>>28569980>>28569834I'm a little hesitant to take that as evidence because this art was probably drawn from 1996-1997 judging by the 1997 on the back of them, and Red and Green finished development in late October/early November of 1995. By 1997, you'd think that Sugimori wouldn't be drawing Metapod to look like Venomoth. However, this was still around the time that Charmander had ridges on its back, and Pikachu had a white stomach, and these design traits would stick until the anime premiered in April 1997.
