I Spent 100+ Days Solving Pokémon's Evolutionary History

I am become Pokémon, the Knower of Biology.

Pokémon Evolutionary History Poster Download:

Full Pokémon Poster Q&A Stream VOD:

Artists Credits:
”Standard, Laughing, & Disgusted Winter” - @ Snack_Chan on Twitter
“Saxophone Pikachu” - Frances Tung

Music Credits (In Order of First Appearance):
Pokémon BD/SP - Introduction
Pokémon X&Y - Title Card Theme
Pokémon LGP/LGE - Title Screen
Bayonetta 2 - EV03-6 Shopping (B)
Pokémon Black & White - Dragon Spiral Tower
Metal Gear Solid - Encounter
NFL - NFL Theme Song
Pokémon: Indigo League - Title Card Theme
Pokémon Black & White - Driftveil City
Pokémon Diamond & Pearl - Lake
Pokémon Diamond & Pearl - Champion Cynthia
Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - Area Zero
Kirby & The Amazing Mirror - Cabbage Cavern
Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna – The Golden Country - Battle!! (Torna Ver)
Tsukasa Tawada - Mirror B.'s Retro Groove
Gran Turismo 5 - Casino Drive - KEMMEI (Lounge Music)
Isamu Ohira (Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec) - Race Menu
Pokémon HG/SS - National Park
Pokestir - Johto Route 38: Orchestral Arrangement ◓ Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver
Pokémon OR/AS - Route 101
Pokémon LGP/LGE - Lavender Town
Gran Turismo 5 - Casino Drive - KEMMEI (Lounge Music)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Final Decisive Battle

Game Theory Epigenetics Video:

0:00 Intro
0:55 The Premise
1:26 The Bible of Pokémon’s Origins
5:28 Extraterrestrial & Artificial Flavors
10:08 How DO Pokémon Work?
13:57 THE CHART (Almost)
19:56 THE CHART (ok but for real though)
25:28 The Most Powerful Pokémon

[WinterRoseYT]

Thank you so much for watching the video! I hope you liked it, it was the most effort I’ve put into any video so far! Thank you truly so much for the recent support, it’s been mind blowing to see and has made me so incredibly happy and honoured. Truly, thank you.

Now where a fun Pokémon ecosystem fact I left out of the video just for the comment readers:

Minior is a filter feeding Pokémon that floats in the upper atmosphere, feeding on minerals. Because of this and their overwhelmingly large population, it’s extremely likely that Minior are the primary food source for Raqyquaza since they are the only two Pokémon known to live in the upper atmosphere (more specifically, the ozone layer)! :D


EDIT: It was pointed out my chart didn’t have any of the penguins on it, so I fixed that and put them exactly where they’d go and properly labelled them, and uploaded the fixed chart! I also fixed the placement of Fomantis/Lurantis and Milcery/Alcremie. You can download it here!

[ethans]

"This is a fish".
I see you've discovered the struggle of taxonomy.

[thejinxbt]

Just to get an idea about the astounding leap in technology we've gone through. In terms of size, this random evolutionary chart you made at 100mb is a little over 195x larger than the entire original Pokemon game.

[crest]

It’s amazing that the title isn’t clickbait. I also really like the blend of real science while respecting the fictional lore and design of Pokémon.

[cryingemoji]

"HOW DID YOU FIND ME?!" sounds like something a serial killer would say when having their secret base raided by law enforcement

[EliasDrakontaidis-xutg]

When a YouTubers voice isn’t annoying, knows how to keep your attention, talks about stuff you like, and doesn’t have millennial humor they get another subscriber

[MattyBlue]

My phone died just at the mark where you were about to explain humans being pokemon and i lowkey thought you were being deep showing me a black screen reflecting my face 😂 amazing work my dude. Also, shout out to all the cool people mentioned that helped with this project! i’ve always wanted to do something like this by myself in a dark corner of my room but felt it too daunting everytime i tried! can’t wait to see more videos from you (eventually though go at your own pace because that’s what makes videos art and entertainment! ofc!). Cheers! 🥂

[polarknight]

That introduction was so good I forgot this was meant to be an evolutionary chart, and not a lore video.

[peacemaker]

Knowing Rayquaza created latinas was definitely a mental whiplash!

[mediocreblake]

I just feel extremely compelled to like show you that this video was amazing and I respect the kind of creator you are. Quality over anything and keeping art accessible to people. This was my first video I have ever seen of yours. And I think you are going to be like my new favorite creator. Will be eagerly waiting for the next :) but definitely don’t let anyone rush you! What you are doing is art and extremely extremely entertaining. So thank you, for just creating this piece of content :) was amazing!

[RiedElliott]

W for not putting the chart behind a pay wall

[akargo]

26:38 The "You cant prove we dont lay eggs" came out of nowhere and destroyed me lmao. It sounds like something a consiracy theorist would randomly drop in an argument with no explanation as if its completely sane thing to believe. The confidence has me in agreement lol.

[adeptmage]

Made it to the end. Here are some questions.
1. If pokemon ever came out with triple typed pokemon, what combination would you most like to see?
2. What was your favorite unexpected clarification? Octillary being a fish seemed to bother you, but was there an odd clarification you were actually pleased with?
3. How are you holding up after all of this? Glad you're proud of your work. It's friggin baller. Wish I had the space to download the poster 😂

[Ordinary-ufwn]

"Have you ever seen a ghost in real life? DIDN'T FLIPPING THINK SO!!!"
This just made every psychic question their job.
This video is rlly good tho

[Agnes_Bramble]

Humans do come from eggs, tho, we just give live birth like you said, but there's still an "egg" involved in the process, I think you're allowed one cop-out after the amazing work you put into this chart and video!

[poliwhirlking]

I think it's cool how Mew was the first Pokémon to inhabit Earth, since Mew is based on an Embryo and Embryos are the first stage of life.

[gible]

As an actual evolutionary biologist i have to say this is a great video

[Kai-tuxw]

Oh my god this video is amazing. This was very much worth the wait, and I love you so much for the effort put into every part of this, from the visuals and editing to your voice work and the script. Of course, that's without even mentioning how cool the chart is. Just amazing.

[draconis]

I'd argue that the pokedex shouldn't be treated as absolute truth, since some of them are clearly wrong, and of course they're written by humans that couldn't know these things for sure. Most obvious examples are the gen 8 fossils, which are fossils that were put back together wrong, and have pokedex entries that explain how these pokemon lived in ancient times when they clearly didn't actually exist.

[TobyTopF]

Ok but genuinely there is clearly so much work going on in this video and so much time spent deciding what to include and not include that would be interesting. As someone that struggles with limiting that scope when summarising, this is an inspiration.

I respected this video so much I wasn't going to comment my confusion about Lugia not being mentioned later but figured that my comment would boost the video in the algorithm so here you go, you deserve it!