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Could that statue mean something...?
First, by statue, I mean this statue that was shown in the trailer:
Now, at first, I thought that it was just a regular ol' statue, nothing remotely interesting about it. But then, wouldn't you know, I saw some interesting speculations about it. Of course, this thread has been created specifically about it, because, I want to know what you think about it - do you think that this statue hold any special meaning, could it hint at something, or is it just a plain ol' statue? Well, for interest sake, maybe to bounce some ideas, I want to bring you guys... just a quote collection of theories that I saw through out websites like smogon, ign, bulbagarden, and marriland; but they're pretty much the majority of others' speculations about this statue: Quote:
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Once again.. those were the majority of ideas and speculation that I saw around the web and irl that people had about this statue. So yeah, to re-literate the purpose of this thread, do you think this statue might be hinting at something about these games? Do you think this statue holds any meaning? Do any of these mentioned theories struck your interest? Or... do you think that this is just a regular statue just for decoration? |
Having both Palpitoad and Golurk on the same statue could indicte that it symbolises a Gym leader who specialises in Ground, as for the Eevee that could either promt a ground eeveelution or just decoraton. Then again the statue itself could just be there for decoration purposes, surely it was going to represent a ground type Gym leader it would have a ground type pokemon that was introduced in the new generation rather than two Unova Pokemon.
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I'd love to see a couple more Eeveelutions so if that's what is being implied then I'm all for it. It definitely seems like a Ground type Gym or at least a statue of a man known for his ground type pokemon and eevee?
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Hmmm interesting theories guys! All this talk about ground types does make sense to a certain extent, their are two ground types on the statue. But, wouldn't it be weird to have a statue without any new ground types on it? Maybe that humanoid looking figure is a new Pokemon, but I doubt it. And then, look at the left of screen. There are two pillars with Drantini's on top of them. How do they fit in? I presume it's just a mansion and he has his favourite Pokemon on the statue. Just my guess though.
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There are Dratini statues to our left of the big statue, so I don't think it means anything Type-Specific (aka hinting at a Ground-type Eevee evolution). There might be an in-game myth surrounding a Knight and his team of Pokémon, and perhaps the building is a museum, or even where he used to live. It's difficult to say at this point but it is very intriguing!
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I thought it just represented some great hero of the past that we might learn about in the story.
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Not sure if anyone noticed this before, but it has been speculated around the internet that that particular building strikes an uncanny resemblance to the Élysée Palace, which houses the French Republic's very own president (take a look). If true, then that only pushes further proof that the region is based off of France and possibly other European countries as well.
I would rule out the possibility of the building being a Ground-type Gym Leader solely because of the Dratini statues that have been pointed out. We really have no idea what that statue might mean or what's held behind the castle walls, but I'm betting there's deep history there if anything. Maybe it's the champion of the region's home? |
Completely forgot about the Dragon statues haha. I'm hoping too much for a new eeveelution but yea I definitely agree with the theory that the statue could just be a knight of legend and the large building is a major landmark.
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I think it's soley for decorational purposes. We can almost completely rule out it being a Ground Type Gym looking at the two Drantini statues. However, it still could be a Gym, especially since we had a Charizard Statue in BW/B2W2 and the gym leader specialised in Ground Types. Just because there is a difference doesn't mean that it can't be a Gym! Nevertheless, I just think it's some sort of rich estate where a character of the plot lives with the statue being there merely for decoration.
The one thing that intriguies me though is, what is that dark ufo-like shadow above the mansion? |
Perhaps the statue commemorates the B/W hero's accomplishments (Or N's) and X&Y takes place sometime after the events of Gen V.
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But now that I think about it, I hope all the Pokémon pictured will be obtainable in the regional PokéDex, ha ha! |
My guess is it's just a statue of a war hero or some such.
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I can't help feeling that this won't be a gym leader and that it will either just be some rich person with a big ego or some hero that's related to the region but not strictly related to the storyline.
It could even be a statue of the mansion owners ancestor. |
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I think the statue in the trailer is more of a memorial statue of a knight that had an Eevee, Golurk and Palpitoad by his side that fought for the region's freedom or something.
Other than that, I don't think it shows anything new in regards to new Pokémon, there's been many games in the past that have had a statue that honor certain people with Pokémon. That's what I think it really is, nothing really special, not anything about new Pokémon. |
I'd just say it's celebrating some hero of the past that we probably won't even find out about, buuut Golurk is meant to be the guard Pokemon, so maybe he's just a spirit watching over the mansion! And the other Pokemon are just the... I have no clue about that. :(
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N is not a knight. he is a king. the plasma grunts would be knights.
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Hmm I don't think it's anything significant..
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There's a palpitoad, a gollurk holding an eevee. And the human-like shape in front of those pokémon is probably their trainer. Doesn't look much like a bisharp, but definitely a warrior/knight. It's probably part of that place's history, I can't speculate much more about it xD
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I believe history always repeats itself. Whatever that statue represents the protagonist will most likely undergo a similar adventure that resulted to that statue being built.....
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...Yeah, what IS with that UFO-looking thing?
Anyway, maybe the Dratini pillars hint to this being the home of a creating caped Champion from Johto? Or maybe one of his relatives or something. In any case, Lance's battle room in HGSS is the only place that really had anything like that. But the statue? Probably a past knight who was honored with this statue, and that was his team. |
Sure, I guess that statue could mean something.
I sincerely doubt it does though. I think it'd be safe to presume that it's just a statue, and it's just there because buildings that look like that should have statues in front of them. |
Since it's mostly Gen V Pokemon and Golurk's history, implies it was used by ancient people, maybe the same ones as the Golems (Regi's) since it never said they partained to that specific region and another thread mentioned that we might get to get more backstory xD
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Maybe that statue resembles an elite 4 member specialising ground types. About the palacd to the left of the statue maybe the region's league place...
The odd thing that remains is the dratinis, they might be the e4's favourite pkmn, or might it contains a story of sumthing like she saved dratini once frm bad ppls.. It can be anything, GF can any story by dis... |
Actually, I'm leaning more towards the "past hero" theory now; could it be actually linked to BW? Since BW does mention a past hero who teamed up with Reshiram/Zekrom. Then again, could it mean that a new 'hero' theme could be in this game? Like, working with legendary pokemon, or within a prophecy?
Could the statue link to that? |
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