Pokémon, an alien invasion story?

[SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman]

So Cracked published this article today:

www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/4-reasons-pokemon-scariest-alien-invasion-story-ever/


and as silly as it seems, I think the authors raises interesting points. What do y'all think?

[Allie Kitsune]

I think someone played Gotcha Force on the GCN and suddenly thought of EVERY game with 'collectable' battlers like that as an alien invasion.

[Johnny B. Decent]

Nope.

[Push R Truth]

reaching too far



I'm sure the idea looked great on paper as a 2 line proposal, but once you have to write a real article it turns into crap. Somebody must have waited until the deadline to finish their work.

[Yami Daimao]

2nd comment on the site already busted this theory and pretty much echoed my own thoughts.

This article was severely disappointing to me. Pokemon can't be an "alien invasion" to a previously pokemon-devoid world, and this can be easily seen by a split-second view of the cannon. Arceus is the god of the universe, and created all of it. Arceus created literally the whole universe, presumably including humanity. Arceus then made Palkia, Dialga, and Giratina, to control time, space, and alternate dimensions. Eventually the Pokemon World was created, presumably along with Groudon/Kyogre/Rayquaza, and life goes on from there, with Mew propagating the species. The idea that Pokemon are an "alien invasion" into a previously untouched ecosystem when Pokemon themselves created both the universe and the Pokemon World in question? Just doesn't make sense.

Although I'm sure crazy-haired alien dude from Ancient Aliens would argue with that.

One thing I won't argue with, though, is:

A tentacool is similar to a jellyfish, only it has more superpowers than the entire Justice League

Just another reason why Tentacool/Tentacruel are the best Pokemon.