LMAO

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Talk about an eargasm

Classic Nexus 🤣🤣🤣

Nexus is such a goat that he nuts from his ears. He’s just built like that

🤣🤣🤣

[Insert that gif of the monkey trying to leave through the door]

​@@dejinnthedjinn5311LET ME OUTTT LET ME OUTTTT

​@@dejinnthedjinn5311 Let me out, *LET ME OOOOUUUTT*

You sons of bitches i swear on arceus let me out

Volo: *Throws out Spiritomb* Everyone: *Nervous* Volo: *Proceeds to bring out piano and start playing "His Theme"* Everyone: *Becomes mentally unprepared for the thrashing they are gonna get*

Me: dying of laughter from people being terrified as between me and him it’s the battle of the gods

Watch your language

@@adenmitchell7633 shush

@@astralguardian5930 ngl but thats actually true i remember when i used to battle cynthia shed k.o all my team the frustration and fear of everyone finding out volo is cynthias ancestor makes it ten times terrifying

I noticed that too xD

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed. They really wanted you to be fully OK before shoving you into the point of no return.

Leave it to GameFreak to give you PTSD in the past. PRE Traumatic Stress Disorder if you must

The regular Trainer battle theme does that too.

This is maybe out of nowhere, but, is it just me or Volo could be lusamine's ancestor as well? Think about it, Cynthia and cogita are good people, they wear black, and they're important characters in the story. Lusamine and Volo share a lot of similarities as well; they both wear white and yellow, they're crazy and evil, and they would do anything to reach their goals. They all have to be related somehow; because they even share the same aspect, they have the same haircut, with one eye being covered completely.

This comment has me dying

Yeah I'm glad he didn't choose violence Especially as we are on a mountaintop

Also he's like 6 foot 3, lmao, he'd fucking ROCK us, idk why he didn't just do that.

@@DopeioThePhoneBoi Volo used "Catch these hands" It was super effective!

He’s also extremely strong as a trainer. While most people don’t even have ONE Pokémon, Volo has 7, one of them being a legendary with two forms. He is literally the strongest Pokémon trainer ever, as he just ignored the fact that trainers can only reasonably train 6 at a time. His desire to meet Arceus is SO STRONG he ignored the physical limitations of humans. He defeats the protagonist, who is most likely the champion of Sinnoh already, and has completed two Pokémon journeys at that time. Volo isn’t even a human. He is a superhuman, who will do whatever it takes, even if it’s impossible, to meet Arceus. Volo is the strongest person in the history of Pokémon training. Actually, I’m just going to write an essay about this specific encounter. Cynthia is the opposite of Volo, and this is shown through a lot of ways. Volo’s encounter theme is Cynthia’s battle theme, while his battle theme is the encounter theme of Cynthia. Volo’s ace is Togekiss, while Cynthia’s ace is Garchomp. When you get to Giratina’s second phase, you can hear its heartbeat giving out. Giratina, who is SATAN HIMSELF, had his flight-or-fight response activated by the protagonist. Volo says “Boo!” every time you encounter him, and the plate that he has is the Spooky Plate, which represents his catch phrase and also the fact that he has Giratina. At the beginning, he has a Togekiss. In his second battle, he has a Gible. He teaches you the backstab technique at the beginning of the game. When you beat Giratina’s Origin Forme, it says you FINALLY beat him, representing the fact that he has a second phase and also the fact that almost no one beat Volo and Giratina first try. GameFreak was an absolute GENIUS while developing Volo’s character and encounters, foreshadowing the final encounter and having a TON of symbolism. TL;DR: GameFreak was a genius while designing Volo and it would have been impossible for any other company to do this.

That's a chiton, not a toga

And then to *AAAAAAA-*

The unholy trifecta

Denial: "No way, you had it this whole time?!" Anger: "Volo, Why?!" Bargaining: "Nice hair though" Depression: "Oh shit that's Cynthia's theme" Acceptance: *vibing to the music

HELL NO- HE MIGHT BE CYNTHIA'S ANCESTOR-

It's official: Volo is the Pokemon version of the Godfather 😉

he was also the one which taught you the "back strike"

He's probably one of the creepiest villains in the series. Everything he does is recontextualized and is immediately apparent his stalking nature. Some even notice how omnipresent he is during the game, as if he were following you. He was.

Nah I think he took it the right amount of literally. It would have been an effective strategy, if you weren't allowed to infinitely retry the fight.

nah, he actually applied the phrase correctly and as intended

_No no no no no... _*_Wait wait wait wait wait..._* *_WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!_*

Hearing it in a game for the first time caused a shiver down my spine. I had never faced her before and only heard stories. But hearing that spine chilling opening was enough to trigger my Fight or Flight instinct.

