Character Sheet: All Galarian Forms and New Evos

OBSTAGOON/PERRSERKER/CURSOLA/SIRFETCH'D/MR. RIME/RUNERIGUS/REGIELEKI/ REGIDRAGO

And now, we come to our Regional variants for this generation, just like we had back in Alola. This time, however, we have an added feature in that some of the Regional forms gained new evolutions for their lines. We’ll be covering them here as well.

In Pokedex order, we first have Meowth, who gains the Steel type and takes inspiration from Nordic Vikings and such. Instead of evolving into Persian this time, however, it becomes Perrserker, leaning even more heavily into the Viking inspirations.

Standard B: Pay Day > Fury Swipes

Side B: Metal Claw

Up B: Fake Out > Thrash

Down B: Bite > Metal Sound

Final Smash: Dynamax

Ponyta and Rapidash now become Psychic and Fairy, being much more wholly based on unicorns, and join the Hatenna and Impidimp lines in the whole Fairy Tale vibe.

Standard B: Psybeam > Psycho Cut

Side B: Agility

Up B: Fairy Wind

Down B: Stomp > Healing Wish

Final Smash: Dynamax

Slowpoke drops its Water typing, and then its evolutions Slowbro and Slowking instead gain a Poison typing, the poisonous Shellder biting them infecting them with it and effectively turning them into zombies.

Standard B: Acid > Psychic | Eerie Spell

Side B: Headbutt > Shell Side Arm | Zen Headbutt

Up B: Surf

Down B: Amnesia > Acid

Final Smash: Dynamax

Farfetch’d becomes a Fighting type and trains itself in the way of the sword, now evolving up into Sirfetch’d, its leek having grown into its personal weapon and shield.

Standard B: Brutal Swing

Side B: Peck > Brick Break

Up B: Aerial Ace > Meteor Assault

Down B: False Swipe > Iron Defense

Final Smash: Dynamax

Weezing gained a pair of tall smokestacks on top of its head, shaped like top hats, and gains the Fairy type for some reason. Something to do with its gas being refined or something.

Standard B: Clear Smog

Side B: Sludge Bomb

Up B: Fairy Wind

Down B: Self-Destruct

Final Smash: Dynamax

Mr. Mime gained the Ice typing and became much more based on a tap dancer, also evolving up into Mr. Rime, who is literally just Charlie Chaplin as a Pokemon.

Standard B: Reflect

Side B: Ice Shard > Freeze-Dry

Up B: Mist

Down B: Mimic > Safeguard

Final Smash: Dynamax

Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres also gained new Galarian forms with a general villainous vibe to them. Articuno became Psychic and looks very much like a Machiavellian supervillain plotting to conquer the world. Zapdos became a Fighting type and became more land-based, running around on much more powerful legs. And Moltres became Dark-type, swooping around with wings made of hellfire.

Standard B: Freezing Glare || Thunderous Kick || Sucker Punch

Side B: Psycho Cut || Drill Peck || Fiery Wrath

Up B: Hurricane || Close Combat || Air Slash

Down B: Future Sight || Reversal || Payback

Final Smash: Triple Dynamax

Corsola gained the Ghost typing and became based on bleached coral, where the animal has died due to pollution, leaving behind only the calcium structures bleached a pure white. It can now evolve into Cursola.

Standard B: Night Shade

Side B: Hex > Power Gem

Up B: Ancient Power

Down B: Spite > Grudge

Final Smash: Dynamax

Zigzagoon and Linoone have gained the Dark typing as well as white and black coloration reminiscent of the band Kiss. They can now evolve into Obstagoon, a badger punk rocker very based on Kiss.

Standard B: Headbutt > Night Slash (III)

Side B: Pin Missile > Slash (II) > Lick (III)

Up B: Tackle > Take Down (II)

Down B: Lick > Obstruct (III)

Final Smash: Dynamax

Darumaka and Darmanitan now gain the Ice typing and are much more based on snowmen and the yeti. Darmanitan’s zen mode is especially based on a snowman, but its meditation has brought back out its Fire typing, making it the current only Ice/Fire combo in the series.

