Title: Pokemon Legends
Description: You play as Seth, a trainer who can synchronize and attack using pokemon elemental moves. Your goal is to gain all the badges to master your power, and stop those who seek corrupt and destroy the world; the Phantom Knights.
Platform: Connect play between 3DS and Wii U.
Genre: RPG,
Rating: T for Teen (all mentioned deaths have very few, if not any blood. The scenes with blood aren't even that bloody. Just a few scrapes here and there like in Pokemon Adventures.)
Single-Player Campaign: Seth is now 15 years old, and has graduated from the Academy. He's been training for years with his Gallade (Gale), and now he must start his journey into the wide world. Upon arriving at his hometown, the local professor presents him with a choice between 15 starters.
After the 3rd gym, Seth encounters a girl named Alice. She has a same level Gardevoir (Kyrha) as Seth Gallade (25). During their challenge, Seth is hit with a painful headache. Trapped inside a dark room in his mid, he runs straight forward and punches the void, only to realize that he has just focus punched Kyrha, just as Alice psycho cut Gale. The two fall on the ground, unable to comprehend what just happened.
From atop a building, an elder man saw the whole thing, and dragged the duo into Castelia City's underground. There, he introduces himself as Zeal, and trains the two into the mastery of synchronization.
During their training, Seth and Alice develop a surreal bond, almost as they had already met each other. Finally, Zeal releases the two and wishes them good luck on their journeys ahead.
After clearing the 5th Unova badge (because the two are in Unova), A groups called the Phantom Knights come in and wreck Driftveil City in search of a girl named Anna, Clay's daughter. Seth and Gale try and stop them, but the Phantom Knights set fire to the city and plant explosives in the Ice storage. Alice, alarmed by the news on TV, flies over on her Staraptor and attempts evacuating the residents, telling Seth and Gale to disarm the explosives.
After defeating all the guards, the two disarm everything. Authorities safely put out the fire in Driftveil, but everything has been destroyed. Zeal comes on scene and after seeing all the damage, urges Seth and Gale to travel to Mistralton City, and warn the people there. Once they reach Mistralton, Gale spots Knights on the rooftop, and the city mayor hanging down the web of an Ariados. The Knights threaten to snap the rope if their demands were not met. Skyla lies defeated not too far. One of the Knights said she had been poisoned by one of the many Ariadoses, and she couldn't possibly make it out alive. Angry at such acts, Seth challenges the squadron leader of the Knights (Arch) to a battle. Humiliated by his defeat, Arch snaps the wire, but Gale catches the man just in time. He is surprised to hear a pokemon able to talk to and understand humans. When he asks Seth how Gale can talk, he simply answers he is special.
Arch escapes during the confusion and hops into a helicopter. Seth is barely able to run and latch himself at the last minute. In the air, Seth pushes Arch off and attempts piloting the thing. He fails, and crashes right over the Cylinder Bridge. Debris fell onto the structure itself, but the helicopter landed at sea, leaving no one harmed. Gale barely makes it down alive. He lies on the bridge covered in blood.
Brycen steps in and carries Seth to a pokemon center, where he and his team recover. Brycen immediately recognize the teen, and asks if he is Jarrod's son. Seth answers yes, and Brycen asks him a question that changes Seth forever; "Where is your brother?" Covered in wounds and blood, Seth tries to squeeze answers out of Brycen, telling him he was always an only child, the reason why he was given Gale. When Brycen was about to answer, an explosion is heard afar. They look out the window, and see fire coming from the forest next to the Cylinder Bridge.
Seth wants to go check it out, but Brycen challenges him, testing to see if he could handle the truth. Seth synchronizes with his pokemon to defeat Brycen. He hands over the Freeze Badge, and leaves the rest of this to Seth and Gale, promising the truth will one day come. Brycen says he'll fly over to Mistralton City to try and help Skyla recover with this antidote. On scene, Seth and Gale face Prime, another squadron leader who just blew up the Cylinder Bridge in half. Once defeated, Prime reveals that Arch is still alive because Seth was too merciful, and should've killed him on the spot. He says he is just like his father before him, and teleports away.
A mysterious trainer approaches Seth and asks him to go to Dragonspiral Tower. That trainer is revealed to be N, and he challenges Seth to a battle. Once defeated, N says the Knights are just like Plasma; lost in ambition. He reaches out to the sky, and asks you to choose between the truth and ideal. Based on the player's choice, they will either get Reshiram or Zekrom. Seth uses his legendary to go back to Mistralton. Gale and Seth reunite with Alice and Kyrha.
Skyla seems to be doing better, although the Knights had ransacked her city. She says someone came and dropped a bomb, destroying their airport and most of the city. Seth shows her his legendary dragon, and Skyla replies she always knew Jarrod was right about his sons. Unfortunately, Brycen reminded him the truth wasn't ready yet, and he had a much more important mission to do.
Using his legendary, Seth, Gale, Alice, and Kyrha fly to Opelucid, where they challenge Iris and Drayden to a dual battle. After gaining the final badge, the two separate; Alice goes to eastern Unova to protecrt the people, and Gale runs towards the league for answers. Just when he is about to cross Victory road, a landslide descends and destroys every available path. Gale can barely protect his trainer before the rocks break his cover. Someone grabs their hands from above. Iris and Daryden had saved trainer and pokemon.
