My understanding is that the fossilization process is very rare in the grand scheme of things. Imagine all of the creatures we’ll never know about just because they happened to not end up in the fossil record
Thats why it's so difficult to study early bat and pterosaur evolution. They/their early ancestors are/were very small and had fragile bones. Those don't fossilise well
My only problem with these fossil Pokémon is that they seem far too complex to be from gen 2. They would fit right in with gen 9 Pokémon, but gen 2 Pokémon are generally more simpler than they are.
I get this. Gen 2 has some of my favourite Pokemon but the average design was way more simple. I could see these appearing in a modern Johto game though. They're very interesting, deep and cute!
I feel the 1st stages might work, but yeah they are a bit too complex, especially the final evolutions. Mantium, the ant one if I got the name wrong, feels like it could work at its earliest in maybe Gen III just because that's when we got Spinda, a Pokémon who also has the cubic butt load of (custom) forms.
I love the concept of ancient pokemon. Imagine a Legends game where you see all these fossil pokemon and other ancient forms of existing pokemon. Imagine more dinosaur like Meganium, Tropius, Torterra, or Charizard. Maybe a sabertooth Luxray. Mons like Yanmega, Slaking, and mamoswine can exist as they are like the Meganura dragonfly, the megatherium sloth, and the wooly mammoth
Really any pokemon whose inspiration has a well known ancient ancestor or hell any pokemon that can learn ancient power since every single fossil mon can learn it naturally
The problem is that all fossil Pokémons are not from some time. It would be illogical to have all fossil Pokémons in their natural habitat in same game.
Japan does have a couple of dinosaur fossils. There was Fukuiraptor, a Megaraptorid, Kamuysaurus, a Hadrosaur, Fukuititan, a sauropod, and more others than one would think
Fun Fact: there's a species of Dicynodont (those beaked, two tusked therapsid synapsids) named Bulbasaurus phylloxyron, which the species name phylloxyron translates roughly to leaf razor from ancient Greek. It's noted that it's describers stated its name "may not be entirely coincidental."
Frankly, I wished a game had a sidestory quest thing that was basically jurassic Park, dealing with a criminal group abusing the research facility that revives the pokemon, maybe its even how you learn and gain access to fossil revival
Still hoping we get a Stegosaurus Pokémon because I've seen some really cool designs, one of favorites so far was this design where the Pokémon was a Fire/Electric typing and the plates along it's back were Solar Panels
I wish we just had more than just 3 fossil mon at most per region, technically 4 for galar. There's alot of concepts you can make from prehistoric Pokémon within the main timeline, excluding the paradox mons.
@@user-pv2fz6wm2g My problem with the Scarlet Paradox Pokémon is how most of them aren't really based on any ancient fauna but are really just modern Pokémon with a ''primitive''' look. The only exceptions are Walking Wake resembling a feathered theropod and Great Tusk sorta resembling ancient proboscideans like mammoths.
If you have a DS or 3DS you can play a game series that is very similar to pokemon, but is entirely fossils, and also the fossils are of real animals that lived on Earth (except a few made specifically for the games). Fossil Fighters, Fossil Fighters Champions, and Fossil Fighters Frontier. I dont recommend using an emulator for playing them as you lose access to one of the most important mechanics of the series, using the mic to blow dust off the fossils as you remove them from the rocks. I honestly wish they'd bring it back, but change how blowing the dust off works
Given that they're supposedly designed to fit within the Generation 2 Pokémon games' Johto Region, my biggest criticism would've been that their designs might've seemed a tad bit overly-complex compared to other Gen 2 designs, or even Gen 3 or 4 designs in one notable case. For example, I'd suggest the following changes to make these designs seem more simplified, in order to better fit the rest of the Gen 2 designs: - Euhdont could've stood to have maybe fewer spots or blotches on its body, but otherwise, it seemed to fit in nicely enough with the relatively simplistic Gen 2 design aesthetics. - Swaysosore would've probably needed to have smoother, less-detailed dirt-fur on its back (though a few saplings could've stayed), and its camouflage-like patterns could've been removed in favor of a more simplistic tannish color design, as seen in Pokémon like Sandslash or Donphan. - Toyeem's design seemed simple enough that I'd have had no issues with it being with the rest of the Gen 2 Pokémon lineup. - Finally, for Mantium (whose design seemed VERY modern and complex, like from Gen 7 and onwards), I'd have removed most, if not all, of the glowing cracks throughout its body (perhaps leaving some small ones on the body, such as the top of the head or thorax, to preserve a bit of its porcelain-like design aesthetics), removed some, if not all, of the spots on its body (except for the abdomen, to preserve its resemblance to a domino), and redesigned the eyes so that they'd better resemble, say, a Venomoth's or Ariados's eyes, with a black iris.
Maybe a fossil of some dinosaur that failed halfway through, killing a partially living pokemon, turning it into ghost type? A bit morbid, but Gamefreak has done worse ig.
