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Sorry it took me so long, so let's look through the type match-ups. Not sure if I'll be able to do all today but some are better than none:

Weaknesses:
Fighting: So why does fighting get to do super effective damage against the neutral type? Or rather why only it and no other type? Could be a representation of the concepts the type represent. A person going into a fight as is (normal) against someone who is trained in combat (fighting) is going to get their curbstomped. Also in some way Fighting could be seen as a specialized Normal-type, having dedicated itself in physical combat training exchanging its neutrality for complex type match ups (Fighting does super effective damage against the type types that resist Normal, and Ghost is still immune to it though they're now susceptible to them though that's for their discussion). But why no other type do super effective damage? Well for other types Normal could be considered the control without needing to worry about traits of another type possibly skewing the results.
Resisted By:
Rock & Steel: Obvious ones. An average and unskilled person hitting against a hard object isn't going to get far. Same with blasting it with normal energy; without a trait to weaken the metal or rock first it's still going to hold strong.
Immunities & Immune By:
Ghost: Another possible philosophical one, the living (represented by the Normal-type) and the spirits of the dead cannot co-exist as they're opposites of each other. In addition the living are normally afraid of the dead and its believed that the dead are jealous of the living. No matter how you cut it, those charged with life energy and those who are wandering voids just cannot interact with one another.
Others:
Psychic: Psychic is the mental (or in terms of Pokemon Category, Special) side to Fighting's physical. While Psychic is mostly represented by having ESP, it also represents increased intelligence and wisdom. So with so much about Normal's type match-ups being conceptual (mainly with Fighting and Ghost), to me it makes some sense Psychic to be super effective against Normal. And like with Fighting you can say Psychic is the other "advanced" Normal-type (once again the type Normal is weak to is the type Psychic mainly handles in exchange for being very susceptible to common fears).
Fairy: Fairies of folklore love to mess with normal people, so it makes sense for Normal to be weak to Fairy.

Super Effective Against:
Dark: By now I think everyone knows in Japan the "Dark-type" is originally known as the "Evil-type". They don't represent darkness but rather dirty fighting and deceitful tactics. So we don't need a "Light-type", we need a type who's honorable and we have it: Fighting.
Ice, Rock, & Steel: Weak points and critical strikes. Fighting-types are so in-tuned with their fighting style they can recognize spots where their attacks will do the most damage, and for types who rely on their element's structural integrity this isn't a good thing for them.
Normal: See my Normal-type discussion.
Weaknesses:
Fairy: Fairy is sort of a "magic" type and mages are shown to be more powerful than warriors. Magic users manipulate outside forces which allows their power to keep rising while those who train their physical body are limited to how much their body can take. Sure you can maybe knock out a wizard with a punch... but good luck getting close enough to them to do that.
Flying: In order to be an effective combatant your stance and accuracy is important, so a type that can blow you over and has is known to be quick with 6 directions to maneuver means a Fighting-type is at a disadvantage. In this case its the stance messing we're focusing on, a fighter has to be in their style's stance to be effective thus they're constantly open to being knocked down over and over again by strong winds or someone flying by quickly and pushing/tripping them.
Psychic: Mind over matter. Much like with the mage, someone with psychic powers may be physically weak but good luck getting close enough to hit them. Not only that, psychics can control your body and can harm you by having your body do something it normally doesn't, and fighters body are so highly tuned they're very susceptible to this.
Resistances:
Bug: Bugs aren't subtle, they telegraph their moves meaning Fighting-types can prepare for them.
Dark: Dark-type relies on their opponents to fall for their tricks and a Fighting-type are so focused on the fight they don't fall for it and thus prepared for the coming counterattacks.
Rock: Physical strength also equals physical defense. Throwing a rock at a mass of muscles isn't going to do that much. Rock isn't as compactly structured as Steel so it can break apart and doesn't have an additional trait to it like Ice which could affect them in other ways. Finally Rock is inaccurate meaning you can see a thrown rock coming at you, so a Fighting-type has plenty of time to prepare or dodge the hit.
Resisted By:
Bug: A Fighting-types style is somewhat mental and they rely on their complex movements to somewhat mesmerize their opponent so they can hit when they reveal their weak point... but a Bug's hive mind keeps the individual from losing focus (you need to have a personal interest in order to lose focus) so that weak point just never reveals itself so a Fighting-type doesn't know where to exactly hit. On top of that a Bug's exoskeleton is both hard but flexible enough that any unfocused attack isn't going to do much (a Normal-type gets around this as they always put their all into an attack instead of focusing their efforts on making one strong and precise hit).
Fairy: Magic and some magical beings aren't completely physical thing, its an ethereal force that's being made into a physical form. You may be able to "hit" it, but you're just hitting its physical form which is only a small portion to its full being (once again, Normal put their everything in their attacks so in a way they're not just focusing on hitting the physical but their own effort is also hitting the ethereal).
Flying: Very fast and 6 ways to dodge, Flying-types have plenty of time to dodge a Fighting-types attacks. Combined with messing with their stance and "hitting" air and wind doesn't do much since it just flows around the attack the Fighting-type can't give a full powered attack unless risk losing focus or missing.
Poison: A Fighting-type is at its best when its fully healthy, which is a problem against Poison-type as their very presence often fill the air with some kind of toxin. While other types can power through, a type so reliant on the physical body will have its effectiveness drastically reduced. Plus some Poison-types are sludge, gas, or covered in garbage, not really something affected that much by a pure physical attack (at least Normal-types don't let subtly released toxins effect them going all out).
Psychic: A psychic can control the body of a Fighting-type to weaken a hit. Also a psychic can read a Fighting-type's organized and structured mind to easily predict what move they're going to do and prepare accordingly.
Immune By:
Ghost: Even more ethereal than Fairy, ghosts are famously known being able to phase through physical objects. So when attacked by a move backed by kinetic energy (be it a physical hit or a focused energy blast) they just turn intangible and it goes right through them.
Other:
Water: I would think Water would resist Fighting. Something filled with water absorbs and disperse physical hits, and when you're fighting in water or just when wet you are physically hampered as water slows you down (because of the increased resistance or you're being weighed down, respectively).

