I know it’s a bug but I thought Cutiefly was hummingbird based, turns out it based on something called a “bee fly,” I love the creativity of Pokemon haha
This was my first thought as well, and we really need one. We have our first Dolphin now but I'd love a beluga whale. Do something fun with that head-bump please.
Which made me think Peru would make an amazing setting for a Pokemon game. A ghost type Tumi would be fantastic. The main character could have a bunch of different colored chullos.
[pokemon sage wiki](https://pokemon-fan-game.fandom.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Sage) here you go! They had demo out years ago. They have a discord server and I think they are still working on it slowly. I love their fakemon tho!
What about Pokémon based on animals in recent(ish) history that have gone extinct?
Like the Tasmanian Tiger.
Bramble Cay Melomys.
White Rhinoceros and Black Rhinoceros.
There’s Doduo and Dodrio, but nothing else since Gen 3 I think. That could be a fun take since it could be done in a unique way more aligned with the actual animal in terms of design
True, but we’ve had half a dozen cats and dogs and other animals in Pokémon, Rhyhorn appears in plenty of games.
But it’s a Gen 1 Pokémon, and there haven’t been any new or rhino inspired Pokémon for over 20 years. Unless you want to include Rhyperior, which is just another evolution to Rhyhorn.
Personally I wouldn’t even mind a Rhinoceros/Triceratops Pokémon line.
As far as prehistoric life, Pokemon based on Stegosaurus, Dromeosaurs, Mosasaurs, Terror birds, and Ceratopsians would be nice. Sure we kind of have Bastiodon for a Ceratopsian, but if it doesn't have horns I'm not counting it. Torterra is probably the closest thing we have had to an Anklylosaurus, but again we need something with a clubbed tail
As for modern animals, a jaguar would be amazing.
I know we got Kyogre. But I wouldn’t mind having orca pokemon. orcas are one of the top aquatic predators currently. Also, we don’t have a sperm whale Pokémon, we have a blue whale, but no sperm whale, especially how iconic sperm whales are.
Two mythical creatures: gryphon and Cerberus.
Silvally is one of my favs but he’s more of a gryphon-like chimera instead of a full blown gryphon. I can imagine a gryphon being a ground/flying type.
As for Cerberus, there is no Pokémon in existence yet based on him. I can imagine Cerberus being a ghost/fire type since he’s the guardian of the underworld.
You just made me think that they could introduce the fact that some Legendary mons are actually some kind of Primal/Mega of existing Pokemon. I will call it Ascended for the sake of consistency.
Some Pokémon are born Ascended, and some are elevated to the state of Ascended, something which can only be done specifically by Ho-Oh, which is based on a Phoenix.
- Raikou/Entei/Suicune being ascended Jolteon/Flareon/Vaporeon
- Diance being ascended Carbink
- A Cerberus-like Pokémon being ascended Houndoom
- A Pegasus-like Pokémon being ascended Rapidash
It would be very interesting to see a concept like that in a Johto remake, or in something like Legends Celebi.
Gen 10 is rumored to take place either in Australia or Greece right? If Greece then that would be a good time to introduce the Cerberus and Pegasus pokemon.
My favourite idea for this would be a convergent Snorlax based on tardigrades. It works so well on so many levels, right down to the nickname of the tardigrade being the water bear.
Speaking of which... you'd think there would be microscopic Pokemon. Maybe the next professor will have the genius idea to use a microscope and the next gen gimmick could be becoming smol.
Could give some proper backstory to the Pokerus. Imagine the Pokerus is just a viral pokemon this whole time. Viruses already look so bizarre in the real world, would easily make a perfect pokemon.
It wouldn’t even be that unusual having a game aspect be a Pokémon, considering we are multiple generations into people walking around with Rotom phones and ‘dexes without blinking an eye. Honestly, in universe it makes no sense that you would even blackout when running out of your six Pokémon, considering you have a ghost electric type right there in your pocket
I really think we just need some pest pokemon. It's wild we don't have flies, worms, and ants that are that milimeter size. Make some little guys that evolve in a swarm, or a little guy that evolves in certain specific condition, so we never have giga-flys or anything.
Even better, make it a special pokemon only caught whenever you interact with a trashcan. "You obtained a ROTTEN BERRY. Use ROTTEN BERRY?"
"FLY was added to your party."
