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Updated · Kotaku · Jul 13

Pokémon Champions Reveals Mega Gengar’s Full Body via Fissure, Showing 2 Tiny Feet

Updated

Updated · Kotaku · Jul 13

Pokémon Champions Reveals Mega Gengar’s Full Body via Fissure, Showing 2 Tiny Feet

Q: Was the decade-long concealment of Mega Gengar's feet a deliberate choice or an oversight fixed by new game technology?

It appears to have been a deliberate design choice, not a technological oversight newly corrected by “Pokémon Champions.” The strongest evidence is that Mega Gengar’s feet were already part of its model in earlier core games. Fans had previously caught glimpses of them when recalling and re-sending Mega Gengar into battle, and a Pokémon GO glitch also exposed them. That means the feet were not invented for “Pokémon Champions”; they existed all along but were usually hidden. That fits Mega Gengar’s official design concept. Its Pokédex-style description says part of its body sinks into the ground when it Mega Evolves, which explains why The Pokémon Company consistently framed it with the lower half obscured. The concealment was also maintained across official merchandise and card art for years, suggesting a sustained visual policy rather than an accidental omission. What “Pokémon Champions” adds is not a redesign but a clearer camera angle and more cinematic animation. The Fissure sequence briefly forces a full-body view, giving fans the most definitive in-game look yet at the tiny, frog-like feet that had long been concealed. There is some inconsistency across spin-offs: Pokkén Tournament reportedly depicted Mega Gengar without visible feet, using a portal effect instead. But in the mainline-style game lineage, the available evidence points to intentional concealment of an existing feature, with newer animation technology simply making that hidden detail easier to see.

Q: After a decade, Gengar's feet are revealed. Is the mystery of what lies beneath Dugtrio finally about to be solved?

Not yet. Mega Gengar’s hidden feet have now been clearly shown in *Pokémon Champions*, but there is still no confirmed reveal of Dugtrio’s full body. What changed with Mega Gengar is that *Pokémon Champions* includes a Fissure animation that briefly exposes parts of Pokémon normally obscured by the ground. That gave fans a dynamic, in-game look at Mega Gengar’s tiny, frog-like feet, settling a visual question that had lingered since *Pokémon X and Y*. While hints had surfaced before through glitches or brief model views, this is the clearest official look yet. Dugtrio is a different case. Its design has long been treated as an intentional mystery, and Pokédex-style lore explicitly leans into that: no one knows what it looks like underground. The new game has sparked fresh speculation because Dugtrio is one of several Pokémon whose bodies are usually embedded in the earth, and it can also be associated with ground-opening moves such as Fissure. In theory, a similar animation in *Pokémon Champions* could expose more of Dugtrio than players have ever seen. But as of now, there is no evidence that this has happened. No verified footage or official material has shown what lies beneath Dugtrio. So Mega Gengar’s reveal makes Dugtrio’s mystery feel more solvable than before, but it remains unsolved.

3 articles · Updated · Kotaku · Jul 13

A Fissure animation in Pokémon Champions briefly exposes Mega Gengar’s usually hidden lower half, revealing a frog-like body and two tiny feet.
The reveal happens because the one-hit KO move opens a chasm beneath the target, momentarily showing the part of Mega Gengar normally depicted as submerged underground.
Mega Gengar’s feet are not entirely new to canon—full-body images have existed since Pokémon X and Y—but the design is rarely shown in games or official merchandise.
The unexpected glimpse has revived fan curiosity about other partially obscured Pokémon, including whether Champions could finally show what Dugtrio looks like below ground.