Game Theory: Pokemon GO's TRAGIC END!

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  • @GameTheory
    @GameTheory  Před 7 lety +3724

    That moment you release a theory using Ditto being MIA as evidence and later the same day, Ditto is put into the game...

  • @japain8395
    @japain8395 Před 7 lety +1599

    *Ditto comes out*
    *throws theory out the door*

    • @herminbean
      @herminbean Před 7 lety +123

      Piece of Cake Not really. If ditto are failed experiments, and Mewtwo isn't in the game yet, that still works fine. Just means they've started to try and clone Mew and have failed a few times, hence Dittos starting to appear

    • @japain8395
      @japain8395 Před 7 lety +12

      ***** k i was just joking but yeah it would still work

    • @mars.attacks
      @mars.attacks Před 7 lety +10

      LIE!!!!!! When this next update of ditto being released comes, this may mean the tests have started and a living product came out of like a time period started and if this theory is true, think about (with the evidence it honestly might be!) it just may mean that the first ditto was just created! But that's just a theory........ GAME THEORY (to help matpat not have to covers this for you :D)

    • @devilhunterred
      @devilhunterred Před 7 lety +3

      Mewtwo isn't in the game because it's a legendary pokemon, there's supposed to be only one in the world. It doesn't make sense if multiple people all have mewtwo. Not to mention Mewtwo would single handedly be the strongest pokemon in the game and it wouldn't be fair in gym battles.

    • @nova7067
      @nova7067 Před 7 lety +1

      Midnite Reveries You do realize that you're taking this too seriously right, its a theory about o phone appp xD

  • @h3vrtst0rm
    @h3vrtst0rm Před 3 lety +667

    no matter what people say, i still love this theory

  • @journii8930
    @journii8930 Před 3 lety +353

    As a die hard Pokémon fan, I LOVE this theory. Even though it didn't age as well with the release of all the new Pokémon and features. From just a basic sense of timeline, it all adds up. It could even explain stuff like why the Game Freak office always breaks the fourth wall, down to why the PokéDex is ordered the way it is, even the origin of all Pokémon. Though it isn't flawless, what Pokémon timeline theory is?

    • @Luunnr
      @Luunnr Před 2 lety +5

      Now im thinking Remember the timetravel pokemon episode..... Maybe this theory is true but the change of time worked?

    • @sabretoothtiger4314
      @sabretoothtiger4314 Před 2 lety +3

      Actually the theory still holds up if you think about it. We are at war right now. Mewtwo and Ditto have been made and this started the war. Us the players are like troops in battle. I’d better buy a team medallion I want out if Valor is going down

    • @Luunnr
      @Luunnr Před 2 lety

      @@sabretoothtiger4314 but in past there werent so much pokemons

    • @RickCore0H
      @RickCore0H Před rokem

      @@Luunnr there were bro, legends arceus exists

    • @cupcakeprime559
      @cupcakeprime559 Před rokem +2

      I'm still using this as a major point in the timeline of my fan fiction it just sounds so cool

  • @fizzy1390
    @fizzy1390 Před 5 lety +3265

    Matpat: *makes theory*
    Later.....
    Niantic: *debunks theory with updates*
    Matpat: am I a joke to you?

    • @galactictulip2021
      @galactictulip2021 Před 5 lety +55

      Random ShitYT you should have ended it like this Niantic: Yes you are

    • @Mehmi888
      @Mehmi888 Před 4 lety +24

      yaaaas when will we see an update matpat?

    • @jameshernandez4550
      @jameshernandez4550 Před 4 lety +20

      Wait was the update adding ditto?

    • @fizzy1390
      @fizzy1390 Před 4 lety +35

      @@jameshernandez4550 yes they added ditto and i have proof since i caught him he appears transformed in normal type pokemons

    • @bbello8188
      @bbello8188 Před 4 lety +3

      Ikr

  • @AlongCameASpider
    @AlongCameASpider Před 7 lety +2859

    Does that mean.... Team Rocket are actually the remnants of Team Valor?

  • @innertuber4049
    @innertuber4049 Před 3 lety +143

    I'd love an update to this theory talking about the additions to the game since release of this video

  • @MrMusic25
    @MrMusic25 Před rokem +25

    As someone who has played Pokemon GO daily since getting into the beta in 2016, this video is an absolute TRIP to watch! I am absolutely in love with the idea that GO is canon in the Pokemon universe, especially the bit about Pryce/Willow. Obviously a lot has changed, mostly thanks to updates to the app and the release of Pokemon Legends: Arceus, but this was still a fantastic watch 6 years after this game's release. I wonder if Pokemon GO has any more theories that have developed over the half decade that has passed?

  • @moonscaledaj9022
    @moonscaledaj9022 Před 7 lety +7671

    The Pokémon professors are all named after trees because they help you emBARK on your journey

  • @zencezzz3760
    @zencezzz3760 Před 7 lety +297

    "But hey! That's just a theory! A DIET Theory!"
    *Please make more diet theories - Sincerely the CZcams community*

  • @brittanyh1902
    @brittanyh1902 Před rokem +18

    Ditto also means "me too" which sounds an awful lot like mewtwo

  • @hunterland807
    @hunterland807 Před 3 lety +28

    Me watching the beginning of the video: And that's why they have banned nicknames.
    🌠
    *The more you know!*

  • @HORRIOR1
    @HORRIOR1 Před 7 lety +295

    "Pokémon GO's Tragic end", personally I thought this was a reference to the fact that winter is coming and less people want to go outside looking for pokemon.

  • @robertli3600
    @robertli3600 Před 7 lety +1953

    When your timing is so bad that you release the day ditto is released in pokemon go

    • @michaelchaney2336
      @michaelchaney2336 Před 7 lety +142

      Robert Li The timeline must be escalating closer to the war.

    • @gavtradez
      @gavtradez Před 7 lety +43

      Robert Li at the end he says "Hey it's just a theory"

    • @rjpena6273
      @rjpena6273 Před 7 lety +16

      Gavin Ariota sadly the fans belive it as FACT. I don't know why worshipping I guess?

