10 Pokémon You CAN'T Catch in the Games

The main purpose of any Pokemon game is to catch em' all, but there are also some special Pokemon in the games that you CAN'T catch as well! In this video, I'm going to be covering 10 such Pokemon that are not available to catch in the games, despite them being unique Pokemon of their own. I hope you enjoy!
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[@inshaneguy]

Actually in the manga they explain the fused Dialga and Palkia. When they were fighting Dialga and Palkia at the top of Mount Coronet, space and time were warping in a way that made the two look like one Pokemon. They determined that the people who built the statue in Eterna city must've seen them when space and time were bending around them.

[@SSFplayer2]

Could be a neat paradox pokemon i must admit

[@nobodyimportant5140]

This can be further expanded on by the fact that the Origin Formes of Dialga and Palkia are meant to be combined with Giratina to form the image of Arceus,

[@yugiteen99]

​@@nobodyimportant5140 I was just about to say that it looks like the origin forms of dialgia and palkia in Arceus Legends.

[@SerathDarklands]

I always thought the statues in the original RBY games were Rhydon, as Rhydon uses the same menu icon and Rhydon was the first Pokemon programmed in.

[@donaldplante7092]

Yeah but those statues have wings.

[@SerathDarklands]

@@donaldplante7092 I mean, back on a GameBoy with a three-inch screen, 8-bit designs, I thought the wings were arms.

[@Alisterthe1st]

i agree, im pretty sure it’s to pay homage to the original sprites. pokémon is all about those references and easter eggs

[@AzureKyle]

​@@Alisterthe1stExactly

[@lilifel]

I think if we can make statues of animals that dont exist the people in pokemon can do that too

[@NairaMB]

I believe that the creatures that appear as statues aren't actual Pokémon but more akin to gargoyles in our world, mythological creatures born purely from imagination, and not based of of any real observations. In any case, really interesting video, as always!

[@silvyperez4168]

Yeah I was gonna say, in the real world we make up fake creatures all the time, I’m sure they do as well in the Pokémon world.

[@Drakonus75]

As with the Celesteela pre-evo, it could be a possibility that many ultra beasts could be final forms of their lines from their native worlds.

[@ceazarsalad4414]

i hope one day we get a game like legends arceus set in ultra space with entirely new pokemon. it would be so fun

[@Drakonus75]

@@ceazarsalad4414 Pokémon Worlds! You start out in the main world in the region of your choice, and are able to go to any region already seen in the previous games one storyline at a time. Once you reach like 3 regions done, you can access the ultra wormholes and fully explore all the worlds that each Ultra Beast comes from, each with their own regions. Turns out each Ultra Beast is a final form of just 1 of the 3 starters from the starting region in that world.

[@Ryanandwhpsh]

Ultra beasts is the Amrhooliverse specifically!

[@alphachiu]

if their world is very similar to ours, we could see a either a poipole pre-evo or a naganadle evo since they're implied to be starters, probably wont happen but its cool to think about

[@CountFagula827]

​@@Drakonus75thats never gonna happen😅

[@amogus69697]

Those statues are supposed to be the original Pokémon overworld sprite (for Pokémon like Rhydon and Mewtwo) in Gen 1.

[@daledocker7131]

They're based on rydon which is the first pokemon ever made

[@skanaraki2161]

Also, we have many statues in real life of things that don't exist in the real world, so the idea that statues in games are Pokémon doesn't really follow.

[@greenguy369]

​@@skanaraki2161That was my thought... Like, 🤔 "Does he think dragons, gargoyles and the Sphinx were/are all real animals because we have statues of them?"

[@Keubix]

I think they are dragonites because that is the first pseudo-legendary pokemon

[@swagglesworth33]

they look more like a chibi charizard to me

[@AnimationFreak91]

Crystal Onix from the anime definitely needs to be added into the games, and possibly be given an evolutionary stage. On the flip side, there are many large Pokémon that need to get a baby form/pre-evolution.

[@c0mpu73rguy]

Convergent evolution or regional variants could be a way to do just that.

