New Mauville is CREEPY

[@iinkrott]

When we were kids, my now wife was playing Sapphire while I watched over her shoulder. She was in New Mauville, and as she was going down one of the halls, a very strange voltorb appeared. It was deep blue. Of course, we were really young and had no internet, so we couldn't possibly know how rare it was. We were both super excited anyway though- a voltorb, but in her favorite color. "It sparkled at me!!" I remember her shouting. So she caught it, named him 'Blue', and has it to this day! That's the memory I personally have of New Mauville 😂

[@LikeAGaruda]

That‘s so cute. Very wholesome that you two eventually married

[@mockinghyena960]

Wow, that's cool!

[@RibbonThe]

Based.

[@theserpent8667]

Thank you for sharing this story. It made me smile.

[@MrMitchbow]

Imagine it exploded

[@mariak5096]

I remember how surprised I was as a kid seeing Wattson standing around in the city. It was like seeing your teacher at the grocery store 😂

[@CaptainObliviousV]

The Adventures Manga’s interpretation of New Mauville is very interesting as well. It’s a myth amongst the townsfolk as a futuristic city built long ago but was lost somehow. While Sapphire (May’s counterpart) is on her way to Mauville, she notices as she’s walking that the ground beneath her feels different, so she punches it revealing a spinning hatch leading to a dark underground chamber. Before she has a chance to do anything else she’s swooped up by a bunch of robots built by the Trick Master & Wattson meant to catch a Donphan to help them search for the city. The two of them were searching for the city in hopes of preventing any future population issues and so the children of Mauville would have a nice place to grow up. In Sapphire’s frustration at the sight of Wattson’s lax nature as a gym leader when a group of kids come up to challenge him, she accidentally pisses off the nearby Donphan that the Trick Master & Wattson were after and it chases them, causing them all to fall down the hatch. When the three of them get up and look around to investigate they’re attacked by a giant security robot and once they take it down thanks to Sapphire convincing the Donphan to team up with her, it’s revealed that New Mauville was built by the Trick Master’s ancestor primarily as a giant amusement park for the children of the future.

[@Shourya-n1d]

Interesting

[@wikiuser92]

I personally find it kinda lame that they downgraded the whole place into a big playground.

[@NintendoSegaGuys]

New Mauville didn't have much of an identity in the original games so revealing it to be a giant playground is wacky but appreciated. Also I need to start reading the pokemon adventures manga.

[@jooglebob]

@@NintendoSegaGuysYou should! I recommend it

[@GSavel]

POKEMON ADVENTURES MENTIONED

[@Axecon1]

New Mauville & Sea Mauville are contingency plans for Kyogre & Groudon weather-related disasters. The manga does a really good job at highlighting this. Really love the recent content covering the secret areas and side-quests of Gen 3. But include the manga context and it really adds another layer of depth to some of these spots.

[@inktendo]

I never really thought about how Sea and New Mauville were contingency plans for Kyogre and Groudon and that is an awesome detail

[@ProfessorTakatoPalm]

I do remember that in my first play-through of Emerald. It never creeped me out. However, the ORAS one is a bit more unsettling as it gives off the feeling someone bad happened there that lead to abandonment

[@mate2920-d6p]

The remakes are apparently in a different timeline when primals/Megas were discovered, so it makes sense why Maville is different in the remakes

[@bessieburnet9816]

Nah. It's much more creepy in the remake. It's dark and you can truly see how underground and dilapidated it is.

[@NintendoSegaGuys]

I agree with you about the structure as a whole but the upper levels are a tour site.

[@Leandro35]

This was unforgettable as a kid

[@2haunted4u]

I'm loving all of the Hoenn location videos. Pacifidlog Town soon? The vibes there were always peak. I always thought it was cool that the place is built on top of Corsola.

[@cis22]

What's also interesting is that I think Pacifidlog Town is the very first optional town in the main series games. There's nothing to do there that directly ties to the main story. It seems that it only exists mechanically as some sort of reset button (by using Fly to get there) if you mess up the water current puzzle to the west when trying to unlock the Regis.

[@1800mexicano]

Pacifilodg has the be the worst place to live at if it were real lol

[@goolgepl2112]

​@@1800mexicanoit's not as bad as Yes Town

[@zeoxyman]

My guess with New Mauville in the original games is that it was almost cut content. They made this Power Plant lookalike dungeon (maybe intending another Magma/Aqua base), couldn't find a use for it, so they added a cave near Mauville and had Wattson show up to signpost their hard work. And yet it's still memorable to so many of us, myself included.

[@evanmak7837]

God I loved the anime episdde with Wattson. Him having an existencial crisis over being 1-hit KO'd by a Pikachu and befriending a wild Electrike was so wholesome. The thing with Pikachu overcharging by the Raiku robot and getting that sick he could hardly move was a great touch into pokemon lore too. You could tell something was wrong when all of his attacks suddenly became so powerful.

