Originally, he was exceptionally round, but over time this design was slimmed down and the ‘weight’ was moved into his extremities. Obviously, Pikachu’s popularity as a character can be attributed to cuteness above all else.
The electrical powers are clearly communicated through Pikachu’s yellow colouration and lightning bolt tail, while the black tips of their ears, stripes, and cheek spots are extra visual flourishes that add interest to the design and further distinguish Pikachus from their real-life counterparts. Pokémon”, designer Atsuko Nishida has claimed that those chubby cheeks were actually inspired by squirrels. Many of Pokémon’s first-generation designs were relatively simple riffs on real creatures, and Pikachu is explicitly designed as a rodent with electricity powers. This error has been corrected.Īs the mascot for the highest-grossing media franchise ever, Pikachu is easily one of the most recognisable pop culture creatures of all time. Even so, their wide, bulky appearance helps to communicate this somewhat.įun fact: The illustration above was created by Luke Mancini as fan art in anticipation of Starcraft II’s release, and became retroactively official after he was hired to work at Blizzard.Įdit: This post previously implied that Overseers, like Overlords, could act as a transport for other units. The Overlord and Overseer are canonically much bigger than most other Zerg units, despite appearing only slightly larger than many of those units on the field. Like all of the Zerg units, the Overseer mixes meaty and insectoid elements in a somewhat icky, very alien way.Īn interesting feature of most real-time strategy games is that their sense of scale is usually pushed completely out of proportion for gameplay purposes.
These eyes have a very Sauron-like quality to them, which is appropriate since the Zerg are mostly villains of the Starcraft franchise. There probably is no more classically effective way of communicating “this creature is good at seeing” than by giving it a bunch of big, bright eyeballs. In Starcraft II, the slow, blimp-like Zerg Overlords gained the ability to metamorphose into Overseers: Similarly blimp-like aliens with lots of eyes and the ability to spot hidden enemies.
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