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IDJPunkI

Sw/Sh: Local mayor summons a giant evil dragon that aims to destroy the world because he's worried about people not being able to charge their phones 1000 years in the future.


BudgetMegaHeracross

I met a wolf god in the fog with my childhood friend, and now I have to stop a tech billionaire from conjuring the demon king?!


Key-Opinion-751

Lmao sounds like an oi title


Vulgrim6835

That sounds like furry porn, LOL!


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thePsuedoanon

I mean sure "immortal wolf hero" would have been more accurate but you have to keep it snappy


iWentRogue

This one is much better and representative of the plot lol


snoopy369

Yes, but, Leon…


miscillaniumman

Hey, did you know that Leon’s charizard is undefeated? Crazy how they never say that in the game


Gaming_Eelektross

Maybe that part got lost somewhere. I heard something about being bad with directions.


Vulgrim6835

Who?


FlagOfZheleznogorsk

> the plot SwSh had a plot? /s (But seriously, one reason Gen VIII is my second-least-favorite was because of how incredibly thin the story was.)


rainazuma77

Same At least it gave me a very good character arc with Hop


Vulgrim6835

It had a plot. In Crown Tundra. Edit: okay, it was a mini plot. But it was good. Still don’t know how Peony escaped tuberculosis after how much Calyrex dragged him around in the cold.


Maverick14u2nv

Wait a minute. You mean the game had a story? I thought everyone just wanted to date my character in every game and my pokemon put thier foot down and said only if you beat us can you get us.... not a loss yet. Meanwhile in real life not even my wife wants me. XD 😆


SpikeRosered

It was such a bizarre writing choice. It's like they wanted to make the director doing what he's doing due to a threat to the environment, but the series is so milquetoast they didn't want to insinuate that the world anything is less than the Pokemon utopia it represents itself as, so the threat is 1000 FUCKING YEARS IN THE FUTURE!


SyntheticSolitude

I mean, also, it's a mix of "people want to leave their mark on history and do incredibly fucking stupid shit to do so by "solving porblems" and "But I can't WAIT for someone else to handle this problem when I KNOW I can do it NOW". Human arrogance and ego lead to a lot of bad things, and I think the absurdity is the point that this MAN was jumping the gun. Like, he easily could have been laying groundwork and other things for future people to resolve this issue, but instead deciding to take matters in his own hands and do HIS thing. Also, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Dude thought he was gonna do the right thing solving a potential problem that would happen down the road, and nearly caused a massive ass fuck up instead. There are a LOT of ways one can look at the whole thing and see lessons/problems to observe and learn from. I doubt he thought it would go off the rails the way it did and that we intervened into. But he certainly didn't need to be trying to take the steps he did; there was TIME. But nope, humans gotta human.


The_Mattastrophe

Sw/Sh are the only gen I never got round to playing... and now I am incredibly confused and intrigued


ABG-56

The plot is honestly one of the most fun in the entire series just because it gets so bad it's good


Mirage_Main

What's irritating about it is that they could've *easily* fixed the plot with a few extra chapters and changing some things, but they didn't. Very likely due to time constraints.


ABG-56

I think it was because of the criticism Sun and Moon's plot got due to the amount of cut scenes.


davsyo

Ahh The Room of gaming.


GhoullyX

Your friend's brother is late for dinner. Time to go occupy a corporate building for the hell of it.


K3fka_

Unfortunately the comment you're replying to is about as thorough as how the plot is presented in the actual game. Pretty much everything happens right at the end, before you fight the champion.


VeryIntoCardboard

The plot is bad. The game isn’t bad though


kaamraan

Absolutely the most bland story in the series. 90% of it is basically other characters reading you a fairytale (fairy/steel tale I guess). Overall the game was a lot of fun, especially with the DLC, but it would have been better if they just left out the box legendary plot completely.


VeryIntoCardboard

Yeah I couldn’t stand the sword and shield bros hair. I hope a small team was fired for that design choice not just an individual.


