7:00 its also noteworthy that Kokopelli was a popular design and pop-culture fad during the '90s. If you go through old media from the period like TV shows like Seinfeld, cartoons like Rugrats, various magazines etc. you'll be sure to spot it here and there. Considering the time period of Gold/Silver's development this I imagine likely inspired these early designs of Celebi.
Ooh, now I know where I saw that design before. My friend had a statue or lamp or something on his nightstand with that design in the late 90s. I always thought it looked cool.
Holy crap! Celebi is a Pokémon known for traveling through time. They put that shrine there with no purpose in Gold and Silver. Then they make Crystal and Celebi retroactively gave the shrine a purpose. It's like Celebi's time travel had an actual effect on the game it was released in. That's so cool.
Additionally, nobody remembers why the shrine was put there in the first place, so it's like it was always meant to be there. It all comes full circle.
I wished these guys would mention the original Japanese names and versions instead of localizing everything to the English names... and making it like they came first...
I was pretty bummed that although they added Shadow Pokemon to Pokemon Go, when they added Shadow Mewtwo and Shadow Lugia they didn’t use their designs from Pokken or XD, respectively. That would’ve been a cool way to incorporate them
They would have likely needed to buy the rights to use the shadow Lugia from Genius Sonority. And as much as we would love a call back to past games, Niantic and probably Game Freak would rather promote new games. My issue is that you can’t make purification easier by walking like in Colosseum/XD. Pokémon Go is literally made for walking!
That's because they aren't the same thing. Shadow Pokémon in _XD_ are called "Dark Pokémon" in Japanese, while the Japanese name for them in _GO_ is "Shadow Pokémon." Shadow Luigia and Mewtwo are thus referred to as "Dark Lugia" and "Dark Mewtwo" in Japanese respectively. It makes perfect sense why the Shadow Pokmon in _GO_ don't resemble other takes on the concept.
Another fun thing for Ho-oh and Lugia found in the Japanese opening to Pokémon GS (Johto Journeys): the phrase "Golden Sun and Silver Moon" is sung in English and ties in perfectly with the concept of the two representing day and night.
Ho-oh and Lugia also represent the rain and sun that nurture plants, Celebi the protector of the forests the other two grow and controls the time forests grow. At least that's my headcanon.
The idea that Mew is a chaotic, mischievous and unpredictable creature seems to have made its way into one of the recent Journeys episodes, where it wreaks havoc and causes trouble for the Project Mew team. It's a neat callback if so Also, the name Watatsumi is used in at least one other instance, as "Watatsumi's Symphonia", the Japanese name of Primarina's Z-Move "Oceanic Operetta"
quoting the japanese ver. of movie mew at about 1:05:00 into the movie, translated by meowth: "The real ones are real. No matter how much you attack and clash against us, the real ones won't lose to copies!" this wasn't in the english dub, so many are unaware of what mew is really like. i'd also argue that it's not really kind or cruel by nature... theres a quote about N that fits mew more imo: “There is nothing more beautiful and terrifying than innocence." -Concordia, Pokemon Black & White
I mean, when you think about it in the Lucario movie, Mew did kidnapped Pikachu and Meowth to the Tree of Beginning despite probably knowing them from the past movie and should've return them back to Ash and Team Rocket, but instead wanted to continue playing. Talk about selfish.
How this channel manages to keep producing new information about a 20+ year old franchise is amazing. You clearly do a lot of original research and it shows. Thanks!
It's only new information for non-Japanese speakers. The information has existed in Japan for many years. All the stuff we're just learning about is old news to Japanese fans.
I'd love to see a Pokémon Legends game about Johto! The myths and legends from that region were always so interesting, and the cultural aspects in the designs and music is just wonderful! Seeing how well Arceus did, maybe it'll happen sooner than later?
It's funny that Johto basically feels like a vacation because all the interesting stuff had happened but gives context to the region. Maybe an incursion to the Sevii Islands as post game?
Maybe in 2024 to coincide with Gold and Silver's 25th anniversary. Or early 2025 to avoid ending up like Scarlet and Violet but close to the anniversary nonetheless
Honestly the work you guys do here is amazing. Mad respect for the lengths you go to to document this stuff. Legitimate journalism is hard to come by these days, and yall are killing it.
It’s hilarious and endearing that they forgot why they put the celebi shrine at all 😂 Maybe they just wanted set dressing so that spot didn’t look boring or empty Idk tho
I remember hearing a long time ago that there isn't a particular sprite for the shrine in Gen 2, it's made craftly by reusing other tilesets in a creative manner. Given also that Gen 2 started planning as the entirety of Japan and not just Kansai, it is possible that they had the idea of the shrine to represent the more traditional part of Kansai or maybe just Kyoto (which became Ecruteak). What that means is that it's probably just a left over design element trying to flesh out the limitations they were working with during the early beta ages that really had no purpose other than to make it look like the place it was meant to represent. It's probably as meaningful as the Bellsprout plates inside Bellsprout Tower, or just like the truck in gen 1 which was a left over sprite from beta content. They sure stand out, but they're not doing anything there other than looking pretty.
It most likely was just decoration. It’s made with existing graphics in the tile set, it would have been an easy way to add a bit of atmosphere to the forest without using up some of the game’s extremely limited memory.
20:43 Every time when more and more people learn about the existence of Pokémon Conquest, I am convinced that there truly is hope for the universe. Seriously, that game needs more love.
