Fanmade Pokémon Designs (Fakemon) - Tracers, garbage designers, and of course, furries

Large, human-like noses on Pokemon...? Where have I seen that before?
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Large, human-like noses on Pokemon...? Where have I seen that before?
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To be fair, Hypno is a humanoid with some vague fox/feline vibes.
Tenatacruel is primarily a jellyfish with some vague octopus and crab vibes.

The equivalent of giving Tentacruel a human nose would be giving Gardevoir mandibles... oh wait...
 
To be fair, Hypno is a humanoid with some vague fox/feline vibes
Don't wanna be that guy but it's actually a tapir, since it's previous evolution, Drowzee, is based on the Baku, a Japanese yokai whose sole purpose is to devour dreams from sleeping victims.
But anyway, on the topic of bad fakemons, my least favorite category are the ones based on pre-existing characters and/or franchises. I ended up finding this shit on tumblr:
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Even if it's drawn by some tween, it doesn't even look like a believable pokemon design.
 
Hypno has a big nose presumably because Drowzee is a tapir with a trunk and hypno is a more intelligent humanoidesque version. I assume hypno is also intentionally designed to make you "unconfortable", like a chid molester goblin (as he is depicted on 95% of the "fanart").

Anyways, i'll bring something new. Did anyone ever heard of robopon? It was a GB game infamous for ripping off pokemon but with robots. It had some wacky ass designs but mostly looked like toys or megaman enemies. Here is a list of the first game:


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That being said the game still dealt on some more mature themes like bullying and seemed somewhat self aware.

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The curious thing about robopon is that it actually got a sequel and it was vastly different. It has a more simple team based rpg combat, with equipable parts and magic but the biggest change is that you go around tracking "rank holders" that can only be fought once you find a unique Xstone and you travel back 20 years in time a lot to do it.

I actually played the game a few times and the best thing about itis the sheer insanity of the story coupled with a godlike localization from ATLUS. You fight terrorist egyptians, capture aliens in "gateballs", watch yakuzas explode and plant a virus on not!Bill Gates computer. All while having bizarrely entertaining conversations all the time.

This game had an "all your base are belong to us reference" before memes were cringe. Can you believe a game from 2002 had an exchange like this?

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Now to the designs? They're a lot less shitty and more varied now but there are pretty obvious ripoffs of pop media, with a megaman and toy vibe. These are the starters.

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You see that green bike with Kamen Rider's face on it? It's literally called RIDER1.

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Here we have protoman fused with Zero named "Protpon" (only 7 slots) and not!megaman aka "soul".

I cant find a good list but you can see them here: https://robopon.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Robopon_in_Robopon_2

There is a concerning amount of big chested female robots (more prominent in official manga art) but i think the majority of the designs is decent at worst. It helps that the names are great so you have a boat called "Nitboat" as in knightboat as in a goddamn simpsons reference. You also get gems like this:

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Atlus was like, "Fuck it, we're naming stuff directly from Kamen Rider and Speed Racer and we dont care."
 
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That's...not who I THINK it is, is it?!

And cripes DOM?! From Megatokyo? Talk about a time capsule. I'd say "this is why you don't put memes in games" but...heck being THAT dated kinda adds to its charm!

But yeah I know Robopon. First game sucks, sequel is better, manga looks like hentai but is completely non-lewd aside from every girl having tits bigger than their heads (no panty shots, nudity, shower scenes, excessive groping). I guess it's what the series became most known for since they actually released a special edition of the first game with designs based on the manga and in turn the sequel keeps the manga design for Martial/Razor
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It's easy to complain about but when your fellow Robopons include a robot toilet and a sumo wrestler with a butt for a face? Eh...maybe it's not so bad. Heck the first game even has a hot race queen bot that evolves into an old lady.

But yeah the games are meant to have a goofy tone as does the manga and it's pretty impressive how they went from crap to a bit of a hidden gem. I particularly love that you can change your Robopon's color in the sequel. Also pretty sure it was the first Pokemon-esque game on GBA.
 
Robopon 2 for GBA is definitely worth playing for the story alone but it has a lot of issues and didnt age very well. It has random encounters, backtracking, recycled tilesets, grindy as hell, GOD AWFUL BALANCE and a spicy difficulty cap near end that will force you to drop 1-3/4 of your team and grind new and better endgame pons.

