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I am a huge Pokémon fan, have been ever since I first played Pokémon Red way back in the late '90s or early 2000s. So, when Pokémon Black and White came out, I was really excited to get my hands on it. Each game in the series was getting better and better. Unfortunately, however, my parents had long-since decided that they didn't like video games, so if I wanted Pokémon Black, I had to buy it with my own money, and during a time where getting jobs was less than easy, I found that I had to wait for quite some time until I managed to purchase the game.
Well, after scouring the Internet for several months, I managed to find a copy of the game, labeled as "POKÉMON O.
Well, first thing I noticed that was kind of cool, was that the picture was of a shiny Reshiram, not the normal-colored version that usually appeared. I passed it off, and inspected it before putting the game into my DS, turning it on and watching as the cartridge loaded. Where the copyright message would usually appear, instead was a Japanese phrase that I couldn't understand. At first, I thought it was strange, but I just shrugged it off. The main menu loaded, and I noticed that Reshiram was still shiny, and his roar was slightly off pitch, a little deeper than normal. Instead of saying, "Pokemon Black Version,
When the Options screen appeared, there was a saved game already on there. Normally, I check the previous save game data to see if there is any tournament Pokémon on there so I can transfer them to my new file. Well, upon being loaded, I realized that it appeared as if the game hadn't even been started, as if the original owner had just played the game up to the point where it could be saved. The player character, named OBSIDIAN, didn't have any badges, any Pokémon, he didn't even have the Pokédex. Of course, this was quite odd, but I ignored it and restarted the game, hitting the button combination required to delete the previous save data.
When the game tried to delete the data, an error message appeared, reading, "SAVE DATA CANNOT BE DELETED, YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO DELETE DATA.
This was odd, but I decided to go ahead and play OBSIDIAN's file, as nothing had been done except for skipping the needless "Welcome to the World of Pokemon!
Then lightning flashed again, showing a boy sleeping in a bed, and I realized that this must have been OBSIDIAN. It was odd, because this cutscene wasn't here before when I had first loaded it to check for any rare or White-version-specific Pokémon. The next time lightning flashed again, the camera had centered on a 3D view of the bed. The trench-coated thing was standing by his bedside, looking down at the child, but the camera angle looked as if you were standing behind the figure and peering out over his right side between his arm and thigh, or a short kid trying to peek out from behind his parents' legs.
The next flash had the camera centered on a gloved hand extending from the right sleeve of the trench coat, clenching into a fist. Rain dripped down the figure's sleeves, and then the screen went dark as the rain stopped. Out of the darkness, an irritated-sounding, young man's voice said, "Friend, this is only the beginning...I sense great things around you...I also sense darkness, growing darkness. When you wake, I will not be here, but keep in mind, I am here, and I have always been here, and I will continue to be here.
The screen went dark, and a text box appeared over the blackness, the words on it were slowly being added, implying that the voice was talking slowly, and the words said, "Do you remember me?
A 'Yes' or 'No' option appeared. Because I didn't know what it meant, I selected 'No', hoping it would explain it to me.
The text box reappeared, typing frantically, angry, "Liar! How can you not remember me?
Another text box appeared, saying, "OBSIDIAN: Wh...who are you?
In reply, it slowly spelled out, "???: You really don't remember me? We were friends once, me and you, best of friends. We had so much fun together...even if we did get in trouble sometimes...and you...
"OBSIDIAN: They didn't believe me?
"???: No, they didn't. They couldn't see me.
"OBSIDIAN: Wait...I remember now!
Then it flashed to the usual top-down view of the game world. The screen was lit up, normal brightness, and the boy was sitting in the bed. I pressed the "
I then was allowed to move again, and I went downstairs. The scripted sequences continued as normal, but once I left my house and outside into Nuvema Town, there was spots of mud everywhere, it was foggy, and the music wasn't Nuvema Town, it was the Entralink song. Both the video game walkthroughs I had watched and the Black/White strategy guide I had never mentioned any of these sequences occurring, so I thought it was really strange, but kept playing. The game continued as normal, but the music on every route was no longer the usual music, it was the "Ilex
When I arrived at Accumula Town, the music had changed to "Celestial
As I walked through Accumula Town and towards the exit onto the route, an exclamation point appeared above my head, as the camera panned to the entrance of the exit route and an unusual-looking sprite entered the city from the route between Accumula Town and Striaton City. He was wearing black clothes, and the facial features on the sprite looked like those found on the snivy or servine sprite on my team list. As soon as he appeared, the "
After a text box full of ellipses appeared, assuming me talking to him, His text box replied, "???: OBSIDIAN, huh? My name is Terrias...now don't give me that look. I know you aren't used to a talking servine, but there are reasons behind that...and my clothes. Listen, I must go, but I doubt that this is the last time we will see each other,
Terrias continued to appear throughout the campaign in areas where N would normally be, and Alder had been replaced by someone called "
Another thing I noticed was that occasionally, while I was walking through the game world, I would suddenly stop and an exclamation point would go above my head. I would then see black shadows moving, sliding around at the edges of the screen, or off screen. They always moved at exactly the same speed as I did, I would step forward, and so would they, so they always remained at the edge. However, after a few moments of these creepy black shadows, they would vanish, and I would be free to continue.
