Pokemon Fan Designs Incredible Mega Evolutions for the Paldea Starters

Inspired by the reveal of the next core-series Pokemon game, which will take players back to the Kalos region, one fan artist has redesigned the Cacnea family as regional variants that are exclusive to the France-themed region, while also creating a new third evolutionary stage for the species. Many creative members of the Pokemon community have been busy creating their own custom Mega Pokemon and Kalos regional variants since the reveal of Pokemon Legends: Z-A last month, with the confirmed return of mega evolution sparking a wave of creative inspiration among fans.

A creative Pokemon fan shared their artwork of a Mega Evolution for Oricorio, highlighting and reinforcing its attributes as a dancing master. Mega Evolutions were introduced in the sixth generation Pokemon games, and many fans have been creating their own Mega Evolutions and sharing them with the community ever since.

A talented Pokemon fan online has shown a few different pieces of artwork, which imagine what Raichu would look like if it had Mega Evolution forms. With Mega Evolutions set to return in the upcoming Pokemon title, Legends: Z-A, fans of the series are excited about the feature all over again.

Pokemon GO is teasing the debut of Mega Heracross for April 13. Mega Evolutions have been a part of the Pokemon franchise since Pokemon X and Y were released in 2013. The concept eventually made its way to Pokemon GO, with most Mega Evolutions readily available in the augmented reality mobile game.

A talented artist and Pokemon fan recently showed off a collection of impressive regional variants and evolutions they designed for popular creatures like Xatu, Hoodlay, and Skitty. Starting with 2016’s Pokemon Sun and Moon, new Pokemon generations have been introducing region-specific alternate versions of existing Pokemon that reimagine them as a different elemental type. Some Pokemon even have multiple variants, such as Meowth having a Dark-type one in Alola and a Steel-type one in Galar.

A talented Pokemon fan has created Mega Evolutions for Delphox, Greninja, and Chesnaught. Mega Evolutions are back at the center of conversation among Pokemon fans after the Pokemon Day announcements made this year. With the return of one of Pokemon players' favorite gimmicks, fans wasted no time in making fan art imagining Mega Evolutions for Pokemon that don't yet have one.

While it's not the most popular creature in the world of Pokemon, one fan artist from the community has designed an unofficial mega evolution for Shuckle. This piece of fan art is as adorable as it is funny and represents just one of many custom mega evolution designs that Pokemon fans have been sharing lately, with the recent reveal of Pokemon Legends: Z-A rekindling interest in the already-popular mega evolution phenomenon.

A talented Pokemon artist has created two impressive concepts showing the potential Mega Evolutions for the popular Dragon/Flying-type Dragonite. Mega Evolutions was first featured in the Gen 6 games, Pokemon X and Y, back in 2013. They returned one year later with Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

Mega Evolution has been incredibly popular among Pokemon fans since it was introduced, with the phenomenon recently inspiring an artist from the Pokemon community to create their own Mega Yveltal design. Though the legendary Pokemon Xerneas and Yveltal strangely didn't get their own official Mega forms when they were introduced in the Gen 6 Pokemon games, fans have shared many of their own custom designs over the years, with the recent reveal of Pokemon Legends: Z-A resulting in tons of new fan-made Mega concepts.

A creative member of the Pokemon community has shared a variety of their own fantastic custom designs featuring new convergent species of Pokemon which are intended to be related to Lilligant, Musharna, and Polteageist. Though the concept of convergent Pokemon was only introduced in the most recent generation of Pokemon games, it didn't take long for the artistic side of the franchise's community to adopt the idea for use in their own creature designs.

A talented Pokemon fan recently designed unique Mega Evolutions for Delphox, Flygon, Chandelure, Shedinja, Jynx, Mimikyu, and Goodra. The Pokemon community is known for creating amazing fan art, and these new designs are an example of how good these community-made pieces of artwork can be.

One Pokemon fan has created an evolution for the Bug/Steel-type monster, Durant. Fans of the Pokemon franchise have been creating fan art since the first generation of games released on the Game Boy, and each new generation of games brings a wave of new ideas from the community.