[@topher8670]

I think heatran qualifies for a pre evo, gives me metagross vibes if it actually had a baby form

[@AlterEgoCole]

Miltank and Tauros need a pre-evolution connecting the two

[@bradwhite5884]

Yeah, love to see Crystal Onix be officially in the game and it evolve isn't a Crystal Steelix, also imagine what the shiny form looks like too, also don't forget the Pink Butterfree and all the Clone Pokémons too, there's a lot of anime exclusive versions of Pokémon that need to be in the game, also I do love to see other Pokémon get baby pre-evo form like a baby pre-evo form of Scyther, a Baby bug Pokémon that's a pre-evo for both Herracross and Pincir, baby pre-evo form for Tangella, baby pre-evo form for Doduo and so on, also evolution for other Pokémon too like an Evolution for Jynx, evolution for Tauros and so on, also regional forms (Regional form for Ducklett and Swanna with one being a black Swan variant, regional form for the Seel line giving a Ground/Water or Rock/Water typing, etc.) and regional evolutions (Regional form and Evolution for the Pawniard line that is a Steel/Fighting type) for existing Pokémon too, or maybe to a regional pre-evolution for some of the existing Pokémon as a twist, also more Convergent forms (Convergent form of Sandyghast with either a Rock/Ghost or Snow/Ghost typing, and for other Pokémon too) and Paradox forms of existing Pokémon too (Future Paradox for Kangskhan, Past/Future Paradox for Dodrio, Past/Future Paradox for Metagross, etc.), just some ideas tbh

[@robertmiller9310]

Just because they are big doesn't mean they need it. Onix is large, but it's not that strong

[@rockettropper]

I know this wasn’t in the video but what about the true dragon aka the complete reshiram, zekrom, and kyurem fusion that is largely hinted at in the gen 5 games? With this, I would say that we need a legends unova game

[@heathbrinkman3126]

The idea of a paradox floette as a boss/legendary in the expansions makes a lot of sense though

[@Fvckallofyou1]

It kinda does. I’d imagine it like a mix between Totem Pokémon and Shinies, as the other Floette will most likely look up to it.

[@BlackJack370]

Fr

[@downbeatdialga1341]

It also can’t evolve like other Paradox species. “Eternal Bloom” would be a fitting name for it too! It’s not an “ancient” or “futuristic” Pokémon like the others, but I think we can all agree coming back from the dead is pretty paradoxical! Edit: it’s base stat total is only 551, compared to most of the other Paradoxes at 570, but if the devs gave it 19 more points, it COULD work. Honestly just put the rest into Sp.Atk and/or SpDef.

[@kamenkuma05]

Kalos remake superboss, maybe?

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

11:42 Alolan Swadloon lookin kinda cool ngl

[@galfordsdog8784]

An episode of Master Quest shows the Kangaskahn baby outside of the pouch, during which its just referred to as a Kangaskahn.

[@kennethkay7226]

"Hey dude what's your favorite Pokemon?" "the unnamed larva form of rellor bro"

[@tjzomboy6073]

Should have mentioned the substitute doll, especially because like the gym statues, we don’t see an actual Pokémon that resembles it in the games

[@wondershowzn]

Except they became Clefairy, but Yea, it's just a stand in for generic Japanese monster plush

[@MuhammadRidho-vb2fb]

Gyaon

[@GenkoNoMiko]

Yeah, there was even an official Pokemon Center plush release for the substitute.

[@MusicComet]

Honestly shiny sandshrew looks a whole lot like a substitute doll.

[@JohnDoe-tl4gm]

I always thought it was loosely based on Tyranitar

[@LordAryu]

I'm pretty sure that the Eterna City statue is supposed to be a representation of "Almighty Sinnoh" from PLA before the two tribes find out that it's actually two separate beings - Dialga and Palkia. It's a nice easter egg if you think about it.

[@Junieisgay]

Gamefreak has already said that Slowpoke aren't really hurt by losing their tail and they grow back quickly if lost. With all the regional and alternate form Pokemon at this point, there isn't any reason not to add Taaban at this point. I've wanted this since 1997.

[@ShiningJudgment666]

It's further backed up by the fact the Slowpoke line's Hidden Ability is Regenerator.

