{"id":131108,"date":"2023-01-10T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-143431"},"modified":"2023-01-10T21:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T21:30:00","slug":"random-this-mash-up-of-pokemon-and-zelda-is-mindblowingly-detailed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/01\/10\/random-this-mash-up-of-pokemon-and-zelda-is-mindblowingly-detailed\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: This Mash-Up Of Pok\u00e9mon And Zelda Is Mindblowingly Detailed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/adfea094a22ab\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/adfea094a22ab\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"Gi8mBshLhdo\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>You may already know by now that I <em>love<\/em> deep dives, especially into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/features\/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-trailer-breakdown-theories-and-speculation\">Zelda<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-trailer-breakdown-everything-you-missed-september\">Pok\u00e9mon<\/a> series \u2014 I&#8217;ve probably written thousands of words doing trailer breakdowns and lore explanations across the games over the past couple of years here on Nintendo Life.<\/p>\n<p>So imagine how I feel discovering that there&#8217;s an artist out there making a Pok\u00e9mon X Zelda mash-up, with incredible thought put into the details. Bilsu Art has been showing off his &#8220;Zelda-Based Fakemon Region&#8221; for the past few weeks on his YouTube channel, and I&#8217;m already completely in love with it.<\/p>\n<p>This imaginary Pok\u00e9mon\/Zelda game is called &#8220;Link Dimension&#8221;, and it&#8217;s incredibly cool. You&#8217;ll start the game choosing one of three starter Pok\u00e9mon, based on the Deku, Goron, and Zora races instead of Grass, Fire, and Water, and they look like this:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Link's Dimension by Bilsu Art\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8fce54e4bf917\/links-dimension-by-bilsu-art.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTAwIj48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"500\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8fce54e4bf917\/links-dimension-by-bilsu-art.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Link's Dimension by Bilsu Art\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jP9HpH8FJec\">Bilsu Art<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But that&#8217;s just the beginning! They also evolve into detailed designs, like the Goron final evo, which references Death Mountain:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-instagram\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/CYfSHsjLQ1G\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>it wouldn&#8217;t be Zelda without horrible spiders \u2014 sorry, Skulltulas \u2014 and Bilsu Art has a <em>really<\/em> cute little version of Ocarina&#8217;s arachnids:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-instagram\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/Ccn-8hqrTXU\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>And Gohma \u2014 you know Gohma, the bug-queen you get to fight in almost every Zelda game at this point \u2014 gets her own three-evolution line, starting with the <em>painfully<\/em> sweet Gohmite:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-instagram\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/Ccva2FPrXP_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>There are Fakemon based on the Blue Cucco, the Master Sword, the Hyrulian Shield, Wallmasters, and the Ancient Guardians, and Bilsu Art is <em>just getting started<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Link's Dimension by Bilsu Art\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a5020b659eee8\/links-dimension-by-bilsu-art.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a5020b659eee8\/links-dimension-by-bilsu-art.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Link's Dimension by Bilsu Art\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BilsuArt\/status\/1611045536949207061\">Bilsu Art<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You see, in order to create Link&#8217;s Dimension, Bilsu Art completely overhauled the type system. Pok\u00e9mon types like Grass, Ground, and Ghost have been renamed to more Zelda-appropriate names, but also to widen the typing net and catch creatures from the Zelda games that don&#8217;t fit the Pok\u00e9mon typing. Here&#8217;s the full list of Link&#8217;s Dimension types and their rough Pok\u00e9mon equivalents:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Forest (Grass)<\/li>\n<li>Electric<\/li>\n<li>Draconic (Dragon)<\/li>\n<li>Desert (Ground)<\/li>\n<li>Fire<\/li>\n<li>Bug<\/li>\n<li>Sky (Flying)<\/li>\n<li>Phantom (Ghost)<\/li>\n<li>Water<\/li>\n<li>Ice<\/li>\n<li>Hyrule (Normal)<\/li>\n<li>Toxic (Poison)<\/li>\n<li>Metal (Steel)<\/li>\n<li>Warrior (Fighting)<\/li>\n<li>Stone (Rock)<\/li>\n<li>Spirit (Fairy)<\/li>\n<li>Time (Psychic)<\/li>\n<li>Twilight (Dark)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Does this concept interest you? Then make sure to check out Bilsu Art&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@bilsuart\">Youtube channel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hyrule.region\/?hl=en\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BilsuArt\">Twitter<\/a> \u2014 we expect to find out even more about Link&#8217;s Dimension in the coming weeks and months!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube You may already know by now that I love deep dives, especially into the Zelda and Pok\u00e9mon series \u2014 I&#8217;ve probably written thousands of words doing trailer breakdowns and lore explanations across the games over the past couple of years here on Nintendo Life. So imagine how I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}