Pokemon Fan Designs Baby Forms for Hawlucha, Aerodactyl, Onix, and Pinsir

One Pokemon fan has created designs for new baby versions of Hawlucha, Aerodactyl, Onix, and Pinsir, complete with Pokedex entries, abilities, typesets, and shiny variants. Inventive fans of the series have been making different variants of Pokemon for years and have often put their imagination to work coming up with new shiny forms and fusion versions, which include the Guardian of the Skies Ho-Oh and Rotom, the electric ghost-type, and even Pokemon in different video game styles. And while Pokemon are already cute, the baby versions of these powerhouses take the adorableness to a whole new level.

Baby Pokemon were introduced back in the second generation of the game series in Gold, Silver, and Crystal that were released in the early 2000s. Some of the very first ones include the Fighting-type Tyrogue, the Normal/Fairy-types, Cleffa, Igglybuff, and Togepi, and the Fire-type Magby. Pichu was also introduced in Gen II, with it being the pre-evolution of Pikachu, including, as it was later revealed in the Pokemon TV series, Ash’s Pikachu, which evolved from Pichu after leaving its adoptive family.

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On Reddit, one user going by the handle PhantomLink2782 shared their designs for several new baby Pokemon, such as Hawlucha, Aerodactyl, Onix, and Pinsir, which also included their shiny variants. The artist used several color palettes for the designs of the shiny versions of the baby critters, with the baby Onix and Pinsir having more muted colors. However, Hawlucha and Aerodactly versions popped with the latter, especially having a contrasting blend of pink and yellow that makes the Pokemon stand out. PhantomLink2782 selected some unique names for the baby versions and often took into consideration the evolved Pokemon they were inspired by, such as combining the words “fletching” and “lucha,” which also means wrestling, to come up with Flelucha as the pre-evolution of Hawlucha.

The designs also included Pokedex entries for all the new pocket monsters, complete with artwork depicting the adorable Pokemon in action. One of the entries featured the baby version of Hawlucha soaring through the sky as it imagined being a superhero, while another showed Pinsir’s pre-evolution taking a nap under a shaded tree. Additionally, PhantomLink2782 included abilities for each baby pocket monster, which varied from giving them more defense, evasion, recovering from status conditions, and even healing health.

The post was well received on the subreddit, with other users in the thread complimenting the variety of the baby Pokemon and attention to detail, such as including ear guards that amateur wrestlers use in the design of Hawlucha’s pre-evolution. These designs are not PhantomLink2782’s first foray into imagining what baby Pokemon look like, as they also created art for Lapras, Tangela, and Tropius.

Pokemon fans have shown they are an imaginative community, often creating fan projects and designs to highlight their favorites. With the upcoming Pokemon Scarlet & Violet DLC, the Indigo Disk, less than a month away and poised to have almost every Pokemon on the Switch, fans will have lots of inspiration to draw from in creating new designs.

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

Pokemon Scarlet & Pokemon Violet are the main entries in the series for Generation IX. They introduced over 100 new Pokemon and brought players to the Paldea region.

Franchise

Pokemon

Platform(s)

Switch

Released

November 18, 2022

Developer(s)

Game Freak

Publisher(s)

Nintendo, The Pokemon Company

Metascore

72

How Long To Beat

31½ Hours