The False Arceus [Pokémon Legends Theory]

It's time to settle this once and for all
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[notsoAceTrainer]

I think that the whole "here's a part of me" thing they did, is without a doubt the best possible route. Not letting us use Arceus would leave an incomplete feeling to the game, but just letting us throw a Pokéball at it, even if a special one, would end the whole myth around it. This way it works perfectly!

[raysylveons]

The whole “catching legendary deities” thing also gets addressed within Legends itself, when you speak to Cognita after catching Enamorus, she brings up that they are willingly joining you, and will leave of their own volition once the player character passes. Of course, we have the metacontextual power of a grandpa that exists beyond space and time, but in-universe our player character is not immortal.

[castform]

I think this is a very genius decision. It allows Arceus to be obtainable without it's godly status being put into question. We've just been using parts of Arceus and not the Alpha Pokemon itself. I definitely don't think this is a retcon since it feels more like expanding on what little information we already had.

[MrMogi-zgud]

I'm fairly certain the moves Arceus uses in its PLA boss fight are Draco Meteor, Judgement, Shadow Force, Roar of Time, and Spacial Rend

[KLGB]

So, since Arceus is supposed to have 1000 arms and this form has 4 legs, which could technically be arms, could there be a total of 250 parts of Arceus like this in the Pokémon World?

[KrishGandhi]

I think light arceus is basically a fleshed out version of beta arceus, it even has the orange eyes!

[claxviith]

Arceus is such an adorable dufus. imagine God being all chill, throwing some punches but then willingly allow itself to travel with a kid, not before some pretty generous praises for essentially throwing bags of spice at it.

[BirdKeeperToby]

Yeah good take :D I feel like the Arceus made of light in the opening is unlikely to be the full form though because of the ring around it. I think the Ring signifies a restraint oh power. I imagine the true arcues (the orginal one) to look even more like the bata sprite. Unfortunately I think this form is unobtainable. You would need to re combine, Dialga, Palkia and Giritina in their origin forms with the Arceus plates and any other parts of itself that are out there to view it.

[hunterhq]

The fact Giratina wanted to fight against Arceus, must have much confidence or perhaps arrogance to think it could succeed.

[JadeMythriil]

I've always assumed Arceus we get in games as a portion of the true Arceus. Similar to the Holy Trinity in Christianity, the many Arceus in games are just portions of one great being.

[compatriot]

Judging from how Arceus appears in the games, it's more like that the Arceus in Legends is merely just a mortal mirror apparition of him.

It would explain why he allowed himself to be captured, can be fainted, etc. I think the real Arceus is the one we meet in the intro to Legends Arceus.

A being so powerful that we can't comprehend, so all we see is a shining light

[swift]

Here’s a fun fact: during the arceus fight the attacks that it uses references every noble Pokémon fight before it.

starting of with Lilligant, with the ground blasts

Electrode’s timed detonation attacks.

Avalugg’s semi homing shot.

After that a unique attack somewhat resembling a reverse version of Electrode’s self-destruct or maybe primal dialga/palkia (I wasn’t paying nearly enough attention to how the attacks looked during that fight).

Kleavor’s dash is used,

and lastly Arcanine’s interruptible charge attack.

All together this is a great way of solidifying that the nobles all have an extension of Arceus’ power.

[jeremymorris]

I like to think of the parts of Arceus as Avatars similar to Darkseid from DC Comics. The avatars aren't the true versions of both characters.

[caolanochearnaigh]

10 year old child: **Literally has God on speed dial**
Catholic priests: **Visible Confusion**

[redjirachi]

Arceus is like Darkseid in that the already overwhelming entity is the avatar for something incomprehensibly powerful and vast

[YuseiTheSynchroHero]

_What's it like to possess a fraction of GOD?!_

[highlord]

Yea, I’m 100 percent convinced that the Arcueses that we see and catch are 1 of his 1000 “arms”, because it is stated in lore that he has 1000 “arms”

[jakequaza]

1:43 actually calyrex in the crown tundra was the first instance of a legendary talking to the player in a game

[quaggotoak]

ayyy im in the video!

i like the idea of beta arceus being a loose rendering of the big glowy arceus, as seen by someone who encountered it. maybe a “faller” like the player or ingo, or perhaps even volo or another ancestor of cynthia. beta arceus just LOOKS like a cave drawing or something and even though game freak will never acknowledge the leaks, id love to see it pop up as an easter egg in an old book in a library in a future game

[FinalLugiaGuardian]

I tend to think that Arceus is splitting off some percentage of itself it allows that percentage to be captured by the player.
So the player actually is capturing arceus, but not the entire Arceus.