Have the edgiest pokemon.
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Have the edgiest pokemon.
Pokemon went edgy as early as the beginning of the Pokemon Adventures (Pokemon Special) manga, where Pokemon battles were regularly life or death fights where outright trying to kill the opposing trainer with your Pokemon was common. Blue's Charmelon cut an Arbok in half (though it did get better...) Giovanni literally murders some Magmar, it was a different time
I genuinely can't take anyone seriously who says it was too edgy. Especially in the 2000s when edginess was out of control, now we have to rely on fangames for that kind of edge. The game had an evil team consisting of Power Rangers, disco dancers, a moon girl, and a gorilla man who is the running for most "where the hell did they find this guy?" design of any pokemon game. It definitely took itself more seriously than the average pokemon game but I don't think it ever veered into "ow the edge" territory.
Anyways XD clears, no my 200 hours of playtime as a kid has no influence on this answer. Also pretty sure the professor in XD was boning my mom, not sure what that was about.
I wish folks would actually engage with the video rather than just reacting off of the title. ThorHighHeels is consistently one of the most enjoyable video editors on all of Youtube and he makes it seem effortless to write compelling scripts that concisely convey the points he wants to cover while retaining a casual stream of consciousness style narration.
Most Pokémon stories are hot garbage.I just realised that while I want Pokémon to have a little more edge and weirdness these days, I should clarify that I do not want stories about 3,000 year old doomsday weapons that fracture timelines and a 3,000 year old man that burned the world because of his love for a Floette.
Still the stupidest thing Pokémon has ever done.
I don't hate X/Y the way I once did but the story remains abysmal.
Was this (co-)developed by the same people as Custom Robo? The art style looks very similar.
cmon that shit was amazing, i felt my brain being reprogrammed during that cutsceneI just realised that while I want Pokémon to have a little more edge and weirdness these days, I should clarify that I do not want stories about 3,000 year old doomsday weapons that fracture timelines and a 3,000 year old man that burned the world because of his love for a Floette.
Still the stupidest thing Pokémon has ever done.
I don't hate X/Y the way I once did but the story remains abysmal.
cmon that shit was amazing, i felt my brain being reprogrammed during that cutscene
Bravo!I wish folks would actually engage with the video rather than just reacting off of the title. ThorHighHeels is consistently one of the most enjoyable video editors on all of Youtube and he makes it seem effortless to write compelling scripts that concisely convey the points he wants to cover while retaining a casual stream of consciousness style narration.
i don't even disagree, i just laugh every time i think about a giant man and his tiny flower bride standing in a fiery hellscapeGenuinely a series low point for me, narratively anyway.
Between a forgettable cast of friends who aren't really rivals, Team Flare having the stupidest motivation of any antagonists in the series and this weird doomsday weapon plot that was thrown in in an attempt to give the threadbare story the appearance of gravitas and sombreness at the last minute… it's just a mess for me.
I completely get why they went so hard in this direction after people's initial reactions to Gen 5 but yeah. For me it's the beginning point of the failures of modern Pokémon.
Colosseum was edgy, but in an internally logical way that made sense with the setting and characters shown throughout.
Admittedly, I've never played XD and that may be a step too far in the edgy direction for me if I ever do play it.
XD is actually a lot more lighthearted than Colosseum is despite more or less being a direct sequel. the villains are toothless, most of the returning characters are just there to reference the last game's events or got demoted to comic relief. shadow lugia aside, there's virtually no edge at allAdmittedly, I've never played XD and that may be a step too far in the edgy direction for me if I ever do play it.
i don't even disagree, i just laugh every time i think about a giant man and his tiny flower bride standing in a fiery hellscape
i don't even disagree, i just laugh every time i think about a giant man and his tiny flower bride standing in a fiery hellscape
i'm probably not the one to go to for ratings on pokemon narratives though, personally i dont even want to deal with like gen 5's. none of these people matter to me
also i'm like a gigantic fan of the DPP plotline and cyrus, that mopey bitch
XD is actually a lot more lighthearted than Colosseum is despite more or less being a direct sequel. the villains are toothless, most of the returning characters are just there to reference the last game's events or got demoted to comic relief. shadow lugia aside, there's virtually no edge at all
yeah mostly i just think it's funny that cyrus is like legitimately a character pulled from shin megami tensei 3Gen 4 is the most basic "get the badges, evil team wants to summon a god, oh no the god summoning plan backfired, now you're the champ" storyline in the franchise. It's not great but I'd put it above Gen 3's, 6's, and 8's plotlines in this vein.
yeah mostly i just think it's funny that cyrus is like legitimately a character pulled from shin megami tensei 3
"That's not edgy with a purpose " - Pokemon Reborn .
Pokémon reborn basically is edge with a mix of hope .... I unironically love Pokemon Reborn and Pokemon Rejuvenation, as far as fan games are concerned. Genuinely have more fun with them than the mainline games.
Reborn starts with a terrorist bombing of a train station, frames powerful Pokemon as sentient weapons of mass destruction, and puts you in an extremely messed up slum-like city for the first 15 or so hours.
Rejuvenation also starts with a terrorist attack (one that kills your parent, even) does a lot of weird dark sci-fi stuff, and a reasonable amount of body horror involved with ghost and psychic type Pokemon.
...I might be an edgelord. I swear there's actual idealism and joy deep within those games' writing though.
... I unironically love Pokemon Reborn and Pokemon Rejuvenation, as far as fan games are concerned. Genuinely have more fun with them than the mainline games.
Reborn starts with a terrorist bombing of a train station, frames powerful Pokemon as sentient weapons of mass destruction, and puts you in an extremely messed up slum-like city for the first 15 or so hours.
Rejuvenation also starts with a terrorist attack (one that kills your parent, even) does a lot of weird dark sci-fi stuff, and a reasonable amount of body horror involved with ghost and psychic type Pokemon.
...I might be an edgelord. I swear there's actual idealism and joy deep within those games' writing though.
Its going for something a lot closer to "standard Pokemon adventure" in vibes. Just check out the difference in the MC's design to compared to Wes:And that's super interesting to me. I honestly always thought given it was a sequel to Colosseum and had both the EDGY ecks dee subtitle and the EDGY shadow lugia who's got an inverse colour scheme that it'd be even more tryhard. I really should give it a shot one day.
You lost me... I unironically love Pokemon Reborn and Pokemon Rejuvenation, as far as fan games are concerned. Genuinely have more fun with them than the mainline games.
Reborn starts with a terrorist bombing
I always assume that rejuvenation is actually edgier than Pokémon reborn with a more tragic protagonist.... I unironically love Pokemon Reborn and Pokemon Rejuvenation, as far as fan games are concerned. Genuinely have more fun with them than the mainline games.
Reborn starts with a terrorist bombing of a train station, frames powerful Pokemon as sentient weapons of mass destruction, and puts you in an extremely messed up slum-like city for the first 15 or so hours.
Rejuvenation also starts with a terrorist attack (one that kills your parent, even) does a lot of weird dark sci-fi stuff, and a reasonable amount of body horror involved with ghost and psychic type Pokemon.
...I might be an edgelord. I swear there's actual idealism and joy deep within those games' writing though.
I always assume that rejuvenation is actually edgier friend of pokemon reborn with a more tragic protagonist.
Basically , Pokémon Reborn admix with fantasy elements.At times, kinda, yeah, I guess? But it's also wackier and weirder. The story goes to both darker places and much sillier and goofier ones. It's definitely less grounded than Reborn, but in both directions.