Game Theory: Pokemon GO's TRAGIC END!

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We all know Pokemon Go, but where IS this game in the Poke-universe? What does it MEAN for the world of Pokemon? Well it turns out that Pokemon Go may just hold the key to answering one of Pokemon's longest held mysteries - one that has lingered since the very first generation...

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[GameTheory]

That moment you release a theory using Ditto being MIA as evidence and later the same day, Ditto is put into the game...

[japain]

*Ditto comes out*

*throws theory out the door*

[andyanderson]

its so funny that he would release this the day they put ditto into the game

[journii]

As a die hard Pokémon fan, I LOVE this theory. Even though it didn't age as well with the release of all the new Pokémon and features. From just a basic sense of timeline, it all adds up. It could even explain stuff like why the Game Freak office always breaks the fourth wall, down to why the PokéDex is ordered the way it is, even the origin of all Pokémon. Though it isn't flawless, what Pokémon timeline theory is?

[fizzy]

Matpat: *makes theory*

Niantic: *debunks theory with updates*
Matpat: am I a joke to you?

[moonscaledaj]

The Pokémon professors are all named after trees because they help you emBARK on your journey

[AlongCameASpider]

Does that mean.... Team Rocket are actually the remnants of Team Valor?

[hvrtstrm]

no matter what people say, i still love this theory

[Justin-kzmv]

So if this theory is correct, then the timeline might go as follows:

-Pokemon enter the Earth dimension
-Humans begin researching pokemon, Mew possibly captured and experimented on
-Porygon is created
-Pokemon trainers begin to battle over how pokemon should be trained/used
-Ditto is created in a failed experiment
-Trainers discover the baby variants of pokemon and how to hatch them
WE ARE HERE
-Mewtwo is created in a successful experiment
-A total war breaks out between Valor, Mystic, and Instinct after seeing Mewtwo's power and learning how to breed/trade the pokemon to do their bidding
-The "prehistoric" pokemon are all killed off in the war
-A couple decades after the war, the old world is left behind, and Ash Ketchum chooses Pikachu as his starter pokemon
-Professor Willow has changed his name (making Willow his middle name instead of his first), possibly because he is ashamed of what he did in the war
-The rest of this timeline occurs as Ash tries to Catch Them All and become a master trainer

All of this is speculative. It's not an accurate representation of Pokemon lore, as far as we know. But it's interesting to think about.

[zencezzz]

"But hey! That's just a theory! A DIET Theory!"
*Please make more diet theories - Sincerely the YouTube community*

[HORRIOR]

"Pokémon GO's Tragic end", personally I thought this was a reference to the fact that winter is coming and less people want to go outside looking for pokemon.

[innertuber]

I'd love an update to this theory talking about the additions to the game since release of this video

[TravisPlushProductions]

What if
Lt. Surge
Is the Instinct Leader? Think about it, they both have yellow hair, love electric Pokémon and the instinct leader seems to be in his teens 20-30
And Lt. Surge seems to be in his 50's seeing he had been in the great Pokémon war you have to think that since instinct was in that war (as matpat said) and if instinct was in that war and Lt. Surge was in that war doesn't that seem a little obvious.
But hey!
That's just a theory
A Comment theory!
Thanks for reading!

[gatorboymike]

Niantic: Hmmm...we can't figure out a way to put Ditto in the game.
MatPat: IT'S A CONSPIRACY

[thinkingfubuki]

I'd be the type of game developer who'd see MatPat's theories and use them as inspiration for writing or rewriting parts of my story.

Though he sometimes reads into things a bit more than likely intended, he makes an effort to make a lot of sense, and I appreciate that.

[MrMusic]

As someone who has played Pokemon GO daily since getting into the beta in 2016, this video is an absolute TRIP to watch! I am absolutely in love with the idea that GO is canon in the Pokemon universe, especially the bit about Pryce/Willow. Obviously a lot has changed, mostly thanks to updates to the app and the release of Pokemon Legends: Arceus, but this was still a fantastic watch 6 years after this game's release. I wonder if Pokemon GO has any more theories that have developed over the half decade that has passed?

[TheMasterOfAllVideoGames]

Lol they added ditto like a day after this

[emmav]

Ditto being in the game doesn't kill this theory. Mew is in captivity being cloned, Mewtwo hasn't been made yet. Unsuccessful Dittos are thrown out and now exist in the wild. Technically, Ditto being added still leaves the theory valid.

[therobin]

what if Lt Surge, is actually an older version of the Instinct team

[brittanyh]

Ditto also means "me too" which sounds an awful lot like mewtwo