What If Starter Pokemon Had Split Evolutions? #2

[@xxjihyology]

For Frogadier, it abandoned the Frubbles upon evolving to Greninja, maybe there could be a split evo, a kunoichi, that focuses to use the frubbles more, maybe a more stealth based mist ninja using frubbles as traps

[@Dudeman23rd]

A Water/Poison type that plants explosive toxic bubbles as traps to disorient and disable opponents? Yes please!

[@vaporean_boylove.0w083]

I'm in love with these 2 comments' ideas for this split evo

[@orbboom6119]

YESSSS

[@intergalactic92]

Yeah, I don’t care what anyone says: Greninja is as egregious as Blastoise for abandoning its core concept.

[@leviadams8777]

@@intergalactic92i think it did well with what it did. Greninja is my favorite pokemon, but I agree that the original concept does get lost in the evolution.

[@rowie5396]

2:58 Sharp outfit Blastoise. Careful, you could puncture the hull of an empire-class Kantonian battle ship, leaving thousands to drown at sea... because it's so... sharp

[@EmiyaHikari]

uhh... thanks...

[@neodica5967]

I feel like this is a reference to Ella Enchanted but I can't remember.

[@darkavacado7961]

Azula supremacy

[@neodica5967]

@@darkavacado7961 Damn! It totally sounded like something Ella's stepsister would say to Prince Char.

[@we1rdfi5h]

i was gonna comment the same thing lol

[@franciscorosa1498]

You know how snapdragon flowers dry to look like skulls, i feel like that concept would make an amazing dragon grass serperiour varient

[@michaelgibson3479]

False hydra heads?

[@zachmcmullen2741]

Lol a Slythereign of every type video, I'd watch that.

[@lunarclysm4392]

Grass ghost type but yes

[@user-ye9bc7nw2c]

Lol

[@Calistoryn]

Is it okay if I use this idea for a fakemon? Because that's an amazing idea

[@the_shiny_wartortle_8913]

Finally someone who understands the Wartortle evolution line and executes it beautifully (because Wartortle has always had a special place in my heart)

[@photoo848]

Not where I saw it going to but it's nice indeed. I always imagined a split evo would be a blend of Goku and the Ninja Turtles. Body plan of the turtles but the cloudy tail swoops in front of the feet (like that cloud Goku used for flying except light blue, not yellow). It could hold a metal staff that has one both ends the shapes of Blastoise's cannons. Make it water/flying but with ability lightning rod (because of the staff)

[@redkingdom15]

Seriously! I don't even know why, but I LOVE Wartortle and always have. Blastoise has always been kind of a disappointment to me, but we stay Squirtle Squad for life out here lol

[@B3Icongirl]

Same! But i actuly like blastoise​@@redkingdom15

[@Olivia-lx9tq]

Aquarrior is easily my favorite here. I always loved how fluffy Wartortle is. Also, Aquarrior also looks like a blue shell in Mario Kart!

[@Idiotic_B_Purcell]

"First" is its trigger word lmao

[@natertot736]

i like how flareath still follows the trope of performer that we see with the other gen 7 starters, very neat design

[@aspiringwayfarer]

Wow. Slithereign looks so sick! What a great design with strong colors!!

[@nasinnarcotics]

I am actually in love with Frondosaur. What a good little guy

[@Lila-ie1eo]

Same, he is my favorite one in this batch. But he looks more related to Tropius than Bayleef, IMO. Probably because his base color is not pastel. Still, I would pick him over Meganium 100%

[@AubreyAkyereko-pl7um]

Bro is 9ft+ how is bro a "little guy"

[@TheGalactic_whale]

​@@AubreyAkyereko-pl7um I assume because they find them cute

[@zeroSEA]

the colors for slithereign are GORGEOUS

[@metasteelgaming4373]

My jaw dropped when he added the red! I usually don't react like that to videos like this

[@DanielGreenberg-ly4qg]

Flareath’s shiny is super cool

[@aspiringwayfarer]

Omg I LOVE Wartortle and was super disappointed when Blastoise lost its cool ears and tail, so seeing Aquarrior regain those awesome traits is amazing and the closure I never knew I needed!!

[@watershed6092]

That last evolution is sooo good on so many levels. Really like seeing the inspiration you too from Napoleon, vampires, even the Apple aspect. And the color scheme is awesome

[@Galaxie_ivy]

Oh my God. Serperior is my favorite pokemon of all time. Your split Evo absolutely did it justice. I love it. I want it tattooed on me.