    • @IceWizard429
      @IceWizard429 Před 7 lety +2

      ik lol

    • @lydlegill5961
      @lydlegill5961 Před 7 lety +3

      4:07 or (warning my own theory) MEW was cloned from DITTO

  • @madkirk7431
    @madkirk7431 Před 3 lety +21

    That intro tho...
    I think I'm scarred now. Scarred with a dirty mind...
    Which isn't that different because my brain LOVES digging holes and staying away from baths.

  • @shawncarlson2508
    @shawncarlson2508 Před rokem +18

    That Pokemon naming part made me laugh out loud

  • @firefly4f4
    @firefly4f4 Před 7 lety +1448

    And the day this gets released so did Ditto, from everything I've read. Interesting coincidence :)

    • @ScientistCat
      @ScientistCat Před 7 lety +20

      *irony intensifies

    • @lawrencecalablaster568
      @lawrencecalablaster568 Před 7 lety +11

      firefly4f4 *Illuminati pyramid hovers in background*

    • @stanleyhalsey1578
      @stanleyhalsey1578 Před 7 lety +8

      ScientistCat
      BUT HEY THATS NOT A THEORY
      A READ FACT

    • @Cosmalano
      @Cosmalano Před 7 lety +5

      firefly4f4 thank you for this comment. I'm off to catch me a ditto

    • @harrylamont6007
      @harrylamont6007 Před 7 lety +16

      firefly4f4 maybe the timelines are linked and mew was first cloned today?

  • @harnoorsodhi1273
    @harnoorsodhi1273 Před 7 lety +219

    WOAH! 2 THEORIES IN ONE DAY!! THOSE CONTROLLED SHOCKS REALLY WORKED

  • @y0urmaj3sty
    @y0urmaj3sty Před 3 lety +173

    Matpat: “why isnt ditto here??”
    Me, who has two dittos:

    • @shantysaji8791
      @shantysaji8791 Před 3 lety +14

      this video was released in "2016"

    • @y0urmaj3sty
      @y0urmaj3sty Před 3 lety +11

      @@shantysaji8791 I know
      I got the dittos in 2016 my guy

    • @shantysaji8791
      @shantysaji8791 Před 3 lety +25

      He said Ditto was released the same day he released that video lol

    • @Axvori
      @Axvori Před 2 lety +2

      same

    • @tallcapybara3155
      @tallcapybara3155 Před 2 lety +1

      Maybe the time line is progressing?

  • @funnymanonyourscrean
    @funnymanonyourscrean Před 2 lety +63

    But is this enough time for Omanyte and Kabuto to become “ancients fossils”

    • @ShadowShiranui
      @ShadowShiranui Před 2 lety +2

      they didn't become ancient because thousands of years passed

  • @therobin5825
    @therobin5825 Před 7 lety +1251

    what if Lt Surge, is actually an older version of the Instinct team leader......

    • @kevinx2ultimate949
      @kevinx2ultimate949 Před 7 lety +23

      that's exactly what i was thinking

    • @abdullahsalam6532
      @abdullahsalam6532 Před 7 lety +15

      You dont know how much i agree with you.

    • @Ixs4i
      @Ixs4i Před 7 lety +28

      The Robin ok now lets make misty the direct descendant of the team mystic leader and then way far into the future lets make lysandre the great grandchild of the team valor leader
      idk it could work if u think about it really hard

    • @misfits141
      @misfits141 Před 7 lety +2

      oh my god..

    • @burnstorm13579
      @burnstorm13579 Před 7 lety

      NIce

  • @andyanderson4918
    @andyanderson4918 Před 7 lety +1716

    its so funny that he would release this the day they put ditto into the game

  • @L-and-P
    @L-and-P Před 3 lety +11

    You may be forgetting something. I would have to say the spark, or whatever his name is, the leader of team instinct, is perhaps the youngest of the team leaders. From appearance and personality, I’d have to say the guy is about 17-19 in the universe of Pokémon go. Lutenant surge is probably in his late 20s. Both share a knack for electric types. That’s all I have, but they could be the same person

  • @masterblockplayz5466
    @masterblockplayz5466 Před 3 lety +49

    MatPat: Mewtwo isn't in Pokémon Go
    The Mewtwo fighting at 13:49 : Am I a joke to you?

    • @SaberSimp69
      @SaberSimp69 Před 2 lety +4

      It’s at detective pikachu, not Pokémon go
      Edit: for those saying it’s Pokémon go trailer, it looks like detective pikachu ok?

    • @masterblockplayz5466
      @masterblockplayz5466 Před 2 lety

      @@SaberSimp69 ok

    • @Anteaterhater
      @Anteaterhater Před 2 lety

      @@SaberSimp69 actually it’s from the Pokemon go trailer

    • @alyaly2355
      @alyaly2355 Před 2 lety

      @@SaberSimp69 bro it’s from the Pokémon go trailer

    • @lilyliao9521
      @lilyliao9521 Před 2 lety

      @@SaberSimp69 its poke go no

  • @Anzyll
    @Anzyll Před 7 lety +527

    Maybe it's because they didn't want to bother programming a Ditto transforming in battles.

    • @elsabienenstock6511
      @elsabienenstock6511 Před 7 lety +2

      Ambiticus ditto is in Pokemon go :/
      He transforms it's really weird.

    • @Anzyll
      @Anzyll Před 7 lety

      Awesum Unicorn Well, I was going off of what MatPat said.

    • @elsabienenstock6511
      @elsabienenstock6511 Před 7 lety

      Ambiticus yeah, he was added a couple days ago. Probs going with the timeline.

    • @hollyabair
      @hollyabair Před 7 lety +9

      Ditto is now officially in the game. They just released it in the latest update

    • @thedankplankshow2092
      @thedankplankshow2092 Před 7 lety +1

      I caught ditto today

  • @sarahhuffty9070
    @sarahhuffty9070 Před 7 lety +47

    Guys, don't shame matpat for releasing this right when ditto comes out. It just means that at this point mew has been officially cloned and failed.

    • @sarahhuffty9070
      @sarahhuffty9070 Před 7 lety +3

      Also, now in Sun and moon, the cafe guy gives you a single rare candy if you've given your pokemon any poke beans. No matter how many poke beans you've given them, you just get one.

