Fan-made Pokémon are nothing new, however the neighborhood seldom rallies round one like they’ve Regitube (or Regifloat, relying on who you ask). The hypothetical water-type Legendary Big originated in a TikTok shitpost and has since turn out to be a legend inside the Pokémon fandom, inspiring fan artwork, memes, and even modded in-game renders.
For consistency’s sake, we’ll name this legendary king Regitube. The faux Pokémon’s origins began innocently sufficient. Again in August, The Tube Shack, a Canadian river tubing firm, posted a TikTok of one in all its workers creating what can maybe finest be described as a giant go well with of armor out of blue floating tubes. The video is foolish and cute, however followers rapidly identified that in the event you put the enduring dotted eyes of the Legendary Giants that debuted in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire on it, the cartoonish blue determine appears to be like prefer it might be one as nicely. The Tube Shack ran with the joke.
The video has over 3.6 million views on TikTok, nevertheless it’s begun spreading to different platforms as nicely, the place fan artists and modders have taken discover. Now, Pokémon followers are collectively constructing out this huge man’s lore, typing, moveset, and even its stats.
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With all this consideration comes fanart, and the Pokémon neighborhood works quick and nonetheless manages to come back out with some unimaginable work. There are some practical, modern-looking items, however a number of the finest artwork of Regitube is the stuff that harkens again to the collection’ roots. The Ruby and Sapphire-style sprite beneath makes me assume again to browsing across the Hoenn area, possible discovering this huge man floating on the ocean someplace. I’ve by no means actually had a gentle water-type member for my group in Technology III’s video games, so I’d catch Regitube and add him to my group, with out query.
Whereas Regitube can solely exist in our hearts and fan artwork, the Regis have turn out to be so outstanding in Pokémon memes, particularly on TikTok, that it makes good sense for one web inside joke to spawn one other one, full with stats and lore. And hey, not less than nobody’s steered we nerf the floating king by giving him a rubbish skill just like the one Regigigas is cursed with.