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Honestly, anything's possible since they have this stupid multiverse now. It kind of ruins the fun of determining these underlying things.
That said, I think that Professor Oak is the original Champion for Kanto, that those three Psychic hacks from Sinnoh sealed Arceus out of this dimension as shown in the cave painting in Celestial Town and as an in-joke that man excluded it from Sinnoh simply by deciding not to release its item, and that Koga is a member or Team Rocket since he wouldn't have let Giovanni into the Safari Zone otherwise to get his entire RB lineup.
 
Whoa, whoa. Go a little easy on the "new thread" button there.

I think stuff like this fits better in the Mysteries and Conspiracies thread, as it's been discussed at length there several times.

Welcome to OI, by the way!
 
lucariomaster2 said:
I've always thought of the reason Water resists Steel being that if you try to slash a body of water with a sword, it won't exactly do much.
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It's because water rusts steel! Really water should be supper effective against steel! And don't say to me that Steel doesn't rust since the Steel type is now the official 'metal' type as it includes Iron now...

Another conspiracy theory I need to confirm is why did they not include burried alive and the white/red hand in the original red blue green games or is this not even real?
 
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Honestly, anything's possible since they have this stupid multiverse now. It kind of ruins the fun of determining these underlying things.
That said, I think that Professor Oak is the original Champion for Kanto, that those three Psychic hacks from Sinnoh sealed Arceus out of this dimension as shown in the cave painting in Celestial Town and as an in-joke that man excluded it from Sinnoh simply by deciding not to release its item, and that Koga is a member or Team Rocket since he wouldn't have let Giovanni into the Safari Zone otherwise to get his entire RB lineup.
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Champion Professor Oak: Maybe some time in the past, but not by the time of Gen I. When you challenge Agatha she criticizes Oak for choosing to study Pokemon instead of battling with them, telling me had he been Champion it would be when he was young. Also after beating Lance he acts as if before Blue beat him there was no Kanto Champion. Sure that could just mean Oak retired and no one was able to beat the Elite Four to become the new Champion until Blue, but then again I doubt Lance, Lorelei, and Bruno were part of the Elite Four when Oak would have been reigning Champion; so they somehow replaced Elite Four members but not the Champion? Also you'd think at some point Oak would have mentioned that, or maybe Blue would have like saying he'll become Champion like his grandfather (or anyone pointing out how Blue became a Champion like his grandfather).