[@AriesKing24]

Because he's not a pokemon. It's a shell that's being control by the slows psychic abilities. How else could slowking see? What's the point of using new shelders eyes as slow kings eyes if shelder is still alive and is a new pokemon? Literally, watch pokemon 2000, slowkings eyes move as he talks and moves, not as an independent pokemon. If your evidence of this theory is the one filler episode of an evolution that last like 20 seconds then you need to go back to the drawing board

[@Woodlight2]

8:11 while it could be its own pokemon, it could also be a mythological creature that we know isn't real in the pokemon universere(ex: in our world we have phoneixs which we know aren't real but people still have paintings drawings snd statues of it)

[@porkhill6665]

Gen 1 modern remake with the other gen1 pokes cut. I'd be all in

[@Troubled-Kidd]

8:16 my head cannon is they’re paying tribute to scrapped Pokémon. Many of which we’ll never know about

[@Yisrael_Teshuvah]

DUDE a gargoyle pokemon would be dope.

[@joemck85]

We have gargoyle statues in real life, yet they don't depict a real creature that ever lived. I'd say the same of the gym statues. The same could be said of the Dialga/Palkia statue. They're legends, so it's very believable that the statue's sculptor had never seen them and only had descriptions passed down over many generations to go on for how it should look. On the other hand, it would have been so cool if you could take Dialga and Palkia to Unova and use the DNA Splicers on them to get the Pokemon in the statue.

[@crazymage5316]

The kangaskhan slot shoulda been swapped with the pokestar studio pokemon

[@espinogena]

I love that celesteela pre-evo. The tale of princess kaguya is one i love very much and even though i already knew it was a reference, that just makes it even better.

[@downbeatdialga1341]

6:33 I still love the Paradox Virizion so much better than the Iron Leaves we got. Walking Wake is a win for me though

[@precascer8221]

I like this fused statue, since it ties with how the Almighty Sinnoh was reffered back in PLA. It had both kind of depictions, being either Palkia or Dialga, and the fused statue really helps selling this idea.

[@Regidrago-and-Regieleki]

Also floet is kinda like a paradox Pokémon since it has a different name and it’s a middle evo.

[@bigsmoke44gaming44]

So…what if the “distant past” is just the Kalos war that led AZ to create the Ultimate Weapon and the paradox Pokémon are just regular Pokémon that got infused with infinity energy from the timeline split? Would that imply another war in the future that would end up creating another paradox timeline split? Either way, “Eternal Flower” sounds like a good name for a paradox Floette 😊

[@Regidrago-and-Regieleki]

@@bigsmoke44gaming44 good theory, it’s the little things that make you remember that Pokémon has lore to it.

[@SpudOfTheIrish]

I’m honestly extremely surprised that none of the Orange Archipelago variants have ever been used in the games from the anime. Crystal Onix forever lives on in my heart.

[@saranjaca]

Pink butterfree too

[@limegrass6194]

I think the gym statue is generic enough to be an artist creation within the world of Pokémon just as artist in real life may make art of myths or legends. There are many Pokémon with the body type of the gym statues, especially in Kanto. The head is very plain like a blank slate. It has wings with 4 other limbs, just like the many reptilian hexapods in Pokémon.

[@Woodlight2]

I also commented something like this, I do believe that it's like a mythical creature that we know dosen't exist but there is still art work and statues of it(ex: phoenixes)

[@OfficialRyanx]

Aren’t the gym statues the generic gen 1 monster sprites?

[@kailathefox]

​@@OfficialRyanxyes. I came to comment this. The original statues were just mimics of the humanoid category of sprites from your party.

[@karmabum21]

I'm still waiting for crystal Onix to be catchable. Come on guys, you already released regional variants, give me my Crystal Onix!

[@lesserdad]

i think the statue of dialga palkia is due to the mythical nature of them. the people heard stories of them and probably assumed it was one godlike pokemon instead of two

[@eternalshadow1326]

I am kind of surprised original kyurem from black/white 2 was not mentioned as it was mentioned that kyurem is the original body but it basically got split and made 2 more bodies reshiram and zekrom and in black/white 2 you can only fuse 1 of the 2 to kyurem. This makes me wonder how does it originally look and how powerful would it be if in its original form as zekrom and reshiram are legendaries.

