Early design of Turtwig from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl! Was partially reworked into Grotle's from a request by Ken Sugimori to make it appeal more to young kids.

New video! We've archived a development documentary for Pokémon Diamond and Pearl with over 100 never-before seen designs and a full breakdown. Sinnoh will never be the same. 🟣How We Uncovered Pokemon’s Biggest Secret🟣⬇️

posting our high quality pokemon art scans of Nidoking and Nidoqueen for no particular reason

genuinely the last real legendary pokemon they ever made and it isnt even one of them

Newly restored scan of Cyrus' Initiative from the Pokémon TCG by Ken Sugimori!

recently restored Ken Sugimori's Japanese watercolor art of Pikachu from Pokémon Yellow!! [downscaled for bluesky]

messing with pokemon stadium animations and why doesnt Octillery do this anymore wtf

honestly Mega Magearna is the best DLC Pokemon just from how sick its animations are

a while ago we also restored Ken Sugimori's artwork of Ho-Oh from throughout Pokémon GSC's development. insane to see how his style developed in just three years

was sent some Pokémon GO/Niantic staff confirmations from Worlds 2025 that I should probably document before I forget Craig Kitzmann • Shaymin Environment (GO Fest 2022) Aubrey Kim • Beach Environment Alex Turbyfield • Halloween Environment

Pokemon Legends ZA has the most promising development for a modern game in the series, and I've spent the last few months on a video dissecting why. 🟣 The Savior of Modern Pokémon 🟣⬇️

see u again in three years (goes public in a couple days)

knowing the ZA video was written months ago but everything I wrote about it came true in later previews and trailers

the first time we've ever seen Zygarde be a part of the Pokemon ZA story and it fucking jumps the player

If you're at Pokémon Worlds or know someone who is, help us preserve the Legends ZA demo build by recording as MUCH as possible!!

Now that I can finally do archival again, here's a high quality scan of Ken Sugimori's Encyclopedia art from a year after Pokémon's release!!!

one thing I've seen nobody mention is Pokemon Legends ZA seems to have a real photo mode for the first time in the series

really miss when pokemon games had speed tied to your critical hit chance. they made certain guys completely centered around that concept and it fucking rules

The new Pokémon TCG Pocket Immersive Ho-Oh artwork appears to be traced from 2021 fan-art by lanjiujiu. Entire perspective, wing shape and overall feather size are largely identical.

Holy shit, turns out the Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire scenario art (with white hair Brendan) wasn't drawn by Ken Sugimori, but Hironobu Yoshida instead.

full interview can be found here!! lewtwo.net/index.php/CG...

We've translated a 7,000-word interview on the heruclean development behind the models of Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. Just a single Pokémon can require up to 60 unique animations alone.

Still astounded that Sugimori effortlessly made the perfect Pokemon protagonist designs nearly 25 years ago.

completely unique animation for Captain Pikachu from the latest pokemon arcade game is adorable wtf

This AD oversaw development, led design, cutscenes etc.— Cinematic cutscenes weren't present in past Pokémon battle-sims— Stadium and PBR. In Summer 2025, they mentored the future lead director/design staff following a major re-organization, and departed from a design role.

Around this time, a new Assistant Director was brought in (presumably GAME FREAK) who helped to "spearhead project recovery" past the alpha/beta stages. Given typical Pokémon pre-production length, this indicates Champions has been in development for at least 2~ years.

A couple weeks ago, someone made me aware of public posts (NOT a leak) by a Pokémon Champions staff member, which revealed a lot about the state of its development from the very beginning. Prior to January 2024, Champions' pre-production development was in a troubled state.

One frustrating aspect of Pokémon SV's Switch 2 patch was no fix to the HORRENDOUSLY slow UI, even though they've acknowledged it in past updates.

>only important non-Pokemon characters with no drawn key art >appear around the map postgame literally just to waste your time >interrupt the story just to recap the game's existing themes what the actual FUCK was their problem

if we're talking hot takes Pokemon games might be worse with voice acting zero confidence in good direction from a modern Nintendo game and their talented VAs would feel completely wasted