Designing NEW POKEMON! - Fossils

[@amolivejuice5063]

Lol at Tartusk’s Pokédex entry where “DNA” actually says “DND”. Autocorrect has exposed your weekend gaming habits!

[@thepanelbiter9915]

Clearly it was on purpose and this elephant could not pause his DND game for three minutes so he could get out of the tar pit.

[@mslightbulb]

Bold of you to assume we weren’t aware already.

[@holypotato4702]

waiting to say r/woooosh

[@TheUltima_Werewolf]

@@holypotato4702 Man do I hear wind?

[@Subjectively]

The best part is, I don’t even play DND. I just type that a lot for clients and commissions 😂

[@brennanshaw99]

I feel rock ghost would also be a really cool idea for the asteroid, saying that the spirits of the cataclysm still haunt the asteroid giving it life and sentience

[@LuckyArceus]

I think rock/psychic would also work because of it being from space.

[@marcoasturias8520]

I feel that would be a different concept. His implies the thing was alive even when it was an asteroid, not that it gained sentience... However, yours is a neat idea too!

[@yiklongtay6029]

I think that an amber-encrusted fossil pokemon can serve as a great counterpart to your tar-covered fossil pokemon. If you have the time, maybe design an amber pokemon. CHixulub will instead be the solo edgy third fossil pokemon. Like how Omastar and Kabuto are counterparts while Aerodactyl was the third badass addition. EDIT: Eric Burton suggested an amber Ironclad beetle native to Mexico. This sounds amazing ....and I lost my heart from subjectivity for editing my comment to add that blurb ^ .... Dang.

[@yiklongtay6029]

I wanted an amber insect since those are the most common amber fossils. But pairing a tiny bug with an elephant-ish species doesn't make sense. Maybe a prehistoric reptile with crusty and cracking amber skin

[@ericburton3963]

@@yiklongtay6029 yeah! It could also be somewhat based on the ironclad beetles native to mexico that are known for their toughness, heck because they are so slow and heavy (due to having such a strong shell) some people even bedazzle them and use them as living jewelry which would fit well with the amber theme as lots of people wear amber jewelry

[@Brydav_Massbear]

Technically Aerodactyl is a amber fossil, but at first glance, you would not be able to tell that it came from a piece of amber. So it’s a waste.

[@yiklongtay6029]

@@ericburton3963 SOmeone Get Jack on this. The hardness of amber really works with the idea of a tough-shell beetle. A dwebble situation. It might be cool if a NPC gifts you their amber jewelry to help you on your journey

[@TheSuperBlandman]

How about a rock and grass type based on sacred Mayan flowers? A combination of brightly coloured petals and growth like chunks of amber which will begin to resemble fruit?

[@kingshpleebz6929]

"Mammuck" would have also been a fitting name for Tartusk

[@kabelguy70]

Subjectively needs to see this

[@theofficalchairmanrevoluti614]

@@kabelguy70 Yeah.

[@biohazard724]

I like Messtodon

[@chaconut6431]

@@biohazard724 mammuck and messtodon could be alternate evolutions

[@ActualTrash8]

Elegoop also could have been called gloophant

[@ninjapotatolorf6237]

*Slaps an Eviolite on Elegoop* "This bad boy can take so many hits!"

[@buckygree3619]

don't even have to worry about knock off either

[@mateesery4448]

Yeah when i first saw those stats i thought they were crazy lol. That thing has better bulk than meganium lmao.

[@JohnZ-]

But we all know how much ppl like Earthquake and Earth Power in Smogon

[@GigaZX91]

man can work with trick room pokemon

[@ActualTrash8]

*Toxic stalling*

[@blob7963]

I remember seeing an idea on reddit where you can give your fossil to one scientist and they'll give you a form based on the old lizard depiction of dinosaurs) and if you give it to another scientist it will look more feathery

[@Aghul]

For a 3-stage fossil: How about something that represents how the first animals came to live on land? Like, the first stage it's still some prehistoric fish kind of thing, the next stage it becomes kinda amphibious and in its final evolution it's a fully land-dwelling creature that possibly has changed its typing from water to ground type. Maybe that would be a neat idea for a regional variant of Relicanth, if not for an outright fossil pokemon?

[@swsamp8397]

That sounds like Tiktaalik, but I’m not sure if that would work as Tiktaalik are from Canada. Maybe for a Canadian region, but probably not here.

[@F.RO.H]

@@swsamp8397 But tiktaalik originated from whats today is the amazon river

[@Missingno_Miner]

@@swsamp8397 I didn't know about the Tiktaalik's existence, and you just inspired a fossil mon in a fakemon dex for a Canadian region I've been working on! Thanks!

[@pedrof7101]

now this is epic

[@Mattno.777]

@@F.RO.H The Amazon River is in *south* america not *Central*

[@Subjectively]

Okay, good. No one has noticed that shiny Tartusk and Elegoop look like they're covered in poop. Phew.

[@leebawt]

It looks like mud don’t worry.

