RG Proto Move Analysis, Part 2: Reversal
Welcome back to our analysis of the Gen 1 move lists! It has been a longer-than-expected pause since the first part. Some new things were unexpectedly uncovered between then and now, which has given us…
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RG Proto Move Analysis, Part 1: Mirror Move
On this step of our Red and Green prototype assets coverage, we reach the surprisingly convoluted topic of Pokemon moves. Analyzing the data made us realize how understudied the topic has been. It seems that…
What Dreams May Come: Prototype Data for Pokémon Red and Green
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause. -Hamlet, Hamlet So… you may have watched the Pokéthon broadcast, and read the…
How the Capumon Stole Christmas
It was the Wednesday before Christmas (or your choice of December holiday), and all through Japan,They were watching TV, eating scrumptious Oat Bran;The set was tuned to morning NHK,For Tsunekazu Ishihara had something to say.Matter-of-factly,…
A History of Pokémon through the Internal List
Some of you may have heard that there were originally 190 Pokémon planned for the original Japanese Red and Green versions, 39 of which (perhaps 40 – more on that later) were scrapped because of…
A History of Pokémon through the Internal List – Lost Pokémon
We are listing here the Pokémon that we can’t confidently put in the MissingNo. list, but that might belong in the additional circa 110 scrapped designs that have been referenced several times by the creators….
A History of Pokémon through the Internal list – MissingNo. Descriptions
Finally, we arrive at one of the most speculative and experimental parts of researching Generation I. In this article we will summarize the MissingNo. patterns and also list a bunch of hypotheses for each, from…
A History of Pokémon through the Internal list – 5
By the time that Period 5 started, the Kanto overworld was most likely similar to the final game. The drastic change, both in the games’ environment and design choices, began in Period 3; many of…
A History of Pokémon through the Internal list – 4
We left off at Period 3 and its vastly expanded concept of evolution and experiments with the methods through which Pokémon could evolve and be obtained, like evolutionary stones, branched evolutions, and fossil revival. We…
A History of Pokémon through the Internal List – 3
It’s been generally reported that Pokémon production was put on hold again in 1993 for a whole year, although we couldn’t find any first-hand source to back up this claim. The internal list suggests that a drastic…