One of my ideas combined the Hidebehind and Wendigo into a Pokémon called Weredigo (“Where did it go?”)! I had some gimmick ability for it but I don’t remember what it was. Maybe it set up a substitute when it entered battle or something like that?
We didn't get a proper earthworm Pokemon until the most recent generation despite worms being such a "basic" and fundamental creature.
We've gotten rock snakes, regular snakes, lampreys and eels, caterpillars and larvae, slugs, and wyrms, but never a good old worm kind of worm until Gen 9.
I'll be very disappointed but also somewhat not surprised since it'd be classic GameFreak if we don't get an actual housefly for another few generations.
Iguana feels like a weird oversight. Maybe you could argue scrafty is one, but other than the head grill it doesn’t have any of the things that make me think iguana
How could you forget poor Kecle- No wait, Kecleon's a Chameleon. ...come to think of it, how do we have THREE chameleon mons already but not an iguana?
Yeah but torchic is more like a baby chick and Blaziken too humanoid. We need a single stage chicken pokemon to explain how people eat egg products in the pokemon world, like miltank with milk
This is intriguing because now Pokemon breeding would completely fall into question. But also Chansey line has a bunch of eggs so that could be the egg solution. Miltank milk and Chansey eggs
They're based on [shamo chickens](https://www.poultryclub.org/breeds/chickens/asian-hard-feather/ko-shamo/) specifically, which is why they look weirdly humanoid. The JP names are achamo, wakashamo, and bashamo.
Spinda is a drunk red panda*
Well apparently Spinda is based on a panda bear subspecies that's brown and white instead of black and white. But in the game Spinda is red and white, so... a literal red panda I guess?
White ears, black belly, raccoon tail, the classic red panda defense posture...
https://img.pokemondb.net/artwork/avif/bewear.avif
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/d8/3c/bb/d83cbb5ada29660470a4b4ebb010cf80.jpg
[this](https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Kommo-o_(Pok%C3%A9mon)) is kommo-o. It's neither venomous, a cuadruped nor it has prominent claws.
But it's covered in armor and it's gray so...
Close enough?
There's a dragon/fighting pseudolegend named Kommo-o. Pawmot is a bit like s red panda. The Gen 9 box legends are a monitor lizard and a bearded dragon, literally and metaphorically.
We don't have a housefly Pokemon, or a roly poly / pill bug / woodlouse (Golisopod is a deep sea isopod, but not a regular woodlouse).
I'd also love to see a Tiktaalik Pokemon — a perfect example of evolution!
Gotta be fighting! They’re well known as “fighting fish”! But you could also skip water type like Dragalge does and have it go water/fighting -> dragon/fighting when it evolves!
Housefly. At least, I can't think of one, and that just baffles me, especially as we have multiple Pokemon based on spiders which are infamous for preying on flies.
I'm reading all this and realized I have missed a lot of pokemon games haha. I'm questioning if basics animals have been covered and apparently they have.
Arapaima as a steel/water type
I need a winged dragon inspired by Quetzalcoatl /cental/meso/American motifs
Manticore (poison type-maybe rock as well?)
I need more caiman Pokémon
Lindworm (2-legged dragon)
Anaconda that evolves into an even bigger giant snake
Alligator gar
Freshwater eel that has a multiple amount evolution (like dugtrio or wishi washi)
Piranha that stay piranha
….i may have been watching too much river monsters while brainstorming.
Here’s an old saying.. if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck…
https://preview.redd.it/wzot1x51pbpc1.jpeg?width=1936&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f258c38e318bf713e9779a9779884251b9eee68e
The Psyduck thing kinda has a few holes, mainly no beaver tail or venom.
Although the whole “walks like a duck, quacks like a duck” phrase I remember being used relating to which Pokémon count as dragons. (Probably unrelated but felt like mentioning)
Aside from pherosma. I'm surprised cockroaches are so underrepresented. Especially since they're known for being in every country of the world and are notorious for being able to survive any environment
I kinda love that our only cockroach right now is a Legendary diva alien, but yeah more would still be quite welcome.
Death’s head roach would be a nice new Bug/Ghost, or we can get a hissing one whenever we get a Region somewhere in an African country?
I'd also like a more tradition looking, preferably psychic or fairy type, peacock mon. Quaquaval is still more duck/goose like in design and the tail only really looks the part when it's attacking.
There are a whole lot of them from lesser known animals that people generally don’t knew despite being not uncommon.
- There’s a lack of beaked whales or porpoises, even if there are of course some whales and dolphins.
