木戸 Kido My first reaction to this "Okay, what is he going to learn" Blaziken wants to learn Ice Punch "WHAT THE FUCK" that will be awesome to use in online battles to Confuse our Enemy
Jackson Shepherd They probably just battened using link cables and stuff. i kinda did a similar thing when I was a kid, except if you won you became the ‘gym leader’ and we had level caps and a 3 party limit so the battles didn’t take forever (it was at recess after all, we didn’t have too much time)
Pretty sure that's not the inspiration for Infernape, guys. Its visual design is based on the Chinese Golden Monkey, which are notorious for loving heat. The inspiration for Infernape is almost certainly Sun Wukong (a.k.a. Son Gokou) from Journey to the West. The golden armor on Infernape is very likely a direct reference to the golden armor Sun Wukong gets in the epic, and there are a lot of other things about Sun Wukong (like his amazing martial ability, using all his limbs to fight) and being the Monkey King, that make that more likely. Also, Gokouzaru is Sun Wukong's Japanese name, and it stands for hellfire monkey. #ThanksDexCast
+FinalFirebrand And given that his sole role was to Challenge the heavens, that sounds more appropriate than what they came up with... I mean... out of all things, it's interesting to learn about another deity, I don't know how you guys missed the most obvious Sun Wukong/Infernape connection.
+FinalFirebrand My first thought was also Wukong, but after this it's kinda more linkable to hindu mythology. I mean Infernape doesn't use a staff or something similar while the Ruyi Jing Bang was the staff representing Wukong the most.
has your brain previously listened to and accepted these possible truths behind the conception, development and setting of the plotlines and characters of a consumer entertainment product from this visual medium ft. jamjemjimjomjum
A Pokémon that created the Pokémon world. Pokémon that control Time, Space, and Antimatter. Pokémon responsible for bringing knowledge, emotion, and willpower into the world. All can be captured and controlled by a 10-year old
+Helmslock While it think it a great idea for a video, the connections between Kid Icarus Uprising and Greek Mythology are a little too obvious. Anyone who took 7th grade social studies probably learned about most of the myths that are used in the game. And these connections can easily be researched on one's own time. But, that's just my opinion. :)
+Kin3sisCurt A British chap loved 99s, which is an ice cream cone with a chocolate flake added. He was eventually employed at GameFreak. He was asked to do a design for Pokemon Black and White. He decided to make a line based off the 99. He then made sure to add an adorable little face to the first one in the line.
The person ruth mcnally is talking about is James Turner. He was responsible for the creation of Vanillite, Vanillish, Vanilluxe, Golett, Golurk, Vullaby, Mandibuzz, Phantump, and Trevenant.
+Kin3sisCurt The Vanillite family is sort of a double design, Their design is based both on ice cream conses and the icicles you find in places like caves. Note that they would normally be hanging from a ceiling, so that their soft "ice cream" bits would covered by the harder ice of their bodies. This is referenced in the name of Vanillite, which vaguely resembles a stalacite hanging in a cave. A recurring Pokedex fact is that these guys are usually hiding, creating a mist around them using their cold bodies. Naturally, they learn the move Mist quite quickly. They are also closely associated with snow, as opposed to more pure Ice. They will create powdery snow by consuming water through their soft upper bodies. The "straw" on Vanilluxe shows this best, acting as a sort of chiminey for mist to flow out of its body. Also, their nicknames are the Fresh Snow, Icy Snow, and Snowstorm Pokemon. The trio each relate to specific kinds of ice cream. Naturally, they all have "Vanill" at the beginning of their name for vanilla ice cream, but there is a bit more. The small Vaillite's name could be a reference to Lite ice cream, as well as "stalacite." Vanillish, the middle form, is likely a slightly altered version of the Japanese name, "Vanirich." The "rich" refers both to the greater size of the Pokemon and the flavor of ice cream. And in English "lish" sounds like part of "delicious." Last, Vanilluxe gets its name from the word "deluxe," which in turn is derived from the word "luxury." That fits well with the "rich" middle stage as well as the more complicated design. Note that a banana split is considered a deluxe desert item at many eateries.
Dude, everyone loves the generic birds, giant Pokéball, giant Pokéball with inverted colors, purple turd, bigger purple turd, rock with arms, bigger rock with four arms, lizard inside of a rock, generic snake, generic cobra, and so on...
+Everett Parrott the golems described here are almost exactly like Pratchett's golems. He obviously pulled some of his creations from real world mythology.
This was an absolutely fantastic episode! I've been a fan of Pokemon since the begging and learned a lot about the franchise as a whole over the years. But there is still so much that I don't know and it's amazing to see how much thought is put into each Pokemon!
Also, in case you can't hear it in the background, Arceus's battle theme is some really disturbing stuff. It's hard to even call it music, just a jumble of chaos.
+Fergus Ager There's a big difference though, Pokemon are based on something or other, while the stuff in SMT/Persona are just the mythological beings themselves. Making a video going "Cuchulain is based on.... Cuchulain" would be rather pointless.
Also something that's pretty interesting is that Lugia might also be based off of the Japanese legend of the dragon god, Ryujin. Ryujin sits in the bottom of the ocean in a palace of red/pink and white coral. Lugia sits in the bottom of the ocean and its shiny is red/pink and white. And both are referred to as The God Of The Seas.
The whole thing with Palkia and Dialga being Izanami and Izanagi gets a little fucked up when you learn that Izanami and Izanagi were twins who got married (they had no choice, i mean, they were the only ones around at the time). Then Izanami died and went to the underworld (Yomi) and when Izanagi tried to save her it only made things worse for everyone. I guess that's why none of that is reflected in Pokemon, it's a little too much.
+pixelpi “People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances with our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive.” ― Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
Now the important question, can Keldeo learn Surf? *opens Bulbapedia* Well that's a relief; it can! I'm so tired of Pokemon clearly capable of flight being unable to learn Fly so it wouldn't have shocked me for them to have a description/ability mismatch like that.
SsbPrime It's not obvious from looking at the thing that it's Water-type and not all Pokemon can learn a move just because it seems to be a logical extension of their type.
It's based on Poseidon, the Greek god of seas. His name, "Empoleon", is a combination of Emperor and Poseidon, also his beak looks like Poseidon's Triden, his distinctive weapon. That could also explain the pride that has all his prevolutions and himself.
