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I’m posting a mysterious Pokémon that appeared in the opening of the first generation Red and Green.

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Who the hell is this person?

I’m still not convinced that it became Gengar in the first anime.

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>>1

Snorlax awakened by the iPhone ringtone.

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Smart Snorlax

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(Dodged)

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I thought it was Gengar, but it looks like Snorlax.

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A Snorlax about to turn into Gengar.

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Eh!? Isn’t that Gengar!?

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>>6

There are claws that shouldn’t be on Gengar.

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Is it a pixie?

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From the back, it looks quite a bit like Snorlax, but I feel like it’s a bit too slim.

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It was picked up and recreated as an homage to the opening in Pokémon Masters.

With Kikuko’s Gengar and Okido’s Nidorino.

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>>9

Pokémasters loves Okiku too much…

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No matter what anyone says, the interpretation that Gengar is a ghost type is the official and mainstream view, right?

At that time, I was also playing and thought it was just Gengar.

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“Gengar is going to physically attack, huh~~”

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>>11

If it’s the first generation, then they would throw the Earth and stuff…

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>>11

lick from below

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Isn’t it too contrarian to say this looks like anything other than Gengar? It’s a bit boring, so could you just disappear?

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It’s almost certainly Gengar, and other theories are mostly just nonsense, but the design is still a bit unusual.

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>>13

It’s normal for the design not to be uniform in the first generation.

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Contrarian behavior is precisely what it means to be anonymous.

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Even if it’s called different, it’s much easier to judge the Gengar in the thread based on its back view than judging the first generation Lizard as a Lizard.

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Why are you so fixated on the thread’s image when the first generation is full of those whose backs are falling apart?

If you want to make a video like a collection of anonymous reactions, just say so and I’ll help you.

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>>18

You’re the only one being stubborn and confrontational. Calm down.

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Isn’t the Ghost type not physical up to Gold and Silver?

Well, I feel like there was only Shadow Ball aside from Night Head…

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The original Gengar had a completely round back, so I don’t see the discrepancy.

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I thought it was Snorlax… Is it different?

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If it’s Gengar, it wouldn’t have spines on its back.

What is contrarian about that?

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>>25

It’s the first generation Gengar with a smooth back.

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Was Gengar already a thing in FRLG?

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You’re saying that because it has thorns when viewed from the front, right?

I don’t think this is a thread for serious discussion at all.

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G-… It’s true…

G-... It's true...

Nidorino L43 Zircon L81 HP 206/206 It seems that Zircon has no effect…

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If it’s Gengar, it should at least use Shadow Claw…

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>>31

The first generation does not have Shadow Claw.

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In the beginning, there was a period when the design of Pokémon was vague.

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The indescribable plumpness is nice, isn’t it?

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That scene from One Piece.

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If it’s Gengar, isn’t the opponent trainer really stupid for battling with Nidorino against a Ghost-type (and even using Bite or Tackle)?

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Does Gengar have spikes on its back?

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If it’s a remake, is it Gengar as Gengar?

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>>38

But I feel like that was just aligned with the depiction in the anime.

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>>41

Then if it’s Gengar in the anime, it must be Gengar.

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Please use this model to bring out the region Gengar.

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If I can draw this much for the back, then I should be able to do even more in the game…

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Conversely, what else is there besides Gengar…?

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>>44

Aside from the issue of having an insufficient number of claws, Snorlax is much closer.

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>>44

A sleek Snorlax.

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>>47

It’s an answer that would make me angry if it came up in a silhouette quiz…

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>>52

It’s Gengar!!

It’s Snorlax!

Fuck!!!!

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I recognized it as Gengar without any doubt.

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Is there a possibility that it’s Masaki?

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>>49

It didn’t work.

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The back of the first generation is just… different in many ways…

Lizard’s horn, etc.

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It’s called a thorn, but…

It was probably more amorphous like a ghost.

It’s hard to take it that seriously just because there are thorns or not.