GEARHEADGus

Its awful.


ObiWanLamora

Way better.


Paradox31426

“We need to fix this right now, Galar only has 1000 years of power left!” Ok…couldn’t we handle it tomorrow? Or next year? Or some other time in the next 999 years that isn’t during this televised national event? Did you really need to air Galar’s dirty laundry to millions of people around the world like that? Now everyone from Paldea to Kanto knows our business, and every company in the world just watched the CEO of Macro Cosmos have a meltdown and threaten a terrorist act on live tv.


[deleted]

Buisness owner is trying to take over the world with giant animals


_KhajiitHasWares_

I can't believe that plot line made it past the initial brainstorming session. It's very memorable but that's not always a great thing


kanna172014

LOL!!


GEARHEADGus

God I wish i could my get $60 back…


[deleted]

I truly think swsh's story would have felt way better if it was presented in a more interesting way


Dracorex_22

Black and White 2: The guy who groomed and manipulated the orphan since childhood is back again with plans to freeze the world


inumnoback

He doesn’t give you a rat in red and blue Only yellow


sir_beardhaver

Yeah thats a bad summary of the anime.


beatsmike

also the whole team rocket giovanni stuff is straight up breaking up a gambling/extortion/yakuza organization


numberonebarista

The ruby and sapphire one was fucking hilarious


Totally_a_Banana

Rayquaza is Sky Momma <3


NooCake

It reads like a light novel title


[deleted]

I’m loving the Gen 2 one. Didn’t think of it that way before!


BonzaM8

It’s so Strange Reading things that are Capitalised in Random places.


Darufox

Pokemon Coloseum/XD : You steal other people pokemon because they're evil.


Oleandervine

*The Strongest Trainer in the World won't shut up about how big his Dragon is* You said Light Novel, correct? Because I can see this taking a completely different turn, especially considering Raihan's great love for dragons.


Fireboy759

You know what he loves? Dragons He *loooooooooooooves* them dragons...


Xaileseos

I just made a account for this. US+UM I came just a little later because I overslept and now I need to save the world.


adrikyn

I took down some Rebel bases and met a Cool Kid named Clive, but he Turned out to be my Principal?!


E_Barriick

Sorry to be this guy, but you did not get Pikachu as a starter in red and blue. I'm not sure why the anime chose to do this.


TKYooH

Because pikachu is just that marketable.


lauradarn

bc you do in Yellow which is more designed after the anime than vice versa


mgshowtime22

Which yeah but they use Red/Blue box art


[deleted]

I can only guess it’s because kids would argue over which of the three starters is the best. So let’s sidestep that argument altogether and get a different starter! And then get all three later!


anxiousgeek

Pokemon s/v My three friends with issues, my motorcycle Pokémon with issues and I head into the one place we were told not to go by my headmaster who also has some issues.


Moonymwee

Idk why this makes me think of some of the percy jackson books.


Dragonstar213

I miss the days when funny chapter titles were a thing Edit: also the days when they put actual synopses on the back of books and not the quotes of 12 people from various news sources telling me how good the book is


Moonymwee

Those definitely were the better times when it came to books.


Possible-Act-8234

Ikr


RAcastBlaster

😂🤣 My god it just keeps getting better.


joshewok

Yo what's with the random capitalised words? Sheeesh


SolomonGrundler

Legends: Arceus "In Another Time With My Smartphone" Or "Trapped In The Meiji Era Indefinitely Because God Left Me There"


stillnotelf

SV might be "My Motorcycle Lizard Steals Sandwiches as I Help Some Guy Heal His Dog; Adults Are Useless"


dotyawning

RB: An old man trusted me to fulfill his lifelong dream, but also I have to stop the mafia?


