Only One Legendary Pokémon Was Designed For A Movie, Not the Games
-
Loading... - Junko Uchida
- 08 Feb 2023
- 64 Views
- 0 Like
- 0 Comment
Legendary Pokémon are often the face of their debut games, but at least one Legendary Pokémon was created to debut in film first, without the games.
The early days of Pokémon were a much less strictly controlled time than the Pokémon franchise of today, which carefully executes anime, TCG, video games, and merchandise on a tight schedule. As it turns out, this was especially true when it came to the creation of one Legendary Pokémon, Lugia, which was originally never meant to appear in the games at all.
As the version mascot of Pokémon Silver, it can be a bit difficult to believe that Lugia was a fairly late addition to generation 2's roster. Yet, the Gold and Silver beta leaks from a few years back proved it to be true, as Lugia is not present at all in the 1997 demo. Instead, Lugia was commissioned by the anime's head writer at the time, Takeshi Shudo, to star in the second Pokémon movie, which would eventually be called Pokémon the Movie 2000. Originally, it was known only as Pokémon X, a name which eventually made its way into the anime as a Team Rocket codename for Lugia. Concept art has even been unearthed of an early Lugia with an X-shaped mark on its belly. Read More…
