15 Hidden Easter Eggs And Secrets In The Crown Tundra! - Pokemon Sword And Shield!

[@BirdKeeperToby]

Please check ut my new channel, just 60 to go until 5000! :O you are all amazing

[@HAZNAUT]

macro cosmos took silvally from aether foundation, ghetsis's eyepatch was probably developed by colress, and because colress has a all-steel team it's likely colress works for MC as a admin like oleana as most evil teams have 2+ admins and 1 leader. on colress's team plazma uniform colress sports a white hectagonal motiff on his belt, the same as chairman rose's.

[@pflynn12]

You're forgetting that on peonys updated league card it mentions that he is the younger brother of rose

[@themosslord4753]

Your wrong on spirtomb

[@bambirival3716]

You are wrong on that Omanyte was extict, in one of the Gen 1 Ash tryes to stop team rocket for exploding a canyon, they get stuck in that cave being watched by lots of kabuto, kabutops, omanyte, and omastar. so they thought they were extict, but never were, but hidden from Humanity.

[@insanemakaioshin]

In the anime, the Kabuto are immortal!

[@anthonyzayne8675]

They even said in X and Y mega Arodactyl is the closest thing to the og real one

[@DayneGodwin]

So the "Kantonian" Aerodactyl is better than the original then? No heavy metal goatee spike.

[@frickenperson2751]

@@DayneGodwin it’s stronger though. Also it be easier to dive bomb stuff with heavy stuff on your face

[@greatgallade]

It's always been a theory of mine that the fossil Pokemon are rock type. Aerodactyal was originally dragon and its mega is spikes from its dragon body but since it is still technically a fossil

[@commaZzz]

Another fun fact, Hop's starter now Gmax's so he fed it some max soup during his time in the isle of armour. It was a normal dynamax in your battle against him at the end of the main game. I believe he's also the only trainer with multiple GMax's with his starter as well as Corviknight. Also Avery and Klara's daily rematch will update after you compete in the Galarian Star Tournament to be slightly higher lvl and include Galarian Slowking.

[@GamerGeekCentral]

"Because some omanyte managed to escape after being restored or are released into the wild by people, this species is becoming a problem" Masuda Breeders: *whistling nonchalantly & backing up slowly*

[@jamesmccarthy962]

Nobody tell this pokedex writer about the mass devastation caused by releasing tyrantrum into the wild. Hope they are not eating people

[@lordhighyoshi7292]

The concept that scientists can't perfectly replicate fossil pokemon would explain why they're all part rock type. Because they're still part fossil

[@jayrettarcularius5319]

this makes sense, until gen 8 fossils. they're all part ice/water/electric/dragon

[@DanielPereira-ey9nt]

@@sethbrown6345 still love the little detail that her shoes don't match

[@ilexontrooper9688]

So cara liss made a breakthrough with getting rid of the fossil element but severely messed up the rest?

[@Jiminat0rr]

Fun fact, but unsure if someone else has already mentioned it: the suffix -trier in the horse's name is taken from the name Destrier, a type of War Horse used in medieval times. Usually used to carry knights and similar noble types, its safe to assume that as Calyrex is the King of Bountiful Harvests, that's what they were aiming for. Also judging by the shape of the body plus the long mane, its design is similar to that of the Friesian, which is an unsubtle pun, given the location you're in

[@Mystic-Aidan]

Crazy idea about Aerodactyl: The in-game trainers haven't put it together yet, but Mega Aerodactyl is the original version. Modern Aerodactyl is a man-made revision of the original. While it is alive, it doesn't have the power, or infinity energy, that used to run through it's veins when it was a natural species. When scientists were attempting mega evolution on random pokemon to see what happened before the science was fully adapted, and it probably worked on Aerodactyl. That "mega evolution" probably worked more like primal reversion and reset it to it's original primal state, but because it isn't a natural lifeform anymore, it can't hold the change for any longer than one battle. The only hole to my idea is the Aerodactylite. Why does it even exist? Every other pokemon gets a whole new form, so why would it just restore Aerodactyl? I'm not really sure. Perhaps the transformation was discovered in Ferrum (from pokken) with a synergy move, and scientists retroactively made it into a mega stone? If scientists figured out how to concentrate the energy for themselves, that could also explain why the mewtwonites exist. Well, that's my theory, anyway.

[@seraphimsforge-master5433]

What's the Pokémon Adventures manga say about Mega Stones?

[@0mnicien]

Aerodactyl's mega dex entry literally says that mega evolution restored all its genes, meaning that mega aerodactyl is what it looked like in prehistoric times

[@Mystic-Aidan]

@@0mnicien Huh. Neat.

[@TheDeathmail]

I don't know. I think that maybe it might actually have been a dragon pokemon... maybe even the ancestor to Charizard and Dragonite and Zubat... the Mega probably just increases the rock energy in it instead...

[@ZombieBarioth]

@Salazzle Surprise It also says that mega evolution awakened dormant genes, which suggests its still not a perfect representation of it's original form. Who knows what effects the original changes to it's genes may have had.

