I'm starting to think this game may not be getting DLC... twitter: / chasekip Art, editing, and voiceover by Chase Kip (me again) Games covered in this video: Pokemon: Legends Arceus
Ingo was chosen because his Japanese name basically means "going up" which is what sneasler does. So he's in the game because Arceus has a sense of humor.
The poems make me think that Volo is from the older group of natives in Hisui. They talk to how the newcomers (diamond and pearl clans) started conflict because they didn't understand Arceus and instead kept fighting about which pokemon is Sinoh. It's written in first person as though the author is from the older clan (Celestica) so those two looking similar but having older knowledge would make sense. Part of their clan identity would be keeping the information correct since the author seemed rather peeved that the newcomers got it do wrong.
@@kurozunakabuto9682 yeah, by trying surpass his mortal comprehension he flew too close to the "sun". And the "sun" had a response in the form of spatially abducting a 12 year old. Edit: They're now in Highschool and is a 15/16 year old. c:
he said he faced hardships and the fact that he’s one of the ancient sinnoh people who were also revealed to have been driven out and had their name “celestica” stolen probably is related to that
I like that it was Ingo who got sent to the past because all he can remember is train terminology & all the Hiuians are just like "What are you even talking about!" Or watch there's a Pokémon game where it takes place in the future & Emmet was sent there.
Considering the game takes place in the Meiji reformation period, trains will get re-introduced to the area soon and he will probably be the one in charge so we'll see him again in a kanto/johto/hoen legends game as a train conductor again.
@@10tailedbijuu Poor Ingo he experienced What Doc from back to the future felt when time travelling shenanigans was involved, speaking of Doc he also invented a time travelling steam powered train.
@@ZeeGee__ There is no proof as to when PLA takes place other than the inspiration. Unova exists, yet last I checked, NY has neither desserts, nor mountains.
I like how Volo is such a good friend throughout the whole story while subtlety manipulating you later on, then he all of a sudden tries to pull a 3rd Impact on your ass.
It’s more likely that the game takes place 150 years before Platinum, going by the architectural and fashion inspirations drawn from the Meiji Reformation period. The modern Pokémon games say Spiritomb was sealed in the Odd Keystone 500 years ago, and in Legends: Arkoos, Vessa reveals that took place “hundreds of years” prior. This means the game can’t take place any earlier than 300 years prior to the rest of the main series.
Professor Laventon is from Galar, which is based on Great Britain. In the 1860s Japan was first visited by the Brits and many british people dicided to stay in Japan, maybe Professor L was one of them. Thats actually very specific.
While it is true that the game realistically should take place 150 years ago. This is a fantasy world, if they want the industrial revolution era to take place thousands of years ago they can do so. After all they put a royal family that used to rule New York and the equivalent of World War 2 happened 3000 years ago.
Fun fact: your joke is quite coherent with Hisui inspiration (Hokkaido), since, back to the Meiji Era, a lot of Russian emmigrate in Hokkaido to enjoy the economic boom of the Japanese Colonial expansion on the Island X3
@@pitioti Also, Hokkaido would have been the most likely to have gone Communist if the Soviet Union was more successful in its Pacific Campaign in WW2 and the Allies had to split Japan.
i saw "deer" in the name, thought it'd let me stand on a cliffside, and immediatly lost all 5 of my pokeballs. that satchal still hasn't been retrieved, epic
What’s sad is that if Volo just stayed completely quiet and gave you the last Plate so you could meet Arceus, he would have has his wish granted so he could see God. He’s mentioned multiple times that that’s been his goal, and he’s been there for you when everyone hasn’t or couldn’t. You would have totally let him ascend that stairway with you. Then he could have sprung his whole Giratina trap. But no. He HAD to drop the ball by challenging the kid from the future who both quelled the Nobles AND trained an army’s worth of Pokemon in a world where having even one is an accomplishment.
That would have been a lot smarter but Giratina would have turned on him as well. He can't beat Arceus, he can't disobey his father, and his job is to fix distortions, paradoxes, and the like. Giratina would have no reason to put up with Volo at that point. Just like before Volo ends up being a victim of his own hubris and self loathing.
