Pokémon Legends: Arceus - Superboss Volo Ultimate Battle (HQ)

[@JJ-ir3bx]

The "Oh no" moment when you realize that your team isn't healed when Giratina arrives........ and then STILL isn't healed once his second phase begins, is something I haven't felt in a Pokemon game in a long time

[@martinat3884]

I only had Dialga left, and he was one shot by Giratina.

[@solidzack]

The moment you realize you are not fighting against just one legendary but a team of 8 Pokémon, 2 of which are a box art legendary.

[@nateortega2912]

Luckily I had a few max revives and my togekiss is a TANK. Can tank 2 hits from him

[@ghengiroo4143]

@@solidzack with stat boosts and an evasion-boosting 100BP STAB move.

[@thelegendarypotato6191]

man i tried with multiple teams just to best volo’s team and giratina’s first form. i was celebrating i finally beat him after 4 hours and then discovered giratina also had his orgin form battle and i died, that was the most pain i felt in years.

[@TopNotchOtter]

Volo is the one who taught the player the back-strike technique, that is literally another way of saying backstab. They knew what they were doing from the very beginning.

[@jeronimomartinezcalsina7690]

THAT CYNTHIA ANCESTOR IS A SPY!!!

[@absollnk]

SHIT YOU'RE RIGHT

[@darkraiking680]

When Volo had Togepi and Gible, I readied a Fairy type for the eventual clash against Cynthia’s team. Very glad I did.

[@junazuranoob6192]

I laugh after defeating Volo he literally sell his soul to Satan, so he could see god

[@azurephantasm1666]

I always told my friends I thought he was too nice. When I got to the credits, I said wow I wasn’t betrayed. LITTLE DID I KNOW.

[@Tiltigo]

A nice little touch is that when you fight Volo's team you can see him giving commands when they attack, but when Giratina comes out he doesn't. Giratina is fighting you completely on his own.

[@XellosNi]

"GIRATINA, STRIKE HIM DOWN!" "That's all I need to hear, fam. I got this."

[@PrincessSpoiledGirl]

@@XellosNi 😭😂

[@OnyveUntitled]

Giratina is such an iconic queen frfr

[@x2ombie1337]

It's pretty much the same as the Diamond/Pearl Clan's Pokemon, where there is a sense of alliance/trust between them and their Trainer.

[@mrchickinman9984]

@@OnyveUntitled whyd you have to ruin the mood with “queen” and “frfr” like cmon man

[@alphaareus]

Volo’s villain origin story is literally just: “God kept ignoring my calls so I converted to satanism to get back at him.”

[@bananaeclipse3324]

Huh, that’s a hell of a way at looking at it. True too.

[@022107]

Volo got ghost'd

[@hollowlive690]

I can imagine a Christian who’s going through a rough patch doing this.

[@squidpile]

“God left me on read, so I’m leaving him dead”

[@matadeverdoemden]

"Dear, Arceus, I wrote you but you ain't callin'."

[@UlsterDogPlays]

I love how Volo just glosses over that he's the reason the rift appeared in the first place

[@darkraiknight386]

He’s all like “yeah, I caused everything and put the entire region in danger? So what?”

[@mohbius2]

i was srsly dumb and was just expecting a giratina fight. I was skim reading his dialogue and read that, genuinely did a double take. Then he starts a fight, sends out spritomb all the while the piano starts. My jaw dropped

[@TheyCallMeMrMaybe]

Let's also not forget he summoned Giratina (Satan) as part of a master plot to fill his obsession of meeting Arceus (God)

[@aetherresonant9079]

@@TheyCallMeMrMaybe And not to mention, this is still when Giratina was fully ready and willing to take revenge on Arceus, unlike the later Giratina we see. you know i'm not entirely sure what i meant when i said this

[@d4rksonic474]

@@aetherresonant9079 Pretty sure, Volo's the reason why it changed, lol.

[@reye9588]

I like the fact that Volo's dream to meet Arceus was fulfilled by Cynthia in the HGSS event when she stood in front of god. Volo had mortal limitations, but he lived on through his descendants

[@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712]

So in the end, he actually accomplished his goal, but in the form of Cynthia.

[@halalcomrade34]

@@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712 yes but Cynthia isn't Volo

[@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712]

@@halalcomrade34 Well I know that, but they are related.

[@reye9588]

@@halalcomrade34 yes, but it's the best way he could. He said that he'll fulfill his ambitions one day no matter the centuries. However, he can't live for so long. His descendant fulfilling that for him works best.

[@queenofcups3579]

@@halalcomrade34 Unless he is Cynthia reincarnated. He said he'd take however long until he would solve the mystery.

[@HellfireComms]

Girantina literally refusing to die and transforming is so fucking hype. Definitely didn't expect that kind of thing in Pokemon.

[@ZapNstuff]

When watching I was like: oh it’s gonna die Then it transformed: EXCUSE ME WTF

[@justmatt9658]

it makes it even better that it syncs with the flatline

[@j.c._gaming4671]

This replaced my fav fight in pokemon ngl ultra necrozma has been dethroned

[@j.c._gaming4671]

@@justmatt9658 I love how they make sure the battle music for trainers and everything properly syncs

[@a_random_lizard]

He's like "oh no, you beat me, bleh... SIKE!!"

[@samsungrefrigeratorcondens4354]

10:16 I love that little text box saying "You finally beat Giratina!". The developers KNEW that people like me would try this boss way too under leveled and end up stuck for 3 and a half hours.

[@wasquash]

YES WHEN I BEAT IT I FELT THE SAME THING

[@slamg4618]

OMG! I did too! I felt personally attacked when it said, "finally" 😂😂😂

[@strangenarwhal84]

Dang, I have a friend who was ahead of me and warned me of the hell that is this fight. I haven’t reached it yet but all of my Pokémon are at level 70 lol

[@paolo-qi5yg]

@@strangenarwhal84 lol i did It with level 60 pokemons and a level 70 electivire

[@strangenarwhal84]

@@paolo-qi5yg good for you, I just beat giritina’s origin form with an umbreon.

[@groadybroady1459]

The entire game I was waiting for Volo to betray me, and then as soon as I believed he was just a genuine guy he attacks me😭

[@agoraphobi.c]

he started to give me a bad vibe when i was collecting the plates >:(

[@chaoscontroller316]

For me it was that laugh. The moment a nice guy gives that excited laugh, you start expecting the worst.

