[Sponsored by Niantic] Something exciting is about to hatch!
So excited to partner with Pokémon GO to create these hand pies in celebration of Mega Kangaskhan Raid Day!
I love Mega Kangaskhan - the concept of her little baby growing up to fight alongside her is so cool, and it was a blast bringing them to life in pie form. Delicious too since these are filled with gooey brown sugar cinnamon inside.
Have a sweet time raiding in Pokémon GO, Trainers!
Friends! What you see might be the EARLIEST officially released Pokémon illustration ever.
It’s a Game Freak 1993 New Year postcard by Ken Sugimori found and scanned by the awesome collector http://instagram.com/hapycakeoven A truly exciting discovery. This does not pre-date Capsule Monsters, this card might represent the first time Game Freak showed Pokémon to the public. It surely is the earliest published picture to date. As you might know, these cards are usually in colour, so let the hunt for the original begin!
[Sponsored by Niantic] Something exciting is about to hatch!
So excited to partner with Pokémon GO to create these hand pies in celebration of Mega Kangaskhan Raid Day!
I love Mega Kangaskhan - the concept of her little baby growing up to fight alongside her is so cool, and it was a blast bringing them to life in pie form. Delicious too since these are filled with gooey brown sugar cinnamon inside.
Have a sweet time raiding in Pokémon GO, Trainers!
I didn’t save the battle video of it (I accidentally chosen to not save it like other videos). Anyways, two stupid things happened in the battle I had, one nearly cost me the match, and one made me won the match. Btw, it was a Single Battle.
1. I brought the wrong Talonflame.
When my Mega-Kangaskahn got KO-ed by the enemy’s Gyrados I sent out my Talonflame, I thought I could Brave Bird, then I realized I brought my main story’s Talonflame instead of my Gale Wings one. So I basically made this battle a 2 against 3. Fortunately, this Talonflame had U-turn and my Garchomp finish the Gyrados off.
2. The Garchomp vs. Mega-Khan battle.
After defeating his Gyrados, he used his Mega-Khan, so I switched back to my Talonflame, eating a Sucker Punch. So I had Garchomp left, 1 against 2 with the last Pokemon in the enemy’s team not revealed yet.
Thinking he would go for Sucker Punch, I went for Swords Dance, so it failed the first time. I ended up going for Swords Dance 4 times in a row, while he kept using Sucker Punch but failed. Sucker Punch ran out of PP, and I won the battle by sweeping is Mega-Khan and the last Pokemon he had (which was a Tyranitar).
Swords Dance Spamming - A legit strat against a Mega-Khan, lol.
Cubone and Marowak don’t evolve into Kangaskhan, but it’s been pretty clear for a long time that they arerelated…somehow. Which is why we decided to redesign these three together.
Cubone and Marowak are based on kangaroos. They wear found skulls as helmets, and rib bones as clubs and boomerangs. The cracks below the eye sockets of their skull helmets mimic tear tracks to emphasize their theme of loss.
Kangaskhan is based on a tree-kangaroo, a species of kangaroo more distantly related to the ones we are more familiar with. They are smaller, but stockier and fluffier—and I liked the idea of basing the bigger Pokémon on the smaller animal. Its fur is placed to imitate some armour, but it is overall designed to look more motherly.
There are several parallels between the design of Cubone/Marowak and Kangaskhan. The colors are obvious, but they also all have the same eyes and battle scars on their foreheads. Marowak also has a bone necklace the mimics Kangaskhan’s neck fur; a spike on its back (Kanga has several); and a vestigial pouch.
(Sorry it’s been a long while, Tumblr! Like I often mention, my primary place to post art these days is my Twitter. :’D Figured I’d post this quickie I drew last night over here though! Kangaskhan’s always been a personal favorite. <3)
