Rumoured Mega Feraligatr design in Pokémon Legends Z-A sparks debate

Pokémon Legends: Z-A will release in late 2025, and will include starter Pokémon from Johto region, including Totodile.
An undated image of Pokémon Legends: Z-A. — Pokémon
An undated image of Pokémon Legends: Z-A. — Pokémon

Pokémon Legends: Z-A is an upcoming RPG set in Lumiose City, where players will explore a reimagined world and revisit classic Pokémon. 

The game, releasing in late 2025, will include starter Pokémon from the Johto region, including Totodile.

Pokémon Legends: Z-A leaked image 

A leaked image recently went viral on Reddit, and 4chan has managed to attract Pokémon enthusiasts globally. The image is supposed to depict Mega Feraligatr, one of the newer Mega Evolutions that are scheduled to be part of Pokémon Legends: Z-A. Feraligatr happens to be Totodile, the Water-type starter from Johto's final evolution.

The picture shows a Feraligatr with its eyes closed and its mouth open. It retains many of the features of the normal form, like the yellow and blue colouration, a pear-shaped body, a belly stripe, and red back spikes.

This supposed Mega Feraligatr also possess more red spikes and what appears to be a red skull helmet on its head.

Fans are divided on the image. Some think the design resembles Druddigon, a Generation 5 Dragon-type Pokémon.

Additionally, Druddigon has a red head and a blue, rough body, which is the same as what the leaked image depicts. Others believe the helmet design could be based on Cubone, the little Ground-type Pokémon that wears its mother's skull.