog seems to be partly, to me at least, based on a Lovecraftian creature knows a "Hound of Tandalos". They're interdimentional creatures that live in,and guard the "Angles of time". They'd hunt,kill,and eat dimension hoppers and time travelers. Now,The psychic type is known to be the type with metaphysical or supernatural abilities like time traveling or teleportation. This would explain the partly-there-but-not translucency and confusing appearance as,the hounds where twisted and hard for the human brain to comprehend.

[@shugoibaka]

And while the creators didn't have any way of knowing at the time, it would have been great if it existed in the future games were dimensional travelers and time travel are a canon thing...imagine if after the Delta episode, there was a conclusion where one of THOSE things showed up to try and eat Zinnia, and you had to stop it! It would add a lovely horror aspect worthy of the story the Hounds of Tandalos came from.

[@akiradkcn]

Fun fact: yugioh has a whole card archetype based on the monster. The Tindangle monsters, tho they are a little more based on math than the hound itself

[@seanmurphy4270]

@shugoibaka Or if we saw a pack of them come after Rainbow rocket or the protagonist in Arceus!

[@seanmurphy4270]

@akiradkcn I play Yugioh and I tried that archetype for a little bit... didn't work very well but the concept I'd actually pretty interesting. I wish the Hounds Of Tindalos got a bit more attention in media lol

[@TheEphemeralEternity]

From the face and the generation, I'm inclined to believe the last pokemon talked about is some iteration of shedinja. It has the look of an empty carapace/husk pokemon.

[@wesleyward5901]

Honestly a Pokemon horror game would go crazy. I mean, the Pokedex entries are horrifying enough, but actually seeing it would be a whole other thing.

[@mastermarkus5307]

I've long wanted a good Pokémon horror fan game, but all of them seem like creepypasta-based and one was about zombies, which is a pretty boring horror premise, IMO. I can't remember what got me into thinking about this, but like, I want a creepy vibe and story, not something gorey.

[@ShadowZabre]

Rocks on a dog-looking thing.... with long ears.... and very feline.... It's the ROCK TYPE EEVEE.

[@thecollectorsinged113]

2:42 My guess is that Okutani Jun might have designed a Runerigus/Cofagrigus for gen 3 but scrapped, they look somewhat similar. Single eye like Runerigus, weird 4 hands that maybe given to Cofagrigus, and it's like a pillar with runes on it(of course in this case the runes are Unowns), maybe the weird pillar thing got scrapped and revisited and instead of using a pillar they changed it into a broken slab.

[@hahu9088]

It would be pretty cool to take these designs and kinda "finish them" and turn these vague monsters into actual pokemon, the way it happened to cacturne

[@zoonisha4387]

i think the 'beta box legendaries' got reworked into the regis. blue -> ice, groundish guy -> rock, third one looks skelletish, but mightve been combined with the first regi draft to registeel

[@Castersvarog]

One interesting idea I’ve heard about the Unown Golem is that it’s an attempt at canonizing Missingno, what with the odd glyphs and the shape resembling Missingos sprite

[@lupisvulpix]

I really like the dog looking one. It kinda looks like a dog shark thing? It just looks really cool

[@l-x-10]

That last one could be the common design 'ancestor' to both the Regis and Relicanth. Thing about it. Its an ancient fish creature with patterns all over its body like Relicanth, but also has the bi-pedal shape the Regis would take on. It also explains why Relicanth was needed in the original Regi quest beyond it just being an old Pokémon like the Regis. It all comes together

[@Shinntoku]

Maybe, but Relicanth explains itself by also being a treasure map I think

[@l-x-10]

@@Shinntoku designs change.

[@Shinntoku]

@@l-x-10 yeah, and?

[@l-x-10]

@@Shinntoku yeah and?

[@Shinntoku]

@@l-x-10 I'm asking what point you're trying to make by stating something we all know

[@Deadflower019]

I really do like the edgy artstyle used here. It adds a grimness to Pokémon's fantasy that I actually find quite appealing. Okutani Jun's Rock-Frog is so spooky, yet uses decidedly Pokémon aesthetics, giving an eerie feel by juxtaposing the childlike fantasy of the series with the "Shadow of the Colossus" kind of vibe. I find it _so_ compelling.

