I know, yet another Pokemon theory. Sue me, I just love the franchise so much (please don't, I don't have enough money for that). Anyway, lets just get on with the theory.
The Pokedex has hyperbole. Like a lot of hyperbole.
Macargo is as hot as the sun! If you look at Shedninja from the back, it'll eat your soul! Any punches and kicks merely slide off Goomy! Heck, even look at my last theory, where we explored the weirdness of Hitmonchan hitting as fast as a bullet train.
But why? Clearly these aren't true, as that would seriously break the game, as fighting types wouldn't have a hope against Sliggo, and your character would probably be very, very dead (along with potentially the rest of the world).
Well, I have three theories for why this happens, all of which could be possible. Starting with the first (because, you know, that's how lists work):
That's what you get when you get ten year old kids to make your scientific documents.
In Pokemon Red and Blue (and probably Yellow, but that's just anime Pokemon, so nyah (just kidding...please don't hurt me genwunners...).). Professor Oak decides to push a ten year old out into the world to fill their Pokedex and list every single type of Pokemon in the region, so that he can spend more time writing letters to your mum instead of doing actual Pokemon Professor work. So you go off and start to fill the Pokedex. Now, being a ten year old lad, he's not going to know about scientific rigorous experimentation, and even if he did, he's probably not going to care. He's here to battle and win, not do tests in controlled environments and all that faffery. So he's going to want to make his pokemon seem cool and awesome and put loads of legends and things he thinks it would be cool for Pokemon to be able to do. So that's how you end up with Pokedex entries about how his water mon can destroy entire cities (...Gyarados...). However, the only problem is that this is only the plot of Red and Blue, and other games have slightly more responsible Professors who push the kids out into the world to learn about Abilities, or simply just to learn stuff in general because they saved them from a Zigzagoon and so are mature enough to travel around a huge region (I did only say slightly), but it could be that that was done before by other ten year old kids, we just didn't see them, because they didn't have to deal with people stealing Pokemon and destroying the world and such.
The Pokeballs weaken Pokemon
It might just be that when a Pokemon is put inside a Pokeball, it weakens their powers to the point where they aren't able to do the crazy stuff that they would be able to in the wild. This is actually obliquely referenced in canon, where in Pokemon Platinum, Diamond and Pearl Chiron uses the Red Chain in order to capture the Legendaries, as to prevent them from having their powers suppressed by ordinary Pokeballs. This would also be possible, because through the games you see them being handed to nursery school children (which is a seriously bad idea, but anyway), so it would be done by the Pokemon League and all sanctioned Pokeball creators in order to prevent the children from accidentally killing someone or themselves with a Pokemon they found.
They purposefully don't use the abilities themselves for whatever reason
Pokemon fights in the game are more like sporting sparring matches, rather than all out brawls, with set rules (such as only one attack per turn and you can attack or heal - not both). Therefore it wouldn't be desirable for them to outright murder the opponent's Pokemon, neither for the Pokemon (because you know, they're sentient beings who would probably know if they killed another being) nor for the Pokemon trainer (they probably wouldn't be allowed to continue doing league fights). Therefore, a desire for fair play and actual sport in Pokemon battling would cause the trainer to teach the Pokemon to not use their most ridiculously unfair advantages and for Pokemon to stop themselves from hitting too hard or attacking too badly, as they want to have an interesting battle rather than just brawl. This could be backed up by the Pokemon League, as they could set rules on things that Pokemon can do in actuality, but won't be allowed to do in Pokemon League battles, with the risk of the Pokemon trainer losing their ability to battle gyms, and it would be such an inherent part of their culture that Pokemon follow those rules when they belong to a trainer that no-one challenges or breaks them, not even the bad guys.
Personally I prefer the first theory, but you can make your mind up. I swear I'll do a different thing next week (hopefully).
Saturday 30 January 2016
Sunday 24 January 2016
How Hard Can A Hitmonchan Punch?
This is just a short theory today guys, as I'm really busy. I might make another post later if I have time, but don't count on it.