The plates don't summon Arceus; collecting all pokemon does. You just have to collect the plates to lure Giratina out of hiding so that you could capture him. I am also under the assumption that Giratina was Volo's master, not the other way around.
@@andresmarrero8666 Uhm..what?? Giratina's job isn't to fix distortions and paradox's (he CAUSES them), nor has it ever been shown that Giratina obeys Arceus! Arceus literally had to banish Giratina because it tried to end the world (aka because it disobeyed Arceus and was a troublemaker), Giratina doesn't follow rules; hell, in Legends of Arceus it literally Obeys Volo to tear a rift in space and cause mass chaos and destruction!! Pokemon seem to be loyal only to those who gain their loyalty aka their trainers, Giratina has no reason to be loyal to Arceus as the llama in a fence literally banished it when it was an inconvenience.
@@testerwulf3357 Giratina's job is to fix distortions not cause them. This was shown to as as clear as day in the Giratina movie. It was shown the following movie that Giratina can't beat Arceus. Furthermore the red chain contains an aspect of Arceus's authority which Giratina's siblings cannot ignore and nothing has shown or implied Giratina to be an exception. On top of that we only know that Giratina was placed on godly timeout for some violent act. We do not know what that act was or what the circumstances surrounding it was and we will never know especially since all records were erased. Volo claims that he freed Giratina but Giratina has been shown on numerous occasions to be able to come out of the distortion world whenever he wants. Volo also claims that Giratina wants to confront Arceus however not only is this "confrontation" impossible for Giratina especially if it wants something to come from it, but also in all appearances has shown no desire to do so nor ill will towards its father. What Volo said was pure projection, assumption, and arrogance. He does not know as much as he thinks he does and likewise what you are saying is conjecture based on incomplete information. Giratina has no obligation to follow Volo but is putting up with him because it is the best way to fix this mess.
Heck, Volo could have asked for our plates. He could have come up with some cover story of "listen, it's too dangerous for you. You're too important to risk your life up there" and then we get the big reveal when we try to go up to find out why nothing seems to be happening.
Ingo makes sense to come from the past because: 1) while his job can be done by his brother, him missing would still be horrifying for at least one known character. 2) he joins the pearl clan because his subway is a means of transport (technically). 3) he’s actually about as strong as elite 4 members if I’m not mistaken. 4) he doesn’t have nearly as much representation as a lot of the other characters.
@@maikusei Ingo works thematically in the game because he’s in the Pearl clan (who praise Palkia, ruler of space), and his job was conductor / subway-boss, which is obviously space related.
As a funfact for whatever reason Ingo seems to be a very very popular character in Black and White Being second most popular character after N, and for some even stranger reason, women's exclusive polls of popularity placed him even over N with Emmet coming 3rd, so something about the loud train guy just seemed to hit some sort of strange popularity niche.
@@pr0vaporizer468 It would be hilarious to see ancient Paldea where Larry still has his usual deadpan look as he works for the mad Paldean king, all while casually saying that the mad king is still less overbearing than Geeta was as his boss.
fun fact, in case at least someone somehow was aware since it's a factoid that's been making the rounds already; Ingo is one of the most popular Pokemon characters in japan, hence why he made an appearance. also, as a small note since it wasn't mentioned, the order you fight Dialga and Palkia in- and whether you fight doritoneck or centaur- depends on which clan leader you chose to hang out with for the Lake Trio quests.
9:56 "meanwhile Ingo, who came out of the same rift, is like 'doo do do do doo'." Unreasonably funny to me, but then again, I love Ingo's appearance in PLA, and I hope GameFreak actually does something with this plot line and doesn't forget about him.
The Red Chain actually did its job, it weakened the first one, causing it to break, but the second just HAD to come, so you cn make the origin ball. There is one thing though, how did they get the red chain pieces before the second legendary came?