What Three Psychic from Sinnoh?

Rocket Koga: Well in the Special manga he was but that's separate from game lore. Also I don't think anyone knew Giovanni was the boss of Team Rocket, otherwise I don't think he would have been allowed to run a Gym. So I don't think he would have a problem strolling into the Safari Zone... if he bothered to. For all we know Giovanni's Kangaskhan was acquired in other way like its actually a stolen Pokemon or maybe he bought it.

Onto more types:

Super Effective Against/Resistances:
Bug: Probably has something to do with a common Pokemon being Flying-type are birds which many being insectvores. Of course if you feel that isn't an answer than you can try relating a bug's relationship to flight. Bugs who don't fly are all usually burrowers or stay low to the ground, so a strong gust probably would blow them around while they'll have difficulty reaching a flying opponent. As for bug who do fly, bugs aren't the best flyers so they'll still be susceptible to being blown around if not moreso than bugs on the ground as they're also probably lighter weight (and you can't really attack well if you're having problems getting yourself steady).
Fighting: See my Fighting-type discussion.
Grass: A plant's strength usually comes from its roots, even a mobile plant probably has semi roots it plants into the ground to gain strength. So being blown around and separated from the ground both hurts them and weakens them (which hurts them even more).
Immunity:
Ground: The very opposite of air, many Ground-type moves involve the target to be touching the ground which a Flying-type will be sure its not doing at the time unless forces down. Ground-type moves that are thrown are probably easily blown apart or away by a force of air as it's no longer apart of its elements so severely weakened structurally or needs to be light weight.
Weaknesses:
Electric: A common form of electricity is lightning and lightning tends to strike higher up objects near where its striking. So since Flying-types gain their strength from being in the air they tend to attract electrical discharges (also without touching the ground (or even when they are it's probably not a sturdy grip) they can't as easily dispel the electricity from their body). Also electricity could cause paralysis and since usually a Flying-type needs to be doing some motion to stay in flight this will cause difficulty in flying.
Ice: Cold air sinks. By hitting a Flying-type with an Ice-type move you're making it colder thus harder for it to stay in the air as it'll make the air around it cold thus want to sink down. Also, like with paralysis above, usually a Flying-type needs to be doing some motion to stay in flight and when cold your movement slows down; worse yet it could be frozen solid and unable to move at all and if in the sky will fall like a rock.
Rock: You can't be too heavy to fly. A lot of Flying-types are probably lightweight so they can easily take off and remain flying/hovering in the air. However this makes them fragile so an object that's hard and ridged, like a rock (but usually not metal since its usually thought as smoothe), will severely hurt them not only physically but also by making it hard to fly and that's how they get their strength.
Resisted by:
Electric: Electrical movement isn't affected much by wind, actually if anything its speeding it up by stirring up particles which the electricity travels through, thus decreasing the Flying-type move's effectiveness.
Rock & Steel: Unlike light weight plants, rock and metal are densely structured making them sturdy and even heavy. They're not moving that easily and even if they do it's not really going to affect them.
 
Pikachu315111 said:
Grass: A plant's strength usually comes from its roots, even a mobile plant probably has semi roots it plants into the ground to gain strength. So being blown around and separated from the ground both hurts them and weakens them (which hurts them even more).
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Weaknesses:
Ice: Cold air sinks. By hitting a Flying-type with an Ice-type move you're making it colder thus harder for it to stay in the air as it'll make the air around it cold thus want to sink down. Also, like with paralysis above, usually a Flying-type needs to be doing some motion to stay in flight and when cold your movement slows down; worse yet it could be frozen solid and unable to move at all and if in the sky will fall like a rock.
Rock: You can't be too heavy to fly. A lot of Flying-types are probably lightweight so they can easily take off and remain flying/hovering in the air. However this makes them fragile so an object that's hard and ridged, like a rock (but usually not metal since its usually thought as smoothe), will severely hurt them not only physically but also by making it hard to fly and that's how they get their strength.
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Grass: Also, many birds and other flying creatures (such as fruit bats) eat various plant related food, such as fruit, nuts, and seeds. And that's not considering other things, such as woodpeckers drilling holes into trees and birds use plant matter (such as twigs) to make their nests.
Ice: I've always thought of how dangerous it is to fly in a blizzard when it came to this weakness.
Rock: What's the earliest projectiles? Likely random rocks. And since it is difficult to hit a flying object without a projectile, it would make sense that a type whose attacks are almost all projectile based (hence why all but three Rock-type attacks have imperfect accuracy) to be super-effective. Also, there is always the saying "two birds, one stone".
 