[@SamRegan610]

My interpretation of the Aerodactyl thing is that it was accepted somewhat recently that most, if not all, dinosaurs likely had feathers. Perhaps the Aerodactyl, Tyrantrum, Aurorus, Shieldon and Rampardos of ancient times had feathers, but the restoration process wasn’t perfect and the feathers were left behind

[@HogandDice]

Aerodactyl is based on pterosaurs like pterodactyl though. Pterosaurs weren't actually dinosaurs, they were a separate evolutionary line and likely did not have feathers. It's even thought that part of why pterosaurs went extinct is that feathers actually gave early birds a big advantage and the pterosaurs couldn't compete. It does mean though that giant lizards evolved flight twice which is just amazing.

[@ossoffwarnockjan.5th413]

Pterosaurs aren't dinos, they aren't closely related to birds. No feathers. They were covered in "pycnofibers"- it was like hair, but not the same structure as mammel hair.

[@prehistoricworld_]

@@ossoffwarnockjan.5th413 idk if you’ve been keeping up with recent developments, but it was suggested at the end of 2018 that pterosaur pycnofibres are homologous to dinosaurian feathers and protofeathers

[@owenmccarthy3939]

Fun fact: If you talk to the carbink in the mayor of freezing ton's house where you learn about the iceboat and shade root carrots, the carbink says "carat" as in a reference to the fact carbink is a diamond and also the carrots for the legendary horses! I found that really cool

[@sonicoutlaw]

That is AWSOME

[@TheAnalyticalEngine]

The CEO of Silph Co also gives you a master ball - but his company does make them, so...

[@Pokemichael]

I’ve got a thing you missed in this video. When you first arrive to Galatians Star Tournament, Klara/Avery reveal to you and Hop that they are now a full time gym leader (albeit in the minor leagues)

[@BirdKeeperToby]

Nicee! :D

[@onepieceking1770]

Yea playing a lil hinting role that sequels could happen and wed see klara and avery becoming full fledged gym leaders in the major division

[@Aiden-rw3vb]

@@onepieceking1770 I'm obsessed with the characters for Swsh, I realllyy hope this is what we get in late 2022 or early 2023 or smth even though Legends Arceus is coming out the same year

[@onepieceking1770]

@@Aiden-rw3vb same Cus I think galar's story is just beginning

[@Alexdluffy2451]

7:57 if I believe I’m pretty sure some where they said that mega Aerodactyl is actually how it looked like originally in ancient times so this dex entry could be a reference to that

[@lillia_venitaes3351]

Also could be a reference to the theory that Aerodactyl was Dragon/Flying originally

[@joychowdhury9270]

It still confuses me that mega aerodactyl isn't actually a primal form because it unlocks aerodactyl's ancient form.

[@Azatora]

So I guess the chronology is like this -Mustard became the champion -Mustard's partner pokemon died -Peony defeated Mustard and became the champion -Previous chairman suggested a rigged match for Mustard but he refused -Previous chairman was caught with the rigged match attempt (or probably already did one before he even suggested it to Mustard) -Rose replaced him as the chairman -Peony quit the league It all comes together

[@BirdKeeperToby]

Wathc out for avidoe of mine all about this next week :D

[@luckyeight4148]

Uhmm I have a Boltund that was with me from when I started the game and it's name is mustard (I just wanna say this so here you go)

[@renriquez1994]

According to my head cannon, the reason team flare and team plasma accessories are in the max lair is because they came out from the ultra wormhole above. Also the reason why there are so many legendaries/ultra beasts in there. They don't normally dwell in that cave. They came from other worlds.

[@onepieceking1770]

Hoopa playing a role in this again? Mmmmmm

[@NichtcrawlerX]

11:20 A squirrel in a giant tree, so basically Ratatoskr?

[@HogandDice]

oh OH THAT MEANS WORLD TREE!! And hold on! Ygdrassil didn't just have a giant squirrel, it also had a giant bird at the top and a giant worm at the bottom! The legendary birds totally have the bird covered! WE NEED TO CHECK THAT TREE FOR ZYGARDE!

[@shaashwatsingh3207]

@@HogandDice damn, norse mythology coming to play

[@RealCryptoTest]

I call him Greedent God

[@cyanrosespirit]

I'm super late to this video, so I'm glad someone else beat me to this comment!

[@TsuriaDragon]

Seeing as Leon passion is to bring out the best in trainers I don’t see why he would want to rig matches. And something I been thinking about the two humans kings what if they were the false kings and Calyrex was indeed the true king of Galar seeing as the there’s a lot of evidence shown that the Pokémon influence throughout Galar has been hidden away from the public eye.

[@TheDeathmail]

Forgotten rather than hidden. People forgot them. That said, I think the 2 kings may have been humans and Calyrex was just a different era... or a different part. Galar is huge after all... It'd be like 3 separate nations easily...

[@TsuriaDragon]

@@TheDeathmail true people forgotten about Calyrex over time but why back in stow in side the Zacian and Zamazenta statues were covered by an mural wall you would think that would remain seeing as they help defend against the darkest day.

