User talk:Unown Lord

In contrast, perhaps, in PokéSpe, Birch does seem to recognise Ruby after a while. Though the running shoes were a big hint, he later recalls that he has met Ruby before as a younger boy. This is, of course, later expanded upon in the backstory of Ruby and Sapphire... - 振霖_T 04:00, 9 January 2006 (CST)

For the record, Prof. Birch does recognize May after she chases the attacking Zigzagoon away. It can be inferred that her battle style reminded him of Norman's spirit, although Norman made it appear she was not that strong a character. At any rate, Prof. Birch only makes the connection after the battle, suggesting he has never seen her before. In early Pokémon Special, it is Ruby who would rather seem as a less than spectacular trainer (while Norman disapproves of that), thus refusing to battle Mightyena. Prof. Birch identifies Ruby judging by a combination of seeing the running shoes (which, in the games, are acquired later on) and a memory of his visage as a younger boy.

If to be clear, the point is that the conversation does not take place, or at least not in the same way as any other piece of dialogue in the games. In the two game series, the professor begins with a presentation of himself, moving onto explaining just what Pokémon are. He then asks for the player's gender and name, going as far as to refer to a certain fact about the character (Red's rivalry with Green; May's moving to Littleroot Town). In both cases, though for different reasons, the latter part of the conversation does not logically flow with the former. I am proposing what most may find to be tautological--the conversation begins with the player, and by the time it ends, the player has essentially "merged" with the canon character. This makes way to a "player perspective" throughout the entirety of the games.

Interestingly, this notion has not been completely ignored in Pokémon Special. Included in Vol. 15, where the aforementioned chapter with Ruby is found, is the final scene to the Gold/Silver/Crystal saga. It remarkably depicts the introduction of the respective game series: Prof. Oak's being woken up by Crys; his speech on his radio show and asking for the name of an unseen boy asking to receive a Pokédex. As much as I appreciate this attempt at being true to the games, I find it to be a mere plot device whose sole purpose was to elegantly wrap up the storyline. By being reserved for the end, as opposed to the beginning, the meaningful concept is reduced in my eyes.

As a last note, the speech from the Generation II games is not brought here as I feel it is different in nature. It will be provided once comparisons to Diamond and Pearl can be made, presumably after the Japanese release.

Flower Paradise

I meant that Shaymin will probably be involved, but you removed that too, so I undid your edit to add back the part about Shaymin. --Shiny Noctowl^{Talk|Trivia quiz}File:224MS.gif 20:58, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

But now the paragraph is not even relevant to the article, is it? Feel free to add the part about Shaymin to the Pokémon page, but you would clearly not have thought of putting it on the other page had you not had Flower Paradise in mind for the movie, as well. --Unown Lord