Lost Pokemon of the Day: Pudi

First revealed when Gold & Silver's 1997 demo leaked in 2018, Pudi was originally planned as the baby stage of the Growlithe family. In Japanese, Pudi's name means "Petit Growlithe."

(Photo descriptions & more info continued in thread below) (1/3)

(2/3) Pudi would have evolved into Growlithe at level 13, who in turn evolves into Arcanine via Fire Stone. Just like his evolutions, Pudi was pure Fire-type.

Pudi was likely cut because G&S's 1997 demo included too many baby Pokemon -- 17, which ended up getting cut down to 7.

(3/3) To see all 1997's lost Pokemon, as well as other scrapped material like the demo's unused world map, see my Gen 2 cut content video:

Photos:
1. G&S 1997 demo sprite recreations by @RacieBeep
2. G&S 1997 demo sprites
3. Arcanine family circa 1997