The Pokémon speak in Pokémon Pokopia. Usually, they’re really cute and nice. Sometimes, they betray their very nature, or they’re a little bit creepy or really quite sad. And sometimes, they’re just silly and downright weird. If you’ve been waiting for years to hear what the Pocket Monsters have to say for themselves, now’s your lucky moment. While some of it’s exactly what you’d expect, other Pokémon are full of surprises. Read on to get filled in on some of the oddest dialogue we’ve stumbled across in Pokopia so far.
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Kyogre (rural edition)
It’s not so much what Kyogre says, but how they say it. When you think “demigod-like Pokémon that controls major parts of an ecosystem,” the mind doesn’t automatically jump to “your corn-fed neighbor on the farm ‘just down the road’ (50 miles away, across state lines).” The “y’alls” and dropped word endings are a cute way to make a mighty titan seem friendly and approachable. There are other Pokémon, like Blastoise and Hitmonlee, who speak in a similar dialect. But it does make me wonder: If Pokopia Kyogre got angry and blessed someone’s heart, would it drown the world?
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“Let’s make it humid!”
One of your first big tasks in Pokopia is re-humidifying the Withered Wastes so things can grow there and Pokémon don’t turn into dust. You’re making the region moist, in other words, which is amusing in itself. But even more amusing is when Pokémon in the region help out and shout “Let’s get this place humid!” They’re considerate enough to know the word “moist” makes people uncomfortable, and shouting “let’s make this place moist” would be awkward for everyone, not a helpful teambuilding exercise. It’s sweet of them. Yet it’s also a bit odd since none of them have seen a PC and, presumably, have never been on social media to learn this detail.
