This fan manages to capture the essence of the Genshin Impact characters by turning them into pokemon.
Genshin Impact is a popular free-to-play open world action role-playing video game. (or free) that has spread among the community of players due to its entertaining game mechanism. Of course, this game developed by MiHoyo has reached the admiration of its fans to such an extent that, despite the fact that there are no official collaborations between franchises, fans can not wait to see their favorite characters in other universes.
While Genshin Impact takes place in the world of Teyvat, it is divided into Seven Nations: Mondstadt, Liyue, Inazuma, Sumeru, Fontaine, Natlan, Snezhnaya, and Khaenri’ah. The incredible thing about its setting is that the regions are inspired by places in the real world. And, through the adventures of twin brothers who travel the world, they have to get involved in war and a series of events that take them to unexpected places. In this way, the number of objects, locations and characters is impressive, so it is not surprising that fans are wondering in what other spaces such characters could exist.
In fact, the role-playing game continues to expand its list of playable characters practically after each update. For example, the current version 2.8 of Genshin Impact has introduced a new Anemo character by the name of Shikanoin Heizou. And taking up the possibilities to transport the characters are innumerable. But, of course, you don’t have to search through unknown titles to find the best pieces of art that fans can create from two franchises.
In this case, the video game and entertainment industry has had its cornerstones around the world. And one of them is Pokémon, which ranks second in Nintendo’s best-selling video games. So, considering the success that Pokémon represents in its genre, it was a good choice to merge the characteristics of Genshin Impact.
An incredible crossover between Pokémon and Genshin Impact
This new concept that emerged from both franchises, was created by the fans and reimagines four well-known characters from Impact Genshin as pokemonincluding Shikanoin Heizou, whom we mentioned earlier.
For context, the RPG has an anime-inspired style. Therefore, it is no surprise that fans have replicated their characters thanks to their aesthetic, in which it is common for artists to merge them with other characters of a similar concept and take them to different environments. So a fan art, posted on the game’s subreddit has captured the essence of both Genshin Impact and Pokémon and turned them into a great illustration.
The Reddit user named JhayAlejo is the artist responsible and has shared the results of his work. In fact, it is not the first time that he has made an illustration of this type, since he is known on Reddit for creating incredible illustrations. This Genshin Impact and Pokémon set caught the attention of other netizens thanks to its pretty careful details. In the first image you can see the two evolutions of a Pokémon based on the five-star character named Yelan, who was introduced in update 2.7 of Genshin Impact.
Interestingly, most users stated that they would not have recognized the character if it weren’t for Yelan’s dice. And turning him into a Ghost-type and a Water-type makes sense because Yelan is a Hydro character that makes it easy for him to escape. Also, we have two Pokémon, Ninjel and Wipotachi, who represent Kuki Shinobu, the character with four stars -released in the second ban of the 2.7 update-. The design of the Pokémon suits Kuki’s ninja theme and shows off their green/purple colors.
Secondly, Fisticalf and Cervestigale are the two Pokémon that appear in the third image, which corresponds to Shinkanoin Heizou, one of the most recent characters in Genshin Impact. And, despite being a Catalyst user, Heizou has close combat as its main characteristic, so the two Fighting-type Pokémon are the most opportune, since they match the abilities of those who are inspired. Heizou can be recognized in this image by the symbol on Cervestigale’s chest.
While some users have commented that JhayAlejo’s work is impressive, they admit that the artist perfectly traced the essence of each of the characters and managed to give them a suitable appearance for a Pokémon. But something inevitable among the reactions is that the last one was a fan favorite, because it includes a three-stage Pokémon evolution while telling the story of how Rosalyne managed to become the Crimson Witch of Flames.