Pokemon Fusion Art Combines Ponyta and Rowlet

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A talented Pokemon fan has recently created an amazing fusion of the Galarian Ponyta with Rowlet, coming up with a brand-new creature. The Pokemon community loves to imagine fusions of popular monsters, and this fan managed to achieve a very cute result with this artwork.

The Fire-type Ponyta is a horse-inspired creature that originally appeared in the first generation of Pokemon games. This Pokemon received a regional variant in Pokemon Sword and Shield, the Galarian Ponyta, which is a Psychic-type variant that resembles a unicorn. The Grass/Flying-type Rowlet, on the other hand, is one of the starters in Pokemon Sun and Moon, and it remains a popular critter due to its lovely owl face.

Now, a Pokemon fan called Saurgazing has decided to combine the Galarian Ponyta with Rowlet, coming up with an interesting result. This unnamed fusion looks like a small unicorn with orange fur and small wings. In its feet and mane, the Ponyta-Rowlet fusion has leaves that resemble the ones in Rowlet’s design. This creature’s type is not indicated by Saurgazing in their post, but fans could argue that it would likely be a Grass/Psychic-type or a Grass/Flying-type Pokemon, considering the two monsters that inspire it.

Ponyta and its evolution Rapidash are quite popular in the Pokemon community, and this is not the first time that fans have made an artwork depicting a fusion involving one of these creatures. Last year, a fan created a fusion of Rapidash and Giratina in pixel art. This artwork depicted the fusion as a greyish horse with a ghostly black mane and a crown-like object on its head.

While Rowlet does not have an official regional variant like Ponyta does, fans have already tried to imagine what that would look like. Some time ago, for instance, a Pokemon player came up with a fan-made Hisuian regional variant for Rowlet and its evolution Dartrix. This variant was quite similar to the original Rowlet, but it differed due to having another kind of feathers, which were more