[@ShiningJudgment666]

Considering how powerful Kyurem Black and Kyurem White are, it's probably crazy strong.

[@murasakibebeby3127]

Old amber mosquito. Zygarde cell.

[@GlitchmonRBY]

What the hell is the mosquito- hell it’s probably one of the glitch pokemon

[@murasakibebeby3127]

@GlitchMonRBY in the gen 1 art of the old amber there is a mosquito. You are not reviving Aerodactyl from bones like the others. Instead you are reviving Aerodactyl from preserved blood DNA still Inside the mosquito.

[@JetstreamTheSexSam]

​@@murasakibebeby3127it's not a mosquito, it's what's left of the Pokemon

[@amberestie6605]

I would like to believe shelters evo was going to become its own pokemon, but pokemon researchers realized that after cutting off a slowbros tail to try to seperate shelder only kills it. Also I love the gargoyle statue. It only started as the same icon as the pokemon in red, blue ,yellow but it would be neat to be a new pokemon

[@M_Alexander]

In a way, AZ's Floette is the first "Partner" variant like Pikachu and Eevee. It has higher base stats, a unique appearance, a unique move, and can't evolve. I'd love to see more done with the concept

[@MothcatAsh]

That statue could just be a made up monster. In our world there also are statues and stuff of animals that dont exist. Could be inspired by dragonite

[@cyndaquil1433]

I think it’s just a charizard that was shrunken and chibi’d to the point that it could fit in a gym field without taking to much room

[@MothcatAsh]

@@cyndaquil1433 back then charizard wasn't that favouritised though And dragonite being the strong rare pokemon could fit a bit better I think Also chibirised of course And bigger wings In hour World also are statues and stuff that wrongly depict real animals Charizard would fit the mean look though But maybe the people who created the statues thought dragonite also was such a mean and dangerous pokemon

[@cyndaquil1433]

@@MothcatAsh yea there has been artists who have shrunk a work down to fit a building so it could be on of them

[@AgsmaJustAgsma]

The big irony of Shellder's unofficial evolution is that the games have consistently ignored that piece of implied symbiosis prominently featured in the anime, to the point of the Cloyster and Slowbro lines being version-exclusives in the FireRed and LeafGreen remakes, respectively.

[@JunohNebula]

What I love most about the Baby Celesteela design is that it plays further into referencing who Celesteela is based off of, Princess Kaguya from The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. With the princess being found within a bamboo stalk.

[@Mike-hv6kt]

I'm naming the baby celesteela kagusteele(kag-oo-steel)

[@skyshadow6617]

11:00 buddy, did you forget that the statue was originally built in Hisui? It's ambiguous because people didn't know which pokemon was the creator of Sinnoh. That's why it also has tiny properties of Arceus in it.

[@mr.mediacore4880]

Fun fact: shelders evo was going to be named turban

[@Pailers]

I've always known about the shellder Evo, but the regional variant aspect never crossed my mind!! That's so wild. Love it.

[@brockschannel3927]

On this topic, I said it before,but they need to give us a baby Kangaskhan.

[@brockschannel3927]

@@tlst94 I can buy that, they could even take an extra step by having the baby Kangaskhan evolve into Cubone by giving it a rare bone and not having a Kangaskhan in your party.

[@forrestpatterson6053]

@@tlst94ok that’s a cool ass name.

[@atiredboy]

Shellder’s other evolution is called Shellp. I’ve decided, you can’t stop me.

[@joshuavallente7057]

It would be cool if those become available. On top of my head, their names would be: Vaelar - larvae backwards Kangaskid - kangaskhan + kid Recoyster - reconnoiter + oyster Gargonage - gargoyle + gone + mirage

[@axelpyre9477]

Larvae backwards is Eavral

[@joshuavallente7057]

@@axelpyre9477 Went with what they did to rabsca instead of baracs.

[@d00gl3]

I kinda think the statues part is a bit of a stretch. We have plenty of statues IRL of things that don't exist like mascots or dragons. I see the dragon dude on the gym statues as a sort of a mascot. As for the Dialga/Palkia statue I feel it's just a cool artistic piece. I don't really know if it's mentioned as anything specific but I see it as just a cool statue and artist wanted to put together depicting the two fused together.

