Unrelated, but seeing as there is discussion about wanting to see Sally and the FFs back in canon, Sega Japan really needs to pull their heads out of their asses and realize people like the other Sonic continuities they didn't create. This is the same company that was trying real hard to appeal to every Sonic fan with all the stuff in Forces (the perfect game to bring the FFs back given the plot), yet they won't put in that kind of effort for the Western Sonic Cartoon/Archie Comics fanbase and try to re-reboot those characters.

now i wanna play Pokemon fire red.

I think there's a problem with this. If I am correct the STH1 Manual refers to Eggman looking for the Chaos Emeralds at South Island the mysterious Island that moves around in the ocean. If I am correct it's either stated or implied this is the first time Eggman has gone looking for them. You also forget the manual states Eggman only put animals in Badniks to mess with Sonic. This is because he doesn't need and animals powering Badniks, and it is probably not the best fuel source. Which is why not all his Badniks in every game has animals in them, said games I speak of are several modern games. You also have all the Boss Badniks the Robo Sonics not using animals to power them. Further implying they aren't a reliable source of energy. Also, Sonic Origins seems to imply that after STH1 the emeralds immediately reunited with 7 and made their way to the Island in STH2. So there's 3 ways I can interpret the GameGear game. The animals don't appear due to limitations or crunch. Eggman just used Badniks that weren't powered by animals. In addition to the 7th Emerald being in this game just unseen. Or this GameGear could just not be canon and Ian Flynn while stating it didn't check if it could fit.

Interesting defense of Knuckles, we also can't forget about SA1. Also the manual says Eggman tricked Knuckles into thinking Sonic was trying to steal the Chaos Emeralds. Probably a whole Sonic is trying to takeover the world please help Knuckles. Not sure about timeline placement since Metal Sonic was left on Little Planet and retrieved I believe Mania. Some might say STH4 but that would make Eggman retrieving him twice and it's never been stated if STH4 is still canon or has been decanonized. Some people think Triple Trouble is not canon cause it's a GameGear game. But TailsTube and the Twitter Takeover acknowledged it was canon.

Not sure if that was a joke or if you do think Mario kills Toads in the original Mario Bros game. Asking to see what your response is. The manual of SMB3 even states that the new enemies of this game are new additions to the Turtle Tribe. Figure 8 Circuit shows those blocks are literally part of the environment. I think he could have possibly made it to Dinosaur Land on that ship and crashed in a similar way to what happened in Bowser's Fury. Probably correct with the magic thing, it's heavily implied Bowser creates his towers, castles, and fortresses with it. While first introduced in this game, the clown car shows up in the past if I am correct.

there was a leak that showed litten. no idea if its a starter or just a random pokemon photo, but if it is a starter, i hope the other two will be chikorita/seviper and piplup!!

Good thoughts on these. I like how Serperior already looks like it has an upsidedown fleur-de-lis on its chest, so I can definitely see that one. Empoleon is a great shout too. Scorbunny is I think the least confident I feel out of the 3, but it makes sense especially now with France having just recently won the World Cup. Can't wait to see more speculation for this title!

Oooo someone else who has the Wish Magic hypothesis when it come to babies in the Mario world. Oh didn't know that detail about Birdo I should add it to my reasons why they didn't hatch in this game.

Yeah SMB2USA and it's sequel B S Super Mario is indeed meant to be canon. You have Mario Superstar Baseball in the Exhibition Records stating the Shy Guys in this game are the same ones that worked for King Wart. And in one of the Paper Games Birdo references the events of SMB2USA. Yeah Wario's Woods does probably take place after Birdo turned over a new leaf. Yes the Toad from SMB2USA is the same one from Wario's Woods. The producer of Captain Toad Treasure Tracker made a post on Miiverse stating that Captain Toad is not the main Toad we all know. They mention that the main Toad they are referring to is the one that we play as in games such as Super Mario Bros 2 USA, and Wario's Woods. I don't think Birdo hatches in SMRPG. So when the boss fight starts Birdo speaks to you from Inside the egg then reveals themself by hatching from the egg during the fight. But something noteworthy Birdo at the end of the fight retreats to her egg reforming the shell around it, and she can still talk to you from inside the egg. I don't think Birdo hatched from this egg and this is the origin of Birdo, but rather I think Birdo retreated to an egg she formed around herself and rested inside it. This is something that isn't uncommon in this world. Yoshi's are known to have this natural ability as well. In Super Mario Galaxy if a Yoshi gets into a dangerous situation like is say falling off a cliff without Mario or into Lava, Yoshi forms an egg around himself and teleports away to safety. In addition in Mario Power Tennis Yoshi's Special Move has him form an egg around himself, roll towards where the Tennis is heading and hatches from the egg to hit the ball.