I was like: Huh. Why does this sound so familiar...? Wait... hol up... CYNTHIA?! IS THAT YOU

*chucles* I'm in danger.

​@@tanel-matthiaspriimets6354 nice ralph reference lol. But seriously Cynthia music alone gives us all heart failure lol😂

He mentioned her twice!!! He literally said “OMG Cynthia, Calm Down!” And then five seconds later: “AND CYNTHIA’S THEME!?”

The sudden realization on what he just said.

Nintendo: "first, we stab them in the heart. Then, we play music that makes their ptsd act up

@@Evilta RIGHT? HE LITERALLY WAS LIKE: "calm down Cynthia" and then just processed what he said and stopped talking

Me when he said that: CORRECT!

Right? I honestly had no idea that Volo was going to be the final antagonist. Love that they made Cynthia's ancestor the villian and Cyrus's ancestor someone who supports the protagonist.

I knew he would be a villain, just didn't know how the reveal would play out, and a 6vs8 pokemon battle is pretty cool

He had been spooky till the very beginning but it was in a way that you couldn't tell if he was just lying about what he really knew, like a smart character that helps you and follow you but doesn't say all that he knows. Like, you could tell there was more to him that what he wanted you to know but since he helped us from the very beginning and never said anything remotely evil I wasn't sure if he turned out to be evil, I actually thought he might have been sent by Arceus to guide us, or that he was Arceus, or that he was another time-traveller like us that just wanted to befriend us. But no, he was the mad-man in till the reveal I couldn't tell. Best twist in pokemon.

@Mapleshade I forgot Rose and Lysandre were even supposed to be twists.

Tbh I didn’t see it coming. He was the best character when he helped me find a hiding spot.

Thats the best part, I always just assumed he was super into myths even until the last minute because Cynthia was

I didn’t really question that what I questioned was how the guy always showed up exactly when you needed him but even then I had now idea how deep it went

I never trusted him he seemed suspicious as soon as i saw him

@@timeforacrusade5284 I meaan, the first time you see him he mentions the back strike technique...

Thats exactly what i assumed. I was like oh sweet cynthias ancestor is my best friend. Then betrayal. It was so unexpected and it actually hurt. Such a great end of the game.

Handing out L's runs thick in her bloodline 😂

Except now she has Giratina as well, in Masters.

To be fair, Cynthia is only really hard cause the Gen 4 pokédex is ass. The likelihood of you having a solid team of six going into her fight is slim to none unless you know what you’ll be up against and bring the appropriate mons with you.

@@handsoaphandsoap in plat you have alot of options and shes still hard

​@@CarnidoomSure, it's better but still not super diverse compared to modern Pokémon games where you have a great variety of options to take with you to the Elite Four, hence why they feel a lot easier in comparison to the earlier games. There's also less accessibility to evolutionary items you'll need for the real heavy hitters available to the player. The Pokédex in SM is for example very diverse and you're likely to have 6 strong Pokémon on your team by the end of the game unless you deliberately use weaker Pokémon, as there's plenty of strong Pokémon you can easily find in the wild on your journey and the modern games make most of the evolutionary items accessible. Plus, her Garchomp is just a straight up stat check. It hits hard and fast, very few Pokémon in the game can outspeed it or take a hit from it so you either have the team to deal with it, which you likely won't on a first playthrough since you don't know what she'll have, or you wipe, simple as that. Compare that to f.e. Diantha whose Mega Gardevoir is also kind of a stat check for the same reasons but doesn't hit as hard as Cynthia's Garchomp and you'll likely be overleveled due to the EXP Share, meaning you're unlikely to go into her battle without a solid response to it (and admittedly, her AI and the rest of her team is ass lmao). And you'll also have your own Mega to counter Diantha's and likely solid counters to her Gardevoir as it has plenty of weaknesses to exploit, whereas Garchomp's only real exploitable weakness is Ice. For Cynthia, you're either gonna need a bulky Pokémon that can take a hit from the Garchomp and also one shot it (Togekiss f.e. since it's immune to Earthquake) or have your own Garchomp that outspeeds hers, both of which require prior knowledge of Cynthia's team, hence why she's tough to beat. There's no real strategy behind her team that makes it a difficult battle, it's just that she has the strongest Pokémon in the game that can outspeed and one shot most of the Pokédex, as well as the rest of her team being pretty stacked in their own right.

Imagining it as a lullaby

They sing the Song of Death to their children. lol

IKR

“The Piano Technique has been passed down through the Cynthia family for generations!”

“And this song is a family song, we call it “I’m the scariest trainer you will fight in this region” it’s been passed down for generations. If you hear it, run.”

Yo wait wtf I think this might actually be legit foreshadowing. If so that's super cool

Volo knew exactly what he was doing.