  • @jmanroXD
    @jmanroXD Před 3 lety +16

    Imagine someone showing up here 4 years later before saying something like, "But what if Lt. Surge was actually Spark? They do look alike." 💀

  • @kalshazaak8102
    @kalshazaak8102 Před 3 lety +3

    This really is just a conglomeration of diet theories - Ditto, Rare Candies, Safari Zone, the war, and Pryce/Willow, all in one theory.

  • @Justin-kz1mv
    @Justin-kz1mv Před 7 lety +220

    So if this theory is correct, then the timeline might go as follows:
    -Pokemon enter the Earth dimension
    -Humans begin researching pokemon, Mew possibly captured and experimented on
    -Porygon is created
    -Pokemon trainers begin to battle over how pokemon should be trained/used
    -Ditto is created in a failed experiment
    -Trainers discover the baby variants of pokemon and how to hatch them
    ------> WE ARE HERE

    • @Anti-HyperLink
      @Anti-HyperLink Před 7 lety +3

      Why is it the anime? Why wouldn't a video game be in the universe of video games?

    • @stohess
      @stohess Před 7 lety +8

      Justin Jones So you're saying Prof. Willow is like Obi-Wan Kenobi into Ben Kenobi?

    • @Justin-kz1mv
      @Justin-kz1mv Před 7 lety +1

      Antonio Dy So true! It's so similar!

    • @tasyasabrina6571
      @tasyasabrina6571 Před 7 lety +4

      Well, considering game plot and the anime plot are in a different universe, we could just ignore that detail about Ash. And Professor Willow is actually Professor X Willow. Not Willow X. Just like the others. Samuel Oak. Aurea Juniper, etc. This timeline doesn't make any sense because AZ clearly stated that it's been 3000 years since he last saw Floette aka the end of the war. So, it's very unlikely that Mewtwo is completed before the war.

    • @MrSmiley-en1ej
      @MrSmiley-en1ej Před 7 lety +1

      Justin Jones Then Arceus stopped the war

  • @gatorboymike
    @gatorboymike Před 5 lety +377

    Niantic: Hmmm...we can't figure out a way to put Ditto in the game.
    MatPat: IT'S A CONSPIRACY

    • @kingofthekart
      @kingofthekart Před 4 lety +13

      Like a day later
      Niantic: Oh nevermind, we got it.

    • @Onmur
      @Onmur Před 4 lety +3

      A *GAME* CONSPIRACY.

  • @seanedie1497
    @seanedie1497 Před 3 lety +6

    You could do the Ditto theory for a film theory for Detective Pikachu. There is a Ditto in it that seems to be designed to mimic humans and it is owned by the guy who's trying to put his consciousness into Mewtwo

  • @jordanneville1916
    @jordanneville1916 Před 3 lety +19

    Plays Pokémon GO on my moms phone: finds a ditto
    Me: WTF MATPAT

  • @didierfung7322
    @didierfung7322 Před 4 lety +1135

    plot twist: the GO in the name is actually G"ZERO" as in Gen 0

  • @silversonic1
    @silversonic1 Před 7 lety +1144

    This theory was released the same day that Ditto was released in Go. Hilarious.

    • @angrydoge4038
      @angrydoge4038 Před 7 lety +12

      silversonic1 I sense another theory....

    • @labangrankvist2993
      @labangrankvist2993 Před 7 lety +26

      silversonic1 That means Mew and Mewtwo are coming soon as well!

    • @user-tr3dt6wf4p
      @user-tr3dt6wf4p Před 7 lety +2

      silversonic1 I got ditto the day it came out from a rattata

    • @Katastrophe9009
      @Katastrophe9009 Před 7 lety +6

      According to MatPats train of thought, Mewtwo should appear soon, now we wait and see...

    • @motionseven9661
      @motionseven9661 Před 7 lety +7

      BUT HEY ITS JUST A THEORY, A POKEMON THEORY THANKS FOR THE VIEW NERDDDD

  • @chickenalfredo9690
    @chickenalfredo9690 Před rokem +9

    What if Pokémon go updates are history progressing forward and eventually there well be a big in game event that is a war between the three teams

  • @ETurner_UK
    @ETurner_UK Před 2 lety +5

    This makes a lot of sense to me. Thank you for all the deep diving you do. As a Pokemon fan I appreciate it

  • @TheMasterOfAllVideoGames
    @TheMasterOfAllVideoGames Před 7 lety +500

    Lol they added ditto like a day after this

    • @bryce1834
      @bryce1834 Před 7 lety

      Lol

    • @ezrastiller8967
      @ezrastiller8967 Před 7 lety +1

      yep I was about to comment that

    • @bigcilantro5891
      @bigcilantro5891 Před 7 lety +1

      Free 2b2t my mum caught a ditto a few days ago, she thought she was catching a 205 pidgey

    • @ABCMurshomkingdom
      @ABCMurshomkingdom Před 7 lety +15

      Well, maybe the timeline in the Pokéverse goes on with ours, so we may be in that time Mewtwo is being created right now!

    • @bigcilantro5891
      @bigcilantro5891 Před 7 lety

      ABCMushroomKingdom oh damn

  • @thinkingfubuki
    @thinkingfubuki Před 7 lety +889

    I'd be the type of game developer who'd see MatPat's theories and use them as inspiration for writing or rewriting parts of my story.
    Though he sometimes reads into things a bit more than likely intended, he makes an effort to make a lot of sense, and I appreciate that.

    • @its-kris
      @its-kris Před 7 lety +8

      NerdGroovy Lol I think Nintendo did the same thing because Ditto came out the day later Xd

    • @jojoceda
      @jojoceda Před 7 lety +8

      So... Scott Cawthon?

    • @amermaidsvoice2870
      @amermaidsvoice2870 Před 7 lety +3

      NerdGroovy true, my sister does the same.😋😋🐾🦄🦉🐶💫😎🎄🐕🦋🐺🦋🐕🎄😎🐶🦉🦄🐾😋😋😋

    • @ramsierjouster2443
      @ramsierjouster2443 Před 7 lety

      +PuppyPrincess 99 no one likes spam

    • @JeraSpencer
      @JeraSpencer Před 7 lety +1

      THat's the thing though, si like, everytime I'm thinking it's a bit far, I think.... But it's not... IMPOSSIBLE... Pryce's hair colour, im like.... you're right man, you CANT just dismiss it :/.... Like.... fk....

