I never expected to cry at a Pokemon game

I never expected to cry at a Pokemon game
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[@RManRik]

To make it even sweeter, the pokemon you give him is returned with its affection stat maxed out. He took good care of it.

[@lordofspice7087]

Im gonna cry

[@MasterIsabelle]

Awww

[@litledevel15]

That made me tear up

[@Somekidthatsontheinternet]

Awww

[@fathergascoigne1457]

He prolly did non consensual sexual activities on it....

[@amiiboguy7288]

Really ties into X/Y’s theme of life/death

[@marcdimartino9118]

Yes indeed.

[@FartSticksXDlol]

@@marcdimartino9118 serial killer

[@jkhjtkjj194]

X/Y could have been so more...

[@guccifer764]

I forgot pokemon games actually have themes

[@amiiboguy7288]

@@guccifer764 I think the theme of Pokémon stories typically ties into the legendaries. X/Y’s theme of course was accepting life and death, because it’s part of nature. But Lysandre, the main villain, completely contradicts this by choosing who lives and who dies. Or in Black and White, there was the whole thing with N and Ghetsis believing in truth and ideals (haven’t played that one yet, I’m not sure about the details) Even in SwSh, there seemed to be a whole ‘heroic justice’ theme, with Rose and the hairdo brothers overshadowing Zacian and Zamazenta’s legacy. I always saw Rose believing himself to be like a knight, with his Steel Pokemon being like his metaphorical armor. Despite Zacian and Zamazenta being the ACTUAL knights. I could either be overanalyzing this (I typically do), or I’m onto something here, I’d like to know what everyone else thinks

[@agentomecha634]

Even though it’s just a video game and that this event is fictional, the message behind this is very much true. Sometimes even the smallest acts of kindness can make someone happy.

[@Sorrelhas]

Also families have a knack for abandoning old people

[@powerfulberry237]

You may not have fixed this world but you have certainly changed the worlds of everyone and everything you helped I don't help people though, I help stray animals

[@Andromeda42]

Maybe so, but if someone eventually else adopts those stray animals (Assuming they're pets like cats and dogs) it will help both a person and an animal. Well, assuming the person is actually a good person...

[@benjaminmeredith327]

Saying to follow "a true righteous and selfless act always sparks another".

[@JaredtheNacliFan]

Never thought a video game could teach me a lesson. Video games are educational confirmed!

[@ProfessorTakatoPalm]

Even though he passed away, I’m glad that at least we were able to make the old man’s last days his happiest. Hopefully he went peacefully with a smile.

[@wingsoftwitchbots5613]

He is fictional.

[@Willowposting]

@@wingsoftwitchbots5613 And you got bullied in high school for looking like an infected hang nail. Lots of fun facts to learn.

[@Moondog2281]

@@wingsoftwitchbots5613 shut up buzzkill

[@Argent_Void]

​@@wingsoftwitchbots5613 thanks for the information, WE KNOW

[@ramenjd6239]

@@wingsoftwitchbots5613 who asked🤔

[@nolsee1176]

This makes me feel the same as when I met the old lady with her husband's Machamp in Sun and Moon. Hearing that it threw it's own Pokeball over the horizon and refused to ever be in one again, because it was trapped in it and unable to save the man from the car crash that killed him...that was heavy.

[@NidokingOtsutsuki]

jesus fucking christ.

[@snoozbuster]

Imagine a machamp riding in the backseat of a car lmao

[@nolsee1176]

@@snoozbuster kicking the seat lol

If anything, I feel like the husband would've been devastating if his Machamp got hurt trying to save them. Feels like it could've been sad either way.

[@nolsee1176]

@ Yeah I think she said something about how the man kept machamp in it’s ball to stop him getting hurt. Survivors guilt in a Pokémon game, I love it. Mature themes ftw

[@ninjapotatolorf6237]

I remember finding this sidequest back in the day and getting pretty emotional over it. Just put the game down, soaked in the town's music, and processed what the heck I'd just witnessed

[@itsmetater]

the music is definitely very fitting, I absolutely love Anistars theme. reminds me a lot of PMD sky, temporal tower

[@AnchorOfTime]

Emotional.....damage

[@bizarre_jaco]

Proud to say, I was there, I felt it

[@SkullsIgnis]

Eh I didn’t care

[@LugiatheOceanGuardian]

@@SkullsIgnis you are heartless

[@miroz0181]

Oh my god....I never went back to see this event. 😢 That's really heart warming. Kinda wish the new games had more of this

[@LuckyPunchYT]

Yeah it happens after you become the champion, which makes it all even sadder.

[@miroz0181]

@@LuckyPunchYT thank you for this. Makes me wish I still had Pokémon X

[@vn9574]

@@LuckyPunchYT I gave him the pokemon after I beat the game though, do I have to go for a second pokemon league run for this to happen?

[@Hypervolterox]

Asking how to commit murder without asking how to commit murder XD But fr I imagine you just have to beat the league again if that's the trigger

[@rusttoyoung1912]

Well, the Sun And Moon games have the Eevium Z quest line. It's more on the depressing side, but it does highlight the importance of embracing adulthood and finding value in yourself rather than your image of others. Really, it's just nonstop gut punches to the feels right to the end.

