Everyone knows that Pokémon usually have a preliminary design that sometimes changes a bit until they reach the final version. In other cases, the aspect changes radically, as is the case with Hitmontop
According to the leaks of the original Pokémon Gold and Silver demo of 1997, this Fight-type Pokémon had a completely different appearance that can really be a bit creepy. It was a rather bizarre design where we can see a creature that seems to be the other way around but is not really. The Pokémon is topped with an eye located at the bottom.
In the images that we leave below, you can see a sprite recreation of the 1997 demo by RacieBeep, the sprite itself and the design that was finally given in 1999, all rescued by Dr. Lava:
What do you think?
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