[@gulfcitynd]

I had to stall him for ever knowing he'd wreck me

[@groadybroady1459]

@@chaoscontroller316 the Pokémon game format has just overall taught me to be suspicious of overly nice strangers😆 I even thought that Cynthia was suspicious for most of pearl lmao

[@joshreynolds588]

@@chaoscontroller316 i was distracted when the evil laugh came up so his betrayal was personal….

[@illustriousrocket4476]

The transition into Origin Forme Giratina may very well be one of the greatest moments this franchise has ever produced. That music drop

[@ediakin4993]

08:20 when the guitar part starts to rise it's like cry- the best part!

[@LunaP1]

I was genuinely horrified when that happened.😱

[@denimchicken104]

@@ediakin4993 8:14 gotta leave the entire transition in there for the full effect.

[@icecontrol1]

The fact that you aren't healed between battles and that Giratina gets a second health bar essentially means Volo's team is composed of 8 Pokemon

[@ruiribeiro8010]

2 of them being legendaries with omni Stat boost.

[@an8790]

I love that the guy playing the game had a full team of good lvl 70:s and still nearly lost to Volo. It's a good final boss battle.

[@nightmare_symphony]

@@an8790 it was a lot better that way, in the beginning I was thinking this was too easy of a fight. Glad I was wrong

[@moltrescompany]

Reminds me of good ol shadow lugia

[@crossknight1490]

@@an8790 I was thinking the same. At first I thought "men, this dude went full lvl 70 and he is doing pretty well", but then realised that seems pretty hard and if that was me, i'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to win. You need to be a good trainer to defeat Volo. Amazing fight, no doubt

[@MightyAverage]

8:15 One of the best times Pokemon has used its absolute banger of a soundtrack to its limits

[@lucylu3342]

Trainer: **Beats the boss** Giratina: "DOOM Metal it is."

[@mooseyluke]

Giratina's theme was always a banger, but it felt like this like they REALLY leaned into the heartbeat and flatline motif. It's like Giratina is ACTIVELY trying to kill you

[@FTGxSoJuFoRcEs]

I was jumping around with only goodra and decidueye left I had goosebumps💯

[@maxenglish5106]

Goes absolutely mental I've made it to that phase multiple times, beaten it, and watched it multiple times and it still gets my adrenaline pumping every time

[@blanche__]

Tbh, imo, this game's soundtrack is surprisingly lacking but I& really like the reuse/remix of Cynthia's theme just to confirm the shock even more 😅

[@LucarioShirona]

It’s actually pretty scary to consider. Volo’s words as he is defeated, would be carried out to become Cynthia’s past time in researching Sinnoh Mythology. But what makes Cynthia different however is possibly her upbringing that led her direction more benevolent. Where Cyrus on the other hand didn’t go so well. Cyllene is strict yet is kind, but that kindness most likely became lost over the years, which driven Cyrus down the path that Volo sought after. Both Cynthia and Cyrus are kinda like a mirror, I never would have thought that in a way their ideals from their ancestors would swap and clash.

[@mob4115]

not to mention they aren't direct relatives, this is many generations before modern sinnoh characters, each generation would have more and more differing personalitys

[@superzellff8179]

In PokeEX new title screen. Cyrus and Cynthia are standing back to back like inba mirror you mentioned

[@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712]

You can say that Cynthia still have the Volo in her.

[@brian_Austin27]

@@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712 especially in her battle animation in bdsp and cyrus does care about our world he just hates the ugly emotions we have

[@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712]

@@brian_Austin27 Yeah, he mainly want to erase the existence of emotions and spirit, just that the world would be destroyed in the process.

[@blueberryboi0094]

Imagine how heart breaking this is for the main character, after getting banished he immediately comes to your aid. Sure others offered help too, but Volo didn't even hesitate or think of anything else other than helping us. Just for this to happen

[@ireignsupreme2355]

He was just using us to collect the plates

[@jakobr_]

Volo was also the only one completely certain of your innocence, because he did all the bad stuff himself haha

[@pinkymii072]

@@jakobr_ I wonder if he felt bad for damning the protagonist in his place, and actually wanted to help them for a bit

[@hectortroncoso202]

​@@pinkymii072maybe, i mean, we were his best client, in a twisted way of course

[@apieceoftoast768]

the Big Smoke of Pokemon.

[@SparkyRaichu]

“Even if it takes centuries!” Cyrus still trying to get out of Distortion Realm: “No, you don’t. Trust me.”

[@Mario87456]

Um yeah Cyrus CHOSE to stay there.

[@yangwenlifangirl]

Posting this again: Volo might be the villain in PLA but he has been a big indirect help in the Giratina incident in Platinum. Volo might passed his knowledge about Giratina on his descendants. That's why Cynthia is the only character in a mainline games who called Giratina by its name which basically like a forbidden knowledge and that's why her familiarity with the Distortion World is questionable. She leads you in the portal showing you the way straight to Giratina. She even tells you that it wants to 'fight'. It feels like if it wasn't for Volo's knowledge, the world might be destroyed in Pokemon Platinum and how ironic because that's basically what he wanted.

[@KrystianZieba-kc8tx]

@CJ Dinoy in addition giratina himself actually lets go of his rage and actually starts to protect the world from destruction wich i find really intresting, giratina got charecter development.

[@Kyumifun]

@@KrystianZieba-kc8tx yeah

[@BlackKyurem5]

Well no, Cynthia didn't have any knowledge from the beginning. She still had to research and find out about Giratina existence on her own.

[@yangwenlifangirl]

@@BlackKyurem5 Yes, you're kinda right. She researches for the information, the main question is how she is able to know about Giratina? It's kinda weird that there no other archeologists who discover it first and they are ignorant about the existence of the hidden third member of creation trio. She is the first, I guess. I still believe that she have the advantage due to their bloodline of lorekeepers. Also, Cyrus knows a lot of Sinnoh myths and did a lot of research yet he doesn't know the name of Giratina, he just calls it a shadow pokemon.

[@rogue1248]

@@yangwenlifangirl true I'm guess he only researched what the Diamond and Pearl clans believed.

