What If Xerneas and Yveltal Swapped Roles?

The Legendary Pokemon of X and Y in Kalos represent life and death, but what if they traded jobs? Here's a quick process video demonstrating Fakemon art for this concept.

[@W.D_Gaster]

A little fun fact: sometimes when mooses regrow their antlers, a bit of the skin gets stuck on them. I know that it wasn't probably intentional, but Xerneas having those decaying leaves looks very similar to that

[@penpaladin]

Great call 😳

[@gorkadiazbaz8292]

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[@HeraclesN-fp1bw]

For my choice in their new names I would say Xernihil (nihilist is a person who believes that life is meaningless) & Yvival (revival)

[@dk2157]

Wrong definition of nihilist but cool concepts nonetheless

[@firaswijayakoi]

Or, 'emo'

[@asshunnngami]

@@dk2157it’s not entirely incorrect

[@datwitchyswordfan]

Not bad names, they sound catchy even

[@tomykong2915]

@@dk2157 it's the common definition that a lot of people who know nothing about philosophy use The real definition would be closer to "someone who believes nothing in life (including life itself) has any inherent value For those who aren't just emo about it, this often means they take comfort in a lack of any sort of inherent value, allowing them to live more freely and with less regrets

[@brandonhelcher3691]

You should definitely go with Groudon/Kyogre next. Making the fish into a land Pokémon, and vice versa would be the most interesting.

[@allnwhite2445]

Or Arceus & Giratina

[@legolord4483]

@@allnwhite2445and then palkia and dialga. Space to time and time to space

[@kociarzultimate384]

Wait, aquatic Groudon would just be Godzilla, since it also lives in water

[@allnwhite2445]

@@kociarzultimate384 i imagined Chin-Yu and Gyarados in this role swap, but very clever.

[@HighlighterSSBU]

wouldn't that just make godzilla

[@golisobro5296]

I know they aren’t a mascot duo like xerneas and yeveltal but I would love to see giritina and arceas get swapped. A benevolent giritina overthrowing and banishing it’s evil creator sounds awesome

[@penpaladin]

That’s a great idea!

[@turtlefoood7831]

Nice Vid! I think Kyogre and Groudon would be cool to swap!

[@ScoperFKyx]

Yeah that would be awsome

[@atreus2768]

I think Yveltal as a phoenix with Xerneas's color scheme would've worked pretty well too, since they're capable of coming back to life

[@manfredvonkarma3527]

Those two could be alternative form of Xerneas and Yveltal. The two of them could have lived for eons switching roles. When Xerneas have use too much vital energy he need to recharge and take this form to start absorbing the energy of others living being until he become the Xerneas we know. And for Yveltal once he have absorbed enough vital energy he become this form and start giving some vital energy back. Both of them always switching role of life and death and Zygarde make sure that they always do it at the same time to not perturbate the cycle.

[@apefunk8143]

That’s a cool concept. I’d love to see some for the other legendaries, like a moon Solgaleo and sun lunala. Probably wouldn’t work out too well for zacian and zamazenta though.

[@bigace6616]

For yveltal how about Vivaltal? As viva means “long live” in several European languages especially France.

[@penpaladin]

Ohhhhhh yes!!

[@loganasaurusrex8246]

Vivaltal is great! I personally would spell it “Viveltal” but that’s just me, I quite like the name, as it keeps the yveltal feel while breathing life into the Pokémon.

[@itsmeshyam1436]

How about Goreneas/Gorneas for Xerneas? (gore+Xerneas)

[@randamach]

This is amazing. Pokemon X was the first video game I owned and role reversals can cool. Especially white how amazing xerneas looks

[@RubyGalaxyYT]

Really cool designs, I'm not ussually the fan of dark and edgy designs but I do like the Xerneas swap so that's pretty cool..

[@penpaladin]

I suppose if there’s no reason behind the edginess I can see why that’d be cringey lol. But I’m a sucker for that kind of stuff 😂

[@islapcrabs]

I’m curious to hear how you’d swap Zacian and Zamazenta, they’re very similar, only really having their weapons and color schemes be different.

