Robert Steinman
Legendary Backstory for Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire... Legendaries
Here's hoping they have tragic backstories that make them brooding antiheroes.
10.09.14 - 10:19 AM

Mega Evolutions are all the rage in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, and Nintendo recently updated the official website with historical information on Rayquaza, Kyorge, and Groudon. What follows comes from Nintendo:

Long, long ago, there appeared in Hoenn two Pokémon of fearsome power. These two became known, in later times, as Groudon and Kyogre. When Groudon howled, the earth swelled and the land grew wide. The sun blazed overhead, and all the world around the creature was enveloped in incandescent heat. When Kyogre roared, water poured forth and the seas spread outward. Dark clouds enshrouded the world, and the deluge fell upon all...

It was a primal age, early in the world’s history. The natural world was overflowing with energy. That energy granted Groudon and Kyogre an overwhelming power. Seeking ever more of that energy for themselves, the two clashed again and again, and their battles cast the people and Pokémon of Hoenn into great danger. Brimming with the overwhelming power granted to them by nature’s energy, their transformation was named “Primal Reversion” by later people. And the people called their tormentors Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre...

One Pokémon looked down upon this battle from the sky above. The Pokémon that dances in the heavens: Rayquaza. Rayquaza is venerated by the people of Hoenn as their protector and savior. When Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre had battled for 20 dawns and 20 nights, the world began to lose its natural balance and tilt toward destruction. The people, unable to endure any more, cried out to their mighty savior Rayquaza before a great stone that shone with rainbow brilliance. And a change came upon Rayquaza, weaving in the sky above Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre. Suffused in brilliant light, its body began to transform visibly. And then...


Rayquaza will achieve its Mega Evolution using a unique method that has yet to be revealed. Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire releases in November.


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