Pokemon: Origins Premiere!

As revealed last night in a press release, tonight’s premiere of Pokemon: Origins will feature brand new Pokemon X & Pokemon Y information! Follow along with us as we provide updates below, newest updates at the bottom. A second post will go up with the new information following it’s announcement.

Anime Summary

The episode starts with a timeline of the main Pokemon games going backwards from BW2 untul RBY. The anime follows the video games almost precisely – it starts with Professor Oak giving his speech about humans and the Pokemon world on a stage of sorts which then transitions to a battle between a Gengar and a Nidorino – which we find that Red is watching in his room on the computer. His mom is downstairs and calls Red saying that he’ll be late to Professor Oak’s place. Red runs downstairs and out the door to Professor Oak’s place only to into Green on the way. Once in Professor Oak’s lab they have quick whips at each other, receive the Pokedex and choose their starters. Red picks Charmander and Green picks Squirtle – Professor Oak asks if they wants to nickname their new Pokemon but they both say no. Red leaves town and a montage of him trying to capture and battle wild Pokemon and a Youngster follows. He captures Pokemon Spearow, Ratattat and Caterpie. Red then battles Green – his Charmander against Green’s Squirtle – and ultimately loses (you don’t ever see Pokemon faint, the trainer returns them to their ball right before they faint). Brock is shown watching the entire time. Commercial Break!

Brock approaches Red as he sits on a cliff and reflects on the battle. Brock gives Red a talk about the Pokemon League, Pokemon Gyms, and Pokemon Centers. Following Brock’s advice Red goes to the Pokemon Center to heal his Pokemon, talks to Professor Oak using the PC and decides to challenge the Gym Leader in the town. Having trouble getting in at first he is eventually let in and is surprised to find that Brock is the Gym Leader. Red then battles Brock (while battling the Pokemon’s HP bar is shown on a big screen in the gym as well as next to the Pokemon as they take damage) having serious trouble. Red first sends out his Charmander against Brock’s Geodude and defeats it, but once Brock sends out his Onix Red is forced to go through all of his Pokemon (Metapod, Nidoran, etc.). Brock’s Onix easily defeats all of Red’s Pokemon, taking a little bit of damage as each Pokemon is switched out, and Red is left with just his Charmander. Red wins the battle because Metapod was able to slow down Onix using String Shot letting Charmander strike first and take out the last of Onix’s HP. Onix is struck back and about to crush a girl observer, but Brock returns Onix to it’s ball before it happens. Red receives the Boulder Badge and saves his game at one hour and 24 minutes. Comercial Break!

Red loads up his game at 8 hours. A montage of Red going through several key in-game moments ensues – Him defeating Misty and Lt. Surge, him getting his bike, his Charmander evolving, and defeating Team Rocket for the first time. With three badges under his belt he enters Lavender Town. The plot of the anime follows the plot of the game very closely. Red meets the townsfolk as well as a Cubone, among other Pokemon, who tell them Team Rocket is preventing people from visiting the tower where Pokemon’s graves are and kidnapped a man. Red agrees to go in and stop Team Rocket. Green follows Red into the tower. Commerical Break! 

Red and Green enter the tower separately. Green encounters a ghost with a female voice, freak out and runs down the stairs only to run into Red. Red, bewildered, asks what Green is doing here and then sees the ghost. Red tries to battle the ghost while Green runs back up the stairs and battles a Team Rocket grunt. Meanwhile Red tries to battle the ghost but all of his Pokemon’s attack don’t do any effect. Green returns from his fight with the Team Rocket grunt and throws the Silph Scope to Red saying to use it. Red uses it just as the Cubone we saw earlier is trying to get out of it’s play pen. The Cubone breaks out and runs up the tower with its owner. Once the Cubone reachs the floor that Red is on it is revealed that the ghost was a Marowak – Cubone’s mother. The Cubone and Marowak embrace, and as this happens the ghost of Marowak disappears. Red, Green and the girl. Continue up the tower only to be attacked by more Team Rocker grunts. Red quickly defeats their Pokemon with his Jolteon and then continues on to find the girl’s grandfather. The man thanks Red and Green and give Red the PokeFlute. Red saves his game at 11 hours and 22 minutes. Comercail Break!

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449 thoughts on “Pokemon: Origins Premiere!”

