Designing New Pokemon! "Route 1" Bug types! 

I was thinking about the “eating honeypot ants” thing and how you dont want people to eat minimelo, but what if minimelo honey lollipops (they look like minimelo) are a popular treat in the mazah region?

ariados: **just chillin** noctavispa: its free relastate

Minemelo: OwO Noctavispa: The strong must protect the sweet

I feel like the shiny version of minimello’s nectar should be a tealish color to reference the fact that some ants farm honeydew from aphids

minimelo: how cute it helps others also minimelo: CONSUME THEIR FLESH

Noctavispa should have a gmax form Imagine how terrifying it would be, it could have a colony as its lower abdomen with the pre-evolutions crawling around it.

Imagine how terrifying it would be to find a colony of these guys on route 1? Imagine turning the corner and you see a noctavispa abducting some trainer.

Dark bug type Pokemon: **Exists** Psychic type Pokemon: **Instantly dies to it**

The chupacabra would be a perfect inspiration for a two stage dark type

Since Noctavista drags the "prey" to the colony you now have to make a rivaling bug mon.

This line went from a cute little nest of critters to a sadistic cult of flesh eating Pokémon

The line is kind of the inverse of the tarantula hawkwasp. They start adorable and get dark, whereas the hawkwasp starts a sociopath and ends up an adorable sugar baby

The pose of the final evolution gives off a lawful evil vibe.

The rock type of this region should be based around minerals the Aztecs/Mayans are known for, such as jade, gold, and obsidian.

The “special plant” that Minimello and Chicatta gather their resources from should be a Grass type in the region!

If this was actually revealed, I'd be really excited. Noctavispa has some pretty wicked stats, especially if it happened to learn sucker punch. 120 base attack adaptability sucker punch would be a monstrous priority move, especially for a fast pokemon that still gets outsped by some of the faster and frailer ones. Imagine a world with more than a handful of actually good bug type pokemon.

I like to imagine Minimelo comes in different colors depending on the berry or flowers u catch it around

Minimelo should definitely have Honey Gather; Combee’s (previously) signature ability.

I want a Minimelo plushie. Subjectively, I am probably going to make one, and I can make you one too if you want.

Now, this is a clever (and decidedly dark) evolution line. I like how you took three different insect species and made their biological functions mesh so well with each other.

I’m a little sad you didn’t give Noctavispa a wicked stinger, considering that the tarantula hawk is famous for having one of the most painful stings in the insect kingdom.

Ok, this are the ideas some friends and I had a while ago when we were thinking about making a region based on México: 1.- A Chupacabra pokemon that evolves into a Nahual (dark type of course) 2.- Ghost type eeveelution (this pokemon could be the one who guide the souls of pokemon who died to the afterlife) and with the Aftermath ability. 3.- An Alebrije pokemon, it could be a new evolution for Dunsparce (he need some love) 4.- Two pseudo legendary pokemon, based on the eagle and snake we have in our flag 5.- Jaguar for the legendary pokemon 6.- A new shark pokemon that evolves in two different pokemon: the first is a hammerhead shark (water/steel, with the Lightning Rod ability) the second is based of the goblin shark (water/ghost, with the Intimidate ability) 7.- For the fossil pokemon, we thought about the monster of Aramberri or Mamuts, but the idea we like more was a fossil bug type with the amber theme. 8.- Swordfish pokemon (water/fight or water/steel with the Sheer force ability) 9.- A proper axolotl pokemon (That has to happen, perhaps a new evolution for Wooper) 10.- Dolphin pokemon (This also has to happen) 11.- A poison type duo, based of the gila monster (poison/fire) and a centipede (poison/dark) 12.- Regional forms for Maractus (grass/fire), Cacnea evo line (cacnea grass/fire and Cacturne dark/fire). And that all I remember right now. If I found more ideas I'm gonna write them

Ironically despite being based on a hunter of other insects, Noctavispa is itself weak to bug types.

What if Minimelo temporarily gained a second type depending on the flavor of the berry they eat? Fire for spicy, fairy for sweet, etc.