Don't say I'm barking up the wrong tree but I think I have a new conspiracy theory! Ghetsis was based off or at least, inspired by Darth Sidious/the Emperor from Star Wars:

1. He is old and belongs to a society of Seven Sages which may represent Sith Lords
2. His team team Plasma may represent the Empire/separatists in some way
3. more importantly, in pokemon Black and White 2, he wears a black hood, very much like Sidious' and he even has a sword (which may or may not represent a light saber)
4. Naturally, as a leader of an evil team, he has a lot of evil looking pokemon, most of which are dark, ghost or poison type. A Number of his pokemon are pokemon you would expect Sidious to have e.g. hydreigon. His Seisimitoad is a pokemon which sort of looks like Sidious in facial areas and there is palpatoad which evolves into Seisimitoad and it's name is similar to the name Palpatine, Sidious' alter ego.
5. Ghetsis is described as 'the man pulling the strings ' when he attempts to control N who becomes the next King of team plasma. This is similar to Darth Sidious pulling the strings as the Emperor on Darth Vader (who may or may not represent N)

I am sorry if this is a really pointless post but I just wanted to point something weird I found here.
 
Vader_the_White said:
Grass: Also, many birds and other flying creatures (such as fruit bats) eat various plant related food, such as fruit, nuts, and seeds. And that's not considering other things, such as woodpeckers drilling holes into trees and birds use plant matter (such as twigs) to make their nests.
Ice: I've always thought of how dangerous it is to fly in a blizzard when it came to this weakness.
Rock: What's the earliest projectiles? Likely random rocks. And since it is difficult to hit a flying object without a projectile, it would make sense that a type whose attacks are almost all projectile based (hence why all but three Rock-type attacks have imperfect accuracy) to be super-effective. Also, there is always the saying "two birds, one stone".
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Grass: But not all Flying creatures are herbivores/fruitivores. After pointing out the bird thing for the Bug-types I decided that wasn't a significant enough answer so more focused things on an elemental level (blowing air).
Ice: I guess. Once again I'm focusing on element to element. Like how come Pokemon why fly that aren't Flying-types or have the Levitate ability aren't weak to Ice-type if "flying in the blizzard" is the reason?
Rock: But how come Steel isn't super effective then? There has to be something that's different about Rock that makes it super effective but not Steel. Also the phrase "two birds, one stone" could also be the reason, but do the Japanese have a similar phrase/know about that phrase to consider it?

The_Emperor said:
Don't say I'm barking up the wrong tree but I think I have a new conspiracy theory! Ghetsis was based off or at least, inspired by Darth Sidious/the Emperor from Star Wars:

1. He is old and belongs to a society of Seven Sages which may represent Sith Lords
2. His team team Plasma may represent the Empire/separatists in some way
3. more importantly, in pokemon Black and White 2, he wears a black hood, very much like Sidious' and he even has a sword (which may or may not represent a light saber)
4. Naturally, as a leader of an evil team, he has a lot of evil looking pokemon, most of which are dark, ghost or poison type. A Number of his pokemon are pokemon you would expect Sidious to have e.g. hydreigon. His Seisimitoad is a pokemon which sort of looks like Sidious in facial areas and there is palpatoad which evolves into Seisimitoad and it's name is similar to the name Palpatine, Sidious' alter ego.
5. Ghetsis is described as 'the man pulling the strings ' when he attempts to control N who becomes the next King of team plasma. This is similar to Darth Sidious pulling the strings as the Emperor on Darth Vader (who may or may not represent N)

I am sorry if this is a really pointless post but I just wanted to point something weird I found here.
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Err, grasping at straws.