[@victoriawhitcomb6475]

Honestly i wondered if Rose hadn't rigged some matches because there's all this talk about cheating ingame but nothing ever really comes of it

[@pinkzeppelin98]

Toby! I noticed something you didn't mention, but I think you'll find adorable. Peony and Peonia have the same ADHD-like tick. They both seemingly involuntarly shake their legs the same way during a couple cutscenes.

[@soyahsoup]

whoaaa!!! that's really interesting :oo

[@MoostachedSaiyanPrince]

I like the Aerodactl entry because it reminds me of (and might be a referance to) how the Jurassic Park dinosaurs were supposedly pretty innaccuarate.

[@sol15_]

I’m pretty sure the spiritomb also works if you speak to people through local connection, if you don’t want to pay for Nintendo switch online

[@madhavilathakota7814]

Yeah but then you need friends

[@steveminecraft5887]

@@madhavilathakota7814 lots of friends

[@bambirival3716]

@@steveminecraft5887 @Madhavilatha Kota , Nope, i have seen People i dont know randomly poping up when im not in Online mode In-game, so you also wil see other people that you are not friends with, they just have to be close to you. so if you go randomly walking around where lots of people live close to each other you can find all 32 people to talk with to unlock Spiritomb, i only talked 32 times with diffrent people to unlock spiritomb, so thats aswell not 50 that Toby says in the video. in Poke Lets go, people wil always spawn next of you where you going and stand stil for a sec. in sword and shield only in Wild area and the two DLC parts. now you know XD

[@bambirival3716]

@@Justic_ true but it is possible, didnt say it would be easy tho.

[@Lauren61003]

Answer to the Nebby or Fwoofy question? I'm a Both actually. I nicknamed my Solgaleo Fwoofy and my Lunala Nebby so yeah..........

[@nicholasdalli6303]

The reference to Cobuto being only near extinct - could mean that we could see a future region host a variant of it that is the actual way it looked like millions of years ago. Here I'm assuming that Aerodactyl's entry of imperfect restoration extends onto Cobuto too.

[@johnherb4243]

*Kabuto

[@Whispernyan]

This actually isn't new infomation, all the way back in Gen 2 it's had dex entries saying it's not completely extinct. For example: Silver "This POKéMON lived in ancient times. On rare occasions, it has been discovered as a living fossil." Emerald "It is a POKéMON that has been regenerated from a fossil. However, in rare cases, living examples have been discovered. KABUTO have not changed for 300 million years." Omega Ruby "Kabuto is a Pokémon that has been regenerated from a fossil. However, in extremely rare cases, living examples have been discovered. The Pokémon has not changed at all for 300 million years." (Original Ruby is very similar to the emerald entry) Ultra Sun: "This Pokémon thrived 300 million years ago. It’s said that living specimens can still be seen in a certain region-a rare sight." Which could be referring to here.

[@sophiecooke2839]

I like Easter Eggs. I just hope that Pokémon has more to offer us in the future because I love Pokémon.

[@madnessarcade7447]

I doubt still leon is evil lol he took it from rose to restore the league’s good name Sordward and shielbert turned good

[@johnherb4243]

Was thinking the same thing. Leon wasn't scheming with them he was watching them while they did their apology tour around Galar for the trouble they caused to make sure they didn't try anything else. I love Toby and his videos but I think his whole spiel about Leon being evil is way off. He's perfectly free to have his theories and headcannon of course but I hard disagree with that one.

[@bri6373]

I feel like Leon would be evil for a different reason, and it’s in small things like how he acts when he’s defeated (it looks like he’s about to break down then all of a sudden it’s like that animation never happened). Plus the fact that Leon doesn’t seem to go along with peoples evil plans fully, but he happens to be tagging along. I think if Leon would be evil, it would be because he wants to be the strongest and his personality was basically built on being champion, and now that’s taken away from him. So when there’s an opportunity for him to feel somewhat important, he jumps at the opportunity because now he can seem like he’s stronger. Basically it seems like even the tournament is his way of putting himself in some sort of position of importance, but eventually the dude seems like he could snap. Character wise, his defeat animation extremely contrasts with the fact that he’s wayyy too happy. And certain npc’s in the game had said before that Leon would always go all out in battles even if it wasn’t necessary (eg: training matches), so maybe that’s another clue. Not to mention that he contacted the champion (the playable character) last when it came down to the star tournament, with little to no context as to what was happening, maybe another sign of self importance. Even if this isn’t it, I hope that the game does get a twist of some sort. It would be interesting to see small details that were seemingly insignificant all of a sudden mean something to the player and the story

[@madnessarcade7447]

@@bri6373 he is trying to restore the league’s reputation that chairman rose tarnished

[@madnessarcade7447]

@@bri6373 he is a passionate battler He isn’t evil at all

[@bri6373]

@@madnessarcade7447 possible so, but I think it’s still weird that the game decided to include a sore loser animation, plus the fact that he seems to fill his loss with a bunch of distractions. Even if he’s not “evil” so to speak, those are two details that stick out a lot and seem they could possible contribute to the game if the game even gets an extended story past the dlc’s

[@regifan1019]

Hey bird keeper toby, you were mentioning peony and chairman rose, well yeah, the game prooved they're related, look on the back of his rare league card, it says he's rose's younger brother

[@Frogboyaidan]

So does olean

[@FinalShadowblaze78]

They both named after flowers too

[@andrewolson5471]

I don't know about Leon being the secret big bad. He seems way too naive.