[@khazaharto515]

But you know, that Mauville city is redevelopment plan based on infinity energy. I wonder how creepy Lumiose city redevelopment project going to be

[@tallmyster1323]

It should be mentioned that New Mauville and remakes Mauville and Sea Mauville have the lore through Greater Mauville Holdings, which adds a massive extra layer to this entire place.

[@4evertyranitar]

I can't say it ever creeped me out but I always enjoyed going through it every single playthrough. I always wondered how much damage would've occurred if the generator was left unchecked though. Also my secret base was always on that small island nearby with the tree on it.

[@eatereater6312]

ORAS Mawvile is definitely one of my favorite cities in the mainline games, the city in the building concept is dope

[@jamesrobson8308]

This is just one of the many side locations in hoenn that was pretty good to explore

[@hex.adecimal]

i think what the remakes lost with new mauville’s creepiness was definitely gained back with sea mauville. a giant facility half sunk into the ocean

[@FireFog44]

I don't know, I thought the sunken ship was a lot creepier, personally.

[@youtubecreatorhangout]

One of favorite things in a pokemon game is in Pokemon x where you plant berries you can create hybrid berries by planting two specific berries next to each other I did this on accident needless to say it was a happy accident because I always been interested in fusion like combining things to make a new thing so a pokemon game to have hybrid berries feature in a game was awesome at least to me it was

[@WeekdayWeekend]

Conversely, although I really like New Mauville now, it's one of the places in the Hoenn region that I just don't have any memory of as a kid.

[@daccrowell4776]

I don't think we're done with Mauville... In ORAS, we find out that Sea Mauville was some sort of energy extraction project. Then New Mauville, which is the current power source for Mauville itself, was halted during development because of a not-that-well-explained issue involving Pokemon habitats... ...which is more than slightly odd. Were both new installations abandoned due to the same reason? Is there something under the Mauville area? Also in ORAS, you have Sootopolis. We know full well that there IS something under there, but consider the following: Sootopolis is inside a crater, supposedly the result of a meteor impact. Sootopolis definitely has something underneath it. When Groudon/Kyogre is released from the undersea location is was sealed in, it immediately goes to the underground area beneath Sootopolis. AND... AZ has been there before. The Delta Episode contains a reference to a peculiar tree that was planted there by AZ, under which we catch a glimpse of his Floette's unique flower. Now, it's a pretty safe bet that we'll be running across AZ in Legends Z-A. The primary locale for it is Lumiose, and this is where XY ended with AZ and his Floette reuniting. But if you remember, Lumiose is powered by satellite-harvested solar energy. However, there ARE two other power plants there that, from what we can tell, are sitting abandoned. Now, let's move forward. Does this pattern of "problematic underground energy sources" repeat? Answer: yeah, it sure does! First up, AZ's weapon required a large underground facility, which Lysandre has reclaimed. Then in Galar, the plot pivots around an underground energy facility that's being run in a VERY sketchy manner, utilizing Eternatus while it's encased in a stone orb (which we see the remnants of), connecting it to something that looks like a large array of huge tubes...specifically, tubes that resemble rectifier tubes that are real-world things. And then, we see loads of manmade structures in the bottom regular level in Paldea's Great Crater. In all three of those instances, we see abnormal geology. Crystals have overrun whatever the Great Crater's facility was. Eternatus is contained in a black and crystalline sphere prior to that being destroyed (which is also reminiscent of Reshiram and Zekrom's "stones", albeit MUCH bigger). And while Kalos doesn't appear to connect Xerneas or Yveltal to anything crystalline, it IS where we first encounter these in-battle transformations...all dependent on crystalline objects. In Kalos's case, we have the Sundial...and it looks like a chunk out of the same crystals in the Great Crater (as well as the crystals in the lake in Kitakami and possibly the strange ball in Blueberry Academy's Terarium). So...yeah. There's some common threads linking all of these. And next, we have Z-A. Involves Zygarde (very crystalline in appearance), probably AZ, possibly jumping around in time, centering on Lumiose City, which brings us all right back to Kalos and the Weapon. And one other point about Galar: was Eternatus part of a Galarian counterpart to Kalos's weapon? One which, instead of using the energy drawn from many Pokemon, used the energy of a single powerful legendary Pokemon and a device to amplify its own energy? To me, after my quarter-century with the game (I quit referring to the versions as individual games somewhere around Gen 7), this REALLY looks like an ongoing subplot which is going to make everyone's jaws drop to the floor WHEN (or if) it all comes together. And as for that, recall a few Directs back to how Game Freak was saying how Go links to Let's Go links to the mainline titles...and one guy there quietly mentions that "eventually it'll all be the SAME GAME" (my caps for emphasis). Generation 10 (which is expressed in Roman numerals as "X", after all) might be one helluva ride. There's too many potential links to suggest otherwise.

