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I absolutely still LOVE Metagross’ introduction in gen 3 because it was so well hidden. You get to Steven the first time you play, you take his team down, only for him to throw this Massive beast out you have NEVER encountered in your journey. You don’t know what it is or what it does because there’s no record of beldum prior. Only for the beldum to be gifted to you. I think it was the most well done intro for a pseudo in the series, hands down.

Goodra's excuse for being a weird lil guy is that its based on medieval art of knights fighting snails like theyre powerful beasts

Man I love that "ancient ruin drawings" of the pseudo legends They are totally badass especially the hydreigon

7:05 it buffs rock types in gen 4 but it only became a temporary effect in gen 6. All of the weathers being permanent is why gen 5 ou is known for its “weather wars”

WHY IS GOODRA JUST A DRAGON. ITS LITERALLY DRIPPING WITH AN UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE. IT HAS GOO IN THE NAME. IT IS MORE POISONOUS IN DEISGN THEN MOST POISON POKÉMON.

There's actually a bit more to Tyranitar being given Sand Stream as an ability in Gen 3. Back then, there were only two other Pokémon that had weather-setting abilities, the box legendaries Groudon and Kyogre. The box legendaries made it a point to show that weather-setting abilities are supposed to be busted even in the lore, with their power being the main focus of the Hoenn games' story. Gen 3 also had an unusual distinction of being the only generation cut off from the previous generations, with no natural way to transfer up from Gen 2. As a result, the Johto Pokémon have their own ways to be found in Gen 3 games, from getting a Johto starter from completing the Hoenn pokedex to Hoenn's expanded Safari Zone to Kanto's Sevii Islands. But there was another way, that being the Gamecube games, Colosseum and Gale of Darkness, which built its encounters around the fact that it's one of the few ways to get Johto Pokémon in Gen 3. And what was the final boss's ace of Colosseum? A Shadow (and therefore catchable) Tyranitar, displaying its absolute might by showing off that it can also set weather just like Hoenn's box legendaries. Back when weather setting abilities were scarce, giving Tyranitar Sand Stream was Game Freak's way of saying that Tyranitar is on the same level as Groudon and Kyogre.

The thumbnail is absolutely legendary. It captures the energy of what I like. So much about pseudo legendary. They’re still more grounded but they’re cool elusive. They feel closer to some thing. I feel like I see in the jungle like a panther. An Apex predator without absolutely being a deity of some sort

For me, the Gabite mid evolution dilemma feels more like that awkward puberty stage between the cute kid Gible and the fully grown good looking adult Garchomp.

Man, your designs and presentation are all so cool, but I think not enough people appreciate the fantastic music. It's such a treat to hear the little touches in the background

The Metagross & Garchomp & Dragapult lines are probably the three with the best second-stage evolutions out of the psuedos.

I love the artstyle of all the pokemon in this video. Absolutely sick minimalist design and silhouettes!

I still find it hilarious how Beldum, Gible and Jangmo-o reach their final stages before Deino and Dreepy even reach their second stages. It’s interesting how some pseudos are viable for a playthrough before reaching their final forms (you can get Gible pretty early in Gen 4 and he’ll be viable for your entire playthrough) but others are virtually useless until the end or post game when they reach their final forms. Especially cruel for Deino and Dreepy for their ability and move pool respectively 😢

I believe Tyranitar was created specifically to counter just not the Psychic type, but all of “The Big Three” in gen 1. It is immune to and super-effective against Psychic, resists Normal and is super-effective against Ice (although Ice was primarily busted due to Freeze, insane Blizzard and as coverage)

I would argue that Metagross’s Meteor Mash was also a signature move

Power creep is so real. You want the newer mons to feel so powerful and sometimes it’s valid but you get these absolute MONSTERS game wise.

Okay but seriously a Pokemon line that increases in dimensions as it evolves is a REALLY novel idea. First stage could be an infinitely flat creature, middle stage is normal and kinda boring, while final stage looks almost eldritch because we can't really conceive its true form, being a higher-dimensional being.

Calling it right now: If Stema ends up having something akin to a legendary quartet, they're gonna be based on either the four branches of STEM or the four fundamental forces.

I find their designs "INTENTIONAL" for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. Dragonite having one point on its head for being the first pseudo, tyranitar having 2 holes on the left or right side of its body for being the second, salamence has 3 spikes on the right and left side of its head for being the third, metagross having four legs being fourth, garchomp has a star on its forehead which has 5 points and being the fifth pseudo, hydreigon has six wings on its back being the 6th, if you count goodras slime dripping things it counts to seven for being the 7th, kommo-o has 4 plates on both side of its arms making it all eight so the 8th, if you count all the triangle shapes on its head and on its chest it has 9 triangles total (Dreepy is a very different pokemon) so 9th and baxcalibur having 10 pieces of hexagon plates on its belly to the tail making it the 10th pseudo. I just noticed this right now it's probably not Canon but just a fun little detail that I've seen to be quite "INTENTIONAL"

For many of them, like Dratini it’s also connected with the anime. In it, Dratini is said to have such a similar skin tone with water, and also being very careful so for long times people thought it was a mythical/legendary Pokemon!

