Pokémon Evolutions reintroduces moments from the games with fresh animation. Four episodes are out now, and a trailer has been produced for four more.
Pokémon has featured many great storylines within its games, but not all of them get well animated. This is because the anime focuses on Ash Ketchum and his exploits, many of which are exclusive to him. As a result, some of the cooler moments from the game have been lost in fans’ collective memories. Luckily, the Pokémon Evolutions miniseries tries to address this in celebration of the franchise’s 25th anniversary.
Pokémon Evolutions captures significant events from the games and displays them with gorgeous new animation. The series has already done at least one episode for each of the four newest generations. A trailer was recently released for the following four episodes, which will cover the four oldest generations. Here’s all to know on the tale so far and the release schedule for the forthcoming episodes.
Pokémon Evolutions: The Story So Far
Pokémon Evolutions is not always about telling an overall plot. Instead, it offers vignettes from each set of main-series games. These scenes are portrayed with a level of detail that couldn’t be possible with the games’ restricted graphics, and this new animation is a tremendously appreciated manner of showing off some of their best moments with the love and attention they deserve.
Some fans have been quick to point out that Pokémon Evolutions is similar to another miniseries, Pokémon Generations. Like Evolutions, Generations retells the events of significantly crucial scenes from the games. However, the latter takes a few creative liberties in conveying its plot. This can lead to things like decreasing the player characters’ engagement or portraying the story through Looker’s perspective, regardless of his real existence. For now, Evolutions seems more determined to recreate the games’ plot as faithfully as possible.
In this quest, Evolutions has covered major moments from Galar, Alola, Kalos and Unova. The first episode, “The Champion,” depicts the struggle with Eternatus and the commencement of Leon’s match with Victor. While Leon is ready for his title bout, he flashes back to the events of the second Darkest Day. This contains both his combat and Victor’s battle, as well as the appearances of Zacian, Zamazenta and Eternamax Eternatus. As in the game, things finish out alright, so Leon shifts his concentration to defeating Victor and having a champion’s time doing it.
Episode 2, “The Eclipse,” focuses on Lillie, Lusamine, Nebby and Necrozma. It contains the scene of Lusamine rejecting her daughter and utilizing Nebby’s abilities to open the Ultra Wormhole. Following this, Lillie takes Nebby to the Altar of the Moone and transforms Nebby from a Cosmoem into a Lunala. Shortly afterwards, an injured Lusamine walks out of an Ultra Wormhole followed by Necrozma. The Prism Pokémon challenges Lunala, takes over its body and becomes Dawn Wings Necrozma. The episode finishes with Selene sending out a Pokémon to battle.
Episode 3, “The Visionary,” recounts Lysandre’s intentions to use the ultimate weapon. Like in the games, Calem allies up with Xerneas to battle Lysandre. The bitter loser then turns the ultimate weapon on Team Flare Secret HQ to award everybody present perpetual life. The program finishes with one final, taped message from Lysandre.
The fourth and newest episode, “The Plan,” offers an outline of Ghetsis’ machiavellian planning. This includes raising N to be the king of Team Plasma, getting trainers to release their Pokémon, using N to tame Zekrom and toppling the Pokémon League. The episode concludes on a dramatic cliffhanger where Hilda confronts N.
The remaining four episodes of Pokémon Evolutions will cover scenes from Sinnoh, Hoenn, Johto and Kanto, and are planned to broadcast on a weekly basis throughout the month of December. Episode 5, “The Rival,” is slated to debut on Dec. 2. Fans may see these new episodes, as well as those previously stated, on the official Pokémon YouTube channel and Pokémon TV.
If the forthcoming adventures are anything like their predecessors, they will be a really worthwhile watch. Episodes 5-8 are especially anticipated since the prior generations’ games had even more limited graphics than the later ones. Whatever these new episodes of Evolutions bring to the table, they are guaranteed to be a pleasant update to the storylines Pokémon fans love.