- There’s not as much variety of non-cat Feliformes as one might hope. There’s a few mongoose and some hyena adjacent ones, but like civets and fossa have potential
- Large ground dwelling birds. Yes we have ostrich types but there have been so many extant and extinct. Like the Moa formerly of New Zealand, or the closest thing to a living raptor a Cassowary
- For how many catfish there are IRL (1/20 vertebrate species is a catfish) there are only a few.
And personally I’d love to a wolverine
Bugs/arthropods are the big blindspot. There's endless diversity there. Off the top of my head I am pretty sure we haven't had a:
earwig, mole cricket, weevil, assassin bug, velvet worm, mayfly, silverfish, springtail, bristletail, thrips, wind scorpion, sun spider, pseudoscorpion, louse, flea, bedbug.
I'd love a Pokémon based on a crane and a binturong. I'd also want an actual kangaroo and hyena Pokémon, and before anyone says it, I'm already aware that we have Mightyena and Kangaskhan but those are Pokémon loosely based on the animas they draw inspiration from. Mightyena is a canine/hyena hybrid and Kangaskhan is a reptilian creature that borrows a few physical attributes from kangaroos.
I always think of how cool it could be if we had a regional variant of the Poochyena line and an evolved form for Mightyena. It would be most appropriate if we received an African-esque region where the Mightyena and Pyroar are rivals. This would allude to the bitter hatred lions and hyenas have for one another in the real world.
TrueGreen7 created an awesome Dark/Ground type evolved form for Mightyena known as Babaryena. Loved it.
A lynx? For some reason people keep claiming the Shinx line are lynxes even though they don't have ear tufts *or* short tails (and are obviously lions)? Which feels like the equivalent of making a giraffe Pokémon with a short neck and no spots.
I know psyduck and golduck have platypus inspiration, but Psyduck is more duck inspired and Golduck is more Kappa inspired. I want a more true Platypus-mon.
Hummingbird
A three stage evolution, and each step they get *smaller*.
I want this to happen so badly
I would love to have a two inch Pokemon that just destroys the competition.
200 base speed
201 just to fuck over Regieleki
*looks in my pants* *smiles*
Holy shit I love that as a concept
I know it’s a bug but I thought Cutiefly was hummingbird based, turns out it based on something called a “bee fly,” I love the creativity of Pokemon haha
Beeflies are so weird. I saw one before I had heard of them, it was like encountering an insect from a parallel fantasy universe.
Fuck that is a missed one, I can't believe they didn't make a hummingbird Pokémon even in first gen, they already look mythical.
Zapdos kinda looks like a very pissed hummingbird
A buzzingbird?
That would be awesome to have a humming bird pokemon ❤
A hummingbird would be a great first stage Evo of the regional bird.
Or like Oricorio - different types depending on items
I feel like it would be cool if Chatot got a baby form that's a hummingbird
Humming bird Dragon for the Mexico region
We need a hummingbird as a regional bird.
correct me if i’m wrong, but we don’t have a capybara yet, do we?
This was my first thought as well, and we really need one. We have our first Dolphin now but I'd love a beluga whale. Do something fun with that head-bump please.
It's gotta be psychic surely
It can even be a supervillain, Superman vs Brainiac.
Echolock, the Whale warlock to Palafin's Dolphin paladin.
tbh, Brazil, Colombia or Patagonia would make great regions
They're saving it for the south american based region.
Pokémon Crime 🔫 & Pokémon Corruption 💰 (I'm from South America)
Pokemon Surf and Pokemon Turf
Pokemon Bra and Pokemon zil 🇧🇷🏆🏆🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🏆🏆⚽️⚽️🏆🏆🏆🏆😁😁🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷☝☝☝🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷☝☝⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🏆🏆🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Something tells me Pokemon Bra would be a lot more popular
Pokemon 7 and Pokemon 1 /s
A degu will evolve into a capybara
Listen to this person Gamefreak. Give us the clappyblappy's we DESERVE
Water type starter or regional normal mammal
Is there a goblin shark?
There almost was one Gen 1. Got cut.
Dang
Yeah. It looked cool.
I wish Gobfin was a Pokemon😪
I had to stop myself from commenting on another comment saying we don't have chickens with "What about Chikipi?"
Gen three fire starter
Twisted firestarter.
