Morning, y'all.
So, as you may know, the DLC for Legends ZA, Mega Dimensions, is being released this week. In honor of that, I compiled a list of some hypothetical Megas I made for some of my Fakémon, and I wanted to create a post to better display them and share a bit on how I came up with each. I hope you enjoy!
The first guys on the list are Horrigotus (Bug-Dark) and Elderune (Poison-Dragon). I made the original designs a few months ago as part of truegreen7's psuedo legendary contest. You can check out the video if you'd like, but if you're curious, Horrigotus placed at number 45 (of the top 50), and Elderune at number 3, along with being CuriousChaos' favorite. The main critique about both was that some stages of the evolution line didn't fit in quite enough with the rest, so I decided to fix that by using the same logic Game Freak used for guys like Mega Dragonite, Scolipede, and Feraligatr, and added features of all the evos in their designs. I actually made Mega Horrigotus a while back (and that was actually pretty easy to figure out), but struggled with something for Elderune that would actually work. I was originally thinking of some sort of elegant dancer with blade fans for arms, but after a long time of letting it sit on the back burner, I decided to bring back some of Brunzerk's Norse inspirations and give it a Valkerie-like build. I think it makes a decent contrast with regular Elderune, but is still an appropriate choice overall.
Next is something I don't know will ever happen officially: a Mega of a regional variant. Alaytian Chandelure is a mon I made over a year ago, but is one of my favorites and stands beside the character of Ethycs as my channel's mascot. Naturally, I wanted to give him a Mega as well. Pinning down a design was actually rather easy. Since this form is meant to be a magical Psychic Type, I wanted to go for something that vaguely resembled a wizard. He was originally going to have robes, but I felt like the floating gems would do the same role in the silhouette as well as be more in line with the idea of a living Chandelier. I love the official design for the Unovan Mega Chandelure as well (he was a huge help in the fight against Ange), and I hope my regional fits alongside that.
Last, but not least, we have Mega Spinegolin. Spinegolin was actually one of the few mon I debuted in my comic series, Ethyverse, specifically appearing near the end of part 19. He's also one of my favorites, and I felt like a Mega could work for him (though he'll be having a different form in his region). What is he exactly? Well…. you'll have to wait and see.
Alright, that's everyone. I hope you enjoyed this lore dump, and liked the designs. Creating Fakemon has become a serious passion for me, and I'm curious to see where it goes in my life. Until then, I got some animation to catch up on, so I'll see y'all later!
by Ethycs77