  • @abbi7101
    @abbi7101 Před 3 lety +7

    I'd really love a new PoGo theory, especially with everything that's developed between team go rocket and the trainer teams there isn't much lore but I think there are enough hints, like the fact the go rocket leaders all left positions in the trainer teams, that their could be a really fun episode of GT out of it

  • @teddykatdurpstepper
    @teddykatdurpstepper Před 2 lety +2

    " Pokemon Go doesn't have the most elaborate soundtrack"
    Years later, that anniversary soundtrack released is a phenomenal piece 😍

  • @impossabear4096
    @impossabear4096 Před 7 lety +317

    dem people at niantic be like 'FINALLY someone figured out our genius lore'

    • @yinyangninja997
      @yinyangninja997 Před 7 lety +43

      Truly, just think about the Willow thing XD, "Do you recall that my middle name is Willow?" either someone got really lucky or someone was a big pokemon fan who liked this old man too much

    • @allycat9380
      @allycat9380 Před 7 lety

      totally XD

    • @XCRunnerS
      @XCRunnerS Před 7 lety

      its like they comment that in this thread

    • @carbon1330
      @carbon1330 Před 7 lety +1

      Wow it seems instinct finally won a gym

    • @kels3y
      @kels3y Před 7 lety +3

      Potatoe Johnson I AGREE! I wanna email this to them and say "damn son matpat gotchu figured out"

  • @annielapointe6529
    @annielapointe6529 Před 4 lety +784

    This theory may have aged...poorly, but it’s still one of my faves, and at the time it came out it was pretty solid

    • @ok-kd4ed
      @ok-kd4ed Před 3 lety +20

      I mean... well maybe it's just a different time line. Yk how the timeline with Mega Evolution and the other timeline Dynamax?? Maybe who knows. Orrrrrrrrr Its just going to the future and now it's pretty close to red and blue yk?

    • @xiafelix6747
      @xiafelix6747 Před 3 lety +24

      How bout this: the updates were poketime progressing further?

    • @crusadertime6746
      @crusadertime6746 Před 3 lety +5

      @@ok-kd4ed well, mega evolution will be added to pokemon go

    • @josiahbrown5798
      @josiahbrown5798 Před 3 lety +6

      I disagree it didn’t age poorly it’s just an older video

    • @biky1212
      @biky1212 Před 3 lety +4

      ye. remember we can walk outside all-day to find pokemons :(?

  • @shipwr3ko134
    @shipwr3ko134 Před 2 lety +6

    I wanna see This theory updated now since legendary Pokémon and everything talked about are in the game

  • @saulgarcia7347
    @saulgarcia7347 Před 3 lety +4

    Hey MatPat, you should do a theory on Professor Ivy and Brock. Why does he cringed every time her name is mention. What happened in the Orange Islands between Professor Ivy and Brock? And why is Professor Ivy never mentioned later on in the Pokemon series (not counting the episode 'A Tent Situation') if she was so close to Professor Oak?

  • @deemanthegreat2818
    @deemanthegreat2818 Před 7 lety +463

    Wait...so if ditto is in the game now....does that mean that the cloning has started?

    • @Slow.550
      @Slow.550 Před 7 lety

      Damian Martinez You my friend are smart

    • @deemanthegreat2818
      @deemanthegreat2818 Před 7 lety

      BloodyChainsaw I can't tell if that's sarcastic or not..😂

    • @Slow.550
      @Slow.550 Před 7 lety

      Damian Martinez lol I'm not because I just started playing Pokemon go and Pokemon card game

    • @jadeleaf9916
      @jadeleaf9916 Před 7 lety

      I mean i guess

    • @jackbartlett4402
      @jackbartlett4402 Před 7 lety +3

      Damian Martinez that is possible, or the theory is just wrong...

  • @Haru-mo3mf
    @Haru-mo3mf Před 7 lety +248

    niantic doesnt think that far.
    they probably just watch this video and be like "heeey, thats pretty good"

    • @Haru-mo3mf
      @Haru-mo3mf Před 7 lety +3

      if it was intended they wouldvr said so beause that way they would sell way better

    • @crimsonplayzzz9741
      @crimsonplayzzz9741 Před 7 lety +1

      Kaido lol

    • @ChadDogofShimano
      @ChadDogofShimano Před 7 lety +9

      I didn't know iDubbbz worked for Niantic

    • @theom1271
      @theom1271 Před 7 lety +3

      game theorist the new update is ditto is added

    • @RodolfoSandovalRudy
      @RodolfoSandovalRudy Před 7 lety +4

      Nintendo did work on this and why would they tell you Treyarch doesn't tell us anything about there easter eggs or lore Pixar doesnt either why would they tell you about something they want you find it makes it more interesting

  • @quackyducky2053
    @quackyducky2053 Před 3 lety +2

    Wasnt it already confirmed that Ditto was Mew's unsuccessful clone?

  • @Kulkogo
    @Kulkogo Před 7 měsíci +1

    ‘Every Professor in the Pokémon world is named after a tree!’
    *5 YEARS PASS*
    Pokémon Scarlet/Violet: *decides to break canon*

  • @emmav2224
    @emmav2224 Před 7 lety +241

    Ditto being in the game doesn't kill this theory. Mew is in captivity being cloned, Mewtwo hasn't been made yet. Unsuccessful Dittos are thrown out and now exist in the wild. Technically, Ditto being added still leaves the theory valid.

    • @KarmaStar
      @KarmaStar Před 7 lety

      I don't think Ditto was out at the time of this video. I may be wrong.

    • @emmav2224
      @emmav2224 Před 7 lety +2

      Yeah, my point was that when Ditto WAS released, the theory wasn't debunked. Sorry I didn't make that clear. o///__\\\o

    • @KarmaStar
      @KarmaStar Před 7 lety +1

      it okee

    • @Shuizid
      @Shuizid Před 7 lety

      Did they actually clone a captured Mew? I would have thought they used fossils or whatever.