[@bobalinx8762]

3:00 It’s probably “Okutani Jun design nanoda yo”, or “It’s designed by Jun Okutani”.

[@misterzygarde6431]

It would not happen but I'd like to see GameFreak do a poll for what scrapped Pokemon should appear in a future game. Honestly would love to see them just reappear in general.

[@Dandy_]

Absolutely thrilled you're covering these! Please do not hesitate to go through literally everything in the Teraleak (except ZA lol)

[@Wolfbane382]

Whoa! I love the Psycho Dog! If we got that I would've named it Nroman. ;)

[@Andrewtr6]

I really would love if Lockstin made a second channel just for talking about mythology, folklore, and old legends from different places.

[@INTCUWUSIUA]

5:10 I'm almost positive that dog is based on the Hounds of Tindalos from the works of HP Lovecraft They're extradimensional beings that phase through reality to to hunt timetravelers, and the way the dog's body seems almost shredded is very much reminicent of how people tend to depict a 3D cross section of a 4D being, as inspired by what a 2D cross section of a 3D being actually looks like

[@Nero-yn1mf]

15:28 That might be a beta design of Gigalith,4 legs spiked head,fangs and rock like appearance, and its colors are kinda similar to the shiny of Gigalith

[@talon1779]

My theory of the odd blue mon at 15:04 could be super early Dialga. Or rather when the idea was scrapped, perhaps someone looked back at it and was inspired FOR Dialga. The blue colors, the 4 thick legs, the claws and odd crest, they all really LOOK like Dialga if u squint

[@RubyCheetahCub]

2:15 I was 100% expecting "It's just standing there, menacingly"

[@lonelytac0]

A theory I've seen floating around the Unown Rock Gecko thing, is that if you look under it, it seems to have an eye like Unown. So I wonder if it could've been a potential Unown evolution. It'd probably be the same for every form. But the "!" and "?" Unown were introduced gen 3. So possibly there was something to do with them? Like it being a body with a single "tail" does give the exclamation mark silhouette

[@KaiCyreus]

the name "Esper-Rocket" makes me think of Latias and Latios, as "Esper" is what the Psychic-type is called in Japanese

[@qpg16]

Looks like Stethacanthus

[@thearrivalcyberseignister8898]

7:08, ah yes my animal cruelty banning technique, i havent used since the heian era

[@shibumi8]

Interesting. 🤔 My first impression on the Psychodog was broken mirror manifestation. Though your idea of it being a hodgepodge of two mythical creatures does rock. 😊 The early Regi/Crawdaunt thing almost feels like that star face opens up….kind of terrifying now that I think about it. 😣 If that Blue horned Bullete thing can actually use all those holes for an attack that would be one hell of an AOE range.

[@FanOfMostEverything]

Took me about three minutes to realize you were talking into a Hey You! Pikachu microphone. In any case, brilliant examination of the first steps towards Gen 3. Thank you for it!

[@KyonGaku]

12:45 I would also add that in terms of animals that it could be based on, I immediatly thought of the Mosasaurus/Pliosaurus (big head and jaw and chonky body), but also the Stethacanthus (alqo nicknamed "Anvil shark"), which is a prehistoric shark with this exact protrusion on its back (although a little closer to the head). Overall pretty cool design to reuse for a deep sea Fossil Pokemon maybe.

[@inktendo]

Someone on Twitter pointed out the gecko unown stone thing has the same shape as MissingNo, and yeah... I can see it

[@nerd_world8919]

5:01 “psycho dog” is one of my faves of the leaks. The potential psychic energy gives off opalescent vibes. Like maybe it could ghost type. And if re-worked or re-done it could be given limbs but they are only framed with the nerve like appendages. 🤷‍♂️ Reminds me of Zyguard dog form

[@dstroyar5426]

I can see psychodog also looking a bit like what an imaginative person would think of with necrotized (via the dark black spots) brain synapse nodes along its body, leading to the possible ghost/psychic type.

