It could have been a pure steel type, kind of a middle ground to Onix and Steelix. Steel isn't weak to water, but is weak to fire. Makes more sense than ice type anyways, being that it's in a cave full of minerals.
i actually think its stuck in evolution normally you trade it with Metal Coat/pressure in the core(pokedex) that would expalin is blue shiny body and steel type for the weakness
@@adamtaurusragnathebloodedg8407 then again in the anime it's clear that shiny ditto when transforms copies the exact color of the Pokemon even in the games it happens too
It is an onix that is almost evolved into steelix. There was a pokedex entry stating that it takes onix 100 years to evolve into steelix. After it's body has hardened into crystal.
No, it's not, it's more like a regional variant, it's just a rock to a different type of rock. If it had skin and it has a crystalline body then it would be the first Terastilized pokemon.
@@corberus3119 well, how else would you make diamond? You put carbon, in this case, under extreme heat and pleasure. Thus our Crystal Onyx would be fire resistant.
It's a shame that these special Pokemon from the anime weren't added to the game. It would have been interesting to see them show up as event/mythical Pokemon.
...what if it was steel type? I mean, there are crystals that are used as ores, and water does barely anything to most crystals, while fire is... well, not so well received by quite a few of them.
From today's perspective, it makes sense, but keep in mind it was an episode of Orange Isles, which means it aired before the release of gen 2. Back then, steel type still didn't exist.
@@LordIvul Japan: First Episode of the Orange Isles part: Released 28.01.1999 Pokémon Gold and Silver: Released 21.11.1999 I mean, yeah, you're right. Although Pokémon Red and Blue came out in Japan on 27.02.1996, so there's a 3 year timeframe. The difference between the airing of the episode, and the release of the game was 8 months, so the games were probably already programmed, so the idea of the Steel type might've already been known at the time the first episode of the Orange Isles was produced So, it might've been incorporated into the episode as a mystery/Easter egg/hint to steel type? Also, the part with the Orange Isles is also happening between Kanto and Johto, and Steelix was introduced in Johto, so that Onix might've also been in the process of evolving, and implementing the Steel-type as an Easter Egg in this way?
@@volcarona8401 it may be that the team behind anime knew what is coming in gen 2, we can't really say. But regarding the 3 year window you mentioned, keep in mind that around 97-98 the development pretty much restarted, with most of original pokemon designs being discarded and world map completely redone as we've seen with Spaceworld demos. It really is hard to tell at which point steel type was conceived and if production team of anime knew anything about it before starting their work on Johto series.
One thing I didn't see mentioned in this video is that the Onix may be made of a very specific kind of crystal. There are some gemstones that are vulnerable to heat such as Aquamarine, which can crack when heated. Aquamarine is a blueish gemstone that can be easily damaged by fire. It also has the word "aqua" in the name that would draw a correlation between the Onix and it's aquatic nature. Edit: Another thing to consider is thermal shock. If you heat or cool a gemstone too quick or slowly, you can crack a stone that would otherwise easily stand the change in temp.
If you're going by game logic you could say it's an Onix with a Metal Coat all over its body and that it's about to become Steelix. But the reality is that it's just a Filler Pokémon meant to help inspire a Glass Maker and introduce Marill into the main cast.
New Type exclusively for Crystallized forms of Rock Pokemon; Glass Any Rock-Type in a Crystallized form will be Pure Glass, shedding a ground type if it has one. It keeps any other type, however. Type matchups; Weak; Fighting, Ground, Steel, Grass, Ice, Fire Resists; Water, Flying, Poison, Normal, Rock Immune to; Electric
Head-cannon: it's a regional variant, though very rare though and therefore undiscovered in that region: Alola would make sense as they are also tropical islands! This one swam all the way to the Orange Islands and made a home there in a crystal cave. Sometimes even coastal water creatures will swim lonnnnnggggggg distances and find a new place. Don't think it could have originated in the Orange Islands as even they all thought it was weird. 🤔
I say crystal onix not only could be ice but glacial ice. Which is more dense, colder, older & can have that bluish hue. I imagine crystal Onix would have the move Polish (or Rock Polish?), or similar trait to give it that additional shine.
I think the typing isn't really important, and the dry skin ability is a nice idea, but just remember that ash's pikachu beat brock's onix in the anime when it got wet lol.
