I think the Relicanth and Wailord, especially at the front and back of your party specifically, was meant to represent the passage of time. Like Relicanth is, well, a relic of the past while Darwinian evolution led to Wailord in the meantime. I'm not sure how the people/Regigigas(?) writing the instructions in the distant past would have known that, but we're talking about braille on flat screens here. Not everything has to make perfect sense. Speaking of the passage of time, I distinctly remember spending long enough just trying to read Regice's instructions that the door opened without me having to work anything out.
I never actually owned it, but I've heard a lot of people say that the manual for R/S/E had pages with Braille patterns on it, with the corresponding letters, so you could translate each cave's instructions.
I had the manual growing up. It had the braille translations on the back. You could see the caves on the route pictures but never mentions what they were for. You have to find the underwater cave for yourself and then go from there. Probably one of the best times I've had playing pokemon was translating the braille and finding the three Regis.
Absolutely agree with your ending analysis. In the modern Age of Information, any kid playing would go, "Huh. Braille. That's weird." And grab their phone, look up a Braille alphabet (or the answer, if they're feeling lazy), and that would be that. Back when I was a kid (Ruby was my very first Pokemon game), I remember borrowing Prima's Strategy Guide from one of my friends who had Sapphire, because it had such an alphabet in it. No other way I could have known!
@@kimolingo Ah, that would be helpful. My copy was second-hand, so it came with nothing. Wondering what I could possibly need a Braille translator for would have had me excited and exploring, though!
I think the Relicanth and Wailord, especially at the front and back of your party specifically, was meant to represent the passage of time. Like Relicanth is, well, a relic of the past while Darwinian evolution led to Wailord in the meantime.
I'm not sure how the people/Regigigas(?) writing the instructions in the distant past would have known that, but we're talking about braille on flat screens here. Not everything has to make perfect sense.
Speaking of the passage of time, I distinctly remember spending long enough just trying to read Regice's instructions that the door opened without me having to work anything out.
I've also heard others claim the same thing! It might very well be true!
I never actually owned it, but I've heard a lot of people say that the manual for R/S/E had pages with Braille patterns on it, with the corresponding letters, so you could translate each cave's instructions.
I've later found out that this is true! But personally I never saw/found it myself
I had the manual growing up. It had the braille translations on the back. You could see the caves on the route pictures but never mentions what they were for. You have to find the underwater cave for yourself and then go from there. Probably one of the best times I've had playing pokemon was translating the braille and finding the three Regis.
Absolutely agree with your ending analysis. In the modern Age of Information, any kid playing would go, "Huh. Braille. That's weird." And grab their phone, look up a Braille alphabet (or the answer, if they're feeling lazy), and that would be that.
Back when I was a kid (Ruby was my very first Pokemon game), I remember borrowing Prima's Strategy Guide from one of my friends who had Sapphire, because it had such an alphabet in it. No other way I could have known!
I've heard there was a braille translator released with the game, but I never remember it! But absolutely, back then was nothing like today!
@@kimolingo Ah, that would be helpful. My copy was second-hand, so it came with nothing.
Wondering what I could possibly need a Braille translator for would have had me excited and exploring, though!
@@benjaminoechsli1941 same thing for me actually!
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