Unnamed Turtle Pokémon

The unnamed turtle was shown on the front cover of volume 14 of the MicroGroup Game Review magazine in 1997, along with a unused top Pokémon, a beta Tyranitar and unreleased Trainers.

In an excerpt from a document (p. 53) (possibly the same issue of MicroGroup Game Review)[citation needed] there is a Cover Artist Interview with Ken Sugimori. The designs are also displayed on the excerpt, implying that Ken Sugimori illustrated them.

The turtle has a large green shell and a blue head, with some similarities to the fossil Pokémon Tirtouga in Generation V.