{"id":93724,"date":"2019-05-18T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/05\/talented_artist_recreates_red_and_blue_starter_evolutions_as_different_pokemon_types"},"modified":"2019-05-18T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T14:00:00","slug":"talented-artist-recreates-red-and-blue-starter-evolutions-as-different-pokemon-types","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/05\/18\/talented-artist-recreates-red-and-blue-starter-evolutions-as-different-pokemon-types\/","title":{"rendered":"Talented Artist Recreates Red And Blue Starter Evolutions As Different Pok\u00e9mon Types"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7a9ec8f34768f\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7a9ec8f34768f\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Water Type\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/66db5e3b5b670\/water-type.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/66db5e3b5b670\/water-type.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Water Type\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Part of what made the original Pok\u00e9mon games so special on the Game Boy was the starter pocket monsters you could select from. You had the choice of the grass\/poison-type Bulbasaur, the water-type Squirtle, and the fire-type Charmander. As your journey progressed, each of these creatures evolved into more powerful Pok\u00e9mon.<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever wondered what it would be like though if you could transform Charizard into a grass type? How about making Blastoise a fire-type or Venasaur a water-type? Well, that&#8217;s exactly what a talented Australian artist, known as <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/abz.art\/\"><strong>@abz.art<\/strong><\/a> on Instagram, has done. Take a look at lava flowing from Blastoise, the branches on the back of Charizard and the coral formations on Venasaur in the stunning artwork above and below:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Fire Type\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/03aa333ec3ead\/fire-type.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/03aa333ec3ead\/fire-type.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Fire Type\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Grass Type\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d9bb71e1b3e6b\/grass-type.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d9bb71e1b3e6b\/grass-type.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Grass Type\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Abz has gone to the extent of transforming Pichu into a ferocious but insanely cute dragon-type. The original legendary birds also received a makeover and below these magnificent creatures you can see six varieties of Eevee evolutions on display:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Dragon-type Pichu\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/06d88e930d6e9\/dragon-type-pichu.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/06d88e930d6e9\/dragon-type-pichu.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon-type Pichu\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Fire\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2e9af6fe345a3\/fire.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2e9af6fe345a3\/fire.297x495.jpg\" width=\"297\" height=\"495\" alt=\"Fire\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Ice\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d4c8c6dc76dd0\/ice.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d4c8c6dc76dd0\/ice.297x495.jpg\" width=\"297\" height=\"495\" alt=\"Ice\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Electric\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7b194347321f7\/electric.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7b194347321f7\/electric.297x495.jpg\" width=\"297\" height=\"495\" alt=\"Electric\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Fighting Type\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9f690c5db69ea\/fighting-type.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9f690c5db69ea\/fighting-type.297x495.jpg\" width=\"297\" height=\"495\" alt=\"Fighting Type\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Ghost Type\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b11b210dcba82\/ghost-type.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b11b210dcba82\/ghost-type.297x495.jpg\" width=\"297\" height=\"495\" alt=\"Ghost Type\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Poison Type\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4e17a846a824c\/poison-type.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4e17a846a824c\/poison-type.297x495.jpg\" width=\"297\" height=\"495\" alt=\"Poison Type\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Steel\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/17320e5ad588f\/steel.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/17320e5ad588f\/steel.297x495.jpg\" width=\"297\" height=\"495\" alt=\"Steel\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Flying\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/62d60b99e006f\/flying.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/62d60b99e006f\/flying.297x495.jpg\" width=\"297\" height=\"495\" alt=\"Flying\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Bug\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/21f65e0758528\/bug.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/21f65e0758528\/bug.297x495.jpg\" width=\"297\" height=\"495\" alt=\"Bug\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Admittedly, Game Freak has already done type-swaps before. For example, in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/pokemon_sun_and_moon\">Pok\u00e9mon Sun and Moon<\/a><\/strong> Vulpix is an ice-type in the Alola region. When it comes to the original starters, we&#8217;ve only ever seen Mega Evolutions, with Charizard even receiving two different forms.<\/p>\n<p>Refocusing our attention on the exceptional artwork above, which starter would you choose? Would you like to see any Pok\u00e9mon in-particular swapped to a different type in future entries? Tell us in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part of what made the original Pok\u00e9mon games so special on the Game Boy was the starter pocket monsters you could select from. You had the choice of the grass\/poison-type Bulbasaur, the water-type Squirtle, and the fire-type Charmander. As your journey progressed, each of these creatures evolved into more powerful Pok\u00e9mon. Have you ever wondered [&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-93724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93724","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=93724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}