The Kong didn't need to befriend Mario given Mario and DK Senior weren't meant to be enemies. Plus given the comment I left on your other video about Donkey Kong 94, I believe the Kongs came back to case more trouble. Glad you got the Donkey Kong Senior, Donkey Kong Junior, and Donkey Kong the Third correct, so many people get it wrong. Note sure if the Meta Stuff is meant to be taken literal.

Glad to see mention of Mario's Tennis and someone mention the Adult DK Junior. I would note give the usage of the classic outfit in the art of SMB2USA and B S Super Mario USA they should be sometime before Super Mario Bros 3. Also, glad you acknowledged the events of Super Mario Bros 3 as canon and not just a stage play by including it in the timeline.

Surprisingly you did a pretty good job and covered all the bases, usually people get something wrong. You even mentioned the twin thing! Only side note I would mention is the OVA while not canon introduces the concept of the Mushroom Kingdom existing on the same planet, a prophecy about the bros, and mentions them, being twins. Seeing your timeline I believe it's pretty good, I only disagree with DK 94. Mario uses his Modern Outfit in this game instead of his Classic Outfit which he canonically uses in the early games, and only switches to his modern outfit in Super Mario Bros 3. Also, Cranky is wearing a necktie which doesn't happen in the older games with other games referring to this fact. I believe Donkey Kong 94 takes place later on sometime when Mario is still living in Big Ape City but has already been on his early Mushroom Kingdom Adventures and has dawned his modern outfit. Donkey having now dawned a necktie has returned to give Mario trouble and repeat his prank from Donkey Kong to once again get a rise out of Mario.

Blaine also worked for team rocket in the adventure manga.

Tri is actually a _Hilda._

I think I have a pretty solid idea connecting Nidorino and Nidorina's Moon Rock evolutions to space. Rocks from the moon are radioactive irl and Nidoking and Nidoqueen are both inspired by the concept of kaiju. Kaiju are often regular animals mutated into monsters after being exposed to radiation such as toxic waste, a meteorite from space, or some form of alien technology. This could be seen as mimicking the origin story of a typical kaiju backstory: An animal is exposed to a mysterious rock from outer space that transforms it into a giant monster!

Hmmm. You're good

Nayru contributed in creating the triforce. I think this power is an “echo” or borrowing of the golden “creation” power, since it creates things but only temporarily. So whether it’s borrowed from the triforce itself or Nayru imo is not that important. Either way it points back to the golden goddesses. We might have to wait for the game to fully grasp it.

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The Nido lines are both based on Rabbits, and possibly even the Bunnicorn enemies from Dragon Quest.

I assumed the power and name came from Tri the fairy. But maybe Tri is a servant of Nayru.

Love the Zelda series, so yes, please talk about it more if you so wish. I like that wordplay with tri. Very cute.

Isn't is Qadi"s"tu?

"Take that with a pillar of salt." Hah! I see what you did there. Lilith has always fascinated me since I learned of her existence. I know it was a different time but it really is kinda horrific that they felt they needed to make the idea of a woman being on even ground with a man seem sinful. Glad things had progressed enough by our time that my mother and sister were able to live their lives more freely. That said, it is fun to take Lilith and use her for her intended demonic use in modern times. Almost feels tongue-in-cheek as though she is evil she tends to be depicted as being both smart and very capable. Basically, getting her revenge for being unfairly treated.

While I appreaciate the idea of a Smash Ultimate Deluxe I don't personally think it's a great one. People who own Ultimate are already starting to get tired of it, me included. See for example how with each consecutive DLC character released the hype cycle became shorter and shorter. In the end Ultimate was running on fumes. If a remaster came out, without adding anything substantial, I believe even the loyal fanbase will sit that one out. While a few new characters and a new mode would be fun that's not what makes a Smash game feel fresh. You'd have to change the physics, implement new mechanics, rework old movesets etc etc. for Smash to feel fresh, and that's not going to happen with a remaster. I'd say a soft reboot, heavily focusing on 1st-party content, would be favorable. I wrote down my own concept for a roster, stagelist etc. and it came together really well. The one issue is that Smash would lose a lot of hype due to a lack of 3rd-party content, even though I personally think it's a shame that people gawk and scream over those kinds of announcements.

Smash needs a roster reset with only Nintendo characters. Magolor, Bandana Waddle Dee, and Dark Matter deserve roster spots

I definitly agree that an "Ultimate Deluxe" is likely for a new game. If it does happen I'd probably expect a good number of new echo fighters that were heavily requested for OG Ultimate to be added since they're a form of aditional content that wouldn't take too much development time.

