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Let's admit it: Pokedex entries are dubious at best. Whether Pokemon are tangling with Indian elephants or being hotter than the sun, the Pokedex reports on strange details regarding the wonderful and family friendly world of Pokemon.

However, the entries have gone completely bonkers in Sun and Moon. It reads like the Necronomicon now. Here are just a few entries.

Gengar

Sun

Should you feel yourself attacked by a sudden chill, it is evidence of an approaching Gengar. There is no escaping it. Give up.

Moon

It apparently wishes for a traveling companion. Since it was once human itself, it tries to create one by taking the lives of other humans.

...WHAT

Golbat

Sometimes they drink so much blood, they can't fly anymore. Then they fall to the ground and become food for other pokemon.

Nobody likes Golbat but damn.

Toxapex

Toxapex crawls along the ocean floor on its 12 legs. It leaves a trail of Corsola bits scattered in its wake.

Corsola is a little cute pink Pokemon by the way.

Palossand

Buried beneath the castle are masses of dried-up bones from those whose vitality it has drained.

Yes the phrase "masses of dried-up bones" is in a Pokemon game.

Komala

It is born asleep, and it dies asleep. All its movements are apparently no more than the results of it tossing and turning in its dreams.

Please tell me more about how this koala dies, Pokedex.

Froslass

Sun

When it finds humans or Pokémon it likes, it freezes them and takes them to its chilly den, where they become decorations.

Moon

The soul of a woman lost on a snowy mountain possessed an icicle, becoming this Pokémon. The food it most relishes is the souls of men

I seriously don't know which one is more terrifying.

Mimikyu

Its actual appearance is unknown. A scholar who saw what was under its rag was overwhelmed by terror and died from the shock.

Ok I will call BS on this one, that is totally a story someone made up in fifth grade.

Share more/flee in terror.

 

[Neoleo2143]

That last one according to the anime is definitely not BS. Mimikyu is terrifying.

 

[Wingus]

Moon's entry for Bewear is quite something

Accidentally killing their trainers...


This Pokémon has the habit of hugging its companions. Many Trainers have left this world after their spines were squashed by its hug

http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/760.shtml

 

[N° 2048]

Yea...Pokemon has changed...last one I played was Gold

 

[Jayne]

I absolutely love the Pokédex entries in these games. I think they are rad. Lol.

 

[BY2K]

If you watch the anime, you'll know the Mimikyu one isn't BS.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Why are the Pokedex Entries so creepy now? They used to be straightforward facts about the Pokemon, not creepypastas. I don't remember X/Y doing this.

 

[WrenchNinja]

Post the mega evolution dex entries

 

[Already Torn]

The Golbat one is super funny.

Most horrifying is Bewear to me, although the one about Primape committing inadvertent suicide because of how angry they are is up there.

Why are the Pokedex Entries so creepy now? They used to be straightforward facts about the Pokemon, not creepypastas. I don't remember X/Y doing this.

They've always been creepy pastas. Basically the major change they made was editorializing it a bit more ("Give up") and removing the ridiculous nonsense like all the ones in the original Dex, so now they seem more real. Gen V has the Pokemon that is actually a crying human trapped in a Pokemon body.

 

[Dr.Hadji]

Then you also have NPCs in cemeteries freely discussing grave plot arrangements. "I would like to be buried right here next to my rockruff when I die". Pokemon Sun and Moon is fast and free with death on Alola.

 

[Chance Hale]

How did the SMT games get M ratings for their codex but these E? Lol

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Are the translators having fun or is this accurate to the original descriptions? :s

 

[Already Torn]

Then you also have NPCs in cemeteries freely discussing grave plot arrangements. "I would like to be buried right here next to my rockruff when I die". Pokemon Sun and Moon is fast and free with death on Alola.

Alola means goodbye to the mortal coil

This is good, more media should be open with death.

 

[hohoXD123]

Wow, looks like they took the lavender town creepiness and cranked it all the way up.

Pokemon seems like a series which is superficially very child friendly but if you dig deeper the mechanics can be complex and the story dark

 

[Ridley327]

How did the SMT games get M ratings for their codex but these E? Lol

SMT is considerably bloodier and, you know, Mara.

 

[Kinsei]

Yea...Pokemon has changed...last one I played was Gold

Why are the Pokedex Entries so creepy now? They used to be straightforward facts about the Pokemon, not creepypastas. I don't remember X/Y doing this.

Changed? Pokemon has always had creepy Pokedex entries. Here is the entry for Haunter in Yellow.

By licking, it saps the victim's life. It causes shaking that won't stop until the victim's demise.

 

[Wingus]

The Golbat one is super funny.

Most horrifying is Bewear to me, although the one about Primape committing inadvertent suicide because of how angry they are is up there.


They've always been creepy pastas. Basically the major change they made was editorializing it a bit more ("Give up") and removing the ridiculous nonsense like all the ones in the original Dex, so now they seem more real. Gen V has the Pokemon that is actually a crying human trapped in a Pokemon body.

Is this one Yamask?

 

[Thoraxes]

Probably my favorite one so far, though i'm not too far into Moon.

Drifloon, Moon

If for some reason its body bursts, its soul spills out with a screaming sound.

 

[Torokil]

Primeape, Sun

It has been known to become so angry that it dies as a result. Its face looks peaceful in death, however.