How about a ghost pokemon that goes in and out of its fossil, like a Yu-Gi-Oh! monster from ancient Egypt. And not only that, it also switches types if its in the fossil (rock/ghost) or out of it (pure ghost)
I just hope that fossils in general come back, no matter what prehistoric creature. Gen 7 and gen 9 didn't had any and gen 8 had those abomination i wouldnt even consider fossils, not counting those, 10 years has passed since last true fossils (Tyrantrum Aurorus in gen 6)
@@barb4503I was more disappointed, hearing we would get a Dunkleosteus Pokemon was Awesome but instead we got a weird fish thing with legs that doesn't even look like Dunkleosteus
The concepts are definitely awesome! Love the twists with how you chose the design ideas for the species you used for it. And the designs are super adorable! Mantium in particular has a really cute personality in how you showed it in the video.
I LOOOVE Swaysosoar, and I believe Euhdont fits the criteria of “skrunkly” If I had to choose between the two like Kabuto and Omanyte, I’d choose Euhdont in a heartbeat
- Diictodons are so adorable (you can thank the show Primeval) so I like Euhdont while as for Swaysosore I love it’s design & hard working nature, but after seeing this I really want a Gorgonopsid fossil Pokémon which were are also found in China, has large fangs, & Late Permian period - Toyeen I love that it’s a bug covered with amber & Mantium having a toy theme to them
This just makes me wish that Game Freak made signature moves a core part of pokemon from the start... imagine how cool it would be if the fossil mons and Legendary birds had signature moves (and Mewtwo didn't need to wait for 5 generations to finally get his lol)
I love the design origin and connection to the region. They also look very cool but for a Gen 2 Pokemon they maybe look a little bit to complex. Probably more like a Gen 5 or 7 Pokemon.
I do love the designs and the duality of them both! However, the main issue is that... Well, Gen 2 pokemon aren't that complex of a design! My main issue is with the Evolved Silverfish Pokémon. Perfect for Gen 8 and 9!... defintely unable to be rendered faithfully in a small pixel format though. The Eudont line I could imagine it, but not the evolved Insect. Which is a shame, because I'd love to have the Insect ones in my team! :'3
I like both of these a lot. The second one however became my favorite because of how cute it is! Plus you could play all day with no worries or anything why wouldn't you? ^^
Toyeen looks like a common ancestor of Trapinch (Because of Vibrava, looking at tail), Durant, Grubbin, and Sewaddle. There could be more Pokemon, but those stood out to me. Kind of how Tirtouga is an ancestor of all turtle/tortoise Pokemon. Looks good.
In Pokémon Gold and Silver Prototype data has a some unused fossil Pokémons like one that looks like a gargoyle but with no arms and another one that is some kind of armored fish creature and the other that kind of looks like Cranidos but with some gem formations and the last one is a skeletal dinosaur
Always enjoy these Lockemon videos and the first three designs are really good! But with Mantium, I gotta say, you went a bit over the top design wise. A kintsuge ant with maybe the domino OR diabolo would have been enough actually. I'd say go for the diabolo as the rock type move sounds really cool!
Correction: 睡 (Shui) is not sleepy, or tired - it's by far most common use is just to mean "Sleep", as in the verb. When we say "sleepy, weary, etc", we use 累 (Lei), or 疲倦 (PiJuan), or something like that.
I dont want to be that guy but looking back at early fossil pokemon they were really...simple in their design and concept and these feel almost too complicated to be from gen 2
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I had honestly forgotten that Johto did not have Fossil types. I STILL, however, am tiiiicked that Alola doesn't give me a giant Mosasaurus pokemon and maybe a Megalodon-type pokemon. Yeah, yeah...I get why, but I ALSO want to be able to fix the utter body horror nightmares that they made the Gen 8 fossils into. We could have had a Stegosaurus one (I could finally complete my Dinobots team!), the big doofy tank fish with big teeth, and some kind of dragon type. It would have been awesome...so so much less "this is gross...like a cenobite Whismur played with dead flesh" than the pokemon we got.
Ceratomyrmex is a genus of "hell ant", an extinct clade of ants which all had strange jaws. PBS Eons did a video on them. Great video. If you want to continue this series, a video about "What If Other Regions Had A Single-Stage Fossil Pokemon?" is certainly doable. So is a video featuring the Galar fossils' original true forms. My pick for Unova would be a Rock/Ghost Coelophysis, because of the Ghost Ranch fossil bed. And for Kalos, an ornithischian dinosaur of some kind for full representation of the three clades within Dinosauria: Theropoda, Sauropodamorpha, and Ornithischia.
I'd love to see a Gorgonopsid fossil, but it could possibly be too horrifying to adapt to the world of Pokemon... (It had scales AND hair. Thing was a half reptile, half mammal, full-on freak of nature!)
