Q&A for How to Create Your Own Pokémon

Typically, the evolved form of a Pokémon has an exaggerated or modified feature from it's base state. For example, Charmander has a round head with a little flame on his tail, while Charmeleon has an exaggerated head with a bigger flame on its tail. Take whatever feature you already have and make it bigger or more exaggerated for an easy evolution.

There are several custom card generators that you can find online by searching "Pokémon" and "card generator." You can use Word to describe your Pokémon, and Paint or Photoshop to sketch your Pokémon on a digital program. PowerPoint isn't the best program for creating Pokémon unless you want to present your design ideas. In general, there are no hard rules. You can use whatever program you're comfortable with.

Nintendo doesn't accept fan submissions. They design all of their Pokémon on their own. If you were contacted to submit information about your Pokémon somewhere, be wary. It could be a scam or a prank.

It's totally up to you! Most Pokémon origin stories have to do with their discovery. Maybe your Pokémon were found cuddled together in a storm and turned out to be the last of their kind. You could say that the two Pokémon are an embodiment of good and evil. Simply think about what would interest you in a Pokémon's backstory to identify what you should focus on.

It sounds like you've already got a lot of the details sketched out! Keep in mind that black holes pull things into them. Maybe Voidead's moves include gravity!

Fire is good, but it's been used a lot for cats (Litten, Pyroar, etc.). An ice type saber toothed tiger would be epic.

You could use scientific names for the base animal, or words that relate to the type or appearance of the Pokemon, and then combine them into a name. For example, if you were making a Pokemon based on a snail, you could think of some species names of the animal, or use some words that are associated with snails, such as 'slime,' 'shell' or 'slow, then incorporate the words into a name.

It shouldn't matter if someone already took your idea, just change the color, powers, or even the animal. Many different Pokemon are similar to each other, but unique in their own way.

Ask online figure moulders to create one for you, or learn to do it yourself. This may be pricy, so beware.

Use your imagination. You can add wings, make it really big...the sky's the limit.

Pokémon have types with set weaknesses. If you want your Pokémon to counter these weaknesses, you could create an ability for it that makes it resist a certain type, like Seaking and Lightning Rod.

Not at any official tournaments, but among friends it might be allowed.

Just don't say they're real Pokemon or try to sell them.

Make it blue, add waves to the design, try to make it based of a water creature or even make it have water fused into its design.

I wouldn't suggest doing more than one or two types since it would be confusing and difficult, but if you think you can pull it off, then go for it!

Don't think about it. Just mash two animals together or choose a "cool" type. Then, blend them so the source animals aren't apparent, and so the type doesn't look forced or "chosen."

It depends on its appearance, but generally, I would recommend attacks like Ice Beam, Snow Blizzard, Ice Staff, and/or Mega Punch.

It's quite simple! Just think of how you want the tail to look, then draw multiple of them. If you struggle with the tail design, look for things online that go with your creature.

Hook up with a friend who likes Pokémon and can draw well and have a great time designing.

Yes. It is entirely your project. You could make a lamp Pokemon, or a curtain Pokemon! It can be silly or realistic; it depends on what you want.

There are 18 different types: normal, fire, water, electric, grass, ice, poison, ground, flying, bug, psychic, fighting, rock, ghost, dragon, steel, dark, and fairy.

Try making it using papercraft. There are lots of templates available online.

Ask someone you know who's artistic to draw your ideas.

Just do as many Pokemon as you want (maybe not over 200, that's quite a lot), with evolutions, mega-evolutions or/and Z-moves if you want. You can maybe include your own moves, your own special things like transformations or special moves (like Z-moves), then choose a name for a region (maybe following the "secret" of the names that they all have an 'O' in the name). You can do a map as well, and then you're done.

You can make any type look or sound cool. Some good choices are Fire-Electric, Dark-Dragon, or Steel. Remember that every type it has its weaknesses, resistances, and sometimes immunities, so calculate them before choosing the type(s) you want.

I would recommend downloading an animation app onto your phone, tablet, or computer to make your own animated Pokemon!

Any animal would work for an ice type, but personally I would go for a spider. You could also use animals that already live in icy areas, like polar bears or penguins.

Photoshop would be the most expensive (and the best), but there are many free art programs, like Fire Alpaca and Krita.

Start with the basic shape you want for your Pokemon, then add some designs or patterns, depending on the Pokemon type. Give it a face and maybe some accessories.

First, search up a Pokedex reference. Then you should record the info but with your Pokemon's information.