[@DavidPassaro10]

I don't think the other power plants in Kalos are abandoned, the doors are just locked, :p other than that nice theory! 👍

[@Stathio]

It feels creepy, in a Pokemon Backrooms kinda way. I always thought it was interesting.

[@GoldStorm07]

I would always build my secret base in the tree right outside New Mauville, figuring I could make use of the extra electricity to power all the cool stuff in my base.

[@raylubin]

New mauville is where I got my second ever shiny as a kid: a shiny voltorb

[@Taijirai]

Do you think Wattson needed you to go into Mauville and turn off the Generator for him because he, himself doesn't have enough badges to get the Surf HM? I know he's an Electric trainer, but Lanturn is available if you get far enough out to sea. Maybe he needs to step up his game a little!

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

He’s probably too haunted to go back into there as they expand on the lore in ORAS where they basically said they killed a bunch of Pokémon to harness infinity energy to power the place

[@NintendoSegaGuys]

Game mechanics don't transfer to plot.

[@Taijirai]

@ksoundkaiju9256 I'm sorry, they did WHAT?!

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

@@Taijirai they killed Pokémon to harness their infinity energy Wattson wanted nothing to do with the project and abandoned it

[@whyidkwhy]

if we get Legends Hoenn this be good place to explore what it like before hoenn

[@pennylevine3092]

Don’t get our hopes up dude😭😭

[@emmett4733]

This made me think about the potential of a Backrooms-like game (or maybe an analog horror video?) that takes place in New Mauville. A maze of mostly-empty rooms, cardboard boxes strewn about and left to rot, harsh fluorescent lighting, the buzz of strange machinery; and instead of the Backrooms' carpet, it has a hard tile floor, meaning the sound of every step you take would echo through the corridors... and you have no idea who or what might be down here with you. (I prefer the psychological horror of not knowing what's in there versus the horror of specific entities chasing you, BUT I could see MissingNo. somehow playing into this scenario)

[@kylebrandon4556]

I remember this vividly because it was interesting for a side mission.

[@dannyj8227]

i thuoght that new mauville was a magnetic field area but it was not

[@Webpelt]

My imagination as a little kid playing through Ruby hated New Mauville. I got stuck down there for some reason or another. My GBA wasnt backlit and the music unsettled me, haha.

[@KevinEontrainer381]

Now I understand why they decided to use the creepy music there

[@MSCDonkeyKong]

New Mauville is basically just every base I make in modded minecraft, lmao

[@DigiPen92]

@GatorEX Do you think you can do a video topic of which Three non-Kalos Starters do you think the Pokémon Company will use for the upcoming Pokémon Legends Z-A similar to like how they handled Cyndiqual, Oshawott, and Rowlett in Pokémon Legends: Arceus? I might think they might have to add one of the Galarian Starters, one of the two Unova Starters minus Oshawott, and one of the Hoenn Starters fit on the past Kalos era for Pokémon Legends Z-A.

[@tylertichoc7330]

I was not aware of it originally being a maze complete with switches you had to find and press to unlock doors. But at least the remake upgraded it lore wise and definitely with Sea Mauvale replacing the Abandoned Ship and being a complete overhaul. Even serving as Mirage Spots for encountering Ho-Oh and Lugia on the top and bottom most floors respectively. Beey symbolic and for many like me who started with Gen 5, this was our first ever exposure to the custom Battle Themes for Ho-Oh and Lugia as we missed out on the Johto Remakes which were the original first and only time where these Legendary Pokémon had their own custom battle themes like every game from Gen 3 onwards.

[@jensvide777]

Almost forgot about this location. Obscure parts of the Pokémon world like this is something I appreciate, and RSE has quite a few including the Shoal Cave. I dislike ORAS but Mauville City has an interesting concept in that game. Feels SMT-like having an indoor city.

[@9sayaka280]

never knew this sidequest even existed! I've played this game so many times!

[@redred622]

This was where I encountered my first shiny. It was a voltorb

[@eightcoins4401]

I fully missed the new mauvilke sidequest on my playthrough of ruby somehow

[@honeyham6788]

i wish we got more stuff like new mauville in gen 3. give us more full on sidequests!

[@JosephShemelewski]

I remember it I guess I never put much thought about it but it did seem weird they had all these boxes with no one around

[@TaLeng2023]

Thunderbolt TM is tight considering the next gym.

[@PhilipMurphy8Extra]

Mauville, the city that looks different in the remakes then the original game

[@Cyclizar1885]

If only Zapdos was there

[@mightyarbokking7197]

I always found the abandoned ship to be super creepy

[@runningoncylinders3829]

Time to rank the grandpas: 1. Drayden 2. Blaine 3. Drake 4. Prof. Rowan 5. Wattson 6. Ramos 7. Pryce 8. Charon 9. The Seven Sages

[@true_neutral3378]

Prof Oak?

