Video Game Theories

[Hulaette]

The title says it all. Post your favourite gaming theory here.

 

[mdchan]

I like just about everything The Game Theorists come up with, and I like coming up with theories, myself.

My favorite from The Game Theorists is probably two from Majora's Mask, and one from Skyrim:
Is Link Dead (warning: dark)
Is Link's Quest Pointless (my favorite of the two)
Arrows and Knees (Skyrim; though, just a note, there are rumors that "take an arrow to the knee" is Nordic slang for "getting married". Still, it's an interesting theory)

A theory I came up with was about Aster from Pokemon ORAS, as there are a lot of theories floating around about that character, but though I could sort of agree with some of them, I didn't completely agree...so, I thought about it and came up with my own theory (I had made a thread about Aster theories in the Pokemon section, and included this) :

Spoiler

My theory is highly influenced by the very end of the Delta Episode and the scene between Zinnia and the one she calls "Grannie". So, without further ado, I'm going to present my theory.

At the very end of the Delta Episode, we saw many cut scenes for the major characters involved in the plot of ORAS, including Zinnia. These cut scenes are supposed to wrap up any loose ends with all of the characters, and show what the main characters are going to do in the future.

In Zinnia's cut scene, we see Grannie tell her to "let go", and that it's all over, now. Eventually, Zinnia decides to go on a journey of self-discovery now that her duty has been fulfilled, but here's the clincher:
She leaves WITHOUT ASTER THE WHISMUR.

Both her journey and this fact is huge in supporting my theory, so I'm going to dive right in.

I believe that, like she said at the top of the Sky Tower, the previous Aster was someone incredibly close to her. Not many children call their parents by name, so Aster could have been a sister or a friend who passed away.
In response to that and in her grief, Zinnia perhaps either hatched Aster the whismur from an egg to travel with, caught her, or perhaps the whismur was even the real Aster's pokemon.

One way or another, Zinnia then used the whismur to fill the void of the real Aster, sort of like a replacement. The reason whismur is sometimes seen saying "mum" is because it's close to the last syllable of its name, and-or because Zinnia is like a pet parent to her.

My reasoning is that sometimes, pet owners in real life will do the same thing (in both aspects).

Pet owners often refer to their pets as their "children", and if pets in our world were like pokemon in the pokemon world, perhaps most of those pets would even think of their pet parents as their adoptive parents, or their "mommy" and-or "daddy".

Zinnia naming the whismur "Aster" after the Aster she lost is also a thing people do. Even humans will name their children after great-grandparents who are no longer on this Earth.
It's no different with pets.

In fact, if someone is so overcome by grief, they might even look to replace someone dear to them in any way they can. In Zinnia's case, it was the whismur.
When someone loses someone close to them, be it a friend, relative, or even a pet, there's a huge sense of loss. Anyone who's ever lost someone they've loved with all their heart would understand, and would wish that the person (or pet) could have stayed with them longer, and-or that the person (or pet) didn't pass on when they did and was still there beside them.

In the case of pets, it's often suggested not to go out and get a new pet right after one passes away. This is mostly due to allow a grieving period, but also to be sure that a pet parent wouldn't treat the new pet as if it was the one who passed away; in other words, so that they wouldn't just be replacing their lost pet, or expect the new pet to be the one they lost.

Zinnia's thoughts might have been similar to cases like that, and so she let Aster live on with her in the form of the whismur.

This would explain why she left on her own journey at the conclusion without the whismur-Aster. She was "letting go", as Grannie suggested she do. By doing that, it meant accepting the truth, which she obviously had known (evidenced by her speech during the night in wanting to show it to Aster, when the whismur was right there) but probably denied to herself in order to fool herself into being happy and not alone.

If that whismur had been her reincarnated daughter, or if Zinnia was its mother in human form, she never would have left it at the end; she would have taken it with her to travel. I presume she took the rest of her pokemon with her, but the fact that she left whismur behind indicates that she has finally come to terms with the truth, and accepted it. Now, she needs to learn how to live with it as well as find her purpose now that the threat to the world is over.

 

[Pharaoh]

The only theory I remember from recently is how Rosalina is supposedly the daughter of Luigi and Princess Peach. They're silly to me, but I write stories all the time, so I guess this is no different. I just think of theories like fanfiction.

 

[Tao]

The only theory I remember from recently is how Rosalina is supposedly the daughter of Luigi and Princess Peach.

I like that one. The evidence for it makes it one of the theories that I'm leaning towards thinking were at some point in development actually true.


That was the theory I was going to mention...So I guess I'll be on my way.

 

[Captain Crazy Chicken]

1. Lisia is a siren, due to her over the top Bratz-like look and fluffyness!
2. Most of the Nintendo world is connected to Equestria!
3. Yoshi can Primal Reverse with the Star Rod!
4. Mega Evolution is also possible in Equestria!

