I was playing my Gameboy Advance a few years ago, and I was using it to play the original Pokemon Red version. I had just gotten my sixth badge and I was going into some nearby tall grass to level up Graveler, since I never really used him all that much. I had stepped into the tall grass when something weird happened. The screen started glitching out and it turned into what I can only describe as "rainbow-colored static". Just random colors all over the screen. After about 10 seconds of this, the screen went to the battle screen, but the background was still "rainbow-colored static". The caption came up: "A Wild MORBIDE has appeared!" It was like no Pokemon that I had ever seen before. The sprite was all red and black. Unlike most of the sprites in the original Red version, this one was filled in with color. It had beady yellow eyes with slits for pupils. It had small fangs on the top jaw, and huge tusks on the bottom one. It had huge black claws that curled like talons.
I sent out my Graveler; his name was Rocky. I chose Fight and I chose Earthquake as his move. Rocky used Earthquake as usual. But it only did one point of damage. Morbide used an attack, which I assumed was a Status Condition move, called Darkheart. Rocky got a strange Status Condition called Fear. Every turn he would lose 50 Hp. Right before he fainted, Rocky automatically (I didn't push anything) went back into his attack menu. I figured the Fear condition let you use one more attack before you fainted. Rocky now knew only one move: Darkwind. Not knowing what it was, and having no other choice, I used the move. Suddenly, I was teleported out of the tall grass and out of the battle. I checked my Pokemon and they were all gone except for one. They only Pokemon I had was Morbide. I rushed to the closest Poke Center and checked my PC to see if THOSE Pokemon were still there.
Nothing. Every Pokemon I had ever owned was gone. I tried going to back near Pallet to catch a weak Pokemon without hurting it, because I was sure at this point that Morbide would kill it in one turn. I encountered a Rattata, except that it was very skeletal. It had no skin and no muscles. I tried throwing a Pokeball at it nonetheless. I caught the skeleton rat. After the capture, I checked my Pokemon. Skeleton Rattata wasn't there. I rushed once more back to the Poke Center and checked the PC. Nothing. Realizing that I would only have Morbide and Morbide alone, I decided to play the rest of the game with him. I basically flew through the last 2 Gyms AND the Elite Four, only because I basically abused and spammed Darkheart. And whenever the Gym Leader's Pokemon used Darkwind before it fainted, the battle would end and I would recieve the badge without technically beating the Gym. After I beat the Elite Four, a cutscene, which WASN'T in the original game, started. Professor Oak was in the Ghost Tower with the gravestones in Lavender Town. His dialogue came up. This is what he said:
"The winds of change are cruel. You are even crueler. How could you do this? You monster."
He walked offscreen. A caption came up:
"Here lies the last Pokemon. May it rest in pace."
What was this about? Had I inadvertantly caused Pokemon to go extinct with my Morbide's Darkheart attack. Suddenly the entire game reset. I was back in Pallet Town. I had no badges. It was as if I had started a new game. When I paused, I was able to go to the Pokemon menu, which usually only makes itself usable when you get your first Pokemon. I still had Morbide. I went downstairs to see my "Mom". She was gone. All the CPU's were gone. It was as if they had all just disappeared. I replayed the game, and there were no Pokemon. Nothing but Morbides. Like they had replaced all the Pokemon. The only CPU's were the Gym leaders and the Elite Four. As I had expected, all they had were Morbides. I turned my Gameboy off and restarted it. I started a new game. The cutscene with Oak's introduction was still there, but instead of the Rattata (or whatever comes out of his Pokeball in the cutscene), it was a Morbide.
I realized I had caused the extinction of all Pokemon. They were all dead. And it was all my fault. Stupid Morbide...............
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