The next shocking change was that the "Chargestone
When I headed north of Opelucid City, heading to Victory Road, I had just exited the gate when I found the road had been blocked by a large group of police officers. I was unable to move, and an exclamation point appeared above the heads of one of the police officers as he walked up to me and said, "You! Yes you! Stay away! This is an official crime scene!
Just then, Terrias' theme played and he exited out of the gate, standing next to me and saying, "What is going on here?
The officer told him, "I think it was poachers...
An exclamation point appeared above Terrias' head, and he walked further up the route to where an ace trainer was dead, also in a puddle of blood. The officer and I walked up to him, and he said, "No...it can't be...these wounds, these deaths, could they be...? No...OBSIDIAN, find the Commander, I think he went to Relic Castle...this doesn't look like normal poachers to me...
Now with the mission to head to Relic Castle, I flew to Nimbasa City, where I trudged through the ruins, going all the way to the bottom. The place where the player would normally encounter Ghetsis and Alder now featured just Alex, standing still, looking away from where I dropped down. An exclamation point appeared above his head, and he turned to face me, walking until he was right in front of me, "OBSIDIAN? What brings you here?
A text box showing a bunch of ellipses appeared, and he answered, "No...my worse fears have been confirmed! We must get out of here! Now!
And the screen whited out. When it came back, I was just outside of Relic Castle, and I flew to Opelucid City. I arrived...and was shocked...
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The music that played was now the original Lavender Town theme, from Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow! A thick fog clung to the city, and the streets were devoid of people. I walked into every building, and when I talked to the people inside of them, with the Lavender Town music continuing to play in every building, including the Pokémon Center, and the gym was locked, the people all commented on the tragedy, and how they couldn't believe thatPokémon were ruthlessly mangled just north of town, and that now someone had been killed, they were all very afraid.
When I left onto Route 10, the music had changed, and the fog had thickened. Now the music was what sounded like the FireRed/LeafGreen version of Lavender Town played in reverse...what frightened me even more, was that now all of the police officers were on the ground, laying in puddles of blood. Written in blood on the street was the phrase, "THE MAXIA HAVE
Terrias was calmer, and he said in the text box, "What is there to do? We can't turn back. OBSIDIAN, you move on to the Pokémon League, you should be safe there, Alex and I will stay back here and search for whoever committed these gruesome murders, if you encounter any men in all-black clothes, they may look like shadows to you, run! Do not stop! Understand?
The gate back to Opelucid City was now blocked by Alex and Terrias, so I, a little frightened, continued onto the Badge Gates, the twisted Lavender Town music continuing to play the whole way. The Pokémon and trainer's corpses, however, had been cleaned, but there was still the blood stains where they had laid. When I entered the badge gates, I was first aware that the "Burned
So I went through Victory Road, finding a number of rare candies, just enough to get my team, now consisting of a female Servine, male Excadrill, a female Unfezant, a male Simipour, a male Simisear, and a female Zebstrika from Level 40 to Level 50. Any trainers both in and outside of the cave were dead, laying in pools of blood. Once I got to the second floor and exited out onto the balcony, the shadows returned, chasing me, and I quickly ran through Victory Road, no longer encountering any wild Pokémon or trainers. The fog had seeped inside of the cave now, and the shadows followed me all through the cave. I reached the top floor of Victory Road, finding Cheren who then walked up to me and said, "So are you man enough to face the Elite 4? Or are you still a big pussy?
One of the shadows then slowly appeared from the staircase, Cheren said, "What? Who are you?
More ellipses from my text box.
He replied, "Good luck, I have heard that they are the most powerful trainers in the world, I wish you luck in your quest...you will need it,
As I entered the Pokémon league, the Indigo Plateau music continued, and I noticed two men. One of them stood in front of the Pokémon Center, the other stood in front of the entrance into the Elite 4's building, blocking it. I first talked to the man at the Pokémon Center, and he said, "I strongly suggest you heal here and stock up on supplies, else you are fucked by the Legendary Grandmasters.
When I talked to the man at the gate, he said, "Are you ready to fight the Legendary Grandmasters? Good luck then. Once you go in there...you either come out a victor, or you come out in a body bag. I personally think it will be the latter, but it's your grave.
When he stepped out of the way, I entered. Even in the Pokémon League, "Indigo
This room was full of lava, with the exception of a narrow tile path that led straight forward for at least a minute. One thing I noticed about both this and the other room, so I assumed carried through to all of the other rooms, was that the Indigo Plateau music kept on playing. The room to me slightly resembled the gym of the dragon gym leader in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal. When I reach a small island in the middle of the massive, lava-filled room, I saw an elevator, and upon stepping onto it, I was transported up to the top of the tall room, where a small, purple creature sat, standing on a small platform, waiting. It looked like a Dratini, but when I talked to it, Ghetsis' pre-battle music played, and I was shocked to see that a text box appeared, saying, "I've heard a lot about you OBSIDIAN. Are you ready to face your destiny?
