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Pokémon XY General Discussion
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Dream Radar event when you have Soul Silver in as you play you get multiscale Lugia to appear and do whatever the mini game is in the Dream Radar to obtain a pokemon.
We also did see the giant tree that Xerneas was standing before. If we can somehow know that Yveltal is blind, it directly confirms the Nordic link.
Yggdrasil, The Tree Of Life
On top of the Yggdrasil is an unnamed blind eagle (Probably Yveltal) and Veðrfölnir, a small hawk that sits between the eyes of the eagle. In the middle are four stags Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór (Probable inspiration for Xerneas). Nibbling at the roots of the World Tree is the wyrm Nidhöggr. Finally, there is a Squirrel, Ratatoskr, who carries messages between the unnamed eagle and the wyrm.
Then again, Yveltal also closely resembles Yatagarasu, the three-legged crow. While Xerneas resembles Shishigami, the forest deer-like guardian, which turns into a giant spirit and roams the forest at night. Coincidentally, both of these figures are from Japanese lore.
Yatagarasu, The Three-Legged Crow
Shishigami, The Forest Guardian
Shishigami, Spirit Formé
Yggdrasil, The Tree Of Life
On top of the Yggdrasil is an unnamed blind eagle (Probably Yveltal) and Veðrfölnir, a small hawk that sits between the eyes of the eagle. In the middle are four stags Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór (Probable inspiration for Xerneas). Nibbling at the roots of the World Tree is the wyrm Nidhöggr. Finally, there is a Squirrel, Ratatoskr, who carries messages between the unnamed eagle and the wyrm.
Then again, Yveltal also closely resembles Yatagarasu, the three-legged crow. While Xerneas resembles Shishigami, the forest deer-like guardian, which turns into a giant spirit and roams the forest at night. Coincidentally, both of these figures are from Japanese lore.
Yatagarasu, The Three-Legged Crow
Shishigami, The Forest Guardian
Shishigami, Spirit Formé
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Well, Yveltal is "blind enough" already, with those blue eyes. That's not the point, however; they may be inspired in the Nordic lore, but that doesn't mean it was GF's only source of inspiration.
Metaphorically, destruction is blind.
This may be a stupid time to bring up the Legendary Trio.... but...
In cultural mythology, (Norse, especially this one) it talks about three Norns who tend to Yggdrasil's roots while preventing them to rot. I know the Norse relation is sketchy, unreliable, and unproven, but while on the topic, I had to bring it up.
Perhaps the Trio will be based off of these three, but due to the fact that they're human-like, I doubt they will have any influence on the Trio. Oh, they're feminine, too. Urðr, Verðandi, and Skuld are the names...
In cultural mythology, (Norse, especially this one) it talks about three Norns who tend to Yggdrasil's roots while preventing them to rot. I know the Norse relation is sketchy, unreliable, and unproven, but while on the topic, I had to bring it up.
Perhaps the Trio will be based off of these three, but due to the fact that they're human-like, I doubt they will have any influence on the Trio. Oh, they're feminine, too. Urðr, Verðandi, and Skuld are the names...
I've seen that theory quite much and that there's gonna be pokemon Z with a snakq legendary.
I agree, the fan theory makes absolutely no sense; we could use the same logic to say that Psyduck is based on the Egyptian god Horus because (gasp) they both have beaks! Yeah, no. Besides, Yveltal doesn't resemble any of those birds; he has wing claws, and weird horn...things on his head...is he even a bird at all? He doesn't seem to have much of a beak, if I recall...
I'm ranting; I think I'd better stop.
Edit: the three-legged crow and Shishigami bear much more resemblance in my opinion.
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Well it would be freakin awesome if the norse god theory was correct. There could be three worlds middle world- humans and xerneas would be there, Asgard - yveltal, heaven an basically pokemon paradise and it could be the x y improved wifi online world and the bottom part where a snake is supposed to reside (Z legendary) and 9 nine island themed hell places with scary music and pokemon with some legendraries post game. Well you can't get that from most games and pokemon is supposed to be casual and for kids so I doubt it will ever happen.
that would be the sickest thing ever but lets face it thats like a 1:78383829292992 chance of ever being a thing
Nope. People spend way too much time trying to connect Pokemon to mythology or other silly things. The database for mythological concepts is so ridiculously vast that you could attempt to tie one to just about anything at all while in reality it likely has zero relevance from the eyes of the creator.
And hoping things liiiiiike
this happens, is just silly
Usually the concepts never go this deep. The Tao trio were based on the yingyang/taosim but the mythos stopped at the design concept.
Uh...anyone think there might be a trio master (if there is a Z)?
If there is, it'd probably be Yggdrasil itself.
If there is, it'd probably be Yggdrasil itself.
I am most likely going to host an XY Giveaway Contest for Orange Islands. If you have any ideas as to what type of contest it should be, please leave me a message on my profile (@Stellar). The contest must have two winners (one winner will receive a copy of X and one winner will receive a copy of Y).
Like this message if you are interested in participating in a giveaway. It will only happen if I foresee the contest receiving a significant number of entrants.
Like this message if you are interested in participating in a giveaway. It will only happen if I foresee the contest receiving a significant number of entrants.
Has anyone else noticed how much Mega-Ampharos looks like Reshiram? It's tail has essentially the same shape and color of Reshiram's, not to mention the little red balls that seem to be lodged into the tail. The hair also resembles Reshiram's a little bit.
Is it possible that Gamefreak intended these guys to look alike? Not to mention the typing is the same..
EDIT: OOps. Quickster got me
Is it possible that Gamefreak intended these guys to look alike? Not to mention the typing is the same..
EDIT: OOps. Quickster got me
Reshiram is Dragon/Fire; Ampharos is Electric/Dragon. They aren't the same type. Also the little red balls are an extension of the red ball at the end of normal Ampharos' tail. It's probably just stylistic if anything. The white wool is likely a coincidence, since the Ampharos line has white wool anyway.
Who else here is waiting for Mega Wailord to be revealed?
Mega-Wailord with Levitate because it becomes less dense than air :P
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