Spagna sat down a couple of years ago to Temtem Pansun design three critters, each of which represented one of the cardinal elements Pokémon starters are known for: fire, water, and grass. Each monster came with a succession of notes in Western that pointed out specific areas of the design.

PokéNinja, a Twitch streamer known for owning a Minecraft mod, went for it but the design he put forth was not his own. It was the blue fakemon of Spagna. "When I watched the Platypet design as a fake starter escape for an approaching Pokémon match I quickly fell in love with the layout," PokéNinja told Polygon. "It was possibly my beloved starter 

design, then it was shown to be fake and I was bummed in the chance to have it." So, PokéNinja chose to make it real by purchasing the Kickstarter tier that was specific.

"He got [Crema] bargaining with me to the rights to the Platypus' designs, that were both the initial stage and the evolutions," Spagna told Polygon. While it was an expensive buy, PokéNinja appears to be pleased with it.Now that Temtem is in early access, trainers everywhere can grab the water-based pal, which now comes complete with a backstory. 

According to the cheap Temtem Pansun lore that is in-game, Platypet has a cartoon series that's meant to teach children that Toxic-elemental Temtem are friendly. Curiously, that fandom is not just make-believe -- today that Temtem is out in the world, plenty of individuals have dropped for the Platypus mascot. Looking for it on social media yields a selection of functions and fan art from devoted trainers. The monster went from being to being a real character in a real game a entire fiction.