Got to say as much as a love having an ancient mammal pokemon, the idea of an ancient advanced civilisation pokemon has got my creative juices pumping. I am going to have to steal that for my next ptu campaign
The "een" part of Toyeen's name is pretty similar to Irish. In that language the suffix "-ín" (sometimes anglicised as "-een") is added to words when referring to little or cute things. The name Róisín, for instance, means "little rose"
I honestly love the idea of Fossilmon as an Paleontologist i really enjoy anything Dinosaur synapsid diapsid Placiderm etc related as we learn more and its recognized by Media. I also would love to see more Permian and Cenozoic inspired Pokemon like the Oligocene and Miocene have so many awesome and interesting mammals
. aww, looks like an onion with tusks, i love it, Rock/Ground is a type i feel has been forgotten about ever since Gen1, it fits . cool, love the cape of plant matter on its back and how it looks like a crazy placerias monster, again love it . what an odd little dude, reminds me of Wormons pre-evolution from Digimon . i personally would have picked a different prehistoric bug, maybe a Arthroplura or Megarachne
On one hand, these designs are incredibly clever and Vergo once again did an awesome job. I especially liked how well researched Euhdont and Swaysosore are, and in any other context, these are Pokemon I think would personally love to have. (also, your Chinese pronunciation wasn't half bad!) I do agree with the other commenters that the designs could be a bit simpler to fit in with Gen II's aesthetic, but otherwise they're great. On the other hand... I'm a little sad because 1) it reads a bit as "China and Japan are interchangeable cultures" (which as an Asian person, it makes me sad to see) and 2) it is a missed opportunity to mention actual fossils found near Kansai or other parts of Japan. There was Toyotamaphimeia -- a crocodylian found when constructing Osaka University, which has a lot of interesting history. There is also some aquatic reptiles, such as a Kaganaia (a dolichosaur) and Shokawa (a choristoderan diapsid). In terms of mammals, there are lots of probosidians found in Japan, as well as the extremely weird hippo-like paleoparadoxid (which I only know of because the natural history museum I work at has one). I understand your logic, and in any other context, I would love these mons. They are solid fossil mons regardless and once again, you and Vergo did a great job. But as mons to represent Johto? There are definitely better options. I hope you don't take this comment the wrong way. I still love your videos and they are always on another level. And I especially love your fossil mon video series a lot!
I Absol-lutley love your Fossil pokemon vidoes man, the inner child in me always has wondered why some regions didn't have them so your videos give me some much needed closure
If I remember correctly, Kansai is treated similarly to how we treat the country in the US. They have a dialect that is very easy to identify and is usually considered out of place among cityfolk.
I'm impressed with how detailed and educational this was, very nice work and I will check out your other videos, I love Fossil Pokemon and now that I'm literally getting back into the games I plan on, sorry, catching them all.
Dominaant could have worked with dominant in it's name to counter Swaysosaur as if Swaysosaur has to learn techniques and skills to thrive with little "fun" included while Dominaant naturally thrive thanks to their ancestors and have so much free time to socialize and play. You might have the two interact like in A Bug's Life with the ants and the grasshoppers, this time the ants tower over another creature. Dominaants steal from Swaysosaur farms so they don't have to do the hard work, and since swaysosaurs are already so busy with so many kids and duties on the farm, it can't fight the Dominaants at full strength and lets them take a share (kinda like a corporate boss taking the credit for what the overworked intern did, to tie into one of swaysosaur's design inspirations). You could also make this work as a proto-Heatmor and Durant competition, but I don't know how closely related the Lystrosaurus is to anteaters. Really cool designs, I LOVE Swaysosaur!
'Synapsid' is actually my sleeper agent codephrase Thank you for talking about my special guys! Also, you may have gotten confused about the fur thing bc there IS evidence for synapsids to have had whiskers. Nothing conclusive, of course, but it's possible
I did not get excited about the idea of a fossil ant pokemon, but I absolutely adore Mantium. I don't know why. It's just such an adorable execution of a kinda crazy concept.
What we need is a Stegosaur with Fire/Eock, since its plates are thought to have absorbed solar energy for heat, so it would have Solar Power & Drought as Abilities. Raptors for Dragon/Rock. I need a Deinonychus/Utahraptor Pokemon
All these fossils are really cool, but Mantium is AWESOME design. Absolutely the best of the lot, imo. I sort of adore everything about it. Would absolutely be on my team if it were real.
I still would love a pokemon game where we would go back into pre-historic time and fight and catch all pre-historic and the origional alive fossils and having their true origional typings. Hell give some pokemon from our future their pre-historic ancestors.
This was a cool video. With all this talk about fossils i feel like legends neo needs to make a new fossil pokemon relating with a pokemon that went extinct in kanto. The only reason I say that is lapras entire says there a small amount of them left and with chaos event that happen in your lore in legends neo i wonder if they survived. It would be interesting fossil of older versions lapras were used and made different type of lapras to one that people know.
I think for Johto the theme could be the evolution of reproduction as breeding was the big new thing in Johto. The proto mammal could still work for the transition to live birth. Then you could have anything else from the timeline as the other one.
My only "problem" with there kind of videos is that I fear that Pokémon Company will never make exactly those cool Pokémon as they are probably too proud to ask your artist for allowance. But I really like the designs. You guys make the best fake-mons!
Having a Lystrosaurus pokemon be a farmer works on an entire other level as well. Diictodons/Lystrosaurs were some of the very, very, very few animals to survive the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, which wiped out almost 90% of all species on Earth. Most of the reason that they were so common in the first place was because all their predators (and pretty much every other biological niche) were gone, so they were able to spread out massively. In-universe, their farming probably helped keep plants alive long enough for other plants to start bouncing back and thus, the rest of the ecosystem. No wonder they have to work so hard!