    • @KarmaStar
      @KarmaStar Před 7 lety

      They found a piece of Mew's hair/fur. They used the DNA from the hair to clone Mew into Mewtwo. Only Mewtwo and maybe Ditto survived. The ones that didn't make it were CharmanderTwo, SquirtleTwo, BulbasaurTwo, and AmberTwo. Well... That is if we're going by anime logic.

  • @Benny_Blue
    @Benny_Blue Před 7 lety +1005

    I have a theory that Audible is the record-holder for the most sponsored videos.

  • @MissClockworkRabbit
    @MissClockworkRabbit Před rokem +2

    Fun fact: While the purple on mewtwo matches ditto, mew's shiny color matches ditties shiny color.

  • @supersniper7935
    @supersniper7935 Před 3 lety +20

    2021: *exists*
    Pokèmon Arceus: *coming soon*
    Pokèmon GO: You're clearly older

  • @denzelturtur7289
    @denzelturtur7289 Před 7 lety +319

    just today, ditto was officially announced for pokemon go... damn, I can feel the pain too matpat

    • @b-d9099
      @b-d9099 Před 7 lety +31

      That only makes the theory stronger.

    • @dragonoyxd
      @dragonoyxd Před 7 lety

      denzel turtur

    • @Choncheesy
      @Choncheesy Před 7 lety +7

      João P. that's what I was thinking. They've added ditto, but no mewtwo or mew yet. it still kind of follows the timeline, seeing as to how they will be adding to the game over time

    • @Jazz1539
      @Jazz1539 Před 7 lety

      denzel turtur i was going to just say something about that.....

    • @oofster15
      @oofster15 Před 7 lety

      Trie

  • @BlazerT48
    @BlazerT48 Před 7 lety +275

    I thought this video is going to talk about why pokemon GO isn't played as much anymore...

    • @steven5993
      @steven5993 Před 7 lety +3

      BlazerT48 yah me too

    • @8bitzodiac
      @8bitzodiac Před 7 lety +1

      Same XD

    • @memes_the_slayer7672
      @memes_the_slayer7672 Před 7 lety

      BlazerT48 lol me too

    • @Volcanic_Rave
      @Volcanic_Rave Před 7 lety +9

      Simple. Like 80% of players were bandwagoners. They don't really care about any Nintendo game without go in the name, they realized that it wasn't a regular mobile game, and quit

    • @tawoorie
      @tawoorie Před 7 lety

      yep

  • @mystek8140
    @mystek8140 Před rokem +1

    I know this theory was disproven like three days after it came out, but I still love it. Definitely a fascinating story, that's for sure!

  • @MissEasyPeasySleasy
    @MissEasyPeasySleasy Před 3 lety +2

    I really love the intro song❤️

  • @alexanderl7059
    @alexanderl7059 Před 7 lety +133

    One overlooked fact: how do all the Kabuto and Omanyte become fossils within Pryce's lifetime? That's impossible for them to all die out plus FOSSILIZE in only around 50 years?

    • @witchydragon106
      @witchydragon106 Před 7 lety +21

      Alex Lee well those pokemon have been around for a very long time, and there are possibly ancient ones that were since fossilized. they're even somewhat rare pokemon in go, and maybe the already supply of them in go was used up in the war since people usually want more powerful or rare things in life.

    • @adc2422
      @adc2422 Před 7 lety +2

      CallingBlueBird That ties into the pokemon anime, which Mat Pat consider to have too many conflicting canon facts. Basicly, if Ash is loosely involved it doesn't effect the canon of the games, just the show.

    • @RealClassixX
      @RealClassixX Před 7 lety +6

      MatPat seems to have forgotten that the Pokedex mentions that Kabuto went exstinct over 300 Million years ago, though different pokedex seem to contradict that.

    • @swatson9582
      @swatson9582 Před 7 lety

      Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire Pokedex, "Omanyte is one of the ancient and long-since-extinct Pokémon that have been regenerated from fossils by people. If attacked by an enemy, it withdraws itself inside its hard shell." If this theory were true then Omanyte would need to be regenerated at a lab somewhere without the possibility of it found, even rarely, anywhere since it is "long-since-extinct."

  • @mariewhite891
    @mariewhite891 Před 4 lety +667

    Mattt please come back to Pokémon Go with a new theory, since we’re at gen 4 being added now XD

  • @christianbarger9524
    @christianbarger9524 Před 3 lety +2

    I'm with matpat. It fits too well. "If the shoe fits" and all.

  • @saulcuthbertson7248
    @saulcuthbertson7248 Před 3 lety +32

    Me: (sweats in Valor)

  • @Ari-uk9bg
    @Ari-uk9bg Před 7 lety +155

    Nintendo : crap matpat made a theroy we need to release ditto

    • @biskuitok
      @biskuitok Před 6 lety +1

      Amazing McKay he is in pokemon go

  • @WccDyer
    @WccDyer Před 7 lety +212

    People should just hire you and be like "yea, we did that on purpose. Totally."

  • @judycash11
    @judycash11 Před 9 měsíci +3

    When you transfer the Pokemon from Pokemon go to any other game it says it came from the mysterious land and dimension of Pokemon go

  • @callumedlin960
    @callumedlin960 Před 3 lety +1

    Matpat "but that still leaves one curious gap in the pokedex ditto"
    Me "dude ditto disguises itself as weak pokemon like rattata"

  • @raafidulislam2738
    @raafidulislam2738 Před 6 lety +548

    I feel like matpat can make a lore out of an empty room

    • @wolfduckstudios
      @wolfduckstudios Před 6 lety +7

      Maahidul Islam if the room is empty and sudowoodo falls does it cry

    • @Zwar_Gaming
      @Zwar_Gaming Před 6 lety +4

      Maahidul Islam yea he probably can

    • @kiddo6393
      @kiddo6393 Před 6 lety +42

      Did you ever wonder WHY it was empty? Looking at the wallpaper, you can clearly see scratch marks at the bottom. Now, we could assume it was a dog who caused them, but the lines are in the sets of five. Dog's paws only have for claws facing forward. Let's face it. It's from a human. But the ratio is far to small for an adult. Keyword there "Adult". This is a child's room. The child was forced to be here against his/her will. The parent wants to keep him/her from harm and by doing so, the parent is psychology harmed the child.