When it triggered the battle, the music played was Ghetsis' battle theme from the main game, and the trainer? "Dragon Tamer Spyro.
Spyro the Dragon? I couldn't believe it, it was quite amusing actually, but the sprite looked just like his Eternal Night, form, only his wings were ripped and torn, he was very battle-scarred, he looked angry, and he wore gold-trimmed, silver armor. His team was as follows: Garchomp (F) – Level 49 (DragonBreath, Night Slash, Fly, Draco Meteor), shiny Charizard (M) – Level 50 (Flamethrower, Fire Blast, Draco Meteor, Wing Attack), Hydreigon (F) – Level 50 (Draco Meteor, Dragon Claw, Night Slash, Psychic), shiny Gyarados (F) – Level 51 (Surf, Waterfall, Hydro Pump, Blizzard), and Rayquaza – Level 52 (Fly, Thunder, Thunderbolt, Thunder Fang). When it went down to his final Pokémon, he would briefly come back on screen, saying, "What? What is this? What is going on?" before it would return to his team and I would fight his final Pokémon. When I finally defeated him, he said, "So what he said was the truth...
I moved to the room directly north of him next, it looked like a grassy plain, with an occasional large stone pillar punching through the earth, and occasional pools of sand with a stream running through the center of the room. As I crossed a bridge to the other side, I saw that the sandy path ended in a sandy circle as the base of an immense tree, and a row of neatly laid logs was bound together by vines. I stepped onto the platform, and was taken to the top of the room, where a trainer stood on a wide, flat-topped tree branch. When I talked to him, BLUE's encounter music from Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow started to play, and he said, "So, I've heard that you are pretty damn good. Let's test that shall we? Prepare to die, mothafucka!
I was thrown into a battle with someone named "Eeveelution Master
I headed to the room right next door, but not after checking the cave room, as usual, the raft was gone, and I headed back to the third room. This room had a creepy aura, it looked like a cemetery at night, complete with headstones, old, rickety wroughtiron fence covered in cobwebs...the path was a dirt road, just barely noticeable, and it ended at a fresh-looking grave with a pile of dirt still in front of it. I stepped onto the pile of dirt, and after reading the headstone, it said, "There is a button here! Would you like to press it?
I hit "
Champion Cynthia's battle music started playing as I learned I was fighting " Cynder, Mistress of
Wondering what she meant by the last part, I then decided to head to the fourth member of the Elite 4, in the cave room. As I returned to where the sandy path met the river of lava, I saw a raft waiting for me. Curious as to who I would have to face next, I knew that they must have been important if I had to defeat the other three before I could even touch this trainer. The raft crossed the river of lava, dropping me off at the other end of the room where I saw a single door. I entered it, and the eNcounter music started to play again. An exclamation point appeared above my head, I lost control of my player again, and I walked forward as the camera panned to where Terrias stood, his back to me, looking out the window of the chapel-like room, almost as if I was in the gym leader's room of Hearthome City in Pokémon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum.
He said, without turning around, "Surprised?
His full title was revealed to be "Ace Master
Through the portal, I was back in the central hub, and like the normal game, the platform in the center of the room was alight. I stepped onto it, and was transported down to the base of the summit, as I climbed, the theme that played, amazingly sounded like the song "Blood and
It then went through the usual registration into the Hall of Fame and the credits (the end credits song now N's Room from Pokémon Black/White before, about halfway into the credits, morphing into N's Room theme from Black 2 and White 2)...but then...
When I selected "
"OBSIDIAN...
The screen then faded out as all sound disappeared.
The screen was still black, and thunder boomed. Lightning flash, showing the inside of my room, where OBSIDIAN was in bed asleep. There was another lightning flash, revealing Terrias standing by my bedside. Another lightning flash showed a 3D, "
"Tell me, OBSIDIAN,
There was a loud crack of thunder, and the screen blacked out, it then cleared, showing me in a sepia-colored world. The "Celestial
I walked outside and walked around, heading on the route. I didn't encounter any trainers or random Pokémon encounters. As I entered Accumula Town, the sky then darkened to night, and the streets were empty. Suddenly, shadows appeared and three figures appeared out of nowhere, grabbing OBSIDIAN. OBSIDIAN's text box appeared, with him yelling, "HELP ME!
"I just wish everybody else could see you...
It then flashed back to the room, and Terrias said, "You do remember me...
"You...will...not...hurt him!
I tried to find the person I had bought the game from, but when I searched for his name, I found that the account did not exist. I tried for months to get the game running again, but it wouldn't let me play it, so, unhappy, but also relieved, I tossed the game into my closet, and haven't seen it since.
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