Each paragraph is a time period. Also, there are one of each original legendary Pokemon, but they created replicas of themselves, though they are not immortal or nearly as powerful, but still rare: In the beginning, there was nothing but Arceus, an all-powerful entity. He had always but never existed. Arceus was lonely, so he decided to build a universe; he would create beings that would create the elements of the universe so that they could be their guardians. He would give types to his creations, symbolizing certain powers and attributes that would be. First Arceus created Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf to give a soul to these beings. The universe needed strong foundations to support all forms of existence, so Arceus created Dialga to create time, and Palkia to create space. However, time and space were not connected, so Arceus created Giratina to link them into space-time, making anti-matter. Giratina's soul became corrupted, as he was the most powerful being Arceus had ever created. With his soul, he gained a false understanding in the belief that he had the power to take over Arceus and his universe. After a battle for dominance which ended in Arceus's inevitable victory, the latter created Hoopa to create alternate dimensions, and to banish Giratina to the Distort World. Hoopa, seeing how powerful he was himself, and not having witnessed Arceus's undefeatable power, rebelled like Giratina did. Arceus had no choice but to trap him inside of a magic lamp. Because of this, Arceus decided not to give a soul to all creation, but rather to create an ultimate creation. It would by weak in power, but strong in mind, and be the only being to have a soul. So the god would create perfect conditons for the ultimate creation, and went on his way to accomplish his quest. He would grant the magic lamp to his ultimate creation so that they could hide it. The next creations were Cosmog and Cosmoem, who would travel across space-time in the universe to generate all matter and energy. Arceus needed sides of light and dark to the universe, good and evil. So he brought into existence Solgaleo and Lunala to create the Sun and the Moon, surrounding the future home of the ultimate creation. Even though he needed a spectrum for basic morals, evil was bad, so Arceus created Necrozma to slowly absorb all evil from all beings in the universe. In time, the ultimate creation's home needed to be built. The god created Groudon to create the earth and Kyogre to create the sea. Though land and ocean were meant to be balanced, Groudon and Kyogre wanted dominance over territory, not because of their soul, which they didn't have, but because of their instincts. So they battled, and Kyogre seemed to have a slight advantage for the fact that he was a water type while Groudon was an earth type. Arceus created Rayquaza to stop the two titans, but they would not give up and gathered all their potential energy to evolve into their primal forms and go on to their mighty duel. Arceus blessed Rayquaza with the power of Mega-Evolution, granting him the capability of stopping Groudon and Kyogre. They went into a deep slumber. Rayquaza created the atmosphere as a protective layer to the Earth, symbolizing his role as a defender. It was time to make life and death on the Earth, so Arceus created Xerneas to make life, and Yveltal to make death. Arceus would later create Zygarde to protect the ecosystem and guide the minds, not souls because they do not have any, of creations into the afterlife. The Earth needed factors of weather to shape life, so Arceus made Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus. To bring dimension to good and evil, Arceus ordered Solgaleo to create Ho-oh and Lunala to create Lugia. They would rotate the Earth, creating night and day, which affected weather. Ho-oh also became guardian of the heavens, where it is bright, and Lugia guardian of the abyss, where it is dark. Tornadus and Tundurus were insulted by each other's self-permission of entering their realms, and so started fighting. Landorus took on the task of stopping them. As they were occupied with their battle, they could not focus on weather, so Lugia made Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres to take over the mantle of generators of weather. Meanwhile, Groudon created Regigigas to move the continents. Landorus realized Latios and Latias to aid him in his slowing of Tornadus and Thundurus's quarrel, as guardians of their winds, Eastern and Western. Regigigas shaped Heatran, Volcanion, and Diancie to create magma, intense heat and steam, and minerals. At that time, Arceus ordered Lunala to make Darkrai and Cresselia to prepare all future life for understanding good and evil with nightmares and dreams. Darkrai and Cresselia created Reshikrom, an almighty dragon, to symbolize the balance and union of real and ideal that they had created. Arceus believed this was a good time to populate the Earth with life, so he sent a community of Mews there to evolve into all future species. In order to better prepare the Earth for the ultimate creation, Arceus created Victini, Meloetta, and Jirachi to give luck, inspiration, and hope and wishes. Xerneas then created Shaymin and Celebi to be guardians of the forest and plant life, using Dialga's power of time for Celebi and Palkia's power of space for Shaymin. Kyogre created Manaphee and Phione to be the prince and king of the sea. As a last preparation for the ultimate creation, Arceus made Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele, Tapu Bulu, and Tapu Fini to be the guardians of the whole Earth, taking care of all that is. It was finally time to materialize the ultimate creation, humans. Arceus odered Regigigas to create Regice, Regirock, and Registeel to guide them through time with the Ice Age, Stone Age, and Metal Age. Years and years after humans were created, they were populating and taking over the Earth. In doing so, some happened to destroy the ecosystem, which angered Zygarde. So, he created Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion to be the Swords of Justice and protect the animals, which humans had called Pokemon. Thousands of years later, humans had built two towers, each dedicated in honoring Ho-oh and Lugia. Once, lightning struck Ho-oh's tower, burning it down with fire until rain stopped this holocaust. This killed three Pokemon, which Ho-oh revived and granted great powers to to symbolized the previous events; Raikou to symbolize the lightning that struck the tower, Entei to symbolize the fire that burned the tower, and Suicune to symbolize the rain that extinguished the fire. Meanwhile, Reshikrom had been tamed by two prince brothers. When they had an argument, Reshikrom split into Reshiram, symbolizing the real, and Zekrom, symbolizing the ideal. The split left a cold, empty shell that was Kyurem. This dragon of sadness had a conflict with the Swords of Justice, easily overpowering them, so Zygarde created Keldeo to help them. Three thousand years before present-day, an incredible war broke out between two kingdoms of humans in the region of Kalos. A man named AZ had a friend, a Pokemon which he cared for more than anything, who died in the war. From his anger, he swore to put an end to this fateful war; he created an ultimate weapon, which would use Xerneas and Yveltal's power to steal the life force of thousands of pokemon, sending a blast of energy that would destroy part of human civilization. The plan worked, but when the ultimate weapon was fired, a wormhole apparently created by scientists from another world in another dimension, to save their own civilization appeared and let a meteor through. The wormhole materialized there because it was one of the zones of highest concentration of energy in the whole universe. The beam from the ultimate weapon hit the meteor, shattering the outer shell, but leaving the harder inner core intact. Each piece of the outer shell was impregnated with the life force of a pokemon that was used to power the ultimate weapon, and Rayquaza's power of Mega-Evolution in the atmosphere. The core, which got power from everything, and now needed to stay intact to power all of the pieces of the shell, was shot to the region of Hoenn. This caused high damage to the land. Xerneas felt sorry for AZ and gifted him with a tree impregnated with his dead Pokemon's life force, and also granted him immortality. However, AZ have the tree to Hoenn to be forgiven of the destruction he had caused. Thousands of years later, an organization known as Team Rocket wanted to create an insanely powerful Pokemon by cloning Mew. Many failed attempts created Metamorph, but they finally succeeded in creating Mewtwo. Then, what happens is all that is in the games and in the anime.
