Pokemon: What Makes Ultra Beasts Different from Regular Pokemon

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As the Pokemon franchise grows, so does the number of Pokemon within it. From the Kanto region starters to the new legendary Pokemon introduced in the Pokemon Sword and Shield DLC, the number of monsters at the series’ core has ballooned. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are expected to finally take the number of species over one thousand, and it will only continue increasing as the games go on. Even though not every design is a fan favorite, every Pokemon and Pokemon trainer contributes to a growing legacy of characters and stories for future Pokemon media to expand on.

There is quite a lot of variety within the Pokemon roster, even from the very first generation. Past the starters and cute mascots, there were dragons, ghosts, artificial beings, strange creatures that don’t have a real-life counterpart, and a couple Pokemon that could almost pass as human. The visual variety has not expanded as far as some properties like Digimon or Yu-Gi-Oh!, but there isn’t much of a concern for Game Freak running out of designs just yet. However, there are some rare Pokemon that are even weirder than the rest. These tend to be legendary Pokemon that have little to no commonality with existing animals or objects, but there is another denomination that pushes design boundaries even further: Ultra Beasts.

How Pokemon GO Should Handle the Ultra Beasts

The Ultra Beasts are a group of seven Pokemon introduced in Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon, and expanded to eleven with Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. They are all monstrously strong, and function like a second set of legendary Pokemon for the Generation 7 games. It was initially unclear whether these beings even were Pokemon, with their initial names being descriptive codes beginning with «UB.» The