Definitely Not a Fire Kougra(TM).
Although this doesn’t come up as much as in-universe Pokémon, in-universe Neopets probably had some distinct inspiration from Beings too.
And in retrospect, given the age and demographic of the characters, at least one of them should’ve referred to the Game world as the Battledome.
(OPEN!)
(GROW)
Walker: This is the kind of creature you hold under your command. A Living Being — one of the heralds of the apocalypse.
Jany: I see what you mean about the eyes now.
Jany (thinking): Don’t tell her it looks like a Neopet. Don’t tell her it looks like a Neopet . . .
Remember: lot of clever people do they best to make a design which is sufficiently different from their competition but not THAT much different to look too weird to be cute. Even if none of them ever saw a being, OF COURSE they are going to get close.