[@QJCosmic]

I love the new Bayleef evo 🔥 also it was fun to see you not go for the wind turtle style most fakemon alternate blastoise become

[@skyec3418]

Slithereign is absolutely stunning! Would not hesitate to add it to my team. Well done!

[@benikujaku4567]

Slithereign was incredible. The colors are so well-chosen and the body shape is great!

[@richardperks7776]

Slithereign also sounds like Slytherin which would probably be considered the most snooty or judgemental of the houses

[@bluefyre7]

Serperior has been my favorite Pokemon for over a decade, while Snivy and Servine are less appealing to me, so I was fascinated to see you design Slithereign! Everything about it, from its color scheme, multiple origins, and even its name are absolutely imperial! I might even possibly love it more than Serperior, given enough time! Keep being amazing, and keep making wonderful videos like this one!

[@hues_of_neon]

Slithereign is BEAUTIFUL! But I can't believe that you somehow didn't give the evil, vampire snake any fangs lmao

[@flowerfaerie8931]

No fangs actually works though. It’s a vegetarian, it just likes to frighten and toy with others because it’s evil. It doesn’t need fangs to hunt because it eats plants, which makes it a bit clearer that its aggressive attitude is active malice and not because it’s predatory.

[@iremiagaming]

Slythereign looks sick, and that shiny is AMAZING.

[@i.lydsss]

LOOVE that you continue the trajectory of the color schemes from start to finish!! It always peeved me how so many middle stages are just blatantly a different color for no reason lmao

[@the25thjordan76]

With Blastoise and Incineroar being two of my favorite Pokémon, Aquarrior was so cool! Such an awesome way to evolve wartortle. Flareath left a lot to be desired for me though. Its facial expression seems a little basic and it just looked kind of uninspired imo. Frondosaur and Slithereign are peak designs!

[@kenzihenderson5258]

The Blastoise split evo was perfect. Exactly where I'd have wanted it to go The meganium split evo is a nice idea but has a major issue: it looks too much like tropius. Clearly the flower was necessary. I'd recommend changing the leaf shawl around it's body into the flower and adding a new flower related part on the the head somewhere The split evo for incineroar is in the right direction, but needed a bulkier sabre tooth tiger like body to keep the bulk of og incineroar, and tweaking the face a bit The serperior split evo is a nice change, love the pop of red. Visually it looks like it could do with a rose or dark flower

[@aayanmukadam2538]

2:57 That's a sharp spear, Aqaurrior. Careful, or it might puncture the hull of an empire class Kantonian Battleship,... Because, it's so sharp.

[@gastdefender9625]

Copying other people's comments almost exactly

[@user-vw4xp5nt9f]

@gastdefender9625 no, it's a reference to something else. they're both quoting the same thing

[@kappaprimus]

​@@user-vw4xp5nt9fdo you know what that something else is?

[@gastdefender9625]

@@user-vw4xp5nt9f oh I didn't know that thanks for telling me

[@killerdragon5584]

Aquarrior: "Err...umm...thanks!"

[@ChiknTV]

0:16 That transition was equally as badass as the Pokémon you made

[@KuroBlitz]

Amazing work here. This is what the Legends ZA starter trio needs if we get a mixed set. Not variants, but split evos. It would be a nice prepwork for Gen 10 and a celebration for Partner Pokémon. This alones would create 27 new mons.

[@caracaracat2958]

These are all fantastic! My favorite is definitely slithereign, with the Torrecat evolution as a close second.

[@sddreamcrystal]

I kind of wish with the Wartortle split evo that the "turtle" in the naming stayed so it could finally match up with the naming on the Bulbasaur and Charmander lines. Squirtle line is the oddball of the Kanto starters with the naming schemes (at least with the English names, not sure about other languages)

[@zer0magician]

My biggest gripe with the blastoise line was them not doing anything with that sweet tail, so glad you added that into the design.

[@DukeDarkshadow]

Another all-around great job, Ron! These were all fantastic! Maybe for part 3 we could finally get that quadrupedal Meowscarada we all wanted?

[@shyguyrocks1]

Lol who's we?

[@MikoTP]

Totally agree!! Slithereign’s color scheme is so good!!! You really did a good job there!

[@ambientwishwalker8908]

1:37 They called it "Totartle" Ron . That Blastoise line was completely separate . They did say they developed more than 200 pokemons in first generation and more than 150 for second generation .

