Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s newest Pokémon is an electric frog named Bellibolt

polygon.com:

Newly revealed Pokémon Scarlet and Violet gym leader Iono debuted her partner Pokémon on a livestream broadcast Friday. The newest Pokémon’s name is Bellibolt, and it generates electricity from its very cute, expandable belly. Specifically, the electricity is generated in that yellow circle that looks like a belly button, according to The Pokémon Company’s YouTube description.

Bellibolt is an electric frog that’s very round with two adorably small eyes and a big smiley-face. That means the bumps on the sides of its head aren’t actually its eyes, but they’re not just decoration; that’s where the electricity is expelled.

Here’s what The Pokémon Company has to say about Bellibot, via a news release.

Bellibolt expands and contracts its elastic body to generate electricity in an organ that looks like a belly button. The huge amount of electricity generated this way is then discharged from the two bumps on either side of its head that resemble eyeballs.​ Its actual eyes are adorably small and round. Bellibolt’s Ability, Electromorphosis, is appearing for the first time in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet. Bellibolt becomes charged when hit by an attack, boosting the power of the next Electric-type move it uses.​

Category: EleFrog Pokémon​

Type: Electric​

Height: 3’11” (1.2 m)

Weight: 249.1 lbs. (113.0 kg)

Ability: Electromorphosis / Static

The Pokémon Company said it is “difficult to train Bellibolt to initiate a battle,” unless it’s attacked first. As for its ability, Electromorphosis, the move works by charging up Bellibolt when it’s attacked, “boosting the power of the next Electric-type move it uses.”

Iono and Bellibolt battle out of Paldea’s Levincia Gym, but Iono is more than just a gym leader: She’s also a streamer