Dr. Lavaさんのイラストまとめ

Beta Phanpy:

In Gold & Silver's 1997 demo, Phanpy originally evolved into Donphan at level 33. But his design was subtly revised for G&S's final build, and he was changed to evolve at level 25.

1. Demo sprite recreation by @RacieBeep
2. 1997 demo sprite
3. 1999's final design

Lost Pokemon of the Day: Animon

First revealed when Gold & Silver's 1997 demo leaked in 2018, Animon evolved from Ditto via Metal Coat (also used to evolve Onix & Scyther), and may have been meant as a Steel-type.

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Beta Pichu:

In Gold & Silver's 1997 demo, Pichu was a ball that evolved into Pikachu at level 12. But Pichu was redesigned for G&S's release version, and changed to evolving via happiness.

1. Demo sprite recreation by @RacieBeep
2. G&S 1997 demo sprite
3. 1999's final design

Beta Mime Jr:

In Gold & Silver's 1997 demo, Mime Jr was originally Normal-type and named Baririina (ballerina/barrier). He was cut from Gen 2, but returned in Gen 4 with a new name and design.

1. Demo sprite recreation by @RacieBeep
2. 1997 demo sprite
3. Gen 4's final design

Beta Octillery:

Just like the beta Hydreigon family, Octillery was originally based on a tank. For more info about the tank-based Hydreigon line, check out this video: https://t.co/h8XKp5MMmX

1. Demo sprite recreation by @RacieBeep
2. G&S 1997 demo sprite
3. 1999's final design

Beta Marill:

In Gold & Silver's 1997 demo, Marill was a pink Water Pokemon without an evolution -- in 1997, Azumarill didn't exist yet. That's right, before he was Pikablu... he was Pinkachu.

1. Demo sprite recreation by @RacieBeep
2. 1997 demo sprite
3. 1999's final design

Beta Houndour:

In Gold & Silver's 1997 demo, Houndour was originally classified as pure Fire-type, and he evolved at level 35 instead of 24. He was also named Debiru, which means "Devil."

1. Demo sprite recreation by @RacieBeep
2. 1997 demo sprites
3. 1999 release sprites

Just like with Gen 1, Pokemon sprites in Gen 2 were created BEFORE Ken Sugimori's iconic artwork -- not after.

A weird-looking sprite isn't a poor representation of a Pokemon's design -- rather, Sugimori's artwork is a later revision of the Pokemon design seen in the sprite.

Beta Girafarig:

The original Girafarig design used in Gold & Silver's 1997 demo made a lot more sense, since its name in both English and Japanese (キリンリキ) is the same backwards & forwards.

1. Demo sprite recreation by @RacieBeep
2. 1997 demo sprites
3. 1999 release sprites

Beta Espeon:

In Gold & Silver's 1997 demo, instead of happiness, Eevee evolved into Espeon via Heart Stone -- a scrapped item also used for evolving Natu into Xatu & Poliwhirl into Politoed.

1. Demo sprite recreation by @RacieBeep
2. G&S 1997 demo sprite
3. 1999's final design