Game Center CX - early Pokémon profiles
Jul 3, 2011 12:16:26 GMT -5
Post by Torchickens on Jul 3, 2011 12:16:26 GMT -5
I found this mentioned on TCRF, so I searched for the original episode itself (about 90 minutes) and extracted part of the video. In a Pokémon special episode of Game Center CX, ゲームセンターCX (Retro Game Master outside of Japan) there was interview with Satoshi Tajiri where he revealed early Pokémon Red and Green artwork, after revealing information about the development of other games, such as Quinty (where concept art was also shown) and Yoshi's Cookie.
Notably, he revealed some beta Pokémon profiles which indexed Nidoking as No. 007, Slowbro as No. 008 and Kadabra as No. 038 (their internal index numbers) instead of their final Pokédex numbers. What is also interesting, is that Nidoking is called マイコー♂ (Maikō♂), instead of its final name, ニドキング.
Pokémon profiles (2:30 onwards)
Information about Lapras, shows early artwork later showcased elsewhere (5:50 onwards)
Notably, he revealed some beta Pokémon profiles which indexed Nidoking as No. 007, Slowbro as No. 008 and Kadabra as No. 038 (their internal index numbers) instead of their final Pokédex numbers. What is also interesting, is that Nidoking is called マイコー♂ (Maikō♂), instead of its final name, ニドキング.
Pokémon profiles (2:30 onwards)
Information about Lapras, shows early artwork later showcased elsewhere (5:50 onwards)