[@LeHarukii]

Okay but Cynthia's ancestor as the villain is just straight up terrifying.

[@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712]

Because of his eyes ?

[@ThatOneMotherfucker]

This makes me wonder now...Giovanni, Archie, Maxie, Ghetetis, Lysandre, Guzma, Lusimane and the Chairmen were probably the good guys in the past while Lance, Steven Stone, Alder, Leon, and Blue could have been evil.

[@Crazylom]

@@ThatOneMotherfucker Who's Red, then? Neutral is the best outcome

[@universalsinewave7559]

@@ThatOneMotherfucker Lance was evil in the manga.

[@neverbackdown1918]

@@ThatOneMotherfucker how did you forget about my man Cyrus?

[@ShinrenIsntReal]

I can’t believe how emotionally damaging it was when Volo betrayed me. He was my favorite character and he just turned around and tried to murder me.

[@ekuLy_42]

It probably would of been for me to if I never saw the thumbnail.

[@SassyYariKu]

@@ekuLy_42 same. Saw it literally 10 hours before I fought him myself ...

[@ekuLy_42]

@@SassyYariKu try 1 hour before...

[@SassyYariKu]

@@ekuLy_42 damn that sucks. Wish youtube had a block function based on tags so we could avoid spoilers until then

[@N1NF14]

pokemon has never hurt me this way before. i LOVED VOLO and he was just such a fun dude,, then he turns out to b crazy😭😭😭😭

[@blackscythe99]

I thought being banished by Kamado hurt but THIS….damnit Volo I thought what we had was special!!!! This game is amazing. I can’t wait to see how gamefreak tops this one in the future.

[@hotchocolate5261]

How did you not know Volvo was the villain the first time you saw him? I literally thought he was the villain when I first saw him he was just really suspicious 😅

[@blackscythe99]

@@hotchocolate5261 I knew he was suspicious but I still thought our bond was special

[@mohbius2]

@@hotchocolate5261 i just thought of him as a nice guy, literally always had a smiling face. didn’t see this coming at all

[@hotchocolate5261]

@@mohbius2 the smile literally had suspicious all over lol the smile is what made it clear that he was evil lol

[@vla1ne]

I saw this coming a mile away, but damn was it still amazing to watch play out.

[@swirling565]

The fact there is so much plot in this game and the fact there is so much meaning behind the words in the Pokédex and of the character is amazing. Gamefreak really showed they can make great Pokemon games again

[@MechTechGunna]

When it comes to storytelling, Gen 4, 5 and 7 have always been the pinnacles to me. I’m excited for Gen 9 and hope whatever’s in store keeps up the momentum!

[@LordDarrenysus]

@@MechTechGunna as it turn out despite how choppy gen turned out the storytelling was still on point

[@lmaolol7702]

sv was garbage compared to this

[@cursedfl4mes645]

@@lmaolol7702story was still way better tbh

[@samhaney]

Let’s be honest: All of us expected something to happen with Volo. Cynthia’s ancestor being portrayed as something as simple as a merchant man was definitely suspicious.

[@rodoshehossain7400]

To me, seeing Volo being too nice to the player character and kept talking about the plates was suspicious.

[@sakazuki666]

he was sussy

[@TheGamerGuy975]

He's just a simple man making his way through the Hisui Region

[@baldkiwi444]

@@sakazuki666 amonus

[@Galen223adept]

@@rodoshehossain7400 It's so funny to me because most npcs in pokemon games are like overly friendly but something about him I noticed after a while is that he seemed off at times. Idk what it was but while he and Cynthia are both into the lore and helps out our mc multiple times, he seemed too eager to the point it came across more self serving than actually wanting to help us or Hisui. It's been a while but Cynthia I remember being more sincere and not too pushy.

[@banana9263]

Watching this made me realize that this game would be killer with voice acting

[@LucarioShirona]

We're so close!

[@idontknowwhattoput5851]

The protagonist already has “hurt” voice lines, now they just need to take it a step further and add voices for everyone!

[@makototakara7025]

I hope Soichiro Hoshi or Robbie Daymond does not voiced Volo if he ever makes an appearance in the anime. They both voiced Goro Akechi from Persona 5 in their respective languages.

[@leandroroman7053]

I would nominate Johnny Yong Bosch for Volo's voice.

[@rBlack_909]

True

[@wxo_5057]

The fact Cyrus’ ancestor was good and Cynthia’s ancestor was evil isn’t completely a shock to me.

[@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712]

Unexcept the expected I guess, and if Cyrus’s ancestor is evil, people will probably hate on the game.

[@rodoshehossain7400]

I remembered back then, many people made lot of theories about Cynthia's ancestor being the villain. That's before Volo was introduced.

[@rodoshehossain7400]

I think you mean expect the unexpected.

[@sarthakarora3212]

Cynthia and cyrus are both sides of the same coin. They were made to be the opposites of each other that is why this was not unexpected but the way volo and cyline were interduced were.

[@HAZNAUT]

@@sarthakarora3212 everyone thought commander kommado - *i didnt see one theory on volo* to be honest i like the "kill child moment throwback"

[@aurum3747]

"No matter how many years, how many decades, how many centuries it takes me!" He's probably being hyperbolic, but imagine how cool it'd be to find Volo in the modern era, dude would be an acient battle master with even more op pokémon and knowledge of a lot more Immortality is already a thing as seen with AZ, imagine if Volo tapped into that

[@shgnome1613]

I think it’s a reference to when Cynthia meets arceus herself (as his ancestry). That’s a fun theory tho

[@zacnmac]

Cynthia is a trap confirmed??

[@GastrodonAmy]

With Celebi, it wouldn't be farfetched for Volo to end up in the present as a major threat to life in general on par with Lysandre. Bonus points if you get to fight him and, true to him being a PG-rated expy of Seymour Guado from FFX, use GIRATINA against him ("You would oppose me as well? So be it").

[@stallsunguy3064]

On a similar note, isn't Cogita stated to be immortal or something? Or am I just high lol

[@spamtong.spamton8416]

I wish Volo got more screentime after revealing himself to be a bad guy. I think he's one of the best villains Pokémon has ever had and he deserves way more than just 15 minutes of screentime.

