A Pokemon Scarlet and Violet fan has created a Paldean regional form for Golurk, a Pokemon that was first introduced in Pokemon Black and White and has been featured in some subsequent releases since. There have been many generations of Pokemon so far and each of them has its fans, with this fan choosing Gen 5 as their template for a Pokemon Scarlet and Violet regional variant.
Reddit user AnglerDish has designed their version of a Paldean Golurk which swaps its thick blue rocky build for long and lanky arms that resemble windmill rotor blades. With Pokemon Scarlet and Violet set to release next month, Pokemon fans continue to celebrate reveals like Iono's Bellibolt or imagine potential Paldean forms to existing Pokemon, like the one from AnglerDish. Golurk became one of the go-to competitive Pokemon of Gen 5 due to its dual Ground and Ghost-typing, strong attack stats, and attacks like Iron Fist, and has since been a request in other games among a portion of the community.
AnglerDish's Pokemon Scarlet and Violet fan art shows the Pokemon trainer of Gen 9 riding on the Scarlet box Legendary Koraidon as the two approach the Golurk regional variant. This Paldean Golurk created by AnglerDish is black and light brown with white bricks for legs, all of which are matched in the color scheme of nearby windmills in the fan art. Unlike the standard Golurk, AnglerDish's regional variant fan art for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet has four arms and is much taller as it stands in an open meadow alongside windmills to blend in with the background of the image.
Although the design for the original Golurk has a panel on its chest that's slanted diagonally and an asymmetrical shape atop its head, AnglerDish's regional form for the Gen 5 Pokemon straightens both out to be more symmetrical. While windmills in Holland have a softer design and the ones in the US are sleek and more metallic, restored windmills from the Mediterranean, which inspired the Paldea region of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, appear almost exactly as they do in AnglerDish's fan art. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have been confirmed to have regional variants for current Pokemon like Tauros and Wooper, but it remains to be seen if Gen 9 will have its own version of Golurk in order to accurately reflect the landscape.
Though AnglerDish's Paldean Golurk is clearly designed like a Spanish windmill, they have yet to clarify if it would generate electricity by picking up wind with its arms, potentially replacing the Pokemon's Ground-typing, which is often its weakness. Some Pokemon Scarlet and Violet fans have celebrated AnglerDish's Paldean Golurk, and others compared it to the Iron Giant from MultiVersus.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will release for Nintendo Switch on November 18.