Reddit user R3dd1t_D4v1d recently posted a brief video of their Gen 5 sprites of Bellibolt and Iono entering a Pokemon battle, with appropriate animations that highlight their personalities teased in a trailer uploaded to the official Pokemon channel last week. This trailer revealed Iono as the Electric-type Gym leader of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, and outside of her battling career, she’s also a popular Paldean livestreamer. Along with the Bellibolt shown off in the promotion for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet were a pair of unique Magnemite with one being pink and the other being blue, which may reflect the positive and negative charges from an electrical current.
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R3dd1t_D4v1d’s short clip begins with the Pokemon trainer from Gen 5 known as Hilbert standing alongside the Fighting-type Mienfoo in a battle against Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Gym leader Iono. Portraying the same personality teased in her reveal trailer, Iono enters the Gen 5 battle screen by extending her arms and tapping her feet to a rhythm that her blue and pink Magnemites react to as well. In front of the Electric-type Gym leader is a very large Bellibolt, which stomps its right foot down three times before charging some electricity in the small circle on its stomach in preparation for the Gen 5-style battle.
Just like in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet’s Victory Road path, the Gen 5 Pokemon trainer of R3dd1t_D4v1d’s art would have to overcome Bellibolt and presumably a couple more Pokemon to acquire a lower resolution version of the Electric badge of Gen 9. R3dd1t_D4v1d isn’t the first Pokemon fan artist to take a classic approach to more modern games with a demake as another fan art has depicted the Pokemon Scarlet and Violet starters as Gen 2 sprites. Because Pokemon Diamond and Pearl have seen re-releases on the Nintendo Switch, many Gen 5 fans like R3dd1t_D4v1d are clambering for a modern take on Pokemon Black and White.
Although many Pokemon fans are hoping for word on a Pokemon Black and White remake like the one experienced by Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, Nintendo has yet to hint at when that might happen. A number of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet fans took to R3dd1t_D4v1d’s post to voice their appreciation for the clip by upvoting it.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will release for Nintendo Switch on November 18.
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