[@candydream16]

your art is very impressive! you got the pokemon art style down perfectly

[@Ghostmnm]

“But what if they swapped roles” you are giving a more accurate appearance to their competitive history

[@officersoulknight6321]

Ysticetal (Iss-tiss-tal) (Justice-Tal) Xecuteas (Ze-kyew-tyiss) (Executes-eas)

[@EmpathNaga]

Fun Fact! When real deers' antlers shed and regrow, they start with a fuzzy velvet until they're full grown and the velvet is shed. This can lead to a deer with blood-covered antlers with dead skin hanging from them. It's perfectly normal and doesn't hurt the deer but it's grizzly to see. Just thought your Xerneas redesign resembled that!

[@skybrineplays4110]

Oohh, i likey!! Itd be interesting to see a swapped Lunala and Solgaleo, or maybe even Reshiram and Zekrom!

[@echendrixt144]

i love the idea. i see a lot of groudon and kyogres which would be cool but i’d also like to see solgaleo and lunala

[@Alibium]

If they did paradox Pokémon that weren’t from the past or future, but from another TIMELINE or something, this would be S I C K

[@penpaladin]

That’s a genius idea 😳

[@MS-hh7qz]

I love this! and i would absolutely love it when your channel grow and your art style change remember to recreate this series

[@redacculous]

Perhaps instead of simply draining life, the reverse Xerneas would kill those mortally wounded by conflict? A fun spin on the original's healing

[@penpaladin]

Terrifying! I love it.

[@darkman452]

I would love to see a kyoger and groundon next .I’ve been a fan of your work im and I was wondering what programs and equipment do you use for your phenomenal Pokémon designs I would be grateful

[@penpaladin]

Thanks! I’ll probably do them next! I use photoshop though I know a ton use a program called Procreate. Neither are free but I think there are free alternatives. I also just use a mouse and a laptop which is ooookayy though I know a lot of the pros use a tablet and stylus pen.

[@RavenWithoutWings]

Ygraciel, (based on yggdrasil, grace and possibly ciel for sky) and Xenemeses (Xeno for strange, enemy and nemesis)

[@ScytheTheGuy]

Short, sweet, to the point, I love you

[@notshockwavedemon7543]

Time Traveller: *Sneezes* The entire timeline:

[@cloudstrife532220]

The Life Dove and the Death Moose!

[@thomasbayan972]

Xernatos (from thanatos is a Greek God of death and the name sounds like yearning like yearning for death) and Yenix ( the bird that resurrect from it's ashes)

[@nikaoharbour6962]

The dove is awesome and the branch concept launches it to a whole nother level

[@Glabur1]

Another cool idea for these two could be swapping the good/evil dynamic they have: Instead of death-Xerneas being a hunter/predator, maybe have it be a reaper of souls. They go about the battlefield granting a merciful death to those needlessly suffering. Life-Yveltal could be based around a sort of adrenaline rush. The extra bit of life you seem to get to keep pushing and fighting, resisting that final rest.

[@moosen135]

Missed opportunity to give Xerneas a cape in reference to Yveltals wings.

[@Bandikit]

Name suggestion: Xerxenas and Ytherital! Xerxenas References Xerxes, a warlord king who is associated with invading, war, and armies. Ytherital derives from etherial given its divine nature and angelic appearance.

[@danf1025]

Imo this is better than both original pokemon good job

[@Mynameishassan0]

My new names would switch the letters as well: calling Xerneas - Yalces (Latin for moose) and Yvetal - Xanthetal (from Xanthic)

[@quazarKiragon]

Since yveltal, xerneas and zygarde are the symbolism of the circle of life for xerneas almost reminda me of corruption and the decay of life with his withered/swamp tree form as "nergillus" while yveltal takimg the form as a dove so instead of the one who brings conflict and death, will see to that conflict ends before it even begins while regarding as good fortune so maybe "paxforte"

[@l.raphaelnery7299]

Reverse xernes reminds me of a wendigo...amazing

[@sunpraiser96]

Necroseas would be a cool name for xerneas since Necrosis means death

[@shyamalgarai1968]

New dex entries Yveltal - doublife ( double / dove + life) A grass and flying type legendary In an alternate version of kalos ,during a very dangerous war between two nations ,uzuki and uchiku ,zygrade created doublife to protect people, Doublife can restore anybody's wound and give him another life, The olive tree ,doublife herits if touches ground ,every war in the world will stop for ages,but after that doublife will become a olive tree for ages to restore his power, Antivil -( antilope ( a type of deer) + evil/ devil ) Dark + ground After ages uchiku and uzuki clans started fighting but doublife was taking rest , Zygrade became furious and understood war never stops with peace ,so he decided to create a legendary that will make other people fear so they wont war,so he created antivil, Antivil takes life energy from other beings to make them fear 😨,but then antivil decided to take life from others without any reason to make him immortal ,so antivil started killing others ,so antivil and doublife started fighting

[@helmenhjelmen1955]

We need more of these videos from you.

