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Originally Posted by AceDragonite
Well I started to like Miju's evo when Ken Sugimori explained it. I like Pokabu's evos and Pokabu is my favorite starter, so I'm definetly having a hard tme picking.
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Translated by a friend on Serebii Forums
Ken Sugimori, primary illustrator: I really struggled the most with the Water-type [starter] this time.
Yusuke Ohmura, illustrator: There was talk of, “Wouldn’t a sea otter be good for the Water starter?” But it was a really close decision in terms of what this sea otter would become once it evolves. In the end, we decided to have it evolve into something with a completely different appearance.
Sugimori: Of course, we want to make the starters into Pokémon that remain with the player throughout the game, so we hope to make them evolve into creatures that offer a surprise to the player. We always make an effort to throw in some twists and create third-stage evolutions that have an impact.
Ohmura: There was also talk this time about dividing the three starters into Japanese, Western, and Chinese styles of design. Tsutaaja was based on Western design, and Pokabu was rooted in a Chinese style, so I was told, “Let’s make Mijumaru into a more Japanese-style design.” Someone even asked, “Can’t you make Mijumaru into a samurai?” [laughs]
Everyone: [laughs]
Sugimori: I worried about it for a while, and I eventually went to go see the sea otters at the aquarium. I happened to catch the sea lion show while I was there, and I became aware of the sea lion’s power. “Well, let’s try blending a sea otter and a sea lion,” I thought. I came up with the idea of making the shell on Mijumaru’s stomach into a sword (katana) and using it to fight, and that’s how I completed Mijumaru and its evolution.”
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Originally Posted by Tyxomm
I guess that the starter evolutions are confirmed real now T_T
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The starter evos are fake. Its been proven with that very interview.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai
In the beta art we got like 2 or so months ago we first saw Mijumaru's evolution, along with Tsutaja's (and koromori and kibago blah blah blah).
Upon closer inspection of Mijumaru's evo he had a samurai kusazari/haidate around his waist with one shell on each side, which basically symbolized having two "sheathed" katanas:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai
In the beta art we got like 2 or so months ago we first saw Mijumaru's evolution, along with Tsutaja's (and koromori and kibago blah blah blah).
Upon closer inspection of Mijumaru's evo he had a samurai kusazari/haidate around his waist with one shell on each side, which basically symbolized having two "sheathed" katanas:
Samurai's use swords, not horns. Samurai's are bipedal. Sea Otters are also quadrapedal (at least i think they are) but Mijumaru isn't and neither is his evo. It wouldn't make sense for a Samurai to become a non samurai through an evolution, especially since the whole samurai personality and look is being given early on both in the anime and in the design of Mijumaru and its first evo.
Mijumaru's evo shown in the beta art also has a hair spike in the back, which could later turn into something resembling a helmet.
Another thing is Mijumaru's design is Japanese. Unicorns aren't japanese but Samurai's are.
Basically the starter evo shown on 2ch/4ch is wrong.
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Originally Posted by Kaori
Until a main source website like Serebii or Pokébeach has this put up, then I'll have some concerns. However right now it seems that they don't have the detail that some of the pokémon contain and there isn't much information. Like for example the "possible 2nd evolution (or 1st)" for Gigaiasu, doesn't have the rough look Gigaiasu does.
The mini details on Gigaiasu (such as the little light and dark blue spots on its body) isn't on the other one. That one is more smooth and painted like. I'm betting on it being fake since it looks like someone with a computer tablet and a well drawing program could do that. ;x
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Pokexperto explains that it is fanart of the real pokemon. He has images and info of all the pokemon but isnt allowed to give you the official sprites or artwork, so he has someone else that is also on the inside draw fanart of the pokemon to show you the general concepts. He did the same thing before Diamond and Pearl and he was spot on and true all the time with that stuff back then, why wouldnt he be now?