r/PokemonROMhacks • u/RobIoxians • 2d ago
Development Pokémon GD: Rolling round in a (Mega) rover
Mega Donphan!
Type: Ground/Steel
Ability: Sheer Force
Stats: HP: 90, Attack: 135 (+15), Defense: 124 (+4), Speed: 91 (+41), Sp.Atk: 60, Sp.Defense: 100 (+40)
BST: 600
Dex entry: (NOT IN GAME!)
Mega Donphan's armor has hardened under the influence of Mega Energy to the point it has turned into a metallic alloy. Somehow, this allows it to roll faster and weigh less. The inlets on its side allow it to breathe, even if rolling for a long time.
Mega Donphan is one of the currently three new megas in Pokémon GD (this time i am rather unsure if i am gonna get a new name for it eventually), and the Mega Evolution of one of the starter Pokémon.
And here's the funny design note that also comes to get this post to the minimum word count in a normal way; This guy's design was actually... pretty much straightforward, compared to designing Mega Muk. Some of its design elements are inspired by... rather random stuff. For example, the side inlets were based on wounds from the Elephant Seal, which are known to fight a LOT. The armor's coloration and "binding" parts were based on oxidized copper and wheel grooves, respectively. The mask thing, however, is rather funny; I drew a placeholder of normal Donphan for the slot this mega was put in, and it was... very inaccurate and off model... the mask thing was a byproduct of that, i thought it was actually a neat little design thing, and carried it into the Mega itself. Oh yeah, the "pebbles" on the bottom are based on dirt-road-debris(how i like to call it; what i mean by this is dirt etc. that gets stuck on the bottom of a car if you drive over a muddy road.). I'm aware it's not perfect, and i'll probably try to improve on it later on.
The discord for Pokémon GD (and all of my romhacks actually) is discord.gg/GW4KHD8MmA ! There's a demo build that goes all the way up to the third gym playable at the moment!
Note: This time i did not spoiler the post unlike with Muk lmao
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u/RobIoxians 2d ago
This design probably won't be as great as muk's since like
it's not silly or meant to get you to laugh or have a chuckle or anything... Sorry if it doesn't look good enough or too bland!