Now, in Pokemon Y and Pokemon FireRed, the Pokedex says that Hitmonchan "throws punches that are faster than a bullet train". But how hard does it actually punch? And how fast would a Pokemon trainer see their precious Pokemon speeding past them?
Well, first we have to look at the speed of a bullet train. The maximum speed on the Shinkansen (a Japanese railway line) is 320km/h or 88.8889m/s.
Now we have our speed, so we need the acceleration. This involves the suvat equations. For these we need to have 4 of the 5 involved, but we only have 3. So, we need to know the distance, which is about equal to the length of his (her? its?) arm. At 1.4m, Hitmonchan is about the height of a ten year old. They (Yay, found a word!) seem to have average proportions (so not stupidly long arms) but for some reason, people aren't going around measuring ten year olds' arms. So, just from eye-line (because there's no way I'm counting pixels) it looks like their arms are about half the length of their bodies, which is 0.7m.
So then we use the equation v^2=u^2+1/2as and put in the numbers to get
88.8889^2=0^2+1/2ax0.7
7901.23654=0.35a
a=22574.9615429m/s^2
Whoa. That's a big number.
So we then put it into the F=MA equation (Force = Mass*Acceleration) Luckily the Pokedex tells us the mass (due to an oddity where most people call mass weight.) which is 50.2kg.
So 22574.9615429x50.2=1133263.06945N
Whoa. Even bigger number.
So, that's how hard Hitmonchan punches. But how fast can it send a Pokemon flying?
Just for fun, we'll use the lightest Pokemon, that isn't like a balloon Pokemon or something that could get a little faffy. This happens to be the 0.1kg Flabebe.
So, momentum = mass x velocity. We know the velocity to be 88.8889m/s^2, but since he's not jumping and headbutting the Flabebe, we can't use Hitmonchan's mass. From what it seems, his hands are reasonably proportioned boxing gloves. We'll assume they're competition gloves, which weigh about 0.226796kg. 88.8889x0.226796 = 20.159647kgm/s.
So divide that by the mass of the Flabebe, and it'll go flying off at a speed of 201.59647m/s, making it the fastest that Hitmonchan can get a Pokemon to go.
Needless to say, I think a trainer would be a little annoyed if Hitmonchan did that in an actual battle.
Now, in Pokemon Y and Pokemon FireRed, the Pokedex says that Hitmonchan "throws punches that are faster than a bullet train". But how hard does it actually punch? And how fast would a Pokemon trainer see their precious Pokemon speeding past them?
Well, first we have to look at the speed of a bullet train. The maximum speed on the Shinkansen (a Japanese railway line) is 320km/h or 88.8889m/s.
Now we have our speed, so we need the acceleration. This involves the suvat equations. For these we need to have 4 of the 5 involved, but we only have 3. So, we need to know the distance, which is about equal to the length of his (her? its?) arm. At 1.4m, Hitmonchan is about the height of a ten year old. They (Yay, found a word!) seem to have average proportions (so not stupidly long arms) but for some reason, people aren't going around measuring ten year olds' arms. So, just from eye-line (because there's no way I'm counting pixels) it looks like their arms are about half the length of their bodies, which is 0.7m.
So then we use the equation v^2=u^2+1/2as and put in the numbers to get
88.8889^2=0^2+1/2ax0.7
7901.23654=0.35a
a=22574.9615429m/s^2
Whoa. That's a big number.
So we then put it into the F=MA equation (Force = Mass*Acceleration) Luckily the Pokedex tells us the mass (due to an oddity where most people call mass weight.) which is 50.2kg.
So 22574.9615429x50.2=1133263.06945N
Whoa. Even bigger number.
So, that's how hard Hitmonchan punches. But how fast can it send a Pokemon flying?
Just for fun, we'll use the lightest Pokemon, that isn't like a balloon Pokemon or something that could get a little faffy. This happens to be the 0.1kg Flabebe.
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| Aww. Lets send it flying! |
So, momentum = mass x velocity. We know the velocity to be 88.8889m/s^2, but since he's not jumping and headbutting the Flabebe, we can't use Hitmonchan's mass. From what it seems, his hands are reasonably proportioned boxing gloves. We'll assume they're competition gloves, which weigh about 0.226796kg. 88.8889x0.226796 = 20.159647kgm/s.
