Superpowers in Pokemon? 

6:28 - Just Imagine that's Bug Pokemon. Looks like the footage got switched in editing lol

Not quite superpowers, but in the anime there are costumed heroes like gligar man a batman parody, and mighty accelgor so not fully crazy to say superpowered people and pokemon could form thier own hero or villain team pokemon make evil teams so often

For powers there is implied to he energy of each type, such as ice type energy, which is opposite to energy exists! For psychic I think there was a gal in anime who can see all of your future if they touch you. Imo their power comes from the lake kamis mainly with some expansion like armorouge and kabadra? Since gold is related to psychic in japanse. For pokemom tower might be related to garganacl? Aura is implied to be life force, so being healthy makes you strong basicly. And humans are pokemon! So proply related to that? In my hc dragon powers come from pokemon of myth, and orginal dragon. Palkia, for draco meteor, Roar of time for dialga Giratina for pure destructive force, like dragon pulse ect. Orginal dragon for elements like how they can thunder and stuff. Dark means aku its more so dishonorable like it kicks you on the balls, and bad thoghts, like that nuzzleaf. Rathed than evil Lance can heal mons on the manga. And there was the veilstone myth, ancient hero, ect. I proply miss a bit

In the games at least, N is the only human that has been explicitly shown to have the ability to straight up talk to Pokémon. Unrelated but surprised how nobody talked about this: In BW2's postgame, Zinzolin mentioned a king that united the people together, who was believed to have the power to "see the future" and "talk to all living things". He then goes on to say that if the king has descendants, the "special power" could be passed down. I believe N is the descendant of said king, possibly the king of ancient Unova. There's your Legends Unova hype for today!

Actually had a conversation with someone about this before. Like you mentioned, during the earlier generations, there was a lot of lore that wasn't established so anything could happen. That's why real world animals appeared in both the anime and the games. One of Raichu's PokeDex entries in gen I mentioned that it could knock out an elephant with its electric powers. During gen 8, Raichu had a similar dex entry, but the word "elephant" was replaced with "Copperajah". They slowly phased out real world animals and replaced them with a Poekmon version of those animals. Modern Game Freak does not want real world animals to be a thing in the games. The Pokemon world mimics our own in some ways, but it's only a mimicry. Most Pokemon are based on animals, key word being "based", they aren't actually animals themselves. That's why they can have all of these crazy powers, they're fantasy creatures. If the Pokemon world mimics our own world, then just like how humans are animals in the real world, "humans" in the Pokemon world are likely classified as Pokemon and evolved from an ape like Pokemon ancestor. If "humans" are Pokemon, it would make sense that they can use abilities that humans in our world cannot.

5:43 To be fair, the player character is a literal child. It makes sense they'd need the help of Pokémon to swim across the ocean, while actual professional adult swimmers can do so without the need of Pokémon. So I wouldn't consider this to be a "superpower" within the world of Pokémon.

You forgot to mention iris in the anime can talk to heart of dragon type pokemon or some shit that is also considered a super power just like ash greninja

Aura *is* really weird come to think of it. It does all this stuff and there's no actual reasoning behind it. What is it? Does everyone have it and some's Aura signature is stronger than others? I wouldn't care that much if Aura was just a Lucario thing like how Illusion is a Zoroark thing but when humans can tap into that same power it makes me question what this stuff is.

To be fair I always assumed humans in the Pokémon world are also Pokémon, they simply don’t consider themselves as one. Just like how in real life we are animals but we don’t classify ourselves as animals.

Aura is a person’s life energy. That’s why Sir Aaron and Lucario died when they used up too much of theirs.

Sir Aaron appears in the afterlife at the end of the movie, so we know it's not a reincarnation thing. Fairy tale girls talk about rituals and the sort all the time and some claim to be WAY older than they look. Hex maniacs also talk about rituals all the time and sometimes hang out with fairy tale girls. I forgot who made the destiny knot, but i remember it being one of those trainer classes. Sages get to be OLD as heck, so there's that. One claimed to have witnessed an event that happened 200 years ago. If that isn't nature powers I want their dieting and workout routines LOL.

6:22 actually, Bug can be simplified to Two words Kamen Rider As the original Showa iterations of the heroes were all bug themes which is also the reason why Dark types are weak to Bug types.

I think dark type superpowers is more of corrupted aura which is why it's Effective on psychic types and ghost types pokemon which also explains why fairy and fighting type pokemon are super effective against dark type pokemon

There's this one npc in the sevii islands who straight up says that anyone is capable of developing psychic powers and that's wild. It's understandably obscure bc its easily missable, extra dialogue for a trainer you'd go a bit out of your way for and the only reason i saw it was bc i wanted to see if it would add anything to my fame checker but i think about it a lot

fun fact: on a pokemon roleplay subreddit called PokeMedia, Zoroark by law can be trainers Another fun fact: In that same sub, there's this guy(human), and in battles, HE'S the one to fight pokemon, not his team. He already mastered Aura Sphere.