[@DaiyaDoggo]

Upon looking again, the dog thing kinda reminds me of Zygarde

[@mintkit1]

17:13 So the holes in the skull are called temporal fenestra. They lie behind the eyes and are for muscle attachments. Fun fact: reptiles and birds have two on each side of the skull, while mammals have one!

[@DragonGamer64]

These concepts are rad as hell, love a game like this. Definitely puts the monster in pocket monsters.

[@QuincyQuinn95]

Funny thing is, through Akidearest's recommendation, I started reading fan translations of a manga called "Nikubami Honegishimi", and in chapter 5 (the most recent one to be translated), they go into some detail about the rituals done to create inugami...since it's a horror/ghost story manga, I didn't dwell on it much, but I'm actually disgusted to learn that all that was real.

[@pipedream2556]

The inugami thing is so strange to me because WHY would you want to make an evil spirit who hates you specifically?! What possible benefit could there be to warrant all that effort even if you are a black magic practitioner with no heart, it just makes no sense to me 😅

[@blackcat09tails55]

In my opinion the lion wolfs with salt or stone are potentially Eevee evolutions, they just have not been pokemonized yet, i think rock type and ground type

[@theheatstun]

16:51 idk but the moment I saw this design, I kinda heard ting lu's cry in my head, it fits and it makes it look more complete

[@Lt_Chloe]

I have an idea for a video A pokemon timeline From pokemon who existed before time or outside of time (celebi, arceus etc.) To prehistoric pokemon (fossils, relicanth) Paradox Ancient post human (baltoy, claydol) Legends arceus time(porygon due to rift, hisiuian forms) Modern man made (muk, garbodor, genesect, mewtwo) Future (paradox)

[@blackcat09tails55]

The psycho dog i like to believe eventually became zygarde 10% ,the dog form

[@astridposey]

Lockstin, the last three are similar enough that make me think they are the Regi trio, the blue ine is Regice, the rocky one is Regirock, and and the last one is registeel.

[@lexibyday9504]

I'd love to see all of these designs in pokemon style

[@FuzzySumasshu]

I love that the Game Informer magazine you showed had Legend of Dragoon on the cover, because straight up, that's what a lot of these designs reminded me of.

[@trustindean5164]

The trio at the end definitely feel like they were intended as the regional trio for Hoenn. The most likely thing I think is they were the prototype ideas for the regis before they pivoted and chose to base them more off of elemental golems instead. You can kinda see they have a similar design ethos as the legendary birds and beasts, so maybe they were angling for some kind of simian or dinosaur design before electing to change up the formula

[@ktvx.94]

I think the psycho dog maybe kinda got repurposed into Zygarde 10%, and the blue "generic monster thing" has some aspects that remind me of Dialga. I hadn't noticed the scorpion but now that you mention it, ot really seems like early Metagross.

[@ภคิณอาศุวัฒนกุล]

My theory for the last three is that instead of it being the last one that inspired the regis maybe they are all early designs of the regis. The first one is regice second is regirock and last is registeel.

[@siraaron4462]

In a different universe notch tried to make a creeper but due to a bug it turned out triangular. Instead of fixing it he turned it into cacturn

[@ImInAgonyLOL]

Psycho dog is straight up just a Megaten demon

[@tabletopnephilim4633]

Rock Gorilla sounds pretty awesome, ngl.

[@that-dude-friend]

15:54 Daily DnD reference thanks

[@OvenGlobalDomination]

Creepy pokemon who actually are... Nr1. Typhlosion

[@windsmith4048]

The last one could be a very early shedinja. The eyes and the chiton like armor, along with the colour look about right.

[@Gnoggin]

Ooo! I like that idea a lot

[@giboit.]