[@insertgenericusernamehere2517]

@Alexander Jones h u h

[@Mattno.777]

Lets Just Assume The Brown is Their Normal Skin Color and Pattern, And the Green is Just Wasabi.

[@emilymonahan5232]

e l e p o o p

[@unluckychucky3979]

w h a t

[@desrochessimon3044]

I like to imagine Chixulob as the common ancestor of Lunatone, Solrock and Minior.

[@BugBoy0911]

Also kinda reminds me of Gigalith!

[@Mattno.777]

@@BugBoy0911 makes sense.

[@hausofluzon]

@@BugBoy0911 exactly

[@jmkap2014]

The eye gives me vibes of the Beldum line as well! A Chixulob crashing and shattering into what would become their ancestors for this region would be an interesting story to what the hell beldum is.

[@ujaanchatterjee5694]

Yeah But it would not be correct for Lunatone and Solrock because the were discovered recently somewhere around the events of gen 3 when the both crashed on Earth Lunatone being a part of the moon and Solrock being a piece of rock from the sun They have some similarities like their crashing on earth. But they can only be called distant relatives rather than common ancestors

[@catherineling5437]

Chixulob: Likes crashing into things at high speeds Also Chixulob: Has a base attack of 40

[@randomguy9305]

also has a speed of 105

[@andrewcotter2036]

I mean, going fast and crashing into things doesn't require physical strength, just speed.

[@TheLigones]

How about Chixulobs ability being along the lines of this: Harsh Impact: this Pokemon's physical moves do increased damage, but also damage the user. Like a built in life orb but only for physical attacks, like how meteors hit hard but break apart on impact

[@Subjectively]

Oooh that works a lot better. Like every move becomes a recoil move. I like that a lot.

[@gilduinstevens7971]

@@Subjectively wouldnt it then be to overpowerd like wouldnt it be better if its like Higher change of Crits but also damages the user if it Hits

[@Falinks31]

@@gilduinstevens7971 no.

[@Falinks31]

Smack another life orb, or even a choice band and this thing will hit like a truck!

[@lagartopunkarra]

@@gilduinstevens7971 oh, so when a fish dino abomination is op it's ok, but when a meteor acts like a meteor it's suddenly too op

[@lazyurchin]

Chixulob: appears Draco meteor: this is to go... Even further beyond!

[@Mattno.777]

Imagine Chixulob using that in the Anime. He just summons other Chixulobs to Kill the Enemy.

[@sammask926]

For a fossil animal: Maybe a Pokémon that could be the “in between” of the development of early man that has more ape like features with stereotypical caveman details For a fossil plant: there’s a prehistoric plant called a giant hare’s foot fern, so maybe a fern monster with rabbit like features that can be like a gentle giant Pokémon

[@insertobligatoryreferenceh489]

It would be nice to have a plant-based fossil (sea lilies are animals last time I checked), and plants that reproduced via spores were common when life was first developing on land.

[@mitchellmeyer6688]

Ape wouldn't really make sense for a mexico region. Humans evolved in ethiopia/east africa

[@karar.kendall4872]

I think ichthyornis or fossilized spruce branch.

[@loregoblin3854]

I like the idea of the rabbit fern pokémon! I was thinking that for a fossil pokémon, it'd be interesting to combine the idea of collecting a lot of little pieces, with the evolution of the pokémon. so like, maybe the first stage is alive but it looks kinda off, like maybe it could stand to grow a little? then you collect more pieces and the pokémon uses them in evolution to basically revive more of itself from the fossils you found and add to its body, and the final form is basically the full pokémon reassembled correctly. it'd be like using an evolution item, like a king's rock or something, but more literal. I think some kind of plant or fungus would be the best inspiration for something like that.

[@prexp9026]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/habUd4iaprOMnsk This video could serve as inspiration for all the in-between fossils

[@LostStarCelestial]

meteor crash: does massive damage to all pokemon on the field including itself

[@LostStarCelestial]

@@willuigi64 well no it would be more like halve all damage to every pokemon on the field but massive is more dramatic

[@quinnfinity9750]

well i think the way it is is mostly fine, depending on how much damage it actually does. as long as all other Pokemon on the field includes friendly Pokemon in team or double battles. though it loosing health as well could be a good balancer. It would be bad for random encounters though, requiring either many potions or constant stops to the pokecenter.

[@nineix9438]

an aoe move like earthquake, but with some sizeable recoil

[@Albert-yu1cg]

@@nineix9438 so just borrow mind blown from blacephalon

[@nineix9438]

@@Albert-yu1cg i haven't played gen 7, but if that's how that move works then yeah

[@buddyy31]

How about a pseudo legendary based on an axolotl, we rarely get to see them in Pokémon games, so that would be interesting, and there can be another one based on a scorpion

[@smoliv.]

