What if EVERY Legendary Pokémon Had a Regional Variant Form? #1

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Regional variant Pokemon is one of the most popular Pokemon features of all time, and in generation 8, the unthinkable happened when we got regional variants of Legendary Pokemon in the Sword and Shield Crown Tundra expansion. But what if EVERY Legendary had a regional variant? In this video we are going to begin to explore that idea, by giving regional variants of my own to multiple legendaries! I hope you enjoy!
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[@espeon030]

hi! 1st reply!

[@dannygillmor2337]

You should do convergent species

[@Syiepherze]

Based

[@KitomiKotiri]

Before watching the video these are my thoughts for what legendaries would be the most possible entries for regional variants Mewmew being slightly adapted to a certain environment being an in-between of mew becoming different mon as the ancestor, Mewtwo being made slight differently/contaminated by accident of made from a mew in the in-between stage, The legendary beasts (ent,rai,sui) perhaps pokemon resurrected by a different legendary, eon duo (idk specific ls for this), deoxys being a different stand of virus coming to poke-earth, (i would include Regis but that would just be new regional mons and not varients), shaymin being a different flower, (darkrai and cresselia would probably become a trio/quartet with daydream/daymare mons), Genies being a different quartet guardian spirits of a different culture, swords of justice being a different weapon, genesect similar to mewtwo accidently contaminated or different type of weapon, victini being lose the battle but win the war version?, meloetta different genres of music, diancie different type of jewel, volcanion mist based?, UBs being transported to a different world and thriving after evolving to fit it better, (i don't think it would be a variant and don't think calyrex is based off the 4 horse men but a poison type horse for plague and a fighting type horse for war spectrier is easier as death but glacitrier could be famine?, different relics and koraidon and scarlet paradox mons evolving in a world full of water and rain (idk maybe groudon won in the original and kyogre won in the new one) and miraidon evolving in a world with more psychic energy (best I got that makes some sense to me) because two routes most scene in sci-fi stuff either extreme technology or worlds that humans evolved supernatural powers best I've got for bsing up plausible regional variants in about 10-30min idk

[@shadowhell8378]

How about Kyogre variant for a Amazon region instead of a fish it can be more crocodile like replacing the fins with legs and getting a water/grass type and grassy terrain Ability. Groudon variant that is fire/steel type with levitate as a ability based on the minokawa from the Philippines (think rodan from Godzilla). Rayquaza that is based on jörmungandr the world serpents instead of a flying dragon it's now a water ice type with a ability that sets up snow(the new Hail) and Aurora veil.

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

The Ho-Oh variant could also be due to the smoke and death at the burned tower, referencing the beasts it formed

[@einszweidrei486]

Instead of ressurecting the beasts, you could make it like the beasts ressurected it?

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

@@einszweidrei486 that would be cool

[@countcr33per]

@@einszweidrei486 Id go more with is sacrificing its own life to resurrect the Beasts and the new form is the result of giving up its life force, hence the Ghost typing

[@cofagrigusfan24]

for my Netherlands inspired region, i also have come up with a regional Mewtwo, a Psychic/Fairy type for the inspiration, i went with Mewtwo's lore & add something The Netherlands is known for the idea, is that back when Team Rocket made the first Mewtwo, they made a couple back-ups in case the first one fails but when the first escaped, so did the others & 1 of those, flew to the Nenal region, but got injured along the way but the people of Nenal are known to be very kind towards nature and Pokémon, so they took the injured Mewtwo & took care of it and when fully healed, let it back into the wild, but during the healing process, Mewtwo warmed up to the humans, causing it to be a friendly Mewtwo and due to its psychic energy, its body changed with its new personality, it thanked the humans and flew off, but stayed in the region

[@averagehuman-gf3qc]

I like that

[@jackt.jester6206]

Very wholesome

[@everlastingdragon4520]

I wanna know what Nenalian Mewtwo looks like now.

[@carsonsmith3728]

After the What if every legendary Pokémon had regional variants series, can you please do “What if Necrozma fused with other legendaries?” or “What if Kyurem fused with other legendaries?” next?