 

[Captain Crazy Chicken]

Bump!

Another theory I just made up several days ago is about the 7th PokeHonHonHon Gym Leader, Olympia.

Her cape has space in it. So does the final boss of the second Kirby game ever. Thus, it's my theory that the former may be related to (or possibly really is) the latter.

 

[Cookiex]

Kirby 64 has a level that takes place in a post apocalyptic version of Earth.

 

[Nay]

A theory I came up with was about Aster from Pokemon ORAS, as there are a lot of theories floating around about that character, but though I could sort of agree with some of them, I didn't completely agree...so, I thought about it and came up with my own theory (I had made a thread about Aster theories in the Pokemon section, and included this) :

Spoiler

My theory is highly influenced by the very end of the Delta Episode and the scene between Zinnia and the one she calls "Grannie". So, without further ado, I'm going to present my theory.

At the very end of the Delta Episode, we saw many cut scenes for the major characters involved in the plot of ORAS, including Zinnia. These cut scenes are supposed to wrap up any loose ends with all of the characters, and show what the main characters are going to do in the future.

In Zinnia's cut scene, we see Grannie tell her to "let go", and that it's all over, now. Eventually, Zinnia decides to go on a journey of self-discovery now that her duty has been fulfilled, but here's the clincher:
She leaves WITHOUT ASTER THE WHISMUR.

Both her journey and this fact is huge in supporting my theory, so I'm going to dive right in.

I believe that, like she said at the top of the Sky Tower, the previous Aster was someone incredibly close to her. Not many children call their parents by name, so Aster could have been a sister or a friend who passed away.
In response to that and in her grief, Zinnia perhaps either hatched Aster the whismur from an egg to travel with, caught her, or perhaps the whismur was even the real Aster's pokemon.

One way or another, Zinnia then used the whismur to fill the void of the real Aster, sort of like a replacement. The reason whismur is sometimes seen saying "mum" is because it's close to the last syllable of its name, and-or because Zinnia is like a pet parent to her.

My reasoning is that sometimes, pet owners in real life will do the same thing (in both aspects).

Pet owners often refer to their pets as their "children", and if pets in our world were like pokemon in the pokemon world, perhaps most of those pets would even think of their pet parents as their adoptive parents, or their "mommy" and-or "daddy".

Zinnia naming the whismur "Aster" after the Aster she lost is also a thing people do. Even humans will name their children after great-grandparents who are no longer on this Earth.
It's no different with pets.

In fact, if someone is so overcome by grief, they might even look to replace someone dear to them in any way they can. In Zinnia's case, it was the whismur.
When someone loses someone close to them, be it a friend, relative, or even a pet, there's a huge sense of loss. Anyone who's ever lost someone they've loved with all their heart would understand, and would wish that the person (or pet) could have stayed with them longer, and-or that the person (or pet) didn't pass on when they did and was still there beside them.

In the case of pets, it's often suggested not to go out and get a new pet right after one passes away. This is mostly due to allow a grieving period, but also to be sure that a pet parent wouldn't treat the new pet as if it was the one who passed away; in other words, so that they wouldn't just be replacing their lost pet, or expect the new pet to be the one they lost.

Zinnia's thoughts might have been similar to cases like that, and so she let Aster live on with her in the form of the whismur.

This would explain why she left on her own journey at the conclusion without the whismur-Aster. She was "letting go", as Grannie suggested she do. By doing that, it meant accepting the truth, which she obviously had known (evidenced by her speech during the night in wanting to show it to Aster, when the whismur was right there) but probably denied to herself in order to fool herself into being happy and not alone.

If that whismur had been her reincarnated daughter, or if Zinnia was its mother in human form, she never would have left it at the end; she would have taken it with her to travel. I presume she took the rest of her pokemon with her, but the fact that she left whismur behind indicates that she has finally come to terms with the truth, and accepted it. Now, she needs to learn how to live with it as well as find her purpose now that the threat to the world is over.

There's an ongoing debate about whether Aster was her daughter or friend. A few people have even speculated lover. : p Personally I think Aster was her child that she lost, due to the fact that Zinnia is kind of obsessed about having to live up to her role as the lorekeeper - possibly because she failed to live up to her role as a mother. Plus the narrative just led me to think it was her child's death that she couldn't get over.

Rest of your theory is on point with what I was thinking. Whismur-Aster is a personification of the grief and denial Zinnia feels, and she finally lets it go so she can move on at the end of the arc. Tbh the ORAS post story was really interesting to me because of Zinnia. I liked it a lot.

 

[Captain Crazy Chicken]

Kalos is centered on beauty and harmony. The latter case is why Kalos is a frequent visiting place for the Mane 6, and more recently, other ponies.