kamomesan
Son of Seiso
As a child, I was a member of a small group of dedicated Pokenerds at my elementary school. Although we all had internet access, I still remember our discussions of the games still were mainly word-of-mouth playground rumors. For whatever reason, I managed to convince my friends that you could transfer Pokemon from the Mystery Dungeon games to Diamond and Pearl.
Time went on and we all became a little more internet savvy, we would trade stories about Pokemon creepypastas and older fan's fake stories from forums. I would borrow my father's copy of Red to try and move the infamous Mew truck, and spent hours in Lavender Town trying to hunt down 'White Hand'. It was such a waste of time, but it was fun to imagine that there was some hidden truth in the games that was just waiting to be discovered.
Now whenever a game comes out, its easy to find accurate walk-throughs, people will generally call out misinformation, and Nintendo does a lot to spread news about their events. The closest thing we have to 'rumors' are Game Theory-style speculation that pieces together canon information into overall narratives. Its just difficult to find/create any secret that stay secret for long in the newer games.
So I thought I'd try to start some discussion about the culture of game rumors for funsies. Here's some questions for consideration:
Time went on and we all became a little more internet savvy, we would trade stories about Pokemon creepypastas and older fan's fake stories from forums. I would borrow my father's copy of Red to try and move the infamous Mew truck, and spent hours in Lavender Town trying to hunt down 'White Hand'. It was such a waste of time, but it was fun to imagine that there was some hidden truth in the games that was just waiting to be discovered.
Now whenever a game comes out, its easy to find accurate walk-throughs, people will generally call out misinformation, and Nintendo does a lot to spread news about their events. The closest thing we have to 'rumors' are Game Theory-style speculation that pieces together canon information into overall narratives. Its just difficult to find/create any secret that stay secret for long in the newer games.
So I thought I'd try to start some discussion about the culture of game rumors for funsies. Here's some questions for consideration:
- If information about games still spread by word of mouth, what rumor would you start/imagine would spread today?
- If you were part of those old playground Pokemon rumors, did you ever make any up?
- What were the most memorable rumor (not theory) you've heard about or read?
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