Continuity in Pokemon is basically non-existent. The only thing consistent between each game is the Pokedex entries, and even those sometimes get dramatically altered from one generation to the next. When it comes to the anime, most seasons can be best described as ‘loosely inspired' by the events of the games, with Ash subbing in for the player character. Sometimes the stories are fairly similar, like in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon Journeys when Ash teams up with Zacian and Zamazenta to stop Chairman Rose from summoning Eternatus, just as the player does at the end of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Sword & Shield. Other times, the story of the games and the anime depart significantly from each other, as was the case with the film 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Destiny Deoxys, wh꧃ich featured a catastrophic feud between Rayquaza and Deoxys that played ou🔴t completely differently in ORAS’s Delta Episode.
But just because the games and anime have always𝓰 been treated like two separate universes doesn’t mean this will always be the case. The TV show and film series have tons of amazing stories and legends the games could pull from - and they should. The titular Alpha Pokemon from next year’s Legends: Arceus has a fascinating history in the Pokemon movies, and it would be a shame if Game Freak hasn’t found a way to connect Legends: Arceus with i♕ts debut in Arceus and the Jewel of Life.
Practically all of the lore we know about Arceus came from the Diamond & Pearl movie trilogy: 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Rise of Darkrai, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Giratina and the Sky Warrior, and Arceus and the Jewel of Life. The movies established that Arceus created the Temporal world, Spatial World, and Reverse World, and also created Dialga, Palkia🌠, and Giratina to rule over them, respectively. Arceus also created the human world and filled it with life. At the beginning of Jewel of Life, Arceus prevents a planet-sized meteor from wiping out the Earth, but in the process loses control of its Life Plates - 16 magic tablets that give Arceus power over all the elements. A man named Damos finds the plates and returns them to Arceus, and in exchange, Arceus takes five of the tablets and creates the Jewel of Life, gifting it to Damos so that he can use it to nurture and cultivate the land. Damos promises to give the jewel back later on, but betrays Arceus and thus dooms humanity to suffer Arceus’ wrath. With help from Dialga, Ash is able to recover the jewel in the past and return it to Arceus, saving the world from total destruction.
Arceus’ mythology is barely explored in the g𒊎ames,𝔍 while the Jewel of Life and Life Plates are never even mentioned. The 16 Life Plates strike me as the perfect number of quest items to collect in Legends: Arceus, a game that, like the film, is set in the distant past. It seems like a given that Legends will dive into Arceus’ history, at least more than the games ever have before, and it would be a mistake not to draw from the lore that already exists.
Of course, this isn’t the first game all about Arceus. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon Conquest, a spin-off of the Nobunaga’s Ambition series of tactics games, tells the story of The Legend of Ransei, a prophecy that states whoever is able to conquer the 17 kingdoms of Ransei will summon the region’s creator, Arceus. Like Jewel of Life and Legends, the story once again takes place in the distant past - though Conquest featured a feudal setting, unlike the Grecian city of Michina Town in Jewel of Life or the 19th-century Japanese style that L🍰egends is using for the Hisui region. It’s just a shame there weren’t 16 kingdoms or my tinfoil hat would be stapled on by now.
There’s so much untapped potential in the Pokemon movies, and a non-mainline game like Legends: Arceus would be the perfect place to explore the edges of Pokemon lore. As ex🦩cited as I am to see Pokemon’s creation myth expand in Legends, I just hope it doesn’t contradict what we already know about Arceus from the movies.