[@hedgehogexe8357]

In Calyrex's Shield entry, it mentions it stopping a meteorite from hitting the tundra ages ago, stopping the fossil Pokémon from going extinct there.

[@DoomsDre00]

Between Toby and Ash at the end won you a new sub! Great content! Keep it up!

[@FrontOfficeSwami]

Re: Aerodactyl, wouldn't a "perfect" version of it be one that isn't part rock type? The idea of all but the Gen 8 fossils being at least part rock type feels like the method for reviving them means they can't be totally brought back to how they once were. If that is true, a perfect version may be flying and dragon, or stay rock, like I would assume Omanyte and Kabuto would due to their shells.

[@DanielPereira-ey9nt]

I think kabuto could have been water/bug

[@gabriellockwood2780]

There are 6 "Giant's" locations. ... There are *now* 6 Giant Golems.

[@onepieceking1770]

Ahhhhh

[@LuxrayLloyd]

1:15 I am really glad someone helped you figure that out during your streams! lol

[@lussterpurge]

talking about Sinnoh remakes, all fossil pokemon are in the DLC except for the Ramparados and Shieldon. Huh, strange...

[@brandonm8901]

Ooooh interesting, didn't realize that

[@lussterpurge]

@@Justic_ good point there. Idk what GameFreak is up to but hopefully gen 4 remakes.

[@lussterpurge]

@@Justic_ yeah, I believe that next year they should at last give us the Sinnoh remakes, and a massive game for the 25th anniversary. Many fans have been waiting patiently, and the truth is that considering the new reggion is just a year old, it wouldn't make sense to introduce a whole new region to the market.

[@lussterpurge]

@@Justic_ yeah, couldn't agree more. I hope that whatever they're working on, they put their most in it. I wouldn't mind let's go Johto, but considering that the Let's go series isn't getting the best reputation by the fans, I believe the games won't be as popular. I just hope that the new games have at least a "better quality", as some fans say, and enough content to satisfy all types of fans.

[@awesomesofar5963]

i think calyrex taking over peony's body is supposed to forshadow how he tames the horses, by messing with their minds and calming them down.

[@diobrando9163]

*אייייייי!*

[@ashhaul]

Eternatus DEFINITELY looks like a Ultra Beast, so it would make sense...

[@swshuwu2413]

Not only that, but both ultra necrozma and eternatus made their regions really dark

[@cherrypopsicle92]

Is Rose in jail? There's that event in the Crown Tundra at night where you can find Oleana, and she mentions how Chairman Rose has been missing. Or did I read that wrong...

[@onepieceking1770]

No u read that right I questioned that too thinking if chairman rose either escaped or someone let him out and hes been gone ever since or rose is still in prison but oleana nvr knew? But that's kinda weird considering oleana knew rose turned himself in so.... yea a very weird mystery perhaps sword and shield is not entirely done yet

[@soyahsoup]

Basically theyre had been reports of chairman rose being seen in the graveyard, so at night olena had been going there every night to try and see him, the claim ended up being busted after it was revealed that it wasn't chairman rose, it was chairman roses little brother, peony, yes they r related, so basically that's that.

[@HAZNAUT]

*peony's daughter doesnt look like peony and is called "peonia"* weak theory... rose had a daughter called "rosa" (hence rosa has hexagons on her outfit) there macrocosmos logos

[@madnessarcade7447]

Doesn’t mega aerodactyl’s dex entries day that’s how it looked back then

[@BirdKeeperToby]

Yeah it's wildly interesting.

[@TheDeathmail]

What about the implications that the Variant Legendary Birds don't actually seem to belong to Galar? They don't match the description people in Galar would have about the birds, and in fact, it looks like they just suddenly appeared and Galar knew nothing about them....

[@onepieceking1770]

Hmmmmmmm

[@MadamSavvy]

i found you much later on in your youtube career but thanks for providing all this story telling in fun videos. even now, theyre all so fun to go back and watch and you're such a sweetie and a positive voice

[@joshaddinsall472]

Yeah Leon being evil or at least a massive D bag is ingrained in my brain. MY personal theory is that he's accumulating all this power so he can lure all the other champions to him for some nefarious purpose. Personally think if we do get another DLC that it'll be world tournament esque thing that'll have a heavy focus around us finding out more about Leon. I also have way too many ideas about Ghetsis specifically being involved XD

[@mrlycanroc749]

Thinking about eternatus and chairman roses conection to the max lair... What if thats where eternatus first landed and they brought it to mainland galar. That might explain why the dynamax energy is so potent and even why all the legendaries are there...just a thought

[@5Porygon]

Thank you so much for all videos you made. You are one of my absolutely best youtubers ever. :) Jsi borec. Mám moc rád tvoji tvorbu

[@GallantaGrimoire]

Pog new vid. I enjoy these Toby. Keep these up!