No, it's not, it's more like a regional variant, it's just a rock to a different type of rock. If it had skin and it has a crystalline body then it would be the first Terastilized pokemon.
i dont think it had a type. maybe it was made of some kind of glass? water cant hurt it but fire can melt it just like the sculptures they made. if it was a steel type water would damage it too
I always assumed, even as a kid, that Crystal Onix came to be that way from ingesting the unique soils and rocks of the area, including the crystals. It's enough to suspend disbelief for me with that explanation.
But isn't Dry Skin was introduced in Gen IV? I love the theory tho 😊 plus I loved Pokemon Naranja romhack because of the Crystal Onix, but I've never played a finished Naranja, maybe I can see one now. 😆
Abilities weren't even introduced until Gen 3 and this episode took place during the late stage of the Gen 1 era, when there weren't even plans for there to be a Generation beyond Gen 2 yet.
The best thing is, anime creators probably didn't even think it through. I bet they was just like: lets make episode with unique pokemon from crystal. And forgot about it by now
I can imagine another form or evolution branch for rock types where they can develop crystalline cores (or fissures that show on the surface like Groudon/Kyogre's glowy orb markings) and gain Fairy as a secondary typing.
In this episode, let’s not forget the fact that a glass making artist was able to tame his Charmeleon way better than Ash, the Pokémon trainer! I always find that hilarious!
In my own Pokémon universe, Ash would catch the Crystal Onix. During their time together, Ash discovers that while his Onix's crystal body offers protection from water, it leaves the Rock Snake Pokémon vulnerable to Fire-type attacks. So this leaves him wondering what would happen if his Crystal Onix evolved. He decides to talk it over with Professor Oak, who offers to help Ash coat his Crystal Onix with a Metal Coat and see what happens. After a while, Ash's Crystal Onix evolves into a Steelix whose body is coated entirely in diamond, thus becoming a Diamond Steelix. After this, the Diamond Steelix becomes another of Ash's reliable Pokémon in various battles, despite its fear of fire.
Shot in the dark because I just happened across this video. The orange islands had the snow snorlax and watermelon electrode right? Where are those regional variations?
I think it’s more along the lines of it feeding on the crystals of the cave. Rock comes from earth and so does crystal so most likely this was a normal onyx that upon feeding on the crystals of the cave for a long time, then ended up adapting and of course since crystal does not yield to water like a rock does, then water does nothing to it and in fact, it actualy likes water very much. This could also make it somewhat fragile depending on the composition of the crystals
I mean rocks can be made up of minerals and other things. If you look up mineral moon there's certain ways you can take a photo of the moon and eliminate the atmospheric distortion to bring out the colors on the surface of the moon from all of the different asteroids scattering different minerals on the surface. If you think about that with the onyx forming from what's around it it's very possible that it was just one of those one in a million things and possibly because of its body composition it might be able to live significantly longer
Hes like glass crystal witch melts with fire and gets it shape with watter and just because glass crystal is not a type in pokemon it makes kind of sence to make it be like ice
That onix is constantly wet in that cave and the cave is full of rich minerals that's why there's crystals on the walls frommaking that his home the onix prob kept absorbing water and minerals and started turning into crystal
what if crystal onix is a reginal form and still rock type but has a ability that swaps weaknesses and resistances and it could do that for its attacks aswell and maybe this crystal onix just actidently got put in this cave or wondered there because of the crystal or it could even be a long extinct variant of onix and this is one of the only ones left
I agree. Pokemon were supposed to differentiate A LOT in looks, but of course, they just ignored it for practical reasons, but in the Anime, even nowadays you can still see differences. Onix are like Vanillite, they form when something happens to an object. But in the Crystal Onix case, the thing that happened was with crystals instead of normal rocks.
It'd be really cool if they ever decided to distribute a Crystal Onix for an event potentially giving it Dry Skin, Seeing as it already has unique stats from its evolution it could find a nieche in competetive play
I kinda want Pokemon to do an event where they give out a code for crystal onix-EXCEPT-there is only one code and it can only be used once so that there is only one crystal onix like in the anime.
Well Alolan and Galarian forms are usually caused by a pokemon adapting differently to its environment to survive; this could be the case for the crystal onix
Yes, it's more like a regional variant, it's just a rock to a different type of rock. If it had skin and it has a crystalline body then it would be the first Terastilized pokemon.
I have another theory, involving its ability, I think that it just inverts its type affinities (weaknesses become resistances and vide-versa). Imagine an inverse battle with a regular Onix.
