Welcome back to the Vesryn region! This is entry number 22 in my Text Play of Pokémon Zeta!
As usual, I want to warn you, this game will be spoiled here.
As such, before you play this game, I recommend you download the game at its wiki here. And with that, let's continue!
It's time. It's finally time.
It's time to face Zeus, and kick his butt. I have been grinding and working with my Pokemon to get them ready for this. Looking back, though...I have to admit something. I should have brought along a Poliwhirl instead of a Tentacool/Tentacruel. Poliwhirl can learn Hypnosis, and it's a Water-type, so it can likely learn Surf.
To be fair, Tentacruel can poison opponents, so it's not a bad trade off. And I have used Poliwhirl in teams in the past. In my experience, Hypnosis is not the most...reliable thing. Anyway, we head up and get to the peak of Mt. Press. We have to take a loooooooooong stairway to get there.
Seriously! Can we get one of those chair lifts they have at those ski resorts? That would be nice. Just sitting in the chair, riding our way up, thinking about what strategy to use against Zeus. The man himself is standing there. Just standing there, right on top of Mt. Press.
When Zeus spots me, he starts ranting about how I wrecked his plans and his commanders, yada yada yada.
Villain teams never take it well when they get their butts handed to them, ha ha. You'd think at some point, they'd just give up. I mean, this is a world where children training monsters that can level mountains can save the world. Zeus is hoping that our battle will wake up Jirachi, the Wish Pokemon. My guess is it's like a Dragon Ball type situation. Summon Jirachi, and wish to take over the world. Well, let's get this battle over with.
1st Pokemon: Jolteon (Lv. 57) - Switched out.
2nd Pokemon: Salamance (Lv. 58) - Defeated by Garchomp
3rd Pokemon: Shaymin (Lv. 59) - Defeated by Magmortar
4th Pokemon: Dusknoir (Lv. 58) - Defeated Volton. Bite hurt Dusknoi bad due to being Dark-type. Defeated by Butterfree.
1st Pokemon: Jolteon (Lv. 57) - Switched out.
5th Pokemon: Escavalier (Lv. 57) - Defeated by Magmortar
1st Pokemon: Jolteon (Lv. 57) - Defeated by Garchomp.
...I...I did it. I did it. I DID IT! I BEAT ZEUS! I RULE!
Looking back, I should have sent out Volton to take on Dusknoir first. Volton knew Bite, which is a Dark-type move. Dusknoir is a Ghost-type, and Dark-type attacks are supereffective against it. Ah well, at least a lesson was learned for next time we take on a Ghost-type.
Zeus is left confused. That battle was supposed to cause Jirachi to show up...and hopefully with an Earth-shattering kaboom. I doubt Jirachi would want to make that much of an entrance. If the world is destroyed, who would it grant wishes for? Ah, well. We don't always get what we want, Mr. Wannabe-King-of-the-Greek-Gods. That's life for ya.
...but then the ground starts to shake and quake like someone is shaking an Etch-A-Sketch. Uh-oh.
Well, evidently Jirachi did show up after all. Why? Well, evidently, Jirachi has shown up in response to a wish. Not to Zeus's wish...but to mine. You see, I wished to stop him from summoning Jirachi, and I succeeded in making that happen...which ended up summoning Jirachi. The irony.
Zeus basically is like "You summoned it, you catch it". Dude, you were after this Pokemon! It's right here! You're the bad guy! You should be trying to snatch this star-headed little genie! You know what?! Fine. Whatever. I'll try and catch it. Thing is, my team's pretty beat up. Zeus's Pokemon did a number on them, and they're in no shape to weaken this thing. Also, this is Pokemon Zeta. In this game, Jirachi knows an attack called Double Edge, which can cause it to take itself out.
Luckily, I got this Master Ball with me!
For those new to Pokemon lore, the Master Ball is the ultimate Pokeball. It can capture any Pokemon instantly, no fighting needed. However, in Pokemon games, you normally can only get one...for obvious reasons. And it's not like I have other options. As such, I used my Master Ball to catch Jirachi. In this game, I can get another Master Ball when I start up a Secret Base. It's not easy (you'd need a lot of luck), but getting another one is possible. I'll talk more about it if I get around to starting a Secret Base.
Zeus takes my capturing of Jirachi very well. If by "very well", I mean flying into an insane rage. He starts grumbling about how it seems that only children can catch legendary Pokemon like Jirachi. Dude, the whole point of these games is to "Catch them all"! And it's not my fault the protagonists of these games are kids! Besides, I don't want to use Jirachi to take over the world like you do, ya jerk! Zeus then decides to whip out a gun.
Yeah, he just pulls out a gun! Now I know how Ash felt in that one banned Pokemon episode with the Dratini. But thankfully, before we end up eating some lead, someone comes to stop this madness.
Yup. We just got saved by Arceus. Arceus. Who is basically the Pokemon world's version of God. We've basically been saved by the Pokemon equivalent of God. Which makes a bizarre bit of sense. Team Olympus is after legendary Pokemon. They're big deals in the Pokemon world, so it makes sense that Arceus would be interested in this.
Arceus points out that Zeus was once a great hero. But he was not just any hero. The man was once known as...Gold.