The only thing about that game I hated was the fact that some Pokémon will only evolve if their caught by a certain warrior. Maybe its just me but part of the fun for me was choosing which warriors would catch which Pokémon it feels like I'm having that freedom taken away when certain mons won't evolve just because the wrong warrior caught it. I'd love a sequel to this game especially if they got rid of that mechanic.
@waveTime lol if more people heard of that game I bet there'd be more "art" than official Pokémon. The designs are really cool so it's to be expected lol
Ah, I see! Rayquaza must have been eating a blue raspberry slushie before its picture was taken for Gen 3. When Gen 4 came around, it realized its mistake, and never repeated it. And its tongue has remained pink ever since.
I think Colosseum reinforces the connection between celebi and Kokopelli because you use flutes in that game to summon celebi to open the door to a shadow Pokemon's heart. If the darkness of the shadow Pokemon's heart is like winter, then playing the flute ushers in spring by removing that darkness.
Something I've never understood what exactly separates Lugia and Kyogre since in the movie 2000 Lugia is basically described as doing/being everything that Kyogre already is. I know in lore they have different roles but they are definitely stepping on each other's metaphorical toes just by existing
@@23Raind I believe the opposite personally, I think kyogre still rules the seas while Lugia maintains the natural Balance keeping things in check while Kyogre lays dormant in the trench. I believe rather than conflict they probably think similarly
Kyogre made the seas, Lugia rules them, like Thanatos vs Hades, or Oceanus vs Poseidon. In the games Lugia is only really special to Johto and is moreso the rain and storm god over the entire ocean
Damn that cliff hanger! Thanks for giving a Pokefan new facts based on japanese translation. It makes me feel like a kid still learning new things about this series even after all these years.
That map with New Island absolutely found its way stateside. It appeared in a book I had as a kid, and I’m 99.9% certain it’s still in my parents’ basement somewhere.
It absolutely was printed in English because as a kid I had that same collection with the map. It was probably during the ruby and sapphire days when I would have got my hands on it
Yeah the book was probably Extreme Pokémon. I'm the guy who wrote this video, and that citation was something me and one of the proofreaders SnorlaxMonster went back and forth on a bit. In an earlier draft there was a line something like "this map appeared in the Japanese ani-manga books The Animation, and was later reprinted in the English book Extreme Pokemon." I ended up deciding that was confusing and a mouthful, so I just showed the primary source onscreen. Btw I think the map later got reprinted in at least one other English book as well, although I don't have a complete list of all the books it appeared in. So yeah, just showed the primary source.
Yeah, the image on-screen is actually from the English book Extreme Pokémon (as Dr Lava mentioned). I still own that book myself! The script ultimately ended up emphasizing that it originated in a Japanese book because otherwise people might (incorrectly) dismiss it as being something created by the book's English publisher.
Mew is a wild card. I've kept up with the anime's more recent stories, and in the final series with Ash, Mew was a violent and dangerous monster at the drop of a hat. It sent three kids and two...tens? Into a psychic-induced fever dream about the beginning of the world, then it tried to nuke them from orbit, and finally it just playfully plants its butt on the deuteragonist's hand before disappearing. That pink thing is unhinged in more modern stories, though it mellowed out in the Lucario movie by just being playful with a side of hidden strength. Love that little fetus cat. Imagine a timeline where beta pokemon that never made into the games got used. Imagine a timeline where Shadow Mewtwo and other questionable or non-canon forms were in the mainline games. Was there ever a video discussing the leaked beta designs? If there wasn't, there should be; plenty of amazing designs were scrapped for reasons unknown. I'm sure people who haven't seen it yet would freak out over the beta Arceus design; that thing was weird.
There's something that you forgot: The Anime and the films uses the roars from a lot of Kaijus for the Legendary Pokemon. Palkia has the howls of a cayote and the roars of Mecha-King Ghidorah and the GMK Ghidorah Dialga has the roars of Kraa the Sea Monster and Manda Giratina, Lunala & Zapdos has Mothra's roars. Giratina also has the roars of the Mothra Larva. Reshiram has the roars of Megaguirus & Keizer Ghidorah with a wolf howl all combined. Zekrom has Baragon's Roars Kyurem has the roars of Zilla (AKA the TriStar Godzilla) and Monster X. Yveltal has the roars of Megaguirus and a pitched up Anguirus. Zygarde's roars are complicated.... Solgaleo has Monser X's Roars (either that or King Caesar) Necrozma has the roars of an unknown Kaiju Dusk Mane Necrozma has Ebirah's Roars and Gamera's combined and the next episode, it has the howls of a cayote and the roars of Mecha-King Ghidorah Dusk Wings Necrozma has the latter Ultra Necrozma has the lower pitched version of DWN and is combined with Gamera's roars Eternatus has the roars of Ebirah and Gamera combined. Groudon, Kyogre, & Rayquaza from The XY Special: The Strongest Mega Evolution has the roars of Godzilla, Ghidorah, Mothra, & Kraa the sea monster. POSTED: 7:42 PM EST Saturday January 21st 2022.
Palkia also uses the roar of the STAR WARS Varactyl, Boga. The lizard creature the Obi-Wan Kenobi rides on Utapau in “Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith”
To know we'd very easily know what the original draft Mew could sound like in the future (like Kyubey or Monokuma's cutesy voices with unsettling lines)
That's okay, I only heard one channel pronounce the capital of my old home state correctly, and even then it was about an argument a student had with a teacher over it. It's spt Pierre, but pronounced Peer.
