Thanks to the combined efforts of both the person who got a copy of the demo and the hackers, the Pokemon Gold beta cartridge's contents are leaked, and we could see some tidbits in more detail! For one, you can see what Pokemon were planned in the games, but ended up being scrapped.
If you want to see more information of the game, this is the link to the spreadsheet.
The beta Pokemon sprites are in full display below, and I imagine it's going to be the one that interests most Pokemon fans:
From the image, we can see that more evolutions of old Pokemon were planned, but for one reason or another, they ended up being unused. For example, Weepinbell would have had an alternative evolution like Gloom had, and we could even have a Tangela pre-evolution AND evolution way before Roselia became the first Pokemon to receive both of them at once. A Grass-type Eevee evolution was also in the cards, but is likely left for another time due to space constraints.
Of course, we also got a look at how the new Pokemon looked like before changes were made. Tyrogue looked a little odd, and I daresay it originally looked more like Hitmonchan than Hitmonlee. The Jumpluff family are lacking in limbs save for a tail, and you can even see how different the fire starter ended up being. The Girafarig in this image even reflects the pre-release image of that Pokemon. Also, if the spreadsheet were to be believed, Slowking could've evolved from Slowbro, rather than being from a branched evolution (I used to think that Slowking were Slowbro's evolution).
The new Pokemon might even have evolutions or pre-evolutions, and some of them are weird. Qwilfish could have had an evolution, but I imagine the design went on to be the basis of Whiscash. Girafarig could've evolve from a strange beast, but I imagine that would have been even stranger than Octillery's pre-evolution. Speaking of, Remoraid and Octillery's influence from weaponry is a lot clearer compared to what they ended up looking like. Some Pokemon even lacked an evolution in this one, so Togepi could've been a single-staged Pokemon.
This stuff makes me wish there are some pre-release information on newer Pokemon, for example what Gardevoir looked like since it was an Amorphous Pokemon yet is clearly different from the other Pokemon in that group, or perhaps Cryogonal since it has Attract but lacks a gender.
Thank you for reading.
If you want to see more information of the game, this is the link to the spreadsheet.
The beta Pokemon sprites are in full display below, and I imagine it's going to be the one that interests most Pokemon fans:
From the image, we can see that more evolutions of old Pokemon were planned, but for one reason or another, they ended up being unused. For example, Weepinbell would have had an alternative evolution like Gloom had, and we could even have a Tangela pre-evolution AND evolution way before Roselia became the first Pokemon to receive both of them at once. A Grass-type Eevee evolution was also in the cards, but is likely left for another time due to space constraints.
Of course, we also got a look at how the new Pokemon looked like before changes were made. Tyrogue looked a little odd, and I daresay it originally looked more like Hitmonchan than Hitmonlee. The Jumpluff family are lacking in limbs save for a tail, and you can even see how different the fire starter ended up being. The Girafarig in this image even reflects the pre-release image of that Pokemon. Also, if the spreadsheet were to be believed, Slowking could've evolved from Slowbro, rather than being from a branched evolution (I used to think that Slowking were Slowbro's evolution).
The new Pokemon might even have evolutions or pre-evolutions, and some of them are weird. Qwilfish could have had an evolution, but I imagine the design went on to be the basis of Whiscash. Girafarig could've evolve from a strange beast, but I imagine that would have been even stranger than Octillery's pre-evolution. Speaking of, Remoraid and Octillery's influence from weaponry is a lot clearer compared to what they ended up looking like. Some Pokemon even lacked an evolution in this one, so Togepi could've been a single-staged Pokemon.
This stuff makes me wish there are some pre-release information on newer Pokemon, for example what Gardevoir looked like since it was an Amorphous Pokemon yet is clearly different from the other Pokemon in that group, or perhaps Cryogonal since it has Attract but lacks a gender.
Thank you for reading.