Given the lack of genuine plant and fungi Pokemon, it could also be fun to see some actual Fossil Pokemon that are based on ancient fungi and plants; go back far enough, there were actually giant fungi that grew up like trees and grew bigger than most modern trees. There's an excellent documentary on Curiosity Stream called The Kingdom: How Fungi Made Our World; if it was not for fungi venturing on dry land before everything else, chances are plants and animals probably wouldn't have evolved past living coastal water when it came time to spread out over the planet; the documentary actually covers this and how it was possible for fungi to be the pioneers that they were, and probably still are.
A funny thing I noticed about Mantium is that its yo-yo kind of resembles a mushroom, and many ants do farm fungi. So probably an unintended connection, but cool nonetheless.
I think I agree with the commenter that says these designs are a tad too complex for gen 2 mons, but I feel like they wouldn't be too difficult to simplify down a tad. Simpler coat patterns is probably all that they need to fit in. Overall though I really like these Pokemon! I don't know what it is, I feel like every time you and the artists make new Pokemon it feels strange that they're not already in the games. It's like they're filling in holes in the series I didn't even realize were there! And there's always so much thought that goes into them as well.
I like how Mantiul synthesises food from its wings since queen ants feed their first larvae with something made from the muscle tissues that used to power flight
Amazing video, Gnoggin. The Euhdont & Swaysosore Evolution Line is Interesting and feel sorry for The Swaysosore, and the Toyeen and Mantium Evolution Line is Amazing. How about making Ancient Pokemon for the Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, Galar, & Paldea Regions, Gnoggin?
Swaysosore kind of reminds me of the sniffer from Minecraft, they're both large exinct species that were close to mammals except they have beaks and plants growing on their back.
My understanding is that the fossilization process is very rare in the grand scheme of things. Imagine all of the creatures we’ll never know about just because they happened to not end up in the fossil record
it’s almost nonexistent in mountains and rainforests
Yes, but most species have a HUGE amout of chances to be fossilized, just because their population
@@lynxathome677That is kinda like the infinite monkey therom where most anything is possible if given enough time.
Wait I thought paradox pokemon didn’t count as fossil pokemon?
Thats why it's so difficult to study early bat and pterosaur evolution.
They/their early ancestors are/were very small and had fragile bones.
Those don't fossilise well
My only problem with these fossil Pokémon is that they seem far too complex to be from gen 2. They would fit right in with gen 9 Pokémon, but gen 2 Pokémon are generally more simpler than they are.
I get this. Gen 2 has some of my favourite Pokemon but the average design was way more simple. I could see these appearing in a modern Johto game though. They're very interesting, deep and cute!
I think the diictodont line fits in pretty well (God knows there’s a lot of brown in Johto) but the insects are probably too complex
I feel the 1st stages might work, but yeah they are a bit too complex, especially the final evolutions. Mantium, the ant one if I got the name wrong, feels like it could work at its earliest in maybe Gen III just because that's when we got Spinda, a Pokémon who also has the cubic butt load of (custom) forms.
Eh, think of it more like if there was a new hypothetical remake of gen 2 with some new additions
I mean if lets go johto / legends celebi adds new pokemon, these would fit in perfectly as gen 9/10 additions to the roster
I love the concept of ancient pokemon. Imagine a Legends game where you see all these fossil pokemon and other ancient forms of existing pokemon. Imagine more dinosaur like Meganium, Tropius, Torterra, or Charizard. Maybe a sabertooth Luxray. Mons like Yanmega, Slaking, and mamoswine can exist as they are like the Meganura dragonfly, the megatherium sloth, and the wooly mammoth
Really any pokemon whose inspiration has a well known ancient ancestor or hell any pokemon that can learn ancient power since every single fossil mon can learn it naturally
Maybe giant Relicanth inspired by Mawsonia and Megalocoelacanthus.
So we play as a cave person who hunts these ancient pokemon by chucking rocks and bashing skulls with clubs.
The first rated T pokemon game 😂😂😂
Dude yes!!! I was really hoping to see more fossil mon in Legends Arceus.
The problem is that all fossil Pokémons are not from some time. It would be illogical to have all fossil Pokémons in their natural habitat in same game.
Japan does have a couple of dinosaur fossils. There was Fukuiraptor, a Megaraptorid, Kamuysaurus, a Hadrosaur, Fukuititan, a sauropod, and more others than one would think
Fukuititan already sounds like a pokemon name
I appreciate the Silverfish respect around here, super underrated and cool creatures!
The head-clackers are a fun touch :)
Fun Fact: there's a species of Dicynodont (those beaked, two tusked therapsid synapsids) named Bulbasaurus phylloxyron, which the species name phylloxyron translates roughly to leaf razor from ancient Greek. It's noted that it's describers stated its name "may not be entirely coincidental."
