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A couple of years ago, we covered a really well-made video<\/a> that documented Pok\u00e9mon as if they were real animals in a National Geographic-like documentary. Since then, the genre has really taken off on YouTube. A recent upload is all about Doduo and it\u2019s too good not to share.<\/p>\n

The fifth video in EnlargedKai\u2019s Pok\u00e9arth series follows a flock of Doduo as they migrate across a massive desert in search of cooler climes. When a solitary Doduo strays from the safety of the colony, Pok\u00e9arth is there to dramatize how it might protect itself from predators, combining hard data from the series in-game Pok\u00e9dex with a great extrapolative imagination.<\/p>\n

As any Pok\u00e9mon fan worth their salt should know, Doduo makes up for its lack of wings with powerful legs and a second head. Sadly, the strange bird\u2019s speed is removed from the equation when a pair of predatory Sandile ambushes it, forcing the Doduo to resort to extraordinary measures to escape. I\u2019m torn between describing exactly what happens and letting the video speak for itself, but I think spoiler-free is the best way to experience this absurd animation.<\/p>\n

Before setting their sights on Doduo, EnlargedKai previously produced Pok\u00e9arth installments about Clodsire<\/a>, Magikarp<\/a>, Spheal<\/a>, and Wailord<\/a>, all of which took great care in showcasing what makes each Pok\u00e9mon unique and injected a bit of humor to ensure the portrayals weren\u2019t totally dry and straightforward. I have enjoyed every one, especially the slow, bouncy blows traded by two male Clodsire fighting over a mate. But I said it before and I\u2019ll say it again: Koffing, please.<\/p>\n

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A couple of years ago, we covered a really well-made video that documented Pok\u00e9mon as if they were real animals in a National Geographic-like documentary. Since then, the genre has really taken off on YouTube. A recent upload is all about Doduo and it\u2019s too good not to share. The fifth video in EnlargedKai\u2019s Pok\u00e9arth series follows a flock of Doduo as they migrate across a massive desert in search of cooler climes. When a solitary Doduo strays from the safety of the colony, Pok\u00e9arth is there to dramatize how it might protect itself from predators, combining hard data from the series in-game Pok\u00e9dex with a great extrapolative imagination. As any Pok\u00e9mon fan worth their salt should know, Doduo makes up for its lack of…<\/p>\n

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