Curious as to what compelled them to support Temtem and help bring Leopoldo's 'fakemon' to life, we reached out to PokéNinja on Twitter to learn more about their unique role in the Platypet's addition to Temtem. This streamer called PokéNinja paid the highest amount, so he got negotiating with me for the rights on the platypus’ designs," Leopoldo confirmed.ĭespite having a goal of $70,000, Temtem managed to crowdfund a whopping $573,940 on Kickstarter thanks, in part, to generous backers like PokéNinja. "The highest reward in the Kickstarter allowed the donator to include a design of his/her own into the game. Other tier benefits include offers from previous tiers like becoming an NPC and helping Crema design a Route in Temtem.Īfter falling in love with Leopoldo's 'fakemon' platypus, streamer PokéNinja decided to spend the full $6,000 and send the design over to the developers at Crema. Send us sketches and work with our art team to create a Temtem and help us brainstorm its name," the tier description reads. The Kickstarter for an emerging Pokémon-like indie game, Temtem, launched a few months after Leopoldo's 'leaked' Pokémon starters went viral in 2018. At Temtem's highest Kickstarter tier, priced at $6,000 (USD) and limited to four backers, an opportunity to create a custom Temtem design for use in the game presented itself. Streamer PokéNinja went on to purchase the rights to Leopoldo's bunny design for use in a project they're working on called SnapBeasts. I was satisfied that I guessed it almost entirely." © 50shadesofHeliolisk, PokéNinja "I hadn't come up with those designs by chance, but I had been thinking for a long time about what the most likely choices Game Freak could have made based on their past working method. "I was obviously surprised, but modestly it made sense," Leopoldo explained. The only one that differed was the Water-type, which Leopoldo rendered as a blue platypus. Surprisingly, the Grass and Fire-type starters looked remarkably similar to what Leopoldo had designed. ![]() When asked about his motivation for creating his own Pokémon Sword & Shield starters, Leopoldo replied: " It was one of those things I've always said to myself, 'It would be a lot of fun to try once.' The period between the release of Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon and the announcement of Let's Go, Pikachu and Eevee was really full of anxiety and leaks, so I simply took the ball."ġ8 months after Leopoldo's art went viral, the official Pokémon Sword & Shield starters were revealed. "What really surprised me was the speed with which the news grew immediately afterwards." "I expected that there would be at least a bit of a stir, but initially everything was keeping up to my expectations." Leopoldo commented. The 'fakemon' starters he created were so convincing that games media and Pokémon fans quickly latched on to the designs with the hope that they were, in fact, legitimate. Leopoldo Spagna aka 50shadesofHeliolisk is a skilled Italian artist known for his stylish Pokémon fan art and is responsible for a 'leaked' image of the Pokémon Sword & Shield starters which garnered quite a bit of attention back in 2018.
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