In Brick Bronze the roblox pokemon game you could find a crystal Onix in a cave and you could evolve it to become a crystal Steelix you could even mega evolve it in Mega Crystal Steelix which looked so freaking cool. Just sad its not an option for real pokemon game.
It's a rock type. I don't know what type of crystals those were in the cave but there are some crystal ores theat can be melted but once again we don't know what kind of crystals are these
This is an archipelago onix, an orange island form, like the pink island Pokémon, it is steel/water type I'm pretty sure, I could imagine it doesn't evolve into a steelix rather a new evolution maybe crystalix lol sort of like perserker
The answer is clearly “the shiny we SHOULD have gotten”.
Omg I would have love this for a shiny wouldn't even evolve it
@@spicypepperz you could catch it on crystal version
@@aas2009 this just unlocked a memory holy shit
Would've been one of my favorite shiny if it was this one. I feel that for shinys their just lazy cause most are varying gold tones green and pink.
@@leonelgalan9431 most of the gen 1-2 shinies are going to be boring gold/green because of the limited display technology or something in the games
Turns out it was the first Terastallize Pokémon we saw 😆
Ice type onix
NAW, IT CANT BE A TERRA TYPE, IT'S MISSING THE HAT.
THERES EVEN TERRA CRYSTALS IN THE CAVE!!!
Yea my theory is that the crystals actually predated the tera crystals in paldea
ice tera type onix
Bro, imagine if Brock was able to catch this.
He would've made his original Onix, then later Steelix jealous.
Bro. Bro..... BRO. BROOOO.
Brock would've loved it
It could have been a pure steel type, kind of a middle ground to Onix and Steelix. Steel isn't weak to water, but is weak to fire. Makes more sense than ice type anyways, being that it's in a cave full of minerals.
But there are minerals in water tho
i actually think its stuck in evolution normally you trade it with Metal Coat/pressure in the core(pokedex) that would expalin is blue shiny body and steel type for the weakness
Probably a Shiny Ditto transforms into a Onix
@@adamtaurusragnathebloodedg8407 then again in the anime it's clear that shiny ditto when transforms copies the exact color of the Pokemon even in the games it happens too
@@floofdoodle4349 😮
It is an onix that is almost evolved into steelix. There was a pokedex entry stating that it takes onix 100 years to evolve into steelix. After it's body has hardened into crystal.
So all these theories are basically debunked now? xD
@@GoldenKirby pretty much lol
How did Brock’s onix evolve then
@@mathijs8379 he hardened his body with brock's tears from never getting laid lol
@@mathijs8379 by catching one that was already 100 or so years into its evolution
Wasted almost a year of my childhood farming for it in crystal cave because everyone said you could get it there.
Same lol
Also i really love that ability name "Crystalline Body."
Crystal Onix would've been a great shiny/event pokemon for the gen 2 remakes.
Apparently, the first Terestal in Pokémon history! Crystal Onix is game-canon at last :D
Says who?
Tera only works in Paldea dude
2 years in the past but i must tell you this is a delta species instead from the card game
No, it's not, it's more like a regional variant, it's just a rock to a different type of rock.
If it had skin and it has a crystalline body then it would be the first Terastilized pokemon.
@@Dany-rx7rs regional variant implies there are more than just one this one is unique
Bro! Love me a good Crystal Onix theory!
Such a cool Pokémon! Still want it to get canonized in the games!
@@GatorEX Agreed! Would love to hunt down a crystal onix in a game and figure out its actual typing
@@WolfDragonTamer It would be cool if one of the games had you hunting rare pokemon like crystal onix, either in the main story or in post game.
@@GatorEX Imagine if it was steel and ice type.
Most definitely a regional version of Onix before region forms were a thing. Wish they have it in future games!
I always thought the Crystal Onix would appear in that ice cave on Lorelei's home island in Frlg as a kid.
u sad? play blazing emerald.
@@holey5065 yup you can encounter the onix in shoal cave
WHY DID YOU PAUSE? THERE'S NOTHING HERE
That's what it says for those wondering.
It's still worth the effort to pause that millisecond pic, because *Misty* . ❤️😆
took me 3 tries to catch that little flash.
I went through the trouble of changing the playback speed for THIS!?!
This version of Onyx should have came back in Sun and Moon. It would have been perfect in the mountain area that was a volcano.
but its weak to fire why would it live in a volcano? why not the icy victory road?
