Lost Pokemon Designs Reveal Totodile's Other Half

There are now over 800 Pokemon in the official series, but that number could have been far larger [...]

By Nick Valdez

There are now over 800 Pokemon in the official series, but that number could have been far larger had some of the designs scrapped before the games' official releases made it into the final game. Concepts such as a popcorn based monster, a completely flipped design for Hitmontop, and even potential evolutions for popular additions like Farfetched and even Pinsir. Some of these designs have been so well received by fans, now they're asking to get them in an official capacity.

There's an even greater response for a recently surfaced scrapped design for one of the Starter Pokemon originally intended to be introduced with the Johto region. But instead, fans eventually got the Water starter Totodile in its place.

As noted by @DrLavaYT on Twitter, "Kurusu" was originally seen in the demo version for Pokemon Gold and Silver. Originally meant to take the place of the Water starter for the second generation, it was later scrapped in favor of Totodile. Taking on a plesiosaur type of design, it would later evolve into "Akua" and "Akueria." @DrLavaYT suspects that this design was removed for being too close to Lapras' design from the first game.

While it's not confirmed, it does make a lot of sense considering not many of the Pokemon shared similarities in design with the early generations of the games. This trend would be bucked later, unfortunately, now that we're over 800 entries in but it does make one wonder how many designs like this were scrapped for being too similar.

If you haven't kept up with the current run of the anime, the much anticipated Alolan League arc is now in full swing. Pokemon the Series: Sun and Moon is described as such, "What starts as a summer vacation in the tropical Alola region turns into the next exciting chapter in Ash Ketchum's quest to become a Pokémon Master! There's plenty for Ash and Pikachu to explore in this sunny new region, with exciting new Pokémon to discover and interesting people to learn from along the way—including the cool Professor Kukui and the fun-loving Samson Oak.

More new faces will help guide Ash's Alolan adventure, in the form of a group of skilled Trainers—Kiawe, Lana, Mallow, and Sophocles—and a mysterious research assistant called Lillie. Frequent foes Team Rocket have also made the trip to Alola, looking to swipe some high-powered new Pokémon. But they have some heavy competition on the villainy front: the ruffians of Team Skull, who delight in causing chaos and may have more sinister intentions..."

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