I always wondered who she was supposed to be, if anyone at all. The Latiken trainer had such a cool design. (Very much an "ancient" feel to her initial attire.)
Maybe she ended up becoming a prototype for the Draconid people? Tho swapping the Latis for Rayquaza, but the association with Dragons may be notable? (Probably a reach tho.)
No thoughts, just wondering why they made Raikou’s beta sprite look like one of my old edgy anime wolf ocs that I drew using Wolf’s Rain bases when I was in 5th grade
Lookback on this blog, and some talks about the Spaceworld ‘99 build I didn’t talk about back in 2020
I know I’ve been absent since 2019. My apologies! Will I ever get back to this fully? Who knows, but if I stumble on stuff, or feel like filling up the queue, I just might.
We’ve had this beta on our hands for 4 years now. How time flies eh? And we’ve had several other beta Pokémon news. In fact, we had a beta, in 2020 I’d say? Spaceworld ‘99 beta of Gold and Silver, with sprites in the style of the final game but with some Pokémons having totally different designs.
The most interesting sprites imo came from the Silver build
Pokémons like Furret, Ariados and Pichu weren’t there quite yet.
Some other Pokémons like Natu and Xatu kept a bit of that old Gen 1 look, with heavy uses of white.
Some pokémons HAD their final designs, but had totally different sprites with different poses that were scrapped.
Beta Silver -> Final Silver
If this interests you, TCRF is your friend <3
EDIT: Ack the link is gone D: You can find this at TCRF under the Prototypes section and spaceworld 99… Sorry, tumblr mobile HATES TCRF.
I have seen the LostDex art! It looks awesome! Is it about concept art Pokémon?
Essentially yes! The Pokémon featured in the Zine were almost were implemented to the games but tragically cut out or some had their designs changed in the end. The Writer and Artists worked together to come up with the Dex Entries and how they can fits into the already existing world of Pokemon.
-With Permission from the LostDex Zine Moderators, Contributors were given permission to post the Proof of the Zine