Standard B: Ice Punch

Side B: Headbutt > Icicle Crash

Up B: Work Up > Blizzard

Down B: Powder Snow > Zen Mode

Final Smash: Dynamax

Yamask now carries around a hunk of rock with Nordic runes carved into it instead of its death mask, and can now evolve into Runerigus, a ghost that has fully taken over a large runestone.

Standard B: Hex > Shadow Claw

Side B: Brutal Swing

Up B: Haze > Phantom Force

Down B: Protect > Earthquake

Final Smash: Dynamax

And finally, Stunfisk has gained the Steel type and is now fully based on a bear trap.

Standard B: Crunch

Side B: Mud Shot

Up B: Bounce

Down B: Stealth Rock

Final Smash: Dynamax

Regieleki and Regidrago aren’t really Regional forms or new Evos, but they feel like they fit here, as they are additions to previously existing groups. They are new Regis, just like their predecessors, except instead of being made of solid materials like the others, Regieleki is a big ball of living electricity, while Regidrago is like one of those snowglobe things you see with a dragon’s head holding the globe in its mouth like it’s a crystal ball, but turned upside down. You get it when you see it.

Standard B: Thunderbolt | Dragon Breath

Side B: Zap Cannon | Dragon Claw

Up B: Magnet Rise | Twister

Down B: Thunder Cage | Vice Grip

Final Smash: Power of the Giants

Most of the secondary stuff would mostly be what I listed for their original forms, maybe just slightly updated to fit their new theming.

Thanks for reading! Next up, Zacian brandishes its sword!

Character Sheet: All Gen VIII Standalones

CRAMORANT/FALINKS/PINCURCHIN/STONJOURNER/EISCUE/INDEEDEE/MORPEKO/DURALUDON

And now, let’s go back and cover all the standalone Pokemon from this generation. We start with Cramorant, which is mostly just a cartoonified version of a cormorant.

Standard B: Spit Up

Side B: Drill Peck

Up B: Dive

Down B: Swallow

Final Smash: Dynamax (would be fun if Pikachu performed Volt Tackle at the same time)

After that, we have Falinks, a fun little concept for a Fighting Pokemon, based mostly on a Roman Legion or a Greek Phalanx, except if it was little Kirby-looking dudes wearing the helmets and all marching single file in a line.

Standard B: Megahorn

Side B: Close Combat

Up B: First Impression

Down B: No Retreat

Final Smash: Mega Falinks

After that, we have Pincurchin, an Electric-type sea urchin that pulls a little from the little red pin cushions that people who sew often have near them.

Standard B: Spark

Side B: Poison Jab

Up B: Zing Zap

Down B: Electric Terrain

Final Smash: Dynamax

We are in Britain, so naturally we must have Britain’s most famous landmark. Stonjourner is a big walking Stonehenge section and that’s pretty much all there is to it.

Standard B: Rock Tomb

Side B: Rock Slide

Up B: Heavy Slam

Down B: Mega Kick

Final Smash: Dynamax

Next, we have Eiscue, a little Ice-type penguin with an ice cube for a face. Or sometimes not. When not, it’s called the Noice form, which just sounds funny.

Standard B: Headbutt

Side B: Surf

Up B: Blizzard

Down B: Snowscape

Final Smash: Dynamax

Then, we have Indeedee, a Pokemon that looks a bit like a standard cat design, but with a male variant that looks like the typical British butler, and a female variant that looks like a maid.

Standard B: Psybeam

Side B: Helping Hand

Up B: After You/Follow Me

Down B: Healing Wish

Final Smash: Dynamax

Next, we come to our Pikachu clone for the generation, Morpeko, this one based on a Guinea pig and taking inspiration from the tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, with a Full-Belly Mode where it is happy and Electric-type, and a Hangry mode where it is angry and Dark-type.