[@princesscadance197]

‘I was able to keep smiling until the very end.’ They ain’t even being subtle about that one. It’s like GameFreak just walking up to you, saying ‘Have this emotional gut punch.’ and literally punching you in the gut.

[@yoshiegg95]

What makes this even sader is the escape rope you can find nearby, implying that without your Pokemon he would have gone much sooner

[@Stratelier]

Oddly tangential: While playing _Skyrim,_ there's one quest in the city of Windhelm where you are investigating a serial killer. At one point you search an abandoned house (which turns out to be the killer's lair), but while doing so there are a number of mundane things in that house that will show a button prompt to "investigate" them, which will give you a quick text description of what it is (something the game does _not_ do often, as usually you can only interact with "functional" objects like items to pick up, chests to search, etc). Anyway, on the second floor of the house is a bed with an odd stack of chairs scattered around it. You can investigate it. When I did, I looked at the chairs, the ceiling joist above the bed, and with zero doubt whatsoever told myself "somebody hanged themself here, didn't they?" I can't explain why/how I made such a deductive leap, it's not useful to any other part of the quest or ever followed up or referenced again, but that's my headcanon.

[@ThatMimiThing]

Oh my god…🥺

[@ethanmontgomery6132]

That gives a fucked up new meaning to "escape rope"

[@mailstorminurbox]

That is dark af

[@Turtleboilol]

STOP RIGHT NOW PLEASE

[@kjsuperstar1798]

I remember playing the game and discovered this scene and thought “I’ll give him one of my Pokémon to keep him company” then when I went back to his house and saw the Pokéball, my heart dropped because I knew something had happened but then I read the letter and the tears were flowing. It was a sad moment but one I’m grateful to have in the game as reading the old man’s letter reminded me that even the smallest acts of kindness can make a difference to someone. X and Y aren’t my favorite in the series but I do appreciate what it does and I know that it has its fans

[@coke3128]

same, X was my first game when i was around 5 or 6. i cried so hard. im 15 now but goddamn it still makes me as sad as the first time

[@hankagura5355]

Why is the graphics so crisp? It fr looks like the Eevee and Pikachu games can someone explain this?

[@Унмеито]

@@hankagura5355 the uploaded is using an emulator. Realistically, that's the cheapest option since capture cards for a 3DS cost a lot of money these days

[@hankagura5355]

@@Унмеито What emulator we talkin here? And thanks.

[@Унмеито]

@@hankagura5355 I think it might be Citra

[@AndrewHager02]

I’ve forgotten how hard this part hits you. Right in the feels, man… right… in… the… feels. 🥺

[@bharathia27]

Right in the heart

[@ZARD427]

@@bharathia27 are we all forgetting on game you know........Pokemon mystery dungeon

[@kimododorkon]

for me it was AZ and his Floette (the story part)

[@jasonfoxfire9563]

I love when games add heartwarming, if a bit sad, moments like this. It really catches you off guard and it's amazing how, as a kid, you wouldn't understand. So it shows that Gamefreak does understand that the vast majority of their audience is getting older and just needs something a little wholesome in their life.

[@haroldnecmann7040]

No they don't lol

[@jasonfoxfire9563]

@@haroldnecmann7040 Yea, they kinda do. If they didn't BDSP and USUM never would've gotten the difficulty tweaks that they did.

[@haroldnecmann7040]

@@jasonfoxfire9563 OK, let's dissect what you just mention about USUM and BDSP just. USUM, aside from ultra necrozma most of the challenge are pretty much the same as base SUMO. Let's look about ultra necrozma, most people complained about how hard it was to the point that they forced to literally cheat to get pass this section. Then after that the game becomes a breeze . In BDSP, aside from elite four and champion which has given near perfect ivs and updated competitive move pools. The game still felt too much of a cakewalk with the introduction of bullshit affection system which make your pokemon almost nigh unbeatable. Some people even suggested that they feed their pokemon items that make their pokemon hate them to make sure they get appropriate challenge in this games. Understand major player my ass. Jason Foxfire, ur a fool and delusional human being who blindly believe that this company is your friend.

[@Dante02d12]

Er, kids do understand death. They understand _very well._

[@roxanne410]

"as a kid" -cries in I was almost in uni when this game came out-

[@Pokemonmasterz]

While this is sad and all let’s think about this, this is like a good ending bad ending type of deal, if you don’t give him a Pokémon he won’t ever die, but he’ll be Lonely for eternity, if you do give him a Pokémon, he becomes happy but dies in the process

[@quilavalover8232]

The house has a Hidden Escape Rope in it, Implying if you don't give him a Pokemon, he'd potentially end his life himself.

[@Pokemonmasterz]

@@quilavalover8232 THATS EVEN WORSE

[@K3164N]

@@quilavalover8232 holy shit

[@PharrowlOG]

@@quilavalover8232 Seriously? Dang, as if this wasn’t tragic enough already…

[@quilavalover8232]

@@PharrowlOG Yep, though you need the dowsing machine to find it. So he either dies alone, or you give him tenure in his last days

[@jcplays5831]

You gave him something to cherish in his final moments- A child might never pick up on that, but someone a bit older would understand it right away and see just how beautiful that is

[@Greysona]

That Eevee witnessed the fragility of mortality and then got picked up like it were daycare lmao

[@Rioluscave]

I never cried during any of the Pokémon games. However, the time Stoutland died just reminded me about my family's first dog. Her name was Rapunzel and she was a dachshund/Chihuahua mix. She died, she was around 14. My dad told me and showed me before anything was to be done with her burial. She was a good dog, I had a lot of memories.

