A Pokemon Black and White fan that's preparing for the release of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet has designed Gen 5 sprites for Bellibolt and Iono in a Pokemon battle against the trainer from Gen 5. Gen 5 kicked off with Pokemon Black and White back in 2010, and as the sequel and generations have rolled on over the years, many fans remained dedicated, even those anticipating Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.
Reddit user R3dd1t_D4v1d recently posted a brief video of their Gen 5 sprites of Bellibolt and Iono entering a Pokemon battle, with appropriate animations that highlight their personalities teased in a trailer uploaded to the official Pokemon channel last week. This trailer revealed Iono as the Electric-type Gym leader of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, and outside of her battling career, she's also a popular Paldean livestreamer. Along with the Bellibolt shown off in the promotion for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet were a pair of unique Magnemite with one being pink and the other being blue, which may reflect the positive and negative charges from an electrical current.
R3dd1t_D4v1d's short clip begins with the Pokemon trainer from Gen 5 known as Hilbert standing alongside the Fighting-type Mienfoo in a battle against Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Gym leader Iono. Portraying the same personality teased in her reveal trailer, Iono enters the Gen 5 battle screen by extending her arms and tapping her feet to a rhythm that her blue and pink Magnemites react to as well. In front of the Electric-type Gym leader is a very large Bellibolt, which stomps its right foot down three times before charging some electricity in the small circle on its stomach in preparation for the Gen 5-style battle.
Just like in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's Victory Road path, the Gen 5 Pokemon trainer of R3dd1t_D4v1d's art would have to overcome Bellibolt and presumably a couple more Pokemon to acquire a lower resolution version of the Electric badge of Gen 9. R3dd1t_D4v1d isn't the first Pokemon fan artist to take a classic approach to more modern games with a demake as another fan art has depicted the Pokemon Scarlet and Violet starters as Gen 2 sprites. Because Pokemon Diamond and Pearl have seen re-releases on the Nintendo Switch, many Gen 5 fans like R3dd1t_D4v1d are clambering for a modern take on Pokemon Black and White.
Although many Pokemon fans are hoping for word on a Pokemon Black and White remake like the one experienced by Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, Nintendo has yet to hint at when that might happen. A number of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet fans took to R3dd1t_D4v1d's post to voice their appreciation for the clip by upvoting it.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will release for Nintendo Switch on November 18.
