You may already know by now that I love deep dives, especially into the Zelda and Pokémon series — I've probably written thousands of words doing trailer breakdowns and lore explanations across the games over the past couple of years here on Nintendo Life.
So imagine how I feel discovering that there's an artist out there making a Pokémon X Zelda mash-up, with incredible thought put into the details. Bilsu Art has been showing off his "Zelda-Based Fakemon Region" for the past few weeks on his YouTube channel, and I'm already completely in love with it.
This imaginary Pokémon/Zelda game is called "Link Dimension", and it's incredibly cool. You'll start the game choosing one of three starter Pokémon, based on the Deku, Goron, and Zora races instead of Grass, Fire, and Water, and they look like this:
But that's just the beginning! They also evolve into detailed designs, like the Goron final evo, which references Death Mountain:
it wouldn't be Zelda without horrible spiders — sorry, Skulltulas — and Bilsu Art has a really cute little version of Ocarina's arachnids:
And Gohma — you know Gohma, the bug-queen you get to fight in almost every Zelda game at this point — gets her own three-evolution line, starting with the painfully sweet Gohmite:
There are Fakemon based on the Blue Cucco, the Master Sword, the Hyrulian Shield, Wallmasters, and the Ancient Guardians, and Bilsu Art is just getting started.
You see, in order to create Link's Dimension, Bilsu Art completely overhauled the type system. Pokémon types like Grass, Ground, and Ghost have been renamed to more Zelda-appropriate names, but also to widen the typing net and catch creatures from the Zelda games that don't fit the Pokémon typing. Here's the full list of Link's Dimension types and their rough Pokémon equivalents:
- Forest (Grass)
- Electric
- Draconic (Dragon)
- Desert (Ground)
- Fire
- Bug
- Sky (Flying)
- Phantom (Ghost)
- Water
- Ice
- Hyrule (Normal)
- Toxic (Poison)
- Metal (Steel)
- Warrior (Fighting)
- Stone (Rock)
- Spirit (Fairy)
- Time (Psychic)
- Twilight (Dark)
Does this concept interest you? Then make sure to check out Bilsu Art's Youtube channel, Instagram, and Twitter — we expect to find out even more about Link's Dimension in the coming weeks and months!
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Navi should be that kid from Pokemon Crystal that calls you every 7 seconds giving a full report on the growth of their rattata and how a hoothoot managed to get away
The Deku one is cool looking.
I don’t know why, but it sticks out above the rest.
They're all so cute!
@ComfyAko Not just any Rattata. Youngster Joey's Rattata is different from regular Rattata. It's like it's in the top percentage of all Rattata.
Deku starter for me for sure. The Goron looks like a weird little baby man.
Very cool. If i had Instagram i would follow them. The only social media I have is yt, so oh well.
Wasn't there an episode in the anime where Ash was dressed up as Link? I think it was set in the Hoenn region.
Lots of talented and creative artists out there!
@Bluelink45 They have a YouTube channel. It’s linked in the article.
What a cool project!
A crossover like this would probably convince me to return to the Pokémon franchise.
This would work because Link already wears shorts. They're comfy and easy to wear.
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