Mega Scolipede
It's Scolipede! Hi, Scolipede! Who doesn't appreciate the imaginative equine-like shape of this giant centipede? Entirely unlike anything you expect from a giant monster centipede, but fully within the spirit of classic Pokemon, which I feel were more prone to taking similarly surprising liberties the farther you look back on earlier generations.
Scolipede's mega gives it much larger, more colorful, almost more "technological" looking blades on its head and rear, which of course on a real centipede would represent the antennae and the final pair of legs. The front, raised half of its body is also heavily armored in chunky grey plating, which bears the color scheme of its pre-evolution, Whirlipede! Conceptually, its venom is now bioluminescent, and so toxic that it even affects Scolipede's own brain, "honing its viciousness." I'm not sure exactly what the design was aiming for, maybe something like a "knight" riding the "horse?" But it's certainly cool looking.
Scolipede's mega gives it much larger, more colorful, almost more "technological" looking blades on its head and rear, which of course on a real centipede would represent the antennae and the final pair of legs. The front, raised half of its body is also heavily armored in chunky grey plating, which bears the color scheme of its pre-evolution, Whirlipede! Conceptually, its venom is now bioluminescent, and so toxic that it even affects Scolipede's own brain, "honing its viciousness." I'm not sure exactly what the design was aiming for, maybe something like a "knight" riding the "horse?" But it's certainly cool looking.
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