#I was kinda lazy colouring this but I made it like a Gen I sprite soooo

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BECAUSE YOU SHOULD ALL LOVE CHUPPY TOO

Facts About Chuppy Who Is The Best And Made Of Fluff And Marshmallow In He Little Pika Soul

* He was my first lil bean in my first pokemon game ever. I didnt even know that Yellow was a special edition, i just knew it was the newest one so my parents assumed there was no point getting red and blue. I guess they were lucky that it actually did work that way for these games, but it led to some confusion when they assumed that every series worked like fifa. I'd been watching the anime for almost a year before then, so i was SO excited to finally play the game for myself!!

* i was suuuper young tho and made loads of dumbass moves. This is why i'm so super attatched to Chuppy, i literally did not catch a single other pokemon in that entire playthrough. I also missed out on most of Yellow's entire gimmick because i IMMEDIATELY traded with a friend to get past the restrictions and evolve my buddy bean into a raichu. It was my favourite and i still kinda like it better than pikachu, sorry. But i guess i dont have that option in the remake, alas! It was a real dumb move tho cos i had no idea evolved pokemon have different movesets, so Chuppy literally never learned a single electric type move and spent the whole game relying on the Mega Punch and Mega Kick TMs. So lol he's a big cuddly fat bunny bean but he's also Super Strong Martial Arts Pika! Well i mean rabbits do have powerful kicks and pikachu does look at least 50% bunny. Also oddly enough i kinda predicted Iron Tail? Pikachu doesnt really have the arm length to punch, lol. So i always pictured him using his tail like a fist and then that did end up becoming one of its signature moves in the anime later!

* Oh and another hilarious fail of baby me! I actually learned to read through playing this game, it was my first game ever and the text heavy nature with simple child friendly dialogue was a really great way to learn. I owe it all to this game that i was way ahead of the class in literature for basically my entire academic career for the rest of my life. My double award A Star in English Sixth Form is all owed to Chuppy! :3

* OH LOL WHERE WAS I! Yeah, his name! So yeah i didnt know how to read and I..uhh..attempted to write pikachu backwards. "Chupi" which is NOWHERE CLOSE, WTF KID ME. But i pronounced it more like Chuppy than "choo pi" so i changed the spelling later once i had more of a grasp on How Words Wordinate. Uhcakip would have been cool too, but it sounds more like some kind of evil wizard! ...okay that might be cool, i wanna see a gandalf costume if we ever see a cosplay pika return.

* I used to draw him as red for some reason? i think i misinterpreted the raichu sprite that colour before i saw its official art and then i just thoughy it looked cooler that way so i made it his Interesting OC Trait. I dunno if i'd really keep that if i drew him again nowadays, but its why i really love Gorochu and wish it would become canon! I saw fanart of it being red and like a bigger chubbier raichu and im like Ayy It's My Boyyyy~!! Actually that'd be a cool oc premise, that he was actually this super rare primal reversion secret evolution but he was just found by a tiny innocent kiddo who didnt know he was anything out of the ordinary. "My pika is so big cos i love him bigly!"

* Oh and about my headcanons for him, yes!! He doesn't have as much of a deep inner life as my later ocs, when i was a teen i started to prefer reinterpreting it as a world where pokemon could all talk and were more like my friends, but for Chuppy i treated him like my pet bunny. So he was just a chumby innocent bean who loves neck scritches and naps in the sun and i cut him little fruit and vegetable slices and i brush the tangles out his fur and we are very happy together. The personality he had aside from just "the best possible pet" was also that he was very lazy but also very protective of his trainer and of anyone else who was weak and needed saving. He was like a goofy comic relief who could be a real badass when he got serious! And well yeah, he was my solo run for not only this game but also the entirety of gen 2. I didnt even use my starter there, i just transferred him over and continued literally bitchslapping everyone with this thunder mouse that cant thunder. The Strongest Chub.

