What if Alola had Fossil Pokemon? 🦴🌋 Pokémon Sun and Moon 🌊

[@Gnoggin]

I LOVE fossils and fossil Pokemon, not as much as my wife though, she helped write this video! AD: Go to buyraycon.com/lockstin for 15% off sitewide! Brought to you by Raycon.

[@bidoof367]

hawai

[@shadowdragonlord2295]

Could you do a video about alternative armor evolutions for Charcadet? Like say an armor made from Ferroseed barbs evolves it into a fire/grass type that uses barbed whips or has spike arm gauntlets. Aron fragments evolves it into a fire/steel type that uses a lance.

[@gardengreens3777]

But Lockstin, WHAT DO THEIR FOSSILS LOOK LIKE!?!?! Maybe Lancake and Landream could be The Slab Fossil or The Impression Fossil to show how Dickinsonia didn't fossilize well and only left impression fossils over Keratinous or Boney fossils, and maybe Mossawsaur and Moamatua could be The Fin Fossil or The Skin Fossil even to reflect their intricate tattoos

[@ko-chanTHEBULLY]

Props for the sponsor! But I have headphones and sony earphones with much better sound quality, and I've watched a video where someone broke down what raycons do. And the sound quality is poor, with mostly just bass-boosting for an artifical feeling of improved sound quality. And I have 90% of my music in flac 16bit/44kHz, or even hi-res like 24bit/96kHz. I'm not here to spread propaganda, I'm just sayin. You know the types. Anyway, I'll never buy raycons in my life. I don't recommend them if you are an audiophile like raycons are trying to appeal to. If you are an average normal person who simply enjoys music, just say it. There's nothing wrong with it. In that case, raycon is fine, but even Beats are still better and you are better off saving up for a pair of those whether it's headphones or wireless earbuds. They last and they're worth it. Plus the aux cord that comes with the headphones is universally useful and made of high quality material. I use it for my other bluetooth headphones with both my phone and my switch (but I mainly go bluetooth, esp now that the switch finally supports it) and it's lasted me around 10 years, since I got my first pair of Beats. They got ruined in an accident, so that's why all I've got now is the cord 😂 I don't use beats anymore but I'm just sayin they're better for the average music enjoyer. Raycon is like Tidal music claiming to be hi-resolution music, when it's really just fabricated and upscaled and sounds no better than mp3. If you plug it into a music software that shows the true bit depth and kHz, you'll see it's really not what it says it is and this has been a known fact for a long time, but there are somehow people who still don't know this. Even if you just use apple music, which has lossless m4a quality, I believe, you're better off with beats and the sound is still crisp. Otherwise, why don't you just go back to your record player with the megaphone ㄹㅐㅣㅜ 😂 Basically, no amount of money off would get me to buy Raycon, and I wouldn't even listen to music on them if they were free/you paid me. Not worth the headache. It's basically torture. Cruel and unusual punishment

[@brendachase1581]

Thank u SO much for making q new zealand mosasaur

[@atgosh]

As a New Zealandic expat, I wanna let you know you pretty much nailed the Māori pronunciations my dude. I love the waka inspiration for Moanatau with the koru designs on the sides and the A.J Hackett reference. This is probably the closest to New Zealand region/Māori mythology influenced Pokémon we'll get, thanks man!

[@michaelcinelli4120]

Maybe Gen 10 or 11 could be Australia and New Zealand as one region; there's certainly enough bizarre wildlife to justify it

[@Gnoggin]

oh Thanks! and good to know! I was looking up pronunciation guides like always, but even then I often mess up unfamiliar words. While not Māori specifically, I do have some experience with Hawaiian, as I have many Hawaiian relatives, and my dad lived there for like a decade or so. So I have some tangential experience, which MAY have helped.

[@Steveofthejungle8]

I thought for sure he was gonna make a Moa Pokémon

[@goldiegoose8975]

As a New Zealander myself, seeing a Maori-inspired mosasaur as a potential Pokémon gives me immense amounts of serotonin

[@Black_Bird_Red]

New Zealander here too.

[@CoralReaper707]

Now let's see what Johto fossils Could've looked like!