I think I found my favorite synapsid
Swaysosore has to have a signature ability that's a grass equivalent of steelworker (farmer or fieldworker)
a fossil i wanto see is a ghost-type raptor, its dead, it will kills you, it stalks from the hidden, like its a perfect match
Becoming a reaper of sorts, I like that
Gives me vibes from that one Genndy Tartakovski's Primal episode.
A Troodon based one? They're probably the most intelligent dino out there, and there was that scene from the Jurassic Park novel...
Frankly, I wished a game had a sidestory quest thing that was basically jurassic Park, dealing with a criminal group abusing the research facility that revives the pokemon, maybe its even how you learn and gain access to fossil revival
What like the Indigo League anime as well as in Black and White.
PokeBioSyn?
Still hoping we get a Stegosaurus Pokémon because I've seen some really cool designs, one of favorites so far was this design where the Pokémon was a Fire/Electric typing and the plates along it's back were Solar Panels
I have loved the Diictodon ever since I saw the ones in " Walking with Monsters" troll the Gorgonopsid so of course I love Euhdont.
Broooooo! I haven’t seen that in ages!
The BBC series? I loved that as a sprog, think I still have the accompanying book on my shelf
@@DemonMankeyMan yep that one!
It’s kind of crazy that in three years there weren’t more fossil revival efforts that at least crossed the border to Johto
I wish we just had more than just 3 fossil mon at most per region, technically 4 for galar. There's alot of concepts you can make from prehistoric Pokémon within the main timeline, excluding the paradox mons.
For real, where is Opabinia????
Fossil = Past pokemon *REVIVED*
Paradox = Past pokemon *time traveled*
@@user-pv2fz6wm2g My problem with the Scarlet Paradox Pokémon is how most of them aren't really based on any ancient fauna but are really just modern Pokémon with a ''primitive''' look. The only exceptions are Walking Wake resembling a feathered theropod and Great Tusk sorta resembling ancient proboscideans like mammoths.
If you have a DS or 3DS you can play a game series that is very similar to pokemon, but is entirely fossils, and also the fossils are of real animals that lived on Earth (except a few made specifically for the games). Fossil Fighters, Fossil Fighters Champions, and Fossil Fighters Frontier. I dont recommend using an emulator for playing them as you lose access to one of the most important mechanics of the series, using the mic to blow dust off the fossils as you remove them from the rocks. I honestly wish they'd bring it back, but change how blowing the dust off works
@@sqrt2295 sorry about the typo
I think its past-esque pokemon
Given that they're supposedly designed to fit within the Generation 2 Pokémon games' Johto Region, my biggest criticism would've been that their designs might've seemed a tad bit overly-complex compared to other Gen 2 designs, or even Gen 3 or 4 designs in one notable case.
For example, I'd suggest the following changes to make these designs seem more simplified, in order to better fit the rest of the Gen 2 designs:
- Euhdont could've stood to have maybe fewer spots or blotches on its body, but otherwise, it seemed to fit in nicely enough with the relatively simplistic Gen 2 design aesthetics.
- Swaysosore would've probably needed to have smoother, less-detailed dirt-fur on its back (though a few saplings could've stayed), and its camouflage-like patterns could've been removed in favor of a more simplistic tannish color design, as seen in Pokémon like Sandslash or Donphan.
- Toyeem's design seemed simple enough that I'd have had no issues with it being with the rest of the Gen 2 Pokémon lineup.
- Finally, for Mantium (whose design seemed VERY modern and complex, like from Gen 7 and onwards), I'd have removed most, if not all, of the glowing cracks throughout its body (perhaps leaving some small ones on the body, such as the top of the head or thorax, to preserve a bit of its porcelain-like design aesthetics), removed some, if not all, of the spots on its body (except for the abdomen, to preserve its resemblance to a domino), and redesigned the eyes so that they'd better resemble, say, a Venomoth's or Ariados's eyes, with a black iris.
Not sure how gamefreak will pull this off but I'd love to see a rock/ghost fossil pokemon
Maybe a fossil of some dinosaur that failed halfway through, killing a partially living pokemon, turning it into ghost type? A bit morbid, but Gamefreak has done worse ig.
I'd just love any Rock/Ghost Pokémon.
How about a ghost pokemon that goes in and out of its fossil, like a Yu-Gi-Oh! monster from ancient Egypt. And not only that, it also switches types if its in the fossil (rock/ghost) or out of it (pure ghost)
I would just make a haunted t-rex skeleton like in Night At The Museum but made to look more like a Pokémon.
It's half stone body half skeletal
I hope we will get a Basilosaurus Pokemon
Wished it was named Basiliocetus
@@Denneth_D. Same
I just hope that fossils in general come back, no matter what prehistoric creature. Gen 7 and gen 9 didn't had any and gen 8 had those abomination i wouldnt even consider fossils, not counting those, 10 years has passed since last true fossils (Tyrantrum Aurorus in gen 6)
@@barb4503I was more disappointed, hearing we would get a Dunkleosteus Pokemon was Awesome but instead we got a weird fish thing with legs that doesn't even look like Dunkleosteus
I'm hoping for a Dimetrodon Pokémon myself.
