Pink Yoshi
Smash Champion
I've talked a lot about my self-made Love type, but not enough for the region the Love type is discovered in or even the Pokemon found there.
Well, I based it upon Italy, and I've named it Purore. And here are the starters I made up.
These are early designs so take these with a grain of salt.
Granine is based upon the Italian wolf, and grapes. Italy is known for its wide variety of grapes and the food and drinks using them...including wine. So eventually it evolves into a Grass/Poison-type crazy wine-thirsty party-loving wolf (and yes it evolves to stand on two legs because the bipedal starter criticism annoys me). I freaking love this idea and if these starters were real I'd pick Granine in a heartbeat.
Tadcoal is based on the Apennine yellow-bellied toad. The warts on its body are actually coal, and that's where they create their flame powers. It evolves to become a giant hulking coal-covered fellow that takes a pretty similar route as Swampert in terms of design (meaning yes it's a quadruped fire starter, if that's something you like). Its coal warts can not only be ignited to protect itself but also to cook food, both for itself and for its trainer. Oh yeah, it's Fire/Rock type when it evolves, if that matters.
Ecololake is a super cute lil feller I'm REALLY proud of, based on the Sardinian long-eared bat. Being blind, it relies on echolocation to sense the position of friends and foes. The Water/Flying type does make you pretty weak to electric types, yes, but fret not, for our cute little bat friend evolves to trade in its Flying type for Psychic - being able to evolve psionic abilities to assist itself in battle and hunting, while also creating bubbles it uses to see the future, similar to crystal balls used by fortune tellers. Thusly, they're commonly sought out by trainers who need some psychic guidance.
This follows the usual triangle of Cool/Cute/Funny starters. Granine is a cool wolf cub, Ecololake is an adorable little bat fren, and Tadcoal is a funny froggo. Also all of them evolve into Pokemon that humanity spend a large amount of time with for one reason or another. Tadcoal's evolution helps to cook human food like pizza, Ecololake's evolution work as fortune tellers and palm readers, and Granine's evolution...are just crazy fun to party with and humans love to hold house parties with their wolf friends. Just mind that they don't accidentally smash your windows.
Of these I've worked the most on the grass starter, but I'll get back to you on any further progress I make. I just wish I had better art skills - my art is terrible beyond belief - but eh, these at least get across my initial ideas.
Who would YOUR companion be?
Well, I based it upon Italy, and I've named it Purore. And here are the starters I made up.
These are early designs so take these with a grain of salt.
Granine is based upon the Italian wolf, and grapes. Italy is known for its wide variety of grapes and the food and drinks using them...including wine. So eventually it evolves into a Grass/Poison-type crazy wine-thirsty party-loving wolf (and yes it evolves to stand on two legs because the bipedal starter criticism annoys me). I freaking love this idea and if these starters were real I'd pick Granine in a heartbeat.
Tadcoal is based on the Apennine yellow-bellied toad. The warts on its body are actually coal, and that's where they create their flame powers. It evolves to become a giant hulking coal-covered fellow that takes a pretty similar route as Swampert in terms of design (meaning yes it's a quadruped fire starter, if that's something you like). Its coal warts can not only be ignited to protect itself but also to cook food, both for itself and for its trainer. Oh yeah, it's Fire/Rock type when it evolves, if that matters.
Ecololake is a super cute lil feller I'm REALLY proud of, based on the Sardinian long-eared bat. Being blind, it relies on echolocation to sense the position of friends and foes. The Water/Flying type does make you pretty weak to electric types, yes, but fret not, for our cute little bat friend evolves to trade in its Flying type for Psychic - being able to evolve psionic abilities to assist itself in battle and hunting, while also creating bubbles it uses to see the future, similar to crystal balls used by fortune tellers. Thusly, they're commonly sought out by trainers who need some psychic guidance.
This follows the usual triangle of Cool/Cute/Funny starters. Granine is a cool wolf cub, Ecololake is an adorable little bat fren, and Tadcoal is a funny froggo. Also all of them evolve into Pokemon that humanity spend a large amount of time with for one reason or another. Tadcoal's evolution helps to cook human food like pizza, Ecololake's evolution work as fortune tellers and palm readers, and Granine's evolution...are just crazy fun to party with and humans love to hold house parties with their wolf friends. Just mind that they don't accidentally smash your windows.
Of these I've worked the most on the grass starter, but I'll get back to you on any further progress I make. I just wish I had better art skills - my art is terrible beyond belief - but eh, these at least get across my initial ideas.
Who would YOUR companion be?
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