[@cirx8274]

Yes! I never understood why johto doesnt have fossils,hawaii is to young to have fossil,so does alola,but johto is right next to kanto,Who has 3 fossil pokemon.

[@majoratwili7312]

And Paldea fossils!

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

I think something like an Allosaurus could be fun

[@Retro_Wicked]

@@majoratwili7312 It’s probably because of the past paradox Pokémon

[@Britty_B]

I agree, Johto is my favorite region.

[@gwenpolo1307]

As an athropology student, I LOVE how many cultural references you have in your fakemon! And biological, too! It's so wonderful!

[@brandibastian4193]

Make her make more a pair or more of a fossil on for every region that doesn't have one cuz you know it's really not every freaking region and I say a pair or more because the first region had three Pokemon not just a pair that evolved and most of the regions that have them it's just a pair that evolves but in the latest region to have them they just freaking had fossils that you could mismatch

[@AutumnalCrocodile1216]

@@brandibastian4193 wut

[@brandibastian4193]

@@AutumnalCrocodile1216 I suppose that was supposed to say what maybe you could learn to spell I was saying he should get his wife to make more of these videos for regions that don't have fossil on already most of them have pairs but not all some have three fossils like Kanto two of which evolve most just have one that evolves but there was that mismatch 🐂 💩 in gallar

[@Tyranitar.]

@@brandibastian4193maybe learn punctuation

[@brandibastian4193]

@@Tyranitar. Voice to text my dude!

[@Glory2Snowstar]

OH MY GOODNESS THE DICKINSONIA GETTING ACTUAL ATTENTION, I LOVE THIS CHANNEL SO MUCH. What an accurate yet inventive adaptation of ‘em, too! Ancient aquatic arthropods are a gift and I could 100% see this little breakfast bug in Alola!

[@charwillusher2377]

oh i think it got a lot of attention from Sonia

[@williamlevison9966]

@@charwillusher2377 lmfao

[@EepsyCreepsy]

Yes my cousin is happy about it

[@Ccorleone1609]

sonia has joined the chat

[@malinasarkar2811]

@@Ccorleone1609 I don't get it

[@irt3hsaint]

I really appreciate how respectful of cultures you are and how you clearly do your research about them before making these. Thank you so much for showcasing the First Nations of both Australia and Aotearoa in such a well done manner :)

[@eletraf]

I agree

[@oxicleanlaundrystainremove1370]

Fun fact: i only realized Alola didn't have any fossils yesterday, so i think this shows how much Lockstin cares about us

[@joelriaz8493]

Me 2 lmao

[@mr.stoneface7699]

When you get to Johto fossils, I think it'd be interesting to base it around Japanese myths and earliest known yokai. Johto is arguably the most "Japanese" region in all the games, so lean into it, especially to help differentiate it from its neighboring region, Kanto. Instead of finding "fossils," find preserved Shinto relics with spirits residing in them. There's a precedent for this kind of thing in the anime, after all, so I don't think it's that far-fetched.

[@paleoleft]

theres also the ruin pokemon in gen 9 that literally are relics that form a body from thsir surroundings

[@brandonprater4613]

🤔👍

[@torazely]

oo, i actualyl am doing something similar for a fakemon region i'm making. ghostly energy permiate the region thanks to an event in the past, so rather than fossils, its possessed objects that have bonded with the spirits inside of them.

[@cyndaquil1433]

You mean… Farfetch’d ;D

[@charcoaleater343]

That's a great idea

[@Wolfbane382]

Wow. I actually never noticed gen 7 didn't have any! No wonder I felt like something was missing during those runs.

[@jaysea3690]

What I really hoped for before the release of Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon was for the Route 8 Fossil Restoration location to have changed into something like the Friend Safari from X&Y, with fossil Pokémon roaming in the wild. That would have been so cool, and apt as I think the Jurassic Park movies were filmed in Hawaii...

[@the1entirecircus938]

@@jaysea3690 yeah, and although I’m glad it happened in Gen 8 in the Crown Tundra, having a fossil Pokémon park side quest would’ve been awesome

[@StickMaster500]

On top of that Alola not having any fossils, it’s really weird that we don’t have any Fossil Pokémon in Paldea although, the Paradox Pokémon maybe the alternative for that in some way. Would still be cool to see what the Paldean Fossil Pokémon could look like!

