Congratulations you are killing Pokemon.

in the established canon of the Pokemon series, we, our player character at least, are the reason In the It is established within the canon. To be fair, it's buried way down in there and requires you to connect a few dots,

but I have 100% confidence that Game Freak has expressly put this in here for observant dedicated

players. And perhaps strangest of all, this steamrolling of the wildlife

us bumping innocent animals permanently off the mortal coil it's all because of a

message from God the Pokemon God Arkeyus he gives us this divine mission to exterminate the Mon.

If you thought Pokemon lore was weird before...

Sweet until you hear this one. Hello internet. Welcome to Game Theory. The only show that's nerdy enough to remind you that

Ho-O isn't just a Pokemon, it's also the chemical formula for hydrogen peroxide.

Drop that knowledge bond the next time you're in Mrs. Nagy's third period

chemistry class. Ladies and gentlemen there are three things that are certain in

this world death, taxes, and new Pokemon games. In short, Pocomania is in the

air so I figured it was time we took another look at the series, and what better game to talk about

than the smash hit of 2022, Pokemon Legends Archeas.

While recent remakes have literally just been recycling the Pokemon formula that's been reused since the mid-90s,

Legends Arceus threw that formula out into the Trubish.

It's the first game in the core series to give players an open world to explore.

But while it certainly was a new look, it wasn't a new world.

In this game you're actually running through an ancient version of Sino, the region from

Gen 4's Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. How far back in the past are we talking?

Unfortunately, the game doesn't explicitly tell us, but based on the somewhat modern amenities of Jubilee Village, like binded books, brimmed hats, and steam-powered polka-balls,

as well as the architectural inspiration for the Galaxy Hall, the game seems to take place in the Meiji era of Japanese history,

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