Lugia and Ho-Oh's feather in the Pokemon Adventure manga were the key ingredients to creating a Time Ball that is specific in controlling Celebi in the Ilex Forest Shrine. The story may not be canon but the author worked and discussed closely with the game creators and each arc and saga is based of the actual games! So you're not wrong that the bird duo are time related but less on their powers but more on what they mean to Celebi
It’s an interesting point that in Pokken’s story. The character Nia mentions Cinnabar Island and the documents about Mewtwo. This has a chance at being said whenever you have a boss fight with it at the beginning of the match, though doesn’t appear in the text box, only voiced by Nia. That makes me wonder what it’s like in the Japanese version’s text box and voiced dialogue. It might be canon in that way.
I love when dykg narrators break from basically just taking about the facts to showing personality like angrily affirming the legendary beasts are cats to bombing the crap out of an island
I always saw Mew as a faerie type of existence. They are mischievous, small, beautiful/cute, more often then not being cruel and uncaring for others as long as they are amused
It's pretty obvious the Legendary CATS were based on felines. How could you not see a tiger and a lion for Raikou and Entei respectively. Never really thought of Suicune's inspiration, but leopard makes sense.
16:37 core memory unlocked. Something I didn’t remember- I definitely called them legendary cats when I was playing crystal as a like 10 year old, but school friends kept saying dogs so I started saying dogs. I ended up switching to legendary beasts eventually and being cool with ambiguity, but to hear that it’s cats 100% is nice.
12:41 by “Time-Related abilities” I would take that as “Time of day” if they’re “Pokémon of Day and Night” giving them moves that where different during the day or night would compliment the addition of a day/night cycle. Also the statement “That idea remains in heartgold and soulsilver” could just refer to the statement at the end about them remaining as “Pokemon of night and day” however that’s just speculation.
Did you know...? that Mew fact is actually revealed on one specific card from the TCG. on the Ancient Mew's pokedex entry, (once you transalate the runes) it says Mew is "Little, Cook and Evil.". All these years I always thought it was kinda creepy, but now you guys confirmed it is true!. Ty for this awesome channel and your AMAZING work.
Heatran just got entirely skipped. That was the one I wanted to hear the mosh about. Hopefully there’s a part 3 that covers the weirder side legendaries.
Phantom of the Opera is one of my all time favorite musicals, yet I never made the connection between him and Mewtwo. Knowing now what you revealed it does make sense. That's so cool!
Its head is a lot longer than a cat's, so that does give it the impression of being a dog or even a deer head more so than any feline. Now that we know it's based loosely on a leopard, though, it's easier to focus more on the body rather than the head to see it is indeed more cat-like.
I am reasonably certain that dog-like elements were incorporated into the Beasts even if their main inspirations were cats. Suicune's muzzle is more canine than the rest of its body. Raikou's a dang tiger though, and anyone who says otherwise is lying to themselves.
To be fair, I could understand Mewtwo being very angry about losing to Ash and wanting revenge considering Ash's track record before the Sun/Moon anime
That description of Mew sounds a lot like Peter Pan. Which would make the climax of that first film a showdown between The Phantom of the Opera and Peter Pan.
Ho-oh and Lugia could possibly also represent new and old to tie in with the idea of time. Like Lugia's tower was destroyed in the past. Ho-oh represents the Phoenix and rebirth with the legendary dogs, giving new life. Time can also refer to the alternation of day and night, we keep time based on when the sun and moon are out, also, there are solar and lunar calendars. Going along with the moon it makes sense that Lugia is associated with the sea since tides are associated with the gravitational pull of the moon.
Legendary beasts/cats. It sounds to me as the alternation of day and night as well. But we have the Pokemon Sun & Moon games as well. Haven't gotten that far in the games myself, but expect the legendarys to have a significant connection to the naming of the games. So would overshadow the day & night cycle of Lugia and Ho-oh.
@@jackmilburn3819 I don't really remember the story of sun and moon mostly because I skipped through the dialogue but I thought it was more related to space/worm holes/alternate worlds. I felt the part of the sun and moon were more related to the design of the legendaries and the time cycle in the games. Feel free to update me when you finish!
The Gen 2 forest shrine originally had no purpose, and the infamous Gen 1 truck had no purpose... kinda spooky tbh, the fact that it happened twice. Great video btw well-researched as always!
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Love how any place in a pokemon region that's just there and has no importance becomes a breeding ground for legendary pokemon rumors
I'm disappointed I didn't catch this in proofreading. 685 kids were hospitalized in relation to the episode, of which 618 were hospitalized less than an hour after the episode aired. A total of 12,000 children reported "mild symptoms" but were not hospitalized, and it was those children whose symptoms are believed to more closely align with mass hysteria than photosensitive epilepsy. It's not that _nobody_ experienced photosensitive epileptic seizures from the episode, just that the number was hundreds rather than thousands.
An interesting trivia, in the manga Pokemon Adventures, the GS Ball that captures Celebi is also called the ball that captures time and is made from the Rainbow Wing and Silver Wing which have the effect of allowing people to act in the voids of time.
2:42 Funnily enough, here in America those episodes DID air before the movie was released in theaters, so on our end their original plan to foreshadow Mewtwo worked out, albeit without the intended plot line.
Honestly I pretty much nearly always saw Entei as a mix between a lion and a dog while Raikou was more Saber Tiger and Suicune more built like a canine...
I got a lot of love for the legendary bird true, being the first legendary trio we were introduced to as young Pokémon fans. However, I cannot deny, the legendary dogs (or cats) have some of the best designs in the entire Pokémon catalogue. Absolutely flawless!