[@HoodlumCallum]

Aquarrior RULES

[@ethanel4222]

Love the first two. I wish the alternate incineroar looked more like a panther in the night, with accents of fire (blue) that would light up. It would come off more hidden, but striking when on the attack. And the Serperior alternate could have looked more like a basilisk. Just because it is serpent driven, doesn't restrict the shape. Then again those are just design thoughts of mine

[@Nuigi12]

Aquaarrior is such a cool design! I love the idea of going back to Wartortle's abandoned Design elements and name scheme

[@castform7]

Frondosaur looks so regal but also very friendly. Honestly between it Typhlosion and Feraligatr, I picking Chikorita almost every time.

[@Meela9088]

Chikorita is the cutest but grass types have tons of weaknesses

[@jonalee5262]

Slithereign is an awesome design. At one point, I thought you said Slytherin from Harry Potter and that Pokemon is EXACTLY what I would think a person from Slytherin would have

[@RuthlessDarknes5]

This made me realize the importance if thumbnails in videos, when i first saw it it had the litten split evo, which just from design didnt look quite as good as ron's normal designs imo while i liked the squirtle split evo (no shade at you ron you're amazing, one of my favorite youtubers)

[@CoralReaper707]

I always liked the squirtle line, so I would say I would have both an aquarrior and a blastoise on my team!

[@anthonynorman7545]

Frondosaur is EXACTLY what I expected Bayleef to become! You did such an amazing job transitioning it!!!

[@Idiotic_B_Purcell]

• Aquarrior looks like if Gamefreak made the Squirtle line in a more recent generation • Give Frondosaur a few tweaks and it could be a pre-evo of Tropius • Once again, Flareath is what the fandom wanted instead of Incineroar lol • Slithereign honestly looks like yet another ancient regional forme. Funny enough, I actually had a concept for a Grass/Dragon Serperior alongside a Fire/Fairy Delphox and a Water/Ice Primarina. AMA

[@svenrosen-lidholm1713]

2:57 was that an avatar reference

[@SantaClawsYT]

Haha definitely

[@BenZosT4]

Slithereign is so beautiful. Great Work!!!

[@Wildcatt1999]

As a HUGE Incineroar fan who isn't really keen on quadruped redesigns (not a furry btw), even I have to admit that Flareath does look really cool. I also think Aquarrior and Frondosaur are great designs as well. Keep up the good work, Ron! 👍

[@castform7]

Yeah I totally get it with not being keen on quadrupeds. It almost feels weird when I say I really like Incineroar or Floragato because a lot of people hate when starters stand up and I get that but to me, I just think the idea of a wrestler cat and a cat with a yo-yo are cool. That being said, Flareath is a pretty good alternate version of what we could've gotten.

[@TheLuckOfTheClaws]

I like it too, but i think the proportions needed to be a bit more muscular; its a tiger for petes sake, they're jacked! this one sort of looks like incineroar's head on torracat's body

[@Nephentine]

you're a furry

[@mcsbear13]

I’ve always liked greninja but it feels like a stand alone Pokémon compared to the rest of the evolution line. I’d love to see a design that incorporates the frubbles and colors from the previous stages. The switch to tung and a dark blue and tan color pallet always felt off to me.

[@NegaHumanX]

I love Aquarrior. Blastoise is my favourite starter, but this is a lot more oriented to my taste in design. I never liked how Wartortle lost that foam tail and wing ears, so bringing them back feels good.

[@bluekirby_64]

Drizzile could have a split evolution that focuses more on the "laziness" described in its dex entries, using its tongue for long-range fights and laying traps rather than unnecessarily moving its body. Inteleon is still said to be lazy, but has lost both of the other aspects after evolving. (noticed there's already a comment suggesting a similar thing for Frogadier, whoops.)

[@jaxvousten]

Hi

[@JadeStudios_15]

10:24 that caught me off guard LMFAO but love these designs

[@elijahfrantz1833]

I know I wasn’t the only one who thought that quaxly was going to evolve into a cool pirate bird and was disappointed with what we got. Maybe in the next episode of this series you could give it a split evolution that looks more like a pirate or a sailor.

[@gamingamalgam1197]

This is sick and your videos are what got me into making fakemon

[@donovan802]

Thank you for giving the Chikorita line something. Like I love Typhlosion and Feraligatr, but Meganium deserves better.

[@raindancer77]

Aquarrior looks like he's ready to take out the first place driver in a nearby go-cart race. Slithereign is just phenomenal! These are all such solid designs!

[@kutachimoshimo8264]

Considering how Legends Arceus sorta made Split evolutions, but didn’t alter their names, the concept is interesting.