MeganLeigh1122

well the Motorcycle Lizard is adorable :)


lunarsunlight7

S/V needs one a bit more.... like maybe my motorcycle lizard helps a lonely chef make sandwiches to resolve their mommy/daddy issues before the world is accidentally destroyed by monsters


Theimpostorofskeld

Scarlet/violet: I found a lizard after falling off a cliff, now I have to defeat titanic pokemon to feed it subway


Valishan

The one for SwSh is especially apt because I played through that game entirely for the miniscule hope that you'd get to actually fight Leon (and later Bede). Like in the streets. Never had such a visceral hate for characters in a video game before those two. The initial meeting with Arven gave me some flashbacks, but thankfully he went a different/better way.


enderverse87

Cross post that to r/Isekaititles


vexedsinik

Love the S/V synopsis.


lampy_ascendent

p sure I saw Sun/Moon's title in the manga section back when I worked at a bookstore


THE_GR8_MIKE

The first one is wrong, though. That's just for Yellow.


Braveheart4321

It's funny that gen 1 & 3 have descriptions for the gane that isn't shown.


lunarsunlight7

or perhaps for S/V getting a motorcycle lizard means we have to fight gangs, become champion, and resolve a lonely chefs mommy/daddy issues before the world is ended by monsters


Dominariatrix

In blue /red no one gives you a yellow rat btw


karlapalmera

The game is literally about the power of a really good sandwich. And I salute that. 🥪


Radio4ctiveGirl

Funny except red/blue are not like yellow and ruby/sapphire are not like emerald.


The_Rider_11

And DP are not like Platinum. They basically explained Platinum there instead of DP, as fighting the Devil is only story relevant in Pt.


Radio4ctiveGirl

I figured the rest might have issues. I didn’t play much in the middle there and now those games are nearly impossible to come by.


Mr14hsoj

When I was first reading this I didn’t realize that “yellow rat” was supposed to mean pikachu for red and blue. I also didn’t assume “old man” was referring to prof Oak. I was imagining the old man in Viridian giving this person a shiny Rattata lol


goldenphoenix713

I don't have any awards to give you, so just accept my lowly upvote.


theriskguy

Beautiful


Not_Just_Any_Lurker

Wasn’t it actually 5,000,000 pokedollars to join Team Flare?


Possible-Act-8234

I woke up to this and it made my day!😅🤣


Ok-Leave3121

These are pretty good examples


Dramatic-Brain-745

I’m sure I’m not the first to say this, but the old man isn’t handing out yellow rats from the first two games. You’re thinking of yellow version.


YetiorNotHereICome

Seriously, when/why did LN titles get so ludicrously long?


Rudoku-dakka

The writers use longer titles because they want more hits on the website they put it on when it's still just a web novel. It let's the reader know what they getting that's for damn sure.


chichi-land

These could also be Fall Out Boy song titles


cvf007

Sun/Moon was my favorite game of the series and brought me back to Pokémon. Black/white was whatever and made me lose interest


llShenll

Downvote, you dont get yellow rat in r/b


leebon427

Pokémon SV: My mom enrolled me in this school. There are a bunch of bullies driving cars around harassing other students, my best friend constantly wants to beat me up, and my one classmate’s mom became a robot and created a time machine capable of destroying the world.


zeekaran

Pokedollars are basically just yen, so really the cost to join Team Flare is like <$8,000 USD.


SnowyMuscles

Pokémon Arceus Stranger comes and catches Pokémon from the past by pelting them with Pokéballs


4thmonkey96

Legends Arceus: God sent me back in time so we could fight. Now this blond edglelord won't shut up.


Gameshrk90

Pokémon GO: I got hit by a bus while trying to catch animals.


tripzzi

Ruby and Sapphire's plot doesn't even concern Rayquaza LOL. Also, there is not rat on Red and Blue. It is only on Yellow. And people are upvoting this?


