Post old things

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>>33340050

>>33340058
So, did the media ever not hate Pokémon?

>>33340235
During Pokemon go they were like "Pokemon still exists?" and "If you play Pokemon go you will die?" but I think they were mostly positive about it?

They rarely hate it. 99% of the time they just don't understand it.

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>>33340050
old man in the oldest games, top this!

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>>33340050
I remember getting this shit along side the game. Playing it using my in games from Gold is still the happiest memories I have of pokemon.

>>33340260
>They rarely hate it. 99% of the time they just don't understand it.
Describes what the media thinks of everything young people like.

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>>33340427
here are some pictures/early sketches of Rhydon (first Pokemon ever created) and Red.

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>>33340765
full pic of the cave and some unknown pokemon bottom right but that never turned into a mon I believe.

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>>33340775
some more early concept art

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>>33340780
vintage pokemon center

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>>33340058
was this as interesting as this?

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>>33340784
trainers interacting with each other on a road, early concept art.

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>>33340788
Pokemon Pet Shop ??? (Monster Shop)
reminds me a bit of Azure Dreams and their monster shop.

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>>33340793
Slowbro vs. Gastly
Notice the whip of that Gastly trainer.

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>>33340798
early Pikachu Thunderbolt attack concept art

>>33340235
It's what sells. Most parents don't understand the appeal in Pokémon and as such vaguely disapprove of it. Giving headlines about how it's awful appeals to these parents and makes them want to read it.

>>33340780
>>33340784
> that inn looks medieval, but the town looks more modern
huh

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>>33340813
early Lapras surfing art. back when Lapras literally was Nessy

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>>33340816
yeah it's quite interesting what's happening here aesthetically.

Blastoise getting his shit pushed in by Staryu

>>33340798
how do you successfully whip a ball of gas

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>>33340826
Clefairy concept art

>>33340832
yeah, it makes no sense

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>>33340834
Vileplume art

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>>33340838
early Pokemon anime height comparison and characters next to each other.

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>>33340841
Pokemon Blue Red Green concept art colored

that's it for now. there are some more Gen 1 mon concept art I could post but they aren't very interesting. maybe more later.

>>33340838
>>33340834
Not quite, in the recent batch of interview Game Freak stated tthat Gen 1 pokemon didn't have much of a concept phase and were put straight into the game explaining why those sprites look wonky. These are reference sheets for animators so they can keep the designs consistent.

This has loads of them: https://web.archive.org/web/20161013120530/http://psartroom.weebly.com/pokemon-setteis.html

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>>33340852
Links still work but you have to manually remove the archive url stuff, for the record.

>>33340852
"concept art" I just use as a phrase. yeah, it's a bit inaccurate. I know the designs were already finished.

>>33340765
>>33340775
>>33340780
>>33340784
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>>33340793
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>>33340826
Man, Capumon would've been interesting.

>>33340788
THICC

>>33340852
In all honesty, I don't feel like Gen 1 Pokémon had half as much dedication and quality control put into their designs as people think
I'm not knocking the designs there, I more mean that at the time, they were just 151 "enemies" in a video game. In any other game, they would be forgotten just a few minutes after you get them, like in any other RPG. The attention to detail and lore only came after when it became clear that people were more interested in the Pokémon World than with other games.

>>33340989
Some of them absolutely were. Pokémon like Marowak, Gastly, Clefairy and Pikachu all have several NPCs mention them, and have areas where they're more heavily featured.

That said, you're totally right about some of them. Tangela, Dewgong, Lickitung - we complained like hell when Pokémon like that turned up in Alola.

>>33340427
>not even japanese Green

>>33340989
really good point, except that the art gives gorgeous rendering to them, whatever the haste in designing them

>>33340813
This looks like a very modern pikachu.

>>33340813
I have a feeling this isn't a part of the original sketches. The style doesn't quite line up -- shading differs (strokes get lighter to show color), and early Pikachu looked much different (fatter, white belly in the earliest art).

>>33340784
It looks EXACTLY like the inn in Majora's Mask, how?

>>33341392
>>33341423

yes, could be. I haven't exactly checked the source on that one while I was dumping pics. I'll admit that. so maybe it's actually a much later artwork.

>>33340780
the middle of the page is hiding another concept pokemon, maybe rhyhorn?

https://youtu.be/pVoWD7ARe9s

>>33340235
It's not hate, I don't think. They just acknowledged the franchise as a massive moneymaking fad back in its heyday. Pokemon still prints money, but you need to remember that this was a fucking crazy obsession in the late 90s and early 2000s.

>>33340061
>that Articuno
What the fuck.

>>33340858
IS THIS REAL?

>>33340858
Oh shit true form revealed

>>33341807
Yeah, it's taken from an anime reference sheet.