10:54 Talking about the fact that an Ultra Ball was able to catch Dialga, I’m pretty sure the red chain weakened Dialga before shattering which allowed you to catch it whereas when Palkia was released from the rift, you didn’t have a red chain to weaken it.
Fun fact: If you express any concerns about your ability to defeat these frenzied noble that have apparently mauled entire groups of adults, your bosses will promptly say "Well, it's not up to you. Go do your job that we forced you into".
Ok, so I'm not seeing a comment that correctly explains Ingo's situation, so I'll do it here. Ingo's situation is significantly different from your own. To learn about why, we're going to need to talk about Parallel Universes. So the Pokemon franchise is separated into 2 main universes with a possible 3rd one that no one really cares about(Let's Go games I think). The separation between the two main universes occurred in X&Y's backstory. 3,000 year in the past from the events of X&Y, the character AZ created the Ultimate Weapon (the Flower weapon from X&Y). The Universe split occurs here. If the weapon is fired, Mega Evolution comes into being. If not, no Mega Evolution. The first universe, where Mega Evolution doesn't exist includes the first 5 Generations of Pokemon games. The second universe, includes X&Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon(OR Ultra Sun/Moon? Don't know) I.E. Mega Evolution central. How does this relate to Ingo you might ask? Well, starting with Sun/Moon and Ultra Sun/Moon, Annabel appears with amnesia where she's not supposed to. How did this happen? Ultra Wormholes? Unclear. The game calls her a Faller as she's literally fallen from the sky. Weird. Anyways, this happens again. Somehow, in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Looker appears with Amnesia once again. How'd he get here? Not Clear. Seeing the pattern? Ingo isn't like the player. He didn't travel to Hisui by way of Pokemon God. He's a faller like Annabel and Looker. Someone's messing with the Universes and we don't know who. Fun Fact: Annabel came from Generation 3, Looker from Generation 4, and Ingo from Generation 5. If this pattern continues, our next Faller will be from Generation 6 where this whole thing started. Maybe Scarlet/Violet will give us the answers we seek?
@@elliejones8043 Zero Clue. Sword and Shield don't reference any other games to my knowledge. There might be something in the DLC but nothing I've heard about. My personal theory is that it takes place on the mega evolution timeline due to how gigantamax is similar to mega evolution but who knows.
@@rakurai4953 still a crazy interesting theory either way. Immediately makes me think about how in ORAS how you fight giratina, dialga, and palkia post game in the rifts in the sky which are similar to PLA's. Lots of connections, wish we had a more concrete timeline.
No, you die and the legendaries can either become a pokemon that is passed down generations or will return to their domains to continue what they were doing before you caught em.
well its told that we are 15 in PLA and the mc in BDSP is 11 or 12 so it can't be us I think after we got the piece of Arceus in bdsp and after 3 years we got transported to hisui
@@AP4pro time travel makes things weird. think of it like this your future self that got sent to the past died due to the passing of time, releasing the pokemon back for present you that is not yet sent back to catch them. creating a stable loop as the trainer at the start of PLA doesn't bring any pokemon with him
One thing I love about Legends Arceus is that the sidequests rly make you feel like pokemon are integrating into jubilife village's society and give certain mons that I or many others didn't really care much about some much-needed love. Mons like Spheal, Cascoon, Bidoof, Mr. Mime, and Chimecho which I previously considered to have been very forgettable, have definitely become more charming to me since I started playing Legends Arceus. Similarly, mons like Buizel and Paras are now forever going to live on in infamy whenever I play another pokemon game. The game really excels at making each pokemon species seem like a part of the world rather than just a number in the pokedex. Also, have you considered doing a video on Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky?
Unironically we find out that Volo and his relative are descendants of the celestials, the original inhabitants of Sinnoh. The DP Clans are actually the descendants of the Invaders that came to the region to appropriate the celestials culture. It's sort of feels like Volo is meant to be a stand-in for the indigenous people of Enzo which probably explains why hebso upset
@@L337M4573RK it actually happened before, a group of survey corps had already been sent to quell kleavor after 2 nights of the protagonist being in hisui
@@mranima748 Yep. It's not like information traveled very quickly in the Era that PLA is supposed to occur in. It could sometimes take days or weeks just to get initial reports, and to send out corresponding dispatches. Certain forms of Modern communication hadn't been invented and/or properly implemented yet, so most reports and corresponding actions were dealt with on foot or by ride (i.e. riding a Pokémon, or by the pony express irl).