[@thischannelisnotinuseanymo3828]

As someone who won the fight first try and legitimately cried through the entire thing, I would like to see more Volo screen time. Maybe he'll return in DLC?

[@puppies3330]

More like 300 hours of screentime because of how long it would take to beat him

[@curious_banda]

Ghetsis is better.

[@amiiboguy7288]

Hi Spamton Imagine if you were a merchant who uses the protagonist of the game to help you become a god

[@dirckthedork-knight1201]

​@@curious_banda Except Ghetsis did not put a facade of friendliness and then reveal that he manipulated you and made a deal with pokemon satan to come into contact with God

[@mrmwm5446]

Probably the coolest final trainer battle in a long time.

[@owlitup2225]

definitely*, not even close

[@hotchocolate5261]

@@owlitup2225 you are getting out ruled by most of the community… a lot of people love this battle and some people even consider it to be one of the hardest battles in the Pokémon main line… and I kinda agree because this took me forever and I didn’t have any heals

[@Hylian_Waffle]

Also definitely the most unfair.

[@dryashes]

@@Hylian_Waffle my man really pulled out basically a 8v6 and two of the pokemon are (Not) Satan.

[@Slymation]

@@hotchocolate5261 you misread his reply, he’s agreeing with the original comment

[@reye9588]

LMAO NOT GIRATINA BEING THE FAMILY PET TO THE CYNTHIA FAM THO

[@matthewwilliams8267]

I think it's more of a "Chosen One" type of deal? Like Giratina itself grants the bloodline strength, to become the strongest, to learn more about the history of the land. But why? Why does it want so badly for someone to understand why it rebelled? And why does it appear so strongly to those who wants to remake the universe? Is that the "incredible violence" it committed, trying to destroy reality as we know it, so it was banished to Unreality, where it's original form was warped into it's Altered Form? And it's Origin Form is technically the same as Dialga and Palkia's "Altered Form" (the ones we catch in DPPT/BDSP)? Does Giratina wants reality to end?

[@KrystianZieba-kc8tx]

@@matthewwilliams8267 he wanted it at the start due to his anger twards arceus, he most likeley destroyed everyting once while creating anti matter then he got banished and swore to destroy the universe in his fury twards arceus for imprisoning him for what from giratinas perspective was litteraly no reason at all since all he did was make the only thing he knew how. Than later on in the platinum games giratina actively stops the destruction of the world and kidnaps cyrus. This shows that giratina at one point wanted to destroy the universe in anger but realized his error and litteraly did a 180 becoming a guardian to the universe. Giratina got best character development ive seen in a pokemon game to date.

[@thebigchungus4515]

>Volo switches out his Pokémon after a super-effective move Wait a minute, that’s illegal.

[@magmarman2633]

It was an AWFUL switch, honestly. Like oh yes, instead of letting your Pokemon with a base Speed stat of like 30 get a hit in before dying, swap it out so that it'll be completely useless for the rest of the battle!

[@IexistIguessidk]

I mean after seeng Cynthia swap from Lucario into Togekiss during her second Rematch in BDSP after I attacked Lucario with Earthquake I honestly am not supprised to see the A.I. switch around.

[@ieatcheese8744]

Its supposed to be hard

[@-Miasimon]

@@magmarman2633 You'd have a point if switching and speed worked the same in this game as it did in others. He swapped in Roserade and attacked in the same turn, and when Spiritomb came back out, it attacked in the same turn. Basically, swapping rarely counts as a turn and speed barely has an effect on turn order (only really notice it if the opponent is double or half your speed).

[@metalxmecha567]

So after witnessing Volo’s same thirst for wanting to meet Arceus from the shadows, Giratina finally emerges after you believe you’ve secure your victory. Proceeds to then battle you and when you think you’re done you only enrage him even more to where he powers up to his Origin Form. A 20/10 experience indeed

[@Sheenifier]

What I love about the Volo battle, apart from the villain plot twist, is that its completely expected, but once the music starts it's like "Wait wait wait wait wait that's- you can't do that"

[@android1.591]

As soon as I saw him add gibble to his team I knew what was to come he would be major fight but I didnt expect this

[@marmar.v2743]

fr lol

[@feIon]

as soon as i saw that he had a togepi in the first battle of the game i knew

[@RI-yw8hm]

As soon I saw Togepi and Gible together, I knew they were gonna be issue later in the game.

[@mooseyluke]

The "OH NO" moment in the Solaceon Ruins made my palms sweaty

[@ceegk3071]

I didn’t even think much of it, I just thought he was a random nice guy 😂

[@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123]

I love how there's this intense scene where Volo asks if you had a dream as well, and then it gets undercut by "You got the Spooky Plate!" Which is the funniest thing ever. Imagine if the Devil gave you an item of infinite power and it was called the "Funky Plate"

[@leonelalejandrovazquez3060]

LMAO 💀😭

[@wasquash]

YES

[@blanche__]

IKR!! XD

[@JorgeGonzalez-xv1zo]

In spanish the spooky plate it's called Tabla Terror. Which is like the Terror Plate

[@blanche__]

@@JorgeGonzalez-xv1zo much better xD

[@chainz339]

I can’t express enough how happy I was that my team wasn’t healed going into that Giratina fight. Felt like an actual challenge and made me really think. Last time I truly thought and didn’t win with ease in a story battle was B2W2 Champion Iris.

[@potatoexe5410]

8:03 Giratina walking slowly forward while you were selecting your Spiritomb's attack is pretty scary. Especially when it takes the Dark Pulse to the face and transforms into Origin

[@robertbreschard3493]

Bwaahh

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

Few centuries later in the Pasio Region Giratina: ….You look familiar…. Cynthia: Volo…. Giratina: Ah Volo, tried to get me murder a 15 year old and wanted to be god…good times…

[@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712]

Maybe that’s why she can have it, because actually more like it’s Volo, who’s now Cynthia, had finally reunited with Giratina, and Giratina probably can recognize the Volo inside Cynthia.

[@ThatOneMotherfucker]

Meanwhile in the Johto Region Arecus: Oh...it's *you* Ethan: Wait, you know her? Arecus.....No...but she reminds me of someone who was obsessed with meeting me that she tried to murder a previous trainer I was with to become me of a new world. Seems like the crazy genes finally died out I see... Cynthia: .....maybe Cyrus was right. Arecus: Oh myself, he stills lives on within you.