So divide that by the mass of the Flabebe, and it'll go flying off at a speed of 201.59647m/s, making it the fastest that Hitmonchan can get a Pokemon to go.
Needless to say, I think a trainer would be a little annoyed if Hitmonchan did that in an actual battle.
Saturday 16 January 2016
The Pokemon League Controls the Paths!
Hi, today we're going to be discussing the idea that the Pokemon League are in charge of the paths in a given region and that's why you need to do certain things in the game. But first, we need to go on a little tangent.
My Little Tangent: Thinking Randomly is Magic: Why Do Pokemon Need HM Moves?
For some HM moves this is pretty obvious: sure your Pokemon can swim, but can they do it with a 10-16 year old on their back without dropping them into the water? However there are some moves that seem pretty pointless.
For example, why do you need Cut? Surely any sufficiently powerful Pokemon can cut down a small shrub? Especially considering they can have much more powerful moves than the wimpy base power of 50 that the HM provides. Even some of the Pokemon that can and can't learn it seem a bit silly.
But it could be that the Pokemon world legally requires Pokemon trainers to only use Cut on the shrubs in the path, and no others. But why? That requires explaining of the big theory that underlines everything.
My Little Tangent: Thinking Randomly is Magic: Why Do Pokemon Need HM Moves?
For some HM moves this is pretty obvious: sure your Pokemon can swim, but can they do it with a 10-16 year old on their back without dropping them into the water? However there are some moves that seem pretty pointless.
For example, why do you need Cut? Surely any sufficiently powerful Pokemon can cut down a small shrub? Especially considering they can have much more powerful moves than the wimpy base power of 50 that the HM provides. Even some of the Pokemon that can and can't learn it seem a bit silly.
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| Can't learn cut. Seriously |
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| Can learn cut, despite lack of arms. |
The Pokemon League controls a certain route around each and every region that has the Pokemon League Challenge, and requires Pokemon Trainers doing the challenge to follow the set path, as to make sure they went to the gyms in the right order.
This would explain why they would only let you use Cut on shrubs. After all, they would want the shrubs to grow back, so that they would block the next Pokemon Trainer to go down that path unless they had the required Gym badges.
This would also explain why you need Gym badges to use certain HMs in the overworld. It's part of the rules that your character signs up to by taking on the Pokemon League Challenge. We just never see it because... seriously, no-one even reads Terms and Conditions for real life stuff, they wouldn't do it for a video game.
In addition, if the Pokemon League rules meant you could only go on certain paths, they could also limit access to Pokemon Trainers to certain areas of cities, so that the city isn't overloaded by trainers going everywhere, which would explain why there are so few houses and no shops in what are meant to be large cities. In addition, there could be paths in these parts of the city (that aren't shown because the player will just never need to see them) which the NPCs use, since they aren't taking the challenge and thus aren't limited like the player character, which would also explain why people could live in places like Pallet Town without dying of utter boredom, and how there can be tourists without Pokemon.
Plus, the trainers that stand on the path could have been paid by the Pokemon League to battle trainers that pass by, as well as maintain the area - especially what level Pokemon are in the area. How else could Dejourner Way keep so low level Pokemon right next to Victory Road?
The things that could be taken from this theory are nearly endless, but I'm going to stop here, so that this post isn't ridiculously long. See you all next week!
Saturday 9 January 2016
Iron Man 2 - Tony Stark's Impossible Element
Iron Man 2 Spoilers ahead! Consider yourself warned!
So, there was that subplot in Iron Man 2, where Tony Stark was slowly dying from the polonium inside his arc reactor. In order to save his life, he invents a new element to make the reactor out of, which just happens to be more powerful by making a particle accelerator in his lab, which is actually more reasonable than you might think.
Part of the reason explained that it was killing him was because it was highly toxic, and the main reason that polonium is so toxic is because of its radioactivity. Because polonium is such a heavy element, it is highly radioactive, particularly emitting a lot of alpha radiation: not very penetrating but if it can get into your body, highly ionising. So... not exactly the best thing to stick into your body.