@@georgebowserjr1443 Possibly, though now I have the idea that Barry and Cynthia could be cousins or something similar. Also, the crazier part is that I don't smoke anything...
@@georgebowserjr1443 i had a theory he's Lusamine's ancestor It's said he left nowhere to be seen again after beating him and Giratina so he could travel to Alola.
I have to be honest, even though Volo backstabbed us, I still love him and his character. Top favorite character in the game, and the reason probably why his fight was hard is because I didn’t know grit dust existed Sorry Adaman, Volo took No.1 spot, your second now
When I finally had time to process how hard Volo goes on the evil, my first thought was "Maybe I can change him!" And lemme be real, as evil as I acknowledge Volo is, I _refuse_ to believe he doesn't love his Togekiss. Not just because Togepi is a friendship evo, but also because she's apparently the only one on this "Pokemon Wielder's" team who's EV trained. Like...wouldn't you expect all of them, or at least Giratina to be EV trained by Mr. "Great Wielder of Pokemon" (and also ancestor of _Cynthia)?_ Homeboy clearly has a favorite...
@@CJCroen1393 Exactly. He's, ironically, a nice parallel to Cyrus. Destroy Universe because Depression. Both also had their friendship evolves despite it all. So I'll say: Redeemable.
@@toolatetothestory ...it was more than that. There is a parallel but Volo is not a cyrus copy. He's more evil, more insane. Has crazier more unique ideals and is ultimately more brilliant. There's gotta be a video essay out there that explains what makes him such a great villain from the rest.
i have weird headcanon that the Ingo you meet is actually the result of an as of-unmentioned situation involving whatever caused Looker to appear in ORAS (that would have became the Battle Frontier in ORAS). just that Looker was thrown through space and Ingo was thrown through Time. Arceus himself was shown to resolve or even cause paradoxes to exist. maybe the player was thrown from a timeline that *wasnt* BPSP, and thrown there, whereas the Looker probably got thrown from a timeline that contains Megas. if PLA was set near-concurrently around the same time AZ was in Hoenn, that'd skirt around the implausibility+ambiguity of Looker having a Audinite that he seemingly had on him when he gained amnesia. it might even sidestep any issues of Looker being a faller in SM (but potentially not in USUM?). USUM would have to be canon just enough for the N-Solarizer/Lunarizers to exist in SWSH.
AZ was in Hoenn? anyway, i was thinking about it too. Which versions are canon with SwSh timeline? Sun and Moon or the ultra versions? I've come to conclusion it's the Ultra Versions simply because of Solarizer and Lunarizer and the Toxtricity poster in Game Freaks HQ in USUM.
@@Kyumifun AZ had to be in Hoenn, so he could inform the Dragonid people what mega evolution was, so that they'd preserve the information (upto and including the creation of mega stones), which leads to Zinnia giving Team Magma/Aqua the idea for the whole ORAS plot. USUM is probably it's own retelling since they never elaborated on Fallers, and that it was the Ultra Recon Squad that helped with the Aether Foundation to create Beast Balls. those games would have to had happened so that the N Solar/Lunarizers could exist, however since alolan legends talks of both Solgaleo/Lunala, you could just guess that Colress' predictions was rightfully-calibrated for the legend that isn't on the box. Sword would have to be a male universe or took place in a reality where US/S occured. the creation of Type: Full (as Type: Null) would be directly tied to the ultra beast threat.
Thank you so much for including the "No, you can't screenshot this happy memory of your playtime" popup. I don't know a single person who didn't try and immediately get upset.
