Whether you're a fan or not, you probably have at least a passing familiarity with Pokémon by now. And for good reason, too. I'd be willing to bet that Pikachu is probably at least as recognizable as Mickey Mouse or Mario by this point, even if you couldn't possibly care less about the games, or the animated series/movies, the cards, or even Ryan Reynolds.
It's kind of hard for me to believe, but the games Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are a couple of years old now. Back in 2022, I wrote about how these two monsters, which somehow evolved with motorcycle-esque qualities, were both Legendaries intended to help Pokémon trainers get around in both games. Violet had Miraidon, while Scarlet had Koraidon. Of the two, Miraidon was somewhat lightcycle-esque in stature, while Koraidon had a strange combination of four legs and a pair of wheels.
Funnily enough, when it came time for the Pokémon Company to partner with OEMs to build life-size Miraidon and Koraidon, the partnerships went in a different direction than you might expect. Despite the fact that Toyota mostly doesn't involve itself with motorcycles, it was nonetheless Toyota that built a life-size Miraidon. Now, Miraidon has legs as well as wheels; it just doesn't seem to function in quite the same way in-game as Koraidon does. I mean, I didn't mention the jets, did I? Miraidon has jet propulsion. I guess I kind of buried the lede there; for that, I'm very sorry. JETCYCLE POKEMON!