[@JMNDZ17]

@3:57 I just finished catching Keldeo and went to do the cutscene, and found it kinda odd as well... I find it soo oddly specific that you: 1. Find all the footsteps 2. Confirm with Sonia where the S.o.J. are 3. Catch all of them 4. Show her they’re real 5. Watch her leave back to mainland Galar without seeing Keldo 6. Wonder around and find the cooking pot next to Keldeo’s footprints 7. Put all the S.o.J. In you party and cook a meal to make Keldeo appear 8. Catch Keldeo 9. Go show Sonia back at the lab and listen to her awe and say she should’ve stayed awhile longer in the Crown Tundra *10. Finally get the cutscene You go through ALL those steps to get to the end point which is the cutscene. Then you watch it and it’s like a “oh... that’s all?” type reaction. Or at least I had that response personally. I get it, you get the legendary Mon’s and that’s a real prize in itself ... because I mean come on... that’s what the game is based around, catchin’ Pokémon. BUT..... it almost seems like a red herring. More specifically what made me raise an eyebrow was because when you show the professor that you caught Keldeo, Sonia just talks about how she should’ve stayed longer. Nothing more. And then camera goes to focus on Yamper. It almost looks like the REAL CONTEXT OF THE CUTSCENE was the camera specifically panning to Yamper to show it bark in the direction of the map on the far side of the room 🤨🤨🤨 Didn’t Gamefreak intentionally put a picture of G-Max Toxtricity in Ultra Sun & Moon or something like that?? Would it be too farfetched(lmao) to think that’s a map of a future game or expansion? Gamefreak has been cheeky like that in the past, and I think to put something THIS specific and seemingly irrelevant at the END of series of events in a side mission might be trying to point something out to us. Or am I being ridiculous and that’s a map I just don’t recognize??? Someone please help it’s like 2 in the morning and I need these answers 😂🤔 LOVE the content you put out by the way brother! 💪🏽

[@zkarzalgo5849]

someone's probably already commented about this, but I wish to correct something about spiritomb. I should also mention that this isn't a hate comment as I like toby, but I have heard the same thing everywhere and I do wish to help those who are looking for the spiritomb and, not, waste their time talking to a number they don't have to hit, but you can if you wish to have cooking ingredients for keldeo's encounter ^w^' There is a tomb in the location nearby the massive tree where the birds were found, it will tell you to spread its voice, what it means is to talk to people, not through battles or trades, but how you would get given cooking items from them in the overworld. The number of people that need to be spoken to is not 50, it is actually 32 which is the same as it was in gen 4. Once thats done, check the tomb again, then reset the location by either saving and resetting the game or flying to the tree again or another location then coming back. make your way to the tomb again and there will be a spiritomb. The thing to keep in mind is that the spiritomb can be shiny hunted but there is only 1 spiritomb in the entire crown tundra. so if you wish to shiny hunt for it, save before battling it. I also believe that talking to 32 people before checking the tomb cannot change the tomb's dialogue to summon the spiritomb, you need to check the tomb first or you have to talk to 32 people again. (this part is not factual, but it is what I believe as I have talked to more than 32 people before I beat the game and it told me exact same thing, spreading its voice) I really hoped this helped people understand of how the spiritomb works ^w^

[@Whispernyan]

You can actually just get into a Pokemon Battle with a wild pokemon and that afterwards Spiritomb will be there.

[@zkarzalgo5849]

@@Whispernyan ah, that does make sense as that would be resetting the location. Its also a time saver as well rather than flying to the tree or saving and restarting ^w^

[@gerardoareyesm]

It changes the dialogue it depends how many People you talk, i probe it myself,

[@Caz.Heisenberg]

It also says on his league card that Peony is chairman Rose's little brother

[@johnherb4243]

I'm surprised he didn't mention that

[@tercial]

So is Chairman Rose half black technically? Because Peony looks like he has some black in him

[@Caz.Heisenberg]

@@tercial I guess

[@Caz.Heisenberg]

@@tercial but it could also mean chairman rose's mother had a break up and had a kid with someone else

[@tercial]

@@Caz.Heisenberg true! That too

[@markpierce4583]

In isle of armor, during the initial 3 challenges, you have to get max mushrooms, and Mustard tells you there uses to be a lot of max mushrooms in the forest but a Greedent came through and ate all of them. Has to be the same Greedent in the giant tree right?

[@Dusxio]

Rather than came from the lair, I think he was exploring collecting energy from the lair. Those were said to be devices to draw or give energy to the stone Eternatus was in. It's likely one of his later projects before deciding to go full Darkest Day.

[@ctbarrel8974]

The giant greedent is very likely a nod to rattatosk, the giant squirrel that resides in the world tree

[@tyrant-den884]

Silph CEO: "Only team leaders, professors, and champions?!"

[@thiggikitty]

Love the easter eggs, but to get Spirtomb you only have to talk to 32 people

[@BirdKeeperToby]

Right makes sense, my bad

[@Bluemansonic]

What do you mean talk to 32 people? There is no in game chat, how do you do it?

[@thiggikitty]

@@Bluemansonic You turn on the internet and when you see someone you go up to them and press A and they give you curry items. That is talking to them.