I think in the legendary beast cat versus dog debate, they're a fusion of various mammals. After all, we call the legendary birds, birds, because they're not based on specific birds, but have traits of several, real or mystical. Beasts is just as generic a term for mammals.
0:13 and 1:10 I'm glad they sort of have kept this original concept into the story. The idea that Mew is arrogant would rightfully justify Mewtwo;s distain for it. Its a shame the english dub had to omit it to make Mew into some angelic being.
Man, chaotic fairy Mew who simply does as it pleases at all times and bullies Mewtwo would have gotten that Pokemon SO HATED by all the kids who grew up sympathetic to Mewtwo... maybe that's why they reversed that decision- didn't want to make the kids TOO mad.
7:00 its also noteworthy that Kokopelli was a popular design and pop-culture fad during the '90s. If you go through old media from the period like TV shows like Seinfeld, cartoons like Rugrats, various magazines etc. you'll be sure to spot it here and there. Considering the time period of Gold/Silver's development this I imagine likely inspired these early designs of Celebi.
Ooh, now I know where I saw that design before. My friend had a statue or lamp or something on his nightstand with that design in the late 90s. I always thought it looked cool.
I remember it being a character in Muse magazines! I think that's what it was called.
That's so true! I kind of forgot about that.
@@chopsmccartney6786 yes! Kokopelli in attack of the smart pies!
Holy crap! Celebi is a Pokémon known for traveling through time. They put that shrine there with no purpose in Gold and Silver. Then they make Crystal and Celebi retroactively gave the shrine a purpose. It's like Celebi's time travel had an actual effect on the game it was released in. That's so cool.
Additionally, nobody remembers why the shrine was put there in the first place, so it's like it was always meant to be there. It all comes full circle.
Man dykg is one of the greatest sources of gaming history thank you for all your work preserving things that would otherwise be forgotten.
Usually when people say something like “GOAT” or “… in all of history “ I usually think “mmmm idk maaan”
But I gotta agree with this one
I wished these guys would mention the original Japanese names and versions instead of localizing everything to the English names... and making it like they came first...
@@mai_mai8853 They dont now,cmon,Thats Just nitpicking
and they have the best taste in bg music
@@phantommontalbanoinc.447 and you're too high. TT
Mew-two's personality being based on The Phantom of The Opera is so so cool, and incredibly obvious now that it's been pointed out
*THERE IS NO HYPHEN IN MEWTWO! REMOVE IT NOW!*
@Amelia4111 mew-two
I was pretty bummed that although they added Shadow Pokemon to Pokemon Go, when they added Shadow Mewtwo and Shadow Lugia they didn’t use their designs from Pokken or XD, respectively. That would’ve been a cool way to incorporate them
What did they use??
@@BBWahoo just the generic "shadow" effect and red eyes they put over all shadow pokemon in the game
They would have likely needed to buy the rights to use the shadow Lugia from Genius Sonority. And as much as we would love a call back to past games, Niantic and probably Game Freak would rather promote new games. My issue is that you can’t make purification easier by walking like in Colosseum/XD. Pokémon Go is literally made for walking!
I hate that The Pokemon Company acts like Colosseum and XD Gale of darkness don't exist, all we get is a Shadow Pokemon name drop in POKEMON GO?
That's because they aren't the same thing. Shadow Pokémon in _XD_ are called "Dark Pokémon" in Japanese, while the Japanese name for them in _GO_ is "Shadow Pokémon." Shadow Luigia and Mewtwo are thus referred to as "Dark Lugia" and "Dark Mewtwo" in Japanese respectively.
It makes perfect sense why the Shadow Pokmon in _GO_ don't resemble other takes on the concept.
Another fun thing for Ho-oh and Lugia found in the Japanese opening to Pokémon GS (Johto Journeys): the phrase "Golden Sun and Silver Moon" is sung in English and ties in perfectly with the concept of the two representing day and night.
I forgot anout that - you’re totally right!
Sun Moon Black White Gold Silver
Yeah
Plus, they fly out of the sun and moon in the HGSS openings.
Ho-oh and Lugia also represent the rain and sun that nurture plants, Celebi the protector of the forests the other two grow and controls the time forests grow. At least that's my headcanon.
The idea that Mew is a chaotic, mischievous and unpredictable creature seems to have made its way into one of the recent Journeys episodes, where it wreaks havoc and causes trouble for the Project Mew team. It's a neat callback if so
Also, the name Watatsumi is used in at least one other instance, as "Watatsumi's Symphonia", the Japanese name of Primarina's Z-Move "Oceanic Operetta"
So Basically Mew>>>>>>>>Mewtwo ?
mew always has metronome too
Mew confirmed to be the fey.
quoting the japanese ver. of movie mew at about 1:05:00 into the movie, translated by meowth: "The real ones are real. No matter how much you attack and clash against us, the real ones won't lose to copies!"
this wasn't in the english dub, so many are unaware of what mew is really like. i'd also argue that it's not really kind or cruel by nature... theres a quote about N that fits mew more imo:
“There is nothing more beautiful and terrifying than innocence." -Concordia, Pokemon Black & White
I mean, when you think about it in the Lucario movie, Mew did kidnapped Pikachu and Meowth to the Tree of Beginning despite probably knowing them from the past movie and should've return them back to Ash and Team Rocket, but instead wanted to continue playing. Talk about selfish.