Back in Opelucid, Iris set up a force field, while Drayden sat down with the two, and gives them answers. Seth was surprised when he saw Alice in the room as well. Drayden says he was Jarrod's closest companion, and the two were working on a breakthrough project; "Codename Rebirth". Later that very year, Jarrod's wife had two baby boys. Unfortunately, one of the babies died of an extremely rare infection, and his body wasn't able to fully complete itself to defend it. Just hours after death, Jarrod grabbed the baby's body, and preserved it in a green liquid tube. Using electrical impulses, he was able to briefly reanimate the heart. That was all he needed. From that point on, only he and Drayden knew the truth.
A year later, Jarrod came home, and gave his son a newborn pokemon; ralts. Inside that pokemon's body however, was Gale's soul. Because of this genetic bond their shared, Seth was able to communicate with pokemon, and ultimately replicate an ability humans of old were thought to have. That where his synchronization came in. As for Alice, her and her Ralts were Subjects' number 2. They nailed the synchronization part, but never dared implant a human soul inside a pokemon ever again. Jarrod destroyed the main files, and gave a backup to his own wife and Drayden himself. Having all the answers, Seth was finally ready to face his fears, and to discover the last fragment of the truth; was happened to his father.
Reports of sudden, intense heat waves came flowing in on TV. On the screen, Prime and Arch challenged Seth himself to face them alone. Seth flies to Castelia city. Once there, he sees that the buildings have all been completely destroyed. There remained nothing more than rubble, and rivers of lava. Arch says they plan to awaken Groudon, so they can melt the Ice Seal to release an even more power pokemon; Kyurem. With cold and hot in their hands, they could upset nature`s balance, and bring forth the almighty pokemon god himself; Arceus. When asked why the Phantom Knights attacked so many innocent people and places, they reply it was all a scheme to make sure Unova's communications would be out, and the people too afraid to retaliate.
They send entire legions of Phantom Knights to kill all survivors, and feed their corpses to Groudon as energy. Seth and Gale battle their way onto the Raised pillar, where he challenges both Arch and Prime, defeating them both at once.
Finally, their leader emerges from the shadows, and Seth recognizes his father Jarrod. When he asks why he would do such a thing, Jarrod replies he had divine power in his hands, and realized he wasn`t forced to play mortal anymore. He extends his hands into the air, as the platform rises higher and higher. Soon, the whole building crumbles below, leaving nothing but the roof. Seth tells him there were still Knights down there, but Jarrod ignores them all. He approaches Arch and Prime, and stabs them with a psychic lance. He pushes off their agonizing bodies into the lava below, and says he rid his son of those nuisances.
Now, Seth must fight one last struggle to save the world. He finally manages to synchronize with his pokemons and Gale. The two take down their father, and a blinding beam of light ensues. Seth and Gale ear a soft, melodious voice say: "Finally... I am free... My children... Thank you... He was just another experiment... He backfired... Me... My clone... I shall finally achieve peace... As for this world, I know Arceus wouldn't let such an imbalance pass... He will heal this world... He will heal its people... He will... Seth... Gale... Thank you... My beloved children..." We now see the people of Unova celebrating.
However, at the Opelucid Pokemon Center, the player sees Drayden, Brycen, Skyla, Iris, and Alice waiting anxiously for Seth and Gale to return. No news was reported of the two. Frustrated and scared, Alice runs outside, and flies away towards Castelia. She lands on a street of concrete, amidst a crowd of people walking by, minding their own business.
She looks around, but cannot recognize her green-haired friend. Void of hope, she falls on her knees, and scream for Seth, and the credits roll by. After it's all over, the screen goes black, and we see lines of dialogue saying: "One day, when I finish wandering the world, I will come back to Unova." Booting the game after you've cleared everything lets you play as a new protagonist, who has decided to take on the badge challenge. Several references to Seth and Gale will be made. Eventually, after beating the league, you will meet Alice, and she is convinced you are "the one", and gives you access to Seth's old PC (the pokemon you previously caught).
Multiplayer: You get to play as your own customized trainer, and battle/trade/meet other trainers online from around the world.
Characters: Seth: Main character. He is the son of Jarrod.
Gale: Seth's brother, who's soul has been transferred into a Gallade to save his life. He can speak and understand the human language
Alice: Main aid. She will challenge Seth often as a rival, abut eventually develops a crush on him. During the last scene, she is seen looking about the crowds of people for Seth, but realizes he probably didn't make it out alive. She falls in desperation for the one she finally understood. After the main story, she is the one to give the new protagonist a key to Seth's PC.
Kyrha: Subject number 2. She is a Gardevoir with the power of speech and comprehension of human behavior and mentality. She develops a crush on Gale the Gallade, and admires his battling skills.
Zeal: An old man who trains Seth and Alice in the art of synchronization.
Jarrod: Seth's father. At first thought to be the main antagonist, his spirit comes in to tell his sons the Jarrod they faced was a mere clone.
Arch: Squad leader in the Phantom Knights. He was part of Jarrod's project, but broke away after seeing he had no intention to "play god" with his new breakthrough.
Prime: see above.
Phantom Knights: main antagonist team. They try to break the seal of Ice with Groudon so they can mess with the planet's balance, thus calling forth Arceus.
Subject 3: The new protagonist after clearing the main story. He is a character the player get's to name and design.
Internet connectivity; You create an avatar, and select which channel you want to go to. There, you enter this massive Skyworld where you can catch wild pokemon, battle other trainers, or just trade and chat. You can create private channels, which require invitations.
Other: Graphics are full 3D, like on Pokemon XD, Colosseum, and Battle Revolution. The game plays out like a normal 2D pokemon (unlike XD's stage select system.) The first part of the game features MGS-like length cutscenes, but the second story (Subject 3) is purely gameplay.