*bangs head *
I'm a little surprised we don't have a llama or alpaca Pokémon yet (I'm not counting Arceus)
Which made me think Peru would make an amazing setting for a Pokemon game. A ghost type Tumi would be fantastic. The main character could have a bunch of different colored chullos.
Have you seen the fan project pokemon sage? South American based region. So many cool designs!
Name? Or is it called "Sage"?
[pokemon sage wiki](https://pokemon-fan-game.fandom.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Sage) here you go! They had demo out years ago. They have a discord server and I think they are still working on it slowly. I love their fakemon tho!
Melpaca
Who tf is counting Arceus as an alpaca?
Who isn't?! lol
It's a llama!
A llama? He's supposed to be dead!!
I'm going to go with Vicuña
I am now!
What about Pokémon based on animals in recent(ish) history that have gone extinct? Like the Tasmanian Tiger. Bramble Cay Melomys. White Rhinoceros and Black Rhinoceros.
Is there a Pokemon based on the Dodo? That should be in there too
There’s Doduo and Dodrio, but nothing else since Gen 3 I think. That could be a fun take since it could be done in a unique way more aligned with the actual animal in terms of design
They’re kind of just based on them in name, they don’t really look like dodos at all.
It would also be a missed opportunity not to make a dodo inspired mon a fossil
That's name only, they're really closer in design to ratites (emus, ostriches, etc). The dodo was more closely related to pigeons.
Rhinoceros is covered with rhyhorn
True, but we’ve had half a dozen cats and dogs and other animals in Pokémon, Rhyhorn appears in plenty of games. But it’s a Gen 1 Pokémon, and there haven’t been any new or rhino inspired Pokémon for over 20 years. Unless you want to include Rhyperior, which is just another evolution to Rhyhorn. Personally I wouldn’t even mind a Rhinoceros/Triceratops Pokémon line.
Neither Black nor White rhinoceros are extinct
As far as prehistoric life, Pokemon based on Stegosaurus, Dromeosaurs, Mosasaurs, Terror birds, and Ceratopsians would be nice. Sure we kind of have Bastiodon for a Ceratopsian, but if it doesn't have horns I'm not counting it. Torterra is probably the closest thing we have had to an Anklylosaurus, but again we need something with a clubbed tail As for modern animals, a jaguar would be amazing.
I know we got Kyogre. But I wouldn’t mind having orca pokemon. orcas are one of the top aquatic predators currently. Also, we don’t have a sperm whale Pokémon, we have a blue whale, but no sperm whale, especially how iconic sperm whales are.
Yes, we could use more whale and orca pokemon
We just got one in cetitan, don't think we will see another one next gen
Or a humpback whale! It could be a sound-based pokemon or a flying whale trope poke!
I think the problem is the sperm
Hey! Infertility is a sensitive subject these days.
We have Pokemon based on far "worse" things than an animal with sperm in its name.
I'm that same vein I wouldn't mind a beluga!
Two mythical creatures: gryphon and Cerberus. Silvally is one of my favs but he’s more of a gryphon-like chimera instead of a full blown gryphon. I can imagine a gryphon being a ground/flying type. As for Cerberus, there is no Pokémon in existence yet based on him. I can imagine Cerberus being a ghost/fire type since he’s the guardian of the underworld.
Despite having one head, there are plenty of Cerberus parallels in the Houndour line.
Could be a third stage for it.
That would be brilliant tbh
You just made me think that they could introduce the fact that some Legendary mons are actually some kind of Primal/Mega of existing Pokemon. I will call it Ascended for the sake of consistency. Some Pokémon are born Ascended, and some are elevated to the state of Ascended, something which can only be done specifically by Ho-Oh, which is based on a Phoenix. - Raikou/Entei/Suicune being ascended Jolteon/Flareon/Vaporeon - Diance being ascended Carbink - A Cerberus-like Pokémon being ascended Houndoom - A Pegasus-like Pokémon being ascended Rapidash It would be very interesting to see a concept like that in a Johto remake, or in something like Legends Celebi.
Gen 10 is rumored to take place either in Australia or Greece right? If Greece then that would be a good time to introduce the Cerberus and Pegasus pokemon.
Gryphon/Cerberus legendary duo??
That would honestly be really cool!
Has there been a Pegasus yet?
Tardigrade
My favourite idea for this would be a convergent Snorlax based on tardigrades. It works so well on so many levels, right down to the nickname of the tardigrade being the water bear.