Kommo-o’s introduction was irrevocably affected by being introduced in the same Gen as Mimikyu, and that’s without even getting into the situation of poor Drampa.

the thumbnail goes hard

The art in these videos are absolutely amazing

This is the first thing I've come across on this channel, and I've gotta say it did a pretty good job on selling the rest of it to me. Comprehensive breakdown of the trope used, interesting fakemon concept and design, a surprise math lesson, and all with very nice styles used at different points and a calm, almost soothing tone. I earnestly look forward to going through your video backlog and seeing more!

I love the way you present your videos: the little hieroglyphs representing each pseudo are top tier.

To explain salamance, it is based on the mythical fire salamander creature. People burned logs and a salamanders popped out to escape, mistaking it as "birth" by fire.

What you said about different Pokemon being for different people is 100% correct. That is what Pokemon is all about. There is not one Pokemon I hate/ dislike but there are hundreds I love.

My favorite thing about pseudo legendaries is their three stage evolution. The excitement I felt watching one evolve has been rarely matched in Pokémon.

i love the fact that n0Rtist is basically the kurzgesagt of pokémon

I really like the almost Monster Hunter style art you did for the pseudo legendary icons

the designs for the psuedo’s are pretty dope. They give digimon frontier vibes like for the spirits and beast spirits. Pretty cool, great job

Wow I’ve been watching a few of your videos and I love both your art styles, the outline less, almost simplistic cuter one is amazing, and the blocky and cubic one you use for the thumbnail is just as cool, it must take so much effort to make these videos.

Great to see another hisuian sliggoo appreciator. It’s easily my favorite pseudo-legendary of the bunch. Maybe it’s the color scheme, it’s comedically oversized shell, or my undying love for gastropods, but I love the little skrunklo. (Also Drachoron looks sick as hell)

Something that used to be true is that all Pseudo legendaries had an immunity of some kind. Goodra was to the first to deviate from it being immunity coming from typing, but sap sipper gave it a grass immunity. Kommo-o made the stretch further, but its abilities all gave it immunity to certain kinds of moves (explosive, sound, and powder.) Baxcalibur is the first to truly break this, but it at least has an ability to strongly discourage, or take advantage of fire moves.

this is my first video of yours. I have to say im very impressed with both your breakdown, and your original monster collector concept! looking forward to your future videos!

This is really well made! Also the art is beautiful. You deserve many more subscribers.

I love the pseudo legendary you made. I really like the fact the last stage is a 4d shape as that's always been an interest of mine. Keep making amazing designs!!!

Really like your drawings of the Pokemon and the hieroglyph-like symbols for the pseudos. Also I'm happy your pseudo legend is a 4th dimensional fish that's so fresh.

your simplified drawings of the pokemon are fantastic! Hope your game is going well!

My first video seen from you and definitey not the last! Great job. Especially with the artwork!

What an informative video on pseudo-legendaries. My 3 favorites has to be Metagross, Hydreigon, and Dragapult. As for your own pseudo, I love its design and concept. Basing it off of different dimensions like 2d to 4d is a unique idea. I don't hear 4d being brought up very often, so I am curious about it. Drachoron looks amazing as well. It takes creative thinking to display what a Pokemon representing 4d would look like. Amazing work as always.

Dragonite had the highest evolution by level at 55. Then gen 5 rolled around and that was claimed by Hydregion, who evolves at level 65!

The way I knew what pseudo meant on it’s own but never put much thought into what it means in front legendary like I knew they were technically legendary Pokémon but they gave me grounded Pokémon energy like something you’d encounter in the Forrest. An apex predator, either fabled to exist, only few actually seeing them depending on the Pokémon’s behavior. I actually find them extremely cool. Some way cooler than actual legendaries. I can imagine them in like an actual Forrest. They hit that perfect middle ground for me

Having a dark period where none of my comfort tubers are uploading good stuff and this is the first entertaining thing I've watched in a while it was obviously well thought out and made with love for the series. Thanks for your hard work

I immediately assumed when I saw Drachedron being a 3D object, I immediately assumed oh!! It must be 4D for the final evolution! I absolutely ADORE Drachoron, I definitely see it being Spectral/Ghost in the final evolution. It feels kind of Water or Ice to me with the designs and fish/loch ness motif. I can totally see it being a normal Water or Ice type at the start, and of course the struggle to get it to Drachoron... all being worth it in the end with this massive 4D disappearing-reappearing beast!