It's not all bad tho since, to my own surprise, the game still has fans and one of them actually made a patch to rebalance Robopon 2 RING version AND make all robopons sparkable, even the multiplayer exclusive ones (yes, that's a thing). I think it's only avaible on the robopon subreddit and if you want to check it out, you can download the patch HERE. If you want to see the balance changes you can read them HERE (you probably wont realize what they mean). It's an UPS file, so all you need next is a Robopon 2 Ring rom and a patching tool like NUPS.

You can find a Stungun in a chest in the second village AFTER it's destroyed (long story), dont miss it because the Stungun is an all class part. The canball parts say they're MOV types but can be equiped by AIR and SEA units too (thanks to the patch). The earlygame is kinda hard so train on bulbots until level 5 and spark any early pon just to fill your team. Get the kiss software (heal magic) on your pons and SAVE OFTEN because if you lose, you get a GAME OVER.

And today i also realized Nexomon Extinction already came out.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1196630/Nexomon_Extinction/

It looks like a chinese mobile ripoff but eh, if you love mon catching games you might like it. The main complaints seem to be lack of settings, button layout and an exit button so yeah it's a mobile game.
 
Yeah, let's bring the spirit of the old thread back.
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Literally just plan ol' pandas with bamboo growing out of them, And of course, it just gets bigger.
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There's a lot of these generic blue ice wolf fakemon, and they all look the same. I kinda like the name of the second stage though.
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Literally just an evil version of the Solosis line. The artist stated that he wanted to create an evil counterpart to said line, which is fine but you could've at least not ripped off the family's designs.
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Literally just an evil version of the Solosis line. The artist stated that he wanted to create an evil counterpart to said line, which is fine but you could've at least not ripped off the family's designs.
I like the idea of a cancer cell pokemon, but I would've went for a more mutated look seeing as that's what cancer cells are.
 
I like how this thread had turned into the "pokeclones" thread after I asked for one to get created.
Well, where else would those go? Perhaps the topic can merge with Fakemon in general, considering the fact that most Western pokeclones haven't done much to differentiate themselves from Pokemon design-wise.
Maybe I can write up another thread about it if there's enough drama or material circulating the pokeclones.
 
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Well, where else would those go? Perhaps the topic can merge with Fakemon in general, considering the fact that most Western pokeclones haven't done much to differentiate themselves from Pokemon design-wise.
Maybe I can write up another thread about it if there's enough drama or material circulating the pokeclones.
There’s already a thread for that in the games section.
 
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To be fair, many of the recent pokeclone mons might as well be "fanmade" considering how often they ripoff. The real problem is that, outside of bad redesigns and ocs, fakemon drama and cringe isnt common or at least not easy to find. You'd have to search stuff like deviantart and facebook groups to find the petty shit.


Oh god, this reminds me of a brazilian pokemon fangame that looked really promising but then the demo was garbage and the creator chimped out and canceled it. Just to get an idea, it's literally a game based on a fanfic of Ash and Red (literally different canons) 20 years later. I think the demo was released near the end of 2016.

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(yes, that's serena and mewtwo)

Dont let the surprisingly well done art fool you! This was a huge thrash fire but at we got some good memes out of it. Sadly, i dont think this got much traction beyond the brazilian pokemon facebook community.
 
To be fair, many of the recent pokeclone mons might as well be "fanmade" considering how often they ripoff. The real problem is that, outside of bad redesigns and ocs, fakemon drama and cringe isnt common or at least not easy to find. You'd have to search stuff like deviantart and facebook groups to find the petty shit.


Oh god, this reminds me of a brazilian pokemon fangame that looked really promising but then the demo was garbage and the creator chimped out and canceled it. Just to get an idea, it's literally a game based on a fanfic of Ash and Red (literally different canons) 20 years later. I think the demo was released near the end of 2016.

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Dont let the surprisingly well done art fool you! This was a huge thrash fire but at we got some good memes out of it. Sadly, i dont think this got much traction beyond the brazilian pokemon facebook community.
Is the demo still around, or has it been lost to time?
 
Is the demo still around, or has it been lost to time?

The creator removed the links very fast but they still exist. I think it's these ones.


It's TWO demos. One with Ash and one with Red. I actually respect the audacity to make effectively two different games when you cant even make one. I believe it's made on some oldass rpg maker engine so it might be hard to run. I wouldnt recommend it if you dont understand portuguese... Altho, the gramar is so bad it's borderline another language.

