Pokémon Winds and Waves are a couple of the most mysterious, non-mysterious games yet. We've only seen one official trailer, and we don't even know the region's name, but so much info about Generation 10 is presumably known because of extensive leaks. We have an idea of the games' possible price, how many new Pokémon Winds and Waves will introduce, and even what some of them are. But an official teaser about a new regional variant may have been hiding right in front of us.
To set the stage, we have to talk about a new video covering footage from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl's development received and archived by YouTuber Lewtwo (thanks, Polygon). Lewtwo's video is a fascinating, hour-long affair diving deep into a documentary made by developer Game Freak while Diamond and Pearl were in production, but of special interest to a potential Gen 10 regional variant is a section about a third of the way through, where sketches appearing during a quick panning shot show prototype Pokémon designs.
Lewtwo is able to spot early drawings of Bidoof, Cranidos, and others, but we want to focus on is one that appears to be a concept for Gastrodon...