Looked this up to jog my memory of what has happened since I stopped playing part way through and was both helpful to remember what I was doing but also very funny and well made. Tyvm
8:45 This reeks of the same logic as the Gorons refusing to eat other rocks other than the ones inside Dodongo's Cave in *Ocarina of Time.* Coincidentally, it even had a kid solving their problems.
Correct me if I'm wrong but Warden Palina says that only the small growlithe was the late lord's son. Also if you read the description of avalugg's favourite food, it says that it's actually made out of dead avalugg body parts...
@@cradiculous Pearl Clan: "See our great and grand noble Avalugg!" Player: "What's it eating?" "Pearl Clan: "Oh just corpses of its own kind. But we follow the example of our lords." Player: "...so does that mean you people are also cannibals?"
I don't think volo was immortal, I think he was pulled from the past to hisui. I think he was apart of all society we see glimpses of in the ancient stonework and ruins in the game.
Wouldn't he refer to himself more directly as a Celestica then instead of just saying that he has their blood? Even Cogita, who's heavily implied to be either immortal or at the very least centuries old, identifies herself as a descendant of those people rather than as one of them.
I beieve the shady figures referred to as having being seen at Cobalt Coastlands were meant to be the bandits, not the previous lord's ghost. Also the Growlithe aren't related. One is the warden's partner and the other is the lord's descendent. The point is that the bandits overlook the true descendent, assuming that the runt couldn't be it, which is why their attempts to evolve the other Growlithe don't work Also also the red chain did actually work! Which is why you're able to calm and catch the first legendary who shows up!
If you want a both easy and hard game series to explain check out the Touhou games. There is eather 18, 13, 30 or 25 games in that series depending on what you see as canon.
One thing, the red chain actually calms the first of the 2 legendary that came out before breaking (thus why only the second legendary transforms into the arceus-like form) So it doesn’t do nothing.
This is a great video, really fun! Although... 1. How DARE you draw Iscan taller than Palina she is a towering beauty (/lh) 2. They used Ingo because he's INSANELY popular in Japan 2a. Ingo didn't fall out of the rift he just kind of appeared and it was a while back so he's much less suspicious. 3. What about Beni???? 4. You are so right we need DLC with Beni POSTHASTE. Also I want to send Ingo home but I fear that won't be allowed because you won't be able to battle him anymore
I think Ingo was the person that they chose because the next remakes would most likely be black and white remakes and then Ingo might not be there and then they can sell a dlc where you go save him
Pretty sure the plot of Gold/Silver is the same as Red/Blue, but the rival is a criminal and Team Rocket is running around like a chicken with their head cut off.
I sincerely hope we get a B/W Legends game where it's effectively a stereotypical western, and the journey comes from us traveling west to attempt to get into contact with the Royalty of the Native Region to ask them why the sky is simultaneously freezing, lightning, and burning at the same time
Man where have you gone😢. Your one of my favorite game explainers man you can’t leave me like this! Now I gotta go back to the Fnaf theory hole game theory created. (Also if your doing suggestions for next videos I suggest Persona 5 and Pikimin 4, maybe Fire Emblem Fates too)
Theory on Barry's ancestors: its Adaman and Irida. While I dont think they get in a relationship, two of their decendents do, who in turn parent Barry. Same theory on Cognita and Volo leading to Cynthia.
@@NothingOfNoteToSeeHere i think Azura is Silver's ancestor but apparently the canon line is Mars. So i mean, it could be. Just depends on what similarities you find
Why of all characters was Ingo chosen to go back in time? Because GameFreak wants to torture Emmet by making his brother disappear 😄 Also I would live to see you explain Omori cause it's a brilliant game and can go from cute to all out terrifying in a matter of seconds!
I’m noticing a trend with battle frontier-like bosses and other obscure characters being transported through space time and getting amnesia, First Looker, then Annabel, now Ingo
Honestly I would LOVE to see your take on Final Fantasy 14 (cause boy howdy), but I'd also be super down to see you take on Breath of the Wild 2 sometime after it comes out! Thank you for these, these are a really fun and fast way to figure out what I've been missing!