* Oh yeah and thats also the most important fact about him, he is Big Orb. I thought pikachu was cute but i loved it even better in that one particular trading card where its Maximum Fat Pikachu. Like we all know that pikachu used to he more mouse shaped and then got redesigned around the johto anime and i Hated It Forever and will never stop mourning the chubbachu. But like even when it was already fat there was like GOD TIER even fatter chu on that one singular artwork and my little kid brain was sparked into a lifelong interest in character design because that was just SO MUCH A BETTER ONE and i could not wrap my head around the fact they didnt pick it! WHO COULD EVER NOT WANT ORBULAR CHU?? So Chuppy was just That One and then a hypothetical raichu redesign following the same lines. Oh and he was also mega fluffy and also like..big as in tall too. "Pikachu would be better if i struggled to carry it" thought young me. Like when he was a raichu he was doberman sized! Almost up to the kid protagonist's shoulder! And so round and so buried in long fur and just so...CHUPPY!! Seriously i didnt even learn the word chubby as a synonym for larj until years later, its such a good coincidence that i gave him the most perfect name. I propose that it should officially become the new slang for even more huggable large bunnies! Its like he's so chubby his bs fell upside down from the SHEER POWER xD I'm excited to play this remake cos now im a very chuppy-sized adult myself and i actually could pick him up now. And probably carry my child self in a piggyback ride, and man that poor kid needed something like that. Glad i had good nostalgic videogames even if i was lacking in good real life role models, alas

* ANYWAY

* in summary just imagine me holding the least pikachu shaped pikachu with the reverance of a man holding a small pope, glaring at you if you even dare insult my child. Also he's like the most powerful super saiyan. I say as he walks past in the background with his feet stuck in cups.

* plz love chuppy. chuppy love u <3

[oreygsy]

Some specific thoughts:

Electrode is significantly worse than Voltorb, a shockingly uninspired, lazy design.

Arcanine isn’t too bad, but it feels like it had a lot of wasted potential. Growlithe is fluffy and adorable, a little Chinese lion-dog. Arcanine feels like a design U-turn.

Typhlosion is nothing short of a disaster. I mean, surely gamefreak know that it has become the poster-child for 3D models being bland compared to sprites, so they went and made it duller. It’s just Typhlosion but slightly uglier. Also, what’s with the dumb eyes? Why is its defining characteristic a facial expression?

Qwilfish is ok. It needed this so I can’t complain. It’s new evolution is unsettling though. I mean maybe it’s enormous and the face is normal size, but if it’s a tiny face I do not like it. Also, doesn’t it look like a Super Mario enemy? Maybe that’s just me.

Sneasel, like Qwilfish, is an inoffensive bland pallet swap. Its long anticipated new evolution isn’t bad either. I’m not sold on the colour scheme, or the dumb expression, but I like the design overall.

Do not talk to me about Dialga and Palkia. DO NOT. They’re just hideous. Disgusting. They’re so bad. SO SO BAD. It’s like they went out of their way to make them as awful as possible. It’s almost funny.

Samurott is mostly another bland pallet swap, but with a fancy new moustache and spiky horn. Again, if it were an original mon I’d probably love it, but it’s a very underwhelming regional form.

Lilligant is barely recognisable. I guess they thought gen 5’s obligatory grass waifu wasn’t sexy enough so it needed a change. Idk what type it is, fairy maybe? Just seems random.

White Basculin is pretty much another pallet swap. If it’s a different type that’d be cool. If not, what’s the point? Because white is cooler than blue? Same goes for white Basculegion.

Avalugg is boring but that’s Avalugg for you. Again, it seems like a lot of these forms are only a very subtle change.

Then just to prove me wrong, it’s Sligoo and Goodra. Radically different, and I love them. Why wasn’t Goodra like this all along? Incredible. Inspired. Wait wait what’s going on with Goodra’s eyes? Damn, so close.

Decidueye is also a big change, and honestly I quite like it. Quite similar to some fan art speculation but that’s not a bad thing (Arcanine take notes). I approve. Will be choosing Rowlet.

Next up, the new Genie. I have so many questions. What is with the heart motif? What type is this thing? What natural disaster is it based on, if any? Are those lips instead of a moustache? So if this a “girl” genie? Was that gender distinction necessary in 2022? Why is the therian form so ugly? What animal is it supposed to be? What the hell is going on?

And lastly, the new Teddiursa Evolution. Or maybe it’s an Ursaring Evolution, since we know Ursaring is in the game? Either way, it seems ok. Looks kinda similar to some fan art that I actually drew a few years ago, which is cool. No complaints from me on this one.

Ok, so the new leaks of Hisuian Pokémon forms…

I’ll admit I’m disappointed, a lot of the designs are very underwhelming.

The thing I’m most shocked by is just how low-poly they look. It’s like a PS1 game. Up your game Gamefreak, it’s embarrassing.