How this channel manages to keep producing new information about a 20+ year old franchise is amazing. You clearly do a lot of original research and it shows. Thanks!
They are the only ones that figured out where to get those Japanese magazines! Amazing channel
It helps when 99% of the interviews from before 2006 or so were never translated.
@@BobbyReborn Well, Dogasu of Dogasu's Backpack also has translated a ton of old interviews, but he focuses on the anime instead of the games.
It's crazy how much info is locked behind these untranslated magazines and interviews.
It's only new information for non-Japanese speakers. The information has existed in Japan for many years. All the stuff we're just learning about is old news to Japanese fans.
I'd love to see a Pokémon Legends game about Johto!
The myths and legends from that region were always so interesting, and the cultural aspects in the designs and music is just wonderful!
Seeing how well Arceus did, maybe it'll happen sooner than later?
It's funny that Johto basically feels like a vacation because all the interesting stuff had happened but gives context to the region.
Maybe an incursion to the Sevii Islands as post game?
It's more likely that if they make a another Pokemon Legends , it will be Pokemon Legends: [Insert actual name of Original Dragon here].
Maybe in 2024 to coincide with Gold and Silver's 25th anniversary. Or early 2025 to avoid ending up like Scarlet and Violet but close to the anniversary nonetheless
@@mattwo7 I highly doubt they'll ever make a game with the original dragon
They could even tie it to legends arceus with the sinjoh area from HGSS
Honestly the work you guys do here is amazing. Mad respect for the lengths you go to to document this stuff. Legitimate journalism is hard to come by these days, and yall are killing it.
It’s hilarious and endearing that they forgot why they put the celebi shrine at all 😂
Maybe they just wanted set dressing so that spot didn’t look boring or empty
Idk tho
I remember hearing a long time ago that there isn't a particular sprite for the shrine in Gen 2, it's made craftly by reusing other tilesets in a creative manner. Given also that Gen 2 started planning as the entirety of Japan and not just Kansai, it is possible that they had the idea of the shrine to represent the more traditional part of Kansai or maybe just Kyoto (which became Ecruteak).
What that means is that it's probably just a left over design element trying to flesh out the limitations they were working with during the early beta ages that really had no purpose other than to make it look like the place it was meant to represent. It's probably as meaningful as the Bellsprout plates inside Bellsprout Tower, or just like the truck in gen 1 which was a left over sprite from beta content. They sure stand out, but they're not doing anything there other than looking pretty.
It most likely was just decoration. It’s made with existing graphics in the tile set, it would have been an easy way to add a bit of atmosphere to the forest without using up some of the game’s extremely limited memory.
@@TBustah basically what I just said lol
@@jpcsdutra I know it was hoenn and sinnoh as well
i agree, it really does seem like they wanted to do some set dressing and nobody remembers that being the reason.
20:43 Every time when more and more people learn about the existence of Pokémon Conquest, I am convinced that there truly is hope for the universe. Seriously, that game needs more love.
The only thing about that game I hated was the fact that some Pokémon will only evolve if their caught by a certain warrior. Maybe its just me but part of the fun for me was choosing which warriors would catch which Pokémon it feels like I'm having that freedom taken away when certain mons won't evolve just because the wrong warrior caught it.
I'd love a sequel to this game especially if they got rid of that mechanic.
Oh my God I love that game so much. My one holy grail of a game would be another pokemon conquest
I loved the game but unfortunately i only heard of it from certain “art”
@waveTime lol if more people heard of that game I bet there'd be more "art" than official Pokémon. The designs are really cool so it's to be expected lol
@@PeterGriffin11 if they're*
Ah, I see! Rayquaza must have been eating a blue raspberry slushie before its picture was taken for Gen 3. When Gen 4 came around, it realized its mistake, and never repeated it. And its tongue has remained pink ever since.
Some real reptiles/lizards do have blue tongues.
I think Colosseum reinforces the connection between celebi and Kokopelli because you use flutes in that game to summon celebi to open the door to a shadow Pokemon's heart.
If the darkness of the shadow Pokemon's heart is like winter, then playing the flute ushers in spring by removing that darkness.
Bro, that’s genius. Thanks for sharing!
This is amazing
Celebi is a time traveler, it went back in time and created the Shrine, then the rumor that the Shrine is where it would be caught.
Loving all these videos that are basically spurred by you folks getting every old book, magazine, and blog translated that you can.
This video is an amazing look into the fascinating lore of Pokemon's legendary creatures! Highly recommend!
i think mewtwo is a pretty cool guy
Me two. He’s really grown on me over the years. I think mewtwo is a sick Pokémon now 🤘
Me too
😂
@@ItzMeItzMe_What About Solgaleo ?
@@melvondrewhite2674 solgaleo has always been pretty cool to me
Something I've never understood what exactly separates Lugia and Kyogre since in the movie 2000 Lugia is basically described as doing/being everything that Kyogre already is. I know in lore they have different roles but they are definitely stepping on each other's metaphorical toes just by existing
@@23Raind I believe the opposite personally, I think kyogre still rules the seas while Lugia maintains the natural Balance keeping things in check while Kyogre lays dormant in the trench. I believe rather than conflict they probably think similarly
Kyogre made the seas, Lugia rules them, like Thanatos vs Hades, or Oceanus vs Poseidon. In the games Lugia is only really special to Johto and is moreso the rain and storm god over the entire ocean
I appreciate all the research that goes into these. Great job!
Man I translated those Mew and Celebi videos awhile back. So happy to see them being used. Great work as always!!
