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Looking for help to make Fakemon? Need some guidance for making your game's region or starting out with your new Fakemon? Well look no further! This Fakemon Starter Guide will help you get your Fakemon to Nintendo standards!

So I've seen a bunch of odd Fakemon across Deviantart, and
So I've decided to create a Guide for helping those of DeviantArt Create their own Fakemon!

You don't HAVE to do this, but if you choose to, that's awesome!

This only has a few tips on getting you started, but follow them and you can do the rest on your own with no problem!

(Note this guide if for those that want their Fakemon to be like nintendo's, and that this guide is still and always will be a working progress)

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Creating Starters!

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This will really help you get started with your Fakemon!

First of all look at all the starters Nintendo has made. Notice a pattern? No? How about this, look at the way their standing.

EVERY SINGLE STARTER POKEMON NINTENDO HAS MADE HAS THIS PATTERN!

2 of the Starters are standing straight up, and the other one is on all fours! Got it? Great!

So Don't make your starters have no limbs or stuff like that, or you might as well just make that one a regular Pokemon (Unless you wanna, again, I'm not forcing you)

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There's also another pattern Nintendo has done to their starters: The Grass Types are based off of extinct creatures (they were all reptiles up until X and Y), the Fire Types are from the zodiacs, and the Water Types are based on aquatic but not fully aquatic animals, like amphibians and seals!

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Design!

Be original, don't steal ideas from other people, because that's just rude and lame. Be creative! But don't make them TOO COMPLICATED.

This is the TOP #1 REASON MOST FAKEMON HERE ON DEVIANTART SUCK (To me that is)!:

DON'T MAKE YOUR STARTERS LOOK SO FLIPPING COMPLICATED! I see artwork of a whole Fakemon Dex here on DeviantArt and the starters have giant huge eyes, they have so many extra details, and they look so thin and serious! Save the over detailed stuff for their evolved forms!

I'm not saying that they have to be bland, just don't make their basic form look like a mini legendary.

Back to the tips: Give your starters at least 1 unique detail and pass it down with their evolutions.

Examples:

Charmander: The flame on it's tail

Bulbasaur: The plant on it's back

Turtwig: The sprout on it's head, which is later on a tree on it's back once it is a Torterra

Oshawott: It's shell, later on used as swords when evolved into Samurott

You get the idea right? Good!

Now onto the eyes:

Make sure that each starter's eyes are different, use my Xannoh starters' eyes as an example

Niwunny: Has big eyes

Kaneko: Same as Niwunny, except pupils are smaller

Rokabu: has black eyes with white pupils

Still need help with inspiration? Make your starters look like animals!

Examples:

Niwunny: A Bunny

Kaneko: A Cat

Rokabu: A Bear

(As you can see I didn't follow my own guide )

Simple as that!

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Powers

Types: Note that if you make one starter a special duel type you'd best make the others one too.

EX: If you're gonna make your Fire type starter have something like steel as its dual type, it might be best to give the others a secondary type just s unique as the other. Equality!

With Powers you can be as creative as you want!

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Evolutions

The evolutions aren't too hard, but will be if you haven't made a basic starter yet.

Basically you just make your evolutions more detailed and stronger than it's previous forms. This is where you may be as detailed as you wish!

Another important tip is to make the evolution look like it could be its own Pokemon. What I mean here is that you'll want to come up with a design that separates it from all other Pokemon, even its evolution and previous form. Try not to make it look like just the exact same thing as the first stage but meaner looking. One way to avoid making this mistake is to look at the evolution's design and think to yourself: "If this Fakemon were a real Pokemon, is its design unique enough to survive on its own if it weren't an evolution of the starter? Or would it just be forgotten?" An example would be Fennekin & Braixen. Braixen's design is similar to Fennekin, but it's unique enough to survive on its own without having to be an evolution of a starter. Bulbasaur and Ivysaur are another example. While Ivysaur isn't necessarily terrible in design, it might have some difficulty seperating itself from the Bulbasaur evolution line, since its design is so similar to Bulbasaur. Not saying that Ivysaur is a terribe design, but others like Braixen separate itself much better due to having their own unique design. Following this tip can help you make amazing starter evolutions!