That Ant Pokemon would have been my favorite pokemon growing up!
The concepts are definitely awesome! Love the twists with how you chose the design ideas for the species you used for it. And the designs are super adorable! Mantium in particular has a really cute personality in how you showed it in the video.
I LOOOVE Swaysosoar, and I believe Euhdont fits the criteria of “skrunkly”
If I had to choose between the two like Kabuto and Omanyte, I’d choose Euhdont in a heartbeat
- Diictodons are so adorable (you can thank the show Primeval) so I like Euhdont while as for Swaysosore I love it’s design & hard working nature, but after seeing this I really want a Gorgonopsid fossil Pokémon which were are also found in China, has large fangs, & Late Permian period
- Toyeen I love that it’s a bug covered with amber & Mantium having a toy theme to them
This just makes me wish that Game Freak made signature moves a core part of pokemon from the start... imagine how cool it would be if the fossil mons and Legendary birds had signature moves (and Mewtwo didn't need to wait for 5 generations to finally get his lol)
By looking at the thumbnail. I already love these
I love the design origin and connection to the region. They also look very cool but for a Gen 2 Pokemon they maybe look a little bit to complex. Probably more like a Gen 5 or 7 Pokemon.
I do love the designs and the duality of them both! However, the main issue is that...
Well, Gen 2 pokemon aren't that complex of a design! My main issue is with the Evolved Silverfish Pokémon. Perfect for Gen 8 and 9!... defintely unable to be rendered faithfully in a small pixel format though. The Eudont line I could imagine it, but not the evolved Insect. Which is a shame, because I'd love to have the Insect ones in my team! :'3
I like both of these a lot. The second one however became my favorite because of how cute it is! Plus you could play all day with no worries or anything why wouldn't you? ^^
Toyeen looks like a common ancestor of Trapinch (Because of Vibrava, looking at tail), Durant, Grubbin, and Sewaddle. There could be more Pokemon, but those stood out to me. Kind of how Tirtouga is an ancestor of all turtle/tortoise Pokemon. Looks good.
5:42 "some of the earliest forms of play" shows an adult synapsid hunting a non synapsid parareptile in an attempt to kill and eat it.
In Pokémon Gold and Silver Prototype data has a some unused fossil Pokémons like one that looks like a gargoyle but with no arms and another one that is some kind of armored fish creature and the other that kind of looks like Cranidos but with some gem formations and the last one is a skeletal dinosaur
Always enjoy these Lockemon videos and the first three designs are really good! But with Mantium, I gotta say, you went a bit over the top design wise. A kintsuge ant with maybe the domino OR diabolo would have been enough actually.
I'd say go for the diabolo as the rock type move sounds really cool!
Correction: 睡 (Shui) is not sleepy, or tired - it's by far most common use is just to mean "Sleep", as in the verb. When we say "sleepy, weary, etc", we use 累 (Lei), or 疲倦 (PiJuan), or something like that.
I dont want to be that guy but looking back at early fossil pokemon they were really...simple in their design and concept and these feel almost too complicated to be from gen 2
Ya know..... If the Johto version of Legends game add prehistoric Pokemon, I would bet Mandibuzz and Drednaw might be perfect for a reason
Hey Lockstin, I just gotta say I really appreciate your plucky, go-lucky attitude. On a rough day, I’ll watch your videos and they’ll pick me right up. Thank you, buddy! Keep it up 🙌🏾
I had honestly forgotten that Johto did not have Fossil types. I STILL, however, am tiiiicked that Alola doesn't give me a giant Mosasaurus pokemon and maybe a Megalodon-type pokemon. Yeah, yeah...I get why, but I ALSO want to be able to fix the utter body horror nightmares that they made the Gen 8 fossils into. We could have had a Stegosaurus one (I could finally complete my Dinobots team!), the big doofy tank fish with big teeth, and some kind of dragon type. It would have been awesome...so so much less "this is gross...like a cenobite Whismur played with dead flesh" than the pokemon we got.
17:18 like the Zonai in Zelda.
13:01 Implying that this is the Pokémon in the old amber also implies the amber coated silverfish commonly drinks the blood of Aerodactyl.
Ceratomyrmex is a genus of "hell ant", an extinct clade of ants which all had strange jaws. PBS Eons did a video on them.
Great video. If you want to continue this series, a video about "What If Other Regions Had A Single-Stage Fossil Pokemon?" is certainly doable. So is a video featuring the Galar fossils' original true forms.
My pick for Unova would be a Rock/Ghost Coelophysis, because of the Ghost Ranch fossil bed.
And for Kalos, an ornithischian dinosaur of some kind for full representation of the three clades within Dinosauria: Theropoda, Sauropodamorpha, and Ornithischia.
Lockstin's Fakemon are the best Fakemon. The rest of Fakemon are just shallow in comparison to Lockemon and actual Pokémon .
For someone that doesn’t like ANY fossil-mon, these are now my favorite fossil-mon!
I'd love to see a Gorgonopsid fossil, but it could possibly be too horrifying to adapt to the world of Pokemon...
(It had scales AND hair. Thing was a half reptile, half mammal, full-on freak of nature!)