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>canÇado

Ah, it's just as thrash as i remember... I will try to translate the plot summary for you guys:

"Ash quer que todos os habitantes de Kanto fiquem resguardados no subsolo para que ninguém se machuque indo à superfície; desta forma ele governa os últimos sobreviventes, elabora regras, protege os portões, chefia a polícia e não permite que ninguém use Pokémon — mesmo aqueles que sobreviveram a contaminação, que ainda interagem e tratam os humanos a sua volta de modo racional. Eles vivem em cárcere privado, em análise constante, apenas Ash e os protetores tem a permissão de usar os remanescentes.


Na outra banda do subsolo, Red acredita que eles devem ir lá em cima, enfrentar o que está acontecendo, o que os acoberta, o que roubou o lar de tantas famílias; eles precisam lutar, conseguir Kanto de volta e saber o que houve com as outras regiões —, pois eles não tem nenhuma notícia ou informação relevante de Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova ou Kalos há muito tempo.
Por que Ash não entra em contato com as outras regiões? Por que não procura ajuda? O que ele esconde por detrás das suas leis? O novo status que dividi Kanto, resultando em dois campos: um liderado por Ash e seu desejo de que todos fiquem a salvo no subsolo, pelo menos até que a situação na superfície se amenize, e que suas regras são necessárias para que todos vivam em harmonia, sem distúrbios ou rebelião; o outro seguido a surpreendente decisão de Red em se opor as decisões daquele que se diz líder, e afrontar o que quer que se esconda na superfície. Como seria uma batalha de um Ash maduro, experiente, casado, com filhos, contra um Red também maduro, diferente de tudo que já vimos sobre seu caratér? No fim, eles se enfrentarão, uma batalha mortal 6 contra 6; aquele que sair vitorioso tomará a decisão final do que diz respeito aos últimos habitantes de Kanto: permanecer no subsolo, escondidos, ou ir a superfície e conquistar o que é deles por direito.
E o quão assombrosos ficarão quando descobrirem que eram, na verdade, fantoches de seres ainda mais cruéis. Uma história sobre desespero, esperança, invenção e descoberta que ultrapassa qualquer razão, qualquer limite, enquanto você revê tudo aquilo em que acredita.

Contemple o início do fim!"

First 2 paragraphs in english

"Ash wants the habitants of Kanto to stay on the underground so nobody gets hurt on the surface. This way he governs the last survivors, make rules, protects the gates, controls the police and doesnt let anyone use pokemon- Even those who survived the contamination, who still treat human around with rational thought. They're in private prisons, in constant analysis, only ash and the protectors have permission to use the remaining ones.

On the other side of the underground, Red believes they must go up there, face what's happening, what is over them, what stole the home of so many families. They need to fight, get Kanto back and find out what happened to the other regions- For they still have no information on Hoenn, Sinoh, Unova or Kalos for a long time."

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tl;dr: It's a goddamn post apocalypse fanfic. Everyone lives in underground kanto, Ash controls the police and pokemon doesnt let anyone go to the surface, but Red wants to go to see what happened and try to help other regions, so they'll have to fight to the death to see what happens.

This story ALMOST became a real book btw. It wouldnt even be so bad compared to all the minecraft youtuber books we have here.
 
I like the idea of a cancer cell pokemon, but I would've went for a more mutated look seeing as that's what cancer cells are.
Since Reuniclus is supposed to be like a homunculus they could have gone with a teratoma theme for this line if they wanted an "evil version". They're pretty freaky looking tumors of undifferentiated cells that differentiate into structures like hair, teeth and tissue within the tumor. Rarely some of them can look like fetuses, only really really malformed. They're gross and disturbing, but I'm sure a good designer could use some elements to design a pokemon.

tl;dr: It's a goddamn post apocalypse fanfic. Everyone lives in underground kanto, Ash controls the police and pokemon doesnt let anyone go to the surface, but Red wants to go to see what happened and try to help other regions, so they'll have to fight to the death to see what happens.
It's like Fallout Equestria but somehow even stupider.
 
This is really late but here's the entire Nexomon dex
Lots of just getting bigger.
Why are there no duo-types? Shit like this looks like it could be two types (water/psychic in this case since there's no ice type equivalent), but for some reason every Nexomon has to be monotype.
I also don't get why there's a psychic type but there's no fighting type. The two sort of act as opposing forces (brains vs brawn), so why have one over the other?
 
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