This artwork resembles Raikou and Suicune. It was illustrated by Muneo Saitō, who was also the designer of the legendary beasts, including Entei. It's existence also brings the possibility that the DNA Splicer (from Pokémon Black and White Two) could have been a possibility earlier than...

This black and yellow dog with anime hear was almost our Raikou, and the contrast is pretty jarring: Nothing about the prototypical "Rai" really screams "legendary beast," but if you go back to the first generation, you can say much the same about the original legendary birds.

Sep 13, 2020 · 10 Raikou/Suicune The legendary beasts trio went through a lot of changes in the drawing board, including having other beta versions that are honestly rather cool. This design of Suicune/Raikou happens to be drawn by Muneo Saitō, who was also responsible for the final versions of those two as well as Entei.

Apr 8, 2020 · Beta Raikou looked much different from the tiger-like thunder god interpretation we received. (Briggs refers to this interpretation as "Shadow the Edgedog.") | The Pokemon Company/Game Freak ...

Feb 5, 2022 · Raikou, Entei, and Suicune have the exact same moveset, learned at the same levels, except that they each learn a different elemental move at set intervals: they start by learning the weakest elemental moves—ThunderShock, Ember, WaterGun—and then build up …

Feb 19, 2019 · It's still there in the GSC beta files along with what did become Raikou. To be fair, Beta Raikou looked much more like a dog. It's possible that Raitora influenced Raikou's current tiger-like design. I always felt like Blastoise kind of felt disconnected from Squirtle/Wartortle.

Feb 12, 2025 · Raikou (Japanese: ライコウ Raikou) is an Electric-type Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation II. It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon. Along with Entei and Suicune, it is one of the Legendary beasts …

Oct 21, 2024 · Beta version of the Raikou and Entei battle theme. Both dogs shared the same theme early on.

Jun 6, 2020 · But the Pokemon Gold beta sprites still have plenty of outside anti alias. The final gen 2 sprites look more cleaned up, but they still make use of anti aliasing on the lines. Supposing you want it to look more authentic, you should consider going for the same approach.

Pokédex entry for #243 Raikou containing stats, moves learned, evolution chain, location and more!