[@Bluemansonic]

@@thiggikitty oh, ok thank you, I didnt understand what he meant but that is easy now, thanks

[@securerofthebag2890]

Actually with some of the Fossil Pokemon, the Shield entry for Shadow Rider Calyrex says "Legend says that by using its power to see all events from past to future, this Pokémon saved the creatures of a forest from a meteorite strike." That's a really cool tidbit that explains why all the Fossil Mons are still alive.

[@Frogboyaidan]

I think peony was the champion in-between mustard and leon.

[@GamerGeekCentral]

I think so. It seems, unlike other regions, champions either switch after being beaten or retain their title another year (rather than winning it as title while position is still claimed by original "champion") Mustard has the record for 18 years while Leon mentioned to have 10 years. Also the Chairman before Rose was trying to get Mustard to win a rigged match, prompting Mustard to retire. Peony held the position a year until Rose stepped up, which caused Peony to quit and disappear from the public. And as we know, Rose developed the battle tournaments Galar came to be famous for and sponsored Leon when he first started out. Obviously we won't know who else had the champion title in the other years but the timeline is assumed to be... Mustard champion -> Mustard retires -> Peony becomes champion -> Rose becomes chairman/Peony quits -> Leon becomes champion

[@london_is_blu8319]

No I think he was the old steel gym leader

[@GamerGeekCentral]

@@london_is_blu8319 He was both. Gym leader who rose to champion statis

[@gabriellockwood2780]

Peony was a Gym Leader. He was Major Division for sure, but never got up to Champion status. (Everyone thought Peony was Rose's father lol Turns out he was his younger brother 😂)

[@DanielPereira-ey9nt]

He was one of them, there has likely been many Champions betwen Mustard and Leon

[@wallen342]

Another little fact is that u can catch the fossils in the wild of the crown tundra because calyrex looked into the future and saved them from extinction. It says this in his dex entry. Also the only fossil pokemon that cant be caught are the gen 4 fossils, coincidence? Also its 32 trainers that u have to speak to, to get spiritomb

[@nicholsusmc]

Was really fun to watch BKT learn lots of this stuff during his stream!

[@alexcelticw]

In relation to number 5 there’s an explanation for why the scientist said that about Peony: if you go to the Old Cemetery at night you can find Oleana. When you speak to her she tells you that she’s looking for Chairman Rose and that she heard that he was seen in the Crown Tundra. After she asks you if you’ve seen him, Peony will appear and Oleana realizes that people were talking about him and reveals that Peony and Rose are brothers (which explains why both of them use Steel Type Pokémon) Also, some of the returning legendary Pokémon have Pokédex descriptions for SwSh in Pokémon Home but do not appear in the games dexes these are: Mewtwo, Zekrom, Reshiram, Kyurem, Keldeo, the Solgaleo/Lunala line, Necrozma & Zeraora (with Regigigas probably being included as well)

[@TiaValkyrie]

I had had a feeling either the footprints respawned or there were more than needed.

[@gerardoareyesm]

Actually

[@bradwhite5884]

I love to see true forms of the existing fossil Pokemon, like regional form but are what they actually look like in prehistoric times, something to expand the Pokelore, also pre-evolutions of Aerodactyl as well as a G-max form, also true forms for the Galarian fossils, love more fossil mons too

[@thejensonater4492]

It’s also cool that Peony is Rose’s brother. I wonder how Peony reacted to his imprisonment, it is said that their parents often said that Rose would be better and more successful than Peony causing his rebellious nature. So I was wondering if Peony would feel sad that his brother has fallen so hard and is now in prison or if he would feel vindicated as he could finally prove that he wasn’t the useless or worthless person his parents made him out to be. What are people thinking?

[@RealityBee.235]

Me after starting to play this game again: Me: ...wait so what happen since Rose doesn't run the League anymore Leon: I am actually...CEO of the company

[@NemesisUmbral]

When it comes to the Galarain legendary birds it seems they are variants which have adapted to the Crown Tundra. I like to compare this phenomena to something like Monster Hunter, where there are monsters with alternate variants that live in different ecosystems.

[@trashcancat1579]

i thought peony was gonna reveal he was the chairman in his leauge card

[@FaolanHart]

Wow I thought I was done but apparently not. I have a Keldeo & Regigiggas to catch, a few more rounds of the team tournament to play AND new fashion to unlock. Big thanks for this one Toby.

[@imanicartwright4463]

I think with fossil pokemon it's why they have the rock type instead of their normal secondary, if they had a secondary. Which is why we get the various fused typings from the gen 8 fossils

[@bahyibrahim6977]

This was their best chance to give us the original Galar Fossil Pokemon designs. The place has ancient pokemon thriving. If there was ever an opportunity to give us the four fossil pokemon, this was it.

[@jeffhirsh5722]

i hope the Victini event happens i'm excite because its a static encounter which means that gamefreak is finally getting out of the habit of just giving away mythicals(gen 6-now) and we are finally back to the old ways (gen 3-5[gen 2-5 if you where in japan]) and earning our mythicals and i'm so excited. i hope this is a future event and not scrapped content because Victini is my favorite Mythical pokemon.

[@roccotherayquaza2468]

7:57 I wonder if Mega Aerodactyl would be the “perfect” specimen. I know that without new mega dex entries we won’t know but it’s fun to speculate.