[@theorycrafters7281]

That would be cool. I think kyurem though can only fuse with the other 2 dragons cuz they used to be a whole being. I think necrozma could work though

[@Gazing-09]

I just had a recommendation about the Necrozma topic a few hours ago lol! A KZbinr who posted fanarts of Necrozma fusing with Legendaries as well as non legendaries.

[@carsonsmith3728]

@@theorycrafters7281in case you overlooked it, but I put the word OR in between the two video suggestions. However, I agree with you.

[@carsonsmith3728]

@@Gazing-09Great minds think alike.

[@carsonsmith3728]

@@nomatteryouraffiliationyou8028 Neat!

[@JordiCalcos]

I always thought Lucia was psychic because it was supposed to represent the push and pull of the moon of the ocean 😅

[@First-to-last]

That's actually a quiet cool idea!

[@DrakeMystical]

I never thought about that, u smart

[@krookodilegang6192]

Sadly the real rwason was confirmed as BeCaUsE PsYcHiC Is StRoNg BuT WaTeR iSnT no joke its only psychic for power

[@CoralReaper707]

Finally. Reasons I can tell people that justify Lugia's psychic typing other than just "lol aquatic creatures don't have to be water type".

[@amberjackson1137]

For a Lugia variation I think one that is based off Shadow Lugia from Gale of Darkness would be a fun idea. It could be a water/dark or even pure dark type who's heart is completely closed off and has no form of compassion or goodness for humans since Shadow pokemon were made by closing their heart. Maybe it's signature move could be super effective against all types since in Gale of Darkness Shadow pokemon were super effective against non Shadow pokemon regardless of type.

[@adamtrimble2586]

I thought his lugia variant looked similar to shadow lugia

[@Skullhawk13]

90 BP Shadow Blast, Supereffective against everything but Dark, Which is immune.

[@KLGB76]

I have to say that this Ho-Oh variant is just perfect. The concept is awesome and the design represent it so well that I just couldn’t resist putting this Pokémon in my team.

[@GarytheYeti]

But it has two left feet

[@sonicathewerehog1915]

And even those ho-oh is based on Chinese phoenix which represents virtue, duty, ritual, compassion, and trust on various parts of its body and not Greek phoenix which represents immortality, resurrection and life after death that Moltres

[@serspritztomb]

Love the Ho-oh (not my ghost type bias) and how it actually has a reason that matches It’s inspiration

[@toriesout8692]

Even a Ho-oh form like that would be awesome, especially if they use it in any Legends sequels.

[@lumenauta]

The Ho-Oh variant is amazing, it makes it cooler that it's in Ecruteak City too. I would love a Johto Legends game with those variants for the legendaries

[@jeffersonniewierowski596]

Ho-oh is gorgeous! I like that being ghost type, Ho-oh has adventage over original Lugia. And the same way, Lugia being water type it has adventage over the original Ho-oh.

[@aidanchessher8076]

Maybe there could be a regional variant of Regigigas that uses more spiritual/non-physical elements to create more abstract Regi creations

[@dragontamerpennie3273]

I love all these so much! Especially the Rising From the Ashes Ho-oh. I absolutely need varients for the rest of the Legendaries. And then maybe the mythicals?

[@agm5424]

Personally always believed that Lugia should have been a psychic water type. My reason is that it would give a deeper type of ying yang relationship between the two box legendaries simiar to the other legendaries like mew and Mewtwo being the first natural and man-made pokemon respectively. That been that Ho-oh could in a way represents a brigh and active spirit/mind due to been a light theme bird that's flying around the world doing something and Lugia the deeper, hidden and passive soul-subconscious that holds great amounts of power, like the actual subconscious, and is hidden/unseen in the dark beneath the oceans like the soul is hidden in the body.

[@naveedahmedny]

That Dark Mewtwo could be a physical attacker. Maybe a bit faster but more frail than regular Mewtwo. Super cool!

[@ProfJeffy]

That Ho-oh would be sick as a multiversal form. From a universe where it died in the burned tower instead of or together with the 3 legendary beasts

[@silverhunter4136]

I really like these regional variants. Only change I would make is make Lugia a water/dragon type, since it does draw inspiration from Ryujin the sea dragon god.

[@ThisAintGood.]