I like that, unlike most Pokemon evolution, yours takes different roles in the ecosystem so they don't compete with there young.

“Minimelo can only consume living fleeh” Me: *looks back at Minimelo* Me: AAAARRRGH

Chicatta: * feeds other Pokemon * Me: That's so sweet! * Learns that the Pokemon they're feeding are dinner for minimelo * Me again: NEVERMIND.

Also for the next Pokémon it should be a dark/ghost were the Pokémon is physically a coyote but it’s shadow is or mistaken for the “chupacabra” and it’s often used in stories to scare children.

I love how Noctavispa’s wings also act like some sort of cape or robe.

Nobody: Noctavispa: *Using Minimelo as Beer Bottles*

COYOTE DARK/GROUND based on huehuecoyotl, the Azteca coyote god. He's a trickster deity, so live theivul in a way, minus the whole robin hood bit. Huehue could be the name of the first evolution, based on their laugh you can hear in the dark of the night as they stalk for prey. Not to eat, but to prank. They could be pack hunters and be little mischievous puppers with a laugh that haunts the farmers of the region in the night? Maybe the final stage could be a more deific version of the coyote, with brighter colors more reminiscent of the deity's art. They could be called Trucoyotl (truco: spanish for trick + Coyotl), and could have a feud of sorts with Quetzillian? IDK, I love Aztec myth and Huehuecoyotl is one of my favorites. I also think you should shove in a rainbow crow too. Just because.

You deserve a job at Gamefreak designing Pokemon. This is phenomenal!

I feel Bug Types are actually some of the most important pokemon in the game alongside the starters, early birds and others. Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of Pokemon, was inspired by his childhood past time of bug collecting for the franchise, so when you see those bug types and bug catcher trainers out there you are looking at Pokemon's roots.

It would be cool if the “Gardevoir” of the region had a Halloween/Day of the Dead motif and maybe was a Psychic/Dark type or even a Psychic/Ghost type

You could make a termite pokemon that could make mounds that resembles those Mexican pyramides! And maybe minimelo hangs out in their mounds!

Ah man, I love this line, but I also love the idea of Noctavispa being a seperate line with a parasite infected"zombie" tarantula as the first stage.

I feel like there should be the “route one” grass type, that includes aspects of minimelo’s nectar and Chicatta’s leaves

We *need* a flamingo pokemon. They miss in the games and ate native to Mexico. But not a water/flying fairy/flying. A fire or poison type (maby a fairy second typing) would be great. Since they live in vulcanic lakes. Deadly to most live, full of poisons,acids and bases (typical poison type) and hot, near boiling water(fire type). Maby give it crusted feet(what they sometines have) made of sulfur ?

Oh I can only imagine how satisfying making this line was- when things work so perfectly like that it's the best feeling. Such a cool design too.

okay this bug type is so freaking cool though. I love how the final stage is sort of hinted at with minimello never eating its own nectar, and all the designs are just so good i love it. Bug is my favorite type and you really did it justice here

You should do the Pikachu clone next, i suggest basing it off of a Jerboa.

You can make a really bulky and slow dark-poison Pokémon based on the Gila Monster. It's one of the 2 poisonous lizards in the world and it's from Mexico. Btw I loved the bug types!

The way you described a tarantula hawk wasp's life cycle makes it sound like those kids whose parents kept them from eating any candy, so when they finally grow up and are able to do their own thing in the world they get near instantly addicted to sugar

This is one of my fave lines so far, I think you did a great job design wise and also linking them all together. I wish you'd kept the reddish brown throughout the line (instead of the blue in the last evo), as it would have unified them a bit more visually - the last evolution feels like an electric type, with the blue and yellow.