1. Ghetsis and the other Sages are based on the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest.
2. Team Plasma more represent an animal rights group... who want to take over the world to force others to see their view.
3. First, Ghetsis has a cane, not a sword. Two, if just a black hood and having a sword makes you a Sith Lord than I can think a whole ton of characters who fit that description for other franchises (I'm sure Karxrida can point you to a certain few based on his avatar and name). Actually he's not really wearing a hood either, it's more of a cloak.
4. As you said, his Pokemon are just based on what a villain would use, which is what Sidious just so happens to fall under. Also:
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They look nothing alike, AND you're basing name speculation on their English names. Palpitoad's Japanese name is Gamagaru (which is just a corruption of "gamagaeru" which is the Japanese name for the Japanese common toad). Palpitoad come from "palpitation" and "toad".
5. That's not uncommon. And neither is him doing that to N.

How about another type:

Super Effective Against:
Fairy: Common depictions of modern faeries show them being directly connected to nature, so pollution and toxins that would harm the environment would hurt them.
Grass: Plantlife is most susceptible to pollution and toxins.
Weaknesses:
Ground: Clay and other earthy material can neutralize toxins which may affect how the Poison-type functions.
Psychic: Similarly, a Psychic-type could use telekinesis to disrupt the Poison-types toxins preventing it from reaching certain functions.
Resistances:
Fighting: See my Fighting-type discussion.
Poison: Poison-types have built up a resistance to Pokemon Poison.
Bug: Due to many Bug-types being part Poison or learning Poison-type moves their attacks use a subtle amount of unique poison which, like above, they'll have a resistance to.
Grass: The Poison-type's toxins weaken/kill any spores/seeds, neutralizes powders, and overall are releasing toxins into the air which is weakening the Grass-type. It could also be these releases toxins are infusing the Grass-type's moves with poison properties thus giving them a resistance that way.
Fairy: Similarly, the released toxins weaken Fairy-types as they would the environment they live in, possibly even corrupting their "pure" moves.
Resisted By:
Poison: See above.
Ground: Uses the clay and other earthy material to neutralize some of the toxins that enters their body which is how Poison-types do the most harm.
Rock: You can't really poison a rock, though Rock-types are probably a bit organic so if they can get their poison through their rocky body it can still does some damage.
Ghost: What's a little poison to something that's already dead?
Immune By:
Steel: Like Rock, except its hard to poison something you can even pierce.

Super Effective Against:
Electric: Ground has properties which disperses electrical charges so that would disrupt and/or block the electricity that Electric-types need to function.
Fire: Ground smothers Fire-types preventing their fire getting the oxygen they need to keep their flames burning.
Poison: See my Poison-type discussion.
Rock & Steel: Ground makes up some structural support for these types so Ground-type moves can hit these type's weak points and tear them down.
Weaknesses:
Ice & Water: Erosion. Ice seeps into the group and expands ripping it apart and water washes away ground.
Grass: Plantlife grows in the ground and absorbs the nutrients that makes the ground healthy.
Resistances:
Poison: See my Poison-type discussion.
Rock: Ground is already filled with minerals so there's not much Rock-types can do which Ground-types wouldn't be used to.
Resisted By:
Bug: Bugs have body parts that make digging through ground easy. Because of that their bodies are also used to being covered in dirt and withstand the pressure and weight.
Grass: As said above, plantlife absorbs the nutrients from the ground so when hit with a Ground-type attack they absorb some of the nutrients to weaken it.
Immunity:
Electric: The properties of Ground allows electricity to harmlessly disperse through it.
Immune By:
Flying: See my Flying-type discussion.
 
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Pikachu315111 said:
Grass: But not all Flying creatures are herbivores/fruitivores. After pointing out the bird thing for the Bug-types I decided that wasn't a significant enough answer so more focused things on an elemental level (blowing air).
Ice: I guess. Once again I'm focusing on element to element. Like how come Pokemon why fly that aren't Flying-types or have the Levitate ability aren't weak to Ice-type if "flying in the blizzard" is the reason?
Rock: But how come Steel isn't super effective then? There has to be something that's different about Rock that makes it super effective but not Steel. Also the phrase "two birds, one stone" could also be the reason, but do the Japanese have a similar phrase/know about that phrase to consider it?



Err, grasping at straws.