[@jufref]

Ahh fellow masters player

[@Joelmamalovesit]

Can we friends because that is an awesome person would come up with XD

[@ThePoint.]

Giratina 5 seconds later: wait is that him, oh my dad its him.

[@mayalonde1138]

Volo: I need to see Arceus! I need to know Arceus! also, Volo: *wears Arceus aesthetics like he has seen the pokemon before*

[@victordiasnogueira3068]

Maybe he saw Arceus in ancient hisui drawings or something

[@solidzack]

He saw your ArcPhone and was like "Shit, I need clothes that look like that"

[@angelicaguevara281]

@@solidzack Damn right, I can imagine that as cannon

[@bananaeclipse3324]

If you see throughout the game, a ton of ancient drawings of arceus exist

[@Karmanoplayz]

@@solidzack fr 😂

[@NthDoctorWho]

Okay that transition into the Giratina battle theme was sick as fuck

[@Ikatsuma]

Volo at the beggining of the game: hi! Want McDonalds? Volo at the endgame: WHY IN THE ACTUAL FUCK DID A LITTERAL GOD CHOSE A FUCKING OUSIDER?!

[@MaxWelton]

Giratina’s eyes turning red has a similar “oh shit” factor to Necrozma turning into an all-powerful light dragon of death

[@darkraiknight386]

So that's why Cynthia got Giratina in Pokemon Masters. It was all foreshadowing for this! Heck, maybe Giratina joined her because Volo was her ancestor!

[@blueeyeddrago3540]

Oh yeah!

[@KrystianZieba-kc8tx]

Giratina might have also seen that despite the simmilarities volo and cynthia are diffrent, with cynthia being a straight up good person wich combined with the fact that giratina himself seems to have let go of his anger at arceus made him join up with cynthia.

[@kellis9351]

down to renegade cynthia's theme being a remix of the intro piano rather than her regular battle theme, just like volo

[@rodoshehossain7400]

Before the game came out, I thought Cynthia having Giratina was a reference to her major role in Platinum. After Legends came out and seeing Volo using Giratina makes lot of sense now. So Masters predicts that Cynthia's ancestor had Giratina, is very interesting.

[@amonzart2379]

ehhhh I have to remind you that Master is not cannon.

[@treestump17]

Cyrus’s ancestor is good, and Cynthia’s ancestor is bad, interesting.

[@waterized_bottle]

*Oh how the tables have turned.*

[@jQuse]

@@waterized_bottle oh how the turn tables

[@ariekazami4213]

The role has been reversed. Oh the irony

[@SpeedDemonPowerage98]

Well this explains why Renegade Cynthia exists in Masters Volo is evil.

[@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712]

Something tells me if Cynthia’s ancestor is female she won’t be bad. Just a stupid thought.

[@Vaatacious]

The generic legendary theme is already tense, but merging it with Giratina’s theme in that transition with that beautiful shadow force animation is truly nightmare inducing

[@spacejam4523]

“It was in an attempt to answer this question that I sought out Giratina and had it tear open that rift in space and time” had my jaw on the floor like Guardians 2 when Quil’s dad said “It killed me to put that tumor in her head”. The helper being the real villain is a twist that I’m never ready for

[@ri.c.respo_06]

I just love how he does that little Arceus pose with his legs at the beggining, while throwing the pokeball 1:53

[@Aimi_Kaneko]

Woah he did! That’s so cool!

[@blanche__]

Masterful!

[@momoandmiz]

this man is an arceus kinnie

[@samanthaclaremejia7975]

He’s trying so hard to meet arceus he just imitates him lol

[@MariOmor1]

Also Volo's ingame theme has a similar structure to Arceus: opening melody, then a long pause, then the rest of the melody comes in with more and more instruments until it loops

[@neosolitudexevermore4895]

Here's my take on why Giratina helped Volo: We know that Giratina was banished for its violence, but his position as the Pokemon of Anti-Matter suggests he was really creating Anti-Matter, thinking it was his purpose, but it was destroying what Arceus, Dialga, and Palkia were creating, as such Giratina was banished, this likely greatly confused Giratina which led him to becoming enraged, hence why he was helping Volo, either that or it is possible that the whole "siding with Volo" thing was actually a test to see if the Protagonist was worthy of facing Arceus, since catching him is necessary in order to challenge Arceus.

[@KrystianZieba-kc8tx]

I think both if your takes are correct especially since later on giratina becomes a sort of guardian who guards the world from destruction, stopping cyrus in his attempts.

[@ee-sm8ey]

If I recall correctly, according to one of Cynthia's theories, Giratina was never actually banished--it was sent to the Distortion World to keep the balance between the two worlds, as it does in the Shaymin movie. It was it's main purpose and it does it as it was intended

[@mykittystinksbad2]

Him? Giratina is genderless.

[@ee-sm8ey]

@@mykittystinksbad2 Genderless or Gender Unknown, as Bulbapedia puts it, Pokemon can still use masculine/feminine pronouns depending on how characters see them. Jirachi was referred to as a male in Mystery Dungeon for example

[@boltzero2772]

Wow that actually sounds both really compelling and at the same time understandable

[@plabcentral630]

This game really dose a tone good. For a mons game it has a decent story, the best gameplay of any mons game and a decently challenging super boss and true final boss.

[@JDLong006]

shame people are thinking poorly of it because of the graphics, the rest of the game is amazing

[@blanche__]

@@JDLong006 I& think the graphics are p good tbh! For a Nintendo switch at least lbxhkx

[@psychonautsupreme189]

I was really concerned that they were gonna mess up giratina, but they did him justice with this battle. Kind of disappointed we never got to see the distortion world tho

[@sb6196]

I know what you mean the distortion would have been amazing in this game it's unfortunate that we didn't see it doesn't bother me that much.