+Cucking Funt Correct. Game Freak's "reasoning" was that it was "too confusing" for young players, or somethhing like that. Basically, the same bullshit excuse they used for not including the Battle Frontier in ORAS.
Did you know, the moment this video said 'Did you know', I got called in Pokémon Crystal by Pokémaniac Brent who also said 'Did you know?' Thanks to him now I know that Bill is allergic to milk. The more you know...
Legendary Pokémon Thundurus & Tornadus are based on the Japanese myth of Raijin and Fujin, Master of Thunder/Lightning and Master of Wind. And not sure about Landorus.
Kyoto was the original capital of the Unified Tokugawa Shogunate. Its name translates to "Capital City". Tokyo, the new capital after the Meiji Restoration, literally inverted the syllables so it would have the same meaning and not have to change Kyoto's name to avoid confusion.
On the Keldeo part, also the fact that the he and the other three similar legendaries of Unova are called "The Swords of Justice", kinda directly referencing the Three Musketeers.
The Regi Side Quest is the best quest in all of Pokemon. It's neat to see that it has some interesting nods to real-world mythology, but I'm glad they kept them subtle. An obvious cultural reference might have spoiled the awesome mystery at the heart of the Regi Quest.
I love Ho-Ho Battle music(the first track that plays on this video) and the awesome Vs. Legendary Pokémon from the 5th generation(the last one), and the last fits so well Smash Bros :v By the way, Gen 5 is my favorite generation of all
I think this stuff is really interesting, because the origins of these designs tend to repeat themselves across games and movies, especially ones from Japan. i thought it was incredibly interesting that one of the Colossi in Shadow of the Colossus looked almost identical to Yveltal (or actually vice versa since Shadow of the Colossus came first) and I'm certain the two are based on the same myth, but what is perplexing is i can't find any art that depicts the myth with that iconic tail shape. The only thing i can imagine is that Game Freak turned to Shadow of the Colossus for Yveltal's design, but i haven't found any discussion of that online.
Didn't Arceus also take inspiration from Jesus? I'm mean look, it's like a sheep. Wow. Come to think of it, It's 3 religions fused into 1 pokemon. cool.
+Arsenious dela Peña possible they think everyone already knows that they are god/devil, so they focused some more obscure stuff like the golems and stuff.
You missed the part where Infernape was also based on Sun Wukong from Journey to the west. His swirl patterns imitating Sun's limitation crown given to Tripitaka by Guan Yin. Emboar seems to by based on his friend Pigsy.
+NeserGod If something in a language other than English appeared in this video, its pronunciation was butchered. Wikipedia has pronunciation guides right at the top of the article, there's no excuse. Then again, it's far from the first time this has happened in a DYKG video....
I know this is an old video but infernape has very clear design elements from depictions of sun wukong aka sun goku from the Chinese classic Journey To The West. Though there might be an indirect connection to Hanuman, who came before journey to the west and was probably an inspiration for sun wukong
Empoleon is also based on Poseidon's trident (as seen on it's beak). Sinnoh itself is centered around mythology which is why Cynthia (the champion) researches mythology and why Arceus was revealed during this generation
The painting used of the man riding the "Kelpie" is actually of a "Neck (Nøkk, Nix)" by Kittelsen, the Germanic and Scandinavian counterpart. It's a water sprite who could shape-shift into a beautiful white horse. When someone mounted it they'd not be able to get off, and the horse would run into a deep watersource, drowning them.
I've always found it interesting that many Asian cultures tend to be so close to their ancient lore and mythology; so much that it even permeates their own modern culture. I think Japan is similar to Mexico, as Mexico has a unique mestizo culture that blends indigenous traditions and art with modern, Western-inspired customs.
For anyone familiar, a lot of Naruto Shippuden facts are in this video as well. I don't know if it was intended but Ginkaku and Kinkaku (the Silver and Gold brothers) and Izanami and Izanami (the MS jutsus)
Lol, the video started all, like, "GOD IS DEPICTED HERE, THOU SHALL VOW TO YOUR MASTER AND LORD ARCEUS!", and then went all, like, "and this cute Turtwig is part of a myth, too :3".
There is an urban legend that the Regis are based upon the nuclear destruction from World War II, where their locations are based on areas that the US armies dropped the nuclear bomb back then, which Regirock's location represents Oita, Regice is Nagasaki, and Registeel is Miyazaki. Their designs are also based upon victims who got killed by the nuclear explosions, while usage of dots are based upon survivors who've lost sight from the nuclear explosions and used dot codes to read. Also the Pokemon who were the key to their ruins, Wailord and Relicanth are based from the nuclear bombs "Fat Man" and "Little Boy", and the Regis usage of self-destruct are based from that nuclear explosion, while the level of remembering Hyper Beam represents the date of the explosion of Nagasaki (Lv.89 = August 9th).
I'm sorry, but the second picture of the "Kelpy" is actually of a Nøkk, a creature also capable of transforming into a horse, but instead of living in the sea, it lives in lakes and swamps inland, it cannot gallop on water, instead it gallops straight into water causing the human to get a hefty shock(surprised shock, not electrical). It mostly targets children as they often are more prone to not being cautious. It is a well known Myth in Norway, and the illustration is made by the famous norwegian painter and illustrator Theodor Kittelsen
Ho-oh theme has to be one of the best boss themes in the entire franchise! I'm not even kidding, first time I heard this, I fell in love with it instantly!
Cool video! The illustration used when describing the Kelpie (the one with the boy riding a white horse) is actually meant to be of the Scandinavian water spirit neck (or Nøkken, in Norwegian.) though. The similarities are many and they probably stem from a similar, if not the same origin, but the painting shown in the video is definitely meant to be Nøkken, as the painter, Theodor Kittelsen was renown for painting creatures from Scandinavian folklore.
