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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Friday, July 29, 2011
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Mystery Poke'mon
I've got the new Poke'mon White Version. I got that one specifically so I could get Zekrom. I was playing it one day. Suddenly, I heard the phone ring. I picked it up. The caller ID said it was from Gamestop. There was a man with the deep, gruff voice on the other end. He said that I had won a contest, and that I was to come down to Gamestop to claim my prize. He said to bring my ID, which didn't weird me out at all.
I drove down to the Gamestop. I went inside and told the person at the desk that I was told to come there because of a contest. He told me they hadn't had a contest in months. I was really confused. I walked out and was heading to my car when someone called me over. He was a big guy in a black T-Shirt and jeans. He said he was the one who had called me. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a DS cartridge. It was, I guess, my "prize". The cartridge read "Pokemon Gray". He said it was the third version of the Unova region. I hadn't heard of any 3rd version coming out, but I didn't want to argue with a free Pokemon game. He said "Take good care of this" and left. That was it. Nothing. I was kind of weirded out by this. I got in my car and drove home.
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I got out my DS and put in the cartridge. The introduction seemed to be the same, but when the title screen came up, neither Zekrom nor Reshiram were on the screen. Kyurem wasn't even there, as I had expected. Underneath the Pokemon Gray title was just a big black ghost-like shadow with glowing red eyes. Something kind of like the above picture.
The main menu came up. It said New Game, Continue, or Options as always. I selected Continue, just to see what would happen. I was in that big giant city in the middle of the Unova region. I forgot what it's called. I checked my Pokemon. There were 3: a Serperior named N, a Conkeldurr named M, and a strange, unknown Pokemon named E. I thought the "NME (enemy)" thing was just a joke, so I dismissed it. I checked the unknown Pokemon. It's sprite was that of that one grass/bug Pokemon, Sewaddle. But its legs were missing. So were its eyes. They weren't even empty eye sockets. It was just a blank space, like it wasn't even supposed to have eyes at all. I was done looking at my Pokemon. I exited the city and wandered into the first patch of grass I found. A Lillipup appeared. The problem was it seemed noticably worried. It was frowning, and had bloodshot eyes. Even though "E" was number 3 in my party, it came out first. Its back sprite was the normal back sprite, legs included. When I checked its stats before the battle, it only knew Tackle and Stringshot. But this time, it knew Tackle, Stringshot, and a move called Punish.
I used Punish on Lillipup. A sword appeared on Lillipup's side, and immediately plunged itself into Lillpup. All the while, I could only hear maniacal laughing, similar to a Jockey from Left 4 Dead 2, and screaming. Lillipup's sprite turned red and started bleeding. Its health plunged all the way to Zero. Then the caption came up:
"The Wild Lillipup has DIED!!!!!!"
It looked exactly like that. The word DIED was even in all caps, and all 5 exclamation marks were present. The screen cut to black for about 5 seconds, and then went back to the game. I was no longer in the grass. In fact, I had never seen this room at all. And I've beaten my White version several times. It was a big, red room. There was a red puddle of what I assume was blood on the floor. There were also bloody footprints ON THE WALLS. There were torches on the wall like in a castle dungeon. There was a painting on the back wall. It scared me more than anything I had ever seen before.
It was a picture of Pikachu, except he was decaying like a corpse. But just like Lillipup, he looked visibly afraid. I felt sorry for him, even though this was a game. His skin was peeling off, and he had blood running from his eyes. I couldn't move. Suddenly, the entire DS shut off. I didn't touch the On/Off switch at all. It shut off by itself. I took the cartridge out and turned my DS back on. I was lucky it hadn't messed it up permanently. Needless to say, I locked the game in a box just in case someone ever wanted it, and I never played it again. I still play my White version though.
I drove down to the Gamestop. I went inside and told the person at the desk that I was told to come there because of a contest. He told me they hadn't had a contest in months. I was really confused. I walked out and was heading to my car when someone called me over. He was a big guy in a black T-Shirt and jeans. He said he was the one who had called me. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a DS cartridge. It was, I guess, my "prize". The cartridge read "Pokemon Gray". He said it was the third version of the Unova region. I hadn't heard of any 3rd version coming out, but I didn't want to argue with a free Pokemon game. He said "Take good care of this" and left. That was it. Nothing. I was kind of weirded out by this. I got in my car and drove home.
The main menu came up. It said New Game, Continue, or Options as always. I selected Continue, just to see what would happen. I was in that big giant city in the middle of the Unova region. I forgot what it's called. I checked my Pokemon. There were 3: a Serperior named N, a Conkeldurr named M, and a strange, unknown Pokemon named E. I thought the "NME (enemy)" thing was just a joke, so I dismissed it. I checked the unknown Pokemon. It's sprite was that of that one grass/bug Pokemon, Sewaddle. But its legs were missing. So were its eyes. They weren't even empty eye sockets. It was just a blank space, like it wasn't even supposed to have eyes at all. I was done looking at my Pokemon. I exited the city and wandered into the first patch of grass I found. A Lillipup appeared. The problem was it seemed noticably worried. It was frowning, and had bloodshot eyes. Even though "E" was number 3 in my party, it came out first. Its back sprite was the normal back sprite, legs included. When I checked its stats before the battle, it only knew Tackle and Stringshot. But this time, it knew Tackle, Stringshot, and a move called Punish.
I used Punish on Lillipup. A sword appeared on Lillipup's side, and immediately plunged itself into Lillpup. All the while, I could only hear maniacal laughing, similar to a Jockey from Left 4 Dead 2, and screaming. Lillipup's sprite turned red and started bleeding. Its health plunged all the way to Zero. Then the caption came up:
"The Wild Lillipup has DIED!!!!!!"
It looked exactly like that. The word DIED was even in all caps, and all 5 exclamation marks were present. The screen cut to black for about 5 seconds, and then went back to the game. I was no longer in the grass. In fact, I had never seen this room at all. And I've beaten my White version several times. It was a big, red room. There was a red puddle of what I assume was blood on the floor. There were also bloody footprints ON THE WALLS. There were torches on the wall like in a castle dungeon. There was a painting on the back wall. It scared me more than anything I had ever seen before.
It was a picture of Pikachu, except he was decaying like a corpse. But just like Lillipup, he looked visibly afraid. I felt sorry for him, even though this was a game. His skin was peeling off, and he had blood running from his eyes. I couldn't move. Suddenly, the entire DS shut off. I didn't touch the On/Off switch at all. It shut off by itself. I took the cartridge out and turned my DS back on. I was lucky it hadn't messed it up permanently. Needless to say, I locked the game in a box just in case someone ever wanted it, and I never played it again. I still play my White version though.
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