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The controversy surrounding Pokémon Sword and Shield’s lack of a National Pokedex has not died down — it’s only gotten bigger. Some fans are calling the limited Pokedex “Dexit,” while others are making references to the Thanos snap. And at least one Pokémon aficionado made the mistake of saying that including all of the monsters in the compendium would only take five minutes each. This, in turn, motivated artists on Twitter to show off what five minutes of work would actually look like.
Spoiler alert: Only using five minutes to craft a Pokémon usually results in garbage. While it’s understandable that people are upset that Pokémon Sword and Shield’s postgame won’t let you import the full repertoire of monsters from all eras, the discourse surrounding this change has led to a number of misunderstandings about game development. As far as some players are concerned, if Game Freak, the creators, were able to include all monsters before, and the very tagline of the franchise used to be gotta catch em all, it makes no sense to limit what creatures appear in your game. Players have been putting together collections for years now, and they’re upset that they’ll have to leave some friends behind. Surely, some of the thinking goes, the divergence for the next games must mark laziness on the developer’s part?
More level-headed fans understand that adding a hundred or more monsters every generation means that importing critters is becoming an exponential task with each game, and therefore it was only a matter of time before Game Freak cut back. In a recent interview, Game Freak said that it knew it couldn’t keep including the full Pokedex for too long, and that future titles likely won’t change course. This is likely why so many felt the need to partake in #ポケモン5分モデリング, a Japanese hashtag that roughly translates to “five minute renders.” Artists want to demystify how asset-creation actually works, and get rid of the notion that making more content would be easy. Others, meanwhile, took the hashtag up as a challenge to see what they could make in the allotted time.
Some artworks are hilariously sparse, making the Pokémon look like knockoffs. Others manage to distill a Pokémon’s essence to the bare minimum features. All prove that you can’t just spend a five extra minutes to fix a very big issue. Here are some of the best five-minute renders floating around in the web:
i tried sculpting this time...... and i think i'm going to have nightmares #ポケモン5分モデリング 5 minute pokemon model challenge pic.twitter.com/O2rJuLLoGK
— iggy (@octoIing) June 14, 2019
she is beauty she is grace #ポケモン5分モデリング pic.twitter.com/1waIZf2fWh
— Rhiannon (@OrcFemme) June 15, 2019
these 5 min pokemon renderings are all gold but I've really done it #ポケモン5分モデリング pic.twitter.com/KlB8A9pDml
— Deborah! (@deb_lal_) June 15, 2019
Nintendo hire me plz. I am a professional. #5minutePokémonRenders #ポケモン5分モデリング pic.twitter.com/g4Aknz45fW
— Kimu-Kun (@rabbit_masks) June 16, 2019
this thing literally crashed blender and erased itself from my hd.... 5 minute pokemon........ in my heart forever #ポケモン5分モデリング pic.twitter.com/ghTy11OpWG
— Worm Woman (@worm_woman) June 17, 2019
my attempt at the #ポケモン5分モデリング "5 min pokemon render" challenge LMAOOOOO SISSSSS p.s. thanks for sharing this hashtag with me it was a whole laugh @xsharmine pic.twitter.com/JqRbEFsdvM
— ʲᵉˢˢ (@jesudesu_) June 17, 2019
6. Xorisar
— Cyberdrunk (@TheCyberdrunk) June 16, 2019
Este ha sido duro, confieso que me he pasado unos 50 segundos del tiempo y MIRAD EL RESULTADO
#5minutepokemonrenders #ポケモン5分モデリング #Charizard pic.twitter.com/HmdEjndzFu
Scorbunny #ポケモン5分モデリング pic.twitter.com/VmswH5ols0
— ⚡peachy⚡ (@pechhi_) June 17, 2019
#ポケモン5分モデリング
— Tequito: Prepare To Bi Edition (@TequitoClown) June 17, 2019
THIS IS THE WORST SO FAR pic.twitter.com/I78nO6t1nu
I don't really have any fancy 3D rendering/modeling software but I do have 3D Paint, this is what I did after 5 mins
— #TeamGrookey Ari (@pennya11) June 17, 2019
#ポケモン5分モデリング pic.twitter.com/pAeHEi9RbC
the render shots xd the verdict is, no, a CG artist cannot do a perfect CG pokemon in 5 mins #ポケモン5分モデリング pic.twitter.com/7im5BdLUba
— ʲᵉˢˢ (@jesudesu_) June 17, 2019
#ポケモン5分モデリング
— ricecakes cant sleep wont sleep (@ricekets) June 17, 2019
made a boxlet WHEEZES pic.twitter.com/FKxygEQo7k
dedenne and lets go to mr mime town #ポケモン5分モデリング pic.twitter.com/fOb6HHKxW5
— Hazi Lyles-Saunders (@hellhazi) June 16, 2019
this is my 5 minute professional dialogo ready for the Video Game and to be put in cutscenes hire me game the freaks #ポケモン5分モデリング pic.twitter.com/WR4NBQmiAk
— url (@urlknight) June 16, 2019
#ポケモン5分モデリング
— uglypatch (@uglypatch) June 15, 2019
Hey, made a couple 5 minute models, hope you guys like them.#yanma #dunsparce #aron #kabuto pic.twitter.com/xJO7fLVOyB
#ポケモン5分モデリング #PokemonIn5Minutes here's my contribution pic.twitter.com/5v7uCu3Ls6
— Kevin Klein (@DeadlyEighteen) June 15, 2019
nintendo hire me#ポケモン5分モデリング pic.twitter.com/B4pVuzfwKC
— ah!! my nyans~!✨ (@kitty4pres) June 15, 2019
this ones for a friend @lunalockewood and i`ll be honest i forgot what slowpoke looked like halfway through making this SO#ポケモン5分モデリング pic.twitter.com/2FQzzFzc5J
— Electric Heart(butt) (@stinkybirdz) June 14, 2019
nailed it #5minutepokemonrenders #ポケモン5分モデリング pic.twitter.com/deZP2M2rGX
— Doc Valentine® (@docvalentine) June 14, 2019
I don't know how to modeling 3D in blender and took me 33 minutes and 39 seconds to do this masterpiece. #ポケモン5分モデリング pic.twitter.com/GnrcMvsR6r
— tobi (@tobi_ulrich) June 15, 2019
#ポケモン5分モデリング (5 Minute Pokemon Renders)*
— BlueBead (@BluBead) June 15, 2019
It's shaymin! I started this expecting it to look awful but it's... strangely adorable? I ran out of time for the leaves. :')
*Actually took 10 minutes but have mercy I'm a slow modeler/artist pic.twitter.com/h6P4LQc7Cx
I hate it plus my pokemon knowledge from memory is just plain bad#ポケモン5分モデリング pic.twitter.com/CGFlcjAMXR
— レン (@ShioRen_0) June 15, 2019