Another, smaller connection between Arceus and Shinto religion is how in HG/SS you could take the event Arceus to the Ruins of Alph to go to the Sinjoh ruins. While it is meant to connect Sinnoh and Johto, the name is strikingly similar to Shinto, which, while possibly a coincidence, is likely a reference as well And the only reason hacking is needed to find Arceus on top of the Spear Pillar is because the event that gave you an item to make it possible didn't happen, so hacking/cheating must be used to get that item (I want to say the Azure Flute...), which then lets you find Arceus on top of the Spear Pillar
Arceus, has 1000 arms, can't learn any punching attacks
Wooper who has 0 arms, can learn punching moves.
+BlazinVoid shroomish can too. also ponyta leanrs horn drill besides have no horn
Pokemon Logic in a nut-shell, my Blaziken knows freaking Ice Punch which i don't know how that can work
+Keir Armstrong Trainer: Blaziken !!! Ice Punch !!!!!
Blaziken:.............FUCK THE POLICE !!!!! **ICE PUNCH**
木戸 Kido My first reaction to this "Okay, what is he going to learn" Blaziken wants to learn Ice Punch "WHAT THE FUCK" that will be awesome to use in online battles to Confuse our Enemy
Man it's insane how much thought gets put into each Pokemon.... well most of them anyway
I'm looking at you Geodude
Ikr
+CreepsMcPasta I caught KEYS!
+CreepsMcPasta Hey, he's not the worst offender. Voltorb and Electrode are.
But don't you know, Geodude is based on the Egyptian goddess, Lazydesignius?
+Chris cheng Watch The Dex's video about Klefki
Pokemon:A game where you can catch god
+DragonOnZap23 and still lose a pokemon battle
Or: Pokemon: Where the God of everything can be beaten by a 10 year-old's pets
Only through hacking. Or AR if you want to get technical :3
+DragonOnZap23 WOW, what a great and original point!!! SOOOO funny, and not at all over used!!!!!
+AquaGrunt Yup :3
The transition from Arceus to the starters at 4:52 was so intense it gave me whiplash.
This game ruled my childhood. My friends and I even pretended to be gym leaders on the playground and battle Pokemon. Yeah, we were the cool kids.
DreamcastGuy this game rules my LIFE.
Did you battle with cards, the games or just use your imagination?
Jackson Shepherd
They probably just battened using link cables and stuff.
i kinda did a similar thing when I was a kid, except if you won you became the ‘gym leader’ and we had level caps and a 3 party limit so the battles didn’t take forever (it was at recess after all, we didn’t have too much time)
Bro i frecking did that when my friends and I when i was in 2nd grade T~T
Pretty sure that's not the inspiration for Infernape, guys.
Its visual design is based on the Chinese Golden Monkey, which are notorious for loving heat. The inspiration for Infernape is almost certainly Sun Wukong (a.k.a. Son Gokou) from Journey to the West. The golden armor on Infernape is very likely a direct reference to the golden armor Sun Wukong gets in the epic, and there are a lot of other things about Sun Wukong (like his amazing martial ability, using all his limbs to fight) and being the Monkey King, that make that more likely. Also, Gokouzaru is Sun Wukong's Japanese name, and it stands for hellfire monkey.
#ThanksDexCast
+FinalFirebrand And given that his sole role was to Challenge the heavens, that sounds more appropriate than what they came up with... I mean... out of all things, it's interesting to learn about another deity, I don't know how you guys missed the most obvious Sun Wukong/Infernape connection.
+keinchi My thoughts exactly, how did they miss that?
+FinalFirebrand More likely the armour is based on his limitation crown given by him by Quan Yin though Tripitaka.
+FinalFirebrand My first thought was also Wukong, but after this it's kinda more linkable to hindu mythology. I mean Infernape doesn't use a staff or something similar while the Ruyi Jing Bang was the staff representing Wukong the most.
+FinalFirebrand isn't wukong himself inspired by hanuman?
ANOTHER FACT: Arcues is actually based off of a Llama, him and I are tight, I call him Larry.
Harry Oborne Larry the Llama does not appreciate you using its name wrong.
+Bulba Tube Thanks for yet another lesson, Professor.
The Champ anytime ;)
+Harry Oborne you sure its not a Carl?
Zeromega159 Caaaarrrl!
Klefki was based on the ancient american myth of "keychain" a magical item with powers to open most doors and vehicles
Following that logic is Crobat based on an ancient american myth of Crobar?
Klefki is based on a type of goblin from European folklore who steals small, unattended items. In this case, specifically, keys.
were you aware of that game fact? feat jimby
+Jimmy Whetzel dood nice
Wow cool facts about gaming
jimby whiztel
has your brain previously listened to and accepted these possible truths behind the conception, development and setting of the plotlines and characters of a consumer entertainment product from this visual medium ft. jamjemjimjomjum
I hate u
A Pokémon that created the Pokémon world.
Pokémon that control Time, Space, and Antimatter.
Pokémon responsible for bringing knowledge, emotion, and willpower into the world.
All can be captured and controlled by a 10-year old
xXSamsterXx14 And that's why becoming a Pokemon Master is such a big deal!
Do you think Arceus stays in the Hall of Origin because he too lives in fear of the ten year olds that he's created?
I'm tempted to go and replay Pokemon HeartGold now.
+Kingkixmw3 Same here. Such a great game.
+Kingkixmw3 go for the nuzlocke
Go ahead and play it
So awesome. I likef the story and principally your Pokémon following you around. So awesome, such wow.
I've been thinking about it for a while. They're great games!
Speaking of Mythology can you please do a "Did You Know Gaming Kid Icarus Uprising" in the future? :)
YES! The fucking best game!
I loved that game so much.
+piplup229 fantastic game is pretty much everyway. The writing, the gameplay, and even the multiplayer was enjoyable. Wish I still had it though...
All I know is that Arlon species are actually women.
+Helmslock While it think it a great idea for a video, the connections between Kid Icarus Uprising and Greek Mythology are a little too obvious. Anyone who took 7th grade social studies probably learned about most of the myths that are used in the game. And these connections can easily be researched on one's own time. But, that's just my opinion. :)
So can you go into the back story of that ice cream cone pokemon.....thanks
DQ?
