Mascot Pokémon Showdown: Generation II

by

Today I’m bringing you a new Cover Pokémon Showdown. Perhaps rather unsurprisingly, Charizard won Generation One with 37% of the total votes!
Now it’s time to move onto Johto.

Generation II came out in 1999 in Japan and featured three games, namely Gold, Silver and Crystal. This generation introduced many new features such as Shiny Pokémon and the Dark and Steel type.

Pokémon Gold Versiongold_en_boxart

Pokémon Gold featured Ho-Oh, the Rainbow Pokémon. Ho-Oh is often named the “guardian of the skies”.

Ho-oh is a bird-like Pokémon which resembles a phoenix, leaving a beautiful rainbow behind when it flies. It has a mythical power to resurrect the dead, which can be seen in one of the episodes of Pokémon Generations.

Its signature move is Sacred Fire, a strong damage-dealing move. Ho-oh was the first Generation II Pokémon that was seen in the anime, which was a sign that the franchise would continue after Generation I. Its name comes from ‘Hōō‘ (鳳凰), the Chinese word for phoenix.

Pokémon Silver Version

silver_en_boxartPokémon Silver showed Lugia, the Diving Pokémon, on its cover. It is often referred to as the “guardian of the seas”. It’s also the trio master of the Legendary birds.

Lugia is a Pokémon that is able to control the weather, especially cause and stop storms. Because it knows it has that power, it hides itself underwater to prevent itself rising storms.

Its signature move is Aeroblast. Ho-oh and Lugia are the only Legendary mascot Pokémon that are not seen clashing with each other in the anime. Its name may come from ‘lutetium‘ (a silver element), ‘lugeo‘ (‘I lie dormant’ in Latin) or ‘luna‘ (‘moon’ in Latin).

Pokémon Crystal Version

Pokémon Crystal covered Suicune, the Aurora Pokémon. Suicune 500px-crystal_en_boxart
is the only Legendary beast to appear on a box art.

Suicune has the power to purify water with one touch. It travels the land searching for water to purify.

It is thought to be based on the Qilin, an Eastern legend that has traits of Chinese dragons, unicorns, deer and big cats. Its mane, however is said to resemble the northern aurora. Suicunes name is derived from ‘sui‘ (水, water) and ‘kun‘ (君, monarch).

[poll id=”116″]

X — EVAN

Supporters

Nick F

Smearg

Foil Island

Conglome NERD

alcremie sundae

Radiant Blutle

Zachery

Dragoniteo

Austin John Plays

Help support our work by becoming a Patron on Patreon! Swadloon Platoon members and above will be added to our site supporters list!

3,319 thoughts on “Mascot Pokémon Showdown: Generation II”

  2. Okay so…
    As nobody really knows me, I’m going to (re)introduce myself.

    I acutally already did that in like 2014, commented once or twice, then never again.
    Always been too lazy to log into my disqus account until recently.

    I’m here almost every day, always reading the comments.
    It also feels like I know everybody already.

    legendary Earthen, always pretty angry… Had had his birthday recently?! Happy late birthday..
    Then there is this one girl (?), who always deletes her comments after a while
    Dixon something, always asking weird questions – but precious
    That one girl with the hella good GIFs…
    I always see the art made by Star
    Ithsme, still believing there will be more Pokemon in the final games.
    PercyEspeon, Haxford, Shady and many other

    So it is only fair to tell you guys something about myself, even if nobody wants to know anyhting..

    Sascha, male, 23, Germany, gay, single, Pkmn Fan since 1st Gen, Ice Type, Glaceon, likes Z Moves, chooses Popplio, favorite color orange, becoming a teacher, kind of a detective

    Reply

Leave a Comment