@@corberus3119 well, how else would you make diamond? You put carbon, in this case, under extreme heat and pleasure. Thus our Crystal Onyx would be fire resistant.
@@Qardo Is onix with a i not Y
the Terastalization xD
Man looking fresh in the video 😎 + Crystal Onix was peak anime filler 👌🏻
I’m ready for the Summer Vibes ✌️😎
It was a Terastallized Onix
Some fan games like Insurgence actually have a "Crystal" type that can't occur naturally or if they can are one-of-a-kind
I for one am always okay with people giving Tracy some attention. He was such an underrated side character.
He was cool. Miss him
A foreshadowing to a future game mechanic that's what it was
Nah
It's a shame that these special Pokemon from the anime weren't added to the game. It would have been interesting to see them show up as event/mythical Pokemon.
It's ice steel. Clearly. The emphasis on the weakness to fire was highlighted within the battle. It reaaaally didn't like it.
Or just ice,they’re not thaaaat consistent with weaknesses like that
...what if it was steel type? I mean, there are crystals that are used as ores, and water does barely anything to most crystals, while fire is... well, not so well received by quite a few of them.
I think steel ice makes sense
From today's perspective, it makes sense, but keep in mind it was an episode of Orange Isles, which means it aired before the release of gen 2. Back then, steel type still didn't exist.
@@LordIvul
Japan:
First Episode of the Orange Isles part:
Released 28.01.1999
Pokémon Gold and Silver:
Released 21.11.1999
I mean, yeah, you're right.
Although Pokémon Red and Blue came out in Japan on 27.02.1996, so there's a 3 year timeframe. The difference between the airing of the episode, and the release of the game was 8 months, so the games were probably already programmed, so the idea of the Steel type might've already been known at the time the first episode of the Orange Isles was produced
So, it might've been incorporated into the episode as a mystery/Easter egg/hint to steel type?
Also, the part with the Orange Isles is also happening between Kanto and Johto, and Steelix was introduced in Johto, so that Onix might've also been in the process of evolving, and implementing the Steel-type as an Easter Egg in this way?
@@volcarona8401 it may be that the team behind anime knew what is coming in gen 2, we can't really say. But regarding the 3 year window you mentioned, keep in mind that around 97-98 the development pretty much restarted, with most of original pokemon designs being discarded and world map completely redone as we've seen with Spaceworld demos. It really is hard to tell at which point steel type was conceived and if production team of anime knew anything about it before starting their work on Johto series.
@@LordIvul The anime developers knew because Ho-Ho and togepi appeared in the original anime.
One thing I didn't see mentioned in this video is that the Onix may be made of a very specific kind of crystal. There are some gemstones that are vulnerable to heat such as Aquamarine, which can crack when heated. Aquamarine is a blueish gemstone that can be easily damaged by fire. It also has the word "aqua" in the name that would draw a correlation between the Onix and it's aquatic nature.
Edit: Another thing to consider is thermal shock. If you heat or cool a gemstone too quick or slowly, you can crack a stone that would otherwise easily stand the change in temp.
If you're going by game logic you could say it's an Onix with a Metal Coat all over its body and that it's about to become Steelix.
But the reality is that it's just a Filler Pokémon meant to help inspire a Glass Maker and introduce Marill into the main cast.
I wish there was more unique Pokémon like crystal onyx
I think that’s one of the advantages of fan games.
There is that one island in Orange Island that had all the pink Pokemon
I've been waiting for Game Freak to make a crystal Onix since this episode. I was thinking it would be an ice type. Regional variant.
Video: Why did you pause there's nothing here?
Me: There's always something
Bro such a throw back even with the commercials, new subscriber
Onix has always been my favorite pokemon. 20 years now so thanks for this awesome video!
The fact that it cames from the water tho.
New Type exclusively for Crystallized forms of Rock Pokemon; Glass
Any Rock-Type in a Crystallized form will be Pure Glass, shedding a ground type if it has one. It keeps any other type, however.
Type matchups;
Weak; Fighting, Ground, Steel, Grass, Ice, Fire
Resists; Water, Flying, Poison, Normal, Rock
Immune to; Electric
Oh my god the nostalgic kids WB pokemon quiz I remember waking up just to watch pokemon
Head-cannon: it's a regional variant, though very rare though and therefore undiscovered in that region: Alola would make sense as they are also tropical islands!
This one swam all the way to the Orange Islands and made a home there in a crystal cave. Sometimes even coastal water creatures will swim lonnnnnggggggg distances and find a new place.