+Kin3sisCurt A British chap loved 99s, which is an ice cream cone with a chocolate flake added. He was eventually employed at GameFreak. He was asked to do a design for Pokemon Black and White. He decided to make a line based off the 99. He then made sure to add an adorable little face to the first one in the line.
The person ruth mcnally is talking about is James Turner. He was responsible for the creation of Vanillite, Vanillish, Vanilluxe, Golett, Golurk, Vullaby, Mandibuzz, Phantump, and Trevenant.
+Kin3sisCurt watch the dex's episode, they explain it
+Kin3sisCurt The Vanillite family is sort of a double design, Their design is based both on ice cream conses and the icicles you find in places like caves. Note that they would normally be hanging from a ceiling, so that their soft "ice cream" bits would covered by the harder ice of their bodies. This is referenced in the name of Vanillite, which vaguely resembles a stalacite hanging in a cave.
A recurring Pokedex fact is that these guys are usually hiding, creating a mist around them using their cold bodies. Naturally, they learn the move Mist quite quickly. They are also closely associated with snow, as opposed to more pure Ice. They will create powdery snow by consuming water through their soft upper bodies. The "straw" on Vanilluxe shows this best, acting as a sort of chiminey for mist to flow out of its body. Also, their nicknames are the Fresh Snow, Icy Snow, and Snowstorm Pokemon.
The trio each relate to specific kinds of ice cream. Naturally, they all have "Vanill" at the beginning of their name for vanilla ice cream, but there is a bit more. The small Vaillite's name could be a reference to Lite ice cream, as well as "stalacite." Vanillish, the middle form, is likely a slightly altered version of the Japanese name, "Vanirich." The "rich" refers both to the greater size of the Pokemon and the flavor of ice cream. And in English "lish" sounds like part of "delicious." Last, Vanilluxe gets its name from the word "deluxe," which in turn is derived from the word "luxury." That fits well with the "rich" middle stage as well as the more complicated design. Note that a banana split is considered a deluxe desert item at many eateries.
And people say Pokémon after Gen 1 have uncreative designs.... -_-
+ReboyGTR i personally love the rock with arms and the turd sticking out of the ground in gen 1.
+Garrett Norden ...Or the seal.
+Bubba Or the Kum on the ground
Don't forget snake backwards! and cobra backwards too!
Dude, everyone loves the generic birds, giant Pokéball, giant Pokéball with inverted colors, purple turd, bigger purple turd, rock with arms, bigger rock with four arms, lizard inside of a rock, generic snake, generic cobra, and so on...
Torterra sounds like Great A'Tuin from the Discworld series.
That's what I thought lol
Didn't they use a picture from Discworld in the video? The world sitting on the backs of four elephants, all standing on the back of a turtle?
+Everett Parrott the golems described here are almost exactly like Pratchett's golems. He obviously pulled some of his creations from real world mythology.
Everett Parrott Yeah there was one in there
+Everett Parrott thats what I saw too, it had the four elephants too, so it must've been!
I was under the impression that Infernape was based on the Chinese legend of Sun Wukong (Son Goku in Japan).
This was an absolutely fantastic episode! I've been a fan of Pokemon since the begging and learned a lot about the franchise as a whole over the years. But there is still so much that I don't know and it's amazing to see how much thought is put into each Pokemon!
The part about Torterra reminded me of the Turtle Village from Golden Axe.
+ruth mcnally It reminded me of the giant turtles that gifted bending in avatar the last airbender.,
***** OFC HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN (Still inspired by the same thing you nerd)
+ruth mcnally Terry Pratchett's Discworld series has the same motif
+ruth mcnally reminds me of the turtle from majoras mask that sits in the great bay area of the game
+ruth mcnally Super Mario Land 2 is what I'm reminded of.
I love how all this thought went into some of these pokemon, and then there are icecream pokemon
"The personification of perfect compassion in buddhism" he said tensely while creepy music played in the background.
Also, in case you can't hear it in the background, Arceus's battle theme is some really disturbing stuff. It's hard to even call it music, just a jumble of chaos.
+FinalDragoon Really need to hack my game for it. There was an event for Arceus in my country in 2010, but it was 200+ miles away from where I live.
While we're on the subject of collectible monsters with ties to world mythology, will htere be a Shin Megami Tensei episode coming soon?
No. You fucking weeaboo.
+MrMustayne I'm just trying to troll. Seems I failed.
+Fergus Ager Persona was a good first step
I would love that, and a second persona one too would be great
+Fergus Ager There's a big difference though, Pokemon are based on something or other, while the stuff in SMT/Persona are just the mythological beings themselves. Making a video going "Cuchulain is based on.... Cuchulain" would be rather pointless.
Also something that's pretty interesting is that Lugia might also be based off of the Japanese legend of the dragon god, Ryujin. Ryujin sits in the bottom of the ocean in a palace of red/pink and white coral. Lugia sits in the bottom of the ocean and its shiny is red/pink and white. And both are referred to as The God Of The Seas.
The whole thing with Palkia and Dialga being Izanami and Izanagi gets a little fucked up when you learn that Izanami and Izanagi were twins who got married (they had no choice, i mean, they were the only ones around at the time). Then Izanami died and went to the underworld (Yomi) and when Izanagi tried to save her it only made things worse for everyone.
I guess that's why none of that is reflected in Pokemon, it's a little too much.
Jimmy always sounds on the verge of bursting out in laughter
Mythology is rad
+pixelpi “People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances with our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive.”
― Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
2016 goals:
- pass 8th grade 🎮🎭
- do sex 😛😛😛
- smoke wheat 😈😇
- partayyyyyyy 🍺🍻🔫
+Rubbert ... are you serious. Fuckin' kid
+Seamus Spike its a copypasta and you fell for it
+Rubbert Follow your dreams lil boi
**pukes**
+Rubbert Ayy LMAO
Very interisting facts DYKG! :^)
I've been to Kyoto, and man, the pictures don't do justice to those two temples. absolutely awesome.
I'm so jelly. XD
Kyoto seems like a nice place to visit some time.
And yes I got my Arceus through hacking I have no shame leave me alone...
3:32 holy cow, so that's where Naruto got Izanagi and Izanami from :o
Now the important question, can Keldeo learn Surf?
*opens Bulbapedia*
Well that's a relief; it can! I'm so tired of Pokemon clearly capable of flight being unable to learn Fly so it wouldn't have shocked me for them to have a description/ability mismatch like that.