[@chilly-2007]

Regarding the fused statue in Eternia city, in the Pokemon special DPPT manga where Dialaga & Palkia are fighting on mt Coronet, Diamond/Pearl notice that the distortions in time and space created by their fighting warps their perspective of the two Pokemon as a single Pokemon, which the people of Sinnoh in the past may have mistaken as 1 Pokemon opposed to the two box art mons. This is the only instance I have heard anyone try to explain the statue, and thought it was pretty interesting

[@lazwardazure716]

I took it as interpretations of what people thought the legends looked liked

[@donaldplante7092]

There is also the original dragon from Unova that separated in Zekrom, Reshiram and Kyurem. We can fuse one of them with Kyurem but not all three together as they use to be in the legend.

[@goldenboy1805]

It is probably a stretch, but could it be that the paradox beast and sword of justice in the book is foreshadowing the next mechanic/gimmick for the next gen? Like a Pokemon fusion. I mean gamefreak like to include some hint on the next gen in the current game.

[@toumabyakuya]

I doubt it. Adding fusion to the games would be opening a can of worms because they would need to create a fusion for every combination possible and that is simply something no realistically possible to do.

[@User36578a]

@@toumabyakuya I could see them making fusion possible with a larger, but still limited number of Pokémon combinations. I mean, the Mega Evolution gimmick in X and Y only worked with 46 Pokémon.

[@toumabyakuya]

@@User36578a The difference is that Megas only affect one Pokemon meanwhile fusion combines 2, so more people would want to see what their favorite Pokemon can fuse into.

[@countcr33per]

Ive been wanting a Gargoyle pokemon based of the Gen 1 and 2 statues since Gen2, its such an interesting concept to consider what typing they would be. Rock is an obvious choice for a Gargoyle pokemon, but what would its secondary typing be? Flying because many Gargoyles are depicted with wings? Dark because of their terrifying appearance? Fairy for their supernatural nature? or Water because many Gargoyles function as archaic water drainage, their name is even derived from a word meaning Gargle. Hell, they could even be Rock/Dragon, or at least a final evolution could be that

[@bigsmoke44gaming44]

They could be the first Ghost/Rock mon, like a ghost taking over a statue like Rotom takes over electric motors within the appliances. Names could be Ghostoyle or Garghost for the pre-evolved form and Garghostoyle for the final form. Pokémon Uranium (the fangame) had a fakemon inspired by a gargoyle and it was a mono-Rock type. Forgot it’s name though😅

[@monfilamon3984]

Play the fan game. Pokémon infinity they turn the gargoyle statue into an actual. Pokémon the way you get it is really cool you have to go to this museum and take this egg that’s sitting on the statue.

[@jasminejohnston6393]

Here’s a fact: Slowking is the only Pokémon other than Team Rocket’s Meowth to have human-like speech capabilities in the anime

[@linkster362]

There was another in season 1. There was an episode with a talking ghastly that kept messing with people via illusions. I think that was the episode with the venasuar/blastiose fusion

[@jasminejohnston6393]

@@linkster362 That doesn’t count. The Gastly was talking telepathically just like any legendary Pokémon. TR Meowth and Slowking use vocal cords to talk not telepathy

[@shrill_pkm]

The Rabsca case is really interesting. Also, I think we need some type of consolation for what could've been Pokemon Z in the future.

[@TheBuffPlease]

The form inside Rabsca could also be its true body, as the opposite game's dex entry suggests that its not actually an infant, but could be its main body.

[@PMbarbieri]

The Shellder is not an evolution, though, just a form change. The pokédex explicitly calls it a Shellder, and I believe there are entries that say it turns back to its original form if detached from Slowbro’s tail.

[@hipokeme]

Technically it is a separate evolution since the later dex entries says that the evolved slowpoke can revert back should it loses the attached pokemon, however as seen in a journeys anime episode this pokemon keeps its “evolution.” Even a mega slowbro entry says that this pokemon takes up all the mega energy, so technically slowpoke doesn’t (mega) evolve at all. The only reason it’s not a separate Pokémon otherwise would be that it relies on nutrients from a slowpoke so it’s never too far off from one if detached from the same one every time. Edit: Who came up with an idea that Pokemon, if not any real life animals, can get stronger by catching a parasite anyways?