Hey guys! I figured with the region you would need to have legendary Pokémon., so I read up a bit and found the Aztec myth of the “Water Beast”, “Ahuizotl”. It resembled a dog, with pointed ears and a long smooth body. It was said to have a black, clumpy fur. It had raccoon like paws. And it’s tail had a human hand at the end. If you wish to learn more, the video I am using is called, “Ahuizotl - The Water Beast (Aztec Mythology) It was made by Invicta. My thoughts on what you could do with it are vast but I have a good idea. I think it should retain its shaggy looks body, but it should have a fierce aura about it. Since it is the “Water Beast” it tends to remain in the depths of lakes and rivers, so I believe it’s typing should be Dark, Water. The dark type is due to the fact that it used to hunt humans that lived near lakes and rivers. Hope you see this, love all the videos😁👍❤️

I am back once again to suggest a ghost type line based off of the "zombies"/"demons" of the Tikal ruins, huge ancient ruins found all over central America, including Mexico. These demons/zombies (zombies meaning ghosts in this context) are very predatory by nature, notorious for attacking peoppe hunting for them. Could make for an amazingly designed aztecan warrior ghost, also it would be really really cool if it had a fighting type counter part that was like a "living" version

Honestly this is my favorite line of pokemon overall. I love how the ecosystem and behaviors of the line circle pack to one another. The whole line and the earlier explanation really pinpoints how pokemon does its evolution in a way I couldn't express before.

I have one word for you: *ALEBRIJES!*

I HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR A 2 STAGE DARK TYPE i actually had an idea for a pokemon you could make. Since there hasn't been a coyote pokemon, and since your Route 1 pokemon are based on a rabbit and a roadrunner, making a coyote pokemon that hunts them as prey would make the most sense. (like Tailow hunting Wurmple, or Heatmor going after Durant). For its typing, Dark seems like a great choice, but there are some type combinations you could go with. 1) Living in a desert based region, it could either be a Ground/Dark type because of how it adapted to the terrain 2) It could have dense fur & hunt in jagged rocky areas as a Rock/Dark type 3) It could absorb the sun's heat into its fur and hunt down & burn its prey as a Fire/Dark type It all depends on the direction you take. For the first stage, it'd be a baby coyote who's just a Dark type. And when it evolves, it'll gain a secondary type based on what prey you think it should hunt. If its prey is the Normal/Fairy type Laguna, then it'd become a Dark/Fire type to counter it's Fairy typing. However, if it instead hunts after Roadraptor's evolutionary line then it would either become a Dark/Ground or Dark/Rock type since the Ground typing makes it immune To Roadraptor's Electric attacks, while the Rock typing would give it an advantage against its Flying typing. But what would you go with if you used this idea?

"Oh and they all just so happen to fall into the same egg groups as: Spinark, Ariados, Joltek, Galvantula, Dewpider, and Araquanid......" Gives the whole concept of breeding a much darker look.

This is the first video I've watched in this series, but I absolutely LOVE this line. They are well designed and they work very well together

An Anteater that hunts minimelo would be really interesting. An electric Ocelot/Jaguar would be sick. There are no Coyotees in Pokémon so maybe that?

Spider Pokemon: I fear no man, but this *thing* Noctavista: *ゴゴゴゴゴゴ*

When I was younger, I had a really cool idea for a bug that when it was in its second stage, it was in a solid rock cocoon with a large tail sticking out. It learned Poison tail, Dragon tail, Aqua tail and Iron Tail. Depending on the tail move it learned, or that's in its highest slot, it evolved into a different bug with a different type and ability.

You are very talented and I always dreamed of a Hispanic based region, more of a central and southern region like Guatemala or Brazil but this is very cool too and not far from what I wanted.

easily my favorite design so far, a good mix of cute in it's early form and menacing in it's later form

A good dark type refrence would be the "Chupacabra"

Being Mexican myself, I think a cool inspiration for a dark type could be the mythical creature known as Nahual, similar in concept to a werewolf of sorts; they're people who can transform into a specific animal usually with a beast like quality to them, they're often associated with dark magic and witchcraft, and a folkloric leyend that has survived for centuries. Love this series so far! I'm very excited to see a region based on my own home, keep up the good work!

I love this line's concept, and would definitely use it. It's really interesting, how even the final stage needs the first stage to survive. The Dark type is also very unique! I don't have that much to say, but I really think it's a great trio.

i feel like it would be fitting to have a regional variant of seviper. seviper, being a snake with something on its tail, would lend itself well to a rattlesnake design, which could maybe be poison/ground. to go along with this, there could be a normal/fighting variant of zangoose.