[@SnowmanBiggz]

To elaborate on Peony and Chairman Rose, if I'm not mistaken his Regular or his Rare League card outright states they are related. I believe Peony is the younger brother to Chairman Rose. I'll have to go back and double check but I read them the other day cuz TyranitarTube mentioned how they looked alike and the scientist also mentions it but he never read the cards....so I did and they are in fact related.

[@HimmelsBlues]

The giant is more likely a reference to nordic mythology, which has ties to the history of the uk. Ymir being the giant who's body formed the lands and everything

[@Whispernyan]

Also that giant pokemon encarved into that hillside people just forgot about is probably what it's based on

[@Icapitan3]

Oml I used to watch you all the time when I was in 5th grade I’m glad your still making videos

[@journeysfable13]

The fossil pokemon running wild and hints at them not being perfect recreations of their past selves is absolutely a reference to the ending of Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom

[@jessekeplinger]

It’s the giants bed because it’s where there giant sleeps

[@grahamjones7422]

What i noticed on mine, and the same on the clip you posted, Yamper turns to the right at the end of the conversation, which resulted in me heading off to check everything I can on the boards and computer screen. Just found it strange how he turns at that moment

[@iv5480]

I honestly feel like it's not just about the Pokémon anymore it's about how far the Lore and eggs can go

[@PHiLLy2c]

I think the aerodactly dex entry was referring to its mega since the mega entry says its the true form

[@jenoppolisgaming5004]

WHAT IF, Eternatus did come from crown Tundra, was secretly transported under Raihan's gym in the power plant, BUT the reason why the similar beam thingys are there was to make Eternatus feel at home?

[@onepieceking1770]

Or more or less to still feed the dynamax energy to eternatus thus keeping it under raihan's gym

[@TheGreatFizbin]

The fossil Pokémon are given a decent amount of lore in this game! If you read Calyrex’s dex entry (I forget which game & which Calyrex form), it mentions that it once saved the Crown Tundra from a meteor that devastated the rest of the world - the one that made all the Fossil Pokémon go extinct everywhere else. So basically, the fossil Pokémon are alive and well in the Crown Tundra because of Calyrex. That brings up a contradiction though in Aerodactyl (and possibly the rest of the fossil Pokémon). Aerodactyl is an incomplete restoration according to the games, but I vaguely remember learning that was the case for ALL Fossil Pokémon, and the reason they’re all rock type is because some of the fossil rock fused with their DNA in the restoration process. I can’t find sources on that last bit so maybe it’s just a theory or something, but at least Aerodactyl definitely raises the question: why are the fossil Pokémon that roam the Croen Tundra their restored variations and not their original counterparts? Now I’m wishing they did Galarian forms for some of the fossil ‘mon. Missed opportunity 😔

[@Wedger2011]

About Spiritomb: You only need to talk to 32 people online for to make Spiritomb to appear, not 50

[@nightspawnson-of-luna4936]

If it makes you feel any better, the giant Greedent in the tree could be a reference to that big squirel who climbs the world tree in norse mythology

[@sionfel]

I don't know if this has been pointed out before, but another connection from Rose to Peony, Roses are considered the Queen of Flowers, Peonies are considered the King of Flowers. From that I assumed that Peony was Rose's older brother, which would lead to him coming into ownership of the Master Ball. (I hadn't checked his league card)

[@megarayquaza502]

It says on the league card that Peony is actually Rose’s younger brother

[@logandelaharpe6362]

Peony is now one of my favourite characters in Pokémon

[@AdeptCharon]

Great video! Since Leon was already kind of a suspicious character from the get go, I feel like they might intentionally be making it ambigious from start to finish, and keeping it that way (like many other mysteries in Pokemon). I wish they could've added the Alola Fossil-guy in the Crown Tundra somewhere, bragging about how he released a bunch of fossils some years ago. But even without that, I still feel like that's what probably happened here, even if it was someone else with the same idea. The games keep singling out Aerodactyl as being imperfectly restored, which actually makes me even more of a believer that fossils generally are NOT altered (with Aerodactyl being an exception, but even there, I speculate it's more that it is "missing" something, rather than being "altered"...like maybe it had feathers or something lol). Because if imperfect restoration was a theme for fossils in general, we'd see that reference for others rather than just Aerodactyl. Also, on the topic of Crown Tundra being cool for having so many fossil Pkmn roaming around in it, I would add how even some of the non-fossil Pkmn are ones that have some conenction to prehistoric times, like Mamoswine and Relicanth. It was refreshing to see you more questioning on the "Sinnoh remake"-matter! Because yeah, I agree, some of these things that are clearly based on things from the Sinnoh games, feel like "why include this in the CT rather than save it for the remakes if those were in development?". Oh, and on the Galarian bird shiny colors, it probably would have been good to add a note that the birds in the games are shiny locked, just so you don't inspire anyone to waste time trying to get their shiny forms XD

[@j.t.4161]

1. The League Cards say that Peony is Rose's brother. 2. At some point, Oleana shows up near the cemetery and says Rose has been spotted, only to realize it was actually Peony.

