Capsule Monsters

[VeggiePopper]

Bulbapedia has an article on it, the early version of Pocket Monsters. But the article says too little to be considered truely informative. Still, the small text left me with two questions in my mind:

1. It says the project started as a manga? If that's the case, I suppose it was published in the Game Freak fanzine. But how long did it last? Anybody (Ken Sugimori perhaps) keep an issue?

2. The article also says that Nidorino and Gengar debuted there. But it is logic to asume more Pokémon were there, any body knows of any?

I'd love to know more about the original Capsule Monsters ("Capsumon"? XD)... anyway, I know it's almost for sure you won't know the answers to these questions, so instead why don't you give your opinions and your own questions on this topic? Cheers!

 

[Falconwing]

Well, this would explain the significance of Gengar and Nidorino in the pilot of Pokemon as well as in the game intro sequences.

 

[VeggiePopper]

I thought exactly the same!! I'd just love to know a bit mora about it, but it seems to be so obscure...

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

I saw a copy of it at the Game On! exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago a few years ago, but sadly my film from it has yet to be developed (yes it was old school).

 

[TTEchidna]

I wonder if MSI still has it...

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

Probably not, but they might be able to offer further information or direct us to someone who can. Ought we to approach?

 

[VeggiePopper]

Whoah! Now I know it did exist!! What was it like? I mean, the cover or whatever the exhibition showed.

 

[TTEchidna]

Probably not, but they might be able to offer further information or direct us to someone who can. Ought we to approach?

That might be a good idea. Secondary plan is to contact those who made it...

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

It was four years ago, so I don't remember what the cover looked like. I really have to get on my parents about developing all this film.

 

[kakuna]

This is so cool...
the original pokemon!

I wonder if that is why they use the word "capsule" for so many things...
Time capsule, ball capsule, (poke balls look like capsules)
Probably just a coincidence, but I would like to think there is a connection

 

[Falconwing]

Time Capsules are real things and it sounds cool. I don't think Capsule Monsters had anything to do with the time capsule idea.

 

[☆TobyTse99☆]

I wonder if this idea is reused for ball capsule -.-

 

[VeggiePopper]

It seems a bit obvious that the "Capsule" word refers directly to what we now know as Poké Balls: "Capsule Monsters" are monsters that can be carried over inside capsules (whether they were spheric since the begining or not, that's where the mystery lies) that fit in your pocket, then it came the name "Pocket Monsters", isn't it logic?

 

[boop]

It seems a bit obvious that the "Capsule" word refers directly to what we now know as Poké Balls: "Capsule Monsters" are monsters that can be carried over inside capsules (whether they were spheric since the begining or not, that's where the mystery lies) that fit in your pocket, then it came the name "Pocket Monsters", isn't it logic?

I'm pretty sure they were always spherical. If I remember correctly, the cover of the manga Blackjack was referring to incorporated the "capsules" into the title. They were basically Poké Balls. I'm sure you can find pictures somewhere. . .

It is always intriguing to look back on a multi-billion dollar franchise's meager beginnings. It is amazing that something like Capsule Monsters morphed into the cash cow that took over the planet in the late 90s.

 

[Mitchman]

Am I the only one who thought Yugioh here?

 

[VeggiePopper]

Am I the only one who thought Yugioh here?

I treid to google "Capsule Monsters" and yeah, all I got was Yu Gi Oh D=

 

[kakuna]

I treid to google "Capsule Monsters" and yeah, all I got was Yu Gi Oh D=

When I googled it I just got the same bulbapedia page that we read at the beginning

 

[Nt '95 trainer]

I'm gonna search it. Sounds like fun.

 

[coolcatkim22]

Am I the only one who thought Yugioh here?

I did too.

 

[Nt '95 trainer]

I'm gonna search it. Sounds like fun.

I give up. Maybe if I grow up to be a programmer for game freak, I can ask Satoshi.