[@pikanyanm2872]

It is possible that Farigiraf and Baxcalibur draw their inspiration from the Decennatherium and the Concavenator respectively, two fossils found in Spain, so if you want, they can be considered as equivalents too, to compensate for the lack of fossils due to the Paradoxes

[@circuscandy9594]

@@pikanyanm2872 I'd say baxcalibur is more of a nod/reference to godzilla, where as its middle evo may be a reference to either concave or spino

[@mds_main]

He already did a video on possible Paldea fossils

[@Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17]

Excuse me for asking, but I really liked being introduced to a new culture through a Fakemon, I'd almost wanna see Lockstin make Fakemon based on different cultures as a series

[@Johnsechuan]

He has 2 series about his own regions, you should really look at them. You can find them in his playlist section

[@enlongjones2394]

@@Johnsechuan and the Kaskade region has a theme of immigration, so it’s got inspirations from various cultures. Including the ones native to the PNW area.

[@BigB173]

@@enlongjones2394 they’re also making a game on the kaskade region

[@dio1803]

I'm a Māori person who was a little disappointed that Alola didn't have a lot of Māori influences so this made me so happy! I'm so glad you talked about this so respectfully, and your pronunciation was basically perfect. I really hope we do get actual 'mon based on Māori culture someday, but these Fakémon are so well made, the artist did great!

[@noahberan6498]

Hey, there's always a chance for an New Zealand or Australian region, the latter would surely incorporate New Zealand as well! I'm glad Alola was the region where every Pokemon started being based off if something from the region though, as I'm from Hawai'i and love Hawaiian culture

[@PragMagik]

This is a concept I have long thought about and it is really awesome to see Alola Fossils brought to life!

[@lassenker07]

Yoo hello there PragMagik!

[@summonerofcats]

Hi Brandon!

[@Tamugetsu]

“We’ll do one dinosaur and one not a dinosaur!” *shows picture of a t-rex and a chicken, both of which are dinosaurs*

[@BonnyJohn]

Verg killed it with the designs! Loved this installment of fossil explorations and enjoyed all the Dickinsonia bits!

[@abrarkadabrar7829]

Vergolophus is such an underrated artist. I love these concepts you've made that she's translated so well into the designs! Kudos to both of you! Also the Lancake and Landream designs and origin... Gave me goosebumps. The art, the music, the editing, the lore... Man this video is so well made. Again kudos! To everyone involved!

[@RabblesTheBinx]

2:34 Lockstin: One dinosaur, and one not-a-dinosaur **shows two dinosaurs**

[@dweebteambuilderjones7627]

Ironically, THAT would've been the time to have a picture of a mosasaur.

[@leonardooberdadealmeidamon2305]

Mossawsaur and Lancake are amazing! The fact that both evolved to resist the inverment that they live is simplely incridible and super clever. I woukd catch both of them, specialy Lancake & Landream.

[@Hominids4Life]

2:36 Birds are still technically considered dinosaurs since they directly decent from them and still have physiological features (like bones and anatomy indications) that indicate that they are still dinos and stuff... Soo to simplify: *Ohhh the irony*

[@thewalrusclown]

3:23: well, I am that Paleo-dork, so I'm saying it, unlike a lot of extinct fauna from back then, the mosasaurs actually where lizards, Monitor Lizards to be precise.

[@indythechaos1634]

i thought they were much closer to snakes in more recent studies

[@dweebteambuilderjones7627]

@@indythechaos1634 It depends on who you ask. Not having mosasaur DNA or that many early snake fossils complicates things.

[@danielferrieri7434]

Despite Playing Alola 3 Times. I Actually never thought about Fossil Pokémon in Gen 7

[@dougtheghoul2845]

There's literally an NPC that mentions opening an island filled with fossil Pokemon

[@paleoleft]

@@dougtheghoul2845 jurassic park reference for sure

[@timwoods2852]

I like that you kept the trend of one fossil looking tough and predatory, while the other is more neutral looking and peaceful/static.