[@General_C]

The one from the Gen 7 anime?

[@Sabrinathewitch2]

I’m so sorry 😢 Lots of love ❤to you

[@th3world3at3r9]

Me and my parents had 2 chuweenies. Both were 14 and one passed away in Dec due to complications and old age. The other ones an old man and doesnt do much other than sleep most of the time. Never expected to find someone that had the same dog as me and that lost the dog at the same age I lost mine.

[@Rioluscave]

@@th3world3at3r9 Rapunzel was blind and may have had a tumor. Where we living at the time doesn't have no vet for miles. I still can remember seeing her clearly. Tongue out and on her side.

[@Rioluscave]

@@Sabrinathewitch2 Thank you.

[@MariWakocha]

I just caught a random Weedle and gave him. I was in a kind of vulnerable state when I played XY, coming from a breakup and I wasn't at all prepared for this. Cried a little, but now that Weedle is a lv 100 Beedrill! I had to keep him at my side after that.

[@dustorm5012]

Hope you keep the Beedrill to be a very amazing companion, like how the old man wanted with the Weedle.

[@opalumbre]

This made me remember why a random scatterbug in my boxes was named Littlespeck… that’s the one i gave him.

[@guillermoeloyzobelyunquera457]

Usually I never did this kind of secondary "quests" in pokemon games, but I remember that the first thing I did right after talking to that man was going all the way back to the early routes, and I captured a fletching just for him, the I went all the way back again to this city and gave it to him. Sad story, like the widow with her husband's Machamp in Sun and Moon

[@kelinkh]

Wow.. gamefreak definitely knows how to write a heartfelt story..

[@vn9574]

*knew

[@M_Alexander]

​@@vn9574 I mean, SM has that lady with her late husband's Machamp. And then SV has Arven's entire story

[@oraclescrolls]

@@M_Alexander Arven’s story fucked me up because my dog that we had raised for years died a few months before I played. He had a heart attack. His story works because we can all relate to it.

[@M_Alexander]

@@oraclescrolls first time meeting Arven: I don't even want to deal with this jerk. End of the game: Mom can we adopt Arven?

[@mariotheundying]

@@oraclescrolls not me, so not everyone, tho the story is still sad

[@FTChomp9980]

Giving this man a Pokemon is one of my favorite moments dude is lonely he honestly needs a friend by his side!

[@SinisterPixel]

I love the number of small details in this game. People scoul at me when I say Kalos is one of my favourite regions, but little moments like this really make it special.

[@DeepdelverChespin]

Do you happen to know anyone who scowls at you for your awesome opinion?

[@jske60]

It only got 1 set of games, it wasn't fair

[@aerithgainsborough7763]

Edit: Info added for clarification Wanna know what made this hit me harder? While I was playing this game, my irl grandpa died of cancer... Then I found this old man, and ended up giving him my Scatterbug I had on my team since the start... I visited him everyday, just wanting to talk to him... He had become my coping mechanism to deal with my loss... Then one day I didn't visit him, too busy jumping through hoops to get a Shaymin(tried trading for it before finding out it was that day's event gift, then had to find a wifi connection) to give him to show my thanks and love(Also to celebrate becoming champion... Yea...)... And I entered his house... And in his place I found a pokeball on the ground, and a letter...

[@SurplusMystery]

I'm sorry that happened

[@scottishsolgaleo2370]

@@CarboKill’s entirely possible they did the e4 and just didn’t know that’s what triggered this. (Forgot Shaymin isn’t fightable in this gen) but still try not to think the worst of people going forward. Like did you really expect them to remember everything they did in a day of Pokémon ten years ago

[@scottishsolgaleo2370]

@@CarboKill I actually edited my comment before seeing your reply because I re read your original message where you mentioned the wi fi event. Honestly I think it’s sad that we live in a world where it’s considered being naive and gullible to have a modicum of faith in other people, especially when it comes to sensitive issues. I genuinely stand by the comment that it was ten years ago even if I misattributed the event at first. It really is not unreasonable to think this person is telling the truth ngl. Also fwiw i get that it’s obviously important for you to call out what you think is bullshit but genuinely this is in poor taste. We will never know if op is lying and because they could be telling the truth this makes you look like the bad guy so honestly it’s better for your own self preservation to just ignore personal accounts you don’t believe going forward unless it’s like a scam or something. It’s just not worth it. Like it’s just sad

[@Somekidthatsontheinternet]

@@CarboKill Shut up no one cares

[@Somekidthatsontheinternet]

@@scottishsolgaleo2370 Thanks for speaking the truth

[@darkshot4424]

This and the post game with Emma, even though pokemon x and y are some of my least favorites, they still have amazing moments in them.

[@andrewregard7250]

X and y got me back into pokemon and I loved those games, even though they had some huge opportunities to make it better.