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Naming

This is one thing even I have trouble with. But its simple, you just take 2 words that describe your fakemon and you put them together!

Examples:

Squirtle: (Squirt+Turtle)

Treecko: (Tree+Gecko)

Torchic: (Torch+Chick)

Turtwig: (Turtle+Twig)

Snivy: (Snake+Ivy)

Easy Right?

Or you can do what I sometimes do, if the name is taken, take one of the words and translate it into Japanese! Then put it together!

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Game Versions

Want to make a game version?

Simple!

Again, look at the Pokemon Version game pairs made by Nintendo, see the pattern?

Each Version Pair represents 2 things that are opposites, but still have a connection with each other!

Examples:

Pokemon Diamond & Pearl: Time and Space

Pokemon Black and White: Yin and Yang

Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire: Earth and Sea

Got it?

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Legendary Mascots

As followed by their name, Legendary Mascots are the legendary Pokemon that represent their game.

Examples:

Ruby: Groudon and Earth

Sapphire: Kyogre and Sea

Emerald: Rayquaza and the Sky

Got it? Good!

Like the games, make sure the legendary Pokemon look different from each other, but yet share a special connection!

Like my Fan Made game!

Pokemon Grace: Kitzuniba, Represents Mother Nature

Pokemon Techno: Thornotron, Represents Father Technology

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Region

Now for the region! The regions in Pokemon are modeled after real world locations, Like Uvona is modeled after New York, Kalos is Modeled after France, the list goes on.

Now about naming it, From what I've learned from the official regions, is that each one is named after a real place in the world! That's what I've heard! But if you don't wanna choose to do that, and name your region something else, then listen up!: Most of the regions have only 5 letters in their name, so you may wanna name your region something short and catchy~

Also it's unknown if it's intentional or not, but each region name seems to always have an O in it.

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Professors:

This is really simple, Every professor in every Pokemon game is named after a tree, VERY simple!

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As this may be updated sometime, If these tips helped you in any way, I'm happy!

If not.... Then I'm sorry I couldn't be of assistance....

Remember you don't HAVE to follow these tips, but if you wish to, be my guest!

Bullet; Green — Description
Looking for help to make Fakemon? Need some guidance for making your game's region or starting out with your new Fakemon? Well look no further! This Fakemon Starter Guide will help you get your Fakemon to Nintendo standards!

So I've seen a bunch of odd Fakemon across Deviantart, and
So I've decided to create a Guide for helping those of DeviantArt Create their own Fakemon!

You don't HAVE to do this, but if you choose to, that's awesome!

This only has a few tips on getting you started, but follow them and you can do the rest on your own with no problem!

(Note this guide if for those that want their Fakemon to be like nintendo's, and that this guide is still and always will be a working progress)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Creating Starters!

-------------

This will really help you get started with your Fakemon!

First of all look at all the starters Nintendo has made. Notice a pattern? No? How about this, look at the way their standing.

EVERY SINGLE STARTER POKEMON NINTENDO HAS MADE HAS THIS PATTERN!

2 of the Starters are standing straight up, and the other one is on all fours! Got it? Great!

So Don't make your starters have no limbs or stuff like that, or you might as well just make that one a regular Pokemon (Unless you wanna, again, I'm not forcing you)

...................
...................

There's also another pattern Nintendo has done to their starters: The Grass Types are based off of extinct creatures (they were all reptiles up until X and Y), the Fire Types are from the zodiacs, and the Water Types are based on aquatic but not fully aquatic animals, like amphibians and seals!

-------------

Design!

Be original, don't steal ideas from other people, because that's just rude and lame. Be creative! But don't make them TOO COMPLICATED.

This is the TOP #1 REASON MOST FAKEMON HERE ON DEVIANTART SUCK (To me that is)!:

DON'T MAKE YOUR STARTERS LOOK SO FLIPPING COMPLICATED! I see artwork of a whole Fakemon Dex here on DeviantArt and the starters have giant huge eyes, they have so many extra details, and they look so thin and serious! Save the over detailed stuff for their evolved forms!

I'm not saying that they have to be bland, just don't make their basic form look like a mini legendary.

Back to the tips: Give your starters at least 1 unique detail and pass it down with their evolutions.