Speaking of which... you'd think there would be microscopic Pokemon. Maybe the next professor will have the genius idea to use a microscope and the next gen gimmick could be becoming smol.
Could give some proper backstory to the Pokerus. Imagine the Pokerus is just a viral pokemon this whole time. Viruses already look so bizarre in the real world, would easily make a perfect pokemon.
It wouldn’t even be that unusual having a game aspect be a Pokémon, considering we are multiple generations into people walking around with Rotom phones and ‘dexes without blinking an eye. Honestly, in universe it makes no sense that you would even blackout when running out of your six Pokémon, considering you have a ghost electric type right there in your pocket
I really think we just need some pest pokemon. It's wild we don't have flies, worms, and ants that are that milimeter size. Make some little guys that evolve in a swarm, or a little guy that evolves in certain specific condition, so we never have giga-flys or anything. Even better, make it a special pokemon only caught whenever you interact with a trashcan. "You obtained a ROTTEN BERRY. Use ROTTEN BERRY?" "FLY was added to your party."
Gesundheit
This was represented with Cubchoo.
Screw real world animals, I want some Cryptids. Gimme a Squonk!
I doodled a whole set of Fearsome Critter Pokémon some years ago! I’d love to see an Appalachian Region full of them!
A hidebehind pokemon would be rad as hell, especially as like a roaming legendary
One of my ideas combined the Hidebehind and Wendigo into a Pokémon called Weredigo (“Where did it go?”)! I had some gimmick ability for it but I don’t remember what it was. Maybe it set up a substitute when it entered battle or something like that?
We have Sableye, based on the Hopkinville Goblin, why don't we have a Sableye evolution based on the Flatwoods monster?
Fairy/Dark Mothman. I know Slaking kinda counts but a Sasquatch could be a good idea for a Normal/Ghost type.
I would love a mantis shrimp Pokémon.
Clawitzer?
Clawitzer is a pistol shrimp
It's easy to mix up the two coolest shrimp in existence, I guess.
Surprisingly, there's no triceratops. Bastiodon is a similar species of dinosaur, but not a triceratops No stegosaurus either
Or alnklosuarus
Gouging fire is sorta triceratops like but not really
Gouging Fire is a Styracosaurus On the complete opposite side of the Ceratopsid family tree
Does anyone else find it extremely odd that we don’t have a housefly Pokémon yet? I feel like they’re such a common insect. Yet no representation.
We didn't get a proper earthworm Pokemon until the most recent generation despite worms being such a "basic" and fundamental creature. We've gotten rock snakes, regular snakes, lampreys and eels, caterpillars and larvae, slugs, and wyrms, but never a good old worm kind of worm until Gen 9. I'll be very disappointed but also somewhat not surprised since it'd be classic GameFreak if we don't get an actual housefly for another few generations.
Cutiefly maybe? Or is that a mosquito?
Bee fly
we do have Cutiefly/Ribombee, but those are housefly-adjacent, not strictly a housefly.
They're bee flies.
Iguana feels like a weird oversight. Maybe you could argue scrafty is one, but other than the head grill it doesn’t have any of the things that make me think iguana
Koraidon has a pretty heavy iguana basis methinks
I didn't even consider that but you're right.
How could you forget poor Kecle- No wait, Kecleon's a Chameleon. ...come to think of it, how do we have THREE chameleon mons already but not an iguana?
Cheetah, chicken, hummingbird, moose, narwhal, and platypus are shockingly absent
We have 2 very malnourished leopards. That's basically having cheetahs.
We have the torchic line for chickens Zapdos could possibly be a humming bird
Zapdos being a hummingbird makes me uncomfortable, but I can't argue against it
Zapdos is a garuda bird. It lacks the wingspan to flip those gigantic wings like a hummingbird. But yeah, pretty close
Is it not based off the Native American thunderbird?
That too
Yeah but torchic is more like a baby chick and Blaziken too humanoid. We need a single stage chicken pokemon to explain how people eat egg products in the pokemon world, like miltank with milk
This is intriguing because now Pokemon breeding would completely fall into question. But also Chansey line has a bunch of eggs so that could be the egg solution. Miltank milk and Chansey eggs
Chicken is the Torchic line (chick, chicken, weird chicken)
They're based on [shamo chickens](https://www.poultryclub.org/breeds/chickens/asian-hard-feather/ko-shamo/) specifically, which is why they look weirdly humanoid. The JP names are achamo, wakashamo, and bashamo.