[@daviddimitrov3696]

2:34 "Let's make one a dinosaur and another not a dinosaur" *Proceeds to show 2 pictures of dinosaurs* *Also proceeds to make neither fossils dinosaurs*

[@mrlampy]

it’d be adorable if lancake stacked as a defence mechanism to make themselves look bigger and to fortify eachother

[@Brydav_Massbear]

I feel like Moamatau should also have a signature move. In this case, it would be a new move called "Kelp Reel". A powerful grass-type move that does extra damage to flying types. Not only that, but it can also ground flying types, as well as Pokémon with the ability of Levitate or, are holding an air balloon.

[@Garanseho]

I used this same process for making fossils for my Greece region. Since Greece was underwater during the times of the dinosaurs, there weren't any fossils. So, I made one aquatic fossil (plesiosaur), and one fossil that was found in Italy, which is not only near Greece, but the ancient Greeks and Romans basically had the same mythology. As such, I used the Tethyshadros, a fossil found in Italy and the most complete skeleton to date.

[@justapug3438]

I get a overdose of dopamine when lockstin makes a new video I love seeing the pure quality of his videos and his video are just super enjoyable after a long day. I usally never comment but I just wanted to say thank you for all the videos and time you put into them truly think you are one of the best KZbinrs on this platform no joke. Just wanted to say thank you because I been watching you since 2015 or 2017. Haven’t watched the vid yet but I bet its dope.

[@abrarkadabrar7829]

Same here. Literally

[@blazeswordpaladin9357]

2:31 Actually if I'm not mistaken the Hawaiian islands weren't really formed the way most mountains are. To simplify it, most mountains are created by tectonic movement that thrusts rocks from the depths of the earth into the surface and up. An example is orogenetic belts like the one of the ancient Tethys Sea that used to run all the way from Gibraltar to East Asia, and has been closing up. The great mountain chain that splits Asia in the E-W axis (and also contains the Himalayas), alongside the Alps in Europe are the result of the closing of Tethys (which continues to this day in the Mediterranean). The rocks that make up the mountains formed in the seabed of Tethys and were later thrust into the surface by the obduction of the African Plate beneath the Eurasian one (some are metamorphic so they also had a journey underground before reaching the surface, but I digress) The Hawaiian islands are an example of Hot-Spot volcanism, basically warm spots in the earth's mantle can create volcanoes if they pierce the tectonic plate that's over them, and the volcanism that comes as a result of this slowly builds up the island. In fact, the hawaiian islands get progressively older as you move through them, because the hot spot remains static while the tectonic plate drifts over it. Now I am not really an expert on the specifics of such volcanism, but I don't know if it's possible for fossil-bearing petrified sediments of the seabed to find their way in the surface of those islands. I'd mostly expect to find volcanic rocks (which aren't usually fossil-bearing) and MAYBE sedimentary formations from when the islands were still being built (so around the 5-6 Ma age). If someone is a geologist with experience on the topic, I'd be curious to know

[@dweebteambuilderjones7627]

You would be right. The volcanic origins of the Hawaiian islands mean that any fossils present would need to have formed after the islands moved off of the hotspot and stopped producing lava...but due to the islands' small sizes, the likelihood that _any_ fossils would last long enough for a 21st-century paleontologist to find them is low.

[@spikysweetpotato]

Just imagine how great a Lancake plush would be, I never thought somebody would make a dickinsonia Pokémon!

[@cyndaquil1433]

I would want a lancake blanket

[@cryptidliker5294]

2:37 “one not-a-dinosaur” *shows a dinosaur*

[@rainbows98]

LOVED the art in this episode!! huge shout out to the artist, and loved these guys in general. loved their lore. they are real pokemon in my heart now.

[@guyvengeance286]

Now that's some great fossils. They both great, but I absolutely love execution of the Lancake line, because dickinsonia is so plain - just a couple of cells, barely differentiated from water, in a shape of a pancake - but with a right inspiration, Pokemon based on it became something cute and curious

[@koruyamashimada9094]

Seriously one of my favorite content creators period! Thank you so much for all your work, Lockstin and Co, keep it up!