Examples:

Charmander: The flame on it's tail

Bulbasaur: The plant on it's back

Turtwig: The sprout on it's head, which is later on a tree on it's back once it is a Torterra

Oshawott: It's shell, later on used as swords when evolved into Samurott

You get the idea right? Good!

Now onto the eyes:

Make sure that each starter's eyes are different, use my Xannoh starters' eyes as an example

Niwunny: Has big eyes

Kaneko: Same as Niwunny, except pupils are smaller

Rokabu: has black eyes with white pupils

Still need help with inspiration? Make your starters look like animals!

Examples:

Niwunny: A Bunny

Kaneko: A Cat

Rokabu: A Bear

(As you can see I didn't follow my own guide )

Simple as that!

----------

Powers

Types: Note that if you make one starter a special duel type you'd best make the others one too.

EX: If you're gonna make your Fire type starter have something like steel as its dual type, it might be best to give the others a secondary type just s unique as the other. Equality!

With Powers you can be as creative as you want!

---------

Evolutions

The evolutions aren't too hard, but will be if you haven't made a basic starter yet.

Basically you just make your evolutions more detailed and stronger than it's previous forms. This is where you may be as detailed as you wish!

Another important tip is to make the evolution look like it could be its own Pokemon. What I mean here is that you'll want to come up with a design that separates it from all other Pokemon, even its evolution and previous form. Try not to make it look like just the exact same thing as the first stage but meaner looking. One way to avoid making this mistake is to look at the evolution's design and think to yourself: "If this Fakemon were a real Pokemon, is its design unique enough to survive on its own if it weren't an evolution of the starter? Or would it just be forgotten?" An example would be Fennekin & Braixen. Braixen's design is similar to Fennekin, but it's unique enough to survive on its own without having to be an evolution of a starter. Bulbasaur and Ivysaur are another example. While Ivysaur isn't necessarily terrible in design, it might have some difficulty seperating itself from the Bulbasaur evolution line, since its design is so similar to Bulbasaur. Not saying that Ivysaur is a terribe design, but others like Braixen separate itself much better due to having their own unique design. Following this tip can help you make amazing starter evolutions!

---------

Naming

This is one thing even I have trouble with. But its simple, you just take 2 words that describe your fakemon and you put them together!

Examples:

Squirtle: (Squirt+Turtle)

Treecko: (Tree+Gecko)

Torchic: (Torch+Chick)

Turtwig: (Turtle+Twig)

Snivy: (Snake+Ivy)

Easy Right?

Or you can do what I sometimes do, if the name is taken, take one of the words and translate it into Japanese! Then put it together!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Game Versions

Want to make a game version?

Simple!

Again, look at the Pokemon Version game pairs made by Nintendo, see the pattern?

Each Version Pair represents 2 things that are opposites, but still have a connection with each other!

Examples:

Pokemon Diamond & Pearl: Time and Space

Pokemon Black and White: Yin and Yang

Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire: Earth and Sea

Got it?

-----------

Legendary Mascots

As followed by their name, Legendary Mascots are the legendary Pokemon that represent their game.

Examples:

Ruby: Groudon and Earth

Sapphire: Kyogre and Sea

Emerald: Rayquaza and the Sky

Got it? Good!

Like the games, make sure the legendary Pokemon look different from each other, but yet share a special connection!

Like my Fan Made game!

Pokemon Grace: Kitzuniba, Represents Mother Nature

Pokemon Techno: Thornotron, Represents Father Technology

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Region

Now for the region! The regions in Pokemon are modeled after real world locations, Like Uvona is modeled after New York, Kalos is Modeled after France, the list goes on.

Now about naming it, From what I've learned from the official regions, is that each one is named after a real place in the world! That's what I've heard! But if you don't wanna choose to do that, and name your region something else, then listen up!: Most of the regions have only 5 letters in their name, so you may wanna name your region something short and catchy~

Also it's unknown if it's intentional or not, but each region name seems to always have an O in it.

----------

Professors:

This is really simple, Every professor in every Pokemon game is named after a tree, VERY simple!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

As this may be updated sometime, If these tips helped you in any way, I'm happy!

If not.... Then I'm sorry I couldn't be of assistance....

Remember you don't HAVE to follow these tips, but if you wish to, be my guest!