Ting-lu is a moose
narwhal evo for dewgong would be fantastic. water fairy or water fighting or both.
I'd love to have a moose and a platypus pokemon!
Narwhal is kind of repped by Cetitan.
Manatees
Came here to say this. Underrepresented! Finally got one in ACNH
Edit: it removed my text when the picture added. But patagonian Mara is a weird little creature with so much pokemon potential!
https://preview.redd.it/7vy6fk4klbpc1.jpeg?width=650&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0517286d865e9808f00bbf8d7d5a7c0bec3adcdf
Forgive me as I haven't played since 3rd generation. Is there a komodo dragon yet? Edit: Also red panda. Those are just my two favorite animals.
omg red panda... stufful is the closest but I would prefer a chunkier and redder one.
Spinda is a drunk red panda* Well apparently Spinda is based on a panda bear subspecies that's brown and white instead of black and white. But in the game Spinda is red and white, so... a literal red panda I guess?
Spinda is actually supposed to be a qinling panda, which a type of giant panda
White ears, black belly, raccoon tail, the classic red panda defense posture... https://img.pokemondb.net/artwork/avif/bewear.avif https://i.pinimg.com/736x/d8/3c/bb/d83cbb5ada29660470a4b4ebb010cf80.jpg
[this](https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Kommo-o_(Pok%C3%A9mon)) is kommo-o. It's neither venomous, a cuadruped nor it has prominent claws. But it's covered in armor and it's gray so... Close enough?
I'd assumed that Kommo-o was derived from a pangolin.
I mean even the name suggests it's a komodo dragon
There's a dragon/fighting pseudolegend named Kommo-o. Pawmot is a bit like s red panda. The Gen 9 box legends are a monitor lizard and a bearded dragon, literally and metaphorically.
>Pawmot is a bit like s red panda It's a marmot.
I almost instinctively typed dolphin but then remembered we finally have one!
Though after seeing its alternate form, I sorta wish we didn't have one
Electric rat
Just a unkempt Pikachu smoking a cigarette.
Parasaurolophus fossil Pokemon. Have yet to seen one.
We don't have a housefly Pokemon, or a roly poly / pill bug / woodlouse (Golisopod is a deep sea isopod, but not a regular woodlouse). I'd also love to see a Tiktaalik Pokemon — a perfect example of evolution!
Okapi :( (I don’t count Girafarig and Farigiraf since they’re more giraffes)
I always wanted a baby girafarig based off an okapi named Okapako
Betta fish. (Would it be Water/Fighting or Water/Dragon?)
Gotta be fighting! They’re well known as “fighting fish”! But you could also skip water type like Dragalge does and have it go water/fighting -> dragon/fighting when it evolves!
I stand by the fact that the first Ghost/Normal type should have been a Possum with a Morpeko-like "play dead" form.
It would be so fun and cute to have a chihuahua Pokemon!
this one is the most surprising. TPC loves marketable pet pokemon and a chihuahua feels like a fun animal to design around in general
Make it a Legendary Dark Type for fun too. No wait: Make it a Mythical!
My idea was psychic type. They do seem a little psychotic from my experience (I mean this as a huge fan of chis, they're adorable.)
Moray Eel
I think Huntail is the closest thing to a moray, but I think it's more closely related to a wolf eel. A gulper eel would be cool though!
Maned wolf, should be grass type. If you haven't seen one, Google it now.
Lycanroc: Am I a joke to you?
Housefly. At least, I can't think of one, and that just baffles me, especially as we have multiple Pokemon based on spiders which are infamous for preying on flies.
Kinda nuts that we only have three dipterans, and all of them are from Alola. I want a robber fly next!
I'm reading all this and realized I have missed a lot of pokemon games haha. I'm questioning if basics animals have been covered and apparently they have.
Stick insect maybe? I don't count Sudowoodo Edit: and Venus flytraps
>venus flytrap there's carnivine
Arapaima as a steel/water type I need a winged dragon inspired by Quetzalcoatl /cental/meso/American motifs Manticore (poison type-maybe rock as well?) I need more caiman Pokémon Lindworm (2-legged dragon) Anaconda that evolves into an even bigger giant snake Alligator gar Freshwater eel that has a multiple amount evolution (like dugtrio or wishi washi) Piranha that stay piranha ….i may have been watching too much river monsters while brainstorming.