[@cosmopoiesecriandomundos7446]

2:37 this bit triggers my inner paleontologist so much

[@takeruashi]

lockstins pronounciation of Maori words has improved so much! The inspiration for Moamatau is so cool I wish it was real!

[@crackedemerald4930]

2:36 "one not a dinosaur" shows chicken, a dinosaur.

[@paulper]

Excited for some Alola content!

[@Eric-gp3hi]

Nice video I hope you do a video on What if Johto had Fossil Pokémon and What if Paldea had a Fossil Pokémon.

[@necroseus]

Out of all of these, Landream does an exceptional job at respecting its reference material while simplifying it for a pokemon design. All of the design ideas for each of these pokemon are really well thought out, but Landream is definitely the best artistic expression of the designs in terms of combining all of those features into a pokemon. Well done!

[@CeratosaurL]

FOSSIL POKÉMON ARE MY FAVORITE POKÉMON!!!!! PLEASE DO MORE!!!! Edit: I’m a dinosaur nerd and almost flipped off when you called mosasaur a dinosaur.

[@dweebteambuilderjones7627]

I DID flip off. I don't appreciate being called a "dinosaur nerd" in a tone of voice suggesting contempt. Nor rejecting science to satisfy an emotional attachment to something he believed was true when he was five (I knew that mosasaurs aren't dinosaurs when I was THREE).

[@hawyang]

For a new Zealand base fossil pokemon, we really don't have to go that far back. Maybe 500 or 600 years. There's the Haas Eagle and the Moa. One of the largest predatory bird and flightless bird.

[@josh_reptiliano]

every time you come up with new pokemon I wish they could become official, they're just so good!

[@zeekslider]

11:57 - So... Earth Power, but it hits both Pokémon on the opposing team and then causes Rain AND Psychic Terrain? Given all the other new moves we got with Gen 9, I can see that fitting just fine...

[@NyoomMonster]

Vergo did do a good job and probably loved doing the Mosasaur mon the most. I would love to see more fossil mon for different regions that don't have them, if you'd be willing to commission them and make a video on it. I love the designs you and your artists come up with and many of them I feel the urge to make plushies for, because they're so cute, colorful, and cool

[@justsomeguy7077]

Maybe the reason Paldea didn't have any fossil pokemon is because of the paradox pokemon? Either that or their are fossil pokemon for the region but are being saved for DLC?

[@CeaselessEntertainment8468]

Im totally catching them both! They will be a great addition to my collection

[@zacharymaher2855]

Appreciate the Aussie representation with Lancake, it’s so cute too. And the Mosawsaur line is really cool. Top tier designs as always, love these Fakemon videos.

[@Door227]

I loved alohla but I always wished they had fossil Pokémon so good job on fufilling a long lasting thought of mine

[@tetravega567]

4:13 The Aztec's also had a wooden paddle sword called a Macuahuitl, but it's teeth were obsidian (volcanic glass).

[@FBIandre123]

3:01 i was about to coment that!!!🤣 mosasaurs are actualy lizards. They are closeley related to monitor lizards, like the komodo dragon.

[@rubiconprime1429]

I think a super cool fossil Pokémon would be based-around the evolving understanding of structure of fossils. Specifically a 3-stage line based on Spinosaurus, starting as a tail-on-the-ground, upright, allosaurus skulled creature, evolving into. JP3 styled spinosaurus, and ending at the modern reconstruction.

[@scaliedog2777]

I love all the fossils so much! Aerodactyl has always had my heart

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

Same here, one of my favorite pokemon

[@zarynaryaz]

Lockstins videos are sure the only ones I NEVER skip the ads while I watch them. He just presents them in such a creative and funny way! 😊 Even though I can already tell what the next Helix-add may include, I love his story telling nevertheless 👍

[@donovan802]

If Moana had a Pokémon team, Moamatau would be her ace. The conceptualization says it all! Phenomenal job!!!

[@Nechtan13]

I love the fact that Moamatau has a Y-shaped tongue, a fact tjat many mosasaur depictions forget, treating them more like sea crocodiles rather than lizards

[@Modtro64]

I honestly love these Fossilmon. They're super creative and fit in with the Alola Pokemon. Shame they're fan made, I would love one of these on my team. Vergolophus did an outstanding job. Thank you for pointing me towards another cool Fakemon Artist.