Thanks Anthony :)
The Origin forms combining to make Arceus is really clever. Galaxy brain designs.
Yeah. If only they actually looked good as standalone designs. :/
@@kiramortwilson7411 They're supposed to be eldritch horrors
This was the first episode of DYKG I've watched in a long time. What a great watch.
It's been a few years. Glad to see you're making good content as always
Damn that cliff hanger! Thanks for giving a Pokefan new facts based on japanese translation. It makes me feel like a kid still learning new things about this series even after all these years.
Really didn't know that Lugia and Ho-oh have a time theme along with Celebi. Maybe Pokemon Legends Celebi will answer that question
That map with New Island absolutely found its way stateside. It appeared in a book I had as a kid, and I’m 99.9% certain it’s still in my parents’ basement somewhere.
Unless they threw it out
Parents do that sometimes it’s annoying lol
It absolutely was printed in English because as a kid I had that same collection with the map. It was probably during the ruby and sapphire days when I would have got my hands on it
Yup I remember that map vividly from the scholastic Pokémon books that recapped episodes of the series
Yeah the book was probably Extreme Pokémon. I'm the guy who wrote this video, and that citation was something me and one of the proofreaders SnorlaxMonster went back and forth on a bit. In an earlier draft there was a line something like "this map appeared in the Japanese ani-manga books The Animation, and was later reprinted in the English book Extreme Pokemon." I ended up deciding that was confusing and a mouthful, so I just showed the primary source onscreen.
Btw I think the map later got reprinted in at least one other English book as well, although I don't have a complete list of all the books it appeared in. So yeah, just showed the primary source.
Yeah, the image on-screen is actually from the English book Extreme Pokémon (as Dr Lava mentioned). I still own that book myself! The script ultimately ended up emphasizing that it originated in a Japanese book because otherwise people might (incorrectly) dismiss it as being something created by the book's English publisher.
Mew is a wild card. I've kept up with the anime's more recent stories, and in the final series with Ash, Mew was a violent and dangerous monster at the drop of a hat. It sent three kids and two...tens? Into a psychic-induced fever dream about the beginning of the world, then it tried to nuke them from orbit, and finally it just playfully plants its butt on the deuteragonist's hand before disappearing. That pink thing is unhinged in more modern stories, though it mellowed out in the Lucario movie by just being playful with a side of hidden strength. Love that little fetus cat.
Imagine a timeline where beta pokemon that never made into the games got used. Imagine a timeline where Shadow Mewtwo and other questionable or non-canon forms were in the mainline games. Was there ever a video discussing the leaked beta designs? If there wasn't, there should be; plenty of amazing designs were scrapped for reasons unknown. I'm sure people who haven't seen it yet would freak out over the beta Arceus design; that thing was weird.
So Basically Mew>>>>>>Mewtwo ?
They did a video where Nob gave names to the Spaceworld 1997 Pokémon.
There's something that you forgot:
The Anime and the films uses the roars from a lot of Kaijus for the Legendary Pokemon.
Palkia has the howls of a cayote and the roars of Mecha-King Ghidorah and the GMK Ghidorah
Dialga has the roars of Kraa the Sea Monster and Manda
Giratina, Lunala & Zapdos has Mothra's roars. Giratina also has the roars of the Mothra Larva.
Reshiram has the roars of Megaguirus & Keizer Ghidorah with a wolf howl all combined.
Zekrom has Baragon's Roars
Kyurem has the roars of Zilla (AKA the TriStar Godzilla) and Monster X.
Yveltal has the roars of Megaguirus and a pitched up Anguirus.
Zygarde's roars are complicated....
Solgaleo has Monser X's Roars (either that or King Caesar)
Necrozma has the roars of an unknown Kaiju
Dusk Mane Necrozma has Ebirah's Roars and Gamera's combined and the next episode, it has the howls of a cayote and the roars of Mecha-King Ghidorah
Dusk Wings Necrozma has the latter
Ultra Necrozma has the lower pitched version of DWN and is combined with Gamera's roars
Eternatus has the roars of Ebirah and Gamera combined.
Groudon, Kyogre, & Rayquaza from The XY Special: The Strongest Mega Evolution has the roars of Godzilla, Ghidorah, Mothra, & Kraa the sea monster.
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Now I need a compilation of every single legendary cry
Palkia also uses the roar of the STAR WARS Varactyl, Boga. The lizard creature the Obi-Wan Kenobi rides on Utapau in “Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith”
@@theonewhocannotsmell127 It's a cayote howl.
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Is it? Is it like pitched and reversed?
To know we'd very easily know what the original draft Mew could sound like in the future (like Kyubey or Monokuma's cutesy voices with unsettling lines)
After several videos from False Swipe Gaming it's so refreshing to see someone actually pronounce Raikou's name correctly.
That's okay, I only heard one channel pronounce the capital of my old home state correctly, and even then it was about an argument a student had with a teacher over it. It's spt Pierre, but pronounced Peer.
the original blue drum raikou just sounds like what they ended up going for with thundurus's design
The blue version looks so much better
also dragnair last form
Lugia and Ho-Oh's feather in the Pokemon Adventure manga were the key ingredients to creating a Time Ball that is specific in controlling Celebi in the Ilex Forest Shrine. The story may not be canon but the author worked and discussed closely with the game creators and each arc and saga is based of the actual games! So you're not wrong that the bird duo are time related but less on their powers but more on what they mean to Celebi
This was amazing!!! Love the lore and creation of legendary Pokémon!