[@pageclayton6850]

Looks awesome!! I'd love to see you do a bigger project where you swap two trios and their lore (like the lake guardians and the legendary beasts, or the regis and the swords of justice, with Keldeo and Regigigas also swapping)

[@fuyuhiko___]

it could be like articUNO swapped with ZapDOS, ZapDOS swapped with molTRES and molTRES swapped with articUNO (yes i did arrange them in an uno, dos, tres formation, yes i did emphasized on the spanish numbers what are you gonna do about it huh?)

[@marcoasturias8520]

I like how they also swap horns!

[@isaacgonzo462]

I feel like turning Yveltal into a Phoenix would've been cool

[@ultimateditto4380]

Dark Xerneas looks sick!

[@joaovitorfarinabraga690]

Good Yveltal still looks a bit menacing with the black marks that look like veins, I guess you can say that despite being a symbol of peace it’s not afraid of fighting for good or take the revival approach where it looks poisoned and about to die but peace will always be eternal

[@christopherpeters1731]

Reverse Xerneas reminds me of the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse.

[@joshuaconnall4237]

A cool way of making xerneas evil is by making it resemble a wendigo as they are symbols of winter and starvation whiff often relate to death so I just thought that could be cool

[@farrisferrerofortunato3402]

If I’m making the names I think it would be Ybundove(Y + abundance + dove) pronounced abundove and Xtrucntler(it’s still a work in progress) (x + destruction + antler) pronounced destructler

[@Brilliantspades]

Name ideas dovelta and moostruction

[@ziondrr6849]

Pretty good

[@DinoGoofHybridHero7531]

Very nice work

[@xenofandewimessir1088]

Yfetal (life) Xerneripp (Rip 💀)

[@fuyuhiko___]

Virtuetal (Virtue and Talon or possibly quetzal) and Wimise (Wicked and Demise)

[@torterratortellini6641]

I could see these as ultra beast forms from another universe.

[@GodoMatrix]

They both look awesome.

[@Casandraelf]

Yvival and xernatos, after revival and thanatos?

[@adrianmarcieckert1367]

I love both of them. Yveltal changing to Fairy/Psychic or Fairy/Dragon. Xerneas changing to Ghost/Poison or Dark/Poison. Zygarde I know wasn't in the video but seeing it as the destroyer of Nature maybe Steel/Ground or Ground/Ice. This would make it more so Zygarde has an advantage over both.

[@alexipanda9505]

"My name is YAH-VUL-TAL! I am the God of Life!"

[@mophead3903]

Tbh I think these are just better than Yeveltal and Xerneas. Yeveltal always was a Pokémon I wanted to love but something was just off with it, and same for Xerneas. But this kinda just showed me I think the concepts should’ve been swapped. I love them both so much and think they fit much better design wise

[@kilobytes4537]

Xerneas could become Averneas after a Latin name for the entrance to the underworld (Avernus), while maybe Yveltal becomes Biental, since bien can mean well, as in wellness. Now they're A & B legendaries!

[@toonlink5399]

These look super cool. You did an amazing job on these! What if you swapped Lunala and Solgaleo, with Lunala being the Sun and Solgaleo being the Moon, and then Necrozma could have colors from both?

[@Nagawarrior1104]

That xerneas is wild boyyy

[@AnthonyV5767]

Pyzital = the Paz meaning Peace (box name - instead of a Y, it’s gonna be a VERY CURSIVE’D P) Chaoceas = the Chao meaning CHAOS (box name - instead of X, it’s gonna be a DEMONIC C)

[@xiro511]

X and Y in an alternate universe basically

[@SavePriconneEN]

Xerneas's eyes are X-shaped, meaning that it represents death, while Yveltal is being framed. Ft. Dobbs

[@greninjamariokartpokemonfan]

Now what if Zygarde, who would be the mascot of Pokemon Z if Game Freak actually made it, were to swap roles and designs with either Xerneas or Yveltal? Xerneas, Yveltal, and Zygarde resemble the letters X, Y, and Z respectively, as well as their respective axes.