 

[Skittzo0413]

I love the disconnect between the tone/visuals/story of having kids training and fighting these creatures with smiles on their faces and the lore behind the creatures and the world. It's honestly quite fascinating and very amusing.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Changed? Pokemon has always had creepy Pokedex entries. Here is the entry for Haunter in Yellow.

Huh, maybe I should pay more attention to Pokedex Entries for now on

 

[pirateluigi]

This whole game has a bit of a dark side. See the Fling TM cutscene or the side quest to get the Eevee z crystal.

 

[Kent]

No mention of Shedinja?

Pokédex Entry for Ruby:

Shedinja's hard body doesn't move - not even a twitch. In fact, its body appears to be merely a hollow shell. It is believed that this Pokémon will steal the spirit of anyone peering into its hollow body from its back.

Keep in mind that when using a Pokémon in combat, you have a view from behind it.

And the fact that this thing steals a Pokéball and invades your team as a result of you evolving another Pokémon (Nincada).

 

[Zalman]

My headcanon is that this is all just Rotom trolling and making up bullcrap on the fly.

 

[daxgame]

well holy shit

 

[Glitchesarecool]

I really appreciate Toxapex being a direct reference to its inspiration, the crown-of-thorns starfish.

Sun's entries are much more consistently dark, which is super weird. Here's Araquanid:

Sun:

It delivers headbutts with the water bubble on its head. Small Pokémon get sucked into the bubble, where they drown.

Moon:

Despite what its appearance suggests, it cares for others. If it finds vulnerable, weak Pokémon, it protectively brings them into its water bubble.

 

[ReyVGM]

I literally laughed out loud with that Goldbat entry.

 

[Imp the Dimp]

How is that sand castle a Pokemon? These designs are awful let alone their Pokedex entries.

 

[Paradise Brunch]

Probably my favorite one so far, though i'm not too far into Moon.

Drifloon, Moon

If for some reason its body bursts, its soul spills out with a screaming sound.

The Sun entry one is even better.

Stories go that it grabs the hands of small children and drags them away to the afterlife. It dislikes heavy children.

 

[Kinsei]

How is that sand castle a Pokemon? These designs are awful let alone their Pokedex entries.

It's a ghost that's possessed a sand castle in order to lure in human children. When one touches it the sand castle takes control of them.

 

[KeyBladerXIII]

These Pokedex entries seem very brief. I may be remembering wrong but I think Ruby and Sapphire gave the most info on a Pokemon.

 

[Vital Tundra]

Gen 7 has me all fucked up.

 

[The Boat]

Out of control awesome!

 

[The12thGripper]

My friend sent me Pelipper's Sun dex entry last night:

Its spacious beak is large enough for a small child to fit right inside.

The Moon entry is normal though.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

The Pokenomicon

 

[RPGam3r]

I like these descriptions. Pokemon are part of am ecosystem, they gotta eat and love life too... Can't all be flowers and rainbows.

 

[Tawney Bomb]

I'm starting to think everyone who works on Pokemon are the same people who made gen 1 and are finally starting to crack.

 

[Skittzo0413]

The Sun entry one is even better.

Holy crap is that real?? That's incredible... who the hell is writing these? Treehouse staff?

 

[Yukinari]

The best ones are for Salazzle and Tsareena. Both of these are from Sun.

Salazzle: "For some reason, only females have been found. It creates a reverse harem of male Salandit that it lives with"

Tsareena: "Its long, striking legs aren’t just for show but to be used to kick with skill. In victory, it shows off by kicking the defeated, laughing boisterously."

And Nintendo wants to STOP porn? Granted these are more sexy than scary but i still classify them under outta control.

 

[Paradise Brunch]

I have Toxapex, Araquanid, and Bewear in my HoF team. In reality I'd be dead by one of them before reaching elite 4.

 

[Thoraxes]

The Sun entry one is even better.

Holy shit lol

 

[LordKano]

Holy crap is that real?? That's incredible... who the hell is writing these? Treehouse staff?

I'm pretty sure the localization has been made by the Treehouse this time. It's so different (and so much better) than the usual writing Pokémon has.

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

My favorite is drifloon which says something about how they hate fat kids

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

The Sun entry one is even better.

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[zeromcd73]

Are the translators having fun or is this accurate to the original descriptions? :s

I was just watching the Sun/Moon anime, and the Rotom Dex in Japanese said the exact same thing about a scholar dying after seeing under its rags. That one is true at least.

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

Are the translators having fun or is this accurate to the original descriptions? :s

It's accurate as far as I know.

 

[Nottle]

How is that sand castle a Pokemon? These designs are awful let alone their Pokedex entries.

The sandcastle is super cute. Just think of it as a sand based golem from Mythology.

Also it's sort of clever because it is ghost/ground. So it's a haunted castle. A pretty common idea made sort of unique because it's typing lets them play with the idea of being a castle that is small enough to be moving around with a trainer.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

When I was a kid I remember wishing to live in Pokemon-world because it seemed super cool and friendly. I would probably be scared to even leave my house if I actually lived there now. Pretty much everything in that damn world is a Pokemon that might kill you now. It has almost reach Australia levels of horrible. It reminds me a bit of Planescape Torment were everything could be a fucking portal to another dimension with no way to return. I would live in constant fear and agony.

 

[Dereck]

Maybe I haven't gotten far enough yet but...

Sir, what the fuck is a Toxapex

Going to Google now

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

What would happen if I smacked a Komala?