List of generation II Pokémon

Pokémon are a species of fictional creatures created for the Pokémon media franchise. Developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo, the Japanese franchise began in 1996 with the video games Pokémon Red and Green for the Game Boy, which were later released in North America as Pokémon Red and Blue in 1998. In these games and their sequels, the player assumes the role of a Trainer whose goal is to capture Pokémon and use their special abilities to combat other Pokémon. Some Pokémon can transform into stronger species through a process called evolution via various means, such as exposure to specific items. Each Pokémon has one or two elemental types, which define its advantages and disadvantages when battling other Pokémon. A major goal in each game is to complete the Pokédex, a comprehensive Pokémon encyclopedia, by capturing, evolving, and trading with other Trainers to obtain individuals from all Pokémon species. In the second generation, the player can choose between Chikorita, Cyndaquil and Totodile as their starter. The second generation of Pokémon is set primarily in the region of Johto, which is based on the real-world region of Kansai in Japan. The second generation of Pokémon, unlike other subsequent generations in the series, was primarily designed as a "sequel" to the prior generation, which was focused around the games Pokémon Red and Blue. This resulted in many second-generation species being related to earlier ones, or reviving designs scrapped from Red and Blue. Unlike the prior generation, however, the second generation more clearly defined what a Pokémon species design would look like, with many in the second generation having their designs rooted in some form of real-world origin, such as in the form of plants, animals, and mythological inspirations. Designs for the generation took a more "rural" approach, in contrast to the prior generation, where Pokémon such as Porygon and Muk illustrated more "urban" influences. Some of the new Pokémon introduced in Gold and Silver are pre-evolutions of generation one Pokémon, such as Pichu and Igglybuff. Referred to as "Baby Pokémon", they are usually only available by breeding their evolved forms. The generation also introduced a new variation of Pokémon called Shiny Pokémon, which are rare versions of Pokémon with alternate color palettes from a standard version of the species. Scrapped Pokémon Pokémon Gold and Silver were first revealed at Nintendo Space World, a live trade show event, in 1997. A demo was showcased at Space World, which was not made publicly available again until it was later leaked online in 2018. At this point in the games' development, they had a significantly larger world map than the final game and featured around 41 Pokémon designs that were removed and replaced when the games were released in 1999. These designs included scrapped pre-evolutions for Pokémon from the first generation, such as Paras, Meowth, and Doduo, and scrapped evolutions for Farfetch'd, Qwilfish, Pinsir, Some scrapped designs are believed to have later been reused for future games such as Tangrowth, Sharpedo, a Dark-type cat evolutionary line, and a shell Pokémon (named Taaban) that bears resemblance to shells on the tail and head of the Pokémon species Slowbro and Slowking respectively. Many Pokémon introduced in the second generation also had design differences from their final incarnations. A big change from the demo were the starters. Aside from Chikorita, both the Fire-type and Water-type starters were different species instead of the Cyndaquil and Totodile lines chosen in the final game. The Fire starter was initially filled by Honōguma (translated into Flambear for the English version), a bear-like Pokémon that slightly resembles Pikachu. In April 2020, two more leaks were documented online, one from a demo from Space World 1999 and the other from a pre-Space World 1997 build of Gold and Silver. The latter leak, dubbed the Korean Index due to being discovered within a Korean backup file, featured more previously unseen scrapped designs such as Pokémon based on a koala, , a Viking longship, as well as designs resembling early versions of later generation species Chimecho and Burmy. These leaks, as well as the Space World 1997 demo leak, were a part of a series of continuous data leaks known as the Nintendo Gigaleak. ==List of Pokémon==