Y E S

[@masonmurphy5005]

Wooper but big

[@christiansorgente9553]

We got a lot of axolotl like Swampert or Wooper. I think a cool bug-type scorpion would be a better idea

[@zoidberg7413]

i had two ideas toxolotl or hexolotl

[@Trekov1]

@@masonmurphy5005 *YES*

[@deltaomnitrix1058]

Hey, why don't you draw a ghost type evolution for eevee that represents the day of the dead? And instead of being inspired by a curse or something, this ghostly evolution of eeve protects its trainer or friends from other Ghost Pokémon that attack them representing that the dead take care of us in the afterlife.

[@Mattno.777]

Thats Genius, What if You Make its Looks inspired by Benevolent Spirits and Fae Like Creatures?

[@ghgelu]

Thats a great idea, and how about evee evolves into its ghost form if its friendship with the Trainer is high and it faints in battle ?

[@tERMO980]

Kinda like the Xoloitzcuintle myth. Quite fitting.

[@victzegopterix2]

Because eeveelutions have only special types and ghost type is a physical type.

[@thequinnimator]

@@victzegopterix2 that’s not how it works (I think)

[@RedSailsAhead]

Oh! I have an idea for the 3rd one. Sometimes fossils will get opalized, perhaps you could do a fossil pokemon based off of opalized wood!

[@Subjectively]

Another awesome idea! I really like these concepts for different methods of fossilization!

[@caleb2184]

Fairy/rock type?

[@reamonexcelsior8581]

There is a species of butterflies called greta oto which have glass-like wings. They can be found in some Latin American countries. The point is, may you can mix the opalized fossils concept with the glass-like wings of an ambar-trapped insect

[@kuchenjaeger2164]

@@reamonexcelsior8581 Just looked them up. Theywould be amazing as a fossil mon with amber/opal wings.

[@ToaCody1]

I have an idea that can work with this. While browsing Wikipedia pages for inspiration, I found that within Mexican amber have been found a species of termite and a species of termite bug. This makes me think of a line of termite-like Pokemon that in their day were fused with the trees they lived off of, which after fossilization and revival are now opalized wood.

[@kasinokaiser1319]

Tyrunt, Tyrantrum, Amaura, Aurorus, Aerodactyl, Kabuto, Kabutops, Omanyte, Omastar, Anorith, Armaldo, Lilleep, Cradilly, Craniodos, Rampardos, Shieldon, Bastiodon, Archen, Archaeops, Tirtuoga, and Carracosta: You took away everything from us Chixulob: I don't even know who you are

[@suchomimustenerensis]

A lot of these Pokémon aren’t even based on animals that lived until then ☠️(The Tyrantrum,Omastar,Rampardos and Carracosta lines are the only ones based on animals that lived until the end of the Mesozoic)

[@kasinokaiser1319]

@@suchomimustenerensis I kind of implied that all fossil Pokemon just existed together in some vague prehistoric age and Chixulob was what turned all of them into fossils

[@dragonicdoom3772]

For a fossil plant, maybe you could have one that represents the evolution of plants. So starting out as a little moss monster (as its believed the first land plant to have appeared was an early form of moss and liverwort). The second stage would be a fern of some kind as this was one of the earliest complex plants to become very widespread. Finally, a full on conifer tree as these were pretty common during the Carboniferous. What's interesting is they had very few branches, almost entirely located at the very top of the tree. Maybe this concept could be fused with sauropods, where the long neck is like the massive branchless trunks of the conifer trees? Then you could add in some lore that they're the ancestors to pokemon like Toterra and Tropius.

[@Mattno.777]

Umm. Isnt Torterra more Closely Related to Blastoise than a Fricking Tree? (Hes a Turtle with a Tree on its back, not the other way around).

[@yuri_gab9256]

Chixulob should have high ATK stats, he is a damn meteor, it should be high, or he uses draco meteor

[@galacticgila219]

My fossil mons are all super standard aside from one; It’s gonna be a Plesiosaur that wasn’t fully revived- making it a ghost water type! The Pokémon’s spirit clinging to what parts of it managed to revive

[@piyo744]

Shouldn't it be ghost-rock? All pure fossil Pokemon are part rock.

[@finncassieandbrodyadventur4487]

Dreepy... Not a fossil but same idea. Sorry for being buzkill

[@drewbydoo8945]

@@piyo744 In my opinion, the fact that all fossil pokemon before gen 8 were part rock type was really boring and repetitive. I honestly hope that fossil mons from here on out will ditch that trend.

[@galacticgila219]

@@piyo744 true, but like Drew mentioned- I feel like after Gen 8 we might actually see fossil mons with out the rock type! Also the area you get the fossil Pokémon is based on Alberta- essentially Canada’s main hub for palaeontology, so I like to think the fossil Pokémon from a Canada based region would be more complete

[@galacticgila219]

@@josephrench7310 I mean my fossil Pokémon- as in from my fake region-

[@AustinJASMR]

I'm just imagining the animation for Elegoop being it strictly moving it's head, or at the very least seems to be struggling to move it's lower half.