However, the new element that Tony makes should really be even worse. The only elements undiscovered at the time (since we've actually discovered a bunch of new ones since the movie's come out. Science is awesome.) were the ones with electron numbers above 118, which is Ununoctium.
These are even more radioactive than polonium, since as the atoms get heavier, they decay faster. Which means that yes, it would have more power, just as the movie stated, but it'd also be killing Tony a heck of a lot faster.
It also wouldn't last long enough to be used as a heart battery. Even Ununoctium only has a half life of about a millisecond. That's barely enough time for a laser blast, let alone to keep a man for a normal lifespan.
However, there is still hope.
He could be using antimatter, and could have created antilithium.
Now, this seems like a bit of a cop-out. "Oh, he didn't create an element, he created an anti-element!", but it's reasonable.
One of the things we know he used to create the element is a particle accelerator. How is antimatter made? Particle accelerator. One tick for antilithium.
Toxic? Not at all, you just have to keep it in an electric field so it doesn't blow everything up. Two ticks for antilithium.
More energy than polonium? Well, you could say that, considering just one particle of antimatter is more powerful than an atomic bomb. That's more than enough power.
And of course Tony Stark seems to have mad science and mad engineering as a superpower. If anyone could construct something to make antilithium, it'd be him.
Now the problem with this.
The desk.
Even when Tony Stark removes all of the stuff that was on the table just to make it look like an actual park and not a secret message, there are loads more than three pavilions, which is the number of positrons that would be around antilithium. However, we could just pass this aside using story.
So, there was that subplot in Iron Man 2, where Tony Stark was slowly dying from the polonium inside his arc reactor. In order to save his life, he invents a new element to make the reactor out of, which just happens to be more powerful by making a particle accelerator in his lab, which is actually more reasonable than you might think.
Part of the reason explained that it was killing him was because it was highly toxic, and the main reason that polonium is so toxic is because of its radioactivity. Because polonium is such a heavy element, it is highly radioactive, particularly emitting a lot of alpha radiation: not very penetrating but if it can get into your body, highly ionising. So... not exactly the best thing to stick into your body.
However, the new element that Tony makes should really be even worse. The only elements undiscovered at the time (since we've actually discovered a bunch of new ones since the movie's come out. Science is awesome.) were the ones with electron numbers above 118, which is Ununoctium.
These are even more radioactive than polonium, since as the atoms get heavier, they decay faster. Which means that yes, it would have more power, just as the movie stated, but it'd also be killing Tony a heck of a lot faster.
It also wouldn't last long enough to be used as a heart battery. Even Ununoctium only has a half life of about a millisecond. That's barely enough time for a laser blast, let alone to keep a man for a normal lifespan.
However, there is still hope.
He could be using antimatter, and could have created antilithium.
Now, this seems like a bit of a cop-out. "Oh, he didn't create an element, he created an anti-element!", but it's reasonable.
One of the things we know he used to create the element is a particle accelerator. How is antimatter made? Particle accelerator. One tick for antilithium.
Toxic? Not at all, you just have to keep it in an electric field so it doesn't blow everything up. Two ticks for antilithium.
More energy than polonium? Well, you could say that, considering just one particle of antimatter is more powerful than an atomic bomb. That's more than enough power.
And of course Tony Stark seems to have mad science and mad engineering as a superpower. If anyone could construct something to make antilithium, it'd be him.
Now the problem with this.
The desk.
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| Or table. Or game of blocks that went WAY too far. Your choice |
Even when Tony Stark removes all of the stuff that was on the table just to make it look like an actual park and not a secret message, there are loads more than three pavilions, which is the number of positrons that would be around antilithium. However, we could just pass this aside using story.
Howard might have been wrong.
He's stated to be an extremely good scientist, but limited by his times.He died in 1998, and the first antimatter particles produced, positrons were only done so in 2008. So it's possible that he never learnt about antimatter or knew about it in any way, and Tony came onto it whilst trying to make his father's plan.