That's how I feel too. I see no need to make a new Smash Bros from the ground up. Just give us what we got with a bunch of new characters and modes and everyone will lose their collective shit all over again. I know I would. lol

Maybe one day we will have a Pokémon game set in space!

You say the Nidorans and Jigglypuff can only be found on route 3, but that’s not true. In fact, for the Nidorans, in the first two generations, they aren’t on route 3 at all. But even in gen 3, they can also be found in the Safari Zone. Jigglypuff can also be found on multiple routes in Yellow (and possibly others). Furthermore, I don’t think it’s fair to say that Red’s canon starter is Pikachu. In every game but Let’s Go!, he specifically has all four starters so that any of them could be his starters. I know you’re probably assuming that Pikachu is the starter because it has the highest level, but I don’t think the levels can be considered canon since they’re at a lower level in later generations despite taking place around a decade after gen 2.

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I remember reading the original Fzero manual and being fascinated with the lore, and when GX came out... man it was like the best game ever to me lol

My friend once theorized that moon stones give off a sort of harmless low level radiation that has no effect on humans or most pokemon, but in some, it unlocks something coded in their DNA which allows them to evolve. He theorized that this was true for Jigglypuff, which can be found close to Mt Moon in Kanto. Due to their long term proximity to the location and moon stones in general, it unlocked something in them that allowed them to evolve into something that is bigger and stronger, much the same way it works for Clefairy. They sort of elongate and enhance their features. The same is true for the Nidoran, who are also found close to Mt Moon. Only very specific kinds of pokemon have their potential unlocked this way. Clefairy for obvious reasons and Jigglypuff and both Nidoran (well, their evolution) due to being compatible with the radiation it gives off. Well, to be completely honest, he was baked one day and said something like: 'Moon stones come from space, right. So what if, like, they give off some sort of radiation that makes Jigglypuff evolve and they couldn't before?' And then, once he was clearheaded again, he thought about it some more and added some stuff later. Ngl, it kinda works, as far as fan theories go.

One thing to note is which came first? The pokemon or the moon stones? Are pokemon that evolve from moon stones drawn to areas with lots of moon stones? Maybe Clefairy aren't from space but just migrated to Mt Moon after a large moon stone or large quantity of moon stones appeared there (assuming the moon stones come from space and aren't naturally formed in the ground)

That was a neat little theme you played in the first half of the video, what’s it called?

1:46 ...Bruh.

mybe the skitty case is because it’s a femenine pokemon? the moon usually represents femenine energy, in mithology there are always moon godesses, and except for nidoking, all moon stone lines are very girly, so it could be a conexion

What is the song at 1:45?

Cool video concept. I've always found Pokemon's weird relationship with space to be interesting, the moon stone being part of that. Something about the moon stone representing space feels very mysterious and fun to me. It fits with the themes of nature and science in Pokemon very well. I hope we get more interesting uses for the Moon Stone in future games.

Even though Pkmn Masters EX prefers Hilbert, Hilda being the protagonist fits the Bianca plot of BW quite better.

Lunatone’s held item chance was actually the only way to get extra moonstones in gen3 beyond the one in meteor falls so if you were on ruby you only got *one* moonstone evolution.

I’m loving these lore videos on Pokémon I hope you keep making them!!

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That "Queen of Galar" line alone makes this video a win. Great work. Look forward to seeing more.

I always felt like most pokedex entries seemd more like legends associated with the pokemon more than researched fact. So the fact that moonstones arent always actually linked to space could be that they are just some naturally occuring phenomenon that people just linked with space. Sunstones are similar i doubt that the sun litterally sends rocks down shaped like artisic depictions of it lol As for what they actually represent the sun stone seems to work on pokemon that would naturally need a lot of sunlight to evolves so the moon stone is probally just the opposite. A magic rock that helps pokemon who grow up without it. whether thats from being nocturnal in skittys case or from living in dark caves

Skitty looks like it has a crescent on its head and delkatty looks like it has a neck pillow on its neck so possibly connected to night time and sleeping in general?

Well if moonstones are connected sleep and the night, I guess skitty evolving to have a neck pillow as a delcatty might mean something but it sure is a stretch. The delcatty line is just so normal (so normal that it gets the signature ability normalize) that the moonstone just makes it odd as a design choice.

Maybe the skitty line is more connected to moonstone symbolism

Interesting video! Try lowering the volume of the music a bit more, especially in the parts with a voiceover. :)