Summary
APokemonfan created a regional variant for Coalossal, changing the creature’s look drastically. Regional variants were introduced in Generation 7 of Game Freak’s legendary RPG series and have been a staple of the franchise since. Thesealternate forms of Pokemonhelped give new life to pocket monsters from previous titles and helped create a new way of looking at them for older fans of the games.
Coalossal is a Rock/Fire-Type pocket monster that was introduced in Generation 8 of the series and is the final evolution of Rolycoly. It is aPokemon with a Gigantamax form, two signature attacks, and a unique Ability called Steam Engine.
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A Reddit user named JJonnie posted their idea for a Paldean regional variant of Coalossal. Their concept changes the pocket monster’s body shape to something that resembles a gray snake with coals on its back, and the artist also gave thePokemon a Shiny formthat turns it into a blue color. The Paldean version of the creature was changed to be Rock/Dragon-Type, though it did keep Coalossal’s Steam Engine Ability.
JJonnie also gave a bit of background information on their version of the Rock/Dragon-Type pocket monster. This form of Coalossal helps coal miners by carrying materials and also protects them from cave-ins. The Redditor also gave thePokemon a Signature Movecalled Cargo Dump, which does a large amount of damage at the expense of the creature’s health. JJonnie also created a few other attacks that Paldean Coalossal can learn, including Fire Blast and Draco Meteor. This version of the Rock/Fire-Type is well thought out and would be a nice addition toPokemon Scarlet and Violetthrough the upcoming DLC for the titles.
JJonnie’s version of Coalossal has gained a number of fans on Reddit, with a number of them bringing up the similarities that thePokemonhas to the Rock-Type Onix. Some did suggest that the pocket monster could be an alternate evolution for Carkol rather than being a different form of Coalossal, and that it should have some kind of relationship with the Onix evolutionary line. Others stated that JJonnie’s concept would have been a better path for Rolycoly to have gone, as they were not fans of the original’s design. Either way it is nice concept and would make for a very cool-looking Pokemon. As time goes on, fans of the series will continue to create their own regional variants and will come up with interesting ideas that fans can enjoy.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violetare available now for Switch.