[@psychonautsupreme189]

@@sb6196 we may very well see it in the dlc, would be cool to see an older version of the distortion world, one that may have teemed with Pokemon at a certain point, but possibly a cataclysmic event caused them to disappear

[@RFEZR]

At least we know Giratina got character development

[@psychonautsupreme189]

@@RFEZR big fax, they definitely did my homies palkia and dialga dirty 💀 but dialga lowkey growing on me now

[@thischannelisnotinuseanymo3828]

We could get DLC though

[@kathleenlaine4455]

This was THE BEST game I have played since the BW series. The fluid animation, the plot and growth of the characters, and underlying mature themes of life and death (with Kamado and the Lost Village side quest) I mean what’s NOT TO LIKE. This is what I had been wanting in a Pokemon game for a long time, and they finally did it.

[@kadachinova5302]

I've never held more respect for a Yanmega in my life. The rest of my team (Goodra, Braviary, Typhlosion and Overqwil) were taken out by Volo's team. Giratina then destroys my Tangrowth, and I was out of revives at this point. It was one murder dragonfly versus the being of Antimatter. Yanmega manages to land a crunch, an air slash and a second crunch, taking out Giratina's first form. Then the second form starts. Giratina lands an attack, but Yanmega survives on low HP. Then, I use crunch. I had one shot left before he kills me, so I tried a Strong Style crunch, which probably still wouldn't be enough. My murder dragonfly critted. Yanmega is now a Pokemon I intend to use a lot more after this battle.

[@carlamartinezmangas4112]

Me but with shaymin KOing most of his pokemon... I still didnt win the first times

[@wasquash]

That’s some serious god damn rng.

[@wasquash]

Congrats

[@lionofdemise]

Gastrodon was my MVP in this fight. Tanked many attacks and delivered just as hard.

[@bananaeclipse3324]

Props man, I cheesed it with cresselia tbh. I’ve also found a shiny yawnmega which is a 10/10 shiny btw. Def recommend hunting!

[@diogoalmeida4293]

WAIT A MINUTE. This just explains why Cynthia has a connection to Giratina in Masters. Volo sided with it.

[@madhumitachatterjee6257]

Yeah, I play it and now I think that it all makes sense now.

[@kachosuffer7]

Ayo... Masters is canon?!

[@RealRoboKnight]

Once you think about... maybe this is the reason Arceus sent us back in time... to PREVENT this from happening...

[@miguelromero1163]

@@RealRoboKnight This is 100% the reason why Arceus send us in the past. To stop Volo and fix the dimensional rift that Volo and Giratina caused to lure him out.

[@lAlwaysHopel]

@@RealRoboKnight Exactly, in a way Arceus did responded to Volo. He couldn’t just see it, he couldn’t see that Arceus took notice of his action and send him message, which is the player who opposed his ideals.

[@KEKEISYOU]

This battle is so hard if you're not really prepared. I watched my friend play and we were surprised by every phase of this combat. The game is truly amazing!

[@solidzack]

The game probably expected you to take tge legendarirs you caught with you. Also there are Alpha Pokémon around level 85 catchable which would make this fight easier. I decided not to use them because Pokémon hasn't really been that difficult since its transition to 3D. My team members were all around level 77. BOY, was I not prepared! I barely managed to get to Giratina with one Pokémon which immediately died to it in its first form. After 5 tries I just managed to beat it after spamming a lot of Max Revives. This is by far the most challenging fight in Pokémon history!

[@ogmechsftw]

@@solidzack overlevelled alphas alone won't win this fight. they all need to have effort value investment from the rocks.

[@solidzack]

@@ogmechsftw i made it without effort values (didn't even know about the rocks) and changing natures with mints. I also only used one legendary (Darkrai) and my team was mostly around Level 77. That said, it took me many retries and on my final attempt I spammed a good couple of Max Revives

[@Equalizer4]

@@solidzack Giratina has coverage moves for all the legendaries you can catch at that point coincidentally. Dragon Claw for Palkia, Earth Power for Dialga, Shadow Force for the Lake Trio and Cresselia, and Aura Sphere for Regigas

[@hotchocolate5261]

@@Equalizer4 ya but almost all the legendaries has moved for giratina to be was just much more beefy then them

[@demiadeyemi8346]

After everything I’ve seen. This is probably one of the best pokemon games ever released. The remake sinnoh deserved

[@009_Ghostly_Systematic]

Oh... the irony...

[@jellosoup5]

@@009_Ghostly_Systematic What?

[@jellosoup5]

Waiting for that one person to say that it’s garbage because their favorite Pokémon isn’t in it.

[@staydetermined6717]

BDSP had AMAZING concept art- But… unfortunately never saw the light of day…

[@pokecat8982]

@@jellosoup5 dude the game is trash it doesn't even have rayquaza

[@SirFratt]

This fight kicked my ass, which is something I haven’t said about Pokémon game battle in a LONG time

[@agoraphobi.c]

last time i struggled in a pokemon battle was in sun, but that was cuz it was my first game and i barely knew anything

[@FurretCanWalk]

You can hear Giratina's heart beat in the music transition when it turns into Original form, probably one of the coolest stuff I've seen in Pokémon

[@thethinker7273]

Volo, you're officially tied with Lusamine for the craziest Pokemon villain yet!

[@HealingVoice39]

Ghetsis is crazier than Lusamine

[@OneOfFourLucasMains]

@@HealingVoice39 But is Volo crazier than Ghetsis? I'm still trying to decide that...

[@superzellff8179]

@@OneOfFourLucasMains Fusion of Ghestis and Cyrus

[@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712]

The villain to have the most psychotic eyes.

[@OneOfFourLucasMains]

@@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712 At least top 3

[@jotarokujopart645]

The Minor legendary theme for this game is freaking dope better than the bdsp one when you fight against heatran and Regigigas.

[@DaDroolMonkeYT]

Volo is the true “rival” of this game.

[@tharunthanush7959]

Nooo akari bro 🙂

[@thesuperean3008]

@@tharunthanush7959 or Rei if the player’s female

[@wikiuser92]

There is no rival in this game.

[@AliVe1234]

@@thesuperean3008 I prefer Asuka

[@62049]

More of a superboss

[@Delicashilous]

6:17 - 7:00 Volos Design, Character, and Especially Body language is superb! Honorable Mention: 10:30 - 10:36

[@Julie-wn1vg]

I had to battle his team so many times, but it was honestly worth it to see his scenes each time. They did such a good job at animating his expressions and body language - I’m especially a fan of how they portrayed him right before the Giratina fight starts.