(Rambled a little bit at the end so sorry in advanced lol) Honestly, I wished pokémon would touch on this more. I mean humans and pokémon have been living alongside each other for literal years, so it wouldn't surprise me if humans tried to harness their powers to some capacity as well. Also something I wanted to add on your thoughts of the dark type being like evil aura, you could say that their same but its the principles and practices that make them different. The dark type could only focus on their energy and the power that comes from aura, completely disregarding the other abilities of it. Where as proper fighting types who channel aura focus on balance. Controlling their emotions and power, following an actual Martial Artists approach. Rather then speaking absolute victory, they seek to better themselves and those around them. It might by why in the end dark is weak to fighting, because they haven't found that balance and thus will never be able to harness their true potential.

I know this mainly focuses on the games and anime, but in the manga the Viridian forest is magic and people born there can telepathically sense Pokémon emotions and heal Pokémon. Such people are one of the protagonists, Lance, and motherfucking Giovanni

1:13 Oh, fun. The spirit is doing the Japanese version of the "Come over here" gesture. Allegedly, doing the Western version with the palm upwards is seen as an unnecessary way to call too much attention to yourself.

I agree and here how I think this works. Humans are a species of Pokémon. After all, we humans in the real world are animals. We're related to monkeys. We are very smart animals (though that can be debated at times ^^'), but animals regardless. So humans are a species of Pokémon, albeit a very specific one who, just like us in the real world, can adapt to their environment to survive. This adaptability may translate in an Ability similar to Keckleon's Color Change, allowing them to change types according to the environment. But since most of them live in cities and don't fight themselves, they most likely still keep their base normal type. But that adaptability they have also allows them to learn all kinds of moves from various types. They can learn Fighting moves, Psychic moves, Ghost moves... Maybe they can also learn moves from different types naturally. Like, as you said, humans that specify in everything related to Dragons may start to develop slight Dragon-like attributs as well as their abilities. I'm sure that they can manipulate all types technically, but even if they couldn't, they could still replicate them. What prevents a Fire Breather to use Flamethrower ? For example in the Zarude movie, Coco, the wild child who lived in a Forest for most of his life, ends up not only learning a Grass type move, but also it's the Zarude's signature move. Humans can learn all moves, it seems. And also, even before he learns any actual Pokémon moves, he uses vines that he attached around his arm to simulate the move Vine Whip, and there's barely any difference. That's part of that adaptability I keep mentioning. Even if they don't have these powers, they can use their creativity to recreate them. But there's one problem, one that limits the humans' potential. Society. They started living all by themselves, away from other Pokémon and nature, and therefore aren't aware of their powers. Not only that, but they see themselves as superior to Pokémon, catching them and training them as their leader. And not only is this morally questionable, it limits their potential. But the truth is, humans aren't superior to Pokémon. They're Pokémon as well, they should be equal. But their separation from nature caused them to forget that and not consider themselves as Pokémon. But in the past, before society as we know it existed, they were equal. A book in the library of Canalave City in Sinnoh describes these times when there were no abtract distinctions between humans and Pokémon. It also says the two could get married because, once again, humans are Pokémon too, and the humans of these ancient times were aware of that, and lived in harmony with Pokémon and with nature. I'm sorry this was long, but this is a subject in Pokémon that fascinates but that not many people think of, partially because Game Freak will probably never acknowledge this clearly, exactly like they won't acknowledge the dark and deep lore of Pokémon Life Force.

Shamans in Pokémon just makes me think what a shaman king x Pokémon cross over would be

Where is the normal type superpower? What if i wanted to be person²?

I think the aura is the spiritual side of the infinity energy you know like their being of self

Just saying i love that thumbnail so much lol

I actually play Pokemon Tabletop United. What you were talking about is essentially some of the potential Trainer Classes.

Considering how Pokemon have existed in that world since the beginning of time (literally), it's not crazy to assume that the humans also evolved to have super powers.🙃

I mean, aura just means life force, essentially. But I would like to see an Electric specialist use Thunderbolt just once.

Aura to me is kinda like the force in a way from starwars, while yes it’s more explained then aura it’s also not really fully explained, maybe aura is like infinity energy and is just all around us? Idk there is my thought on it lol

Your theory of bug type energy having some form oof hive mind isn't too crazy. In Spiderman comics, there's a concept called the Web of Life which connect all multiverse spiderman so if that was in Pokemon it could be similar to how Electric pokemon can communicated as seen by Pikachu and Dedenne. As for Dark energy I think it works like in a fanfic I read with Psychic energy requiring focus and calmness with the chaotic and brutal nature of Dark energy and to a lesser extent Bug energy , disrupting their moulding/manipulation of said energy.