It's also possible he did know about it, but didn't know how hard it would be to create anti-elements. He might have just assumed that by Tony's time, they'd have done a lot of the elements already, and he'd need a new anti-element to complete the arc reactor, rather than just use one that's the anti-element of the otherwise basic lithium.
The arc reactor would be incredibly dangerous, and if the electric field broke, Tony would explode. He doesn't really seem the type to care though.
Winx Club-What happened to Tune and Digit?
SPOILER WARNING FOR WINX CLUB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tis the age old question.(Age old= Since 2013)
What happened to Tune and Digit?
These two pixies were supporting characters in the Italian cartoon Winx Club from their first appearance in the first episode of season 2. After the pixies disappeared from the series for the majority of seasons 4 and 5, most of the pixies returned for the rest of the series. Tune, Pixie of Etiquette and Digit, Pixie of Nanotechnology were missing.
And in their place were imposters!
Cherie and Caramel appeared alongside the main group of pixies in season 6. They are presented as the bonded pixies of Musa and Tecna respectively and all the main characters act as if they had been there all along. The viewer however knows something is wrong.
Where did these two imposters come from?
What have they done with Tune and Digit?
Okay, So in all seriousness let's talk about why Rainbow (or Nick) may have chosen to switch the Pixies before we get into all the conspiracy theories I've made up on the topic.
Cherie and Cara first appeared as main characters of the Winx Club spinoff series PopPixie. Tune and Digit were characters in this series too (although they changed Digit's gender and Tune is now the Pixie of vocal power for some reason for some reason). The only logical reason I can think of for switching Tune and Digit for Cherie and Cara is to promote PopPixie. Of course they could have included Cara and Cherie as bonded Pixies for the two fairies predominantly featured in the series that don't have Pixies yet; I'm talking of Daphne and Roxy. Fans have been speculating about Roxy's Pixie literally before she even appeared in the show so it would make loads more sense to introduce one of these two as her's instead of replacing two exsisting Pixies for no reason.
First let's talk about Pop Pixie. The spinoff takes place in Pixie villiage and features various Pixie characters from Winx club. However none of the Fairy characters are ever mentioned in the series so it is safe to assume PopPixie at least takes place before Winx Club season 2 (when the Pixies first appeared). This would also explain the changes to certain character's personalities, especially Tune.
So what happened?
Well for one thing this show is not very good with continuity. There are several instances in the series where events are retconned or simply ignored for the sake of continuity. This is especially true in the series co-produced with Nick since they are...Let's be honest, pretty sh!t at writing a coherant story. Now you could just say that Cara and Cherie are just relics of a time when Nick had a say in the story of Winx Club and a lasting reminder to never let the people at Nick tell you how to write your series, however that's not why you clicked on this blog post is it?
Time for some Crack Pot Conspiracy theories!
Pixies want to bond with fairies. When they learn the last fairy of earth is coming to althea, they are all super excited. Perhaps Cara and Cherie grew jealous of Tune and Digit and decided to take their place. But how?
Time Travel!
So it's not like Tune and Digit disapear completly after Cherie and Cara's indroduction; they can be seen in the background in some episodes so they definately still exist. So something must have happened between season 4 and 6 to create the switcheroo. As mentioned earlier from season 4 onwards the show's canon gets rather... confused.
For one thing the Nabu dies in season 4 and then appears in the second movie which is supposed to take place after. In the same movie the Winx use their believix powers despite the events of season 4 implying they could only be used on earth. The circumstances of Daphne's "death" are changed completely in season 5 for the conveniance of the story. So here's my theory, all the messed up canon from season 4 is caused my Cara and Cherie travelling back and forth in time trying to create a world where they are able to take Tune and Digit's places.
Attempt 1
So they went back in time for the first time at the end of season 4. They did it on a whim so they ended up making several random, haphazard changes, creating a world where Nabu never died, Roxy never goes to Alfea, Love&Pet never happened, Helia never cut his hair, the Trix either never got captured after the end of season 3 or escaped very soon after and the Winx continue using believix after leaving earth. Unfortunately (for Cara and Cherie) even after all these changes, Tune and Digit still found their way to their destined fairies. C and C decide to change everything back to normal and try again...