[@Idkanymore9029]

I adore the design of the re-imagined Xerneas, but not so much on Yvetal (or whatever it's spelled), though it's not terrible at all.

[@xoxopenquin]

The xerneas is cool but I can’t with yveltal 😭

[@thethinker7273]

Awesome job! After seeing the Bond Phenomenon Pokemon short you did, I'm kinda wondering what your interpretation of Battle Bond Pokemon would be like?

[@adriel.something]

These are amazing

[@anon6766]

How about Xernicide for the swapped xerneas?

[@shadowhell8378]

Definitely continue having Groudon and Kyogre swap would be interesting. Having Arceus (god) and Giratina (the devil) swap would be fun. The sun Lion Solgaleo and the moon bat Lunala become a moon Lion and a sun bat. I don't think the gen 8 and 9 box art legends would work as well as gen 8 are both dogs but one has a sword while the other has a shield they might look more like shiny versions then new mons. And gen 9's are both paradox versions of the same mon while it could work they might look to much like the other then a new mon.

[@fuyuhiko___]

the creation trio could be the ones swapped instead of only giratina

[@smnio5619]

Yernias and Xveltal

[@cwispygiraffe]

What about Ythecal and Xinful for names?

[@torterratortellini6641]

Yveltal should be named beneveltal.

[@TheUltima_Werewolf]

Omg I absolutely love this

[@empiyrr2133]

Personally I would make the wings and tail longer on the good yveltal

[@alexanderpantelios3358]

Yveltal's new name is Skyaltarl. Xerneas's new name is Dzendethra.

[@Brilliantspades]

First and I like the concepts

[@user-lz6vb2xj4l]

Xervival and yvival being survival and revival

[@BreeXGaming]

I’d like you to swap Ho-oh and Lugia next

[@namecomingsoon9517]

Really thought you would swap the X and Y looks lol

[@ImyIsStillHere]

My two favourite legendaries

[@cjlite0210]

I like the names Halotal/Doveltal/Jesultal and Deveas/Warveas/Beelzeas The first names compare them as angelic and demonic beings, the mext ones primarily keep the opposite ends of the alphabet in mind, with D and W being 4 letters from the start and end, respectively, and the third names are more direct and biblical, pulling from the names Jesus and Beelzebub

[@joshberg307]

That's xern goes hard

[@Pharaogon]

you could name oppseltal Yggdreltal, since Yggdrasil in Norse mythology is the tree of life

[@shissona9572]

I picked x cause xernaes look more appealing but in the swapped role case idk what to pic xD

[@brandish_0003]

Kyogre and groudon, it will be interesting to see a land whale

[@anakinleamon4471]

I thought that xerneus represented peace and yveltal represented chaos

[@Jack_______]

i love the death xerneas

[@Mangoloonikus]

Yo they turned Yveltal into a peace pigeon (ik its a dove)

[@StrongGuy159]

Their names should be: Yeacove (Yevetal, Peace, & Dove) & Xeweares (Xerneas, War, & Ares).

[@kcwilliamson5455]

Great tal

[@unculturedswine1075]

0:57 ARCHEMIDES

[@unculturedswine1075]

It’s filthy in there

[@tokyokitcat]

Xerneas reminds me of ting lu

[@maciejwakula7062]

Name suggest meant for yvival it could be call crivalo

[@-SeaSnake-]

Yverneas and Xeveltal

[@anthonylarajr8892]

What if my mom and dad swap roles? Caitlyn jenner

[@anthonyporcelli95]

I love this concept of swapping 🤩🕊👩‍🍼🦌☠

[@kadongvlog]

Yvetal's brand new name should be livetal we'll because live is in the name.

[@Wobotobb]

Yveltal Name:Xilphiltal Xerneas Name:Yeveneas

[@killerdragon5584]

Death Xerneas = *Xercheron* (named after Xerneas, but now taking on a new portmanteau from the river of death Charon sails on, "Acheron.") Life Yveltal = *Yahweltal* (named after Yveltal, but now taking on a new portmanteau from Yahweh or YHWH, one of God's many monikers.)

[@sylveonchan8460]

I think the more befiting names would be Paxcemytal and Xerlionem (pax and pacem = peace and xer + oblivionem both from latin )