[@wesley_3201]

I feel like the elephants should have had their trunks raised as a last ditch effort to breathe before dying, but then they get stuck like that

[@faberquidam]

too morbid for pokemon i’d say

[@wesley_3201]

@@faberquidam If you believe that, then I would avoid reading any dex entry for ghost types

[@ilikegoblo4665]

@@faberquidam It’s not that bad, don’t think Pokemon would be that over sensitive

[@scavorthespacecowboy2096]

@@ilikegoblo4665 you have a problem with a pokemon just tryna breathe but not with a pokemon grabbing little children that have never been found again

[@ilikegoblo4665]

@@scavorthespacecowboy2096 I’m disagreeing with the person saying it’s too morbid and supporting your view point. I’m not sure you actually read into the context

[@ZorgoXorgon]

Tartusk's info: "DND" instead of "DNA" Me: Resurrected from DnD you say? Tartusk = EleLich!

[@ScrapperTBP]

An idea of the third fossil: a raptor. The evolution line could be 2 stage with a third stage coming from another fossil that gives it feathers. The second stage is how people in the region think it looked like but the player discovers that it was actually missing something. And those feathers can give it a second typing

[@mr.sandman7339]

I'm thinking it would be like type:null and silvally having almost identical stats and appearances but taking the helmet off makes it faster. The feathers could change its ability, too.

[@cstorry1268]

that's actually not a bad idea.

[@Restles5Time]

Chixulob feels like it could be a mythical tbh

[@indesomniac]

i’m always a sucker for “alien” pokémon so i’m super excited about chixulob

[@ma3mc3mu-X]

I've seen combined "Fossil" Pokemon on Instagram and their evolved forms actually _help_ their existence. One of them is a Dragon/Psychic sabre-tooth tiger.

[@Ian_StoryhammerForge]

there are a lot of prehistoric creatures found in mexico, but one thing stuck out to me about my research on the subject: there have been multiple species of Pterosaurs that have also been found there. with that said, I'd suppose now would be an amazing time to make a scientifically accurate Pterosaur pokemon and Quetzelcoatlus would be PERFECT! Edit: I found another idea! Terror birds like Phorusrochus found their home near where mexico and both sut and central america are today. so may be a terror bird could be a counterpart to Elegoo and Tartusk?

[@gyrrakavian]

Abso-frikkin-lutley!

[@hunterblanchard6538]

I love both of the creatures you suggested

[@gyrrakavian]

Okay, but flying giraffe-lizard with a head longer than your torso. EDIT: Yes, the fossils for Quetzalcoatolus show evidence that the damn things could gallop.

[@PatrickCervantez]

Yes!! I was hoping someone would suggest terror birds!

[@finnkids7433]

What if it was an amber terror bird, with a hard beak and an encrusted tail, which it swings to hit enemies? A flightless Quetzalcoatlus could also be a great amber Pokémon, the pinnacles and peaks of amber resembling spiky wings ( very rounded, of course )

[@jackrutherford7351]

I think Elegoop and Tartusk should also have a signature move called Tar Pit, which acts as a terrain move. "The area was covered in sticky tar!" This lowers the speed of all grounded Pokemon (not Flying type, without Levitate and not affected by Magnet Rise), and Pokemon cannot be switched out - pretty good for keeping pivoting Pokemon on the field! Might also increase the damage of Fire moves when they hit grounded Pokemon. I can also see them shooting blobs of tar from their trunk, with a move called something like Tar Shot or Tar Ball. We need more special Rock moves, so this could be a contender. It could also have a chance to lower the target's Speed.

[@kingkreeps3669]

This is terrifying I deadass just had a dream last night about reviving a fossil pig pokemon that could jump really high and run super fast

[@Mattno.777]

You could Literraly Make That Real, Just base it on a Species of Boar Found in Mexico.

[@kingkreeps3669]

@@Mattno.777 Ohhhh interesting!!

[@thewanderers97]

There are actually extinct pig-like creatures (more related to hippos though) that were extremely powerful predators

[@bryantspears4901]

Here's some ideas for the 3-stage fossil. In May 2019, fossils of extinct bears and wolves were discovered by divers in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. Perhaps a dire bear or dire wolf inspired Pokémon would be interesting.

[@FattBaker]

First Impact: Upon entering the battlefield, the first move of this Pokémon always takes priority over its opponent's.

[@fransgreidanus5678]

Nice one

[@derekjones5419]

And it wouldn't be OP because of its garbage stats! Decent Defense at best on a Rock-type is just useless, and the higher attacking stat is 85? Hopefully their main source of food back then were Butterfree. Honestly the only way this thing gets any attention past PU is if it had Levitate.

[@candiednova]

ok i had an idea for the last one and a possibility for the main villains goal- it started with the idea of "what would happen if you found all the pieces of chixulob and put them togetther", and what if that was the villains end goal, to cause total destruction with this pokemon that had once destroyed most life that was once on this earth. i dont know how this could really fit with the theme you guys want to go with for this region but i thought it was neat :] maybe that pokemon would be a legendary?

[@ypob2007]

I think that the asteroid one should have an ability called “momentum”: “during five turns the pokemon will double it’s speed every turn” and make its speed be 5 (5-10-20-40-80-160)

[@ghostly_cicada3276]

Then to balance it it could lose half of its possible health after the five turns is up so its like its crashing into something

[@ypob2007]

@@ghostly_cicada3276 nah, that’be bad, maybe it would reset every seven turns or after the five turns it would halve its def and sp.def?