[@solidzack]

That little chuckle conbined with his facial expression at 6:35 gives me shivers. It really feels like he is either posessed or more evil than the devil himself. Especially combined with the ominous music and his very next words: The order to kill you

[@Delicashilous]

@@solidzack that's what you call a good Villian. There are only a few of them in Fiction.

[@emblemblade9245]

I love it when unassuming characters suddenly get the highly expressive villain crazy eyes

[@tinyetoile5503]

Bits of Cynthia's battle theme actually start at 1:22- the moment the music started I could've sworn I recognized it, and then it hit me. It's pretty cool that Cynthia's battle theme is Volo's prelude theme, and her prelude theme is his battle theme!

[@MariOmor1]

Volo's battle theme also has bits of Cynthia's battle theme in it

[@dreemyblaze4533]

Ladies and gentlemen, this is by far the scariest moment in all of Pokemon history.

[@stevenwhitear]

How come?

[@dreemyblaze4533]

@@stevenwhitear this goddamn piano + the fact that you have to face cynthia's theme but a little beefed up, then giratina and then its origin form which has the same moveset as the one in BDSP (and probably the same AI) + the fact that this plot twist comes literally out of nowhere

[@stevenwhitear]

@@dreemyblaze4533 Yeah and yeah. Wow. You're right!

[@danielcreed2328]

Giratina Strikes Back!

[@gigachad4149]

Yeah the fact that this guy beat the decendant of Cynthia with practically no difficulty is baffling

[@nDVSTRY]

1:50 that pokeball throw is so crispy and fluid, best throw in the game

[@ZeInkBlotPot]

I know! It gave me shivers the first time I saw it. You can tell just how much care and time went into this part of the game. I am just so blown away by this whole game. I'm glad gamefreak did sinnoh justice and really put their best foot forward with testing the waters with this game.

[@SHADOOjoey]

Looked like he was ready to throw a baseball ⚾️

[@blanche__]

@@SHADOOjoey okay no no no, go watch Leon's pokeball throw if you wanna see someone who throws pokeballs like baseballs xD (/nm /lh /srs)

[@jfygt2623]

For me, no one can top Archie's pokeball throw on Omega Ruby. He's like: "Lets get this over with"

[@Kage57]

@@jfygt2623 or Zinnia xD

[@Richtofenfan]

Now I know where that insatiable appetite for Pokémon myths and Ruins comes from.

[@davidhatle5486]

“I’m not above using force to take those plates from you.” Bro is self aware at least 💀

[@cilantroking2922]

1:55 I just love how smooth the animation was when volo send out spiritomb

[@BrodinYT]

I Love How The Moves Actually Feel Like They Have Impact.

[@DeeDolp]

The transition into Origin Forme is legit the coolest thing ever

[@VictoriaTurrubiateVickyC200216]

Man. Giratina is canonically eldritch

[@an8790]

The writing in this game is so much better. From the characters and story, down to the word usage.

[@MisterSleep1123]

Giratina. The HAACHAMA Pokemon

[@seishinaozora5839]

Giratina, the outer god.

[@bananaeclipse3324]

@@an8790 and then arceus is just, “thou hast passed thine test” Bloody Shakespeare out here

[@user-ee6lk1pb6w]

@@MisterSleep1123 ew hololive. Get that sh*t outta here

[@StrikEagle1379]

5:39 Even after defeating the last pokemon, there is no "Battle Decided" graphic like all other battles. Very subtle way to let us know the fight wasn't over yet.

[@sine-spike]

Giratina is one of my all-time favorite Pokémon. Cynthia is still my favorite trainer to this day. This boss fight was everything I hoped for and more. They gave Giratina JUSTICE in this game.

[@bunnearix]

OMG. Cynthia's ancestor as a shell, but Cyrus as him. And now he's using Cynthia's team... He's a ancient villain.

[@chiragjebar4030]

Actually, Cynthia copied, not volo

[@LucarioShirona]

@@chiragjebar4030 more like runs in the family. I doubt Cynthia was aware that her ancestor has roughly the same Pokémon as her, since coping implies one should know. Or else Cynthia would be a very different person.

[@furfousir1420]

With the exception of Milotic.

[@Fikrisirnight]

What if Cynthia and cyrus is actually sibling / cousin?

[@BrotherhoodforLife277]

Reason why cynthia and cyrus arent related:cyrus hates everything and everyone

[@nothingyeteverything6081]

That transformation was sick

[@Nekiplex]

This fight was genuinely difficult and very challenging. My team is full of lvl 58s and like one 60. I had to heavily rely on dialga and palkia but his garchomp and ESPECIALLY GIRATINA were torturous

[@trevorcraft6542]

I have a team consisting of 5 alpha eeveelutions and my starter. I was like level 70 before going to the second area. When I hit this fight. It was the only one that made me worry as lvl 70 Giratina could still one shot my lvl 90 Pokémon

[@wasquash]

@@trevorcraft6542 DAMN

[@SHADOOjoey]

I had level 80 Pokémon and still died the first 3 tries.

[@agoraphobi.c]

i can beat his normal 6 pokemon like another normal day, the problem is giratina💀

[@None-ij2ry]

My team was Samurott, Sylveon, rapidash, Creselia, Staraptor, and Luxray all around lvl 60 besides samurott and creselia which were at 70. It took me hours to beat but I thought of a strategy using creselias lunar blessing which healed half health, and obscured himself. I was able to revive my whole team, twice. (I was so unlucky because all of my attacks besides agile style weak moves missed) i did it eventually and i know my friend who just got it is going to have so much trouble because he hasnt even beat bd yet lol. I beat it with a Bidoof, Torterra, Dialga, Lucario, Absol, and Alakazam. This was so painful because bidoof took to long to set up my swords dance strat and its a bidoof. Absol did nothing, dialga did nothing. Lucario won the ditto but died right after. Torterra hard carried taking out 4 and alakazam barely beat Garchomp. Yea worst team against cynthia. Volo however was 4x harder so yea.

[@Someoneidk7808]

I love how the Volo fight theme sounds like Cynthia's theme if there was a huge betrayal, which is quite fitting for what literally just happened.

[@kaotic763]

To be honest, I loved the Ursaluna (almost) sweep at the beginning of the battle

[@israeldelarosa5461]

I feel Volo may have actually beat Cynthia for the hardest trainer battle in all of Pokémon. All of Cynthia’s 6, plus TWO LEGENDARY BATTLES. Holy Arceus.

