Legendary Pokemon

DidYouKnowGaming takes a look at some new and exclusive translations revealing behind the scenes secrets and lore for many of Pokemon's Legendaries, including Mew, Mewtwo, Lugia, Celebi, and more!

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Special Thanks to Jacob Newcomb, Anthony Madry, El_Aleph87, Dogasu's Backpack, Arca, Sad, Snorlax Monster and Lewtwo

Research/Writing by Dr Lava
Video Editing by TheCartoonGamer
Narration by Remix

Sources/Further Reading:
Nintendo Dream magazine issue 187

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[Alex_Barbosa]

Holy crap! Celebi is a Pokémon known for traveling through time. They put that shrine there with no purpose in Gold and Silver. Then they make Crystal and Celebi retroactively gave the shrine a purpose. It's like Celebi's time travel had an actual effect on the game it was released in. That's so cool.

[JJAB]

7:00 its also noteworthy that Kokopelli was a popular design and pop-culture fad during the '90s. If you go through old media from the period like TV shows like Seinfeld, cartoons like Rugrats, various magazines etc. you'll be sure to spot it here and there. Considering the time period of Gold/Silver's development this I imagine likely inspired these early designs of Celebi.

[odellproductions]

Man dykg is one of the greatest sources of gaming history thank you for all your work preserving things that would otherwise be forgotten.

[BlueYoshi]

I was pretty bummed that although they added Shadow Pokemon to Pokemon Go, when they added Shadow Mewtwo and Shadow Lugia they didn’t use their designs from Pokken or XD, respectively. That would’ve been a cool way to incorporate them

[Rexdrinksredbull]

Mew-two's personality being based on The Phantom of The Opera is so so cool, and incredibly obvious now that it's been pointed out

[Syiepherze]

The idea that Mew is a chaotic, mischievous and unpredictable creature seems to have made its way into one of the recent Journeys episodes, where it wreaks havoc and causes trouble for the Project Mew team. It's a neat callback if so

Also, the name Watatsumi is used in at least one other instance, as "Watatsumi's Symphonia", the Japanese name of Primarina's Z-Move "Oceanic Operetta"

[DrPOP-jpeb]

How this channel manages to keep producing new information about a 20+ year old franchise is amazing. You clearly do a lot of original research and it shows. Thanks!

[StefiStarlite]

Another fun thing for Ho-oh and Lugia found in the Japanese opening to Pokémon GS (Johto Journeys): the phrase "Golden Sun and Silver Moon" is sung in English and ties in perfectly with the concept of the two representing day and night.

[joshsavage]

20:43 Every time when more and more people learn about the existence of Pokémon Conquest, I am convinced that there truly is hope for the universe. Seriously, that game needs more love.

[JackiW]

I'd love to see a Pokémon Legends game about Johto!
The myths and legends from that region were always so interesting, and the cultural aspects in the designs and music is just wonderful!
Seeing how well Arceus did, maybe it'll happen sooner than later?

[Alex_Barbosa]

Honestly the work you guys do here is amazing. Mad respect for the lengths you go to to document this stuff. Legitimate journalism is hard to come by these days, and yall are killing it.

[LamanKnight]

Ah, I see! Rayquaza must have been eating a blue raspberry slushie before its picture was taken for Gen 3. When Gen 4 came around, it realized its mistake, and never repeated it. And its tongue has remained pink ever since.

[madnessarcade]

It’s hilarious and endearing that they forgot why they put the celebi shrine at all 😂

Maybe they just wanted set dressing so that spot didn’t look boring or empty

Idk tho

[LifeCodeGame]

This video is an amazing look into the fascinating lore of Pokemon's legendary creatures! Highly recommend!

[aurumarma]

Celebi is a time traveler, it went back in time and created the Shrine, then the rumor that the Shrine is where it would be caught.

[MadDoctorWalsh]

I think Colosseum reinforces the connection between celebi and Kokopelli because you use flutes in that game to summon celebi to open the door to a shadow Pokemon's heart.

If the darkness of the shadow Pokemon's heart is like winter, then playing the flute ushers in spring by removing that darkness.

[PabsLives]

I appreciate all the research that goes into these. Great job!

[Spindash]

Loving all these videos that are basically spurred by you folks getting every old book, magazine, and blog translated that you can.

[Anthony-wkcn]

Man I translated those Mew and Celebi videos awhile back. So happy to see them being used. Great work as always!!

[hoppyhoppy]

It's been a few years. Glad to see you're making good content as always