Pokémon OR/AS' New Ghost Girl, did you miss her? [Possible Spoilers]
Fans of the Pokémon series will know that almost [if not all] games in the series have some form of supernatural occurrence that goes unexplained, usually in the form of a ghost character, and is left up to the player's interpretation as to just what the heck happened or who it could have been. Well,
Omega Ruby and
Alpha Sapphire are no exception!
This topic doesn't hold any actual spoilers, per se, but the Ghost does appear throughout the "story", so in case you have not beaten the Elite 4 yet and would like to see if you notice it on your own[since it is extremely easy to miss], close this thread and come back once you have!
This game's Ghost, as stated above, appears at one particular point in the story, and that's when you're facing the Elite 4. To be more specifically, during Phoebe's introduction scene before you battle her. As you all well know, Phoebe is the Elite 4's Ghost Trainer, making it the perfect place to "hide" this little Easter Egg. After you go through the eerie, yet stunningly gorgeous "hallway" to reach Phoebe's section, she introduces herself, like every other member of the E4. During this introduction, however, you have a clear shot of the area behind her where you have her chair in full view. The scene fades to black before fading back in from a different angle. During this fade, however...
Did you see it? Of course you did, that gif was meant to show you. In her chair, for the briefest of seconds, a little Ghost Girl becomes visible! And that's not all, however. The scene it fades back into is taken behind Phoebe with some odd movements before fading to black again. Or at least, they seem odd when you haven't noticed the Ghost. When you do, however, you notice it is very plainly meant to be the
point of view of the Ghost as it stands up from the chair and approaches you and Phoebe. Afterwards the scene fades back in and we get a shot where we can see both you and Phoebe continue to talk before the battle starts!
There's nothing weird there, right? Well, let me show you an image of the scene right
after you've defeated Phoebe, which is shot in the same angle.
See any difference? If you go back to the picture right before you battle Phoebe you'll notice that
the Ghost Girl is standing right next to you. Pay attention to your character's neck. There she is. Just staring at you, and your character blissfully unaware! Isn't that
insane?! It is so easy to miss, but once you've seen it there is
no way you can un-see it. The sad thing is that you cannot get this scene to happen again if you are to face the Elite 4 again, it is a one-time thing, just like all the other supernatural/ghost Easter Eggs in Pokémon games.
All images used her were acquired from an article on Kotaku, which in turn were made from Pyropuncher's playthrough on youtube, which I will also leave a link down here below for anyone who'd like to see it firsthand! [And so you can see the PoV camera angle after her first appearance.]
So, what did you think?! Are you baffled that you missed it? Did you actually notice it when you were playing? Isn't it creepy? Isn't it
awesome? I for one re-started my original save when I had reached the 8th Gym, so I have yet to actually reach this, but I am
heavily looking forward to it. Especially since Ghost type (closely followed by Water) is my favorite typing and I just absolutely love these Easter Eggs!