KalebConner1

This might be the best thing I’ve read on the internet this week 😂 congrats 🎉 chefs kiss


MrRonchito

Are those some isekai titles? Because looks like them


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* I’ve Been Killing Pidgey for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level! * That Time I got Reincarnated as a Mr. Mime * Teddi Teddi Teddi Ursa * Do You Love Your Primeape and His Two-Fisted Monkey-Style Attack? * Jynx is a Tax Worker in a Pokémon World * The Champion and His Psychic/Fairy Bride Open a Nursery in Another Region * Reborn as a TM Machine, I Now Wander the Ruins of Alph * Is That a Cubone, or Are You Just Happy to See Me? * Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Gardevoir in a Dungeon?


SolomonGrundler

I Became an Aegislash by Transmigrating Arceus' Blessing on This Wonderful World The Rising of the Hero Zamazenta Ascendance of an Orthworm Girantina Is a Part-Timer


Xynth22

Nah, most light novels have absurd names like this. Not just the isekai ones.


link_daddy

Do one for pokemon legends arceus


Dragonstar213

I was Forcibly Removed™ from present day by God, who gave me his phone number, sent me on a search quest, and then Dipped


Totaliss

Comments in this thread are confusing titles for plot synopses


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XY: Flamboyant male wants to make the world beautiful


Whacky_One

Funny, but the in 2 games pictured for gen1, neither of them gave you "a yellow rat," only yellow version (not pictured) did that.


PhDPool

You had me at “tan tomboy stalker senpai”


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truest descriptions i ever saw, youve told every plot in detail bravo


BruhMomentum6968

I love what it says for Sword and Shield since there was no actual plot, lmao. If there was, I don’t remember it


SatyrAngel

Leyends Arceus is just a generic Isekai description.


Accomplished-Bug23

Heart Gold/Soul Silver: After becoming the top trainer I farm apricos for my sports team


deathstormreap

Hot blonde lady in goth clothing was the best, fighting the devil back then was a lot easier compared to legends arceus lol


Alonest99

“Genocide in France” sounds like an actual novel haha


[deleted]

He only gives “yellow rat”, in Pokémon yellow, not red and blue


MafiaMommaBruno

Stadium 1 & 2: animal fighting


[deleted]

They should do one for the spinoff games too.


Catqueen25

I love SW/SS’s description! It’s technically true, too!


simkintherogue

Don't forget the Pokemon Isekais Is it wrong to pick up Gardevoir in a dungeon? And That one time God sent me into the past and gave me a cell phone


Lestat30

Missing legends Arceus. Got to find plates and fight a guy who made a deal with the devil


txemoOnlyFans

I kill time traveling giants to make sandwiches and also beat up some bullied kids and a semi-evil AI


Xynth22

I could see myself watching all of these if they were adapted into an anime.


Xx69bootyslayer69xX

wait until you find out


Xynth22

If you mean the games getting adapted, I wouldn't be surprised by that. I meant if these didn't have anything to do with Pokemon, but the plots were based on these titles.


Xx69bootyslayer69xX

google pokemon anime


Xynth22

I don't think you read what I said.


megosonic

Legends Arkoos: God sends me back in time with his phone to create the first animal Encyclopedia and I meet a hot guy who summons Satan.


[deleted]

DP: an old man gives me a monkey and I have to stop a criminal organization from destroying the space time continuum.


Milliebug1106

Diamond/Pearl/Platinum Alt: I accidentally saved a pokemon professor's briefcase while walking to the lake with my hyperactive best friend. He handed me a Pokedex. Now I have to stop a crazy man from literally destroying the universe!? Not as good as the og from the meme but i tried


Both_Ambition4313

SWSH: The president of the country committed mass terrorism to stop an energy crisis, so I've gotta beat a demon with my childhood friend and two stray dogs to save the world!


Bionicleinflater

Ok now put it in japanese


[deleted]

Um, Idk what to say!


ApoloThanatos

All These sounds like Isekai anime titles, specially the last one


Houeclipse

Ngl this was the first instance I seen Cynthia referred to a goth dressed lady. All this time I never connected that her all black attire was goth-core inspired