Slowpoke and Magnemite got their own theme songs; Magikarp was granted not only a track, but a mobile game. With Pokémon: Let’s Go ... it’s all because of fan art. But the team needed ...

Uncle Death presides over Let It Die, bringing a comic, chilled-out vibe to the dungeon-crawler ... He’s inspired a ton of fan art on Twitter and Tumblr, even before Let It Die’s surprise ...

As it turned out, however, there was a 151st Pokemon to obtain in the game. In the past, fans have created art tributes to both Mew and Lapras. One fan, for example, made an impressive paper ...

Pikachu and Let's Go, Eevee" pairs, though all of those games opted for variations on the usual super-deformed art styles of earlier "Pokémon" games rather than something more fleshed out.