Instead of suggesting a new pokemon type, I'm going to suggest a name for this fan game, I think we should move away from simply calling it "A hypothetical gen 9". I think it should have something like Pokemon: Seen and Pokemon: Heard. And it goes back to something brought up in the starter pokemon series you did. Communication barriers. There's a legend that the Yucatan peninsula (also the place where the Kt extinction event may have occurred) is named such because when European settlers moved there, they asked the locals what they called the place. The natives responded with what sounded like "Yucatan" which the settlers started calling it. But the natives where actually saying "I don't understand the question" So a theme of communication barriers could be worked into this games story-maybe something like the JLA: Tower of Babel story line. And give us some story-centric pyschic or fairy based pokemon that specialize in preventing the player and their pokemon form working together correctly.

I feel that this game should be called Pokémon song and dance

These designs are awesome!! I love matching lore to boot 🤩

3:10 Repletes. Though Bug types, tend to have some of my favorite evolution lines, I just wish Durant had an evolution line since Ants are actually one of my favorite types of insects.

“In other news today, trainers in the Unova region have noticed a sharp decline in the population of Joltik and Galvantula. This comes coincidentally with a report of strange never-seen-before bug Pokémon near Chargestone Cave where Joltik and Galvantula are normally found...”

I would say that if these were real, they would probably rival scolipede and centiskorch for my favorite bug pokemon, your designs are amazing. Now if you're looking for a two stage dark-type, might I suggest the axolotl. Maybe include their namesake, Xolotl, twin brother of Quetzalcoatl, and god of monsters, disease, misfortune, and overall dark things. Dark-Water maybe? (While it might be a stretch, it would be interesting if the olm was incorporated in the line as it's pretty unique, but it's only found in Europe..so yeah)

I think itd be super cool if you had a Spider Monkey pokemon that used it's tail like a sling for hunting and battling. Rock and dark/normal/grass maybe? You could really play up the Aztec warrior thing with it by explaining that they learned how to use their tails to fling stones by observing the hunting and warfare of ancient humans, and have them fashion mockup armor/clothing out of foliage and stones/dirt as a way to honor the people that taught them how to survive. Statwise, I imagine that they'd have high speed and attack, and perhaps the Technician/Skill Link ability alongside the move Rock Blast as a way to play off of the idea that they mainly fight by launching barrages of stones at high speeds as their primary means of combat.

Move idea: signature move for Noctavispa, “Parasite: a bug type move, Noctavispa stings the enemy, leaving behind a parasite that not only chips away health each round, but also paralyses the enemy. Lasts until the Pokémon feints.”

I said it last episode but I’ll say it again we need a coyote Pokémon to go along with the road runner it can follow the recent trend of two stage early dark Pokémon.

For the dark Pokémon I was thinking a Gila monster. They’re native to Sonora.

That was an amazing storyline tying all of this line together. Very happy that I came across this series

With the prompt of "Mexican bug pokèmon", I couldn't stop thinking of Mexican jumping beans! They are seed pods inhabited by mith larvae. The larvae use the seeds as food and shelter. They live in the dessert so the sun can dry them out. To avoid that, they flick themselves against the walls of the seed to jump into the shade. The flat and curved sides of the seed allow it to go uphill, too! If the seed gets damaged, it will repair it with silk. When it's ready, it cuts a hole in the seed, puppies, and emerges as a moth. The moth continues the cycle by mating and laying eggs into the seeds of another bush. Please make this into a Pokémon. I would be so happy.

Seeing a burrowing owl would be so cool! They are found in Central/South America so it works for the region, and I think it should be ground type (either mono or dual typing works!) Love the videos as always

The second stage should have the "nectar belly" even if it is smaller and unused. It would visually tie the line better. Otherwise, I like it!

Interesting how for once, the middle stage isn't a cocoon and is most likely a bit more practical in battle. Also like how you decided to fill in an unused type combo.