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A Snorlax that is slimmer than a Gengar without spikes surely exists way more.

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At the initial stage, it can be inferred from the immature pixel art that they attempted to depict Gengar as a gaseous Pokémon.

So no matter how much I take into account the pixelated blur of the original, I just can’t believe that this smooth back is Gengar.

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Well, while it’s interesting to think about various things, the reality might be that the OP was created before the design was finalized or that the materials weren’t shared within the company, and that’s probably the blunt conclusion.

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I can only assume that they deliberately made it a design that’s difficult to identify.

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>>58

Nidorino is just Nidorino, so there’s no point in pretending otherwise.

They are normally becoming Gengar in remakes and anime.

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>>61

The ones that appear in the front can’t be helped and are the enemy, but if it’s in the foreground, I don’t know, and since it’s on the handheld side, it’s more convenient if it can’t be identified, right?

If it’s fine to use Gengar, then they could have just used the graphic as it is.

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>>72

I can’t just use the original still images from the main story as they are when I need to animate them!

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>>73

Do you really need to add parts just to move it?

I laughed because it was so nonsensical.

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>>74

If you’re going to move something that doesn’t move, what else is there besides adding parts?

You’re not just moving a 3D model.

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>>76

Adding nails that shouldn’t be there will only be a hassle anyway.

Do you understand what I’m saying?

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>>74

Idiot…?

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It’s a Snorlax that’s about to become a Gengar, right?

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>>59

So that’s what being sleek means…

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It’s smooth for a Gengar and has big ears for a Snorlax…

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Well, it seems that the production system wasn’t that solid…

I mean, it was really messed up or something.

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DEDDED-DEDDED-DEDDED-DEDDED-DEDDED-DEDDED-DED-

Buzzsha

Dede

Dede-de-dede-de-dede-de-de-dede-de-dede-de-dede-de-de-dede-de-

Gwasyaa!

64: Japan Otaku ReviewsYeahx1

What is it about this that still makes you say this or that?

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In the first place, many of the back views in the main story clearly look different, you know, from the original.

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So, when did those spikes on Gengar’s back start growing?

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Is it Gengar’s three claws?

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>デデデー

It often lagged here and was like “dededde.”

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In FRLG, it was just a regular Gengar.

I was excited about the arrangement of the song.

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First of all, even in the blue opening where various elements have been refined and the opponent Pokémon has turned into Jigglypuff, this mysterious Pokémon does not have any changes in its depiction.

According to the Gengar theory, the claws become strange, and if it’s Snorlax, it would be too thin.

Therefore, it can only be interpreted that I wanted to depict it as a mysterious Pokémon.

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I apologize for interrupting the enjoyable discussion, but an official response stating “Gengar” has already been given.

https://web.archive.org/web/19990218071559/http://www.gamefreak.co.jp/pokemon/INDEX.HTM

So it’s not that I was turned into Gengar in the anime or anything.

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>>75

It seems like you don’t have any friends to exchange communication cables with.

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>>77

“Final words”

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>>78

Shut up, you worthless weak man of the proletariat.

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>>77

Desperate struggle

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The obvious one has come.

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Too miserable…

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Isn’t it a slick-looking Snorlax?

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It’s amazing that just moving the dots is already a hassle, and it’s only natural that additional nail expressions are added.

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Would you trust someone who mistakes Nidorino for Nidoran, even if they are an official staff member?

Moreover, they are not even a designer, let alone being responsible for the opening movie production, but rather in charge of music.

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>>88

I can be trusted more than you.

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The presence or absence of different nail polish on fingertips shouldn’t change the effort required for animation, right!?

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>>89

A solid black color is definitely easier to deceive with, no matter how you think about it.

If you’re insisting that it’s Gengar, then even more so, it becomes a question of why it’s different from the main story.

It’s much more coherent to say that they are similar but not the same.

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Bringing up archives from a long time ago to refute this level of nonsense is already showing signs of intellectual disability, isn’t it?

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>>91

Did you get angry?

