Saturday, May 10, 2025

Character Sheet: All New Evos from Johto

CROBAT/PICHU/CLEFFA/IGGLYBUFF/BELLOSSOM/POLITOED/ESPEON/UMBREON/SLOWKING/STEELIX/SCIZOR/KINGDRA/PORYGON2/TYROGUE/HITMONTOP/SMOOCHUM/ELEKID/MAGBY/BLISSEY

And now, we come to a long list of new additional evolutions or pre-evolutions added to pre-existing lines from Gen I.

First up is Crobat, a new evolution to Golbat after you've befriended it. I always thought this was a whole "curing vampirism" type thing, since it gained warmer colors, lost its visible fangs, and gained a "cross" through its wings.

Standard B: Venoshock

Side B: Cross Poison

Up B: Air Cutter

Down B: Leech Life

Final Smash: Crobat Swarm

Next is a baby form for everybody's favorite mascot Pikachu in the form of Pichu. 

Standard B: Thunder Shock

Side B: Tail Whip

Up B: Play Nice

Down B: Nuzzle

Final Smash: Volt Tackle

Pichu was joined by two other new babies for cutie mascot types from the first gen. First is Cleffa for Clefairy.

Standard B: Charm

Side B: Sweet Kiss

Up B: Sing

Down B: Copycat

Final Smash: Moonblast

Followed shortly by Igglybuff for Jigglypuff.

Standard B: Sing

Side B: Charm

Up B: Sweet Kiss

Down B: Defense Curl

Final Smash: Inflate

Bellossom is our first new alternate evolution, as if you give a Gloom a Sun Stone instead of a Leaf Stone, it will become a happy flowery hula dancer instead of a stinky rafflesia.

Standard B: Giga Drain

Side B: Petal Dance

Up B: Growth

Down B: Sweet Scent

Final Smash: Petal Blizzard

Next is Politoed, a split evo from Poliwhirl when you trade it while holding a King's Rock. I've never been much of a fan of how it drastically changed from the standard Poliwag line design, but it's whatever.

Standard B: Hydro Pump

Side B: Belly Drum

Up B: Body Slam

Down B: Rain Dance

Final Smash: Earth Power

 As for the Eevee line, we gained two new evolutions. If evolved through friendship during the daytime, it will become an Espeon, based on the Nekomata, and if evolved through friendship during the nighttime, it will instead become an Umbreon, based on the Bakeneko.

Standard B: Psybeam (E) | Dark Pulse (U)

Side B: Confusion (E) | Quick Attack (U)

Up B: Take Down (E/U)

Down B: Future Sight (E) | Assurance (U)

Final Smash: Eeveelution All-Out Attack (Both)

 Another King's Rock evolution, for the Slowpoke line, the Shellder will now bite onto the Slowpoke's head, supercharging its brain and turning it into Slowking.

Standard B: Psychic

Side B: Zen Headbutt

Up B: Surf

Down B: Heal Pulse

Final Smash: Mass Amnesia

Then we have Steelix, created when you trade an Onix holding a Metal Coat.

Standard B: Iron Tail

Side B: Bind

Up B: Magnet Rise

Down B: Dig

Final Smash: Mega Steelix

Next is Scizor, an evolution of Scyther evolved by the exact same method.

Standard B: Bullet Punch

Side B: Iron Head

Up B: Swords Dance

Down B: Double Team

Final Smash: Mega Scizor

And then we have Kingdra, a new evolution for Seadra, once again traded with the King's Rock.

Standard B: Dragon Breath

Side B: Water Pulse

Up B: Dragon Dance

Down B: Wave Crash

Final Smash: Dragon Storm

Porygon2 is an evolution of Porygon, but given an upgrade, with new higher-quality graphics and resolution.

Standard B: Hyper Beam

Side B: Zap Cannon

Up B: Magnet Rise

Down B: Conversion 2

Final Smash: Digital Takeover

Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan had the most drastic change, the pair gaining a shared baby form in Tyrogue, that could evolve into either of them, either by maxing out its attack or defense, or it could become Hitmontop, a capoeira dancer with balanced attack and defense. The funny thing about Tyrogue is that it originated as one of those one-movers, with only Tackle able to be learned by evolution, but later generations have added to its evolution moveset, and I decided those still qualified.

Standard B: Tackle > Triple Kick

Side B: Helping Hand > Sucker Punch

Up B: Focus Energy > Rapid Spin

Down B: Fake Out > Dig

Final Smash: All-Out Cage Fight

Next, we have a trio of babies from the Japanese elemental ogres of Gen I. Jynx gained a little baby witch-in-training named Smoochum.

Standard B: Lick

Side B: Ice Punch

Up B: Sing

Down B: Powder Snow

Final Smash: Blizzard

Electabuzz gained a little gremlin with a plug for a head named Elekid.

Standard B: Thunder Punch

Side B: Thunder Shock

Up B: Shock Wave

Down B: Charge

Final Smash: Thunder Storm

And Magmar gained a little baby lava duck thing named Magby.

Standard B: Fire Punch

Side B:Ember

Up B: Flame Wheel

Down B: Smog

Final Smash: Volcanic Inferno

And last, but not least, everyone's favorite nurse Chansey gained an evolution in Blissey.

Standard B: Heal Pulse

Side B: Double Edge

Up B: Take Down

Down B: Soft-Boiled

Final Smash: Healing Wish

As for all the extra stuff I normally put down here, well, just do all the stuff I listed for the lines that they came from.

Next up, we begin our legendaries. First, Raikou brings the thunder!

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