Saturday, May 31, 2008

My Pokeymanz, Let Me Scrutinize Them

So, I have a theory. I know, big surprise. Anyway, Pokemon, the popular chibi-cock-fighting game, first off, is awesome. Second, I'm using too many commas. Third, has subliminal messages implanted within. Since nothing I ever think of is the first time someone has thought of it, I'm sure this is old news, but yeah. Before I get to my point, I want to present an example. Magikarp. It turns into Gyarados. Magikarp is obviously a fish-based pokemon. Gyarados is some kind of aquatic reptile. What does one call the process a pokemon undergoes to change from one form to another? Oh, that's right, evolution. Magikarp, a fish, evolves into Gyarados, a reptile. Isn't that a little strange? The same can be said for Feebas and Milotic. Or to some extent Remoraid and Octillery. I think there's evolutionist propaganda in Pokemon. I feel like a million people across the world could yell at my face "Duh!" right now, but no one's even going to read this, so who cares. But the propaganda doesn't end there. Pop quiz, what do scientists consider the closest living relative to the Tyrannosaurus Rex? Time's up, the chicken. Or more vaguely the bird, this is speculation though, so it might not be true. Yoshi; what's he thought of as? A dinosaur. Super Smash Bros. Brawl; Final Smash. Yoshi's is that he grows (evolves?) a pair of wings and the ability to breath fire. The dinosaur grows wings. Not so convinced? Have you seen these wings? Big, feathery, eagle-esque wings, not reptilian, pterodactyl-esque wings. The dinosaur gains a pair of bird wings. Now I know I'm using a lot of fragment sentences, but that falls into the same category. Nintendo is easing these ideas into our mind so we are more accepting of them. It's just something to think about. And by the by, Nintendo is still awesome and the best of the three main competitors in the console war, subliminal mind control or not.