It's a fucking water type no shit it can
+SsbPrime not all water Pokemon can surf
SsbPrime It's not obvious from looking at the thing that it's Water-type and not all Pokemon can learn a move just because it seems to be a logical extension of their type.
+SsbPrime Scyther is a flying type and it can't learn Fly. That was the point that was being made here. "No shit" isn't always a given with Pokemon.
+SsbPrime Magikarp can't surf.....
1:18 i can't stop looking at the Koffing he is so funny
What about the mythology behind Empoleon
+HaSiBuR RaHiM It is literally an emporer penguin that grows as it evolves
It's based on Poseidon, the Greek god of seas. His name, "Empoleon", is a combination of Emperor and Poseidon, also his beak looks like Poseidon's Triden, his distinctive weapon. That could also explain the pride that has all his prevolutions and himself.
+chaosknight360 Well, i don't doubt it, I'm only saying that it could also be what I'm saying. Wikidex mentions that could be both at etymology.
+chaosknight360 he is based on poseidon
*Guys I know what it means but I was wondering why it wasn't included in the video...*
Each paragraph is a time period. Also, there are one of each original legendary Pokemon, but they created replicas of themselves, though they are not immortal or nearly as powerful, but still rare:
In the beginning, there was nothing but Arceus, an all-powerful entity. He had always but never existed.
Arceus was lonely, so he decided to build a universe; he would create beings that would create the elements of the universe so that they could be their guardians. He would give types to his creations, symbolizing certain powers and attributes that would be.
First Arceus created Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf to give a soul to these beings.
The universe needed strong foundations to support all forms of existence, so Arceus created Dialga to create time, and Palkia to create space. However, time and space were not connected, so Arceus created Giratina to link them into space-time, making anti-matter.
Giratina's soul became corrupted, as he was the most powerful being Arceus had ever created. With his soul, he gained a false understanding in the belief that he had the power to take over Arceus and his universe. After a battle for dominance which ended in Arceus's inevitable victory, the latter created Hoopa to create alternate dimensions, and to banish Giratina to the Distort World. Hoopa, seeing how powerful he was himself, and not having witnessed Arceus's undefeatable power, rebelled like Giratina did. Arceus had no choice but to trap him inside of a magic lamp. Because of this, Arceus decided not to give a soul to all creation, but rather to create an ultimate creation. It would by weak in power, but strong in mind, and be the only being to have a soul. So the god would create perfect conditons for the ultimate creation, and went on his way to accomplish his quest. He would grant the magic lamp to his ultimate creation so that they could hide it.
The next creations were Cosmog and Cosmoem, who would travel across space-time in the universe to generate all matter and energy.
Arceus needed sides of light and dark to the universe, good and evil. So he brought into existence Solgaleo and Lunala to create the Sun and the Moon, surrounding the future home of the ultimate creation. Even though he needed a spectrum for basic morals, evil was bad, so Arceus created Necrozma to slowly absorb all evil from all beings in the universe.
In time, the ultimate creation's home needed to be built. The god created Groudon to create the earth and Kyogre to create the sea. Though land and ocean were meant to be balanced, Groudon and Kyogre wanted dominance over territory, not because of their soul, which they didn't have, but because of their instincts. So they battled, and Kyogre seemed to have a slight advantage for the fact that he was a water type while Groudon was an earth type. Arceus created Rayquaza to stop the two titans, but they would not give up and gathered all their potential energy to evolve into their primal forms and go on to their mighty duel. Arceus blessed Rayquaza with the power of Mega-Evolution, granting him the capability of stopping Groudon and Kyogre. They went into a deep slumber. Rayquaza created the atmosphere as a protective layer to the Earth, symbolizing his role as a defender.
It was time to make life and death on the Earth, so Arceus created Xerneas to make life, and Yveltal to make death. Arceus would later create Zygarde to protect the ecosystem and guide the minds, not souls because they do not have any, of creations into the afterlife.
The Earth needed factors of weather to shape life, so Arceus made Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus. To bring dimension to good and evil, Arceus ordered Solgaleo to create Ho-oh and Lunala to create Lugia. They would rotate the Earth, creating night and day, which affected weather. Ho-oh also became guardian of the heavens, where it is bright, and Lugia guardian of the abyss, where it is dark.
Tornadus and Tundurus were insulted by each other's self-permission of entering their realms, and so started fighting. Landorus took on the task of stopping them. As they were occupied with their battle, they could not focus on weather, so Lugia made Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres to take over the mantle of generators of weather. Meanwhile, Groudon created Regigigas to move the continents.
Landorus realized Latios and Latias to aid him in his slowing of Tornadus and Thundurus's quarrel, as guardians of their winds, Eastern and Western.
Regigigas shaped Heatran, Volcanion, and Diancie to create magma, intense heat and steam, and minerals. At that time, Arceus ordered Lunala to make Darkrai and Cresselia to prepare all future life for understanding good and evil with nightmares and dreams.
Darkrai and Cresselia created Reshikrom, an almighty dragon, to symbolize the balance and union of real and ideal that they had created.
Arceus believed this was a good time to populate the Earth with life, so he sent a community of Mews there to evolve into all future species.
In order to better prepare the Earth for the ultimate creation, Arceus created Victini, Meloetta, and Jirachi to give luck, inspiration, and hope and wishes.
Xerneas then created Shaymin and Celebi to be guardians of the forest and plant life, using Dialga's power of time for Celebi and Palkia's power of space for Shaymin. Kyogre created Manaphee and Phione to be the prince and king of the sea.
As a last preparation for the ultimate creation, Arceus made Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele, Tapu Bulu, and Tapu Fini to be the guardians of the whole Earth, taking care of all that is.
It was finally time to materialize the ultimate creation, humans. Arceus odered Regigigas to create Regice, Regirock, and Registeel to guide them through time with the Ice Age, Stone Age, and Metal Age.
Years and years after humans were created, they were populating and taking over the Earth. In doing so, some happened to destroy the ecosystem, which angered Zygarde. So, he created Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion to be the Swords of Justice and protect the animals, which humans had called Pokemon.