I LOVE all of these alternate form series, keep up the great work!

[@HoopsandHipHop]

Thank you!!

[@Silver_Sonic_23]

I wonder if they’ll do Mythicals eventually.

[@kkatsuhira]

A good ability for that ho-oh could be something like: "If the Pokemon would faint, it turns back into its egg having 50% of the pokemons base health and is instead reborn after 2 rounds" (something like a substitute with 50% of ho ohs health and if it doesnt get destroyed, the ho oh is reborn again once per battle, maybe even with a slight stat boost in speed and special attack, but idk if that would be too OP)

[@TornaitSuperBird]

Probably would be too OP. I'd see it as an ability more like a mix of Palafin and Golisopod, where a move that would normally KO the Pokémon would instead send it to the back of the party and swap it out for another Pokémon. When you put Ho-Oh back onto the field, it's form will be changed (probably with the stat total being the same, but with different stat allocation) and its' HP restored a certain amount.

[@MessireLie2]

I like to see the Galarian Birds as the prototype for convergent evolution we encounter in gen9. Everything regarding them in the lore, in the conversations with Peony, in the dex allude them as "lookalike" of the Kantonian Birds, and the justification to make their names coincide with what they are is too far fetched to not be a coincidence. I don't think this will be ever retcon, but convergent evolution seems more fitting than a regional variant that would imply that they are pressured by their environment to change from their base form... For an as powerful entity as them, that's not really believable.

[@shinken6636]

convergents are different, they are entirely different animal bases with the exact same design but recolored, while regionals are based on the same thing but can have more different designs

[@Mikescool444]

@@shinken6636 although that’s true, Pokémon’s only done two lines, so currently, I’d say there’s too little information to pull from to decide on rules. Also, it’s likely it doesn’t have to be a completely different animal. Yeah, the two ones we have are near opposites of the original, but I’m guessing future convergent Pokémon aren’t gonna be as drastic.

[@nycto5335]

Some legendaries could still get regionals and make sense tho. Like Kubfu and Urshifu, Latios and Latias maybe, Lugia too if we go by anime lore, etc. These legendaries can have young (in lore) and these young when dropped into certain environments would definitely be pressured by it to change to better survive. I don't think a baby Latios or Kubfu would have enough power to just survive like it's nothing everywhere imo. But yeah I agree that for a lot of other Legendaries a convergent would make more sense. Just a lookalike. And even then some would not make sense. How would a lookalike of Groudon come to existence? A lot of legendaries are basically gods.

[@limitededitionp5577]

It could be cool to see Groudon and kypgre have their roles reversed in a different region

[@jeffersonniewierowski596]

Reversed? Ok... But why?

[@gustavju4686]

The Weather and Creation trio I don't see getting variants in official/canon due to their origin stories. Edit: Well, maybe Groudon and Kyogre as they have Past forms.

[@ryanrustvold5367]

@@jeffersonniewierowski596 because why not. Groudon possibly getting more fish like qualities and kyogre evolving(like actual evolution not Pokémon) gaining lizard like qualities

[@RoyArkon]

Awesome video, I actually learned a lot about Lugia specifically thanks to this video. As for the idea of more regional variants for Legendaries, I can defiantly see it although I'm not sure it's gonna happen for all them. Like for example, the Creation Trio (Giratina, Dialga and Palkia), are just way too important and way too centralized for them to have regional variants, same thing with the Lake Trio (Uxie, Azelf and Mesprit). However Mewtwo I can defiantly see it happen with, and the fact that it is a man-made Pokemon actually makes it more possible than these other Legendaries, when you really think about it.

[@Official_NGMRX]

If Lugia does come to Scarlet and Violet it can have a special Water Tera type raid battle

[@monaxia2524]

I hope you see this, HoopsandHipHop, but for rayquaza i would like his theming to be of one of the "Chinese dragons" from chinese mythology. He already fits that descirption very well, all he needs is some finishing touches.