I thought of an adorable idea. Minimelo honey pots. What if people in the Maza region sculpted honey pots to look like Minimelos

Maractus should get an evolution and pre-evolution in this gen.

This doesn’t really fall under any “route 1 flying type” staple kinda stuff, but I’d love to see an Armadillo fakemon. Could be a rock, kinda like golem w/ the rock design for the shell. Even go for a steel type w/ steel plates on the shell.

You don't know how badly I've wanted to send this video to pokemon to make it real, the whole line is just amazing, from their designs, to their inspirations, and overall connection to the region, food, and each other. If this were a real pokemon evolution line, this would be one of my favourites easily.

By far my favorite of your designs! Absolutely love how it came full circle and in a dark way too. Like a true, for the hive mentality

I've been thinking of a pokemon that is a grasshopper combined with a jalapeño.

Overall, I love this line! However, I think that the middle evelution is a bit out of place. Maybe you can add the 3 dots to it's head to keep it consistiant throughout the whole line? I also think maybe some small wings/wingbuds on it to make the transition better? Maybe also make the abdomen bigger.

Fun fact: while most tarantulas will happily eat frogs, some instead form a symbiotic partnership with them. The frog rides on the tarantula's back, defending it from wasps and eating the smaller flying insects a tarantula couldn't catch anyway, while the tarantula keeps the frog safe from snakes and birds that would otherwise find it an easy meal. Could make for a cool mon design, or just an interesting lore tidbit for existing mons.

I have an idea for a pokemon for the region. It would be based around an iguana. Iguanas are common in Mexico and South America. One of the coolest features of an iguana is their parietal eye. It is on the back of their head, and lets them sense the light level, allowing them to know if it's day or night. I was thinking that you could use this in the pokemon in two ways. One way is to make it have two forms, one is the day form, and the other is the night form. The day form will be seen lounging around and relaxing, soaking up the sun's heat. It would be a water/electric type, and would have a high sp. attack stat and health stat, but low physical attack and speed stat. The night form would be seen on it's hind legs, running around and hunting for food. It would be a water/dark type, and would have high physical attack and speed, but low health and sp. attack. It wouldn't change movesets between transformations, so you'd have to balance it out to be able to work with either form, or only use it at certain times of day. Some design aspects I have thought of are a white diamond-shaped patch on the forehead of both forms, indicating the parietal eye, and the large spikes iguanas have would change shape and color depending on the form. The day form would have straight, semi-translucent yellow spikes, that absorb the sun's energy and release it as electric-type attacks. The night form would have curved purple, blue, or black spikes. The other idea is to have the base evolution be a regular iguana, and when it evolves, it takes on a different form depending on what the time of day is.

This line already has the dark type, so maybe you could do something a little more unexpected and have a three stage normal type line with a secondary type like steel or poison to make the dex more diverse and unique

You should make a trio just like black and whites “elemental monkey” but just a lot better😂. But actually they would be very good for helping trainers get type coverage early game

If you eventually get to common fish pokemon, some species that live in the Gulf could be good choices like the Dorado or Snapper. Maybe a bejeweled fish covered in glittering treasure for the Dorado even.

I love the design, but one thing that I have to mention is that feels like you focused more on lore cohesion than design cohesion. When you look at the first and final evolutions of pokemon you can normally see how one is like a the bay/adult version of the other through colors and shapes. But since the line shifts its primary color from browns to blues without any shared traits it feels like Noctavispa doesn't belong. I would suggest changing the shape of Noctavispas mandibles to better match its pre-evolutions, and adding more basic versions on the patterns of its wings onto its preevolutions to have a distinctive visual pattern that can tie the line together. I also think that you could play around with the colors of the line to show a progesion towards it becoming bug/dark: since mimelo looks like its bug, and chicatta looks ike it's bug/grass because leaves and greenery are more traditionally associated with grass types, which makes Noctavispas bug/dark typing feel abrupt. Just an armchair fan of Pokemon and terrible artist trying to give some helpful feedback. Love the videos and the creativity, so please keep it up!