    • @standemlgboieeey6366
      @standemlgboieeey6366 Před 6 lety +7

      Maahidul Islam a lore about how the room became empty

    • @graelmir5991
      @graelmir5991 Před 6 lety +2

      the lore is that the room was haunted and then the ghost started haunting stepanie, and then he attempted stepanie murder, and then he have her chocolates

  • @HenningGu
    @HenningGu Před 7 lety +216

    I think the fact that Ditto appeared means that the cloning has started. After Porygon's creation and before Mewtwo's cloning. Which means that the war will start soon.

    • @slingshotninja6970
      @slingshotninja6970 Před 7 lety +11

      world war 3: Possible cause; Usa/ Pokemon or both

    • @Pikaton659
      @Pikaton659 Před 7 lety

      Or they has the data for Ditto this entire time, and they just wanted someone to find this out and they added Ditto now to simulate the start of the cloning.

    • @jeweljammer
      @jeweljammer Před 7 lety

      i always thought WW3 would be made by own of the new presidents, guess I'm wrong its our favourite anime...

    • @clamoringrisotto
      @clamoringrisotto Před 7 lety

      In the first trailer of Pokémon Go, we see people fighting against Mewtwo with their Pokémon, could that be the "war"?

    • @kingsplea2253
      @kingsplea2253 Před 7 lety

      Or we are in the war

  • @puffle246
    @puffle246 Před rokem +4

    matpat should revamp this theory, adding in new lore and updates

  • @kayleec.361
    @kayleec.361 Před 3 lety +1

    Matpat: makes a pretty good theory
    Niantic: ha Imma disprove that right now

  • @chasecartwright1171
    @chasecartwright1171 Před 7 lety +144

    MatPat posts a video placing Pokemon Go in the timeline based on the absence of Ditto. 5 hours later, I catch a Ditto for the first time. R.I.P. MatPat.

    • @danielvaladez1286
      @danielvaladez1286 Před 7 lety +10

      Chase Cartwright ever heard of time and the future

    • @25thhanabusa69
      @25thhanabusa69 Před 7 lety

      Chase Cartwright well that means that the cloning process of mewtwo has begun and soon the war

    • @trashacetrainer
      @trashacetrainer Před 7 lety +4

      well ditto was just recently added and he probably didn't know it was coming. Interesting though, is that he could still be right. We got ditto, but no mewtwo or mew. Even more, one of the selling points for go was legendary battles, showing thousands of people in time square catching/fighting mewtwo at once. Yet Mewtwo is still absent. This could still very well fall into that time of them creating mewtwo, but not succeeding, I mean it took how many months for that to be added?

    • @anamikarai7240
      @anamikarai7240 Před 7 lety

      Chase Cartwright ikr

    • @Luster21
      @Luster21 Před 7 lety +7

      It is called Game Theory, not Game Absolutely What Happened.

  • @Artcat932
    @Artcat932 Před 4 lety +343

    Matpat: *makes this theory*
    Pokemon Go: *laughs with Mewtwo and ditto by it’s side*

    • @mr.h1262
      @mr.h1262 Před 3 lety +7

      I think sometimes creators watch CZcams videos about their products just to invalidate their theories in future installments. How else do you explain the new star wars movies?

    • @madkirk7431
      @madkirk7431 Před 3 lety +3

      @@mr.h1262 "invidate" oh yeah, that's totally a word.

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 Před 3 lety +1

      The Video-Start is nonsense and the rest of the video is also not better at all.
      Sounds nonsense to me. That aint a Theory. It's a fever dream.

    • @KrisCross00X
      @KrisCross00X Před 3 lety

      laughs in mewtwo

    • @luisdiegomesenr4553
      @luisdiegomesenr4553 Před 3 lety

      Well obviously with the game being updated destroyed the theory

  • @seaweed_eater_o0349
    @seaweed_eater_o0349 Před 3 lety +2

    When he said there was no dittos in the game I actually have one seriously no joke

  • @evelynbossov143
    @evelynbossov143 Před 2 lety +1

    I love how in the middle of this video CZcams decides to give me a ad for none other than POKEMON GO for legendary raids being back 😮

  • @donutninja1073
    @donutninja1073 Před 6 lety +236

    I know this is old but, how can fossil pokemon be extinct for the last 40 years when clearly they've been living for millions of years....

    • @cozycarry
      @cozycarry Před 6 lety +5

      look at us now, then you know how LOL

    • @donutninja1073
      @donutninja1073 Před 6 lety

      ZorcerStorm LOL

    • @brandonmartin1958
      @brandonmartin1958 Před 6 lety +1

      Donut Ninja Chernobyl

    • @kidusyohannes9650
      @kidusyohannes9650 Před 6 lety +2

      Donut Ninja maybe because of the war mat was talking about😮😮

    • @donutninja1073
      @donutninja1073 Před 6 lety +1

      Kidus Yohannes I don't see how a war would make the fossil pokemon extinct, gen 1 fossils are mostly found burrowed on oceans since they're part water type and they're fossils so yknow, they have to be burrowed underground if they are extinct (which they are)

  • @TheMinecraftHype
    @TheMinecraftHype Před 7 lety +331

    Professor Oak created the Pokedex at the beginning of Red and Blue and you (as the player) are the first one to receive it. In GO the Pokedex wouldnt exist if this theory was true. #TheoryDebunked

    • @xxAznToxin13xx
      @xxAznToxin13xx Před 7 lety +52

      TheMinecraftHype Then why isn't it filled in? :P Oh wait, I'm receiving it from a man that forgets his grandson's name...

    • @SaturnSkyez
      @SaturnSkyez Před 7 lety +44

      He created a machine for pokemon. You could easily just be recording the pokemon as you go in a journal and sketching out a picture.

    • @TheMinecraftHype
      @TheMinecraftHype Před 7 lety +21

      Kaytheanimator This is exactly the case. In Pokemon 4 Ever we see young Prof Oak. He is travelling Kanto and sketching pokemon.

