Ken Sugimori did not approve of the Ultra Beast designs for regular Pokémon.

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Pokemon Sun & Moon Season 20 is an animated TV series that is a part of the popular Pokémon media franchise. Also called Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon or Pocket Monsters: Sun & Moon, it revolves ...

Back in 2016, Pokémon Sun and Moon gave us our first look at the Ultra Beasts. They are a weird-looking group of creatures, ...

The Ultra Beasts are more sci-fi or insect-inspired than the cuter, often animal or plant-influenced designs of Ken ...

Omura also responded to a fan theory that the Ultra Beasts were meant to look distinctly un-Pokémon-like, as if they broke the “rules” of what usually constitutes a Pocket Monster, and Omura said that ...

After nearly 10 years, a designer has finally revealed the origins behind Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon's ...

Ohmura went on (as spotted by Automaton) to explain that the Ultra Beast designs were actually based on previous Pokémon ...

A Pokémon veteran has confirmed that Sun and Moon's Ultra Beasts were based on rejected Pokémon designs.

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GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. They say diamonds are forever, but Nintendo 3DS game carts might be ready to give that precious material a run for its money. One Pokemon Sun player ...