What makes the pokemon franchise so prone to getting tons and tons of creepy pastas compared to other games of that era? it's not like i'm hearing about tons of kirby creepypastas zelda gets creepypastas too, but not to the volume of pokemon pastas
>>59711472Pokefags are creeps hence all the creepy pastas
>>59711472Because Pokémon is far more adaptable. Hundreds of characters, multiple different settings, existing weird Pokédex entries to expand on, etc. While "lmao hacked cursed game wtf" became the dominant genre, shit like Lavender Town Syndrome/Buried Alive and Lost Silver were their own things, at least at first. Compare to Sonic, where basically everything is Sonic.exe or a derivative of Sonic.exe almost as a rule.
>>59711472Nostalgia and rumors, both boosted by this franchise's popularity.Adding to >>59711516, the world of Pokémon IS nightmarish and there's a deep rabbithole regarding horror or dark features.>Lots of pokemon doing gruesome stuff based on the yokais or other mythological creatures>ghosts and paranormal phenomena canonically exist (not just Ghost Types, but actual human ghosts appearing in almost every gen) >disturbing or degenerate stuff like pokephilia being basically canon, with how much evidence is scattered in games and other media>less creepy but negative RL stuff being canon, like human and pokemon exploitation and abuse, poverty, war, death, deathly sins (e.g. Treasure of Ruin pokemon being personified human sins) etc.HOWEVER, this side gets constantly toned down or censored by all media. Pokemon with a dark background or nature are shown in a positive way, or those dark aspects are ridiculed in a comical fashion. Everything is only alluded in text, and (almost) never shown on screen. Even Az' death (being as "lame" as dying of old age) happens off-screen. The Pokémon franchise is usually depicted as this utopic setting, where good always wins and problems never devolve into bad endings, because there's always a magical creature which conveniently solves every problem.Creepypastas attempt to pull those dark aspects of pokemon lore into the light. Admittedly, usually not in a glorious or professional manner.
At first I thought it was just the playground rumors because everything was more mysterious that way, but I didn't know why we still get pastas being made in the modern day.>>59712743That sounds like a pretty good explanation for why the creepypastas still get made even now.
>>59712754i feel like the modern pastas i come across tend to be kanto focused though (e.g. fallen leaf, frlg.ips). There's not many famous Pokemon pastas made about games like Pokemon X and Y.I think Black and White would be prime pasta material because N and Ghetsis can be made creepier, but we don't get that many popular N creepypastas
>>59711472It's a popular franchise for children. Kirby and even Zelda don't compare.
>>59712754>>59712770Maybe I'm just out of the game and old af, but whenever I hear about Pokémon creepypasta, what still comes immediately to mind is the original Lavender Town stuff (Syndrome, Buried Alive), Cursed Black (the Kanto one with the Ghost), and Lost Silver (including the GameMaker game developed from it with all the expansions to the original story), with maybe bits and pieces of others that came slightly later like Tarnished Gold and Snow on Mt. Silver. More recent stuff that came from what I'm assuming was some "revival" due to nostalgia for those early 2010s pastas is foreign to me, though. Never heard of Fallen Leaf or frlg.ips that >>59712770 mentioned.
>>59712770I found a sun and moon pasta called ChArLiEhttps://pokepasta.fandom.com/wiki/ChArLiEthe newer games are still pasta-ing!
>>59713266oh damn, there's ever a legends za pasta that involves the teraleak!https://pokepasta.fandom.com/wiki/Legends_Z-A_Alpha_Build
>>59711472Because ton of people played them as kids and the games always tend to have certain spooky elements in it
>>59713372maybe not as much as pokemon, but kirby games sometimes have spooky elements too but i don't really know any famous kirby creepy pastas like the way pokemon has
>>59712743>>59713372people forget that gen 1 was pretty gnarly, it invited speculation as to what dark secrets could still be hidden.
>>59711472I feel like creepy pastas have become part of pokemon fandom culture, so people keep making them, even in the modern era
>>59712770>There's not many famous Pokemon pastas made about games like Pokemon X and Y.There's FNF's "Chimera" which gained some popularity a few months ago you might have noticed the increase of Serena x Hex art, it's because of it. Aside from how cringey / edgy FNF is, it does seem like a genuine breeding ground for new pokepastas.Regarding ORAS, "Ingrained" is IMO a particularly interesting example (also popularized by FNF)>https://pokepasta.fandom.com/wiki/Trapped_Depths_of_DesperationWhile the story sounds at first just like any other pokepasta ("protag befell a curse and is now a haunted spirit"), it (or rather an expanded variation of Ingrained) fits disturbingly well into ORAS', Gen6's and USUM's lore. Relying only on what already exists in the games' lore and not made-up and totally-believable supernatural entities or OCs.>>59712770>>59713243Oldschool Gen1 pokepastas might have gained so much traction over the years that they have become their own subgenre. With people using it as a source to base their stories or parodies on. Comparable to Sonic.exe, which has a fuckton of "bootleg" entries (El Pendrive Azul being probably the best variant out of those). >>59713797Shudo's Pokémon world was absolutely gnarly, so there's that.
>>59713243>Lost Silver (including the GameMaker game developed from it with all the expansions to the original story)I wish that dev learned disassembly instead. Would've been cool to have Lost Silver on an actual GB cart, like the Ghost Black one eventually got.