[@KitomiKotiri]

Best I got for bsing something on the spot (even if don't rayquaza has possibility of getting one not because of it being mascot but because unlike bsing one up would be trying to say that it is possible for the regis to get a regional form best I got is that in a universe where rayquaza wasn't able to stop Kyogre/Groudon and one them won over the other rayquaza weakened but still being a legendary it has an amazing Vitaliy and over time it lost the flying typing and fall to the ground/water forced into hiding absorbing whatever energy it can becoming a Dragon/Fire(or ground whatever you want for Groudon) or Dragon/Water depending on which one won in the universe to someday be able to defeat them it survives in the new world (btw I would personally consider this closer to a paradox mon then regional form because it would have to happen in a different timeline/universe)

[@KitomiKotiri]

I also got a similar idea for Koraidon and Miraidon basically I consider Koraidon's timeline to be one where Groudon won so the world is constantly filled with harsh sunlight forcing mons to be able to survive in arid canyons/deserts so the regional variant would be a Dragon/Water type (maybe it would be different type because it isnt a fire type originally maybe dark idk best i got although it might be a groudon/kyogre case where only kyogre's type matches the weather) being more accustomed to a world flooded with water evolving it in an opposite direction and for Miraidon sci-fi stuff is most often extreme technology based or human evolved to get supernatural powers so Miraidon would evolve into a Dragon/Psychic type (it could be a case where Koraidon's type matches the weather but Miraidons type doesn't but fits the theme so Dragon/Ghost or Dark) setting up Psychic terrain

[@monaxia2524]

@@KitomiKotiri Both are pretty interesting, but just like you said, They might be better of as paradox mon, depending on how you implement the concept.

[@KitomiKotiri]

@@monaxia2524 Mrlie in comment said they might have been a prototype or hint for conversion evolution because Peony alludes and they're dex said they "lookalike" to the Kanto birds also in Hoops main comment reply I put down several bsed on the spot ideas for other regional form legends btw it was before I watched the video

[@KuroBlitz]

Ghost Ho-Oh is super fitting due to their landmark being in Ecruteak City, where Morty's Gym is. I recall wanted variants of Ground (Ho-Oh) and Dragon (Lugia) due to their Isle of Armor moves.

[@pokefan366]

I love the legendary regional variations. My favorite is the regional variant of Ho-oh, but I have an idea. What if this legendary had a variant of ALL types as a Phoenix can be a fire Phoenix, but also many others like a water, ice, grass or ghost like in this video. Keep it up. I would like to see what the variants of the next legendarys are going to be.

[@devantediamond1041]

Hope everybody has an awesome day and thank you get again for the great video

[@evelinepotter4551]

Awesome concepts, your Mewtwo idea especially. Even though I would also be in for a Steel-Psychic Paradox Mewtwo. The other two are just perfect!

[@withered1835]

Honestly I love the ideas for the Lugia and Ho-Oh as it makes the regionals strong against the opposite's johtoan form

[@TopherAustin]

Would love to see regional variants for all of the Tapu’s. I think there is a lot of potential with them!

[@robbymanable]

For the Hoenn Weather Trio, I would personally make Groudon more based on the Abominable Snowman (Ice/Ground), Kyogre more based on a lava whale (Fire/Water), and Rayquaza more based on a serpent made of rock (Rock/Dragon)

[@rikmetz4720]

Their abilities could be for regional mewtwo, competitive. For regional ho-oh, flame body. And regional lugia, swit swim, hydration or rain dish.

[@dominicfiorenza2127]

Honestly I thought it would be cool if Ho-oh was fire ghost type and Lugia was water psychic type. That way they are both super effective against each other.

[@DanielBevisDesign]

A Ghost-leaning Ho-Oh is something I've never imagined - but it looks freakin' awesome!

[@OddMoonlight]

You should definitely continue this series, it seems like an amazing concept on its own so I'd really wish to see that later on for this channel!

[@DrJCoy18]

I hope you continue this series! Love this concept!

[@shrikantmeshram5725]

You should definitely continue this series

[@barrysmith4610]

Great video. Re Lugia I would make it Psychic/Water rather than just a straight Water type

[@mylesgala6622]

Love it!! Would love to see too many more of these!