[@nullpoint3346]

@@hipokeme Spider-Man's Venom.

[@stanzacosmi]

Fun fact: The spiral slowpoke pokemon thing actually has an unused sprite in gen 1 and it wasn't tied to shellder at all. it's called Taabaan, and the original translator if it were in the game, would have called it Pinturban

[@stanzacosmi]

also fun fact. The statues actually are taken from another unused pokemon design from gen 1, that was repurposed into the 'beastly' sprite on the pokemon screen. The wings were just there because ilca likely didn't have access to the actual concept art from that stage

[@MidnightLugia24]

As much as I enjoy all of your content, Hoops, I have to admit that I'm excited to see a new video that's not based around designing/creating new Pokémon 😅

[@metalmadness5851]

The statue pokemon is a pokemon that was cut from the original games, you can actually find it in some of the cut artwork for Red and Blue.

[@jamesheatherly4209]

Here’s an awesome name for Rellor’s pre evolution. How about Larvring(a combination of Larva and spring)

[@c.v.emmans]

"Rellor" is "roller" backwards, and "Rabsca" is an anagram of "scarab", so following those conventions I'd go for something like "Eavlar" or "Burg" instead. Makes the whole line feel more unified and thematic.

[@aciarduce]

To be fair, we have actual gargoyle statues everywhere, and they aren't....or at least no longer exist either.

[@AJUniverse]

So with that first one, if I've caught a Rabsca, haven't I caught it, too? Edit: Same for the second one, too... Edit again: Wow, and the third. Edit one last time: In the case of the statues...no they don't? The Pokemon world would still have its own myths that aren't real creatures. Or just inaccurate depictions of real Pokemon. Or, like, actual animals.

[@thunderchocolate]

Great video! I love how you explore the hidden and elusive Pokémon in the games. It's fascinating to see unofficial yet canonical Pokémon like the Relor pre-evolution and the baby Kangaskhan. The statue Pokémon and the Celestila pre-evolution are also intriguing concepts. Keep up the great work and can't wait for your next video!

[@phoenixftw9434]

The statue argument is like saying "oh wow, we have gargoyle statues irl so gargoyles must be a real thing irl

[@RoyArkon]

I think that the fusions for the Legendary Beasts and Swords of Justice are still just imagined Pokemon, Iron Leaves and Waking Wake are the actual Pokemon here. I'm not disqualifying the option to be wrong, but I highly doubt it. I don't think that these are Pokemon that technically exist but we just can't catch them at all. Awesome video once again dude.

[@koolkraken912]

In the book it explicitly states that the artist who had been drawing the things theyd seen decided to do a brainstorm on what possible other paradoxes could look like, clearly inspired by the beasts and swords. They were never intended to be seen as real pokemon, and the artist didn’t imagine them into existence (like some seem to think), it just so happens they coincidentally drew combos of three pokemon that actually had paradox forms. Aka it was a tease from game freak

[@RoyArkon]

@@koolkraken912 Except that by "imagined" it doesn't mean that they are imagined into actual existence, it's just imagined in the mind of the artist, as if brainstorm, like you said by yourself.

[@koolkraken912]

@@RoyArkon oh yeah no I completely agree, there’s just a large part of the theory community that thinks because the artist imagined that one combo pokemon, they must have also imagined all of the others and the time machine just made them real. Its an argument that really makes zero sense

[@kanedevvo5824]

8:22 brock going for the batman look😅

[@TheCrazyhusky]

Shellder evo should be in the games, I think should change the name from "Turban" to something else related to its actions, Clamtrap or something.

[@sarcastic_seal4130]

I just want to say that the gym statues being Pokémon implies that you think Pokémon people might think a statue of a demon is an animal

[@5h470wk1t3]

Looks like you may have been off by 10 years... legends ZA might be our chance to obtain eternal floette. Perhaps explaining its disappearance as being due to time traveling player shenanigans XD

[@CavaliereBlu]

Actually, according to some theories (kzbin.info/www/bejne/paDIdqiIiNSbgKc) Eternal Flower Floette was deleted because in the original plan presumably his "flower" would have actually been AZ's mass destruction weapon. That story was scrapped, and as a result the pokemon was too.