Also him surprising us with "boo" and him having the spooky plate. Game Freak took time to foreshadow the twist villain.

@@tristanneal9552 he teaches the "Back-Strike" technique, which allows you to sneak up on Pokemon making them easier to fight and catch. It's legit

Oh the irony!

Arceus simp couldn’t control himself lol

" I enjoy thou cut, g "

@@kaknorii9213 "Seek out all drip"

@@pageclayton6850 sorry but ingo already did that 🥶 except those goofy ahh shoes

@@kaknorii9213 "Thou mane cut is divine"

Life lessons from Pokemon

Friend is a strong term more

Unless it’s Ghetsis from the manga

Isn't that the darn truth!

As a phrase I've seen before puts so well: "The worst part about betrayal is that it doesn't come from an enemy."

You can fight her in BW also

The thing is too. Cynthia is the Sephiroth of Pokemon.

As soon as I heard the theme after accidentally going into that house, I turned off my 3DS.

@@serge263 Sephiroth 😁🤝😁 Cynthia Being absolute terrors in their home games.

Undella is NOT a random city anymore....

Weren't we all 😔

_"I can fix him."_

@@CaptainCFalcon *Sweats.* *Hides my Volo x reader fanfics.* 😐😅

@@CojaGamez I absolutely was

@@HazbinCovenWitchshare them plz

"We're gonna need a bigger boat" vibes!

Shady also cracking his knuckles as he said it too, LOL, once the piano plays, you know it's gonna be one tough battle ahead

agreed

Everyone reacting: OMG IS THAT CYNTHIA’S THEME!?! Let me listen to it before we officially start the fight. The song: *Stops right before the piano drop, and points to the players* I AIN’T GOING UNTIL YOU DO! COME ON, NOW!

@@xhaterkillerx If you want to hear the rest of this banger theme then you gotta get a one way ticket to the Pain Train.

I have the exact same problem I feel your pain It all started with Star Wars The Clone Wars and ever since then I’ve had to be either suspicious of or worried for all of my favourite characters

@@toasttitan3253 it’s like a curse I can’t get rid of

@Allura EXACTLY! I even call it my “favourite character curse”

@@toasttitan3253 Danganronpa: Did someone say *D I E ?*

@ExaltedFalcheon actually ironically enough Danganronpa is the one thing where like 90% of my favourite characters live and don’t turn evil

Yet people will still nitpick him bc shady said at the end “it’s awful writing because he said *cliche trope*” even though it was good use of “Imma destroy the world lol” because this twist comes out of nowhere and you wouldn’t expect someone related to cythina of all people to be evil- but Pokémon fans don’t know good writing moment. (Also I kinda wanna hear your opinion more about the GameCube game villain stuff, not because I disagree, I actually don’t know much those games since I haven’t played them in ages, but I always hear people praising them to bits to the point “they are better then the main series” so like to hear something actually giving critic on them for once bc those opinions got annoying fast)

@@no1ryomafan585 Evice from the first game literally has one whole scene at the very start and then pops up at the very end of the game as the last boss. Greevil from the second game does something similar, but is mentioned by NPCs a bit more often.

@Megan Man yeah I’m tired of people thinking that just because a story has any tropes or clichés in it that it’s automatically bad, it’s not about whether there ARE tropes and Clichés or not it’s how those are used to fit the narrative and I think here it’s used really effectively

ToastTitan Exactly. Tropes are tools, forever and always!

Giovanni never said he was a gym leader

Why do I feel like you’re a Submas fan

Well played

​@@Jessica_Schweserwhat is a submas

@@unoriginal2552 Subway Masters aka Ingo and Emmet

Same lol. I love how the postgame was so involved with the game’s story and brought back all the characters

I swear, calling this stuff post game is like people who say Nier games end on route A.

@@mr.stuffdoer8483 it comes after the credits so it counts as post game

@@Cheese.- But is credits where a game ends? Especially when there’s more _main story_ after? Following that logic, more than half of the Nier games is post-game content.

@@mr.stuffdoer8483 idk man but ive found the answer, the answer is “who gives a shit”

Absolutely she is a beast!!

Real life dracula

Hearing the sephiroth of pokemon's theme song gave us all ptsd

What is curious is that some people don't recognize that Cynthia's theme starts playing even before the battle starts. The violin is the battle theme and volo's battle theme is Cynthia's intro theme.

The only villain worse than Volo is Ghetsis Like no other Villain is Pure Evil like Ghetsis

@@notshockwavedemon7543 Ghetsis' Hydreigon has a maxed out Frustration

@@pageclayton6850 Exactly why I said only Ghetsis is more evil than Volo

Volo Is a Faustian maniac, ghetis is a nihilist

Or maybe they did know.... and are just as evil

Hey because he's evil, he's an even better character.