[@RespawnGod]

So personally I think apart from the artificial legendaries/mythicals which could all be explained by "someone else wanted to attempt the creation of the pokemon" I think all the potential regional variants would have to be some sort of seemingly temporary but long term change such as the fruit changing the legendary birds, as alot of these Pokémon are depicted as unique origin Pokémon I could see Ho-oh's design being that every 10 "generations" Ho-Oh must die to then be reborn, but I'm not sure how to make lugia's work lore wise Lugia was really goofed in the typing process irl

[@Aaron-hv4hr]

While I love the idea of a regional variant of Mewtwo explained as it is, I find it hard to believe that they would call this new mewtwo a regional variant instead of “Mewthree” 😂

[@KitomiKotiri]

Before watching the video these are my thoughts for what legendaries would be the most possible entries for regional variants Mewmew being slightly adapted to a certain environment being an in-between of mew becoming different mon as the ancestor, Mewtwo being made slight differently/contaminated by accident of made from a mew in the in-between stage, The legendary beasts (ent,rai,sui) perhaps pokemon resurrected by a different legendary, eon duo (idk specific ls for this), deoxys being a different stand of virus coming to poke-earth, (i would include Regis but that would just be new regional mons and not varients), shaymin being a different flower, (darkrai and cresselia would probably become a trio/quartet with daydream/daymare mons), Genies being a different quartet guardian spirits of a different culture, swords of justice being a different weapon, genesect similar to mewtwo accidently contaminated or different type of weapon, victini being lose the battle but win the war version?, meloetta different genres of music, diancie different type of jewel, volcanion mist based?, UBs being transported to a different world and thriving after evolving to fit it better, (i don't think it would be a variant and don't think calyrex is based off the 4 horse men but a poison type horse for plague and a fighting type horse for war spectrier is easier as death but glacitrier could be famine?, different relics and koraidon and scarlet paradox mons evolving in a world full of water and rain (idk maybe groudon won in the original and kyogre won in the new one) and miraidon evolving in a world with more psychic energy (best I got that makes some sense to me) because two routes most scene in sci-fi stuff either extreme technology or worlds that humans evolved supernatural powers best I've got for bsing up plausible regional variants in about 10-30min idk

[@caedmonisaacson8506]

I really enjoy this concept, I’d love to see the alternate forms be inspired by another region specifically!

[@oricalcx]

i’d love a “failed experiment” mewtwo, where scientists in another region attempted to replicate cloning mew, but failed, resulting in a vengeful ghost/dark pokémon.

[@spennyeythan9716]

For placement, my First thought for MewTwo was Gen 3, in an other timeline, where Rayquaza never came to save them, Scientists had to create an ultimate weapon to fight off Dexoys. Gaining Dark to be good against the Physic type. also, watching those two fight in space would be SOOOO cool. Ho-oh would ALSO work well in Gen 3, around Mt. Chimney, with Lugia being in that MESS on route 133 HAHA LOVED the new takes, and can't to see part 3!

[@Naramyx]

I think it would be cool if that regional Ho-oh had the unique ability: Revival, it rejuvenates half of its hp when KO'd by a fire type move, enhancing its special attack by 2 stages, decreasing its defense by 1 stage

[@alyssaleal]

I feel like the regional Lugia would be perfect as a regional variant for a Legends Arceus style game where we see an ancient version of Lugia, maybe before it could fly and changed typing in the modern day. All these designs are so cool and really well thought out and executed!

[@thedeltasalamance1258]

It’s cool that the 3 Pokémon have red green and blue which are both representative of the starter types but are also the same as the first three games. Also it just looks cool when they are all together. Idk of this was on purpose or not but it’s still cool

[@FoolishCraze]

My idea for a variant of Mewtwo is a psychic and steel type that carries around a giant scythe and uses it's psychic powers to throw it around. It's only desire is to absorb the original Mewtwo and become the perfect Mewtwo

[@BLAzinStRipePiPes10]

Definitely do a part two for this one! Such a cool concept, and so well done!

[@WiGgYof09]

I like to think the variant birds are examples of convergent evolution like Wiglette. They are not variations of the legendary trio, but they unrelated pokemon that evoled to take similar roles in Galar.