[@zetrif]

Thank you SO much for doing Bayleef. I love it so much, and it doesn’t give love… man you’re so awesome

[@SpookyDeerArt]

watched this and immediately went back and watched the first part! really like this series, hoping to see a fire/fairy braxien next time! i LOVE delphox, but i really wanna see what you could cook up with giving their evo a different type! if not fairy, maybe ghost? i could see a braxien evo with long, ghostly sleeves similar to how i've seen chinese spirits depicted...

[@BCRvideos]

Ya know, I recently had started to appreciate Blastoise more after not liking it much when I was younger. Aquarrior is so good that it completely undoes all that Blastoise progress I’ve made. 😂

[@chrisschoenthaler5184]

Frondosaur is AWESOME! Leagues better than what we got. Honestly, given how much Grass type struggles in Gen 2, balancing it out by rewarding the player with a dragon typing in its final evolution would be decently balanced. Also, it would’ve been nice if the games with *two dragon specialists* actually had more than two fully-evolved dragon type Pokémon.

[@ChellyE72]

Am I the only one who heard the azula reference when describing Aquarrior.

[@theultimatenerd9825]

I did too

[@user-vw4xp5nt9f]

no, at least two others heard it too

[@Obileo346]

Same. Loved that.

[@FloWoodEnT123]

At 9:54 he almost sang “Leaves From the Vine” lol

[@Liberatorx13]

What was it?

[@pokemontrainer9285]

I love Frondosaur and I never liked the way people treated Meganium I like its evolution line.

[@natsandin5466]

I really love Slithereign! The colour scheme is great and it looks very sininister. The design's still balanced though, there's something cute about it that I can't put my finger on... 🤔 Also RIP to the poor shiny psyduck from the intro 😭

[@JakeSmith-mq5dc]

I feel like Chesnaught has some potential for a good split given it's rpg inspiration also Cinderace since it loses the mask and primarily black color scheme of Raboot to return to a mainly white body. So making him based on another breed of Hare perhaps as a rival Soccer player, perhaps with a different role than a striker or just try to make it less human like to make it more distinctive

[@Ghostalking]

I’m still convinced that Tropius was meant to be an evolution but they scratched it off and decided to use it as its own design

[@aurorawizard7045]

I really want you to make Bond Phenomenon forms for other Pokemon. It feels unfair for just Greninja to get them. I'd love it if you created forms for the other Kalos starters which is like this, and perhaps even other starters from other regions (I'm banning Kanto and Hoenn cause they already got Megas, Galar for the same reason). Basically, with Bond Phenomenon forms, I'd want you to make them attribute far more to their inspiration, and make their already strongest element even stronger (eg. Greninja becomes even more sleek and agile, so Chesnaught would have an even better defense)

[@solaris7672]

What trainers would they be bonded too?

[@aurorawizard7045]

@@solaris7672 As a template, he could just make them have similar appearance to the protagonist of the region.

[@scarletrose-w9v]

amazing work as always :>

[@jadc8193]

Slithereign's design is amazing!

[@pelli-drive2348]

I love all your videos! I kinda wish you'd show pre-evolutions on the page when you show the evolutions though. It stood out in the video, like when talking about the color progression, it'd nice to be able to see each mon on the screen at once so we can actually see the colors and the other details you're referring too.

[@nyxzieeee]

Frondosaur would've been my go to Johto starter fr

[@ikee1596]

Frondosaur looks like if it had a Bayleef mom with a Tropius dad. Very cool

[@markthebeybladekid5157]

I always thought blastoise was lacking due to the fact it doesnt take much inspiration from its previous evo (wartortle) and alwayd thought it would be cool if blastoise looked more like wartortle as he is so cool so seeing Aquarrior makes me very happy.

[@Tebigong101]

Excellent designs, seriously impressive.

[@daviddimitrov3696]

Love it, Flareath? Direct improvement.

[@Fae2705]

Slithereign looks like a "Legends" Variant! Soo good!

[@Laz3rCat95]

I like most of these designs more than the official final evolutions. Well, except for Blastoise, it was already perfect.

[@oliverdavies4748]

All of these are better than pokemons official design, except inconeroar

[@Darknova67]

That Beta Blastoise story makes squirtle perfect for a legends game. Perfectly opportunity to reuse the idea.

[@davidmorris8319]

I always had a soft spot for Meganium, as it was my first ever starter Pokémon, but I have to say Frondosaur is absolutely perfect!! I would maybe tweak the colors a little and make the tail longer, but the overall design is immaculate!!! Great job

[@SonOfGustaf8]

Love the artistry! Wondering if you've considered like a pokemon evolution split based off of multiple type. For example a pokemon that is flying fire type you coukd do an alternate evo branch where it drops one of those typings and go solely in that direction or even picking up a new typing. Just thought something like that would be really cool and leaves tons of room for creativity, and diversity. Hope you keep doing your thing!