[@KrispyRodent]

Lancake is absolutely adorable

[@EmeralBookwise]

Love Mossawsaur's art, would definitely be something I'd put on a team.

[@gegnabean]

I LOVE lancake, and it’s evolution. The inspirations are so interesting and it really strikes a cute cool balance. Also the artist (whom I love and follow on twitter) did such a good job making him look like a little mysterious guy. I LOVE HIM ❤️

[@KnightsofGaming2016]

How did I not notice that Alola had no new fossil Pokemon?

[@bubs_devark]

I gotta say, Landream might have to be my favorite fakemon design i have EVER seen! Something about that dude just really draws me in, I love him! He looks both cute yet slightly creepy, but its a perfect balance of them! All these mon are great, super clever designs and inspirations!

[@crocodiled5460]

OK so the mosasaur is not a dinosaur but you don’t have to yell at us for it I’m not blaming no One😢

[@kylecline9618]

THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING THIS MUCH

[@dimi1344]

That be cool but it's nice sometimes to have more new ideas for Pokemon rather than the new fossil

[@Graphomite]

I love these. Lockston did a great job on scientific and anthropological reference, and Vergolophus did an amazing job with the design. Such well thought out Fuaxomon.

[@FBIandre123]

2:27 islands like hawai were formed by magma in vulcanic eruptions, they were not brought to surface by tectonic forces. The fossil on the seafloor were most likley destroyed by the high temperatures of the magma. That and the fact that they are very new in geologic time are the main reasons why vulcanic island dont have many fossils.

[@themilkwalker4177]

I gotta say, you really knocked it out of the park with this one. As someone who grew up super interested in learning about Indigenous Australian and Maori stories, the concepts and execution behind these are absolutely ripper. Landream is 100% my favourite design to come out of these videos, words can't express how much I want it to be real. Not to say that I don't adore the other three. Also Vergolophus did a fantastic job with all the art!

[@Ly_7838]

11:05 PLEASE TELL ME I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE TO HEAR LOCKSTIN SAY THAT

[@stormredwood2613]

Very minor correction about Maui, its unknown which island he pulled from the sea, so every polynesian culture has their own legend around that. In Aoteroa, He pulled the north island (Ikaroa-a-Māui) from the sea with his brothers, but the effort of doing so capsized their canoe and turned all of them, except Maui, into stone, creating the South Island (Te Wai Pounamu) and the Southern Alps from the stone bodies of his brothers.

[@jonathanflanagan1504]

Storm Drain on a pokemon that would normally be quad-weak to water is nuts. Love it.

[@iveBENwatchin]

From New Zealand I love how you use Maori legends and things in my culture

[@madnessends2477]

These were incredibly inspired and creative. I feel genuinely sad they will never be in the actual games

[@dhampir_days]

I would die for these pokémon, they have SO MUCH thought put into them and their designs are so endearing!

[@mitkitty]

I really love the inspiration behind lancake and landream. I've been to australia once and we visited an aboriginal museum and cultural center near Cairns and i really really want to go back to learn more one day

[@kryzallazurite1585]

I love Gen 3's Fossils the most personally, so the Rock/Grass had me sold immediately, followed by easily one of the most solidly cool ideas I've seen in a wild for a pokemon. Doing good work, Lockstin!

[@excalibursaurusm5701]

Vergolophus always makes awesome fakemon. The Mosasaur is so cool!

[@ProCrastinatorJay]

The only addition I have is give Lancake and Landream Sap Sipper as a second common ability. It still makes sense with the syrup parallel, and competitively it would be a mind game of which 4x effective move you should hit it with.

[@zero69kage]

When I saw the reverse fishing thing, I immediately remembered that the Slid-Rock Bolter was a thing.

[@LatiasDita]

Oh wow, dickinsonia! I adore the creatures from the Ediacaran period. They're just so fantastically bizarre. Fantastic job on these!

[@connorcontreras440]

Lockstin talking about Alolan Raichu: "PANCAKES!!!!"

