Ledyba: Ledian’s final design differs greatly.Spinarak: Ariados’ final design differs greatly.Hoothoot: Noctowl’s final design differs greatly from the original.These Pokémon may also rise again as Galarian forms and/or regional evolutions. Eevee: Evolves to Leafeon (and Glaceon) in Sinnoh, as well as, Sylveon in Kalos.Īlthough some evolution lines from the 1997 demo made it into Pokémon Gold & Silver, they were heavily altered.Lickilicky looks dramatically different than this artwork. Lickitung: Evolves to Lickilicky in Sinnoh.Pinsir: No permanent evolution, yet receives a Mega Evolution in Kalos.Pokémon Company announced Sirfetch’d on September 18th, 2019. Farfetch’d: Farfetch’d had previously received stat boosts and new egg moves in generation 7, despite not being catchable in Alola.Bellsprout: No split evolution, no new forms.Growlithe: No pre-evolution, no new forms.Grimer: No pre-evolution, but evolution line received Alolan forms.Was shown to have a regional variant in Galar. In generation 7, received the egg move High Horsepower despite not being catchable. Ponyta: No pre-evolution, no new forms.Rumored to have a Galarian form and Gigantamax form. Meowth: No pre-evolution, but evolution line received Alolan forms.Girafarig: No pre-evolution, no new forms.Ditto: No new evolution, but when first leaked Meltan would revert into Ditto after capture in Pokémon GO.Goldeen: No pre-evolution, no new forms.Qwilfish: No evolution, not in Alola, but had its defense raised by 10 in generation 7.Tangela was given the egg move Wake-Up Slap in Alola, despite not being available. Tangrowth looks dramatically different than this artwork. Tangela: No pre-evolution, but evolved to Tangrowth in Sinnoh.
Vulpix: No new evolution, but evolution line received Alolan forms.If Sirfetch’d’s conception occurred before the 1997 beta demo, it’s plausible other regional evolutions could follow the same pattern, What Happened to These Pokémon Evolution Lines? We can speculate on is the content of the demo and the revelation of Galarian forms, as well as, regional evolutions. The result is a Pokémon community wide explosion that echoes the 1997 Space World’s fever pitch. Fan artists work to emulate the original Gold & Silver official art style. And the beta mon walk the earth again.ĭata miners harvest all the programmed Pokémon: sprites and move pools. On May 26, 2018, an anonymous leaker releases the Gold & Silver Nintendo Space World beta demo to the world. And the hype and theories multiply up to the end of the month. What players would later recognize as early screens of Pokémon Let’s Go! Eevee. By approximately May 16th, a screen capture surfaces of a trainer riding on Lapras with an Eevee on their head. Fans begin to discuss the potential of another Pikachu evolution. On May 5th, “Gorochu”, a scrapped evolution of Pikachu, surfaces from early Red/Green data. Twenty years pass and in May of 2018, the dead rise. With the release of the final version of Gold & Silver and before many of those betamon could light up the screen, the last nail was hit into the beta demo’s coffin. “Pikablu” goes viral in an age before the internet, and no one has access to the beta demo. After the event, the buzz of Space World’s demo is laid to rest in development, and its content hushes into rumor.