[@sephikong8323]

I think X/Y are excellent they just lack content which makes them feel unfinished as a result, and if S/M were not rushed out of the window for the 20th anniversary (terrible decision since those games also suffered from it) and a tertiary game/set of games was made instead to patch in the blanks then Gen 6 would have been regarded as one of the best, because it had all of the makings to be that (I dare say that X/Y > D/P, so giving these games their own Platinum would probably have resulted in a banger)

[@draghettis6524]

The worst is that a Pokémon Z, maybe declined in two versions, was planned. Until it got scrapped, and I guess the reason why we got Zygarde stuff ( one new signature move, making two of its other signature moves available, and the cell collection sidequest ) in SM was because they didn't want to throw all of it in the trash

[@Ohyeahitsnotme]

@@draghettis6524rip?

[@jcplays5831]

This may be a bit outdated, but I always go back what Fawful’s Minion said. “They weren’t made to be great or good, they were made for the greater good.” Even still it’s nice to go back and see some of the smaller moments in these games

[@FrostBite46]

Oh wow I didn’t know Pokémon could get this emotional

[@kairi4640]

Oh it does many times. Especially the ghost girl stories.... there's even a emotional scene in Pokemon sun the demo where you see this girl off to finally be with her parents... only to find out she was a ghost girl that didn't have the courage to pass on.

[@lorgon2111]

Play Pokémon mystery dungeon: explorers of sky if you haven’t already, probably one of my favorite games of all time purely from how hard-hitting the story was

[@WooperButBetter]

@Lorgon Don’t ever forget

[@evoliteeverstone41]

In all my years of playing this game, I never even realized such a quest was in X and Y, and honestly I'm so glad that I learned it now and not early on. That's what I love about these games, there's always things to explore, theorize, and just embrace the world around you. People learn new things, it makes these games feel so alive ;w;

[@deathbunny1718]

X and Y had a lot of cool side stuff like this , truly an awesome game. other great things include -ghost girl - creepy mansion - the looker missions - being wished a happy birthday at the pokemon center - lore in paintings -Battle resturants

[@gywii]

I felt this game had the saddest dialogue when I played it. Maybe the writters were going through ut during this one.

[@BJGvideos]

I feel like Sycamore and Lysandre's relationship feels like at least one of the writers was working through some issues. Sycamore knows there's something deeply wrong with Lysandre, but he can't bring himself to fully admit it, so he never confronts him, and well...post Geosenge it's too late

[@kkdraws9052]

I think it's because it came after black and white which had a sad story so they put a lot of effort into X and Y to make it heartfelt as well

[@xxAryAryxx]

X/Y are so unfairly underrated, yet I think it has lots of love and emotions put in it.

[@savannah198]

I wholeheartedly agree. I truly hope that the future remakes of X and Y do it justice and maybe give those games more recognition

[@DeepdelverChespin]

@@savannah198 It better blow up so I can laugh at the haters

[@bradvp5093]

Probably underrated (fairly, may I add) because the games do not have polish and are quite shitty overall

[@xxAryAryxx]

@@bradvp5093 To each their own, I quite enjoyed Y despite being undoubtedly easy. But I don't care that much for challenging battles, so it's fine. The post-game could indeed use more content, though.

[@kkdraws9052]

I can tell they tried but they always get rushed making games in fact X and Y had so much cut content and no Z version because they wanted to move onto Sun and Moon in time for the 20 year anniversary. X and Y definitely had the potential to be some of the best games in the franchise

[@GuiasMaurelChile]

Me, not realising that you can have your pokemon back and has been sitting in an empty room since 2013: -Oh.

[@carlacahill9453]

(Same)

[@jacobcallahan1080]

I stumbled onto this event by complete accident, and when I found that lone ball in the middle of the room and read that letter; I cried my eyes out.

[@DitDuck]

Imagine if somebody accidentally gave him a level one Regigigas or the other legendaries and thought they lost it forever lol

[@KollbjornYT]

Rest in Peace, Old Man. Glad his last days were filled with Happiness

[@Jaferife44]

*Sad thing:* right next to this man's house you can find a hidden Escape Rope so his letter is literally a farewell to his life...

[@jaywhy7150]

…….when I think of crying in pokemon, I always remember my fight with Cynthia but didn’t know these tender moments could me cry too

[@dgchvz]

Shame Scarlet and Violet did not have little NPC moments like this that add so much life to the games

[@Themaoriraccoon]

ikr , hopefully they make reintroduce stories into Gen 10 or add more into a Gen 5 remake

[@alinepiroutek8932]

But at least it had the best ending ever

[@matthewmurdock7329]

@@Themaoriraccoon Unless next remakes are a budget crap like the Gen 4 remakes before them

[@Themaoriraccoon]

@Matthew Murdock They probably will make Gen 5 overworld models look similar to Gen 6 / 7 in terms of design and that , however I expect that in battle sequences it will probably be the same as Scarlet and Violet

[@morinomajou]

That’s what happens when developers are expected to rush out a new game every year instead of being given enough time to work on them.

[@foxatronix1742]

I wish to be like that eevee to my dad. Ill be losing him soon due to cancer but I will remember what he said to me the day he told us. 'There is nothing I'm my life that I regret.' Here is to you dad, even if you won't see this.

[@MyStuffWasNotAvailable]

One of the darkest and yet happiest scenes in a pokémon game. I will never forget this.