Standard B: Spark

Side B: Crunch

Up B: Agility

Down B: Aura Wheel

Final Smash: Dynamax

And finally, we have Duraludon, a Steel/Dragon Pokemon based on the Shard, a famous skyscraper in London. I also personally think it looks like a lighter but that’s mostly for jokes and such.

Standard B: Hyper Beam

Side B: Metal Claw

Up B: Breaking Swipe

Down B: Dragon Tail

Final Smash: Gigantamax Duraludon

All entrances would be from Poke Balls. Taunts would be based on their general features and theming. Kirby Hats would be Cramorant’s beak, Falinks’s helmet, Pincurchin’s spines, a block-like body for Stonjourner, an ice block body for Eiscue, Indeedee’s horn things, Morpeko’s ears, and made of Duraludon’s metal. Karts would mostly be the Poke Ball car (though, it would be funny if Falinks was just one of them riding the other four), with their most iconic move being the special move. Cramorant would be on Mer Stadium, Falinks and Eiscue would be on Jubilife Village, Pincurchin and Indeedee would be on Pokemon Café, Stonjourner would be on Slumbering Weald, Morpeko would be on Lental Island Tour, and Duraludon would be on Dynamax Stadium. Victory screens would be tied to their theming, while their losing screens would be them fainting. And their color swaps would mostly be their main and shiny colors with a few general others.

Thanks for reading! Now, we have some regional variants to cover. First, Meowth joins the Viking horde!

Character Sheet: The Dreepy Line

DREEPY/DRAKLOAK/DRAGAPULT

Now, skipping over Duraludon, we come to our Pseudo-Legendaries of the generation, Dreepy, Drakloak, and Dragapult, a Ghost/Dragon combo, based mostly on standard dragons, but with stealth bombers for heads that can launch their babies as missiles.

Here’s the moveset I came up with:

 

Standard B: Bite > Dragon Pulse (II) > Dragon Darts (III)

 

Side B: Quick Attack > Phantom Force (II)

 

Up B: Astonish > Dragon Dance (II) > Dragon Rush (III)

 

Down B: Infestation > Hex (II)

 

Final Smash: Dynamax

 

Entrance: Poke Ball

 

Taunts: Flying around silently like a stealth bomber, the babies getting fussy in its missile launchers, things like that.

 

Kirby Hat: Their heads stuck to Kirby’s head like they’re taped on.

 

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Dragon Darts

 

Spirit Battle: On Dynamax Stadium

 

Victory Screen: Racing around before disappearing into the sky.

Losing Screen: Fainted

 

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors

 

Thanks for reading! Now, let’s go back and cover our standalones. First up, Cramorant swallows its fear!

Character Sheet: The Galar Fossils

DRACOZOLT/ARCTOZOLT/DRACOVISH/ARCTOVISH

Next up, we have our Fossil mons for the generation, and the primary reason I started out doing all the Fossils together, as I was looking ahead to them and figured it was the best way to approach it when I came to them. Looking back, I was probably overthinking it. These four specifically, Dracozolt, Arctozolt, Dracovish, and Arctovish, are all based on a few real world instances from the early days of paleontology, where paleontologists, seeking the notoriety that came with discovering a new dinosaur species, would put together the bones of different dinosaurs and present them as a new species. In this game, the resurrecting scientist Cara Liss (careless, ha!) puts together two fossils you give her and resurrects them together, creating the unholy abominations that you see before you. The “draco” part seems to be based on a stegosaurus, the “zolt” part is a velociraptor, the “vish” part is a Dunkleosteus, and the “arcto” part is probably something like a plesiosaur.

Here’s the moveset I came up with:

 

Standard B: Thunder Shock (DZ/AZ) | Water Gun (DV/AV)

 

Side B: Dragon Rush (DZ/DV) | Avalanche (AZ/AV)

 

Up B: Bolt Beak (DZ/AZ) | Fishious Rend (DV/AV)

 

Down B: Dragon Tail (DZ/DV) | Icicle Crash (AZ/AV)

 

Final Smash: Dynamax (All 4)

 

Entrance: Poke Ball

 

Taunts: Various things to highlight the negative effects of their misplacement, like Arctozolt sniffling, Dracovish feeling at the base of its tail, Arctovish’s mouth snapping on the back of its head. Things like that.