[@Cpl.Weekend]

@@ypob2007 maybe it resets after it uses a physical move as if it crashed. the ability could boost the speed in the same way you said, but it would also build up the damage until that physical move. the downside being an amount of damage dealt to itself based on the momentum level it is currently on. the more momentum, the more speed and damage.

[@ypob2007]

@@Cpl.Weekend dude, he said that there would be one more fossil, these one could possibly be a mythical (the meteor) (shards scattered around a secret dlc/event place) so it has to be op, even if it isn’t mythical, fossils are ussually after the 2/3 or 3/4 of the game, so they don’t need to be balanced at all, only the reset thing that i said is pretty dang bad for the mon because it is basically a slow start but nerfed

[@ypob2007]

@@Cpl.Weekend also, the defense and special defense thing would be restored after two turns of the reset, meaning that the pokemon lost it’s outer crust and lost it defense, but regenerated as if magnetized some magnetics rocks or something into it, and it could even change its appearance

[@enklaev1933]

I'm OBSESSED with the idea of elegoop I'm almost angry you made this beautiful creation cause now I know I'll never be able to catch it

[@timothyluscombe1876]

The final evolution reminds me of the drunken elephants from dumbo, but I really like it

[@DarthBrutal]

A great 3 stage fossil for Mexico would be Sloths. Could start small like modern ones and become an enormous giant like the ancient ground sloths

[@triplea5490]

I would sincerely love to see a rock/grass-type pokémon based of a type Petrified wood called xilopala, in which the organic tissues in trees/tree like plants is raplacede by opal

[@camerontipton2269]

It could be a sudowodo regional variant

[@MurcuryEntertainment]

A potential compliment to Chixulob could be a meteor shower inspired pokemon, like the persieds event that happens every year. I feel like it would be more steel+fairy type. A wish granting rock from space.

[@geckogamer1413]

different ability for Chixulob: every attack it does it has a chance to deal massive damage but at a cost of some hp

[@Trekov1]

so like a mega critical hit

[@christiansorgente9553]

@@Trekov1 maybe sniper but a different name

[@sidneyreading1103]

thats just a crit

[@LukaFireIce13]

bruh that's just Super Luck, gives a higher crit ratio

[@finncassieandbrodyadventur4487]

Give it a 50% crit rate lol that broken

[@waldobaez4751]

i think for chixulub it would be fun to hav an original attack call “extinction” where it takes down 25% of all pokemons in the team HP. I think diz should be an attack w consequences like after using it chixulub faints so its kinda a sacrifice but it also take 5% of your own team’s HP

[@Hi-there_]

Dang that meteor one looks so cool.

[@pumpthereal5802]

i made up a signature move for chixulob (basically accelerock but stronger) Meteor Dash Type: Rock Category: Physical PP: 15 (max. 24) Power: 60 Accuracy: 90% Priority: +1 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock The user smashes into the target at high speeds. This move always goes first. (10% chance to flinch)

[@ihavenolyfe3352]

6:44 Ah yes after being resurrected from DND preserved in tar

[@Maelmc_]

I like the idea behind Chixulob, but I think its stats doesn't match with what it is. Yeah sure it's a rock so a high defense seems logical, but it's still a meteorite inspired from what made the dinosaurs extinct so a really high Attack stats would really make sence. With this high Attack stat, it could use moves like Head Smash, Flare Blitz and Explosion, which are really powerful physical moves that hurt (kill for Explosion) the user, much like how the Pokémon was scattered everywhere when it collided with Earth.

[@ElPaNDuH]

Honestly i was surprised one of the prehistoric pokemon wasn’t based on the Megatherium or the giant ground sloth. Its fossils were discovered in South America so it seems like a shoo-in

[@BlueVortecz]

Mexico had a variant of similar animal called the Megalonyx, I think the two species would be good stages for a prehistoric mammal pokemon. But I supposed we'd need something interesting to add some flair. Both were quite hunched entities. Perhaps a Fighting type that grow from a lazy hunchback to a powerful chest puffing fighter, utilizing its long limbs to clothesline enemies.

[@rockboiler1029]

@@BlueVortecz You could mix Megalonyx with its sloth-like siblings and maybe a Therizinosaurus too, since they are both known for having long claws. The family that Megalonyx comes from, the Megalonychids, found their way from Central America to North America by 'Island Hopping' so maybe water could be incorporated into their design? Also them, along with the Therizinosaurus, are known for being able to stand on their hind legs to reach the tops of trees. Their ability could play off this, calling it "high reach" or something and could allow them to hit flying types/levitation with ground type moves and maybe even allow them to hit pokemon who use Fly.

[@dalekrenegade2596]

@@rockboiler1029 You know since Therizinosaurus was found in Mongolia, I thought of a fossilmon with inspirations from it and the hun warriors. Imagine it would a big and heavyset body with a thick feather coating in addition to steel protective covering that resemble the hun's armor. The iconic claws would be take inspiration from the swords the huns used. I'd imagine it as a rock/steel type.