[@koharuyuuki3162]

I honestly kept one Comet Shard in my inventory because of this. I never sold that one and pretend it's the old man's gift.

[@CarneMorta_]

I remember giving the guy a pansage and not thinking much about it. Went back after clearing the Elite 4 thinking “Wonder what he’s up to!” Since I would occasionally talk back to the NPC. I usually cry a bit in Pokémon games, but never this damn much.

[@TheAlphaLoneWolf1]

Ever since that man passed away my character has been living in that house

[@HoggleToggler]

Other pokémon games from my childhood be like "I'll give you a challenge!" And "let's have fun!" Then pokémon Y kicked my door in and yelled "HON HON WELCOME TO POKÉMON FRANCE, I WILL MAKE YOU WEEP!"

[@whistlingsage9817]

My brother was working as an LVN at an old folks home, and a nice old man who lived there had an sweet tempered affectionate cat that he doted on. The old man died, and when his relatives came to claim his effects, they had no use for the cat, so they dropped it off at a local animal shelter. My brother found out that they sent the cat to a shelter but didn't know which one, so he went around to all the local shelters and was eventually able to find the cat and adopt her. My brother wasn't a cat person, but he and the cat have been happily together for six years now, and she is still just as sweet tempered and affectionate as she was with the old man.

[@N0tahandle]

X and Y are actually one of my favourite Pokémon games. The introduction of being able to pat and feed all the Pokémon, the large customisation options for your character compared to every other game before it, and wonder trading. It had a lot of aspects to it that I loved. Although I don’t remember it’s story very well, I remember that I had a really good time playing it.

[@joemcduck2748]

I cry every time I listen to the music of this game. The nostalgia, the hundreds of hours I put into this game, all the memories. It’s hard even thinking because I took this all for granted. I miss this era and I cry thinking of all the good things in my life that, even now, I take for granted

[@Yubel198]

I remember this exact side quest. I gave the old man a bunnelby I caught early in the game and never used, I took my time taking on the league too, so when I finally did and went back, saw the second cutscene, I was honestly sad. Yeah Gen 6 might be the weakest in my opinion, but damn was this well done.

[@luukjansen4221]

I can never understand why people seem to agree on gen 6 being one of the worst overall. Playing XYs story is one of the best, the region and routes are well designed, great looking and more unique than ever (only games to match this are BW and Scarlet and Violet imo). XY introduced character customization, with some really cool options and because they didn’t just make everything in 10 colours a lot of them felt more unique. XY also is the only game with the rollerskates, which imo were amazing you could basically travel faster without needing to get on and off your bike (which also would have ruined the route music). XY has some absolute top notch music as well. It also made that application to find trainers to battle/trade with or use GTS/Wondertrade, this system worked so much better than SM as well, since you didn’t need the other trainer to be in that specific castle plaza as well. Megas are still probably the best looking mechanic they’ve added, so much better than Z moves, Dynamax and Terra. The only problems with XY were the difficulty and postgame, however the difficulty is easily fixed by turning off the exp share and by use some 400-450 BST Pokémon, not just slap Charizard and Gyarados on a team and be suprised you can win everything with ease. The postgame is the the only issue that remains, there does exist quite a bit of postgame like finding all megastores, Mewtwo/Zygarde/Kanto birds, leveling the battlecastle, the battle mansion and becoming stylish to access that expansive boutique (not necessarily postgame, but I rarely find people that achieved this before beating the champion on their first playthrough. This isn’t a lot, however it’s definitely not less than SM, SWSH (without the DLC ofc) and maybe even some older games as well if we take off the 10 year old nostalgia brill. Also consider that XY was the first game to go with 3D models and they actually made these for all Pokémon unlike some other gens… Haha okay this became a longer “rant” than I planned, please don’t think I am mad at you personally. I just can’t see why XY always gets low marks, when they were so much better than the two gens following it.

[@raze2012_]

@@luukjansen4221 For me, the rivals were the weakest in the series (both in characterization and inconsistent power leveling. I don't mind non-competitive rivals but you telling me Tierno and Shana went from 10 levels below me to raiding team flare's base?), Team flare is topped only by Magma/Aqua in the most stupid plan for an evil team, unmemorable gym leaders and champion (we went from almost every gym leader in BW/2 having lives and motivations outside of their gym back to "well time to battle"), and the game was one of the first true cracks in terms of performance issues. Also, very subjective but it has some of the weakest pokemon designs too. I don't like any of the final evo's (yes, even greninja. I'm sorry frog/anime fans), and I feel Aegislash and Sylveon (because I'm a huge eevee stan) are the only real standouts for me that gen. it also just happened to be the point where we started getting less OC designs since they started spending so much design time on gimmicks (in this case megas) or on regional variants after this (including Gigantimax forms and paradox pokemon). gen 5 had 150 new pokemon and XY cut that down to 70, with ~30 new mega evo's to compensate. I know this was in direct response to gen 5 being some of the worst selling games, but I always preferred seeing the new designs rather than retrains on the old. I don't think there is a truly bad core pokemon in the way there are truly bad games in other IPs (Like Sonic or Star Fox or even Metroid), but a lotta stuff about XY makes it my clear least favorite. Some just part of the design, and some being a coincidence of its time that was inevitable.