[@mysticofthedesert1148]

Ho-oh looks so wise and finally Lugia is a water type. I can hardly wait for regional variant rayquaza. Keep up the great work 👍🙂

[@Lumberjack_king]

You should do one for mythicals next

[@bakuiel1901]

Very cool idea, would love to see your ideas for every legendary

[@rhodu]

Omg this looks like an amazing new series!

[@espeon030]

ikr!!

[@rafdeandrade]

I'd rather give Ho-Oh the Ghost/Fire type. Phoenix like it are reborn from their ashes and its design still contains firery elements. Also, it's signature move is fire so losing its STAB seems weird (even if it could technically just get a new signature ability). Also, a newly reborn Phoenix may not necessarily be able to fly so quickly, and even then ghosts tend to levitate (even if they don't have the ability) so flying wouldn't even be necessary.

[@Jefe86]

Such an interesting concept! Love the ideas for these 3 fan favorites. Especially Lugia.

[@shadoradow9335]

I feel like the regional form of Mewtwo is more like a convergent form. Btw, great designs.

[@omkartelang1064]

I have another idea for regional Mewtwo. "Scientists in another region stole the DNA reasearch data from team rocket and tried to recreate Mewtwo, but team leader of that region wanted to recreate Mewtwo stronger than the one team rocket made, they kept on reasearching on it but that reasearch took toll on Mewtwo's soul, ultimately that Mewtwo died, due to failure evil organization abandoned the project leaving dead Mewtwo in the lab as it is. Mewtwo's soul came out of its body and wandered the reasearch facility for years learning about the ruthless experiments conducted on it, it became very angry and spiteful and decided to take revenge. It completely exhausted it's psychic powers to create a body perfect for its purpose and became ghost/dark type in process"

[@danielstokes2127]

I hope you do more of this series! My favorite is the mewtwo variant and it gives me a dark/poison vibe with the green tail and veins looking like they could contain glowing toxins that can be used for moves like poison tail and poison jab!

[@alexthoman96]

Great video, very surprised I haven't seen more regional legendaries

[@j03130j]

After Jotoan Ho oh uses burn up, it could change into its regional form for 3-5 turns.

[@Rikoyasha15]

i kinda always thought Lugia could've been water/psyshic either being capable of flying or say its its psychic power letting it float as it mimics flight with its wings. i think leviate needs to be like a sub ability its kinda a waste making a pokemon be a flying type or wasted ability slot with levitate best example is flygon being Ground/Dragon but its ability slot is wasted on something it should naturally be able to do

[@IcarusFallz]

It would make more sense if a regional Mewtwo variant was a success. Meaning not tortured or ruthless but more Mew-like (prob a Psychic/fairy)

[@dannygillmor2337]

I wanted Ash and Goh to battle and maybe catch the Galar birds

[@leonardlafoe9979]

I really like this concept, and going forward would like to see the specific region the pokemon is a variant in be incorporated

[@fatefulthreads]

The colour choices on these guys were all so nice

[@tjbonnes4936]

I would have guessed for Lugia, a callback to its Shadow Form from XD Gale of Darkness

[@Boltofbrilliance122]

Maybe only put 1 in the thumbnail so it'll be more of a surprise when will see the other's

[@sythemasterix6923]

The variant Lugia reminded me of an Orca and I’m super into it 😮 hittin my nostalgia and cool buttons at the same time lol

[@piotrop6750]

I hope there will be part 2 and that it becomes a series, my favorite variant is Mewtwo, i very much like the lore of this variant, but i think it would be cool if they where from specific regions.

[@shinyrayquaza2729]

they should actually create another form of mewtwo with that green. so cool

[@zacharybaehl-op9jr]

I would definitely want to see more of this.

[@AustinHenryminecraft]

Mewtwo got me thinking if an outside force messed with the creation of a new mewtwo imagine the different outcomes like if another pokemon or human DNA was added

[@danteswildlife4411]

I like the designs, but I don’t think we’ll never seen a regional form of a legendary ever again and that’s because we technically never saw one to begin with. The “regional variants” of the legendary birds were actually convergent species (and were used to hint at this new gimmick for Scarlet and Violet) it even states so in their dex entries. The basic summary of these entries state that it is unclear whether they’re truly variants of the Kanto birds, or not; however, due to their similarities to the birds they were named as such. So yeah, not variants just unidentified convergent Pokémon.

