#mega nidoqueen

[thatsamolez]

Here’s some of the art I’ve done for my favorite long standing Mystery Dungeon Campaign: The Many Misadventures of Team Busstop

[thatsamolez]

Talk to me, baby I'm going blind from this sweet-sweet craving Whoa-oh Let's lose our minds and go fucking crazy Ah ya ya ya ya I keep on hoping we'll eat cake by the ocean

[thesleepingbeautykomala]

My hope for Sun & Moon , or at least in the future (although sooner rather than later) is that we get Mega Jellicent (that work slightly different based on gender) and Mega Nidos (Nidoqueen to be more specific but why not both!?)

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Request, eh? Hm, hows about your take on what a mega Nidoqueen would look like?

If this picture doesn’t expand, I’ll have it on Aqua Bunny probably next week. Well, I’ll do that either way.

I had to get into the right frame of mind for this. I didn’t want to just pile on a bunch of overcomplicated crud for its own sake, so I thought “how would Game Freak reasonably* handle this”? Looking at many different Mega Evolutions as examples, I noticed some trends. Several Pokemon borrow elements from previous evolutions to connect them together a bit more, so Megaqueen’s eyes go back to red, her mouth is hooked like Nidorina’s and her ears gain more points going back to Nidoran/ina.

Then I thought “well, she’s considered the ‘Drill Pokemon’ so…” I figured she might be built for digging or excavating. The additional thorns or spiky extrusions are mostly for that exact purpose. Her tail also looks like a drill, even if it doesn’t function that way.

Finally, I figured something had to be done with the faux bikini, so I went more for a female warrior route, because I can see that also being a thing. The Mega Evos could be considered more warlike, or built for battle, aside from digging stuff. Plus, it brings her a little more in line with Nidoking. So there it is, the thought process using a few theories of creature design.

*As much as I’d rather see it go a more Kaguya Hime route. I still think Nidos have some unspoken association with the moon, I mean, moonstones aside, they’re lumped with Clefairy and Jigglypuff in the National Dex, but I have a hard time visualizing a reasonably designed maiden-like Nidoqueen. Plus Gardevoir. 

[traineraarune]

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NidoKing + NidoQueen