[@rockboiler1029]

@@dalekrenegade2596 yeahhh I like that, there's so much you could do with that

[@mythicmud837]

I can imagine the little elephant being very slow, because it gets stuck in tar while walking, kinda sad

[@crabbyink9849]

I imagine that it's legs are completely rigid

[@Keb1c]

The meteor pokemon is so cool I hope something like it comes in the future

[@joshuaarceo9938]

Elegoop is very cute and its coloration look fantastic while Tartusk is dope.Chixolub is very dope especially the shiny.

[@itsbishop6002]

Plant fossil Pokémon immediately in my head sounds like a petrified wood Pokémon I could see the rings of the tree having a big focus where they glow or are even unaligned like a gyro. But it wouldn’t have much of a plant feel so I don’t know

[@anjealousanaconda9692]

A sabortooth tiger would be another cool fossil. Also I would really love to see a fairy type hummingbird

[@kadie119]

Imagine him going to Nintendo and saying "I can do better"

[@Dobbie.]

Nintendo: *cease , and P E R I S H*

[@hunterblanchard6538]

What a power move

[@tunnedra4181]

For Chixolob’s ability could be the first time it’s on the field it goes first no matter what. I think it’s an ok ability since it kinda fits with the pokemon.

[@galactikittyy]

The ability could work like reverse stealth rock, do the same damage to pokemon on the field as stealth rock would do to them when it enters the field. I don't think that'd be too unfair.

[@caleb2184]

Teleport would be a great way to safely pivot them in to do massive damage to quadruple weak to rock. Great idea, love it!

[@sanguinetales]

the meteor pokemon should have had 2 forms depending on which heart core you give it. Meteor heartcore from one crater can make it fire rock the other can be Comet heartcore making it ice steel

[@cotybostian544]

I love these designs! They would easily be some of my favorite fossil mon if they were real.

[@jaslyn3705]

Elegoop is too cute ^^ i imagine it to blow a tar bubble everytime it breathes thats stuck at one of its nostrils. Gooey would make a fantastic hidden ability.

[@2d20kobolds3]

How about the Desmodus Draculae, which was a "giant" vampire bat found in mexico. It supposedly fed on other mega fauna. We don't really have any three stage bats, or dark and/or ghost type fossils. So there is room to do something unique with it

[@demonkingsparda]

I could also see this as a pseudo legendary if you mix its design with Camazotz, the Mayan bat god

[@humourlessjester3584]

I love the idea of the extinction meteor being a fossil pokemon, but part of me feels like there's enough lore to this concept that it could pass as a legendary/mythical status. Perhaps a hyperbeast that sealed many pokemon in its time into a fossilized state after it crashed into earth and breaking into a thousand pieces.

[@Brydav_Massbear]

I think the next fossil Pokémon should be based on Mexican Amber mixed with a prehistoric insect. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_amber

[@josephm.6154]

I think it would be cool if there was a 3 stage ghost type Pokémon with its evolutions based on the stages of an bones being preserved at a museum, starting of as dissembled bones and ending in its displayed form with museum wires holding it up

[@luckybenjamin6815]

There was a small typo I think it said: After being resurrected from dnd Instead of: After being resurrected from dna In the Tartusk part

[@RE_Cope-Powell]

From a competitive standpoint, Chixulob is very intriguing. Depending on what moves it would get, like setup moves or speed control, the ability would have a fairly big impact. When you need a OHKO, just send it out to disable Focus Sash and other full HP abilities like Multiscale. Cool concept. And as for inspiration, the Argentavis Magnificens could be the third line in a bird-inspired fossil (The largest bird to ever exist with a wingspan if 6-7 meters).

[@dhampir_days]

me, a giant pokémon fan and paleontology enthusiast: *nodding in absolute joy*

[@PostwarTester10]

I think a cool counterpart to Elegoop and Tartusk would be a Pterosaur, specifically the ornithocheirus. It has large wings, that fold in almost like blades. I think it could be covered in amber plates, that have become apart of it's body. I like to imagine it being a very snobbish pokemon, that loves to look shiny and clean. It would probably be fast to avoid attacks making it dirty, and it maybe be a special attacker, prefering to attack at distance, as to not risk it's plates cracking. I'd love to know what you think!

[@geesegalore5594]

6:45 "After being resurrected from *Dungeons and Dragons* preserved in tar-"

[@onionninja8625]

To be honest, a tar covered undead mammoth would be an interesting encounter

[@remyang8140]

This is not really connected with a fossil pokemon but, I suggest a mid-game Fairy-type starts very adorable but as they evolve, they will look more fearsome like Granbull or Zacian that are not you're stereo-typical "cute fairy types". You could draw inspirations from Alebrijes which are brightly colored mexican mini-sculptures of fantasy creatures. One example is Mama Imelda's own Alibrije named Pepita from Coco. Hope you like this suggestion!😊😊

[@alexboyce1100]

someone should make a fan game using these design it would be cool

[@DONUTDONUTDONUTDONUTDONUT]

Personally I think Chixulob would make more work better as a Rock/Dragon type, in the sense that in Pokémon, Dragon types are often associated with a sort of cosmic energy and immense power. Plus it does kinda look the part, dragons don’t always have to be oversized lizards, look at Goomy.