  1. There is a Yaoi fangirl locked inside of me yelling “kiss, kiss!” when I see that image of Red and Green locking their hands together wrestling. I’m not sure which to be more concerned by, the fact I have a yaoi fan girl locked inside of me yelling, or the attention a straight white guy will arouse with a yaoi fan girl locked inside him screaming for help

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    • Grrrrl!!! Yasssss!!!!! I couldn’t care less if it’s gen 1 Red deserves this I wonder if Blue the girl is gonna be involved?

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      • Probably not. It’d be interesting if they did throw her in, though, especially since there was /going/ to be that feature before it was too late to implement.

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  2. I wish I could stay for the whole stream, although its ironic because this was meant only to air in Japan and it’s the first time I’ve even come close to being able to watch something like this since Pokemon Directs are alway in the middle of the day where I live. :I

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  3. It has been stated that in the new games there is Charizardite X so maybe this is what the XY news is about. Maybe the starters have two Mega Evolutions for each version!

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  4. Won’t worry guys as just like Pokemon Smash I’ll be recording this and providing the new Pokemon X and Y information as soon as it happens during the special 🙂

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  5. Don’t worry guys as just like Pokemon Smash I’ll be recording this and
    providing the new Pokemon X and Y information as soon as it happens
    during the special 🙂

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  6. Don’t worry guys as just like Pokemon Smash I’ll be recording this and providing the new Pokemon X and Y information as soon as it happens during the special! 🙂

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  7. The leaks suggest X and Y Mega’s for at least Charizard so i think ether is a chance we may be seeing the 2nd mega versions during this…it would make sense to tie it in.

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    • What leaks suggest this?! We knew Mewtwo had another form due to his pic labeling on the Pokemon site and a crapload of rumors surrounding the thing.

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  8. Im really sad right now as I feel this is how the anime should have been all along… however DAT HD QUALITY! So sometimes waiting can be a good thing since their is advancement in technology and HD ;P

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  9. Anyone like the sounds that they made when the Pokemon got called back inside there Pokeball?
    I really liked the sound effect.

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  10. Is anyone else really glad the pokemon are making noises rather than saying their names? It makes the whole thing feel more mature.

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  11. Green’s Squirtle used Bite(?) on Red’s Charmander, and Chamander is screaming as hell and I feel bad hearing him scream. The pokemon battles are uber extremely realistic. The battles here are very different. It’s incredibly good. 🙂

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  12. Just like in the games they actually put in HP bars for the Pokemon in the anime and that’s awesome! No more defying Anime logic XD

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    • I’ll be a little disappointed if Pikachu doesn’t at least make a cameo. And hmm, they had TMs as floppy discs instead of CDs, interesting.

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  13. Why can’t the current anime be more like this? It seems like this anime would be perfect even for kids and adults alike! The current one is alright but it’s too much on friendship and less on the battles and actually catching new Pokemon.

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  14. If this is only an hour and a half to a 2 hour special they’d better hurry and get down to more of the gym leader battles or else I’ll feel that they’ll end up leaving some things out.

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  15. I still don’t like how they fast forwarded/cut out the next 3 gym leader battles after Brock… they should have made this a longer special or something.

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  16. When they get to the Elite 4/Champion part they better not skim those battles… already the only real battle he has had so far is Gym Leader Brock and of course battling Green. The rest has just been lots of talking so far.

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    • Summary:

      Cubone’s mom died protecting it.
      Team Rocker invades Lavendar Tower because they’re dicks.
      The Ghost of Cubone’s mom beats the crap out of them,
      You have to calm down the ghost and it goes to the afterlife peacefully.

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  17. I will admit that this has been epic so far but at the moment the lack of battles has been pretty disappointing but other then that im really enjoying this! 😀

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  18. That’s the problem with the latest Pokemon movies these days as all it’s been has been so much talk and very little battling. Which going back to the days of Pokemon the First movie their was so much more battling.

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    • I am tearing up a little. I still can’t believe they went there. It was an important plot point, but still, it was the most morbid Pokemon has ever been.

