Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Leak Reveals More Than 100 Scrapped Designs, Including Unseen Creatures and Missing Evolutions

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl fans are celebrating the unofficial reveal of more than 100 previously-unseen designs, including early drafts of known creatures, numerous scrapped species, and cut evolutions. Evidence of a discarded Delibird and Kecleon evolutions, Stantler and Lapras pre-evolutions, plus what look like a baby Plusle and Minun are all briefly seen. Completely cut Pokémon include creatures based on a crane, crickets, snails, molluscs, goats, mice, a platypus, and a swordfish can also be seen, as well as plants such as beansprouts and clover. There's even different designs for the region's starter Pokémon, such as a foam-headed Water-type dog, and a Grass-type wolf. The source of these designs is a long-lost documentary made by Pokémon developer Game Freak that has never previously been seen in public. Made for the game's own staff as a record of their work, the film was originally handed out to employees on DVDs, who were sworn to keeping it private. Now, 20 years later, the documentary has finally been obtained, and painstakingly sifted through by a team of fans — with the best archive of the material found on Lewtwo. The full documentary itself can also now be seen on Y