15:04 I wonder if the first one of those two beta designs could've been a very early concept for a potencial pseduo-legendaries. And I think this because the first one looks kinda like a quadruped blue dragon like salamence and 16:04 And I feel the second one looks like a design that ended up splitted and turned into two different pokemon. Specifically Slaking and Regigigas. It looks like giant gorilla with colors that remind me slaking and the rock-like appeareance (and white color) makes me think that it could've also been part of the concept for Regigigas (with them changing it to a pure normal type after they decided to create the other 3 regis). And slaking does shares some similarities to Regigigas. Both are pure normal-type pokemon with the same BST and also have abilities that hinder their performance in battle (Slaking having Truant and Regigigas having Slow Start).

[@alikatasmr1029]

Last one reminded me of the mixed up fossils. It looks like its head is on upside down or like it's belly up and "crab walking" while looking forward if that makes any sense.

[@DustyGogoat]

Wonderful analysis. All of your research helps make sense of these crazy concept Pokémon 😅

[@dylanlawson7129]

Definitely interesting when you take into account that Gen 3 was originally going to be a hard reboot to the franchise before they decided against that

[@ZionOrion3]

I'm just glad they beat the allegations

[@whatthemeep]

Cacturne’s concept art is nightmare fuel

[@TBG1]

Yes, and I LOVE it

[@KitsuNerezza]

And I'm living for it 🖤

[@GG-jn4dx]

Yes and it would have been welcomed in my Pokémon team 😂

[@ZeroDarkness-]

Reminded me another green thing that sneaking on you then last thing you heard is *Ssss* before 💥

[@aaronolson6736]

The craziest thing about the beta designs is that looking at them all without any Pokemon, a lot of them could pass as Digimon designs. The Blue "Legendary" is my favorite of the last three and looks like it would work very well for an Ice-Type

[@Segadud]

psychodog itself reminds me of a digimon that would've been made during the tamers anime

[@WonderfulNautilus-st6ru]

1:43 "Car furry" Disintegrates

[@ginichimaru8054]

13:56 it could have been insperation for steelix as well considering the shapes of the head and tail segments somewhat match

[@GreenOfFields]

The openings in a dinosaur’s skull (discounting eye sockets, nasal openings, etc) are called fenestrae (fenestra singular) and they helped reduce the weight of the animal’s skull, essential to growing up BIG!

[@anonyslime]

I feel like the ghost/psychic dog definitely has qualities of a Hound of Tindalos, a Cthulhu mythos monster "the Hounds are said to inhabit the angles of time, while other beings (such as humankind and all common life) descend from curves. " "It is said that they have long, hollow tongues or proboscises to drain victims' body-fluids." "They can materialize through any corner if it is fairly sharp-120° or less. When a Hound is about to manifest, it materializes first as smoke pouring from the corner, and finally the head emerges followed by the body."

[@evanmaus4794]

Wonder if you will cover the beta Pokemon from the teraleak like the gen 3 sprites and all that

[@blackcat09tails55]

10:41 early deino

[@lynx4082]

1:09 christ that hurts

[@richiesca11y3]

“psychodog” design wise also reminds me of a thylacine or tasmanian tiger. The yokai inspiration also makes sense here because one of the last known living thylacine was kept in a zoo before dying due to its handler accidentally forgetting to open its shelter at night.

[@LabMatt]

Cacturne looks like one of those "what if Minecraft Creeper was realistic?!?!?!" drawings

[@oucyan]

I think PSYCHODOG might be based on the Hounds of Tindalos from the H.P. Lovecraft Mythos.

[@kevinthedot]

Saw some interesting discussions on them before. For the dog, a lot of people were mentioning the Hound of Tindalos, which is a freaky extradimensional skeletal time dog from extended Cthulhu mythos.

[@HarukoJisan]

4:15 Angy Leopard Geckos sound really cute, but I always feel bad for scaring them

[@dizzard5297]

The unown obelisk Pokemon gives me strong Ultra Beast vibes. Makes you wonder if this design (and designs like it over the years like Sigilyph) kind of paved the way for them to go with the Ultra Beast concept in gen 7.

[@vickykitty9492]

14:40 wanted to let you know that the image you used is a Whip Spider, not a Whip Scorpion. Two different arachnids, both are horrifying. ✨

[@D.calico]

Dude, would you considere doing a video about the design of Pokemon protags? How the design changed from the 90s, the recent Danganronpa influence, the regional and culture, etc

[@Shinntoku]

Danganronpa influence?