Thousands of years later, humans had built two towers, each dedicated in honoring Ho-oh and Lugia. Once, lightning struck Ho-oh's tower, burning it down with fire until rain stopped this holocaust. This killed three Pokemon, which Ho-oh revived and granted great powers to to symbolized the previous events; Raikou to symbolize the lightning that struck the tower, Entei to symbolize the fire that burned the tower, and Suicune to symbolize the rain that extinguished the fire. Meanwhile, Reshikrom had been tamed by two prince brothers. When they had an argument, Reshikrom split into Reshiram, symbolizing the real, and Zekrom, symbolizing the ideal. The split left a cold, empty shell that was Kyurem. This dragon of sadness had a conflict with the Swords of Justice, easily overpowering them, so Zygarde created Keldeo to help them.
Three thousand years before present-day, an incredible war broke out between two kingdoms of humans in the region of Kalos. A man named AZ had a friend, a Pokemon which he cared for more than anything, who died in the war. From his anger, he swore to put an end to this fateful war; he created an ultimate weapon, which would use Xerneas and Yveltal's power to steal the life force of thousands of pokemon, sending a blast of energy that would destroy part of human civilization. The plan worked, but when the ultimate weapon was fired, a wormhole apparently created by scientists from another world in another dimension, to save their own civilization appeared and let a meteor through. The wormhole materialized there because it was one of the zones of highest concentration of energy in the whole universe. The beam from the ultimate weapon hit the meteor, shattering the outer shell, but leaving the harder inner core intact. Each piece of the outer shell was impregnated with the life force of a pokemon that was used to power the ultimate weapon, and Rayquaza's power of Mega-Evolution in the atmosphere. The core, which got power from everything, and now needed to stay intact to power all of the pieces of the shell, was shot to the region of Hoenn. This caused high damage to the land. Xerneas felt sorry for AZ and gifted him with a tree impregnated with his dead Pokemon's life force, and also granted him immortality. However, AZ have the tree to Hoenn to be forgiven of the destruction he had caused.
Thousands of years later, an organization known as Team Rocket wanted to create an insanely powerful Pokemon by cloning Mew. Many failed attempts created Metamorph, but they finally succeeded in creating Mewtwo.
Then, what happens is all that is in the games and in the anime.
Hello would you care to have a moment to talk about our lord and savior Arceus
Michael Aiyedun did u mean Lord Helix, our true savior?
Lol
@@gryphonguys3791 no not that faker
I remember the good old days when Jimmy worked on Pokemon Weird Facts and Trivia, how times have changed.
This was very interesting! one of my favorites!
i love how many ties exist between pokemon and naruto with the naming. kinda cool
I'm kinda surprised Gaijin Goomba isn't the narrator given the subject matter
Rayquaza: Hey! Cut that shit out! Don't make me mega evolve...
Groudon and Kyogre: Oh fuck! **runs away**
XD
You don't need to hack to get Arceus in spear pillar, you just need an object from mystery gift.
+Cucking Funt It never happened for emulators at least.
+Cucking Funt Correct. Game Freak's "reasoning" was that it was "too confusing" for young players, or somethhing like that. Basically, the same bullshit excuse they used for not including the Battle Frontier in ORAS.
+Cucking Funt I think they had it in Japan. But in America the closest we got was an event where we were simply given Arceus.
+Ciaran Fed (Time To Do Stuff) which since you can no longer get the mystery gift it requires hacking :/
Whofan06 The Azure Flute Mystery Gift event never happened.
Did you know, the moment this video said 'Did you know', I got called in Pokémon Crystal by Pokémaniac Brent who also said 'Did you know?' Thanks to him now I know that Bill is allergic to milk.
The more you know...
That's some Persona 4 shit right there.
That legendary Pokemon music gives me chills every time I find and reach them in every game.
mythology? Oh goody!
Legendary Pokémon Thundurus & Tornadus are based on the Japanese myth of Raijin and Fujin, Master of Thunder/Lightning and Master of Wind.
And not sure about Landorus.
One thousandth comment. Also, Kyoto is just a flip of the syllables in Tokyo.
Kyoto was the original capital of the Unified Tokugawa Shogunate. Its name translates to "Capital City". Tokyo, the new capital after the Meiji Restoration, literally inverted the syllables so it would have the same meaning and not have to change Kyoto's name to avoid confusion.
On the Keldeo part, also the fact that the he and the other three similar legendaries of Unova are called "The Swords of Justice", kinda directly referencing the Three Musketeers.
BIRDJESUS
The Regi Side Quest is the best quest in all of Pokemon. It's neat to see that it has some interesting nods to real-world mythology, but I'm glad they kept them subtle. An obvious cultural reference might have spoiled the awesome mystery at the heart of the Regi Quest.
I love Ho-Ho Battle music(the first track that plays on this video) and the awesome Vs. Legendary Pokémon from the 5th generation(the last one), and the last fits so well Smash Bros :v
By the way, Gen 5 is my favorite generation of all
I think this stuff is really interesting, because the origins of these designs tend to repeat themselves across games and movies, especially ones from Japan. i thought it was incredibly interesting that one of the Colossi in Shadow of the Colossus looked almost identical to Yveltal (or actually vice versa since Shadow of the Colossus came first) and I'm certain the two are based on the same myth, but what is perplexing is i can't find any art that depicts the myth with that iconic tail shape. The only thing i can imagine is that Game Freak turned to Shadow of the Colossus for Yveltal's design, but i haven't found any discussion of that online.
Didn't Arceus also take inspiration from Jesus? I'm mean look, it's like a sheep.
Wow. Come to think of it, It's 3 religions fused into 1 pokemon. cool.
Wow, now you talked, that make some sense...lol
Yeah and I was sure Giratina was based on the devil.
Strange they did not say anything about that
+Arsenious dela Peña I think it's based on a qilin, which is basically an East Asian chimeroid. Sorry for spoiling your fun.
+Arsenious dela Peña possible they think everyone already knows that they are god/devil, so they focused some more obscure stuff like the golems and stuff.
Hmm, I can kind of see it on the body. Maybe arceus is based off of every main god figure.
You missed the part where Infernape was also based on Sun Wukong from Journey to the west. His swirl patterns imitating Sun's limitation crown given to Tripitaka by Guan Yin. Emboar seems to by based on his friend Pigsy.
You should have gotten Gaijin Goombah to do this one. those pronunciations were painfully atrocious.
This is a very interesting topic. I hope you make more of this. I love getting to know the inspirations behind Pokemon.
those hindu pronunciations...
+NeserGod much like the Japanese pronunciations ;;;
+NeserGod
If something in a language other than English appeared in this video, its pronunciation was butchered. Wikipedia has pronunciation guides right at the top of the article, there's no excuse. Then again, it's far from the first time this has happened in a DYKG video....
