Character Sheet: The Pidgey Line

PIDGEY/PIDGEOTTO/PIDGEOT

Next up, we have the Pidgey line, made up of Pidgey, Pidgeotto, and Pidgeot. They are the first of the regional birds, a standard trope within pretty much every single iteration of Pokemon there has ever been. This line specifically is mostly a hodge-podge of birds but takes most inspiration from sparrows and eagles, despite being named after pigeons.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Gust > Whirlwind (II) > Hurricane (III)

Side B: Quick Attack > Agility (II)

Up B: Fly > Aerial Ace (III)

Down B: Sand Attack

Final Smash: Hurricane > Mega Pidgeot

Entrance: Poke Ball.

Taunts: Various bird things.

Kirby Hat: The feathery crests of each.

Kart: Just flying

Special Move: Fly

Spirit Battle: Probably in that same forest stage, let's be honest.

Victory Screen: They will perform an aerial stunt and fly away.

Losing Screen: Fainted.

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors.

Thanks for reading! Next up, Rattata infests the roster.

Character Sheet: Beedrill

BEEDRILL

Next up is the Weedle line, made up of Weedle, Kakuna, and Beedrill, based on bees and wasps, with a similar life cycle concept as Butterfree. Basically it's the "mean" regional bug to Butterfree's "nice" bug (a concept we'll see repeated a few times). Like the Butterfree line, Weedle and Kakuna both lack the necessary moves to be playable, so both will be Poke Ball Pokemon. Weedle will fire a Poison Sting, which will slowly build up damage on the person it hit. Kakuna will be a throwable item just like Metapod.

Here's the moveset I came up with for Butterfree specifically:

Standard B: Pin Missile

Side B: Fury Cutter

Up B: Agility

Down B: Toxic Spikes

Final Smash: Mega Beedrill

Entrance: Poke Ball.

Taunts: Generic bee movements. Maybe the "waggle dance" if you know what I mean.

Kirby Hat: The wings and antennae.

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Pin Missile

Spirit Battle: Same basic forest stage.

Victory Screen: The swarm will fly back to their hive.

Losing Screen: Fainted.

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, other general colors (maybe based on types of bee and wasp)

Thanks for reading! Next up, Pidgey takes flight!

Character Sheet: Butterfree

BUTTERFREE

Next up, we have the Caterpie line, made up of Caterpie, Metapod, and Butterfree, based on the life cycle of a butterfly (honestly, perfect follow-up to the starters so as to clearly demonstrate what "evolution" means in Pokemon terms). Caterpie and Metapod, sadly, fall into the group of only being able to perform one or two moves, and so a moveset cannot be made for them. Instead, they will be Poke Ball Pokemon, with Caterpie using String Shot to trip up opponents, and Metapod able to be picked up and thrown as a projectile, its Harden ability letting it do a lot of damage.

Here's the moveset I came up with for Butterfree specifically:

Standard B: Bug Bite

Side B: Supersonic

Up B: Acrobatics

Down B: Sleep Powder

Final Smash: Gigantamax Butterfree

Entrance: Poke Ball.

Taunts: The spinning love dance comes to mind for at least one.

Kirby Hat: The wings and antennae.

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Sleep Powder

Spirit Battle: If I have a basic forest stage, something like Safari Zone or Viridian Forest, it will be on that.

Victory Screen: A swarm of them will fly gently through the air.

Losing Screen: Fainted.

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, the pink one, other general colors.

Thanks for reading! Next up, Beedrill will be pretty much the same story!

Character Sheet: The Squirtle Line

SQUIRTLE/WARTORTLE/BLASTOISE

Next up is the Squirtle Line (Squirtle, Wartortle, and Blastoise), the water starter of Kanto based on turtles and tortoises, who get fluffy for . . . reasons in the middle, and then gain tank turrets in the end. Blastoise does also have a Mega Form and a Gigantamax Form we can use.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Water Gun > Hydro Pump (III)

Side B: Rapid Spin > Shell Smash (II)

Up B: Surf > Whirlpool (III)

Down B: Withdraw > Aqua Tail (II) > Iron Defense (III)

Final Smash: Hydro Pump > Mega Blastoise OR Gigantamax Blastoise

Entrance: Poke Ball.

Taunts: There has to be a Squirtle Squad glasses moment, otherwise just standard stuff.

Kirby Hat: Their shells (with their extras i.e. Wartortle's fluff and Blastoise's cannons)

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Hydro Pump

Spirit Battle: Either on Pokemon Stadium on something like the S.S. Anne.

Victory Screen: Squirtle does a flip and a pose, but Blastoise would blast streams of water into the sky. Wartortle's somewhere in the middle.

Losing Screen: Fainted.

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, sunglasses, other general colors.

Thanks for reading! Next up, I . . . don't choose you Caterpie, but Butterfree can come.

Character Sheet: The Charmander Line

CHARMANDER/CHARMELEON/CHARIZARD

Next, we have the Charmander Line (Charmander, Charmeleon, and Charizard), the fire starter of Kanto and a VERY popular line. It starts as a little lizard with a fire tail, that grows into something more like a velociraptor, and in the end becomes a dragon, with the Flying type added to its Fire. It is mostly based on the Fire Salamander myth that believed salamanders were born from fire. There are also two distinct Mega Forms and a Gigantamax Form we can pull from.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Ember > Flamethrower (II)

Side B: Scratch > Slash (II) > Fire Fang (III)

Up B: Fire Spin > Air Slash (III)

Down B: Smokescreen > Inferno (III)

Final Smash: Flare Blitz > Mega Charizard X OR Mega Charizard Y OR Gigantamax Charizard

Entrance: Poke Ball.