    • @BO2ZombieX
      @BO2ZombieX Před 7 lety +6

      TheMinecraftHype Or maybe you help Prof. Oak to make the pokedex with the same name YOU gave to your journal in pokemon go the reason is that you "sketch" the shape of the pokemon with no idea of the name or what it specializes before catching it

    • @kkeng6555
      @kkeng6555 Před 7 lety +1

      Brandon Sanchez thats why we dont know more specific thing by ourselves instead by asking the team leader

  • @TheYareb
    @TheYareb Před 3 lety +1

    Hey! you should try to make an updated version of this Theory!

  • @AdrianaMartinez-di8iy
    @AdrianaMartinez-di8iy Před 3 lety +3

    Oh my god, the commercial before this video was a commercial for the new update of Pokémon Go of Jessie and James.

  • @Purrfect_Werecat
    @Purrfect_Werecat Před 7 lety +223

    And then, when second gen comes out, or they release a mewtwo event, the theory is dead

    • @dokiyuku7586
      @dokiyuku7586 Před 7 lety +11

      Gen two was supposedly planned and created around the same time as gen 1. Which is why you see Ho Oh in the first episode of the anime.

    • @NEOredXII
      @NEOredXII Před 7 lety +8

      second gen pokemons are there when the war occured, the resurrection of the 3 beast came first before the war,. but you are true when mewtwo will come out, or porygon 2

    • @fargo7295
      @fargo7295 Před 7 lety +3

      Daniel McIntyre as the game updates and pokemon and items are added, it could tell the entire timeline of pokemon

    • @EsiahRodriguez
      @EsiahRodriguez Před 7 lety +6

      DITTO JUST GOT RELEASED ON POKEMON GO IM NOT EVEN SHITTING YOU LOOK:
      www.polygon.com/2016/11/22/13720718/pokemon-go-ditto

    • @nexgenkirabi
      @nexgenkirabi Před 7 lety

      DokiYukuSenSen you just debunked your own defense, if that were true than gen2 Pokemon should be here already, with Mew, Mewtwo, and Ditto included.

  • @henryle9379
    @henryle9379 Před 7 lety +335

    Or better theory:
    The game is still in development

    • @jesusdiazllam.1126
      @jesusdiazllam.1126 Před 7 lety +17

      where's the fun in that?

    • @TheSunreactor
      @TheSunreactor Před 7 lety +9

      TRIGGERED

    • @akg_2693
      @akg_2693 Před 7 lety +5

      +Henry Le Ikr as everyone thinks its about to die or dead already... BOOM! Gen 2 and 3 are released with some new battle and catching system. Many more people boutta walk of cliffs and into lion dens 😂

    • @pikapi2738
      @pikapi2738 Před 7 lety +1

      The weaker theory

    • @pikapi2738
      @pikapi2738 Před 7 lety

      Juay DeRito exactly

  • @MARZ_EDITZ.
    @MARZ_EDITZ. Před 3 lety +2

    I’m sick and you just made my day 🤒🤧

  • @ianbowling6065
    @ianbowling6065 Před 3 lety +1

    When mat pat said consider the following it gave me Bill Nye flash backs

  • @cvanims
    @cvanims Před 7 lety +170

    *Nintendo:* "Hmm.. interesting theory. It'd be a shame, if.. someone.. took.. it."
    *Future CZcams Ad:* "Coming 2017 - 'Pokemon Hystoria: The Official Pokemon Timeline' by Nintendo!"

    • @wilfredsun4056
      @wilfredsun4056 Před 7 lety +3

      There is one. Well, two. I'm not kidding.

    • @thearrow4203
      @thearrow4203 Před 7 lety +4

      I would want that.

    • @mrtannzr
      @mrtannzr Před 7 lety +1

      Oh, and a free DMCA

    • @ahmadarefin
      @ahmadarefin Před 7 lety +2

      +CV Anims Dude, I love your animations!

    • @cvanims
      @cvanims Před 7 lety +1

      Ahmad Arefin Aw, thanks! ^_^

  • @shajiim
    @shajiim Před 7 lety +590

    ITS SO FUNNY HOW A DAY AFTER THIS IS UPLOADED DITTO IS ADDED TO THE GAME LOL

    • @penguinlad19
      @penguinlad19 Před 7 lety +13

      \\-Sajim-// Illuminati confirmed.

    • @mynewollabilyne4004
      @mynewollabilyne4004 Před 7 lety

      \\-Sajim-// ikr

    • @TheGamingRuby
      @TheGamingRuby Před 7 lety +1

      \\-Sajim-// DITTO IS ADDED?!?!

    • @fxnska
      @fxnska Před 7 lety +36

      Thats proving the theory.
      It fits in the timeline.
      And in the future they're gonna add mew and mewtwo.

    • @shajiim
      @shajiim Před 7 lety +2

      yh it is ditto is added u get it by chance of catching a pigdy, rattata, zubat or magikarp

  • @auragameryt
    @auragameryt Před rokem +1

    in this video, Matpat suggests that this takes place in the past and mentions the fossil pokemon, however it could be the opposite, it is the future, after all the fossil pokemon are revived, safari zones have taken over, gyms are simplized, and more, this is the only option I can come up with noting that mewtwo and ditto were added to the game later on.

  • @ezukiel
    @ezukiel Před 2 lety +1

    I still love this theory where it's probably from a different timeline

  • @CatMuto
    @CatMuto Před 4 lety +124

    "Your EGO is gigantic -- the largest I've ever seen!"
    If you think *this* is big, you should see my Ego. - Abridged Kaiba

  • @dhallbreakfast6396
    @dhallbreakfast6396 Před 7 lety +189

    Guys chill. Ditto being released before mewto still fits the theory

    • @libertyprime7448
      @libertyprime7448 Před 7 lety +2

      Ditto being released before Mew doesn't tho.

    • @Dlo2018
      @Dlo2018 Před 7 lety +3

      i would imagine there would be a lot of dittos before finally being able to clone a mew.

    • @racquel4109
      @racquel4109 Před 7 lety

      Owen Marcovitz z mewtwo

    • @baneblade994
      @baneblade994 Před 7 lety +1

      but mew is never caught by a regular trainer bar when the scientists managed to get hold of it to clone mew 2?