Attempt 2
Next C and C decided to go back and prevent the pixies from ever meeting the winx by stopping them from being captured by Lord Darkar in season 2. This created the world season 5 takes place in, where the Pixies are never seen or mentioned once. Lord Darkar had an important role in the destruction of domino and Daphne's "death" so the changes C and C make are what caused the changes to the canon in season 5.
Attempt 3
This time C and C need to find a way to get close to their targets. With Tune and Digit out of the way, C and C are free to bond with Musa and Tecna. The other Pixies end up meeting with their destined fairies without any problems and know one except C and C know how hard they worked to create a universe where they can be the lucky Pixies to get a bonded fairy.
So yeah it's a bit of a long shot and this theory is really just for fun but... I don't trust Cara and Cherie, they are clearly up to something.
Feel free to share your own crack pot theories in the comments!
Tis the age old question.(Age old= Since 2013)
What happened to Tune and Digit?
These two pixies were supporting characters in the Italian cartoon Winx Club from their first appearance in the first episode of season 2. After the pixies disappeared from the series for the majority of seasons 4 and 5, most of the pixies returned for the rest of the series. Tune, Pixie of Etiquette and Digit, Pixie of Nanotechnology were missing.
And in their place were imposters!
These are those imposters.
Cherie and Caramel appeared alongside the main group of pixies in season 6. They are presented as the bonded pixies of Musa and Tecna respectively and all the main characters act as if they had been there all along. The viewer however knows something is wrong.
Where did these two imposters come from?
What have they done with Tune and Digit?
Okay, So in all seriousness let's talk about why Rainbow (or Nick) may have chosen to switch the Pixies before we get into all the conspiracy theories I've made up on the topic.
Cherie and Cara first appeared as main characters of the Winx Club spinoff series PopPixie. Tune and Digit were characters in this series too (although they changed Digit's gender and Tune is now the Pixie of vocal power for some reason for some reason). The only logical reason I can think of for switching Tune and Digit for Cherie and Cara is to promote PopPixie. Of course they could have included Cara and Cherie as bonded Pixies for the two fairies predominantly featured in the series that don't have Pixies yet; I'm talking of Daphne and Roxy. Fans have been speculating about Roxy's Pixie literally before she even appeared in the show so it would make loads more sense to introduce one of these two as her's instead of replacing two exsisting Pixies for no reason.
First let's talk about Pop Pixie. The spinoff takes place in Pixie villiage and features various Pixie characters from Winx club. However none of the Fairy characters are ever mentioned in the series so it is safe to assume PopPixie at least takes place before Winx Club season 2 (when the Pixies first appeared). This would also explain the changes to certain character's personalities, especially Tune.
So what happened?
Well for one thing this show is not very good with continuity. There are several instances in the series where events are retconned or simply ignored for the sake of continuity. This is especially true in the series co-produced with Nick since they are...Let's be honest, pretty sh!t at writing a coherant story. Now you could just say that Cara and Cherie are just relics of a time when Nick had a say in the story of Winx Club and a lasting reminder to never let the people at Nick tell you how to write your series, however that's not why you clicked on this blog post is it?
Time for some Crack Pot Conspiracy theories!
Pixies want to bond with fairies. When they learn the last fairy of earth is coming to althea, they are all super excited. Perhaps Cara and Cherie grew jealous of Tune and Digit and decided to take their place. But how?
Time Travel!
So it's not like Tune and Digit disapear completly after Cherie and Cara's indroduction; they can be seen in the background in some episodes so they definately still exist. So something must have happened between season 4 and 6 to create the switcheroo. As mentioned earlier from season 4 onwards the show's canon gets rather... confused.
For one thing the Nabu dies in season 4 and then appears in the second movie which is supposed to take place after. In the same movie the Winx use their believix powers despite the events of season 4 implying they could only be used on earth. The circumstances of Daphne's "death" are changed completely in season 5 for the conveniance of the story. So here's my theory, all the messed up canon from season 4 is caused my Cara and Cherie travelling back and forth in time trying to create a world where they are able to take Tune and Digit's places.