Got to say as much as a love having an ancient mammal pokemon, the idea of an ancient advanced civilisation pokemon has got my creative juices pumping. I am going to have to steal that for my next ptu campaign
Your ideas are super creative
If otium means "Fun, play, leisurely time, relaxation, and more" would "recreation" fit as a translation?
The "een" part of Toyeen's name is pretty similar to Irish. In that language the suffix "-ín" (sometimes anglicised as "-een") is added to words when referring to little or cute things. The name Róisín, for instance, means "little rose"
Toyeem and Mantium have got to be my favorite of the two, it's a fun looking pokemon and looks like it would be pretty good for as bug type.
I honestly love the idea of Fossilmon as an Paleontologist i really enjoy anything Dinosaur synapsid diapsid Placiderm etc related as we learn more and its recognized by Media. I also would love to see more Permian and Cenozoic inspired Pokemon like the Oligocene and Miocene have so many awesome and interesting mammals
I am in love with the second line! It would maybe even be my favorite Pokemon if it was official! So good!
Swaysosore looks like a friend and I must protect it at all costs.
You could have also called it “leisosore”, because “lei” also means tired in mandarin and sounds like leistrosaur and “lay down”
. aww, looks like an onion with tusks, i love it, Rock/Ground is a type i feel has been forgotten about ever since Gen1, it fits
. cool, love the cape of plant matter on its back and how it looks like a crazy placerias monster, again love it
. what an odd little dude, reminds me of Wormons pre-evolution from Digimon
. i personally would have picked a different prehistoric bug, maybe a Arthroplura or Megarachne
On one hand, these designs are incredibly clever and Vergo once again did an awesome job. I especially liked how well researched Euhdont and Swaysosore are, and in any other context, these are Pokemon I think would personally love to have. (also, your Chinese pronunciation wasn't half bad!) I do agree with the other commenters that the designs could be a bit simpler to fit in with Gen II's aesthetic, but otherwise they're great.
On the other hand... I'm a little sad because 1) it reads a bit as "China and Japan are interchangeable cultures" (which as an Asian person, it makes me sad to see) and 2) it is a missed opportunity to mention actual fossils found near Kansai or other parts of Japan. There was Toyotamaphimeia -- a crocodylian found when constructing Osaka University, which has a lot of interesting history. There is also some aquatic reptiles, such as a Kaganaia (a dolichosaur) and Shokawa (a choristoderan diapsid). In terms of mammals, there are lots of probosidians found in Japan, as well as the extremely weird hippo-like paleoparadoxid (which I only know of because the natural history museum I work at has one). I understand your logic, and in any other context, I would love these mons. They are solid fossil mons regardless and once again, you and Vergo did a great job. But as mons to represent Johto? There are definitely better options.
I hope you don't take this comment the wrong way. I still love your videos and they are always on another level. And I especially love your fossil mon video series a lot!
They are friend shaped.
They are precious.
And I love them
I Absol-lutley love your Fossil pokemon vidoes man, the inner child in me always has wondered why some regions didn't have them so your videos give me some much needed closure
They would fit right in with the Legends NEO Ghetsis gang!
I think a ability for Mantium based around its solar power like wings would be cool, but I don’t have any ideas for it
If I remember correctly, Kansai is treated similarly to how we treat the country in the US. They have a dialect that is very easy to identify and is usually considered out of place among cityfolk.
Mantium's design is so cool, it's origins too
And toyeen is just too cute
You want Pokéfossils? Nobody better than Vergo.
The irony of making a playful 'hell ant'
11:04 I heard somewhere that we did actually find fur in permian synapsid dung, so you may be correct.
Swaysosore is a mood.
I swear, Lockstin is gonna turn me into a Bug Pokémon fan
I'm impressed with how detailed and educational this was, very nice work and I will check out your other videos, I love Fossil Pokemon and now that I'm literally getting back into the games I plan on, sorry, catching them all.
Dominaant could have worked with dominant in it's name to counter Swaysosaur as if Swaysosaur has to learn techniques and skills to thrive with little "fun" included while Dominaant naturally thrive thanks to their ancestors and have so much free time to socialize and play. You might have the two interact like in A Bug's Life with the ants and the grasshoppers, this time the ants tower over another creature. Dominaants steal from Swaysosaur farms so they don't have to do the hard work, and since swaysosaurs are already so busy with so many kids and duties on the farm, it can't fight the Dominaants at full strength and lets them take a share (kinda like a corporate boss taking the credit for what the overworked intern did, to tie into one of swaysosaur's design inspirations).
You could also make this work as a proto-Heatmor and Durant competition, but I don't know how closely related the Lystrosaurus is to anteaters.
Really cool designs, I LOVE Swaysosaur!
'Synapsid' is actually my sleeper agent codephrase
Thank you for talking about my special guys!
Also, you may have gotten confused about the fur thing bc there IS evidence for synapsids to have had whiskers. Nothing conclusive, of course, but it's possible
I did not get excited about the idea of a fossil ant pokemon, but I absolutely adore Mantium. I don't know why. It's just such an adorable execution of a kinda crazy concept.