    • @itsanna0735
      @itsanna0735 Před 7 lety

      hey you spell mewto the same way i do i spelled it wrong again didnt i

  • @wwerules000
    @wwerules000 Před 3 lety +2

    Can definitely tell this was four years ago lol, with go's updates they added the newer pokemon, I'm not sure what roll go has on the main games, maybe it's a safari zone kind of thing

  • @bluefeatherjay84
    @bluefeatherjay84 Před 3 lety +2

    Watching this theory four years after this came out, and I just...I feel very guilty about giving all those eevees to the professor just so I could evolve my eevee now. Because they should not have been made into candy.

  • @TravisPlushProductions
    @TravisPlushProductions Před 7 lety +2217

    What if
    Lt. Surge
    Is the Instinct Leader? Think about it, they both have yellow hair, love electric Pokémon and the instinct leader seems to be in his teens 20-30
    And Lt. Surge seems to be in his 50's seeing he had been in the great Pokémon war you have to think that since instinct was in that war (as matpat said) and if instinct was in that war and Lt. Surge was in that war doesn't that seem a little obvious.
    But hey!
    That's just a theory
    A Comment theory!
    Thanks for reading!

    • @marcgargante9776
      @marcgargante9776 Před 7 lety +61

      There has never been a pokemon type associated with the teams, only the teams' symbols. Also, if you think that Lt.Surge looks like he's 50 you have very wrong standards of aging xD

    • @heyitsevie
      @heyitsevie Před 7 lety +34

      I don't know if he's fifty.. but I think you're on the right track!

    • @balfanghellfire
      @balfanghellfire Před 7 lety +42

      You clearly haven't seen Arnold Schwarzenegger.

    • @elijahpadilla5083
      @elijahpadilla5083 Před 6 lety +49

      Super late comment, but that would mean this man's name is Spark Surge. Just thought you might find that funny.

    • @tomminator6014
      @tomminator6014 Před 6 lety +7

      Travis Plush Productions MatPat should see this

  • @hannahkellaway
    @hannahkellaway Před 4 lety +377

    I genuinely adore this theory. It may have been wrong, but the researching was fantastic and it was such a fun theory!

  • @naturalcauses6193
    @naturalcauses6193 Před 3 lety +2

    I know I’m three years late to this theory, but how would you explain rare candy being sold for points at the pokeathelon dome in hgss?

  • @I_am_everywhere300
    @I_am_everywhere300 Před měsícem +1

    8:17 : The starting middle of game theory matpat.

  • @AceFaz
    @AceFaz Před 4 lety +703

    Rewatching in 2020: hehe... We Have all the leg's and ditto now, xD

    • @rose1388
      @rose1388 Před 4 lety +23

      Yes and we're now on Gen. 5😎

    • @AceFaz
      @AceFaz Před 4 lety +6

      @@rose1388 and still no Mega evo's
      😑

    • @cookienation624
      @cookienation624 Před 3 lety +13

      Fazbear Gaming Well now megas have been announced so...

    • @AceFaz
      @AceFaz Před 3 lety +3

      @@cookienation624 really?? (I don't play as much anymore, but do they have any release date yet?)

    • @shutcorn1388
      @shutcorn1388 Před 3 lety +1

      @@AceFaz around the end of next month, its gonna be a big event

  • @feathertailfanspoofs
    @feathertailfanspoofs Před 4 lety +674

    Me: *watches video*
    Also me: *laughs in updates*

    • @user-ni7ui1nk8p
      @user-ni7ui1nk8p Před 3 lety +10

      @PRINCE SAPKOTA chronologically that makes no sense because for example Galatian weezing was released before any other galar Pokémon.

    • @Qoobon_
      @Qoobon_ Před 3 lety

      @@user-ni7ui1nk8p Galarian weezing can Fly... So... XD

    • @user-ni7ui1nk8p
      @user-ni7ui1nk8p Před 3 lety

      @@Qoobon_ ?

    • @Qoobon_
      @Qoobon_ Před 3 lety

      @@user-ni7ui1nk8p Galarian Weezing *FOR SURE* Fly into pokemon go world

    • @user-ni7ui1nk8p
      @user-ni7ui1nk8p Před 3 lety

      @@Qoobon_ ok, fine. But the. How come Galatian farfetched and obstagoon exist too?

  • @hysterifax
    @hysterifax Před 2 lety

    Of course, it could be that the Pokémon universe timeline is being reflected in Pokémon go with each update, as they add new Pokémon to be discovered in the main series, and even rare candy

  • @Thundenix780
    @Thundenix780 Před 3 lety

    Love your intro, bro🤣

  • @Gomank
    @Gomank Před 7 lety +149

    Can we just take a minute to acknowledge that Team Valor could be the origins of Team Rocket? They got defeated by Mystic and Instinct and fled to the shadows and started over again...

    • @Alice-mo4vs
      @Alice-mo4vs Před 7 lety +2

      And to prevent trainers from joining they allow controlled battling.

    • @DatGuyUKn0
      @DatGuyUKn0 Před 7 lety

      Gomank Mind Blown

    • @juliawells53
      @juliawells53 Před 7 lety

      Gomank No Valor is life.

    • @scatological2538
      @scatological2538 Před 7 lety

      Gomank but I thought instinct got destroyed by mystic and valor

    • @juliawells53
      @juliawells53 Před 7 lety

      Joseph Lieber Exactly!

  • @MrJ-rw2hb
    @MrJ-rw2hb Před 7 lety +389

    Who else forgot about Pokemon go

  • @theawesomeali8834
    @theawesomeali8834 Před 9 dny +1

    awesome theory, I would love to see a remaster of it though for 2024. Pokemon go has so much new content, and obviously, a lot of new pokemon to catch, along with special research tasks with some more lore related to rare or legendary pokemon. I’ve played a lot of pokemon go from 2017-2020, then kinda got bored, then came back to it around 2022 or 2023, being on and off instead of every week.

  • @firefishyyt538
    @firefishyyt538 Před 2 lety

    MatPat: i need to take my names seriously...
    Me: names my trevanant tree