Pokemon Battle Royale Project

"Gotta catch 'em all!" Well, in a real-life game of Pokémon, Alyssa Nassner and Bryan Ische did just that.

The Minnesota illustrators recently brought together the talents of 151 artists to reimagine the video game series' 151 original characters. The first Pokémon games came out in 1996.

Their work, which appeared in a curated art show in April, now lives in the Pokémon Battle Royale Tumblr.

“We had no way to anticipate the amazing amount of support from art and gaming communities around the world."

"We were totally surprised with the outcome of this project," Nassner told Mashable. "We had no way to anticipate the amazing amount of support from art and gaming communities around the world."

The artists' specialties were wide-ranging — illustration, fine art, design, comic art and printmaking, among other genres. Nassner and Ische launched the project in January and quickly filled their roster.

"We had received hundreds of submissions from Poké fans all over the world eager to participate," says Nassner, who grew up playing the Pokémon games, collecting the cards and watching the TV show. "We took on a lot of great artists and had to turn away just as many."

The art is for sale for $40 on Light Grey Art Lab's website. Light Grey in Minneapolis, Minn., hosted the show.

"We had die-hard fans lined up down the block by the time we opened our doors," Nassner recalls. "Light Grey was packed from open to close, and it was fun to see everyone show up in their Pokémon gear. We even had a few people dress up."

A handful of other artists created art for the human characters from Pokémon such as Ash, Misty, Brock, Professor Oak, Nurse Joy and Team Rocket. Those cost $65.

Flip through the gallery above to see 30 of the 151 Pokémon art pieces.