[@MonoHerobrine]

You know, these designs could work and become something akin to Ultra Beasts and Paradox Pokemon. Call them "Nightmares", Pokemon that manifest themselves from the dreams of the most evil / wrapped minds of humans or the nightmares of tortured / tormented of people. I could see a Legendary "Nightmare" Pokemon, perhaps the first ever "Nightmare" Pokemon to be created, to use its energy / power to bring to life these horrific Pokemon. Their designs, much like these beta desgined Pokemon, could be a mixture of both original "Nightmare" creations and "Nightmare" versions of already existing Pokemon. If only I were good at drawing, I would love to make my own Fakemon game using this idea now... :c

[@taiyo888]

17:00 almost makes me think of Necrozma. Like maybe they came back to this when it was time to design him.

[@fearjunkie]

Given how angular Psychodog's design are, it might be a reference to the Hounds of Tindalos, extradimensional entities from the Cthulhu mythos who could only enter our reality via 90 degree angles.

[@Super_Top_Secret_Area]

Just to clarify something about the armored scorpion: that image isn't depicting a 3 stage family. The drawing on the lower left is just the same monster on the lower right, but as seen from above. This fits perfectly with the scratchpads found among ORAS files. There we can see some esrly sprites for Metagross and Beldum, but also a very rough sprite of what would eventually become Metang, still lacking many details compared to Metagross (who was essentially finished) and Beldum (who had an earlier, more literal dumbbell design).

[@MagicalTalkingPony]

For whatever reason, the holes on the blue monster made me think of Hydrothermal vents. They have that same glow to them, and with how odd it looks it almost resembles a deep sea creature that would be down there.

[@nickinator1389]

The second to last one you thought could be a Groundon beta when I first saw it looks to me like a possible Giant Sloth/Megatherium! It’s possible it’s a beta slaking showing how strong and powerful it would later end up to be

[@noahpina2148]

I wish they kept that creepy/monster ascetic. As an artist these really do look interesting and creative. Also makes the trade mark Pocket monsters more accurate lol.

[@RJS2003]

That last concept art creature absolutely gives off Shedinja vibes. The colours and even eyes are very similar.

[@noahlayne4634]

I may have seen this somewhere on another video, but I think the ghost dog looking thing may have been a very very early idea that would become Zygarde (10% form at least). Mostly based on the fact it seems very much it's trying to convey something being built anatomically (with the visible nerves and appendages that disappear into nothing). Thought it was a pretty cool theory.

[@KitsuNerezza]

10:31 They kind of give me "Diamond Dog from EarthBound" vibes; actually, they wouldn't look out of place in the Mother series!

[@Gnoggin]

Aren't Mother's creatures designed by Creatures Inc. too? hmmmmm

[@KitsuNerezza]

@Gnoggin Several developers that worked on Mother and EarthBound went on to work on Pokémon games in the following years, so it's definitely possible they were inspired by concept art from the Mother series, and even by characters that made it into the game (namely the final boss Giegue/Giygas being a great example to what probably influenced a good chunk of Mewtwo's design and even some of its' backstory and motivations)!

[@mastermarkus5307]

@KitsuNerezza After hearing about that fact a while ago, I was really disappointed by the lack of character in many Pokémon NPCs and the storylines, but I guess these people weren't necessarily the _writers._

[@noahberan6498]

Beta Pokemon are cool, but what about the greatest real Pokemon, Oricorio? They have some awesome origins too

[@willow9490]

Do you think that Unknown obelisk thing might’ve eventually become Stakataka?

[@MsTerkup]

Absolutely adore the monoloith gecko as a gecko owner myself, I'd love it if they cam back to that concept! It has some real potential

[@djhanirharrissmith4494]

I think that the 3 designs starting from 14:49 were probably original designs for the regi trio. It would make sense considering how they all seem to be related and more monster like which is thematic for Pokemon at that time. They most likely pivoted to the current regi design as golems had not truly been present by that point in Pokémon.