Meltan is a curious Mythical Pokémon that seems to show an interest in all things. It has a soft body made from liquid metal – gallium – that gives it a very fluid shape. Its tail looks like a power cord or a plastic-coated copper wire with an exposed end.
Porygon is an artificial Pokémon made entirely out of programming code. Its inorganic body is made out of pink and blue polyhedra and prisms, which make it look like a bizarre digital cartoon bird.
Delibird carries a sack-like tail full of presents, it is decked out in festive colours, and it has a long white ‘beard’. If any Pokémon could be called a ‘Christmas Pokémon’, it would surely be this one.
One of the strangest and most mysterious Pokémon introduced in Pokémon Gold and Silver is the flat, thin, glyph-like Unown.. Even to this day, it remains one of the most peculiar and enigmatic Pokémon in the whole series.
When Shuppet evolves into Banette, the doll theme continues, but this time it is based not on a teru teru bōzu weather charm, but on a marionette – with elements of a voodoo doll thrown in for good measure.
Shuppet is a shadowy little sheet ghost that feeds on the negative emotions of people, such as anger, jealousy, resentment, and malice. It is inspired by a small, smiling, handmade Japanese weather charm.
Mew started as a top-secret easter egg, became the centre of one of the biggest gaming rumours of the ’90s, and then grew into an important piece of the Pokémon mythos.
The result of a genetic experiment, which created a cruel, violent being with destructive tendencies, Mewtwo remains one of the most wildly popular Pokémon even to this day.
In Generation II, Stantler didn’t evolve. It was one of those rare one-shot Pokémon (that isn’t Legendary, at least) that most players tend to overlook or forget about. And it stayed that way for a very, very long time. But then, 20 years and hundreds of Pokémon later, Stantler finally (and unexpectedly) received a long overdue evolution in the form of Wyrdeer.
Stantler’s most distinctive features are its strange antlers. The shape of the antlers, and the black orbs within them, make them look like eyes. Stantler can distort reality and create illusions with these antlers by subtly changing the flow of air around them.