 

Kirby Hat: A little piece of both parts, like a Draco spike, a Zolt bolt, an Arcto fin, and a Vish fin.

 

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Bolt Beak or Fishious Rend

 

Spirit Battle: On Mer Stadium

 

Victory Screen: Pulling at its mismatched body parts before noticing the camera and trying to pose.

Losing Screen: Fainted

 

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors

 

Thanks for reading! Next, Dreepy flies under the radar!

Character Sheet: The Cufant Line

CUFANT/COPPERAJAH

Now, we skip over a bunch of standalones to come to Cufant and Copperajah, a pair of Indian Elephants made entirely of copper, based heavily on all of Britain’s history with India and their colonial rule over the country for decades.

Here’s the moveset I came up with:

 

Standard B: Bulldoze > Iron Head

 

Side B: Rollout

 

Up B: Dig > Heavy Slam

 

Down B: Iron Defense

 

Final Smash: Dynamax > Gigantamax Copperajah

 

Entrance: Poke Ball

 

Taunts: Trumpeting loudly, stomping around, digging up some copper, things like that.

 

Kirby Hat: Their trunk

 

Kart: Just marching

Special Move: Dig

 

Spirit Battle: On Motostoke City

 

Victory Screen: Standing tall and trumpeting loudly.

Losing Screen: Fainted

 

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors

 

Thanks for reading! Next up, Dracozolt joi—OH DEAR GOD! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO THE POOR THING?!

Character Sheet: The Snom Line

SNOM/FROSMOTH

Skipping over Falinks and Pincurchin for now, we come to Snom and Frosmoth, our first and currently only Bug/Ice types, based on white moths such as the White Satin moth and such. Snom is another that has only historically learned two moves naturally, those being Powder Snow and Struggle Bug. As a Poke Ball Pokemon, it might use Powder Snow. It might also just kinda hang out on stage as a friend.

Here’s the moveset I came up with for Frosmoth:

 

Standard B: Powder Snow

 

Side B: Bug Buzz

 

Up B: Icy Wind

 

Down B: Aurora Veil

 

Final Smash: Dynamax

 

Entrance: Poke Ball

 

Taunts: Fluttering around, making snow fall from its wings, things like that.

 

Kirby Hat: Its wings

 

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Powder Snow

 

Spirit Battle: On Jubilife Village

 

Victory Screen: Fluttering merrily as snow falls from its wings.

Losing Screen: Fainted

 

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors

 

Thanks for reading! Next up, Cufant aims for the copper!

Character Sheet: The Milcery Line

MILCERY/ALCREMIE

Skipping over our list of new Regional evos, we now come to Milcery and Alcremie, a pair of Pokemon based on cream and the sweet whipped cream desserts that can be made from it. They are also based on alchemy, which I suppose makes sense, as baking is probably the closest we come to the concept of alchemy in our daily lives. Also, sugary treats are just all Fairy types, I guess.

Here’s the moveset I came up with:

 

Standard B: Sweet Kiss

 

Side B: Charm > Decorate

 

Up B: Aromatic Mist > Dazzling Gleam

 

Down B: Acid Armor > Recover

 

Final Smash: Dynamax > Gigantamax Alcremie

 

Entrance: Poke Ball

 

Taunts: Tasting a little bit of itself, swirling around for a second, decorating itself, things like that.

 

Kirby Hat: A dollop of their cream on his head

 

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Sweet Kiss

 

Spirit Battle: On Pokemon Café, also for obvious reasons

 

Victory Screen: Plopping down onto a platter and covering itself with a glass dome.

Losing Screen: Fainted

 

Color Swaps: All the different colors of Alcremie, applied to Milcery as well.

 

Thanks for reading! Next up, Snom noms the competition!