1. Ghetsis and the other Sages are based on the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest.
2. Team Plasma more represent an animal rights group... who want to take over the world to force others to see their view.
3. First, Ghetsis has a cane, not a sword. Two, if just a black hood and having a sword makes you a Sith Lord than I can think a whole ton of characters who fit that description for other franchises (I'm sure Karxrida can point you to a certain few based on his avatar and name). Actually he's not really wearing a hood either, it's more of a cloak.
4. As you said, his Pokemon are just based on what a villain would use, which is what Sidious just so happens to fall under. Also:
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They look nothing alike, AND you're basing name speculation on their English names. Palpitoad's Japanese name is Gamagaru (which is just a corruption of "gamagaeru" which is the Japanese name for the Japanese common toad). Palpitoad come from "palpitation" and "toad".
5. That's not uncommon. And neither is him doing that to N.
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Tell me, did the legend of Zelda games ever influence pokemon? There are Seven Sages in both franchises. Also, that 'cane' looks more like a sword and Ghetsis is the closest character in pokemon to Sidious and, to me, Seisimitoad looked like Palpatine from the prequels.
 
The_Emperor said:
Tell me, did the legend of Zelda games ever influence pokemon? There are Seven Sages in both franchises. Also, that 'cane' looks more like a sword and Ghetsis is the closest character in pokemon to Sidious and, to me, Seisimitoad looked like Palpatine from the prequels.
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Once again, I'd argue the Legend of Zelda sages could have been inspired by the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest. It's just the idea of this group of wise and mystical people that's an intriguing concept, especially when you ask why they came together. As for the number 7, there's a long history of the number 7 being a supernatural number probably due to it being the highest single digit prime number.

It's a cane, you see him use it as such. Well it's actually a special cane more made to prevent Pokeballs from catching Pokemon (specifically Kyurem), but a cane nonetheless. It might have some inspiration from swords, though I'd still argue it more looks like a cane with the Plasma coat of arms on it.

Well if that's what you think I won't argue with you. However I'd more argue that Ghetsis and Sideous more fall into the same character archetype than Ghetsis being based off Sideous.
 
I don't know why but when I compare Seisimitoad's eyes and facial expression with Palpatine, they just look so similar! As for the Seven Sages, do you think there are other references to Nintendo games in the pokemon series?
 
The_Emperor said:
As for the Seven Sages, do you think there are other references to Nintendo games in the pokemon series?
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While Zelda certainly doesn't own the "seven wise men and/or women" trope, that's a good segway into a bunch of Nintendo easter eggs in pokemon! And here's the biggest one for me: Diamond Dust.

Diamond dust is a rare and purely cosmetic weather condition that occurs in select places on select days of about every main series game since Gen4. You can find it when your game calendar is set to:

Diamond/Pearl (Snowpoint City): 1/12, 2/29, 3/15, 3/31, 4/22, 5/1, 9/2, 9/20, 10/30

Platinum (Snowpoint City): 1/12, 2/29, 3/15, 3/31, 4/22, 9/2, 9/20, 10/30

HG/SS (Mt. Silver): 2/29, 3/15, 10/10

B, W, B2, W2 (Icirrus City): 12/31

X/Y (Frost Cavern): On your birthday.

There's a bit of a mystery in the dates selected. I mean, there's the obvious ones like New Year's eve, the leap-year day, and your birthday. Then if you really reeeaaacccchhh for it, 3/15 is THE IDES OF MARCH and May 1st is May Day. And January 12th is a shout-out to Gamefreak director Junichi Masuda (it's his birthday).

I wonder about the rest of the dates though, and why May 1st was dropped in Platinum. More developer birthdays, perhaps?
 
stage7_4 said:
While Zelda certainly doesn't own the "seven wise men and/or women" trope, that's a good segway into a bunch of Nintendo easter eggs in pokemon! And here's the biggest one for me: Diamond Dust.

Diamond dust is a rare and purely cosmetic weather condition that occurs in select places on select days of about every main series game since Gen4. You can find it when your game calendar is set to:

Diamond/Pearl (Snowpoint City): 1/12, 2/29, 3/15, 3/31, 4/22, 5/1, 9/2, 9/20, 10/30

Platinum (Snowpoint City): 1/12, 2/29, 3/15, 3/31, 4/22, 9/2, 9/20, 10/30

HG/SS (Mt. Silver): 2/29, 3/15, 10/10

B, W, B2, W2 (Icirrus City): 12/31

X/Y (Frost Cavern): On your birthday.

