Normal Poipole.
Back in 2016, Pokémon Sun and Moon gave us our first look at the Ultra Beasts. They are a weird-looking group of creatures, to say the least, heralding from the ‘Ultra Space’ dimension, and thus appeared rather different when compared to the general squishiness of most other Pokémon designs. Well, according to former Game Freak illustrator Yusuke Omura — who served as Sun and Moon’s lead Pokémon designer — that was kinda the point (thanks, Automaton).
Riffing on a recent X theory about the Beasts’ design origins, Omura explained that the Ultra Beasts’ unusual look stems from many of his previous Pokémon proposals, which were rejected at the time by then-lead artist Ken Sugimori. Apparently, the traits that led to these past rejections served as the backbone for the Ultra Beast look, with the creatures’ disturbing appearances acting like “a manifestation of own resentment”.
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