[@Jman20077]

I’d like to see a Venus fly trap as the last fossil Pokémon

[@sergioortiz7124]

I live in Chicxulub, in the Yucatán Peninsula! It's so surreal seeing a Pokémon inspired (and named) after it! :D Love your designs!

[@The_Nailsmith]

I can tell by the thumbnail we’re getting a proper mammoth Pokémon Edit: woo legendary fossil Pokémon!

[@Nightlight_Latte]

These fossils are really neat, especially Chixulob! As far as ideas for the other fossil, maybe some sort of ancient carnivorous plant? Or just a plant in general, like the first recorded flowering plant.

[@sharksuperiority9736]

I personally don’t like the gen 8 fossils. It’s a great concept but they’re just sad monstrosities who are likely in constant pain Also aren’t the La Brea Tarpits in the Northern US? Seeing this finished designs, I love the designs and concepts behind the tarpit Pokemon Chixulob is significantly less cool, but I see what you did there with its shiny

[@OrionoftheStar]

@Subjectively How about a trio based on hadrosaurs? Mexico has a number of them. You could go from Velafrons, which had a small crest, to Magnapaulia, which had a bigger one, to Lambeosaurus, which had a magnificent, absolutely fantastic crest. Magnapaulia is the biggest of the three, but I thought basing the evolution on the crest would be more interesting than just size. The nasal cavities extended up into the crest to create what is generally assumed to be a resonance chamber, letting them create very loud, very deep noises. You could create musical dinosaurs! The Aztecs were known for using 7 different kinds of conch shell trumpets, such as the quiquizitli and atecocolli, which had sacred associations. There were also associated with the wind deity Ehécatl who blew life into things with the wind, like how a musician breathes life into music through an instrument. The hadrosaur's cranial crest could be modified into an instrument like the conch. A sound- and wind-based dinosaur with an Aztec theme, possibly with a signature move or ability providing healing, would be pretty different from any of the fossil Pokemon we have so far. ALTERNATIVELY... Fossils in Pokemon often have something connecting them thematically, which a hadrosaur doesn't really do with a mammoth and an asteroid. Of course, having the three fossils be a non-evolving Pokemon, a 2-stage evolution, and a 3-stage evolution already breaks from that... but we could go in another direction to relate the new Pokemon to the fossils already existing ones. For instance, basing it on time period with post-dinosaur extinct species. Mexico has a number of medium to giant land sloths; Xibalbaonyx , Nohochichak, and Nothrotherium, for instance. I believe the only sloth Pokemon so far are the Slakoth line, and land sloths have a very different profile than arboreal sloths, and move faster to boot. It could also be based on methods of preserving fossils--in this case, amber. Amber from Mexico even has its own name--Chiapas Amber. Rather than using it to get a touch of DNA to reconstruct a Pokemon like Aerodactyl, though, it would be for actually reviving the bug captured inside (or plant, if you prefer). Their designs could incorporate chunks of amber instead of chitin for the bug's body, and you could either got with a single bug, or with multiple different individual bugs that are all connected by the amber. If you did this one, there are a number of interesting ancient Mexican arthropods that have been preserved like this, many of which would make an interesting basis for a Pokemon. Anbarrhacus is a millipede who's antennae end in a club-like structure; Praerelicta is an ant whose propodeum (the first segment of the abdomen) has spikes; Mastrotermes Electomexicus is a termite (which are sadly underrepresented in Pokemon), although the only outstanding feature about it is its name; and Tityus Apozonalli is a scorpion, which is basically everything you need to know about it.

[@7thchariot324]

Ok i have a weird idea, their is an extinct species of giant sloth, what if the fossil Pokémon was a Masian Slakoth, evolves Masian Vigeroth and has a new final form more giant sloth like, it would be an interesting new approach of fossil pokemon and also gives love to both slakoth and this cool extinct species

[@gibbsterV]

the Chixulob shard should be one of the mini shards you see next to it and the tusk fossil should be kinda like the other fossils but its darker and looks like the minerals hardened as it was dripping and a small tusk on top but not brown like the others since it is intact in tar it hasn't lost it's colour an idea for the pseudo legendary is make it based on a Mexican Spiny Tailed Iguana, maybe. it's just an idea

[@carsongulseth8874]

More Gigantamax!!! Scorpion legendary pokemon Chixulob's ability would do damage to itself.

[@MidnyteSketch]

I love that linework technique, it worked extremely well in all 3 designs! Excellent work, as always.

[@TheUltima_Werewolf]

Fun Time Fact: Scientists are speculating that we are in a new time period, The Anthropocene, because we are in the middle of a mass extinction event, but it is currently unknown on when it actually started started.