Gamefreak needs too make you their lore designer.
Honestly, I love these. The first pair have a great example of "ugly cute", and the second set...I just really want a mantium for my team.
I love the idea of making fossil pokemon for the Johto region. I didn't even notice until now when you mentioned that fact.
But I also want to see more pokemon Ghetsis. Or is that too much to ask?
What we need is a Stegosaur with Fire/Eock, since its plates are thought to have absorbed solar energy for heat, so it would have Solar Power & Drought as Abilities.
Raptors for Dragon/Rock. I need a Deinonychus/Utahraptor Pokemon
Mantium is perfect and I love how Don Bluth-ian Swaysaur is
i love these especially the grumpy baby
All these fossils are really cool, but Mantium is AWESOME design. Absolutely the best of the lot, imo. I sort of adore everything about it. Would absolutely be on my team if it were real.
I still would love a pokemon game where we would go back into pre-historic time and fight and catch all pre-historic and the origional alive fossils and having their true origional typings.
Hell give some pokemon from our future their pre-historic ancestors.
This was a cool video. With all this talk about fossils i feel like legends neo needs to make a new fossil pokemon relating with a pokemon that went extinct in kanto. The only reason I say that is lapras entire says there a small amount of them left and with chaos event that happen in your lore in legends neo i wonder if they survived.
It would be interesting fossil of older versions lapras were used and made different type of lapras to one that people know.
I think for Johto the theme could be the evolution of reproduction as breeding was the big new thing in Johto. The proto mammal could still work for the transition to live birth. Then you could have anything else from the timeline as the other one.
My only "problem" with there kind of videos is that I fear that Pokémon Company will never make exactly those cool Pokémon as they are probably too proud to ask your artist for allowance.
But I really like the designs. You guys make the best fake-mons!
Having a Lystrosaurus pokemon be a farmer works on an entire other level as well. Diictodons/Lystrosaurs were some of the very, very, very few animals to survive the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, which wiped out almost 90% of all species on Earth. Most of the reason that they were so common in the first place was because all their predators (and pretty much every other biological niche) were gone, so they were able to spread out massively. In-universe, their farming probably helped keep plants alive long enough for other plants to start bouncing back and thus, the rest of the ecosystem. No wonder they have to work so hard!
Given the lack of genuine plant and fungi Pokemon, it could also be fun to see some actual Fossil Pokemon that are based on ancient fungi and plants; go back far enough, there were actually giant fungi that grew up like trees and grew bigger than most modern trees.
There's an excellent documentary on Curiosity Stream called The Kingdom: How Fungi Made Our World; if it was not for fungi venturing on dry land before everything else, chances are plants and animals probably wouldn't have evolved past living coastal water when it came time to spread out over the planet; the documentary actually covers this and how it was possible for fungi to be the pioneers that they were, and probably still are.
I realyyyy want a dimetrodon which is fairy rock type (cause they r more related to mammals than lizards etc etc) which would parallel real life well
Mantium might be that civilization who made Iron Bundle
A funny thing I noticed about Mantium is that its yo-yo kind of resembles a mushroom, and many ants do farm fungi. So probably an unintended connection, but cool nonetheless.
The top breaking or falling off would be a great fainting animation.
Eudont with big grumpy baby energy is so cute
What i think would be cool is if we got new fossils for a legends johto game which we all know will be inevitable
New video idea (kinda) what all the fossil pokemon looked like before they become extinct and there typing
Most of them probably weren't part Rock type.
It would be interesting
Not me just realizing that fossil Pokémon weren’t added every region
I think I agree with the commenter that says these designs are a tad too complex for gen 2 mons, but I feel like they wouldn't be too difficult to simplify down a tad. Simpler coat patterns is probably all that they need to fit in. Overall though I really like these Pokemon!
I don't know what it is, I feel like every time you and the artists make new Pokemon it feels strange that they're not already in the games. It's like they're filling in holes in the series I didn't even realize were there! And there's always so much thought that goes into them as well.
I like how Mantiul synthesises food from its wings since queen ants feed their first larvae with something made from the muscle tissues that used to power flight
I like that the ants look just a tiny bit like they could be related to the Paris line.👌
Since they’re ants, how about a tweak to that signature move where if there are 2 of them on one side, the yo-yo guarantees hitting more
Amazing video, Gnoggin. The Euhdont & Swaysosore Evolution Line is Interesting and feel sorry for The Swaysosore, and the Toyeen and Mantium Evolution Line is Amazing. How about making Ancient Pokemon for the Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, Galar, & Paldea Regions, Gnoggin?
I find it a charming set of concepts
Nice video as always Lockstin.Keep up the good work.❤
I despise ants to the point I have the phobia for it... but Mantium is a good boi.
I'd like to see a pairing, someday, of a small plesiosaur, and a MASSIVE petrasaur.
15:01 So glad to see some hell an representation.
The baby proto mammal is straight-up hangry!
I love that first one and its evolution so much
Swaysosore kind of reminds me of the sniffer from Minecraft, they're both large exinct species that were close to mammals except they have beaks and plants growing on their back.