Pinsir’s Original Evolution Tree is Straight-Up Terrifying

The Pokemon franchise will soon be releasing a new generation of games, and this will bring the grand total to far beyond its current 800 count. With this many Pokemon, you might think there weren’t many options left but it’s clear that the Pokemon Company has had plenty of ideas over the course of the franchise’s tenure. There are just as many scrapped designs as there are ones that make their way to the official series, and one recent reveal has shown off a terrifying one.

As highlighted by @DrLavaYT on Twitter, Pinsir originally had an evolved form planned to be introduced into the Gold and Silver generation of the games. While it’s not clear exactly why this evolution never made it to the games, it’s probably not helped by how scary looking it is.

Planned to fit into the Pokedex after the Scyther evolution Scizor, this unnamed Pinsir evolution has been dubbed “Plux” by fans. This evolution replaces Pinsir’s usual face with a smaller, mask type of face and has a bulkier form. There’s also a horn jetting out from the evolution that makes it look a lot like the official Pokemon, Heracross. This has led fans to believe that this Pinsir evolution was worked into Heracross before its official release, and although it’s not confirmed this is a good theory.

This hasn’t been the only scrapped Pokemon reveal taking fans by storm as a surprisingly cute pre-evolution for Grimer and Muk condensed the normally gooey sludge monsters into an adorable baby form. With a new generation of Pokemon on the way with Sword and Shield this November, maybe there’s still room for these scrapped designs.

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…”