I suggests you create four legendary Pokemon that respectively excels in different stats. Maybe one that excels in Offense is Ice/Fire, excels in Defense is Steel/Geo, excels in Speed is Electric/Flying and excels in HP Grass/Fairy.

I remember thinking Skarmory was a legendary

I still maintain that Goodra should have been either Dragon/Fairy or Dragon/Poison because of the whole slime gimmick. I would like to see a pseudo-legendary that isn't a Dragon-type. I always wanted to see an Electric/Dark-type pseudo-legendary based on like an ogre or an orc. Like what you would get if you fused Electivire with Gengar.

15:18 That's a _sick_ covergent evolution! Kudos to the artist.

Well apparently this was good enough for me to click on it without realizing it was a premiere set for the future

if people are wondering who is the 10th pseudo in the thumbnail: the one between Dragapult and Baxcalibur It's Hisuian Goodra.

Dude I know this is off topic but I love your art style. Is so simplistic yet complex and the same time. Keep up the good work man.

I would love to know about pseudo-legendary Pokémon.

I think you did a pretty good job summing up the general ideas and creative choices behind psuedo-legends. Good luck with your creature collector!

The 4D explanation was really interesting. The visualization of the tesseract made me imagine a mon interpretation that looked like the unfolded version while at rest, and pulled into the tesseract shape when attacked as a means of defense. I really like the design you made and I want to pet their little head.

I love how hisuian goodra shows why the current day ones don’t have a shell, they weren’t happy with it, they may have been better competitively speaking in the past, but the shell made them so unhappy that they eventually lost it and became pure dragon, and if we were to get a future form (not the gen 9 robots) I think it’d eventually become dragon/fairy or just pure fairy due to just how happy and loving they are

I think Melusine would’ve been a good tale to base a Kalos Pseudo on too. She’s a fairy, a water sprite, who turns into a dragon at the end. Perhaps an ability that adds the water type when it enters, giving it STAB, but this also makes it now neutral to grass and electric type attacks instead of resisting.

can i just say that the sprites are literally adorable . like amphoras looks so squishy

I believe the reason Gabite does not stand out to Garchomp unless you really compare the two is because the share a colour scheme while also having a similar body composition.

23:46 the Object folding in on itself right here is really terrifying if you've seen the Movie "Nope"

Came for the cool thumbnail art, stayed for the informative video. I really love how clean and neat the art assets used in this video. Keep up the good work!

Thumbnail is spectacular, in a way it brings a cohesiveness to them all, nice work (also the narration and the video overall is top notch )

Yooo I love your flat vector-looking rendering of the pokemon! Looks super clean!

Your whole channel esthetic is amazing!!!! Immediately subbed just based on that! Excellent video too! Love it!!!!!!

great video nort! i really liked this one :) loved your pseudo too, i can imagine the final stage having two different forms - one really defensive form where its covered by its film representing it being "smushed" into 3D, and a really offensive form where its more "unleashed" or natural. I see it like its able to find weaknesses we didn't even know where there in other pokemon, because it can see in another dimension. Maybe that could go into the unique ability somehow? Super excited to see what else you come up with!

Fun fact about abilities is they started as far back as gen 1 in the trading card game, it just took two generations to get them into the actual games, so we might assume they were always intended to be included but perhaps were too complex to code until the advanced generation.

really interesting how each generation sudo is sort of a symbol for its generation. In the sense that what makes them unique also calls back to something unique about that generation. Z moves - komo getting a sig move, goodra being spdf heavy with the introduction of fairy which are sp atck heavy. etc

Great video. You've done a phenomenal job on such a long video, great job as always!

Wtf that thumbnail look soo good Cant wait for the video to be out

I hope your game really shines man! You seem like you’ll make a great quality game! (and pokemon needs that kind of competition!) good luck dude!

I actually really really like middle stage evolutions like Gabite. Sure, complete metamorphosis evolutions are also very cool, but if I look at an evolution line I like to be able to see how we got from A to B. Just like how evolution works in real life, there’s many many intermediate steps. Gabite looking like an in-between of Gible and Garchomp fits this perfectly Also I’m a big fan of the “cool” type pseudo legendaries. Part of why all pokemon games past gen 5 look so agressively mediocre to me is because everything feels to soft and squishy. Not even the pokemon designs, but the artstyle they went with for 3D. In terms of pokemon designs we peaked in gen 4 I’d say, and in terms of artstyle it’s clearly gen 5

Your art and understanding of design is wonderful, it's so fascinating that you have a reasoning for everything and designs just make sense. Loved that there was this 4d educational part

oh my god why haven't I found your channel yet? I love fake"mon" regions and your artstyle is so cool! love the video too, and the editing + visuals are simply surreal

The script is great and the animation is amazing, had no choice but to subscribe and i have no ckue what kind of videos you actually make

GD that art is so good man! Best of luck with your project!!