It’s an interesting point that in Pokken’s story. The character Nia mentions Cinnabar Island and the documents about Mewtwo. This has a chance at being said whenever you have a boss fight with it at the beginning of the match, though doesn’t appear in the text box, only voiced by Nia. That makes me wonder what it’s like in the Japanese version’s text box and voiced dialogue. It might be canon in that way.
excellently researched as always. the only channel with new pokemon trivia in 2023
Dude your transitions from pokemon to pokemon are so smooth! And I learned so much from this! Great vid!
Really love this episode, keep up the good work guys~
I love when dykg narrators break from basically just taking about the facts to showing personality like angrily affirming the legendary beasts are cats to bombing the crap out of an island
I always saw Mew as a faerie type of existence. They are mischievous, small, beautiful/cute, more often then not being cruel and uncaring for others as long as they are amused
It's pretty obvious the Legendary CATS were based on felines. How could you not see a tiger and a lion for Raikou and Entei respectively. Never really thought of Suicune's inspiration, but leopard makes sense.
entei and raikou i see cats, but suicune looks so canine to me i dont see the leopard resemblence >
Read their early dex entries and then tell me what kind of cats bark.
Legendary Gerbils
Legendary Beasts
@@Oorlich95 cheetas.
I don't know how the cat vs dog debate was even a thing. Raikou is very obviously not a freaking dog. It's literally a saber-toothed tiger!
Maybe Rqikou, Entei and Suicune were dogs before the tower fire but were turned into cats when Ho-oh resurrected them?
16:37 core memory unlocked. Something I didn’t remember- I definitely called them legendary cats when I was playing crystal as a like 10 year old, but school friends kept saying dogs so I started saying dogs. I ended up switching to legendary beasts eventually and being cool with ambiguity, but to hear that it’s cats 100% is nice.
Mew to Mewtwo: "You are just a clone"
Celebi: "Hi, I'm the same as Mew"
12:41 by “Time-Related abilities” I would take that as “Time of day” if they’re “Pokémon of Day and Night” giving them moves that where different during the day or night would compliment the addition of a day/night cycle.
Also the statement “That idea remains in heartgold and soulsilver” could just refer to the statement at the end about them remaining as “Pokemon of night and day” however that’s just speculation.
Did you know...? that Mew fact is actually revealed on one specific card from the TCG. on the Ancient Mew's pokedex entry, (once you transalate the runes) it says Mew is "Little, Cook and Evil.". All these years I always thought it was kinda creepy, but now you guys confirmed it is true!. Ty for this awesome channel and your AMAZING work.
Mew is a cook???
In my head I’ve always grouped Celebi with Ho-oh and Lugia as the 3rd Legendary in a trio, so it’s nice to hear I’m not the only one!
I would love to see a video about the origins of almost every starter design and concept
I always watch these videos before going to sleep, there's something comforting about them.
Heatran just got entirely skipped. That was the one I wanted to hear the mosh about. Hopefully there’s a part 3 that covers the weirder side legendaries.
It Dilaga and Palkia made universe with heatran
And that's about what I know interesting of it
Ye they skipped the original 4 regis, jirachi, and all gen 4 mythicals so I’m sure they’ll cover them soon too. Oh and cresselia.
@@ItzMeItzMe_ inb4 there is nothing worth talking about which is why they got skipped
Imagining Mew as basically Soldier Boy from The Boys saying
"You're just a cheap fucking knockoff" has me entertained lol
Love❤️ this channel! DYKG really do their research.
Phantom of the Opera is one of my all time favorite musicals, yet I never made the connection between him and Mewtwo. Knowing now what you revealed it does make sense. That's so cool!
6:39 The biggest improvement in this comparison has to be Ditto. I shudder to think what Grimer and Muk looked like.
I learned about so many amazing artists and geographic location from this video. Great job to the video creators.
I can't wait for future videos from you guys.
6:15 - Why is my man laughing at Zapdos like that?
I don't know why Suicune looks the least like a cat to me, but now I can't unsee that it is absolutely a leopard.
Its head is a lot longer than a cat's, so that does give it the impression of being a dog or even a deer head more so than any feline.
Now that we know it's based loosely on a leopard, though, it's easier to focus more on the body rather than the head to see it is indeed more cat-like.
@@christiancinnabars1402 Thank you for putting my thoughts into words.
It’s 2024 where is part 2?
Please!!! 🙏🏼
You guys never stop making amazing content. Thank you for what you do for pokemon knowledge 🤘
Love these videos so much. Much gratitude to everyone involved for all the effort!
18:22 Guano. THEY HAVE GUANO!!!
Guano bowls. Collect the whole set.
“Gretchen, stop trying to make “Time Trio” a thing.” 😂
Great video. Love your channel.
I am reasonably certain that dog-like elements were incorporated into the Beasts even if their main inspirations were cats. Suicune's muzzle is more canine than the rest of its body.
Raikou's a dang tiger though, and anyone who says otherwise is lying to themselves.
I really appreciate the detail in this video. Thanks for sharing!
To be fair, I could understand Mewtwo being very angry about losing to Ash and wanting revenge considering Ash's track record before the Sun/Moon anime
Great video thanks DYKG
That description of Mew sounds a lot like Peter Pan. Which would make the climax of that first film a showdown between The Phantom of the Opera and Peter Pan.
