Video game creatures that aren't Pokémon, but you could believe are

[Tregard]

Please use this thread to post creatures from non-Pokémon titles that, if you were informed they were a Pokémon without any prior knowledge, would believe they were indeed a Pocket Monster.

For example, Knack from "Knack"

Amaterasu from "Okami"

A Metroid from "Metroid"

Feel no shame, there are no wrong answers here.

 

[Prophet Five]

Eddy from Mega Man. Steel Electric. Spit Up/Swallow are its main attacks.

 

[sambills]

pretty much any mario enemy

 

[Knight613]

A lot of the familiars in Ni no Kuni.

 

[Thiago]

Most Dragon Quest enemies.

 

[LSauchelli]

Ridley is a Pokémon. He even has a child form, first evolution and final evolution. If you count his other forms, he might even have a Mega!

 

[methodiczero]

I think I would tend to agree with all of these...... What about Rush?

 

[Deleted member 14377]

 

[Rotobit]

From TemTem.

 

[The Artisan]

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That looks like a Pokemon to you?

 

[XaviConcept]

How is Yoshi not a Pokemon

 

[tsampikos]

These 3 from Chrono Cross

 

[The Doctor]

 

[RochHoch]

None of these look like Pokemon

 

[The Doctor]

How is Yoshi not a Pokemon

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He is. He evolves into Bowser

 

[Mozar]

 

[The Doctor]

From TemTem.

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Wtf.
Wasn't this, at one point, a fake starter?

 

[PMS341]

Wtf.
Wasn't this, at one point, a fake starter?

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Yup. The devs of TemTem (indie Pokemon-esque MMO) contacted the artist to make this happen, iirc.

 

[Leo]

I could definitely see Knack as a gen5 Pokemon.

The rest, not so much.

 

[Kamon]

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[Tochtli79]

 

[Vivian-Pogo]

 

[lt519]

A lot of FF enemies. Tonberry, Cactaur, etc. Cactaur is more fitting from older gens but I could totally see him escaping capture and dashing off...

 

[Lylo]

Kirby?

 

[.exe]

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Chonkshi? Finally got his revenge on Mario, huh

 

[SolVanderlyn]

Porings from Ragnarok Online

 

[TimeFire]

From TemTem.

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This little fella is the best fakemon bar none. Temtem did great nabbing his designer

 

[Platy]

Realistic artstyle aside, way too many souls monsters follows a pokemon logic in their designs

I mean "dog with a sword" is literally a pokemon design now =P

a steel boar pokemon

a ground crab pokemon

a rock lizard pokemon

Dragon Fighting type

Licktung mega evolution

Water Poison

 

[Z-Beat]

I think I would tend to agree with all of these...... What about Rush?

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Rush is a digimon

 

[OrangeNova]

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That's clearly a Pichu with a Sylveon scarf/bow

 

[Illusion]

Man, these all suck. I was expecting some good suggestions, but you are all either blind, can't tell art styles apart, or trying to make a very bad joke.

The only solid one was the fake water starter that ended up becoming a TemTem.

 

[Z-Beat]

Cheating

 

[Dark Knight]

A lot of FF enemies. Tonberry, Cactaur, etc. Cactaur is more fitting from older gens but I could totally see him escaping capture and dashing off...

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[DanteLinkX]

How is Yoshi not a Pokemon

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Fuck. Mind blown, how come I never thought about this

 

[ThisIsBlitz21]

Knack looks way too detailed to resemble a pokemon.

 

[Earthboundstarman]

Most anything from Golden Sun.

 

[panda-zebra]

Man, these all suck. I was expecting some good suggestions, but you are all either blind, can't tell art styles apart, or trying to make a very bad joke.

The only solid one was the fake water starter that ended up becoming a TemTem.

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[Tochtli79]

Fire Emblem manaketes:

 

[Platy]

Man, these all suck. I was expecting some good suggestions, but you are all either blind, can't tell art styles apart, or trying to make a very bad joke.

The only solid one was the fake water starter that ended up becoming a TemTem.

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v

Feel no shame, there are no wrong answers here.

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[Plastic Shark]

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That's like the slackoth line.

Anyways, I guess the Kirby enemies are perfect stage 1 pokemon.

 

[Nightbird]

How is Yoshi not a Pokemon

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Reminds me of this

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[Derachi]

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came to say this.

 

[RROCKMAN]

Monster Hunter is just high stakes Pokémon

 

[TeHi & BuSp]

 

[Aleh]

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First thing I thought about

 

[DrArchon]

Monster Hunter is just high stakes Pokémon

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*insert thinking emoji here*

 

[Serif]

Falinks is the inverse :P

Could totally see it in Mario or Kirby.

 

[MayorSquirtle]

A lot of Tales mascot characters fit the bill tbh

Mieu (Abyss):

Teepo (Xillia):

Tenebrae (Dawn of the New World):

Quickie (Eternia):

Corrine (Symphonia) even comes with its own evo:

 

[Agni Kai]

From TemTem.

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This one still hurts. So much.

 

[Tochtli79]

Lots of crossover fan art out there