Dude. In Chinese and Japanese mythology, the Aura is the Energy of Life. Its the Soul itself. Your Ki and Chi combined create Aura. Ash having Aaron's Aura does indeed imply Reincarnation... In the pokemon world, Mental Energy and Physical Energy combine into the Ninja's Chakra. Chakra is the Opposite to Aura... You only get one. For example, Janine and her father, Kogan, are master ninja, they use Chakra techniques and ninja arts. They cant use Aura. Ash can use Aura, but try as he might, he can't learn any ninja skills. It's when these energies combine that "miracles" occur... Leading to Battlebond Greninja.

While watching this video, a thought occurred to me: Dark-Type power seems to be something close to cursed energy from Jujutsu Kaisen. It's a power born from negative emotions and the actions that can cause them. This explains some things, like why some Pokémon are Dark-Type, despite not necessarily being malicious themselves, or certain types of matchups, like dark being strong against psychic

People can survive being burnt, electrocuted and can lift several times their own weight. Yeah people in pokemon have superpowers.

The only powers that I never got an answer for are the Viridian Forest powers from the Pokémon Special manga. The legend goes that every decade a child of Viridian Forest has powers. The confirmed users are Giovanni, Lance, and Yellow. Yellow has healing, telekinesis, mind reading, and level boosting powers. Lance stopped using his powers after a while. Giovanni, however, has shown no hint of having powers. I don't know if the manga community has changed nowadays, but every time I questioned how Yellow's powers worked, I was shunned for questioning Yellow.

I had a theory once. Humans hunted pokémon in the past. They were unable to damage pokémon without strong aura, so they created devices to capture and turn them against their friends. Professor Oak worked with others on a project to create an intelligent and powerful pokémon they could control, but after countless failures, the first success escaped. Oak didn't abandon the concept of pokémon experimentation, but chose to stay in his lab with a few assistants and his 2 grandchildren. Almost around the same time, he overheard a woman named Delia wishing on a star that she could have a son. Oak took advantage of this opportunity and came to her house to take advantage of her. While the oblivious Delia was asleep, a child like no other would begin to grow inside of her. This child had far greater aura than any normal human should have. He was born with strange lightning esque marks on his cheeks too, but Delia just waved them off as "birthmarks." Ash, like many other kids, wanted to be a pokémon master, so after his 10th birthday he ran to the nearest starter reception ceremony to get his own. A pikachu was all that was left, and it was very aggressive, but to everyone's surprise, Ash tamed him and the 2 became one of the strongest duos in the region. Ash caught loads of other pokénon while filling out the pokédex he was given by Oak, who was secretly monitoring his progress while making the ocassional visit to the Ketchum household to rizz up his new "acquaintance". Slowly but surely, Ash began showing immense feats of strength, agility, and endurance far beyond the natural human capacity. Stranger still was his non aging body, and his bond with seemingly every pokémon he comes across, including the legendaries themselves. It's almost as if they are.... drawn... to him. By some kind of commanding aura only they can feel. Who....what... is that boy?

U didn’t bring up the powers that ppl get after becoming Fallers (travel through ultra wormholes or time travelers). Like yellow or lance from the manga. Or like being drawn towards strong Pokémon. Or looker who can travel through the multiverse.

Ok, so... Grass type trainers, more specifically, Aroma Ladies, they have this sparkling dust thing in their Gen 3 sprite for some reason, I'd like to assume that they have a sort of smell based power like, sleep powder, sweet scent kind of deal, especially when looking at Erika who is known to doze off a lot

I don’t think any superpowers based on other types would work because psychic ghost and fighting types are fundamentally connected to human nature. Psychic is human mind. Ghost is human spirit. Fighting is human bodies. These three types take what makes us human and enhances them. So it makes sense. One could also argue that Normal and Dark would also work. But other than that. The other types do not contain what makes us human. So they will not work as human powers.

For pokemon gen 10 za I wss joking about powers in theory side In za we will mega evolve In gen 10 we get psychic powers (tho I guess it would be better for gen 11 as gen 10 realy should be topology themed)

I remember one of the games having a TV show featuring humans that could use Pokémon moves.

Couldnt just your fingers and toes be insect like to use insect powers like wallcrawling and webspinning?

In pokemon humans also evolved from a common ancestor make sense they have some powers

in the movie with the zarude there is actually a person that can heal people and create vines

Doesn't zninia actually have fangs tho? And yeah I agree

Will we ever get a continuation of the Yugioh Wizard videos?

Can cybernetics be considered electric or steel type powers?

So are we not gonna talk about the manga…?

Thats one thing that gets me off about pokemon, they live in a world where wild animals shoot fire, lightning, control plants, have psychic powers and are stupidly strong in general, yet humans have no powers whatsoever, and not only are they the dominant species but they control the creatures that are far stronger than them

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just letting all power systems coexist stops the headaches and migraines