Uploaded July 2017 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

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JP: ほしのていしのしんじつ The Truth of the Planet's Standstill

• (0:01) I'd prefer to translate ていし as "standstill", incidentally…"paralysis" in my mind is temporary (if ridiculously annoying, thank you very much, core game Body Slam), whereas this frozen world is more permanent.
• (0:33) You saw the broken Temporal Tower at the start of chapter 14. And note how the name is highlighted; we'll be going there eventually.
• (0:52) やみディアルガ Dark Dialga in Japanese, and I'm going to continue calling it that. Has nothing to do with the core game primals (ゲンシ primal); stop making a non-existent comparison.
• (1:26–1:36) Remember that "root of the problem" I mentioned in Chapter 13? Here it is. And why the hell did you not try to say this before?
• (2:30–2:32) Took the words out of my mouth…
• (7:34) Welcome to the Foggy Forest of the future – Dusk Forest. Be careful if you have something weak to Grass, as Jumpluff can use Bullet Seed.
• (10:23) Question: how do Grass-types survive in this dead world?! Everything's frozen, that's kind of the antithesis of the Grass-type's natural theme…
• (10:23) Shiny! VC Crystal FINALLY gave us the opportunity to get a legit shiny Celebi outside Japan, after 18 YEARS. Interestingly, normal Celebi (green) has a "happy" portrait and a "surprised" portrait; it seems the switch to Shiny occurred at some point to emphasise this one's feminine persona. (Or it could be leftovers from Rescue Team, I haven't played that game beyond the initial credits roll, so tell me if I'm missing something.)
• (10:59) No thanks to the two dummies behind you!
• (11:39–11:45) This will come into play a little later…
• (12:54) Are you sure you weren't a certain Sunflora in your previous life?
• (13:15) I guess Deep Dusk Forest (もりのたかだい Forest Hill) would be approximately where Steam Cave was in the past, and the Passage of Time located in what was once Fogbound Lake. Rock-weak, Rhydon, Rock Blast, you know where this is going. Hippowdon's Sand Stream can be annoying, though. Fun fact: T&D had Vulpix in this dungeon; they were removed in Sky due to its being a potential starter (like I chose).
• (18:07) Excuse you, I could take him down right now!
• (19:32–21:32) THAT was what Celebi detected earlier (she's a Mythical, she can do that sort of thing)…and Dusknoir decides to rub it in your group's face, the bastard.
• (21:45–22:25) Now that your partner's forced to confront the facts unambiguously, the confusion has (finally!) left their mind and they find a new resolve.