Yeah. Gold. As in one of the protagonists of Gold and Silver. It's a rather genuinely surprising moment. At this point, we already saw Ash Ketchum in the game (back in ), but finding out one of the villains of this game was once one of the heroes of the original official games? That's a shock. I wonder how he ended up like this? Something like Team Olympus can't spring up overnight. It also seems to imply that this game takes place in a possible future, years after the events of the mainline official Pokemon games.
Anyway, Zeus gives the whole "that man is dead" rant about his past self. He then notices that Arceus is wearing a Gray Plate. Plates were introduced in Generation IV (Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, as well as HeartGold and SoulSilver), and they're special held items that can increase the power of the moves of a certain type. For example, if you give a Pokemon that knows Fire Punch the Flame Plate, the power of Fire Punch is boosted, as it's a Fire-type move.
If these plates are given to Arceus, it changes the type of its signature move: Judgment. Normally, it's a Normal-type move. But if, again, Arceus is given a Flame Plate, Judgment is changed to a Fire-type move. Zeus then points out that Arceus is missing its Divine Plate. That's new. You see, in the official games, plates correspond to the 16 types of Pokemon. There is no Divine Plate.
Well, Arceus evidently did have such a Plate...and the reason it no longer has one is that, well...it became sentient. It not only became sentient, it became that Divaevus thing that the former Gold was after. So, why is Zeus after this Pokemon? Well, it has a little ability called Tesseract. Jirachi can grant wishes, but once every thousand years. If Zeus gets Divaevus, he can use its Tesseract ability to get around that little rule. You know, Arceus, you can...nuke this guy now if you want.
Well, it can't. Because that's not Arceus.
Yeah, it turns out that "Arceus" was actually a Zoroark doing a bit of illusion-casting. The Zoroark belongs to a member of the Elite Four. In particular, it belongs to Tobias. He specializes in Dark-type Pokemon. He also happens to be the older brother of Graham, the Ghost-type gym Leader. And with that, Zeus just flees. I think. I have no idea.
Either way, I think we won't be seeing much of him for a while. Tobias points out that with all the damage we've done to Team Olympus over the course of this game, the former Gold will be spending plenty of time licking his wounds, as it were. As such, we can concentrate on completing our run through the Gym Leaders of this game. Six down, two to go, baby! Whoo!
Tobias encourages us to go take on the remaining two Gym Leaders, then challenge the Elite Four. Toby my friend, I did not go this far to stop here! I'm going all the way, baby! I'll see you at the Quasar League! But first, we gotta get out of this friggin' mountain. We head out to go the long way down Mt. Press back to Treader Town when we encounter a group of people who want to meet with us.
...is this an intervention? Listen, I can quite drinking those Chesto Berry Shakes any time I want to! I just don't want to! I don't have a problem YOU HAVE A PROBLEM...oh, they want to thank us for stopping Zeus and catching Jirachi. And now I feel stupid.
I recognize Mom, Professor Oak, and N from Black and White. They want to congratulate us for beating the former Gold. Well, that's real nice of them. It was not easy to do so, but I had faith in my team. It's here that Mom decides to drop a bombshell that I admittedly found not that surprising: She was a former Champion of the Vesryn region.
Yeah, it was not hard to deduce that. Well, it turns out the reason she isn't the Champion anymore is because she was defeated by Gold. And it also turns out that "Gold" wasn't his actual name. It was Ethan. I'm not sure what the point of that was. Yeah, I get that it's not that realistic to give someone the name "Gold", but it could have just been a nickname. Or maybe it's just a Pokemon game, just let it go.
The big question is...what happened to him? Evidently something happened to Gold that caused him to transform himself into Zeus. And it must have been pretty big.
And it turns out his real name wasn't Gold, it was Ethan. Anyway, something happened and Gold disappeared...the big question is, what happened to him? What caused him to become Zeus, leader of Team Olympus? It must have been something really significant. It's here that we get another revelation. Since Gold vanished...the Vesryn region has had no Pokemon Champion.
(Will Smith whut)
...wait, what?! ...How?! Did...did nobody challenge the Elite Four since Gold vanished?
That was a Zoroark pulling an illusion. The Zoroark belongs to Tobias. Like , he's an Elite Four member, his specialty being Dark-types. He's the older brother of Graham, the Ghost-type Gym Leader. Tobais assures us that Zeus will lie low for a while. After all, he needs Jirachi, and we have it. Tobias encourages us to complete our run through the Gym Leaders, and then challege the Elite Four at the Quasar League. We head back to get healed up, and find that there are some people waiting for us.
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I recognize Professor Oak, Mom, and N. They congratluate us for stopping Zeus and catching Jirachi. Mom revelas she was a former Pokemon Champion herself. I kind of figured this.
(I knew it)
She then reveals she was succeeded by Gold. And it's not his real name. He was a Johto native named Ethan. He had disappeared...well we know now where he is! And as such, there's no Champion for us to beat after defeating the Elite Four. ...why not just include the next challenger? Oak is going to try and find Team Olympus while they're still licking their wounds. He tells me to go hit Route 312 and Blackfist City. And we're back in Treader Town.
Pokemon Obtained:
(Mt. Press)
- Jirachi
(Route 315)
- Illumise
- Volbeat
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