Game Theory: These 25 Pokemon are DEAD Because of YOU!

The player character is responsible for the extinction of at least 25 Pokemon species within the established canon of the Pokemon series.

This extinction is not a theory but is expressly put into the games by Game Freak for observant, dedicated players, though it requires connecting dots buried deep within the lore.

The Pokemon God Arceus gives players a divine mission to exterminate Pokemon, making the mass extinction a religious mandate.

The explanation involves understanding why 25 Pokemon species found in Hisui do not appear in the later Sinnoh region games.

Pokemon Legends Arceus takes place in an ancient version of Sinnoh called Hisui, with an open-world formula that breaks from traditional Pokemon game design.

• Based on architectural style and amenities like binded books, brimmed hats, and steam-powered pokeballs, the game appears to take place during the Meiji Era (1868-1912) or earlier Edo Era of Japanese history. • Approximately 140 years before the events of Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.

The region transforms from isolated camps in Hisui to urbanized cities in Sinnoh, with significant changes in Pokemon populations.

25 Pokemon species found in Hisui are completely absent from Sinnoh and all other core Pokemon games, raising questions about what happened to them during the 140-year gap.

• Stantler is plentiful in Hisui but rare in Sinnoh, while Wyrdeer does not exist in Sinnoh at all. • Stantlers in Sinnoh cannot learn Psyshield Bash, a move critical for evolving into Wyrdeer.

Wyrdeer's Pokedex entry reveals that fur shed from its beard retains heat and is highly useful material for winter clothing, making them valuable to citizens expanding into cold regions.

Over generations, Stantlers avoided evolving to escape human predation, eventually losing the ability to use Psyshield Bash entirely as a survival mechanism.

Wyrdeer were hunted to extinction, and remaining Stantlers chose survival through avoiding evolution rather than fighting back, similar to how real-life deer flee from danger.

Hisuian Qwilfish sprays poison from its spines, making it detested by fishermen as a troublesome Pokemon.

The Cobalt Coastline, where Hisuian Qwilfish lived, becomes Route 223 in Sinnoh—a prime fishing location used for commercial and recreational purposes.

• Fishermen eliminated Qwilfish to clear a nuisance that interfered with fishing operations. • Qwilfish may have been hunted as a delicacy, similar to Fugu pufferfish in Japan, which requires specially-trained chefs to prepare safely.

The Diamond and Pearl Pokedex describes Qwilfish as poor swimmers, making them easy targets for extermination.

Kanto Voltorbs and Electrodes are made of metal, while Hisuian Electrodes are made of a material curiously similar to Apricorn wood.

• Apricorns were historically used to make Pokeballs and are abundant in Legends Arceus but absent in Sinnoh. • Players' success in the game led people to catch Pokemon, causing them to harvest Apricorns unsustainably until the trees disappeared.

Hisuian Voltorbs and Electrodes evolved into metal forms to avoid being hunted for their wood-like bodies, paralleling real-world elephant evolution where tusked elephants are targeted by poachers.

Metal variants had an evolutionary advantage over wood variants, causing the population to shift away from the original Hisuian form.

Ursaring evolves into Ursaluna with the Peat Block; Scyther evolves into Kleavor with Black Augurite. Neither item exists in Sinnoh, preventing these evolutions.

Peat is a precursor to coal that takes thousands of years to form. Increased industrialization in Sinnoh created demand for fuel, leading to the complete depletion of available peat.

• Black Augurite is likely based on Obsidian, a sharp material made from rapid lava cooling. • The only active volcano in Hisui is a Cinder Cone Volcano, which does not produce Obsidian, and Mt Coronet appears dormant. • Obsidian was already in limited supply and was fully exhausted through tool-making.

Both non-renewable resources were completely depleted by expanding human civilization, making it impossible for Ursaring and Scyther to evolve in subsequent generations.

Arcanine, Avalugg, and Decidueye have Pokedex entries specifically mentioning adaptation to Hisui's cold climate and snow.

Islands are small habitats, causing organisms to become highly specialized. Charles Darwin's Galapagos finches evolved unique beak shapes based on their specific islands.

Specialization makes Pokemon perfectly suited to their environment, but any environmental change renders their specialized traits useless.

• Human expansion and industrialization caused Hisui's climate to become warmer. • Deforestation and development shifted biodiversity, making the region unsuitable for cold-adapted Pokemon species.

All 25 extinct Pokemon species disappeared due to one factor: humans—through resource plundering, overhunting, and over-expansion.

Game designers thoughtfully and intentionally created this environmental narrative, not inserting designs arbitrarily. Clues are hidden in Pokedex entries throughout the game.

The game delivers a strong environmental message about human impact on ecosystems, disguised within hints that dedicated players can piece together.

• Arceus sends the player back in time to catch Pokemon and eliminate human fear of them. • The player teaches people that Pokemon can be friends and tools, enabling human expansion throughout Hisui. • Without the player's intervention, the region would remain too inhospitable for civilization, and humans would avoid it entirely.

The people of Hisui are afraid of Pokemon and worship them, preventing the village from expanding due to fear of monsters in the wilderness.

The player character breaks this cycle by demonstrating that Pokemon can be befriended, caught, and used for chores and competitive sport.

By removing fear of Pokemon, the player enables humans to hunt Wyrdeer for fur, exterminate pests like Qwilfish, and exploit natural resources without restraint.

The God Pokemon Arceus orchestrated this timeline, raising questions about whether the deity's intentions were truly benevolent or part of a darker design.