[@profdracko]

Maui does exist in NZ mythology too, where he fished up the North Island instead of Hawai'i. The North Island even looks sort of fish-shaped, and its native name is Te Ika-a-Māui, The fish of Maui, to contrast the South Island, which is often associated with Maui's canoe.

[@trevorv87]

These are all so cool! The artist did such a great job

[@marxtheenigma873]

I was really disappointed that they didn't have a carnivorous caterpillar Pokemon in Alola. Its native to only Hawaii. It would have been so cool.

[@Mcloganberry]

Fakemon are so cool, I would love for people to bring their own ideas towards official Pokémon games one day (I like current designs of Pokémon it’s just people come up with so many amazing ideas that it’s a shame they aren’t on the design team as well)

[@matrixster6238]

If Alola had these fossils, the amount of jokes people would have made about Sonia in Gen 8 would have been apocalyptic.

[@unevennoble9363]

Also I doubt that gamefreak even CONSIDERED Australia when making Alola. Also I made some fossil Pokemon for my region (which actually is based on Australasia) Protopial, a Rock Normal type based on Diprotodon, a giant wombat-like marsupial, and Goannlaeo, a Rock Fighting type based on megalania, a giant prehistoric goanna. Protopial is peaceful, but it's powerful claws and large size mean it has no predators, in fact, it's claws are made out of enamel so it can burrow through rock, and it's posterior and back have minerals in its skin from it's burrowing and dirt eating, meaning Protopial can reconstitute those minerals to make that patch as hard of the wall of a cave. And Goannlaeo can actually use Aura, albeit primitively.

[@angrypvz1236]

Groggin, you make Pokémon infinitely more deep than anything made by Pokémon company. Keep on using that gnoggin man

[@r4bbitdragon]

Ooh, Mossawsaur is a real cutie! I didn’t realize it before, but it really satisfies a coloration I’d like to see from a kelp pokemon that Skrelp’s poison purple doesn’t ;P. The theming is so neat too!

[@DibbaDabbs]

Can anyone else think that Lancake would be a good blanket/Plushie? And the smooth rock a good side pillow?

[@azurehanyo]

I love mossawsaur. I would definitely have one on my team.

[@Petrico94]

I like the pun on Mossawsaur but it should look more grassy. Just needs the color scheme to match more even if that's kind of limiting to some designs. The word play is great and I like the theming of kelp-saw-mosasaur and some maori nods. I kind of wish more fossil pokemon got away from the rock type and maybe had a unique ability, but rock-grass and absorb water is pretty great too. First animal fossil mon are also pretty cool and trying to interpret something that might as well be a plant as a pet, then it gets bigger(which looks real cool and almost ghostly). I do think it's funny it's like the first pancake for a place that loves pancakes so much Raichu became psychic for them.

[@toucandraws3959]

Lancake is one of my new favorite fakemon! It’s so cute, and I love the butter stone

[@jayisabluebird]

Bro i am OBSESSED. Aquatic fossil Pokemon are always my favorites

[@stefanopirletti3561]

The mosasaur pokemon is perfect, i love the first stage so much, se second is amazing, the only detail i would have changed is to make him keep the algee mohawk in the evolution

[@viscountsb7140]

that mossosuar line is sick

[@Seddyhere]

Man I'd love this to become a series

[@cofagrigusfan24]

i also came up with a Mosasaur fossil Pokémon for my Netherlands inspired region cause the Mosasaur is named after the city the first fossils where found in, Maastricht, a city in The Netherlands

[@dominicfiorenza2127]

Honestly lancake should also get sap sipper as a hidden ability or just secondary ability. Like how maple syrup comes from maple sap, and as you said like a pancake absorbs syrup.

[@testpermanent417]

I love the art on this one! They absolutely nailed the Pokémon style

[@HeraclesN-fp1bw]

I love Fossil Pokemon & think that these 2 are very interesting which just to note that Landream with it having psychic like abilities it could also take inspiration from the Aboriginal mythical creature called the Rainbow Serpent which in myth is a creator god

[@Moonsong227]

This video is much better quality that your usual stuff lately, good on yall!