[@luukjansen4221]

@@raze2012_Thanks for your elaboration! I find it interesting you find the gen 6 designs not memorable, for me that's gen 7-8. In XY we got Talonflame, Tyrantrum&Aurorus, Noivern, Clawitzer& Dragalge, Pyroar, Heliolisk and Malamar (haha I am with you on the Gren tho). Gen 5 was definitely superior I can agree, but that's comparing it with the absolute best. Don't completely agree on the gym leader argument though, almost all had jobs/hobbies. Quite a few of them can also be found outside of their gyms during the story. The designs of the "puzzles" gyms was also great (except the fifth probably), not that they were challenging per se, but they did remind me of the BW/HGSS gyms, which is always a plus in my books. The rivals are in a bit of a weird spot for me, I kinda liked the fact that not everyone in the group is considered a 5* talent trainer/battler. A bit like Bianca from gen 5, it makes you and Calem/Serena stand out more imo. Yea they were also a bit weird and onesided sometimes, but in general I never found them annoying. They only appear on like 1/3 of the routes and the rest is all yours to explore and discover instead of Hop/Rotom blasting your ear full with the full specifics for this route/city. Gen 6 will always be superior to SM and SWSH imo, not that those games were bad, but they lacked more then XY by a long shot. An overall ranking of the games I played would be: 1 BW/BW2/HGSS 2 XY/RSE/SV/DPP 3 ORAS/USUM 4 SM/SWSH 5 BDSP And like you said there us definitely not a really bad game among them, they can all make for some great experiences.

[@Yubel198]

@@luukjansen4221 I didn’t say it was bad. I liked X and Y, just felt the gen was underwhelming

[@polocatfan]

​@@luukjansen4221 xys story was absolutely not the best wtf.

[@raphaeljacques9226]

Pokemon y was my first pokemon game back on the 3ds and i absolutely loved it This whole theme about life and death was a very good addition to the game imo

[@johnedward6106]

Jesus, once the Unwavering Emotion kicked in, my heartstrings weren't just tugged, they got ragged.

[@noobstoise1024]

I gave this man a Sinjoh ruins Giratina, he's in a much more confusing place now.

[@zachanikwano]

I knew exactly which side quest this was from the snapshots alone. This one actually gave me pause.

[@tierradedragones2010]

This reminds me also a scenario from Sun and Moon, where an elderly Woman went alongside a Machamp to visita the grave of his late husband. She shares the Story he was Machamp's Trainers and they were very close. One day when he was driving at home he had a fatal accident. Prior to that the Machamp was outside its Pokeball sitting next to him, but the old man reacted fast when they were about to crash and put Machamp inside the Ball to protect him. After that Machamp refused to be in a Pokeball again, and threw it away with all its force. There you receive the TM for Fling

[@TheMajesticMrL]

WHAT I HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS A THING this is actually so sad but also really heartwarming, that Eevee had so much love to give and was loved so much in return

[@SaintStrength0]

I didn't play the game, but imagine. You first get to this area and give him the Pokemon. And, without spoiling what happens, you come back either later in the game or later in real life, and you see the PokeBall there instead of the old man. Perhaps you were expecting to see him? Man, just think. I wonder how many people keep the Pokemon they gave him, put it into their bank or remember the old man?

[@ooeygooeygoodra3068]

I actually remember I had left a Pidgey with this good man and it took me awhile to get back to the event (because I have no sense of direction) don’t recall if this was the very same Pidgey that had won my heart over but this is bitter sweet to come back to. Fictional or not, I hope he’s enjoying the afterlife…

[@gabz7250]

Do you remember what town the old man was in, I want to visit him again 🧍‍♀️

[@ooeygooeygoodra3068]

@@gabz7250 not off the top of my head, I know its early in game

[@ZARD427]

that is sad......but it's a god damn Pidgey

[@ooeygooeygoodra3068]

@@ZARD427 HEY! That Pidgey was special to me!

[@shinyduck258]

holy shit that's: 1.) really cool they coded that into the game (it's small things that makes the game feel better) 2.) incredibly sad but still really heartwarming message.

[@LuckyTheMotherFan]

I actually did cry when i saw this, It's so sad that they died.. RIP ???? - 2023 . "He will always be with you"

[@capuchinosofia4771]

I NEVER KNEW HE GAVE THE POKEMON BACK WHEN HE PASSED AWAY NOOOOOO MY HEART AAAAA

[@frukola64]

Imagine going to the pokemon wiki to see where to find a comet shard and it just says "GET IT AS A GIFT FROM A DEAD PERSON IN THIS CITY"

[@CalemCooper7]

Every time I replay this game I do this quest. It’s a great way to rip your heart out while also easing the guilt of having route one Pokémon in the box to never be used.

[@uniplane8004]

I came expecting him to fail a shiny or something and was hit with more emotion than I expected

[@samuniverse14]

I never expected to cry while playing Pokémon Violet. I started with the Path of Legends part with Arven and when he revealed he was trying to get the herbmistica to help his Mabosstiff to better health… I started crying… A few months earlier my childhood dog Max, whom I’ve had since I was 5, was attacked by my neighbors dog. He was bleeding a little but since he was old he died from shock, this happened the day before my 16 birthday… Seeing Arven trying to help Mabosstiff get better reminded me of me and Max in a way… I turn 17 in July and I’m still not used to not having him sleep on my bed when it’s bedtime

[@LunaTheWolf072]

I remember this so well because I cried when I did it in Pokemon X, I remember giving him a Lapras. When I played through Y I didn't make the same choice because I didn't want him to die

[@CresentEclipse]

It was truly heart warming when I first gave him my pokemon I gave him a level 10 arceus not expecting it back I same with the commet shard this made me cry because of how relatable it was if only people were kind like you in the game.