Attempt 1
So they went back in time for the first time at the end of season 4. They did it on a whim so they ended up making several random, haphazard changes, creating a world where Nabu never died, Roxy never goes to Alfea, Love&Pet never happened, Helia never cut his hair, the Trix either never got captured after the end of season 3 or escaped very soon after and the Winx continue using believix after leaving earth. Unfortunately (for Cara and Cherie) even after all these changes, Tune and Digit still found their way to their destined fairies. C and C decide to change everything back to normal and try again...
Attempt 2
Next C and C decided to go back and prevent the pixies from ever meeting the winx by stopping them from being captured by Lord Darkar in season 2. This created the world season 5 takes place in, where the Pixies are never seen or mentioned once. Lord Darkar had an important role in the destruction of domino and Daphne's "death" so the changes C and C make are what caused the changes to the canon in season 5.
Attempt 3
This time C and C need to find a way to get close to their targets. With Tune and Digit out of the way, C and C are free to bond with Musa and Tecna. The other Pixies end up meeting with their destined fairies without any problems and know one except C and C know how hard they worked to create a universe where they can be the lucky Pixies to get a bonded fairy.
So yeah it's a bit of a long shot and this theory is really just for fun but... I don't trust Cara and Cherie, they are clearly up to something.
Feel free to share your own crack pot theories in the comments!
Saturday 2 January 2016
Mario Universe... Or Universes?
Hi guys! This is going to be our first videogame theory! Yay? Spoiler alert for Galaxy 2, even though I haven't actually played the game.
So you've probably wondered what's up with the relationships in the Mario Universe. One minute Bowser's kidnapping Peach, the next she's inviting him to parties and to golf tournaments. You'd think that after the 10th time she'd learn to stop inviting him to these sorts of do's.
Unless... they're not the same Peach and Bowser.
It would also explain the way that Bowser Jr and the Koopalings disappear and reappear at will, so in some games they own their own pads, and the others they seemingly don't even exist. Because they're not in the same universe each time.
Wait. What?
Remember the end of Galaxy 2, when Rosalina did the magic doodads and turned it into a new universe where everyone shared one planet. This shows one thing. There's more than one universe, and each can be different. Wait. That's two things. Eh.
So it's not a leap to say that there might be some universes where Bowser just gets far too into the Peach kidnapping thing and does it over and over and over... seriously Bowser needs to get a hobby that isn't princess kidnapping.
And one where they're just pals from neighbouring kingdoms that get invitations for Mario's parties or for go karting or golf or football... is there a universe where Mario actually does plumbing? Maybe. Probably not, being as he seems to do any other thing but actual plumbing.
So you've probably wondered what's up with the relationships in the Mario Universe. One minute Bowser's kidnapping Peach, the next she's inviting him to parties and to golf tournaments. You'd think that after the 10th time she'd learn to stop inviting him to these sorts of do's.
Unless... they're not the same Peach and Bowser.
It would also explain the way that Bowser Jr and the Koopalings disappear and reappear at will, so in some games they own their own pads, and the others they seemingly don't even exist. Because they're not in the same universe each time.
Wait. What?
Remember the end of Galaxy 2, when Rosalina did the magic doodads and turned it into a new universe where everyone shared one planet. This shows one thing. There's more than one universe, and each can be different. Wait. That's two things. Eh.
So it's not a leap to say that there might be some universes where Bowser just gets far too into the Peach kidnapping thing and does it over and over and over... seriously Bowser needs to get a hobby that isn't princess kidnapping.
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| Would probably be better for his health. |
This could also be used to explain easter eggs, such as Link deciding to just casually take a nap in Mario RPG. It's just an alternate universe.
We could even take it a step further...
Every single copy of a single game is its own universe.
Not every copy of every game gets completed, whilst some get done in hours. These can't exist in the same universe, so there must be separate ones for every copy of the game, heck every save file to make everyone's game experience the 'real' one.
And somewhere out there there's a load of universe where Peach is still waiting for her Mario...
Aww...
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