Pokopia hit digital shelves across the world this morning, and Pokémon fans have already begun gobbling up everything the life-simulation game has to offer. In the Pocket Monster franchise’s newest title, players can find notes and other data points scattered around the island, and some fans think they’ve found a teaser for a new form for a Gen 4 species coming in Gen 10.
One of these data points, titled the "Shellos Report," talks about the sea slug-like Pokémon from Sinnoh, Shellos—and what could be a new form for it.
“Shellos changes its color and appearance based on diet and the environment it lives in,” the entry reads. “We are researching day and night in an attempt to create a heretofore unknown yellow Shellos.”
Pokemon fans will know Shellos and its evolved form, Gastrodon, currently only come in two colors: pink and a greenish blue. You can get Shellos in both of its forms in Pokopia, though there's currently no sign of a yellow form—yet, at least. We know other Pokémon species will be joining the life-simulation game in future events and updates. However, it's possible we may get a new yellow Shellos later on. Or, as many Pokémon fans on social media have surmised, it could be a teaser for a new color variant for the water type in Gen 10, when Winds and Waves release.
Though Shellos's colors don't change its typing like regional variants, it's a fun little gimmick the species has. Shellos and Gastrodon haven't received any special love from Game Freak in the form of Gigantamax or Mega Evolution forms like many other creatures in the franchise, so it'd be nice for the two to get something in the next generation of games, even if it's only a new look.
So, what do you think? Are we about to see a new form for our slimy little slug friend? Or is this just a fun little note the developers left for Pokopia players? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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