I recently started a series of drawings where I redesign the Pokemon game MCs as modern middle/high schoolers and having separate hobbies outside of being trainers (except gen 1 ofc, also except PLA bc theyre from the past) I'll be posting two at a time, starting with HGSS
(I had a lot of fun doing Ethan's design...😅😅😅)
Apparently in a 1997 pamphlet describing Gold and Silver mentions that Ethan has a brother three years his senior. However, this aspect of his character was discarded by the time of the final release. So I decided to make this concept into a OC.
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Meet Ryuto! (His name means Lute in Japanese)
Age: 13 (previously)
25 (currently)
Region: Johto (formerly)
Sinnoh (currently)
Hometown: New Bark Town (formerly)
Solaceon Town (currently)
Occupation: Pokémon Breeder
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This is his team, his team consist of Pokémon that evolve through friendship. He found Togekiss in the Sinnoh region as a Togepi
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Tell me what you want to know about him!
Who else remembers that Ethan was intended to have a brother? Apparently in a 1997 pamphlet describing Gold and Silver mentions that Ethan has a brother three years his senior. However, this aspect of his character was discarded by the time of the final release.
(I spent a half hour on this, please don't let it flop)
Red: Charizard, Pikachu, Lapras, Snorlax, Espeon, and Mewtwo
Reasoning: Red has a Charizard and Snorlax in Masters, so they're immediately on his team. He's also the protagonist for pokemon yellow, so the pikachu is there also. The Lapras and Espeon were on his teams in the past (as well as being a gift pokemon, and him having one in the anime), so that works, and Red cannonically catches Mewtwo in the games, though he never ends up using it.
Ethan: Typhlosion (Or Feraligator for Kris, and Meganium for Lyra), Azumarill, Togekiss, Donphan, Girafarig, and Ho-oh (Perferably not, since Silver has Ho-oh)/Lugia/ or Suicune.
Reasoning: Each of the Johto protags have a perfered starter in Masters, Ethan has a Marill as the not protag, and uses a Donphan in the Zoroark: Master of Illusions movie, uses a girafarig in the anime, Togekiss is a gift pokemon, and Ho-oh/Lugia/Suicune depending on which game you played.
May: Swampert (or Sceptile for Brenden) Wailord, Breloom, Ludicolo, Raichu, and Groudon/ Kyogre.
Reasoning: A Wailmer, and Shroomish are used on the rivals team in the battle underneath the Cycling Road, Brenden and May have Sceptile and Swampert in Masters, They have a Ludicolo in emerald, raichu is used in the after credits battle for ORAS, and, well, you know the drill for Groudon and Kyogre.
Dawn: Torterra (Infernape for Lucas), Clefable, Alakazam, Magmortar, Lucario, and Dialga/Palkia/Girantina.
Reasoning: Again, Pokemon Masters, and Lucas/Dawn use Clefairy and Kadabra in the multi-battles against the bob-headed space people, Lucas has a Magmortar in the anime, you get a riolu egg in Iron island, and the legends are the same deal as always.
Hilbert: Samorott (Emboar for Hilda), Simisage (Simipoar for Hilda), Volcorona, Archeops, Beartic, and Zekrom/ Resherim.
Reasoning: Master starters yatta yatta yatta. Monke from the dream yard, egg volcorona, most subway used subway sets, and legendaries.
Rosa: Serperior (Emboar for Nate), Simipoar (Sage for Nate), Lucario, Arcanine, Zoroark, Sawsbuck.
Reasoning: Masters, Dream-yard, Lucario and Arcanine are used by Nate in the anime, Zoroark and Sawsbuck are given as gift pokemon as their base starters.
Serena: Delphox (Chesnaught for Calem), Blastoise (Charizard for Calem), Meowstic, Absol, Lucario, and Xerneas/YAVULTAL.
Reasoning: Sereana has a delphox in masters, Calem has a Chesnaught in Generations, Calem has a Charizard, so I gave Blastoise to Serena, Meowstic, and Absol are used on their rival teams, Gift Lucario, and Megas in specific games.
Elio: Primarina (Decidueye for Seline), Toucanon, Alolan Raichu, Alolan Ninetails, Dusk Lycanroc, and Tsareena. (Lillie gets nebby)
Reasoning: Official art and Masters, there's not a lot to go off of.
(Skipping over Let's go)
Victor: Cinderace (Rillaboom for Gloria), Urshifu, Calirex, Toxtricity, Eternatus, and The good boiz.
Reasoning: Events of the games, Again, not alot to go off of.
i had nothing better to do before going to bed lmao
oh and i also have this
For those of you who don't know, I made a comment a while back about how there are no player characters (other) in the series, other than May, Dawn and Serena. Having them in the series would've been beneficial to see them in the anime, not just in the games. Maybe they could've appeared as friends, as opponents to battle and etc. They also could've participated in events and battles they did in the games (the players fighting the evil organization of that region, Victor and Hop fighting Chairman Rose with Zacian and Zamazenta instead of Ash and Goh and etc.) They are the ones that should've won the Pokemon League in that season instead of the other characters that won (minus Johto) and Ash in Ultra Sun and Moon. Master Journeys should remedy this mistake and finally introduce them into the series, instead of just in the games and a few cameo appearances in the movies. At the end of it, Victor/Gloria (the player from Sword and Shield) should defeat Leon and become the Champion/Monarch, not Ash.
Pokémon Journeys may be a good excuse for the writers to include the playable characters (other than the ones already in the series like Dawn, May and Serena) in the series. In Journeys, Ash and Goh travel to other regions and learn more about different Pokémon, battling other trainers, catching new Pokémon and etc. Perhaps Ash and Goh could run into the playable characters (Brendan, Calem, Victor, Elio and etc.) while traveling to those regions, befriending them, battling with them and etc. Some playable characters like Brendan, Lucas and Ethan have made appearances in the movies, but they are only minor appearances and not for that long (at most a few seconds). The writers should’ve written them in already, at least as one of Ash’s companions on his journey. Adding them in Journeys could/would remedy this.
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