Holy crap! I just now realized that these Pokémon are based on the same process that gave us the BrontosaurusI like the ideas behind the Galarian fossils for a few reasons
That said, the pictures above would have been amazing.
- They look funny
- First non-rock Fossil Pokémon
- Relatively unused type-combos
- The idea behind them is interesting and unique, based upon the mistakes made in early paleontology when reconstructing fossils
- Arctovish is so derpy and I want it really bad
Dracozolt also just looks happy to me. It may be a bit clumsy now, but otherwise it seems to enjoy its big, stompy feet.Honestly, I wasn’t a fan at first glance, but these fossils have grown on me a whole lot. They’re a really unique idea, with a fun premise behind their creation. Their designs now strike me as more of a fun one, due to their obvious mismatching. Arctozolt can’t handle its own cold, Dracovish’s head is on the tail, and Arctovish’s head is on backwards! The Pokédex entries also definitely add to the humor behind these abominations. Collect all 4!
Just frustrating that one fossil is so hard to farm!Honestly, I wasn’t a fan at first glance, but these fossils have grown on me a whole lot. They’re a really unique idea, with a fun premise behind their creation. Their designs now strike me as more of a fun one, due to their obvious mismatching. Arctozolt can’t handle its own cold, Dracovish’s head is on the tail, and Arctovish’s head is on backwards! The Pokédex entries also definitely add to the humor behind these abominations. Collect all 4!
Technically dinosaurs are birds (or birds are dinosaurs), and that's presumably why they call it that. Moreover the front half that gets the name "bird fossil" seems to be inspired by small, more bird-like species of dinosaur, though wing feathers are replaced by lightning bolt-shaped flaps on the arms).The only thing that bugs me is one called the Bird Fossil, none of the pieces look like birds
So not sure whether this is old news....but the fish head actually really seems to be based on a specific real life extinct species of which we have only ever found the head so far.
In real life, we were able to reasonably reconstruct the body by comparing it to closely related, better preserved fossils, but well, still gotta give them a point for that.
Technically dinosaurs are birds (or birds are dinosaurs), and that's presumably why they call it that. Moreover the front half that gets the name "bird fossil" seems to be inspired by small, more bird-like species of dinosaur, though wing feathers are replaced by lightning bolt-shaped flaps on the arms).
For me the names kinda of tie into the idea of the fossils not being correctly identified. I wouldn't say the Dino fossil seems correct as its based on a marine reptile but not a true dinosaur.
I also find them entertaining. We got new type combos for the fossils instead of the usual Rock and they are all rare combos. Water/Ice isn’t as common as you’d think if you look at the list of every dual type Pokémon.
I wonder how the fossil Pokemon will be handled in the anime. I can see this being a lot of fun in the SwSh manga, acknowledge how awkward the fossil Pokemon turned out by mis-matching the body parts, maybe see the lass absolutely adore our fish-head-on-a-dinosaur-tail but I wonder how this kind of content will be handled in the anime. Will they just gloss over the fact that they are mismatched fossil Pokemon or will the fossil Pokemon just be like, eh I'm fine with this, right from the start? Or maybe we will see a random trainer sent it out, one guy provides some exposition explaining why it looks like that and after that, the anime never speaks of it ever again.
Holy crap! I just now realized that these Pokémon are based on the same process that gave us the Brontosaurus
Fun fact: Brontosaurus did exist after all: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brontosaurus
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-brontosaurus-is-back1/
You're thinking of stuff like early skeletons of triceratops using parts from other animals.
Yeah makes me hope that the completed versions (with rock typing I guess) will eventually come out in maybe Sword and Shield 2 or Giga Sword and Shield.
But seeing how Game Freak never showed the complete original dragon of Reshiram, Zekrom, and Kyurem, I can also see the original fossil forms being never released unfortunately as well.