Hidden Abilities: Sticky Hold for Minimelo Harvest for Chicata Tough Claws for Noctovispa

A General topic for mexican inspired pokémon would be "día del muertos".

How about a dark/bug type based off of a trapdoor spider with an obsidian carapace that would make it look like a fragile, glass figurine (the kind you usually find in Mexican tourist traps). In the first stage it would cower in fear from Noctavispas and generally have a scaredy cat type personality, but in its second form it would gain the courage and power needed to take them on head to head, no longer needing to hide in it's burrows. The obsidian carapace could change into more of an armor like design instead of the fragility it had in its first form and it could reuse the object that was its trapdoor as some kind of blunt weapon or additional armor with its typing changing to bug/fighting.

Considering that the first 2 forms are inspired by bugs we eat I could imagine that the final evolution defends the other two forms from predators, after all, not all dark types are malevolent.

For the fish Pokemon in the region i would love to see a whale shark Pokemon *OR* (and preferably) a Pokemon based on the parrotfish family. It could have the vivillon treatment where there is a collection of different patterned parrotfish, eg rainbow parrotfish, midnight parrotfish, stoplight parrotfish, Queen parrotfish etc. Or it could have different formes depending on the area of the sea but they all have their own types so the midnight parrotfish could be water dark, Queen parrotfish could be water Psychic etc. I’d love to see what you could do with this idea Maybe they have some involvement with other Pokémon and wildlife which live in and around coral reef and some formes could be hostile while others contribute to their eco-system.

I've had this idea for a while now. A psychic monkey pokemon based on an alchemist that combines the juices of fruits and berries to create attacks and other substances. When it evolves, it "snaps" and gains the dark type, becoming almost like a mad scientist. The names i had planned were Erlenmarm and Alchemandrill, but these could be easily changed to fit the South American theme.

Hey great designs!! Im from mexico and i love all the references you take in to the new pokemons!! I love the three stages of this bug, but i think the second one is too simple, maybe a wink of the next dark type will be cool... what about the leaf blade were a knife? Maybe with an inspiration of a rogge or a burglar, idk just ideas :) love your content

A ghost type line based on calaveras (sugar skulls) and other day of the dead traditions and art could be really cool. Ghost pokemon usually have sad backstories and are typically colored in grays, blacks, and purples. Using the day of the dead for inspiration would allow a lot of colors and a happier, or at least more peaceful ghost pokemon. Some other random animal suggestions: glow worms, axolotl, armadillo, flamingo, caiman lizard, hummingbird, iguana, jaguar, ocelot, POISON DART FROG (i love them) This series is really cool! You're doing a fantastic job so far, I hope you aren't burned out.

A conquistador representing an invasive species, which is a creature we see all over the place. Could be your 2 stage dark type. Also could pair interestingly worh gloster canaries that have "monk haircuts" Calling back to the "christianization" By spain

I think something cool for the legendaries could be basing them of off the three different Aztec afterlifes (there are actually 4 but the last one is literally a titty-tree so I'm not sure if that would work) There's the Mictlan, a series of rivers and mountains that the dead would have to traverse to clean their souls and join the gods of the dead mictlantecuhtli and mictecacihuatl Then there's Tlalochan, the kingdom of the water God, where people who died sailing or at storms would go And lastly Tonatiuhichan where warriors and women who died in labor would have an eternal feast in the style of Valhalla. People also thought the spirits of these warriors would sometimes come back in the form of hummingbirds and birds of paradise.

I love it, I absolutely love it! The designs make sense as well as the reason for picking them and their entries make them feel as though they were real.

I think this line, thematically, is the best pokemon you've designed so far. I was kind of wondering how the pokemon would possibly fit thematically (other than being delicacies). When you mentioned that tarantula hawk wasps love sweet nectars I thought it tied in perfectly with the first form to create the complete cycle. But when you mentioned that noctavispa were the ones to supply food to the previous stages is what really sold the line. They look really cute and innocent until you realize that they all feed from the live prey that the final form brings to the colony. Amazing concept and execution.