Taunts: One I do want to include is Charizard being lazy and laying on its side like the Anime version does.

Kirby Hat: The top of the head (with Charizard's wings when he gets it)

Kart: The Poke Ball car

Special Move: Flamethrower

Spirit Battle: Either on Pokemon Stadium or a volcanic stage like Mt. Chimney or Cinnabar Island if I end up including them.

Victory Screen: Definitely a roar.

Losing Screen: Fainted.

Color Swaps: Main, shiny, stripes, other general colors.

Thanks for reading! Next up, I choose you, Squirtle!

Character Sheet: The Bulbasaur Line

BULBASAUR/IVYSAUR/VENUSAUR

Now, going into this, I knew I had to cut it down somehow, and this is how I'm doing it. Moving forward, the general working premise of Pokemon lines is that they will be functionally semi-clones of each other, built on the idea that they are the same Pokemon, just at different stages in their life, so their movesets will be based on each other, just with more advanced moves replacing the basic ones here and there. This logic will also follow with any counterpart Pokemon that are part of a set, such as Sawk and Throh or the Legendary Birds. I'm not going to do the list, because that's just going to be gigantic and anyone can look up the Pokedex.

So, first up, we have the Bulbasaur Line (Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, and Venusaur), the grass starter of Kanto and a weird frog-thing with a bulb planted on its back that sprouts over time into what looks like a rafflesia plant. It is Grass and Poison type, implying toxins contained within the plant itself, presumably. It also has both a Mega Form and a Gigantamax Form, for possible final smashes.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Tackle > Bullet Seed (II)

Side B: Razor Leaf

Up B: Vine Whip > Power Whip (III)

Down B: Poison Powder > Seed Bomb (III)

In general, the Down B's from here on out will mostly be the most expendable moves, since using the Trainer System will sacrifice the move for the switch command.

Final Smash: Solar Beam > Gigantamax OR Mega Venusaur (III)

Entrance: Poke Ball.

Taunts: Actually, from here on out, I want to address something. A lot of the extra things that go on below are not going to be focused on, during the dex sections, since a lot of it will be very samey. Like taunts for instance, a lot of it will just be the animal doing stuff, unless I can think of specific references I want to do.

Kirby Hat: The bulb/plant and top of head.

Kart: I think it's pretty much always going to be that Poke Ball car you see sometimes.

Special Move: Razor Leaf

Spirit Battle: For pretty much all of these, it'll just be a Pokemon battle with the line. Generally on a Pokemon Stadium or on one that fits the Pokemon. I don't know one for Bulbasaur yet, but Pokemon Island might be good.

Victory Screen: Again, it'll probably be general cheering motions from all of these.

Losing Screen: Basically all of them will be the Pokemon fainted, with the swirly eyes.

Color Swaps: This is definitely going to be glazed over, since it'll just be me listing random colors over and over again. Generally, there will be the main, plus the Shiny, then just random colors unless there's a specific reference like Ash-Greninja I want to include.

Thanks for reading! Next up, I choose you, Charmander!

Character Sheet: Todd Snap

TODD SNAP

Okay, first things first, this is how the roster system will work for this series. Each generation of Pokemon gets its own roster that you can cycle through. Outside of the Pokemon rosters, there will be at least one additional roster that will contain "non-Pokedex characters." This will include human characters like the three I'll be covering first, as well as Pokemon with distinct movesets that won't be covered in the roster (i.e. Pikachu Libre and Shadow Mewtwo from Pokken, if I deem them distinct enough). On top of that, there will also be the Trainer System, which will give you a list of notable trainers you can choose from, and then once you've picked them, you can then choose three Pokemon for them to use in the battle, while they stand in the back. The game will automatically assign you three, generally picked from the chosen trainer's canon teams, but you can choose to ignore that and pick your own. For now though, let's cover the three "non-dex" newcomers:

1. Pokemon Trainer

2. Card Player

3. Todd Snap

Next we have Todd Snap, the main character of Pokemon Snap. The player from New Pokemon Snap will also be an alternate skin. Todd is a photographer hired to explore an island full of Pokemon and take pictures of them all. He is equipped with a camera, fruit to lure in Pokemon, pester balls to draw their attention, and a vehicle called ZERO-ONE, all of which will factor into his moves.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Camera Flash

He will snap a picture, which will stun his opponent for a second.

Side B: Pester Ball

He will throw these as projectiles. They will only do light damage, but he can throw several in quick succession.

Up B: ZERO-ONE Lift

ZERO-ONE will appear around him and carry him upwards, the way it might at certain points in the game.

Down B: ZERO-ONE

ZERO-ONE will appear around him, this time purely defensively, protecting him completely from all harm.

Final Smash: Illumina Effect

Todd will throw out an Illumina Orb that will cause crystalblooms to appear all over the place, starting to glow and making the fighters glow too, before unleashing a blinding flash.

Entrance: Todd will arrive in ZERO-ONE

Taunts: Up, Todd will point his camera up to check some settings. Side, Todd will take a bunch of quick shots from different angles. Down, he will open up the back to check his film.

Kirby Hat: His famous curly hair.

Kart: ZERO-ONE

Special Move: He can flash his camera, blinding those nearby for a second.

Spirit Battle: On Pokemon Island (or Lental Island, my stages aren't fully worked out yet).

Victory Screen: He'll get his reward for completing the Dex, with some of the best shots behind him.

Losing Screen: He'll hang his head while holding a bunch of photos that didn't develop properly.

Color Swaps: Todd, the New Snap player, Rita, Phil, Professor Mirror, Todd's cartoon appearance, Todd's manga appearance, his older appearance from New Snap.

Thanks for reading! Next up, we move on to the Pokemon. Bulbasaur, I choose you!