The era of Gen 2 continues to be endlessly fascinating. The designs, development, and lore
Ho-oh and Lugia could possibly also represent new and old to tie in with the idea of time. Like Lugia's tower was destroyed in the past. Ho-oh represents the Phoenix and rebirth with the legendary dogs, giving new life. Time can also refer to the alternation of day and night, we keep time based on when the sun and moon are out, also, there are solar and lunar calendars. Going along with the moon it makes sense that Lugia is associated with the sea since tides are associated with the gravitational pull of the moon.
Legendary beasts/cats.
It sounds to me as the alternation of day and night as well.
But we have the Pokemon Sun & Moon games as well. Haven't gotten that far in the games myself, but expect the legendarys to have a significant connection to the naming of the games. So would overshadow the day & night cycle of Lugia and Ho-oh.
@@jackmilburn3819 I don't really remember the story of sun and moon mostly because I skipped through the dialogue but I thought it was more related to space/worm holes/alternate worlds. I felt the part of the sun and moon were more related to the design of the legendaries and the time cycle in the games. Feel free to update me when you finish!
The Gen 2 forest shrine originally had no purpose, and the infamous Gen 1 truck had no purpose... kinda spooky tbh, the fact that it happened twice.
Great video btw well-researched as always!
Love how any place in a pokemon region that's just there and has no importance becomes a breeding ground for legendary pokemon rumors
@ OF COURSE THERE'S A LEGENDARY POKEMON NO ONE HAS EVER EVEN HEARD OF HIDING UNDER THAT PICKUP TRUCK BRO
“Legendary Pokémon” ah short and sweet
Always waiting for this kind of videos!!
The Kokopelli connection might've been dropped due to Johto being based on Japan, but I supposed that's never stopped them in other generations.
This is next level. I didn’t know this about the original Pokémon movie.
You must be wild and unpredictable to hide under a truck.
Mew's under the truck, right....
The Trivia on the triangle island is actually great to see in a Pokemon video
I'm pretty sure it was dykg that told me it wasn't 1000s of kids that got seizures after all. It was like a few at most and a lot of mass hysteria.
I know they stated it, but someone else said it too.
I'm disappointed I didn't catch this in proofreading. 685 kids were hospitalized in relation to the episode, of which 618 were hospitalized less than an hour after the episode aired. A total of 12,000 children reported "mild symptoms" but were not hospitalized, and it was those children whose symptoms are believed to more closely align with mass hysteria than photosensitive epilepsy. It's not that _nobody_ experienced photosensitive epileptic seizures from the episode, just that the number was hundreds rather than thousands.
An interesting trivia, in the manga Pokemon Adventures, the GS Ball that captures Celebi is also called the ball that captures time and is made from the Rainbow Wing and Silver Wing which have the effect of allowing people to act in the voids of time.
Tbh the whole debate abt the legendary beasts is really silly, BUT even if they're ambiguous who could look at raikou and say "that's a dog" 💀
2:42 Funnily enough, here in America those episodes DID air before the movie was released in theaters, so on our end their original plan to foreshadow Mewtwo worked out, albeit without the intended plot line.
Please make more of these did you know gamings for pokemon 🙏 so much interesting content hidden behind the Japanese language barrier
The chuckle at zapdos having 6 toes haha
Honestly I pretty much nearly always saw Entei as a mix between a lion and a dog while Raikou was more Saber Tiger and Suicune more built like a canine...
I got a lot of love for the legendary bird true, being the first legendary trio we were introduced to as young Pokémon fans. However, I cannot deny, the legendary dogs (or cats) have some of the best designs in the entire Pokémon catalogue. Absolutely flawless!
*THEY ARE NOT CALLED LEGENDARY DOGS OR LEGENDARY CATS (THEY MAY BE CATS), THEY'RE CALLED LEGENDARY BEASTS!*
Technically 2022 is the Year of the _Water_ Tiger, so perhaps Suicune should’ve gotten some love as well… 💙
I think everyone is missing how much cooler "primeval power" would be for an attack name
Mewtwo: "I'm The Phantom of the Opera of Batman."
"He wrote Mewtwo to basically be a Pokemon version of the Phantom of the Opera".
.... Suddenly my love for both characters makes a ton of sense.
Pretty innovative of gen 2 to introduce the concept of time itself
I think in the legendary beast cat versus dog debate, they're a fusion of various mammals. After all, we call the legendary birds, birds, because they're not based on specific birds, but have traits of several, real or mystical. Beasts is just as generic a term for mammals.
Love the little laugh that wasn't cut near 6:23. "Like, really? Zapdos's feet were changed?"
This one was super interesting! Keep them going!
Deoxys' name is also clearly in reference to the full name of DNA... deoxyribonucleic acid.
0:13 and 1:10 I'm glad they sort of have kept this original concept into the story. The idea that Mew is arrogant would rightfully justify Mewtwo;s distain for it. Its a shame the english dub had to omit it to make Mew into some angelic being.
The story behind Birth Island is extremely intriguing.
Great analysis video! Thanks for uploading!
1:35 that was eventually retconned cuz more modern portrayals of mew characterize it as having the personality of a toddler
I always thought that was a different Mew.
@@LegendStormcrow at least in lucario and the mystery of mew its never stated whether its the same mew or not. could be, could not.
.....Uh, doesn't it always act like it though? It's always been portrayed as very playful like one.
DYKG Pokemon vids make me feel some sort of way
Man, chaotic fairy Mew who simply does as it pleases at all times and bullies Mewtwo would have gotten that Pokemon SO HATED by all the kids who grew up sympathetic to Mewtwo... maybe that's why they reversed that decision- didn't want to make the kids TOO mad.