[@catmoon95]

A counter argument to the statues is that you don't always make statues of creatures that actually exist

[@UltimateBlobrex]

I did not know about that Rabsca baby, that's awesome Also I really really really want Eternal Floette, I love her so much

[@veevendetta3448]

Wish we could of caught The Ghost of Cubone's Mother: Marowak that is given a Ground/Ghost type in Gen 1. That would of been sick and strong.

[@xiongray]

The eternal flower Floette might make an appearance in Legends Z-A due to being in Kalos and what appears to be the making of Lumiose City as well as the future version. Just my thought, no rumors. I don't want to have high expectations but I can't lie, I'm excited for Legends Z-A. But I'm sure GF will drop the ball. Just a shot in the dark, but Mega Florges would be cool. More than likely, there'll be a regional starter with a Mega. But like in Galar, the original starters didn't have a G-Max form upon release until later.

[@Umbra423]

Rellor's infant isn't a different Pokémon, it's a fetus, or larvae, it's still, biologically the same it's just a pre-gestation version. A more interesting thing about Rellor and Rabsca is that they can breed but it doesn't make sense that they can.

[@themitchwich]

1:51 it’s literally a Kangaskhan-like baby

[@CrowofJudgement461]

I really hope we’ll get the spiral shelled Shellder evolution as an official Pokémon one day. I could see it being named Swirlder or Swirlster. Maybe instead of being water/ice like Cloyster, it’d be water/poison to explain the toxins that Slowbro and Slowkings Pokédex entries mention, and the Galarian form could be poison/dark or poison/psychic. There’s a lot they could do with it. I’d also love to see the gym gargoyles become Pokémon, both forms, maybe the “baby” gargoyle could be the stubby bipedal one that we see in BDSP, and the quadrupedal one fro origins could be the evolution. There’s not many Pokémon that we see evolve from biped to quadruped, more often it goes the opposite way

[@M_Alexander]

The original statue of Palkia and Dialga isn't even a fusion, it's just ambiguous without being colored on

[@snarkygamer]

Very interesting video! Definitely didn’t know about the baby Celesteela. I personally think the statues (especially in BDSP) resemble an abstract Charizard.

[@TheMusicAvenger]

I've always seen them as 100% bobblehead Chaizards.

[@devonteedwards2093]

We can't catch them all, and it just stare at us in mockery

[@cherrybean1017]

Fun fact! Selesteela is based on the tale of princess kagua from folklore. She was a baby who appeared in a bamboo shoot and was from the moon, this pre evolution looking like a baby in a bamboo shoot. The regular one also kinda looks like a rocket.

[@dasoftieguy]

"In BDSP, theres this statues..." Excuse me? Those statues have been in the game since fucking Gen 1, and theyre almost a pokemon characteristic, they depict the overworld sprite of Rhydon from RGB, and they have been in most of the gyms through the games

[@Miss_Claire]

Great video. I'm super happy this was more in depth than "here's X mythical that is unavailable.." Good job.

[@eeveefennecfox]

I've always found it weird that baby kangaskhan isn't it's own separate pokemon and we know nothing about it,like why is the baby purple? is that what they look like when they're babies or is the purple baby a male (which we've also never seen in the official games)

[@RoninCatholic]

Baby Kangaskhan and a pre-evolved Vulpix have been at the top of my wanted list since Gen 1 was new.

[@K1ngCorvus]

“Top 10 Pokemon You CAN’T Catch in the Games” 1. “This is not an official Pokemon” 2. “And to this day has not been recognized as an official Pokemon” 3. “It has never been acknowledged or upgraded as a proper Pokemon” And just FYI i’m not mad, this is just funny lol

[@shawnbelcher7135]

In this case I think they count... like it's a baby of a pokemon... How is that not a pokemon? Even if we never catch it it's still a baby of a pokemon. Which makes it a pokemon

[@Stepp_Playz]

"Dude, the baby form of a kanghaskan will remain a kanghaskan..." ~ some philosophist

[@עומרשרייבר-ל4ר]

Ngl I never even noticed that infant rellor in rabsca's ball. Now I kinda want to name it (and almost any pokemon in this list).

