So, recently we learnt of Gorochu, the Pokémon that didn't make it to Gen 1's Red and Green. However, did you know there's more? In a new manga about Satoshi Tajiri, we see some of the designs that didn't make it to the actual games. Photo cred: James Turner @JamesTurner_42 on Twitter. You can see a few designs here that actually aren't in the final games! What do you think?
Someone tried to nix Spearow. Honestly, I kind of feel that sentiment. When your fantastical monster is "a regular bird", you have the option of giving its slot to something cooler. Like a spiky moose! I like that thing better than Sawsbuck, to be honest. Spearshark and that... chameleon with 80s hair-metal hair also have lots of potential. Also, I like Gastly's prototype better than what came to be. The lack of any solid form I think does it nicely.
I wanna see more of these! I hope they continue showing the early stuff! I like how one of them is just An Angry Shark.
Now i'm really excited to see Gen II's scrapped Pokémon! These look awesome! I wish they kept the smoll eye tangela tho!
i spy with my little eye, in the same column as jynx, literally a cute orb. or maybe thats electrode. idk.
Oh my god I love that Grimer, only because it looks like it's doing the most unenthusiastic "yay" ever and that amuses me. That deer/moose/whatever thing is definitely my favorite of the ones that didn't make it.
What on earth is the thing next to Diglett supposed to be? o-O Looks like a cat walrus lol The skull moose like mon seems way more interesting than the likes of Stantler. Maybe they took the bone/animal kind of thing and just applied it to Cubone/Houndour instead.
I absolutely love the shark and the bug-eyed lizard. Shame they didn't make it into the game. I love beta Gengar a lot too! I actually like it more than its finalised design. And whats up with that poor Venusaur? Haha
Some of the designs look better than current ones, though that's my thoughts, like nidoran F looks cute with those lil stars and that smile like expression <3