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>>95

No?

I’m just astonished by your desperation.

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You’re the only one who thinks it’s interesting to raise the question, “Isn’t this guy not Gengar?”

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>>92

Because if you think about it normally, it’s clear that I wanted to portray it as the existence of a mystery Pokémon, right?

There are some people making contradictory comments, but…

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It’s absurd that what I want to assert using strong vocabulary is “a slick Snorlax.”

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It’s Gengar’s Shadow Punch.

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It’s fine to have a strange Gengar that differs from the settings in the main story.

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>>98

Isn’t it fine to just say it’s a mysterious creature that is definitely not Gengar?

I wonder why you are so stubborn.

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The short anime Yume no Tsubomi is great, isn’t it?

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The laxative effect is too strong…

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If it’s Gengar, then if it’s a non-zigzag Snorlax, it has no neck.

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In the end

Isn’t it just that it’s almost the same, and it’s simply a story about having a smooth back and nails, an early Gengar?

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It’s not him because the parts are different! If that’s your argument, what do you think about the weird horn on the back of the original Lizard?

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I wonder if they call all the ones with different back views mysterious Pokémon.

Interesting.

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>>106

Well, Gengar’s back view is properly depicted differently in the story…

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It’s too warm, isn’t it?

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Electric fan

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“It was a story that ended with ‘I thought it was Gengar, but when I looked closely, what is this?'”

I don’t understand the nerve of insisting that I’m Gengar, whether it’s because I’m embarrassed about my misunderstandings or something else…

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Wasn’t the illustration after the dot in the original?

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It’s not really a mysterious horn, is it, Lizard?

The protrusion itself exists in the frontal lizard, just with a different color.

…Well then, is it okay to use Gengar for the thread image with the different colored claws?

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Isn’t this Snorlax?

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FRLG was supposed to have Gengar.

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>>114

Isn’t this guy in the first generation OP Gengar? There’s really no argument against that, right?

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I thought you were just pretending to be crazy to get attention, but now you’re even adding “self-performance Yeah,” which feels serious and scary, so please stop?

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Did Gengar kill your parents or something?

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Whether it’s in anime or Fugu, it’s Gengar, so there’s no need to think about anything else.

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>>118

That’s not correct.

This is a mysterious creature that is not Gengar.

You’re just thinking that on your own.

Don’t make the subject too big, okay? It looks stupid.

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>>124

What?

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I don’t understand what you’re saying anymore.

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Daaah!

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Whether this is Gengar or not doesn’t really matter, but Snorlax shouldn’t be there.

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>>121

What do you know about a sleek Snorlax?

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This is a person with a mental illness.

If I look for it, I might find someone saying the same thing.

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Stay calm.

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Before Poké Masters, the beginning of the first episode of the Pokémon anime precisely…

From the Game Boy red-green startup screen to the animation of Nidorino vs. Gengar.

It was a seamlessly transitioning performance, wasn’t it?

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>

So that’s just the official explanation trying to retroactively make sense of things.

At the time of the first generation, it was said to be a mysterious creature, right?

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>>129

Is that really the case?

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>

The spikes on the back were redrawn, huh?

But I guess I have regular nails after all…

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Please stop the laugh of the slim Snorlax.

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The fact that Nazo Seibutsu Renko-san is fighting solely with their own responses without providing any sources feels very “authentic,” doesn’t it?

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If you want to advocate for the mystery creature theory, go ahead and take a bite out of the sleeker Snorlax faction too.

It feels like, well, it’s okay over there… or something like that.

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Anyway, somehow.

– Information only from the time of the work’s presentation.

– Does not allow for supplementation based on unclear assumptions.

It’s scary how rigidly they adhere to their beliefs like fanatics.

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Recently, there are a lot of people who find it interesting to have a twisted perspective on things.

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Isn’t it true that there are more similarities with Snorlax since it has claws?

I can understand Gengar or Snorlax, but I can’t agree that there’s no possibility other than Gengar.

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