[@MajorMilk]

"What a terrible day for rain" "What do you mean? It's not raining..." "Yes. It is."

[@MCF85]

a true OG also knows about the hidden escape rope that's available in the same city near the gym only after this man "disappears". I remember back in the day there were all kinds of speculations about this

[@CobraKlNG]

I gave him a level 3 flechling and after this happened I took it upon myself to make that flechling the single most powerful thing on my team

[@SherloDaDino]

Now that's another one to add to my "Times I cried on A Pokémon Game!" Mystery Dungeon Series were the Onions for my eyes..

[@yveshku5583]

While Pokemon has shown itself plenty capable of being emotional, the Mystery Dungeon games being a prime example, this little side event hit the heart strings unnecessarily hard for no reason. It was such a nice thing to have.

[@unofficialSummer]

There I was, living my life thinking that my Jynx or Wailord was taking care of the old man, oh boy.

[@Cool-Vest]

I remember an old man on Unova Route 23 that said he doesn't know what he'll do with his Haxorus once he kicks the bucket.

[@bedsidekhair3667]

Okay…that took a really dark turn quickly. At least it has a happy ending

[@brycetheobald5512]

I remember as a 13 year old seeing this and tearing up because the old man went out filled with love and happiness. Truly a beautiful scene that newer Pokémon games fail to re-create let alone give that feeling as is.

[@kalkuttadrop6371]

Fun Fact: If you don't meet him until after completing the Hall of Fame and never battle the E4, he never dies

[@scottbecker4367]

The only logical conclusion is that because we gave him a Pokemon, he wanted to watch us become a champion on TV. The battle was so thrilling, it gave him a serious heart problem that he would later succumb to. TLDR: We killed the old man with our sick battling skills.

[@Beamin439]

@@scottbecker4367 plot twist. you suck so bad he kills himself.

[@Generationalwealth94]

​@@scottbecker4367 I came here to feel, not to laugh 🤣🤣

[@TheMemeMan.]

I'm happy that Man ended up enjoying his last days with that Pokemon.

[@Aardappelpurree]

X&Y had so much heart and attention put into it

[@CoolPorygon]

Somehow turning pokemon open world has reduced the amount of nice world building interactions like this

[@Xellerator101]

The problem with pokemon is that it doesn't have to be an open world. Like a lot of RPGs like octopath traveler, or undertale the world just has to feel open

[@andrewsebree4333]

The new Scarlet and Violet brought a tear to my eye as well when you find out why Arven wants to collect the Herba whatevers. To make his dog feel better. Got me choked up

[@BJGvideos]

And then you think "oh good, the dog is all better! Surely Arven's story can only get more positive from here!" Hahaha *nope*.

[@andrewsebree4333]

@BJGvideos yeah he's got a pretty tragic story in this game

[@jesseyu162]

His parents neglected him, died, and then his dog started dying. Can we please have a happy ending to Arven’s story in the DLC?

[@BJGvideos]

@@jesseyu162 Well at least we could save the dog. And he has a living parent somewhere, most likely. Just they fucked off and abandoned him when he was a baby. Dammit I want them to show up in the DLC so I can fulfill my promise of punching Arven's jackass parent in the face. Sada had best be ready to square up because I'm not digging up a dead guy.

[@andrewsebree4333]

@Jesse Yu for real... and we basically killed the robot version of his mom. I mean good lord. Talk about issues.. that man needs therapy for the rest of his life. He's the one that should've started Team Star🤣🤣

[@SimplySushimi]

I clicked on this video thinking "this can't be THAT sad" but cried by the end 🥲

[@LegoReader12345hello]

I gave him a scatterbug, it may have been ugly but he really liked it, it was sad when I knew the man passed away but I’m happy he had good company. I cherish that scatterbug since

[@CaptainRed1000]

Among the saddest main game moments. I specified “main game” for a reason.

[@vn9574]

Pokemon X and Y was the emotional side of Pokemon honestly

[@FRebuke]

It's a terrible day for rain, especially indoors...

[@Wabinator]

Now imagine how that eevee would feel

[@lemguins7031]

Even more sad is when you find out that he threw an escape rope away and you can find it when you do give him the pokemon... He really did need some company and you saved him from doing something wreckless...

[@nellewoodruff6337]

I had lost my grandpa around the time X&Y first came out so this hurt quite a bit when I saw this

[@user-gi1pf1mm8k]

Geez, I got goosebumps when the music kicked in.

[@Ajax_Fenrir]

Pokemon Y had it's problems, but damn the small things like this really make me want to replay the game, I never got the chance to do this, but thank you for letting me see what I missed, but I'll never forget that beautiful ending to the game, one of the best imo.

[@blah4151]

Just give bro something like a hacked lvl 5 Mew, probably use its powers to make him young again.

