Cosplay Showcase: K.O. Cosplay's Pokemon Gijinkas!

February 06, 2026

Cosplay Feature: Wumbo's Monoco!

Photo by David Ngo Happy February! I hope you had an amazing start to your new year and that you're excited to learn about the amazing cosplays that are out there for 2026. The cosplay community usually dubs the one-two punch of MAGFest & Katsucon as the kickoff for the convention season. I spent the last month or so gathering cosplays that as of today's date, all stem from the former! I also am insanely excited that many of these I'm about to share are first time write-ups for the creators themselves. Today, you get a look at Wumbo's masterful recreation of known feet lover Monoco from 2025's Game of the Year, Expedition 33! In looking at some of the photo posts on her instagram, she made all of this by herself so I don't have to worry about adding in extra creators who may have assisted with design files etc. Quick backstory, Monoco is the last party member you add to your team who's a longtime friend of Verso and gained a grasp on the English language...

Captured by Beat Down Boogie

In an attempt to feature more cosplayers, I'm changing the way my features are written up. Mainly it'll just be more pictures and less words (possibly like 1 paragraph, I'm gonna try people!). With that being said I wanted to feature someone I found when looking for ideas to improve my Greninja gijinka! K.O. (Knock-Out) Cosplay has done a couple of Pokemon gijinkas that just blew me away! Her Wartortle was actually the one that made me consider if I should have made another weapon for Greninja but I decided against it. This cosplay was done--as she puts it--with a "Valkyrie" look hence the badass water sword! I love the designs on the blade and the shell pauldrons/hip armor!

In addition, K.O Cosplay did a Rayquaza and Suicune gijinka! Both of these have a head ornament with Rayquaza's face and Suicune's blue head...armor? They're also done with a more elegant look with long pieces of fabrics, capes and armor patterns. Rayquaza especially looks fierce while Suicune is calm in combination with the shots taken. Check out these awesome pictures!