[@ZhadTheRad]

His team is almost identical to Cynthia's, bar Arcanine. Cynthia has a Milotic, but all other Pokémon are the same

[@angelmoreno3576]

@@ZhadTheRad arcanine pretty much there since seems like feebas hasnt migrated outside of hoenn yet

[@montielina]

Actually for me Cynthia was so much harder than him.

[@bananaeclipse3324]

Cynthia was a cakewalk for me, volo scared the crap outa me. When it started Cynthia’s theme in Volos battle I knew I’d be rough, and this is right after you get a huge backstab by the biggest homie of a character in the whole game.

[@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500]

Don't forget the Giratina omni-boost, added Fairy type to Togekiss, and move mastery

[@rlkj9223]

I don't hv a switch to play this game but from the clips i ve seen,this adds so much into the lore creates so many theories....this is probly one if the best games pokemon have done in recent years

[@jufref]

I don't have a switch but I watch this to.create therories kyselg

[@solidzack]

This gameplay scene is incredible when experienced blind because it was entirely unexpected. It's a bummer for everyone who accidentally spoiled themselfes

[@Zerobasssoul]

That piano. So you're from *her* bloodline

[@TheGerryLP]

Damn I love Volo's facial expressions, especially when Giratina appeared

[@cxlys2249]

I'm so glad this game has something difficult enough to be considered a Superboss. This fight is great

[@hie4771]

6:13 Volo is directly looking at the camera. I think he is talking to us, not Rei/Akari

[@glipglop1412]

Are you telling me that Cynthia’s ancestor literally wielded the power of Satan? Yeah… that checks out… Edit: Out of everything I thought would happen when I made this joke, I didn’t expect a war

[@steveluvscows2490]

Well, Cynthia DOES get a Giratina in Pokémon Masters EX.

[@danielcreed2328]

For the last time, Giratina is NOT Satan!

[@dracrown1382]

More like Lucifer than Satan.

[@Lupo-Arctos]

@@danielcreed2328 Giratina is the pokemon version of Lucifer. His Lore is the same and in Japanese (and almost all languages outside English for some reason) its category is "Rebellious Pokémon"

[@danielcreed2328]

@@Lupo-Arctos But Giratina is not evil! He's just has a violent temper. That's all.

[@chaotic-ilusium8363]

With the delightful animations in this fight, and seeing every little details forshadowing Volo's betrail. It makes me think that the game itself was specificaly created and tailored for this whole battle.

[@ireignsupreme2355]

No shit Sherlock jk

[@lonewolf9578]

Honestly if everything from this game and this boss fight is an indication of where the pokemon series is going to in the future then I’m 100% all for it

[@Kyouno]

The roles really did a switch there!

[@GigachadHGDYDBHDB]

volo is both the first and last trainer you fight.

[@solarrrrrrrr]

Tbh, I wish there were Legends: Arceus references in BDSP. Cynthia mentioning Volo would've been sick. Also, am I the only one who thinks this would work well with voice acting

[@owoowo9782]

they added extra stuff into the canalave library to help with quests in this game, but cynthia referencing volo would’ve been so cool!

[@Literatim95]

6:48 I feel like this is the ultimate moment of betrayal. It is one thing for him to admit that he was the one tearing open the space-time rift, recklessly trying to meet Arceus and therefore wanting to fight you in order to take the plates from you. But here, he literally orders Giratina to kill you - I‘ve never felt so menaced and vulnerable in a Pokémon game. This whole scene is so well-crafted, the expressions on Volo‘s face, as well as your character‘s, are so well done. I love how your eyes shift from Giratina to Volo ever so briefly, dismissing him yet being wary of his next move, before finally taking on Giratina.

[@loganthevillager9176]

“You finally beat Giratina.” It’s like Gamefreak knew we have been struggling with this battle constantly and finally beat it.

[@chiragjebar4030]

That's reason why Cynthia has Girantina in Pokemon Masters EX, it references to Legends Arceus

[@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712]

It’s a foreshadowing, and Giratina did have conn to her though Volo.

[@basdemanaz]

Holy moly. That giratina fight was everything!!!

[@currybun8570]

I love how Rei looked worried at the end.

[@jamesquillen7965]

Ok but genuinely would have loved to hear voice acting for "Don't you feel the chill creeping through your veins? The eldritch presence icing your heart?" Shits fuckin raw

[@asytippyy352]

For a twist villain, this dude was a walking red flag almost immediately, but his motivation and the Giratina reveal went so hard that I forgave it immediately. He's freaking CAIN bro

[@07bellusness]

The animation moves are sooo clean and new. I was afraid it’ll be repetitive but is not !!

[@jojo-uw8tx]

I feel like Volo is kinda similar to Zinnia in a sense. Aside from her never trying to replace the Hoenn region with a new world, ofc

[@darkraiknight386]

Zinnia was being a jerk, but at least she was actually trying to SAVE the world. This dude was gonna destroy it!

[@luisfillipebeserra2108]

@@darkraiknight386 honestly zinnia didn't trust the scientists and steven as they had little imagination about how the dimensional portal would work so i side with her as if it wasn't for her they would probably have committed dimensional genocide

[@landis9767]

@@luisfillipebeserra2108 yeah but she also doomed her own world. if it wasn't for the meteorite that team magma/aqua gave you, deoxys couldn't have been stopped.

[@SpeedDemonPowerage98]

You know shits about to go down when A more menacing version of Cynthia’s Encounter theme plays in the beginning of a boss fight.

[@yaemikoshusbando3029]

“This guy opened up a time-space portal, summons a Pokémon equivalent to Satan/Lucifer, has a crazy obsession with meeting Arceus aka GOD and also tries to kill you.” Me: Okay but he is kinda hot ngl…

[@nanbuben.arastar]

Gotta love Volo every time he nods when swapping Pokémon, and that shoulder shrug when making commands.

[@trishamccartneybarrett]

when the piano of the theme started i just panicked. interesting turn of ancestors

[@joan6417]

No wonder Cynthia's new sync partner in Pokemon Masters was Giratina, the devs was foreshadowing the whole time for PLA