Don't think it could have originated in the Orange Islands as even they all thought it was weird. 🤔
I wish we'd had an official appearance of the Orange Islands in the games. Would have been cool to experience things like Crystal Onyx.
I say crystal onix not only could be ice but glacial ice. Which is more dense, colder, older & can have that bluish hue. I imagine crystal Onix would have the move Polish (or Rock Polish?), or similar trait to give it that additional shine.
I think the typing isn't really important, and the dry skin ability is a nice idea, but just remember that ash's pikachu beat brock's onix in the anime when it got wet lol.
Pbb players remember trying to catch this onix
I never played PBB on Roblox but I wish there will be regional forms in loomian legacy like Crystal onix
Now that Scarlet & Violet are out, people are re-talking about crystal Onix & linking it to terastallization
No, it's not, it's more like a regional variant, it's just a rock to a different type of rock.
If it had skin and it has a crystalline body then it would be the first Terastilized pokemon.
i dont think it had a type. maybe it was made of some kind of glass? water cant hurt it but fire can melt it just like the sculptures they made. if it was a steel type water would damage it too
@@billuminati3867 what's that supposed to mean?
I always assumed, even as a kid, that Crystal Onix came to be that way from ingesting the unique soils and rocks of the area, including the crystals. It's enough to suspend disbelief for me with that explanation.
This has to be the best channel to find on a Saturday morning 🙌🏽
But isn't Dry Skin was introduced in Gen IV? I love the theory tho 😊 plus I loved Pokemon Naranja romhack because of the Crystal Onix, but I've never played a finished Naranja, maybe I can see one now. 😆
Abilities weren't even introduced until Gen 3 and this episode took place during the late stage of the Gen 1 era, when there weren't even plans for there to be a Generation beyond Gen 2 yet.
Crystal Onix more like "Water Onix"
nintendo has just give us the answer
The best thing is, anime creators probably didn't even think it through. I bet they was just like: lets make episode with unique pokemon from crystal. And forgot about it by now
Time for an actual crystal typing. Heck, they added Steel as a type.
Perhaps it was an Onix transitioning into a steelix
A metal coat
Marill? No, no no, I think you mean Pikablu!
2:33
LEGO POWER MINERS MENTIONED 🗣🔥🔥🔥
I can imagine another form or evolution branch for rock types where they can develop crystalline cores (or fissures that show on the surface like Groudon/Kyogre's glowy orb markings) and gain Fairy as a secondary typing.
Fire resists Fairy, so the crystal onyx could've been worried it's attacks wouldn't be effective,
or just straight up scared of the fire.
Moses parted the Red Sea with a beyblade. Nobody can tell me anything different 😂😂
This guy looks like he wants you to invite to the battle frontier
2:26
Lol the MFB anime was so wierd
In this episode, let’s not forget the fact that a glass making artist was able to tame his Charmeleon way better than Ash, the Pokémon trainer! I always find that hilarious!
In my own Pokémon universe, Ash would catch the Crystal Onix. During their time together, Ash discovers that while his Onix's crystal body offers protection from water, it leaves the Rock Snake Pokémon vulnerable to Fire-type attacks. So this leaves him wondering what would happen if his Crystal Onix evolved. He decides to talk it over with Professor Oak, who offers to help Ash coat his Crystal Onix with a Metal Coat and see what happens. After a while, Ash's Crystal Onix evolves into a Steelix whose body is coated entirely in diamond, thus becoming a Diamond Steelix. After this, the Diamond Steelix becomes another of Ash's reliable Pokémon in various battles, despite its fear of fire.
Is my fantasy dwelling before bed tonight.
0:45 why must you torture me so
0:56 Marisa in Pokemon pog
3:24 Don't worry it's not dead, it ain't a fricken Nuzkocke. It'll recover over time and swim around like nothing happened
Omg I could still remember watching this episode as a kid. It's been a decade though🤩🥺
Shot in the dark because I just happened across this video. The orange islands had the snow snorlax and watermelon electrode right? Where are those regional variations?
DUDE THE FUCKING NOSTALGIA 💯😩
Lol got trolled by the pause.