[@CyberChamp]

Small fact about telepathy in the game There is one talking Pokemon before this that spoke to you normally. Zoroark in Black 2 where it is disguised as a hitchhiker and doesn't reveal itself till asking "Have you met a Zoroark?"

[@greatgallade]

I think honestly the legendary birds shiny forms are meant to represent that they are a split form. They are technically the same birds but the reason they're so different is they adapted to different climates. Their typings are just adaptations to a new climate and gain the upper hand by being slightly different? Just a thought

[@grievousart]

I believe one of the Calyrex pokedex entries say something about Calyrex protecting some pokemon from an extinction event which is likely why fossil pokemon roam free here.

[@ZhadTheRad]

The one who gives you the card that unlocks more clothes and hairstyles is either Klara or Avery. Though that man you get clothes from does appear in the Isle of Armor

[@rashamdickson9810]

I think Regigigas is in the giant's bed because that's where it sleeps.

[@DanielPereira-ey9nt]

Just to clarify, Peony got the master ball fr9m Rose, he says "i got it from someone i used to know", and both his rare league card and the secret Oleana cutscene confirm that he's Rose's brother,

[@lawsonmcdaniel58]

Calyrex mixed with spectriers Pokédex entry explains the roaming fossil Pokémon

[@onepieceking1770]

How so

[@christopheroconnor1238]

Peony is also a kind of flower. Which could be why he was similar to Rose who is also a flower.

[@BlizzardofKnives]

On a directors commentary from an early Pokemon Movie, one of the staff said they loved the telepathic pokemon, as without a moving mouth the dub can be whatever they want.

[@TheLadyLiddell]

One of the saddest/funniest things to come out of the Crown Tundra is having a Spiritomb follow you and watching it struggle to keep up. Also, Austin John Plays confirmed it was actually 32 people you have to talk to as another little reference.

[@justinfrazier9555]

This is how I got Spiritomb. I went to the tombstone beside the lake near the Dynamax Tree. Firstly, you need to connect to the internet. This is the most important step. If you are not online when you activate the tombstone it will not trigger the counter. You must be logged in, and online when you activate the tombstone. You will get slightly different dialogue from it than if you tried offline. Now you need to move around and talk to 32 different trainers. I found all 32 of mine around the tombstone and around the tree itself. Just hang around the tree and you will get it pretty fast. When I traveled back to the tombstone he was sitting there in front of it. You get one shot at catching him but it isn't a difficult catch rate. The reason I am stressing being online when you activate the tombstone is because I activated it and then logged on to get the 32 players. Returned to the tombstone only for it to trigger the dialogue about spreading the voice.

[@LMR__1]

According to Pokémon Sun, Mega Aerodactyl might be the true form of Aerodactyl, stating "Part of its body has become stone. Some scholars claim that this is Aerodactyl's true appearance." which could be very plausible cause further more; Let's Go's dex entry says "The power of Mega Evolution has completely restored its genes. The rocks on its body are harder than diamond." emthesis on "resoted its genes". Also Peony is apparently Chairman Rose's brother, at some point you can find Oleana in the Old Graveyard in the tundra, -i just found her chilling there while looking for Galarian Rapidash- and she's apparently looking for Rose because "someone who looked like Rose" is in the tundra, and conveniently Peony shows up and it's revealed that he's Rose's brother, which could also explain why they look alike.

[@solgaleo3533]

7:20 it’s actually been mentioned to still exist in various Pokédex entries and even in lets go I believe.

[@WGoNerd]

Re #9: A headcanon of mine and that the Rock type on all these fossils is residual typing from having been restored, and that, originally, they didn't have the rock type. Aerodactyl may have been Dragon/Flying, Kabuto/ps Water/Bug, Tyrunt/Tyrantrum pure dragon, etc...

[@RealCryptoTest]

Which would tie into Genesect Theory. A perfect Kabutops WOULD be Water/Bug. With thr armour, Steel/Bug makes sense

[@mailchibi88]

I think the fossil pokemon in Crown Tundra are a reference to Mary Anning, a famous English paleontologist who made a lot of famous discoveries in Southern England.

[@michelacassar8008]

I have this theory, that the crown tundra at some point was frozen over which is why the fossil pokemon roam in the wild, and why you can find the legendaries in the dynamax adventures, and then at some point when it was no longer frozen, Rose found the legendaries and kind of built the dynamax adventures lair, and i don't know what else

[@Skrattmas]

I need to tell an experience I had in the crowned Tundra that was very interesting. I was going to the place where you can find Keldeo after capturing the three Swords of Justice, Virizion, Terrakion and Cobalion and I camp and the first thing I saw was a Regigigas in my camp. I could whisle to it and talk to it but nothing more... Mind you I didn't have any Regi's in my party only the shiny versions of the swords of justice I have catured in other games. (Had also forgotten to talk to Sonia about me finding them). So Keldeo didn't appear but I still was a bit chocked to see a regigigas turning up in my camp in that spot.

[@Dusxio]

Honestly, I think they learned from the diglet hunt what NOT to do with that XD The diglets were fun at first but man I've stalled out at about 80 or 90 found? Not sure.

[@gerardoareyesm]

It Was funnier found the footprints For me