I know this is an old video but infernape has very clear design elements from depictions of sun wukong aka sun goku from the Chinese classic Journey To The West.
Though there might be an indirect connection to Hanuman, who came before journey to the west and was probably an inspiration for sun wukong
FACT: This guy butchers pronunciation
And?
?dnA
Wow. Lot's of things I didn't know that aren't just behind the scenes. Now this is what I subscribed for!
You pronounced "Arceus" the common-sense way
Which means you pronounced it wrong
More Pokemon-Mythology please. Honestly this is just a mix of my two favorite things.
gen 4 > all. fite me
No
+Guadalupe Amaro Down with the gen 2 overhype, all shall praise Giratina, god of the underworld.
gen 5 all the way. Gen 4 is good too though.
I'd like to see a video where Jimmy ad libs a conversation about Pokémon for as long as he can without repeating himself.
Empoleon is also based on Poseidon's trident (as seen on it's beak). Sinnoh itself is centered around mythology which is why Cynthia (the champion) researches mythology and why Arceus was revealed during this generation
The painting used of the man riding the "Kelpie" is actually of a "Neck (Nøkk, Nix)" by Kittelsen, the Germanic and Scandinavian counterpart. It's a water sprite who could shape-shift into a beautiful white horse. When someone mounted it they'd not be able to get off, and the horse would run into a deep watersource, drowning them.
4:40 lmao nice blotter paper art XD
I've always found it interesting that many Asian cultures tend to be so close to their ancient lore and mythology; so much that it even permeates their own modern culture.
I think Japan is similar to Mexico, as Mexico has a unique mestizo culture that blends indigenous traditions and art with modern, Western-inspired customs.
For anyone familiar, a lot of Naruto Shippuden facts are in this video as well. I don't know if it was intended but Ginkaku and Kinkaku (the Silver and Gold brothers) and Izanami and Izanami (the MS jutsus)
Lol, the video started all, like, "GOD IS DEPICTED HERE, THOU SHALL VOW TO YOUR MASTER AND LORD ARCEUS!", and then went all, like, "and this cute Turtwig is part of a myth, too :3".
Pokemon: Where can be like:
"Only one place left to go: We go for *GOD*!"
"Oh, no, wait, we've got that one, too."
"Oh..."
Then there's the trash bag, ice cream, swords, key, and a lump of rock Pokemon.
Oh man route 201 is such an underrated song.
We need a 2nd one of these videos. DIG DEEPER!
Congratulations On 2 Million
did you know has to be the most creative gaming content by far
I'm happy that you guys got around to my favorite Pokemon of all at the end. ^_^
-But holy shit, that's dark.-
What is your favorite Pokèmon, tho XD
the lugia and ho-oh fact blew my mind
There is an urban legend that the Regis are based upon the nuclear destruction from World War II, where their locations are based on areas that the US armies dropped the nuclear bomb back then, which Regirock's location represents Oita, Regice is Nagasaki, and Registeel is Miyazaki. Their designs are also based upon victims who got killed by the nuclear explosions, while usage of dots are based upon survivors who've lost sight from the nuclear explosions and used dot codes to read. Also the Pokemon who were the key to their ruins, Wailord and Relicanth are based from the nuclear bombs "Fat Man" and "Little Boy", and the Regis usage of self-destruct are based from that nuclear explosion, while the level of remembering Hyper Beam represents the date of the explosion of Nagasaki (Lv.89 = August 9th).
I'm sorry, but the second picture of the "Kelpy" is actually of a Nøkk, a creature also capable of transforming into a horse, but instead of living in the sea, it lives in lakes and swamps inland, it cannot gallop on water, instead it gallops straight into water causing the human to get a hefty shock(surprised shock, not electrical). It mostly targets children as they often are more prone to not being cautious. It is a well known Myth in Norway, and the illustration is made by the famous norwegian painter and illustrator Theodor Kittelsen
5:58 a..watery grave.. DAMN IT FIZZ!
I would also like to add that Hydreigon was inspired by the Yamata no Orochi from Shinto mythology and the Hydra from Greek mythology.
Arceus will always be a Llama stuck in a fence to me. Mewtwo looks cooler, like a vengeful god.
Pokemon has a typical tradition of switching references around.
When people say that Pokemon lost its creativity, man.
This video explains a bit of the process .
I only know Izanagi and Izanami as they're in Persona 4, but it's interesting to know they are referenced to in Pokemon as well! Nice
Whenever he says Pokemon, it sounds like "Pokheymon"
Ho-oh theme has to be one of the best boss themes in the entire franchise! I'm not even kidding, first time I heard this, I fell in love with it instantly!
Where's Psyduck!? He's like the most mythological and powerful Pokémon in the whole universe! Psyduck is the god of our kind, dammit!
Cool video! The illustration used when describing the Kelpie (the one with the boy riding a white horse) is actually meant to be of the Scandinavian water spirit neck (or Nøkken, in Norwegian.) though. The similarities are many and they probably stem from a similar, if not the same origin, but the painting shown in the video is definitely meant to be Nøkken, as the painter, Theodor Kittelsen was renown for painting creatures from Scandinavian folklore.
Another, smaller connection between Arceus and Shinto religion is how in HG/SS you could take the event Arceus to the Ruins of Alph to go to the Sinjoh ruins. While it is meant to connect Sinnoh and Johto, the name is strikingly similar to Shinto, which, while possibly a coincidence, is likely a reference as well
And the only reason hacking is needed to find Arceus on top of the Spear Pillar is because the event that gave you an item to make it possible didn't happen, so hacking/cheating must be used to get that item (I want to say the Azure Flute...), which then lets you find Arceus on top of the Spear Pillar
I remember watching this vid when it first came out. Thank you dykg for making this content!
I really want a Did You Know Gaming on Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth.
Lugia might also be partially inspired by the Ningen, an aquatic cryptid with "fingers" on its fins.
wow its been a while since learning something new from a video about pokemon that i havent seen regurgitated
That water horse Pokemon could also be a reference to Poseidon. Poseidon was the Greek god of the sea and horses. Makes more sense than the others.
Man that multi-armed stuff got me wanting an episode of DYKG mythology about Asura's Wrath.
Did You Know Gaming more like How Many Pokémon Videos Can We Make™
Aww...kinda wanted to hear about some mythology behind Piplup