[@TheDivineDragon88]

The gym statues are actually a pokemon that never made it in the games. I think it was called Gyaoon or something like that. It was one of the first pokemon made next to Rhydon. The statues are a cool little nod to it

[@TheIronTemplar93]

Baby Celesteela is a reference to its origins as Princess Kaguya. A bamboo cutter found an infant girl while in the mountains

[@bunibubble]

9:36 I saw someone talk about Pokémon’s being extinct or adapted because of the world changing, so I thought that maybe those Pokémon’s did exist but went extinct at some point

[@M0shyyJ0shyy]

What about the fused zekrom/reshiram/kyurem? that’s spoken about but not seen? The statues are just the original sprites they used in red/blue and I presume green. Looks like a cutesy charizard to me!

[@gingerale0123]

If baby Kangaskhan ever gets to be its own pokemon, I want it to be called Kangaskid. ALSO, using an Action Replay, you can change the form of a normal Floette to the Eternal Flower form in ORAS. You can also get it as a generated mystery gift from an Action Replay. Although, it is NOT obtainable without cheats.

[@Fvckallofyou1]

The fetal Rellor sends chills down my spine. It’s like finding an achievement in Superhot, it’s so gratifying to find it, but so scary and.. soulless. And the fact that there’s been a baby of a baby since the beginning is insane.

[@DeClayz]

you mentioning mega kangaskhan made me realize that kangaskhan is technically a 3 stage family with the baby the baby's mega form where it grows in length and gets some armor, so imo it's distinctive enough to kind of be a evo and normal kangaskhan ...it would be kind of cool if the only way to get a kangaskhan would be to have the "mega form" in your party and hatch the baby egg, fusing them together and evolving it into kangaskhan

[@PredictedCyborg]

The Dialga/Palkia fusion could now be a reference to the 'almighty Sinnoh' legend of Legends Arceus. :3

[@Emerald-Fluffie]

The dialgia and palkia fusion statue could also have been (retroactively) created in the days of hisui, when people thought they were just one pokemon

[@AceLeader101]

I kinda wished they had used paradox mons moreso as a way to explain way some of these things. Paradox floette would have been a great way to reintroduce the flower of ruin variant, and paradox rhydon that looks like a gargoyle would have been a great way to explain the statues.

[@TheNewtonStar]

You forgot the fusion of the 2 dragons from black and white.

[@Vanaditz]

we arent going to talk about how this guy is a slowpoke connoisseur?

[@RazorClaw999]

I think you have a solid idea but I think when it comes to gen 5 onwards your a bit wrong because I think gen 5 is when TPC was starting to realize and look more then 1 game forward they started to think 5-15 years into the future hence that the enternal flowette thing was done because TPC was already think of paradox Pokémon as a thing back in gen 5. As for the remake gen 4 statue I think we are missing some story from the legends arcues game that Adamant and Irisa do founde the city and build the statue as a fusion of the legendaries to prevent friction between the region’s people into the future to show both Pokémon are both gods and should be equally revered.

[@hootle4641]

Paras is kind of a strange case like the Slowbro, since the parasite and the host it killed to control are collectively known as Paras or Parasect rather than two different creatures.

[@Moxzot]

The statues are remnants from the original games where the sprites looked like that, it could be any pokemon that fits the body type from crystal on down to red and blue.

[@damotoneko1500]

In the anime there's also Oak trying to evolve an Eevee using all three of the original stones, and it worked off-screen.

[@TheAntiSanta]

Pokémon Fans: "The people in the Pokémon universe are incapable of creativity. Any statue in the Pokémon world is based 100% on an existing Pokémon they've seen with their own eyes. Stylization or making up a creature are impossible."

[@Dragonhatchie]

the gym statues were originaly Rhydon but the 3d sprites changed to be a chibi charziard. the dialga/palkia statue were literally just a cop out to resemble both legendaries. nothing else but them not wanting to make two statues. the dung beetle pupa in Violet says thats probably the true body of the evolved form. kinda like a shedinja.

[@JessAWeeb]

I still have my (obviously hacked) eternal Floette on my X game. It really is too bad it was never officially released.