what kind of new pokemon could live in a hot desert area?(lets say ice types)

[Matleo]

could you see them coming out by night or by sandstorm, or hiding and moving under the sand .
Or one very immune to sun and fire.

this way both forms of Sandshrew(ground and ice) could be in one game in future.

No one can say that the Alolan forms lets say could have migrated further into other regions?

could see a bug/ice, or maybe a new cosmic ice/psychic legendary coming on an a comet(made of ice)

Seriously in a winter area I could see a ice/electric Stunfisk, but how would it be this way?

maybe our cactus line could get a grass/fire typing form in a new region?

or what do you think?

 

[Foxwarrior]

If you mean especifically ice types, ice/fire, ice/ground, ice/bug and ice/rock fits a desert set.

Especially if different pokemons are found in specific times of day like GSC. Deserts usually are extremely cold at night, so makes sense ice pokemons appearing in the night shift.

 

[SirOni]

Desert nights are very cold but with how hot the days are Pokemon adapted to cold environments wouldn't find it suitable unless they could find easy refuge. Just under the sand definitely wouldn't do it. There'd have to be a nearby cave or passage to the underground.

I doubt there will be a location where a regional variant and its original counterpart naturally live. It's kinda the whole deal behind the idea of regional variations. A constructed environment like a Safari Zone on the other hand I could see working well.

Seriously in a winter area I could see a ice/electric Stunfisk, but how would it be this way?

maybe our cactus line could get a grass/fire typing form in a new region?

or what do you think?

So is this thread just about Ice-types living in a hot desert area or is it something more general? The title of the thread and some of the questions you ask don't line up.

 

[Sana]

Maybe a region could have a cold desert. Their temperatures are notably extreme both during seasons and daily cycles. (But of course the thread especfies otherwise)
Sandshrew in particular would work great in those, with the icy ones maybe appearing on the extremely frigid winter nights.

If they bring seasons you could even have things like regional variations in migration patterns too, or hibernation/aestivation.
(of course, I wouldn't think alolan Sandshrew migrate...)

I could see a lot of bug and poison types becoming active at different times of the day, too.

Just under the sand definitely wouldn't do it.

That is the way many animals survive, though...? They dig underground away from the hot surface.
This is mostly for small reptiles and insects, but some ground types and such probably could burrow deep enough too.

 

[Matleo]

Desert nights are very cold but with how hot the days are Pokemon adapted to cold environments wouldn't find it suitable unless they could find easy refuge. Just under the sand definitely wouldn't do it. There'd have to be a nearby cave or passage to the underground.

I doubt there will be a location where a regional variant and its original counterpart naturally live. It's kinda the whole deal behind the idea of regional variations. A constructed environment like a Safari Zone on the other hand I could see working well.



So is this thread just about Ice-types living in a hot desert area or is it something more general? The title of the thread and some of the questions you ask don't line up.

ice types is only the hardest group to think of with this theme, in generally all types.

Think of forms for pokemon like cacnea(fire/grass), mandibuzz(ghost/flying).

What about ice types that could hide under sand or have abilities to protect from sun or fire? or gain something from it too?
Or maybe make a fast but fragile ice/rock , ice/ground pokemon thats uses sandstorms to hide?

I though about the icy mount Kongo and about our snhow island in Alola, but why not show ice types that try to survive in harsh climate too. (and then in future a region where many new and old icy types have a perfecttotally icy tundra climate for themself and other types need to compete)

also if theres is a river, see or oasis, then interesting new water types could apper but maybe also landgoing water types that need to survive without the water habbitat.

 

[Bob Fizzle]

Ice types in a hot climate with little rainfall is never gonna happen. Should be logical enough, but whatever.

If we're going to have ice types in a desert, we need to think outside the box a little. Simply burying under the sand won't do the trick for animals who thrive in subzero climates, as the sheer thermal mass of the earth means that while things might be a little chilly, they will most certainly remain well above freezing. What we need, then, is a special region with a nice, dry desert, but also with cool year-round temperatures.

Look no further than the Atacama Desert in South America. Bordered by the Andes mountains, this desert is home to the driest non-polar place on Earth. Most critically, this desert extends into the barren lower steppes of the Dry Andes mountains, with plateaus at 15,000 feet, just below the snow line for the region. If ice types are going to exist in a desert, this is your best bet.

The elevation change between Mt Lanakila and the Haina Desert in Alola is far too steep, but such a terrain feature could easily be worked into a future region. A small town at a high-altitude plateau on the edge of such a desert would provide ample opportunity for creating some of these elusive "desert ice-types" that you so desire.

That is the way many animals survive, though...? They dig underground away from the hot surface.
This is mostly for small reptiles and insects, but some ground types and such probably could burrow deep enough too.

The problem is that, if you bury deep enough, the temperature starts to be fairly constant, yes, but that temperature is well above freezing. This is nice for animals who seek shelter from the extreme heat (or cold) of arid climates, but would not be enough for a species that thrives in subzero temperatures to take refuge from the desert heat.

 

[Matleo]

species that thrives in subzero temperatures

cold african nights is also a small solution, night active pokemon if we ever get a day/night theme next generations.

fire/ice, rock/ice and dragon/ice are the only ones that could live in the heat of the day.

Or a ice type with thick fat or heatproof.