[@thehispanicgameboy9821]

Good concept would love to see more

[@elbucio2615]

That Ho-oh looks magestic

[@Daniel_Coffman]

It does seem like the Super-Ancients will be a big challenge, trying to find another group of feuding mythical creatures in the same vein as Behemoth, Leviathan, and Ziz. I suppose they could take more inspiration from the aforementioned giants that they're already based on, but I don't really see how that would work to make them similar to the originals even as "impostor" Pokemon like the Galarian Birds, given that Rayquaza is a serpent where Ziz is portrayed as more like a griffon and Kyogre is more like a fish despite Levathan being a multi-headed serpent.

[@dratinimew]

Always bringing great content. Keep it up

[@rasyapm8264]

i love how these have the god tier color trio green red and blue i just think thats cool

[@Phoester]

I think you should separated in 3 categories. Regional variant for the Legend trios and miscellaneous legend like Heatran and Crescelia, box art legend get the primal reversion and mythical Pokémon with convergent or alternate form like Meloetta.

[@NikNak32]

I love Ho-oh's regional form

[@thelostlugia]

These are sick! Love that Lugia!

[@fiddlechrome]

Lugia isn't a water-type due to not originally living in the sea, as it's dex entries state. The only reason it lives in the sea is due to it's wings causing hurricanes that are way too powerful, so it isolated itself.

[@ashmander3465]

Look at all these great delta pokemon designs. Great video

[@BRey-xx4sm]

That Lugia is hands down my favourite! The Ho-oh design also sparked the idea, what if it changed between its original design and this ashy burnt out design? I'm not sure how it would work but it sounds cool

[@HanaTheRussell]

thank you for not saying 'without further ago' before the ad

[@anthonystone2660]

I know it probably explained their variance other than region but it’d be pretty sick if these were like a soft roll out of Paradox Pokémon before the main intro to explain the reason there’s more than one

[@Platypus3691215]

7:54 Lugia should've gotten a regional forum in the Crown Tundra along with the Legendary Birds.

[@AlexxxMYLSince2013]

Im not sure know if it would make sense Lore wise but an Alolan Arceus from Ultra space would be cool, basically the ultra beast god.

[@Jillybear265]

Wouldn't the lugia be water dragon? Also plesiosaurs were actually aquatic reptiles closely related to turtles!!

[@silverblaze8766]

I wonder what idea Hoops will come up with for the creation and weather trios

[@CowboyPrestige101]

I'm glad they have been switching it up. I'm hoping this is a thing that sticks. Maybe even eventually having convergent evolution legendaries would be interesting as well.

[@KitomiKotiri]

Well the closet we have to convergent evolution of different creatures that look similar but are different to fulfill a similar role the top of my head is the swords of justice because they are not the same pokemon but have evolved fulfill similar roles of protecting pokemon

[@philipknightson4204]

@@KitomiKotiri Wiglett and Toedscool.

[@KitomiKotiri]

@@philipknightson4204 I meant legendary wise

[@Skullhawk13]

@@philipknightson4204 that’s not convergent evolution. A better example would be the pikaclones. Wiglet and Toad are just shaped similarly but are so different they don’t even count as regional variants

[@gibbsterV]

this is a great series idea but a series I'd like to see come back is making new evolutions for pokemon that you don't like the evolutions of

[@chrisbuttonshaw2088]

I TOTALLY want the Johto variants. Mewtwo good too but personal taste.

[@DudaAS100]

Please, mr Hoops, consider doing more parts!

[@dylanrondeau4936]

I think lugia being a water dragon type would be cooler, although it may be overplayed. Maybe water fairy?

[@Blakewyattdunfee]

Plesiosaurs and pterasaurs are not dinosaurs. They're marine/flying reptiles respectively. While they are cousins to dinosaurs, they are not one and the same.

[@captainkawaii666]

The whole “different scientists made their own version” for the Mewtwo variant is similar to an idea I had for a regional variant of Zygarde (which I call Zygarde-NEO)

[@hydrastuff8029]

I'd love to see regional variants of the legendary beasts next!