I love Drachoron! Such a cool idea for a line This isn’t a suggestion, since I know you probably want to avoid feature/scope creep, but I think it would be fun if there were Ultra-Beast-Style “alternate universe mons” based on STEM’s lesser-known counterpart, HEART (Humanities, Ethics, Art, Rhetoric, and Teaching)

A lot of Pokemon in Gen 5 evolve way later than their counterparts in other regions, because in-universe getting your levels that high is supposed to be a really big deal (the champion of a region rarely even has a single level 80 mon, much less a full team of six level 100s). Unova's high level evolutions and divisive experience scaling system were meant to discourage grinding and overleveling during the main game breaking immersion about which trainers are supposed to seem like a significant threat, like a slightly more thought out version of how the Johto and Kanto gym leaders scaled in Gen 2.

I love your designs for Salamence and Hydreigon they are so sleek and cool. I always was fond of them but found their designs a little too rigid but this made me appreciate them a little more

Pokémon designs look really good as monster hunter symbols Very cool 👍

I've been subbed for a while and I'm so glad you're starting to get the attention you deserve. Love the content keep it up!

I remember I saw a fan theory (can’t remember from who/where) that heatran is a pseudo legendary but the first two stages just haven’t been discovered since they live in the core of the earth. I choose to believe that because it makes heatran more interesting and fits (heatran has 600 base stats and is kind of out of place as a legendary) even if it’s absolutely not canon

Dude I love your drawings of these mon! Very nice and sleek!

I really like you pseudo legendary. and It reminds me of two science based designs that I've made. dracogon really reminds me of Polyon, the fakemon I made inspired by an anyon, which is a recently discovered 2D quasiparticle. the other is Singfinity, a fakemon I made inspired by a singularity. It's 0D and evolves whenever anything happens to it.

Dratini line: Adorable blue worm creature Cute longer blue worm with a regal flair Somewhat cute Orange chubby dragon I've always loved dratini and dragonair, but i'm convinced game freak just gave up continuing the design theme of the line. P.S liked Drachedron a lot. I think its a cool idea, I wasn’t expectting to hear somone designing off of one of my favorite thought experiments when I clicked on this video! For Dracogon and Drachedron I could definitely see pure neural type, since we're dealing with two and three geomentrical dimensions, which is more a thought process about the world around us, but for Drachoron, Either would work extremely well. The fourth dimension would look like a phasing ghost to us, it is foreign, unknown, so spectral would fit really well, but so would neural because the fourth dimension is arguably even more of an idea than the second and third.

These simple animations are so eye catching

thumbnail has awesome art, video has awesome art and satisfying/aesthetic graphics. interesting topic and something i haven’t seen before

I’m not sure if it was your intent, but I really like how the thumbnail arts give me Monster Hunter vibes. They make me think of those small, line-heavy images of the monster in question. Very fitting for pseudo-legendaries.

Omg I love your style so much, this is so good! Fantastic video

I really like the tesseract dragon you designed, thats such a creative use of science and fantasy to create a reall cool Pokemon. 👍

I really love the art style! Great job!! ✌🏼😊

I definitely find it funny how so many pseudo-legendaries are just big, scary dragon types

I feel like metagross's capabilities were glossed over a bit , but back in gen 3 it was only weak to fire and ground, as a regular x2 weakness. Combined with its defensive base stats and good typing, along with a great attack stat and movepool it was probably the strongest pseudo for the gen it was released in. It is also joint first as the psuedo legendary to evolve the quickest with kommo-o, making it that much easier to train up in the post game of gen 3

I love the thumbnail, it looks like some ancient writing

Really digging your own pseudo-legendary! Art looks really nice, with each stage carefully defined, and the philosophy behind it comes through nicely. Kudos!

This is a really informative explanation of 4th dimension theories, it was really investing and I enjoyed it

OMG Why this guy hasn't gotten famous till now!!! Amazing animation as well as such a nice imagination. I recommend you to put a unique move of your newly designed pokemon, like a 4 dimensional beam, or something like that.

I love your concept for a Psuedo Legendary. I love math and I love how you made it out of math.

The design work done on each icon is fantastic BUT Dragapuly looks like it has Batman's face in the middle and I love it.

That 4D dragon is too freaking cool. Awesome idea

"Sandstorm changed in gen 4 to only last a few turns" The Move Sandstorm always lasted a few turns, Sand Stream the ability was still permanent sand till gen 6