[@runningoncylinders3829]

@@true_neutral3378 Enough people have thought of him like Ash’s “dad” for me to forget his actual grandson. What was his name again? Put Prof. Oak before Blaine. He’s the foremost professor.

[@KosmoZer0]

All honesty I missed this side quest somehow and only realised it was there after I beat Winona. I just stumbled across Wattson by mere chance, guess I wasn't paying attention to the first time I past him.

[@ScxiiUnova]

I randomly found a shiny voltorb here :)

[@patonosequecosa]

I love that sidequest

[@eronblue3098]

This series is fire, like Hoenn’s worldbuilding😩😩😩

[@cdkw8254]

you and Droomish take me back to my favorite games. Thank you

[@TugboatTet]

FINALLY!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@Anthxnv]

What if in ZA, the game is only in the town but the wild is underground like the 69 floors

[@scientificmindandspace7009]

I wasn't able to reach the generator my whole childhood I tried both in Pokemon Ruby and Emerald but I wasn't able to

[@ashngoyuchiha215]

Hold up i don’t think i ever been there in the game before 😂

[@aporue5893]

I like ''new mauville'',it's the home of magnemite.

[@aileenfuentes9326]

Is This Sea Mauville?

[@fireembliam9090]

2:50 69 floors noice.

[@justbeingplasma8681]

Can you do about the abandoned ship?

[@zinniaq3020]

Gamefreak just casually putting in a 69 joke into the remakes

[@DeepintheSeadra]

With ORAS in mind i always thought new mauville was meant to be thoso condo's

[@Spurgte]

Littleroot town is creepy as fuck

[@mkdisciple]

It’s just the Hoenn region version of Kanto’s powerplant. You’re reading way into this…

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

I think Sea Mauville and the redesign of Mauville City proper make ORAS’ downgraded New Mauville acceptable.

[@0AThijs]

Isn't this a mandatory quest?

[@bubblemage]

Never found that place creepy at all when I was younger, tbh. It felt boring!

[@marioipod]

Did you name your character Kira? That's a really cute name. May is my favorite Pokemon character.

[@mrmeme9700]

new mauville and sea mauville kyogre and groudon Kyogre Noah’s ark Groudon Fallout

[@zeromarurb4791]

Idk never though much of it I just did it lol

[@carcas77]

Why lol?

[@NintendoFan---481]

Not Creepy but More Cute ❤

[@ethan8661]

In 1:43 scenes, That is mission impossible! There foot switch is hardly to step in electrical machine, We must found engineer wearing heavyweight engineer boots to step the switch to cut off generator, But New Mauville is all Electric Pokémon live in here, No one engineer and security go in there, Wattson want May go to New Mauville cut off generator, But she is student girl and her body weight is light, Lucky her sneakers soles is thick and small heavy can she step foot switch is easy to cut off generator.

[@zane1790]

YOU'RE CREEPY HOW DARE ;^;

[@adrianmarion4625]

Hello

[@garchompelago]

This is how remakes shouldve been. An upgrade and redesign based from the original. Not whatever BDSP is.

[@HMMadsen]

Tbh one good thing about the faithfulness of BDSP is that all of the dungeons remain intact. The same can't be said about ORAS

[@garchompelago]

@@HMMadsen The bad thing is, the fixes and improvements were removed just to be faithful. So many problems that Platinum already fixed were placed back in BDSP, just to be "faithful". BDSP cost $60. Thats regression.

[@Aldighievski]

​@@garchompelago thank arceus i pirated it, the price must be higher in my country

[@Sbungo61]

​@@garchompelagobruh platinum literally didn't fix shit, if anything bdsp actively fixes stuff like the damn hms and the movesets of gym leaders and of the league

[@tomatogenesis]

​@@Sbungo61 You gotta be kidding! Do you have _any idea_ of how much of an improvement Platinum was? It literally makes Diamond and Pearl _pale_ in comparison! I can tell because I recently played Diamond for the first time myself and was absolutely staggered by the sheer differences it had with Platinum! No kidding, up to Mt. Coronet and Sunishore City most of the stuff just felt like a downgrade from what I was used to! That aside, I'm genuinely sorry, but BDSP merely fixed anything. The release was a complete mess (far more than the original which was essentially made in _4 months!_ )(took several updates to get to where it stands, and none of that included fixes that Platinum had already applied) and they literally just made it what you can unfortunally only call a "lazy remaster with little to no additional content" (besides stuff like the mini Distortion World and the Underground Statues) rather than an actual remake (which it only counts as for being a different game).

[@ivanzoneBR]

Can't you move on from Hoenn and make video about other interesting areas in other regions?

[@jbcatz5]

Or it shows how many interesting locations are in Hoenn

[@VjjQueen]

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