There's a bit of a mystery in the dates selected. I mean, there's the obvious ones like New Year's eve, the leap-year day, and your birthday. Then if you really reeeaaacccchhh for it, 3/15 is THE IDES OF MARCH and May 1st is May Day. And January 12th is a shout-out to Gamefreak director Junichi Masuda (it's his birthday).

I wonder about the rest of the dates though, and why May 1st was dropped in Platinum. More developer birthdays, perhaps?
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I've decided to Google all the non-obvious dates (January 12th, February 29th, and December 31) with the wording "Japan Insert Date Here". Here are my results (Note, this is very half-assed research, so don't put too much faith in this. They may just be birthdays):
March 15th: Hōnen Matsuri
March 31st: Convention of Kanagawa
April 22nd: I got nothing.
May 1st: Nothing really.
September 2nd: Um...the formal surrender of Japan to the United States, ending World War II.
September 20th: Nothing.
October 10th: It used to be Health and Sports Day, but was changed to the second Monday in October in 2000.
October 30th: Nothing.

Yeah, I got no clue, though Hōnen Matsuri seems very likely and I wouldn't be surprised by Health and Sports Day.

EDIT: Wow, I didn't look very closely at Hōnen Matsuri's Wikipedia article. Um...NSFW... *sigh* Japan...
EDIT 2: I removed the link, just to make sure I'm not breaking any forum rules due to the article image. If you want to look it up, just copy and paste the name as I faithfully copied it.
 
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stage7_4 said:
While Zelda certainly doesn't own the "seven wise men and/or women" trope, that's a good segway into a bunch of Nintendo easter eggs in pokemon! And here's the biggest one for me: Diamond Dust.

Diamond dust is a rare and purely cosmetic weather condition that occurs in select places on select days of about every main series game since Gen4. You can find it when your game calendar is set to:

Diamond/Pearl (Snowpoint City): 1/12, 2/29, 3/15, 3/31, 4/22, 5/1, 9/2, 9/20, 10/30

Platinum (Snowpoint City): 1/12, 2/29, 3/15, 3/31, 4/22, 9/2, 9/20, 10/30

HG/SS (Mt. Silver): 2/29, 3/15, 10/10

B, W, B2, W2 (Icirrus City): 12/31

X/Y (Frost Cavern): On your birthday.

There's a bit of a mystery in the dates selected. I mean, there's the obvious ones like New Year's eve, the leap-year day, and your birthday. Then if you really reeeaaacccchhh for it, 3/15 is THE IDES OF MARCH and May 1st is May Day. And January 12th is a shout-out to Gamefreak director Junichi Masuda (it's his birthday).

I wonder about the rest of the dates though, and why May 1st was dropped in Platinum. More developer birthdays, perhaps?
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I believe it is the director of pokemon's birthday on one of the dates specified on Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum
Also, where does that idea come from about the Seven Wise men/women come from exactly?
 
JES said:
With all due respect, I sometimes want to take that wishlisting rule, and put it to Charizard's Flamethrower, and slash and bury it with Groudon's Precipice Blades, and pulverize it with Arceus's Judgement Pebble.
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We all do sometimes, and that's why wishlisting is so encouraged on the OI IRC channel. We're theorizing new Megas, finding ways to improve the regions if we were given the chance, put together new teams for the Elite Four, etc., etc. Of course, we do a lot of other off-topic talk too, but wishlisting is a very common topic of conversation.

It just doesn't work well in a forum setting. People tend to write lenghtily about their own wishes, blocks of text that few others bother to read, as people will always want the conversation to revolve around their own contributions. Lots of writing, little feedback, and it's next to impossible to keep a tangent. In IRC, the conversation is a lot snappier, people write a sentence or two at most, and feedback is much more immediate. Plus nothing gets recorded for posterity, which is a plus too, since reading through other people's wishlists gets tedious really fast. It'd clog up forums, but the here-today-and-gone-tomorrow format of IRC skips over that issue.
 
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