Pokemon Fan Creates New Evolution for Wailord

A creative Pokemon fan has designed a new evolution for Wailord, turning the massive whale-like creature into something resembling a boat. Fan art of new evolutions is popular in the Pokemon community, and this latest Wailord concept has become a hit on Reddit.

Among the Pokemon introduced in Gen 3, Wailord stands out thanks to its enormous size. Resembling a whale, the Water-type Pokemon towers over most other creatures in the franchise and makes its home in the water. While Wailord evolves from Wailmer, that has not stopped one fan from adding another evolution to the line.

Drawing on sailing for inspiration, a Reddit user known as Matratzfratz created an evolution for Wailord called Sailord. As the name suggests, the fan concept gave the Pokemon an appearance reminiscent of a boat. For example, its back fin looked like a rudder seen on a ship. In addition, two white sail-like protrusions were visible on the creature’s back, suggesting it could use the wind to help navigate. Sailord even had a horn-like projection at the tip of its head that resembled the bow of a boat.

Pokemon Fan’s New Evolution for Wailord

Since posting this new Wailord evolution concept to the Pokemon subreddit, many gamers have taken notice. With over 5.9K upvotes, many enjoyed Sailord, and some even wondered how big a Gigantamax version of the evolution would be. Fortunately, Matratzfratz did not leave the idea to fans’ imaginations, as they shared a picture of this form of the new evolution relative to the Earth and the Moon. Among the other comments, many enjoyed the artist’s reference to SpongeBob SquarePants when describing what this Pokemon was used for. “The pioneers used to ride these babies for miles,” suggesting Sailord was utilized as a mode of transportation. The addition of the Flying type also suggests that the large sail-like protrusions on its back might have allowed it to take flight.

Creating new evolutions for Pokemon is a favorite hobby of many fan artists, and Matratzfratz has designed evolutions for other pocket monsters. Recently, the fan made a new evolution for Sandygast, imagining it as a Ground/Electric-type. They have also made Paradox forms and regional variants for many other Pokemon.

While gamers wait for Pokemon Legends: Z-A to release in 2025, many other fans besides Matratzfratz have created fan art of their favorite Pokemon. For example, one gamer recently painted a galaxy-themed picture of Mew, one of the rarest pocket monsters from Gen 1. Hopefully, these impressive creations from fans like Matratzfratz will inspire even more original concepts in the months ahead.

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