[@dnprime1737]

bloody hell, the wartortle section gave me a digimon line idea, turtles and valkyries

[@slateportraichu5416]

Awesome split evos! Thank you for continuing the series=3

[@JustA-RandomBoy]

I love how the split evo for Squirtle looks more agile too. Honestly one of the problems I’ve got with Blastoise

[@timwoods2852]

Wasn't sure about the lance coming out of the shell of the first one, but it grew on me the more I looked at it. I really like that you kept the tail going. Frondasaur looks really good. Like you said, the brown is a great natural color progression. The cape really helps draw attention to other parts of its body and make a more coherent design. The tiger is just too realistic for me. Nothing wrong with it per say, just kinda gives me the same underwhelming feeling as Pyroar. Maybe because all the sas of the previous evolutions is gone. That is how you design a grass snake! Especially the final evolution of a starter! I love everything about it. The wild, twisted vines, body, and expression all compliment each other spectacularly. Heck, you even drew attention to its hands, despite making them smaller, something the original design does not. Instead of shaving off the details of Servine, you lent into them and properly enhanced them. Definitely my favorite out of this bunch!

[@AMICAI]

wow Aquarrior is a really good design

[@donovan802]

Aquarrior and Slithereign - those are my party members!

[@lukedragisic5137]

Amazing job as usual, Ron. I prefer a lot of these overall the actual designs. Keep making art, you're very good at it and always improve.

[@dragonfye1]

Not that i have ANYTHING against Blastoise, quite the opposite, but They NEED to bring back Squirtle’s original final evolution back somehow in an official capacity. split evolutions for the Kanto Starters IS a good idea, but the pokemon franchise is also not a stranger to the Multiverse Theory…what if we returned to the Kanto region in an alternate universe, where Charmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur turn into different pokemon entirely? What if Kanto region were totally different, containing SOME of the pokemon we know and love, maybe some are altered slightly, but maybe theres also pokemon we HAVEN’T seen. It could even be an opportunity to bring back early pokemon ideas that were never used. A game like this coukd honestly be VERY FUN.

[@OchibaKid]

You have really outdone yourself in this video! 💚 Now I want Aquarior, Frondosaur and Flareath in all my games instead of the real evolutions. Slithereign is really cool too, but I think it looks more like a hisuian evo. And, like you, I think Serperior is already a perfect evolution for the line. I follow you since years and years, and it keeps getting better every time! 😃

[@jaspertxr]

I like all of this new evolutions! I was always curious about the warturtle to blastoise as was mentioned here. The wings just disappeared

[@L0ve1tRetr0]

This made me think of something... There is another set of types that would work for starters, I can't remember what it is right now, but I think it involves psychic... It would be very cool if they used this alternate system for your starters primary types, but each mon's final evolution has a 3 way split, giving you the choice to add grass, water or fire late game.

[@nazeersadek6705]

Love those designs Ron!! You’ve done an incredible job with them

[@davidvasko957]

Honestly a fan game with all these split evos would be dope ngl

[@zanyludicolo]

Frondosaur and slithereign have amazing designs, great video!

[@Sebsplat]

Sees frondasaur, "Tropius?"

[@tenatheumbreon.8348]

Me: Doesn't notice the Avatar references until i look at the comments. Also, me: Hears him, say Slytherin instead of Silthereign

[@FloWoodEnT123]

9:54 You made me think of Iroh/Mako and Lu Ten 😢

[@iddieky]

I absolutely love slithereign !! When i was little i was mad that in the final evo they took serperior's legs lmaoo now it really grew on me and your design made me adore this line even more💚💚💚 BUT!!!! to make my inner child happy i made my own redesign or rather a regional form of serperior. instead of taking the route of french nobility i went for a sassy model with heels since this line already has an attitude and servines legs look like little heels lol BUT IT WAS FUNN

[@NinJenna]

Those shinies we all awesome!

[@caitlinabbott7895]

7:54 Black and reddish cat with a bow tie and a grumpy face? Congrats Ron, you just created Husk without wings

[@edenromanov]

Slithereign was really badass ngl

[@kangamagic1206]

Damn, Slytherign is sick! All of these were great!

[@Ridlay_]

I love Aquarrior. Blastoise is alright but Wartortle has always been the sickest one of that line.

[@raquelpavonfdez]

I’m completly in love with Frondosaur!

[@zachmcmullen2741]

I love aquarrior, it does everything wartortle was trying to do.