I literally cried 💀

@@xanderscookingschool1497 i litterally cried when i found out i was like "WHY YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE HOW COULD YOU"

@@arcticwolflover263 Star wars reference?

@@xanderscookingschool1497 yes

Take it from an American who has played Diamond/Pearl/Platinum, friend. That's not amazement. That's _terror._

Sheer and pure terror in the best of its forms Its panic, terror, they are not surprised or Amazed, they are FREAKING TERRIFIED They remember the original monster They remember the garchomp They remember the tears, the pain, the desesperation, they remember how much pokemons fall into the jaws of the beast They remember how they begged for that crit with their counter only to Garchomp to survive and actually OHKO every single member of the team They are traumatized in a level that even the worst psycopaths are envy They are not amazed, sir, they are panic

@@SapoWeonN300 *I am panik*

Pokemon has been in my life since it first came out as red and blue here in america when i was 4. I have loved every moment of this franchize. Arceus was an absolute wonder and holy crap did they make an amazing story with this one.

Helped me. The only reason I won first try was from Revives and a Manaphy with Moonblast.

Cresselia is pretty useful against you know who

I defeated him first try with being under his level by 3-5 levels with no legendary though I made all my Pokémon stats thing to 10 and I used 3 max revives( the battle against giratina wasn’t needed but I wanted to make sure)

Hard cut to Giratina pretty much one-shotting almost every legendary you can get.

My Torterra carried me through all phases, it’s insane. The legendaries didn’t really do much

for me Volo was as difficult as Cynthia, so if it was for me, Volo would have achieved his goal like 83490432 times XDD (I must say tho I don't like playing with legendaries; I only used mesprit when I saw it was impossible to win him lmao)

Lol thankfully plot armour means we won't die but if it was me I wiped to both Cynthia and volo many times

or didnt play it coz of the nationaldex or because ... bad graphics?

@@lauxantilles I almost made that mistake but got it after seeing all the good reviews and I'm glad I did because even tho I've played every mainline Pokémon game and most of the spinoffs, legends became my favourite and gives me hope for the franchise again. So I can also say I feel bad for that group as well

@@lauxantilles once you get over the bad graphics the game is incredibly addicting, I just wish there was dlc

Even more unfortunate for the ones that did do postgame but didn’t record their reactions (like MandJTV)

You didn’t play brilliant diamond or shining pearl which came out a couple months before this game? Im willing to bet a lot of streamers had their first encounter with the song from that instead of the og diamond, pearl or platinum

Appreciate the analysis!

Seriously wanted to. And then bash him in the head and drag him back to town with me.

trainer used sucker punch

Trainer used nut shot. It was super effective. Volo fainted.

Trainer used beat up ^°

Trainer used throat chop! It's super effective Volo "fainted"!

He may be Giratina’s cult leader but he’s Arceus’s biggest simp lol

I went from laughing to being horrified real quick 💀

Volo: make me look like a GOD!!! Arezu: Gotchu fam!!!

See for me I just assumed he was excited because Cynthia was also super into mythology

Reminds me of the Higher Power reveal from the Attitude Era of WWE

"It was me all along mr. wright. It was volo karma the whole time"

the original is "It was Agatha all Along Song" from wandavision

@@ok-ge1f correct

Update: friend got to the battle while off call with me so I missed my chance, but they messaged me going “VOLO WHY?????????”

Lo entiendo totalmente, yo tuve que pelear 21 veces hasta ganar a Cynthia por qué cambiaba el equipo a cada rato y los niveles me dejaban re mal

Thank you so much for your support and sharing your story ❤️❤️❤️

The best plot twists aren't the ones that you can't see coming, it's the ones you _should have_ seen coming, and Volo's great for being suspect due to the reasons you listed and yet still blindsiding so many people.

@@Nouxatar I agree and the game as a whole is one of the most enjoyable Pokemon games I have played in a while. 👍

And Giratina

saaaame another victim of spoilers here! I felt kind of jealous when I watched the video ;_;

@@samiluu1531 i got spoiled like the WHOLE game so i didnt get to enjoy that plot twist

@@toenjoyer let's cry together 🥲

NO REAL i am so upset i got spoiled for this

@@br0k3n_url I was so bummed. And then the twist in SV too!

👀

I agree--he's my problematic fave XD

I’ve seen people simp for worse ahaha

@@emblemblade9245 yes, there's people simping for Ghetsis, now that's really worse lmao I think Volo is not THAT bad after all but Ghetsis is just evil

This piano awakens the deepest terror that lives in every pokemon player's soul.

I like to imagine the music just appears when the respective ancestors/descendants put effort into battle..... Like in world appear