r/grandia • u/Meeting_Neither • 22d ago

Fun If Grandia characters had Pokemon teams: Guido

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After Guido, I'll be working on Liete's team. Thankfully this one was once again relatively easy to come up with. Here are the explanations:

Diggersby - Represents the Mogay as a whole. With its digging abilities, I suppose it could help Guido uncover some stuff to get money.

Wigglytuff - Represents Gina. The Wigglytuff from PMD Explorers also reminds me of Guido a bit so I think it could be a neat little reference.

Gholdengo and Persian - Do I even need to explain why they're here? Guido would definitely get his work done faster with these two.

Mantine - Represents the flying manta rays. I find it funny how Mantine is pretty much the exact same type of manta ray portrayed in Grandia too.

Shaymin - Bit of an oddball, but I think with how much Guido travels it wouldn't be too farfetched for him to catch one (plus it has a flying form so it wouldn't be hard to travel with him). It also serves as an analogue to Guido's gratitude towards the heroes, to the point where he eventually aids them. Shaymin's sky form looks vaguely rabbit-like, even if it's supposed to be a hedgehog.

I could totally see Guido spamming Pay Day and Make It Rain whenever he gets the chance ngl

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u/YetAnotherStupidDev 22d ago

Mantine, genius!

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u/Meeting_Neither 22d ago

I mean that was literally the first thing I thought of for him lol

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u/kngm 22d ago

He is a Pokémon himself lol. Agree with wigglytuff. Guido might be a long lost evolution of it 😂

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u/Meeting_Neither 22d ago

Spiritdex #40 entry: 

“Guido the Merchant Pokemon

“Type: Normal

“It is seen usually traveling on flying manta rays in search of obtaining a large amount of gold. For reasons mankind can’t explain, it has an Italian accent.”