>>59713980actually a full romhack was made for it on GBC about a month ago
>>59713989Link?
>>59713964I agree with the idea that Gen1 pokepastas have become their own subgenre, but after checking out Fallen Leaf (which appears to be made by a very disgruntled Leaf fan), and I know frlg.ips was a romhack that had a bit of popularity recently, definitely the kids that grew up on gen3 are making pastas about their childhood nowFallen Leaf has a LOT of visuals for anyone who wants to check it outhttps://pokepasta.fandom.com/wiki/Fallen_LeafIt'd be interesting if we got a Hoenn region sequel set far in the future, and then we came across the equivalent of Ingrained May. I'm not too brushed up on Zelda lore, but it's like how apparently one of the games has a timeline where one of the Links died, and we meet his ghost
>>59711472yum
Gen 1's existence feels like a creepy pasta when you've got shit like glitch city
>>59714377>It'd be interesting if we got a Hoenn region sequel set far in the future, and then we came across the equivalent of Ingrained May.The thing is, if Ingrained is set in the ORAS timeline, then there isn't an inhabited world left to return to. You have the meteor strike which wipes out all life after the great flood, because May could never deliver the meteorite to Fug. If anything, a faller might end up stuck there and - with the right equipment - come across her when scavenging the sea floor for anything to escape this ruined timeline.
>>59715187>be may>finally freed by someone else>the world is in a shitty state anyway>go back to being ingrained and wait it out more>the faller is mad at me>ingrain the faller too
>>59712770>frlg.ipsthe whole thing was really ruined for me so fast when I realized it was made by some tranny and based off some deltafaggotry shit
>>59715212For me, it was "there's this two decade old blog (no one knew about until now) which is conveniently linked to that shady romhack". I get it, they went for the found-media-trope or an ARG, but it becomes too on-the-nose when that blog has websites formated to appear like riddles. They should have left it by the owner mentioning how she noticed something weird and let the game do the rest.Oh, and Tarot card faggotry.
>>59715212>>59715320Fucking ruined
As someone in the Blue fandom, I'm surprised Blue's Tears has gotten a little spike in fanarts recentlyhttps://pokepasta.fandom.com/wiki/Blue%27s_TearsThe main premise of the fic is just Blue stabbing Red with a knife then committing suicide too
>>59715409>Blue's TearsDamn, that's a name I remember, but I genuinely don't recall the actual story. Just know that I read it.
>>59715212what kills .ips is that you're either wasting time playing normal FRLG with no guidance or you're following a rigid set of instructions.
>>59715212Fucking this.Though I've never played it and the first time I heard about it was through some youtube gameplay video. the premise looked really interesting and I thought it was based on the early days of Pokémon glitches/MissingNo stuff with a creepy touch to it. but when I found out what it was actually based on it really turned me off. god, I'm so fucking sick of Deltarune retards.
>>59715549yeah, i'd rather the instruction be in the game itself. because years later, the site might go down and then you have to dig through the archives for it
>>59713394I think it's a bit difficult to write a creepypasta for what is basically THE "little guy decks an old one for disturbing the peace" Video Game series. Not to mention, how do you even top what HAL has already thrown at the puffball even back then?
>>59715190Turns out it's just her hallucinations playing tricks on her. Again. You wouldn't be sane either after dying your thousandth death.
>>59712770I really hate how most of these modern pastas rely on the whole "dude I found this cartridge in my great-grandfather's attic and I think I'm goin le heckin insane lmao" cliché rather than being something that's just unintentionally creepy/unsettling, never fully explained in detail and leaving people free to interpret it however they want.
>>59715549I hate to admit it but I assumed frlg.ips would have instructions in game and the website was supplemental so I played through up until beating sabrina wondering why nothing new was happening for the past couple of hours. When I finally decided to read the website I restarted and got to the ladder puzzle in cerculean cave. But I was so burned out I never finished the puzzle I assumed you had to approach the ladder from different angles in an order. The website had dead images so you had to figure it out yourself or maybe I was wrong.
>>59712770Volo and Cyrus both feel like pastabait characters with their whole giratina thing
>>59715882It's the fastest and laziest way to write a pasta, which obviously doesn't translate well to good and impactful. Given most authors were / are edgy kids, they lack a profound understanding of what defines horror and fear, even basic storytelling, so they latch onto whatever they believe is scary ("hyperrealistic blood"). Which usually ends up as cliché, stupid or cringe.Also the lack of effort. Considering the amount of plotholes and errors creepypastas are riddled with, authors only write down the first best ideas they came up with and don't bother reflecting their work. Laughable errors like finding png files in Gameboy ROM hacks. There's no joy wasting your time on something the author didn't cared for either. Not even including a meaningful lesson. Pasta's / Theories like Gary's Ratticate are intruiguing because there's thought put into it, be it just by connecting dots and coming to conclusions. Stories with added value, not slop reusing same concept for the hundredth time (Sonic.exe copycats).
>>59714851>OMG, THERE'S A POKEMON THAT'S BOTH A SKELETON AND A GHOST!?
Surprised there isn't a godzilla nes style creepypasta but with pokemon
>>59716797omg i remember spending ages reading that one!
>>59716827>godzilla nesthat shit shouldn't even be called a creepypasta. It's like the author forgot he was writing a credible horror story and turned it into some autistic fanfic.
>>59717094Many such cases
>>59717094yeah the dead girlfriend stuff started making it too cheesy