[@bryantspears4901]

what exactly is the mass extinction event in question?

[@kintaro1851]

@@bryantspears4901 Climate change. Many animals aren´t able to adapt to it, a fast as its happening.

[@molol_potions5267]

thats not fun at all :( hope the human race stops killing everything

[@huntercady3756]

As a way to balance first impact the pokemon could receive recoil damage, which might make sense since it is "crashing" into battle. So it should receive 1/3 of the highest damage dealt. So if in a double battle, as an example Chixulob comes in and deals 90 points of damage to one pokemon and 120 to the other chixulob would receive 40 points in recoil damage. Then idk if you mentioned it, but it should also affect any ally pokemon on the field.

[@aaronking1181]

The LOZ music was a hit for me. If it is LOZ, I guess. If not I'm a fool.

[@darkpulsegirl2627]

To me, the first one sounded like a remix of botw's great fairy fountain (possibly a lofi one!)

[@cecerafferty5570]

Definitely LoZ, I heard the Song of Storms in there!

[@SashedPotato]

I think a good fossil pokemon idea would draw from both prehistoric animals and mayan-aztec culture. It could be a doedicurus, which was a giant armadilo of the eocene americas, but instead of its signature shell, could bare various pieces of ruins, eventually being a large mayan pyramid. The lore could involve ancient civilisations of the maza region worshipping the remains and decorating them with stone carvings, which could create an interesting rock type. It could add grass type if overgrown vines were included, or psychic if the ancient ruins were magical in nature

[@miguelangelo6509]

Pokedex - "CHIXULOB(...) they do all tend to have volatile personalities, and enjoy crashing into solid objects at high speeds." Me - how the hell an asteroid has atk 40 and sp.atk 85 ???, but screw it, it's a great design

[@tokuyou3811]

as someone who used to volunteer at la brea tarpits before the pandemic hit, seeing you use the tar as a basis for a mammoth in mexico is highly amusing. honestly the tar idea is hugely unexplored in fossil pokemon as a whole, probably because a majority of tar fossils are not non avian dinosaurs. i think more fossilized bug pokemon or something like the saber tooth cat, which you did show off in the video, would be great inspirations for the next fossil design.

[@miria3422]

I have never clicked so fast on anything in my life. Thank you so much for this video!

[@WeekdayNerds]

Makes me wonder how Tartusk and Elegoop’s original design would have looked like before being spliced. I love the creativity in these Pokémon! Keep up the amazing work!

[@xuanluu4873]

Why isn’t there a second line of fossil pokemon that’s a counterpart to the elegoop line?

[@cactuscian]

There will be, that's the one he said he wanted to make at the end of the video.

[@sidneyreading1103]

to little time i guess

[@xuanluu4873]

@@cactuscian kay, but i was kinda expecting this third fossil line to be a two stage line, not three

[@cactuscian]

Yeah, same tbh

[@franko_art9759]

Hermoso diseño

[@gabrielgurdjian1269]

Is no one gonna talk about the fact Minecraft music plays while he make the second fossil Pokémon

[@The_Chillager]

Really cool designs, I loved the mammoth concepts. I'd like to see a saber cat or fox counterpart. Personally I think Chixulob feels like a stage 2 of 3. One to few pieces could make up stage 1, maybe collecting x amount evolves it and again with all. It's basically Zygarde, but there's definitely something cool you could do with idea while staying true to its lore. It's ability growing in strength (damage) as it evolves could play nicely.

[@NotJohn3333]

we dont have any fossil sauropod pokemon yet, just sayin...

[@EmptyPuppetify]

Amaura and Auroros?

[@joaosenra2775]

Amaura and Aurorus are based on Amargasaurus, a argentinian sauropod with a unique looking.

[@NotJohn3333]

@@joaosenra2775 i completely forgot about aurorus

[@kenny-ev2bv]

For chixulob: First impact is only used when the Pokemon enters battle with less than 30-50% health left. either that or its uses its ability for every set number of battles its in (e.g. every 6 battles it can use its ability).

[@Reac2]

Why does the literal "Impactor pokemon" have twice the Special than normal Attack rating? Its impacts are useless.

[@fusion7707]

i agree

[@kai2315]

given that he's an artist, he probably doesn't know how to balance the stats, hopefully he'll get someone who knows about it since he mentioned it

[@sunfishensunfishen2271]

Advertisement: “everyone’s talking about *wandavision*” Me: oh I completely forgot about that

[@DrRain-u-]

Holy fuck what 10 seconds ago?? :O

[@benjaminrichardson7056]

This may be late but you could balance the meteor's ability by making it impact the ground and cause any set up moves (leach seed and stealth rock for example) to scatter and damage the pokemon around it, while also removing said moves from the field.

[@Spiritedsoul3]

Whos been stalkinh his youtube because of this series

[@elliotthood1719]

Aka, subscribing

[@QTcomicsPOP]

Me

[@nicksteele5613]

I love that they *enjoy* crashing into objects at high speeds. it's not just something they tend to do, they actively enjoy it