[@garlandlevitan3050]

This event hits me harder now that my IRL grandfather passed away in 2020 (from complications of Alzheimer’s). I really miss my Papa-T. I hope I made him happy in his final years like I was able to make this old man in this game happy.

[@BubbleGumIsCute]

This and bobbery’s story in paper Mario the thousand year door have always been favorites of mine. I just love sad stories in happy video games.

[@KyloZach]

Holy moly this hitted me like a ton of bricks! I never knew theres an event like this in Pokémon...Be kind to those and always cherish them until the very end. 😔👍🏻

[@gabrieleboh6858]

Well, you got a comet shard for this "quest"

[@MiguelSchafer]

People discovering about X/Y ten years later it's just equally fascinating and funny to me.

[@shinyeevee5622]

I clicked on this video thinking “How bad can it be?” Turns out that *Game Freak wants to send a message of reality*. But seriously this is so true. This is just so sad, but it’s reality, and reality is sad sometimes.

[@shannonn2569]

I remember coming to check on this guy after giving him Ember who hatches from the egg you get Unova who was still a baby Larvesta, I entered and wondered where is the man, why is there a Pokeball..? I approached silently, hoping, that it wasn't true, i interacted with it and noted how it said there was a letter and read it my fears were confirmed, i looked sadly at Ember and scooped him back into my arms, I know he was sad too..Ember is now a lvl 100 beautiful Volcarona..the man will be proud of his best friend, what makes this sadder? Anister's city music has what sounds like a musical clock tone...OMG i went to visit the house again it was clear when i entered but when I left it started snowing!! The sky is crying too...

[@josephsalta6440]

Enough to make a grown man cry. That old man may have been in a game, but the emotions we felt for him was real. Flight high old man

[@mrfoxly6833]

Sometimes I wonder what is going on in people's heads when they say this game is bad.

[@Sassaparilla]

It's a balance thing. There are a lot of flaws in the game, and some really good moments to it as well. In my opinion, XY isn't bad, just often lackluster or disappointing. One of my biggest points towards that is the E4, who even on a rematch, do not have full teams, or even megas for that matter. XY are probably the easiest games in the series, with the least amount of content overall. Introduces a lot of cool stuff, sure. But some of those things are used better elsewhere (such as Zygarde as a concept, and Mega Evolution).

[@mrfoxly6833]

@@Sassaparilla Maybe if Pokemon Z actually happened people would think of it differently. 🤷‍♂️

[@Sassaparilla]

@@mrfoxly6833 certified truther moment.

[@holzman00]

It's not that it's bad, it's underwhelming. If X/Y had more sweet moments like this, I would think more fondly of it. So many great ideas in Kalos that weren't fleshed out.

[@dannylopez5976]

This just blindsided me when I stumbled onto it. Thought almost nothing of it and gave the guy a Bidoof. Then I wander back in because I forgot what the house was and just got major whiplash when I did.

[@Pigsama]

Well, I have a memory that I don't know if is true. I remember finding a letter in pokemon leaf green postgame about a man regreating leaving his family years ago to work. He misses his daughter so much and I realy think this is a message from one of developpers to his family. Anyone else remember this?

[@WildGardevoir]

Old man : *Die* The game : CALEM OBTAINED A COMET SHARD! YAY

[@jonolivier9126]

Love em or hate em, every Pokémon game/episode has it's moments. Pokémon Y was the 3rd Pokémon game I played, I was 9 when I beat it and didn't find this event until I was 12, and it got me pretty good, deaths in Pokémon are pretty far and few between so whenever one happens it will never fail to hit home on me. Basically every single one got a tear or two my first time seeing, some even got me bawling and still get me now, the only one that didn't make me at least choke up is the implied death of Blue's Raticate in the Kanto games because it just kinda came up with no buildup. The Stoutland in the Alola anime, Luxray in I Choose You, some like those still stick with me years later. The fact that this man got to spend his last few moments happy thanks to you is definitely a standout as far as mainline games go, though it is kind of funny that in theory he could've spent his last moments with a Giratina, Palkia, or Dialga if you still had a level 1 one from the Sinjoh Ruins event, "Thank you, this lord of the underworld really helped comfort this old coot in his dying moments."

[@BJGvideos]

After PLA it would kinda make sense for a Giratina to be more receptive to positive emotion. Sure it's not the same one that teamed up with Volo and had a change of heart later, but there's not many Giratinas out there and they're probably all met with revulsion and fear despite being capable of complex emotion.

[@kkdraws9052]

@@BJGvideos There's more than one of each legendary?

[@kkdraws9052]

I don't think raticate died I think people just were confused by blue not having it on it's team and jumped to conclusions. I never played the first gen games myself but I did watch a few theory videos and one of the biggest pieces of evidence against the theory is that Blue took it off his time before the ghost gym leader. Since normal and ghost can't hit each other, the smartest thing would be to put raticate in a box. Blue is a true rival who doesn't hold any punches like later games and while he doesn't abuse his pokemon I can see him swapping them out in order to win

[@BJGvideos]

@@kkdraws9052 There wasn't a ghost gym leader until gen 2. There was a ghost Elite Four member in gen 1 though.

[@BJGvideos]

@@kkdraws9052 Yeah, there can be a new Giratina created every time Arceus goes to the Mystri Stage and does a little dance, like in the HGSS event