I think it’s more along the lines of it feeding on the crystals of the cave. Rock comes from earth and so does crystal so most likely this was a normal onyx that upon feeding on the crystals of the cave for a long time, then ended up adapting and of course since crystal does not yield to water like a rock does, then water does nothing to it and in fact, it actualy likes water very much. This could also make it somewhat fragile depending on the composition of the crystals
I mean rocks can be made up of minerals and other things. If you look up mineral moon there's certain ways you can take a photo of the moon and eliminate the atmospheric distortion to bring out the colors on the surface of the moon from all of the different asteroids scattering different minerals on the surface. If you think about that with the onyx forming from what's around it it's very possible that it was just one of those one in a million things and possibly because of its body composition it might be able to live significantly longer
What if Crystal onix is a form of onix from a different region that just was put in the anti anime as if it was meant to be onix’s original type
He might be an ancestor to onix
This is Onix Terastal form. This form cause onix to change his type that why he wasn’t weak to water but fire
This was definitely a childhood flashback
Hes like glass crystal witch melts with fire and gets it shape with watter and just because glass crystal is not a type in pokemon it makes kind of sence to make it be like ice
That onix is constantly wet in that cave and the cave is full of rich minerals that's why there's crystals on the walls frommaking that his home the onix prob kept absorbing water and minerals and started turning into crystal
what if crystal onix is a reginal form and still rock type but has a ability that swaps weaknesses and resistances and it could do that for its attacks aswell and maybe this crystal onix just actidently got put in this cave or wondered there because of the crystal or it could even be a long extinct variant of onix and this is one of the only ones left
I agree. Pokemon were supposed to differentiate A LOT in looks, but of course, they just ignored it for practical reasons, but in the Anime, even nowadays you can still see differences.
Onix are like Vanillite, they form when something happens to an object. But in the Crystal Onix case, the thing that happened was with crystals instead of normal rocks.
The onix came out like get the hell out my home!!!!!
That Moses beyblade line got me 😂
maybe the anime can just deviate from the games and it is possible that very rare unique pokemon can appear every so often due to pokemon genetics
Well in Pokémon terms today that's Orangian Onix. It's type is Ice/Steel.
Crystal Onix is definitely a steel/ice type lol
Crystal body: Pokemon resists water type moves and becomes weak to fire type moves. Doubles defense.
I could’ve sworn that Bruno from the Elite 4 had captured the crystal onix, or am I remembering that wrong?
Steel-type! Steel is also weak against fire but resists water, and blue steel is a thing
It'd be really cool if they ever decided to distribute a Crystal Onix for an event potentially giving it Dry Skin, Seeing as it already has unique stats from its evolution it could find a nieche in competetive play
This would make for a great regional variation.
I believe crystal onix exists! He's chilling with Bigfoot and Elvis
I decided to bid to watch the orange Islands arc which led me to hear and I got a minute I got to agree with what you said.
Shouldve include in galar region with ice type, story wouldve devloped like he came from thwre or somethin
I kinda want Pokemon to do an event where they give out a code for crystal onix-EXCEPT-there is only one code and it can only be used once so that there is only one crystal onix like in the anime.
Well Alolan and Galarian forms are usually caused by a pokemon adapting differently to its environment to survive; this could be the case for the crystal onix
WHAT IF THAT ONIX WAS THE FIRST ALOLAN POKEMON
Damn that episode was a blast from the past
Maybe they could bring it back as a regional variation one dsy
Yes, it's more like a regional variant, it's just a rock to a different type of rock.
If it had skin and it has a crystalline body then it would be the first Terastilized pokemon.
What was crystal onix? It was an excellent opportunity for Pokémon variations that was dropped like a month old baby.
I have another theory, involving its ability, I think that it just inverts its type affinities (weaknesses become resistances and vide-versa). Imagine an inverse battle with a regular Onix.
Definitely rock/ice with possibly dry skin as an ability.
Rock/steel with dry skin would work as well
What i wanna know is why they chose onix to make as their first ever rare Pokémon for an episode like this?
Nah, it ain't resistant to water, it was straight up immune.
In Brick Bronze the roblox pokemon game you could find a crystal Onix in a cave and you could evolve it to become a crystal Steelix you could even mega evolve it in Mega Crystal Steelix which looked so freaking cool. Just sad its not an option for real pokemon game.
It's a rock type. I don't know what type of crystals those were in the cave but there are some crystal ores theat can be melted but once again we don't know what kind of crystals are these
Things like crystal onix should be an event pokemonr
This is an archipelago onix, an orange island form, like the pink island Pokémon, it is steel/water type I'm pretty sure, I could imagine it doesn't evolve into a steelix rather a new evolution maybe crystalix lol sort of like perserker