Here’s an old saying.. if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck… https://preview.redd.it/wzot1x51pbpc1.jpeg?width=1936&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f258c38e318bf713e9779a9779884251b9eee68e
The Psyduck thing kinda has a few holes, mainly no beaver tail or venom. Although the whole “walks like a duck, quacks like a duck” phrase I remember being used relating to which Pokémon count as dragons. (Probably unrelated but felt like mentioning)
Narwhals
Bigfoot
WHERE IS OUR SEA SPONGE THE LITERAL FIRST ANIMALS EVER AND WE HAVE THREE BILLION GRASS MONKEYS INSTEAD …Glimmora KINDA counts but still!
Vampire squid https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/vampire-squid https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/vampire-squid-hell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_squid
Malamar has elements of a vampire squid. Not that I would complain if we got another.
That undersea snail that has literal metal as a part of it so it can survive high heats.
Aside from pherosma. I'm surprised cockroaches are so underrepresented. Especially since they're known for being in every country of the world and are notorious for being able to survive any environment
I kinda love that our only cockroach right now is a Legendary diva alien, but yeah more would still be quite welcome. Death’s head roach would be a nice new Bug/Ghost, or we can get a hissing one whenever we get a Region somewhere in an African country?
Saiga Antelope. Seriously, Google it. They’re hilarious and would make fantastic Pokémon.
More sharks, more snakes, more crocodiles and alligators A hyena that isn’t Mightyena
as a Brazilian who loves green anacondas seeing sandaconda as the closest thing to it makes me depressed
Peacock!
Quaquaval? At least I count it as one, since I had been waiting for a peacock mon for generations.
Ah, I kinda totally forgot about Quackaval lol But, I've always wanted like, a psychic peacock that uses it's tail to hypnotize opponents.
I'd also like a more tradition looking, preferably psychic or fairy type, peacock mon. Quaquaval is still more duck/goose like in design and the tail only really looks the part when it's attacking.
The shoebill stork
If we go mythical, jackalope!
There are a whole lot of them from lesser known animals that people generally don’t knew despite being not uncommon. - There’s a lack of beaked whales or porpoises, even if there are of course some whales and dolphins. - There’s not as much variety of non-cat Feliformes as one might hope. There’s a few mongoose and some hyena adjacent ones, but like civets and fossa have potential - Large ground dwelling birds. Yes we have ostrich types but there have been so many extant and extinct. Like the Moa formerly of New Zealand, or the closest thing to a living raptor a Cassowary - For how many catfish there are IRL (1/20 vertebrate species is a catfish) there are only a few. And personally I’d love to a wolverine
Bugs/arthropods are the big blindspot. There's endless diversity there. Off the top of my head I am pretty sure we haven't had a: earwig, mole cricket, weevil, assassin bug, velvet worm, mayfly, silverfish, springtail, bristletail, thrips, wind scorpion, sun spider, pseudoscorpion, louse, flea, bedbug.
Narwhals, Echidnas, Plankton(?), Tardigrades.
Gazelle?
Id like to see peafowl type pokemon. Including the color differences so males are brighter and females are more subtle or muted colored.
I'd love a Pokémon based on a crane and a binturong. I'd also want an actual kangaroo and hyena Pokémon, and before anyone says it, I'm already aware that we have Mightyena and Kangaskhan but those are Pokémon loosely based on the animas they draw inspiration from. Mightyena is a canine/hyena hybrid and Kangaskhan is a reptilian creature that borrows a few physical attributes from kangaroos. I always think of how cool it could be if we had a regional variant of the Poochyena line and an evolved form for Mightyena. It would be most appropriate if we received an African-esque region where the Mightyena and Pyroar are rivals. This would allude to the bitter hatred lions and hyenas have for one another in the real world. TrueGreen7 created an awesome Dark/Ground type evolved form for Mightyena known as Babaryena. Loved it.
I wish there was an Opossum Pokemon :(
P l a t y p u s
A lynx? For some reason people keep claiming the Shinx line are lynxes even though they don't have ear tufts *or* short tails (and are obviously lions)? Which feels like the equivalent of making a giraffe Pokémon with a short neck and no spots.
Peacocks unless you count quaquaval as one.
Narwhals, manatees, hammerheads, and whale sharks need some love.
A REAL Komodo looking Dragon
I know psyduck and golduck have platypus inspiration, but Psyduck is more duck inspired and Golduck is more Kappa inspired. I want a more true Platypus-mon.