Pokemon Fan Makes Huge Chart Imagining the Ancestry of Dog Pokemon
With almost 1,000 unique Pokemon on the market over the years, many fans have noticed similarities and trends between certain types of creatures. One Pokemon fan took these connections to the next level by designing an evolutionary chart imagining what common ancestors shared between certain dog Pokemon might look like.
The original Pokemon ancestry chart was designed by artist and game designer Alex Fantastico. The Australian artist specializes in landscapes and Pokemon-esque sprite design.
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Fantastico’s most recent work is an extended evolutionary chart he imagined surrounding the various dog-like Pokemon from across its various generations. Smeargle, Herdier, Houndoom, and Arcanine are some of the many Pokemon connected to one another via dozens of custom-made ancestor dog Pokemon, all leading to an ancient ancestor. Called Luperior, this custom Pokemon shares subtle features with all the existing Pokemon.
This is far from the first ancestry chart designed by Fantastico. He has made similar charts for duck, crab, pig, and many other types of Pokemon. Fantastico is even working on his own custom Pokemon-like game called Zokai. Short for “Zoological Yokai,” Zokai seems to be a monster capture game inspired by the classic Game Boy Advance Pokemon titles. Tons of the Zokai designs for his game, as well as his other custom Pokemon evolutionary chains, can be found on the Zokai Official Twitter and Instagram.
Fantastico’s fellow Pokemon fans were stunned by his amazing work, with his Reddit post attracting over 800 comments in less than a day. Players couldn’t believe how much thought went into his work, and they quickly began checking out his other ancestry
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