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Capsule Monsters (カプセルモンスター ) is Satoshi Tajiri's early concept of what is now the Pokémon franchise. It was proposed to Nintendo in 1990.
Originally, Pokémon were not caught through battle like they are now. Instead, the you, the player, had to gain Charisma to convince the wild creatures to join you.
Many gen I Pokémon were originated from the early concept work, such as Nidorino, Gengar, Ivysaur, and Clefairy.
Pokémon[]
Pokémon, both scrapped and kept, that were from Capsule Monsters.
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Buhii (ブヒー) | All that is known about Buhii is that it was a beta, cat-like Pokémon who never made it into the final cut. It's number is the same as Jynx's (#124), which is also the index number for Caterpie. |
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Godzillante (ゴジランテ) | Its name and fire-breathing ability imply it's based off of Godzilla and Biollante, a Godzilla-related kaiju. In the original artwork, Godzillante is shown fighting Gorillaimo. |
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Gorillamo (ゴリライモ) | Gorillamo (theoretically) references the character Ninten from the game Mother. It also resembles the Super Mario Bros. character, Donkey Kong. In the original artwork, Gorillaimo is shown fighting Godzillante. |
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Papyō (パピョー) | Papyō's number is what is now Qwilfish's (#211). |
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Kabiin (かびいん) | It appears to be a round, humanoid creature; it's silhouette representative of Kirby. |
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Dragon4 (ドラゴン4) | It's number is 124 (coincidentally the same as Buhii's). It has a scrapped move known as "Fire Breath" (ファイアーブレス) that requires 70 TP. |
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Beta Gengar (ベータゲンガー) | Gengar's beta design. While the alterations are minor, the beta is slightly longer than its current design. A few extra spikes are on the back. |
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Beta Nidorino (ベタニドリーノ) | Nidorino's beta design. It has the traits of a Nidorino, Gyarados, and Feraligatr. |
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Beta Lapras | Lapras's beta design. Upon its back rides a beta trainer. |
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Karabajio (カラバジオ) and Mimī (ミミー) | A beta version of Blastoise fighting a beta Staryu. |
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Beta Gastly | A beta Gastly. |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Capsule Monsters is a presumably homage to "Capsule Monsters" from the 1967 Ultra Series Ultraseven. Satoshi Tajiri acknowledged that classic tokusatsu productions most notably Godzilla, Gamera, Ultraman, and Kamen Rider had extensive influences on the Pokémon where some Pokémon were even directly designed and named after tokusatsu characters.[1][2][3]
- Capsule Monsters was the name of a game in the early Yu-Gi-Oh! manga.
References[]
- ^ 「ポケモン」を生んだ？ 『ウルトラセブン』カプセル怪獣のたまらない可愛さ
- ^ Character Study about : Squirtle, Wartortle and Blastoise [Sunday Study]
- ^ Jugem Mook (じゅげむMOOK), March 1998, 絶対ゲームボーイ読本, Recruit