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  19. It’s is what the anime should have been. It kind of sucks that it montages through the plot. I would have liked to see RED battle misty and Lt. SURGE. NUGGET BRIDGE challenge, meeting Bill, S.S. Anne. Diglett tunnel. Only so much you can so in 2 hours though. Still for what it is, pure awesomeness

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  20. Guys im just gonna go ahead and say that even though they have shown slightly new X and Y commercials during Pokemon The Origins but I feel the info Masuda said to watch for the new X and Y info is going to be at the end of this! 😀

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  21. Ok, I understood their intentions. They’re making a new series based on Generation 1 games, containing nostalgic elements while connecting it with original game style and they are at the same time implementing mega evolutions in it to make people accustom the idea, don’t feel out of it, some kind of mind game.

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    • One of the changes I like is how Red and Blue/Green seem to work together at several points instead of battling in the middle of Pokemon Tower. It’s an appropriate change.

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    • I love how they included that, especially since Lapras is on his HG/SS team. Too bad he didn’t get an Espeon instead of a Jolteon.

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  22. Sorry I have to say this but DAAAMNNN Giovanni looks so bad in this and Giovanni is 1 of the only few things that makes Team Rocket such a bad a team to begin with!

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  23. So 30 minutes to go in the special and as of current he only has 5 badges? They better hurry up and get to the Elite 4/Champion or else those battles will get skimmed.

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  24. I wish they’d done this as a 5 part special or something. We’re missing crucial bits and it’s making me lose interest 🙁

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  25. My analysis of Pokemon The Origins so far: Epic and awesome, Epic 1st Rival Battle and Gym Leader Brock Battle including music, Learning sad bits in this special like in the games some of which we never fully understood till now. Lots of talking though however and skimming important gym leader battles. Let’s hope they don’t skim the Elite 4/Champion Battles!

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  26. Im wondering if so many people are trying to watch the stream all it once that it’s starting to freeze every now and then and im having to refresh.. please don’t do this to me for the new X and Y info and I should know cause I have 100 Mbps Download D:

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  27. Most disappointing part of the special to me is now the fact that they skipped the Elite 4 fights and just showed him beating Lance! All epic though but necessary to them to save the rest for the champion Green… D:

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  28. You know those anime movies you watch were they’ve tried to cram the entire plot of the series into a 2 hours space and effectively spoiled what was awesome? Yeah.

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  29. It’s a good thing I have an active imagination, can’t watch it cause in sixth form but can definitely read it and imagine, sounds amazing so far

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  30. I’m figuring the Mewtwo encounter will show off the mega evolutions. And then, after it’s finished, we’ll get the XY news.

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  31. It’s more then 12 hours that both have the games and they are not yet at second gym. The instagram one slept 8 hours and his life is all cygarettes and bathroom. Now he said he has to study so nothing for some hours.. We’ve found the slowest leakers ever. But better then nothing of course..

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  32. Wait. I saw the Mega Stone things earlier, but are THEY what was in Oak’s Parcel? That’s kind of a fun way to work them in.

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    • Finally, it all makes sense now XD I love how they’re paying homage to the old series and linking it to the new features.

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    • Though, poor Articuno is seemingly ONESHOT. Such is the power of Mewtwo. Kind of unnerving to see them finally just have it ROAR at us.

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  33. Is anyone else’s stream freezing alot more as of the last couple minutes because that’s what’s happening to me. Ive had to refresh like 6-7 times in the last couple minutes.

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  34. Mega Charizard X… I’m so glad I’m choosing Pokemon X and Charmander! I wonder what its ability will be- I liked Y’s Drought, but what could this be?

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      • Maybe Mold Breaker/Reshriam’s version of the ability, considering how on fire he was, and his flames being blue now. Maybe even keeping Solar Power from hidden ability.

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  35. Does anyone have a pic of the Mega Charizard (the Fire/Dragon) everyone’s talking about? I can’t watch the show, so I’m missing out on a lot

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  36. LOL and now the it’s over the stream is now lag free again… something tells me about 15 minutes ago they got alot more viewers and that lagged the stream up more then it could handle.

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  37. Red’s team (as far as I can remember)-

    Charizard, Dodrio, Lapras, Jolteon, Scyther, Victreebel, Hitmonlee, Snorlax, Persian, Gengar, Spearow, Rattata, Nidoran, Metapod, Tentacool, Fearow, Pikachu, Chansey, Tauros, Rapidash, Legendary Bird Trio, and MEWTWO.

    That’s not too shabby a team.

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      • To answer your question, he uses Dodrio, Charizard, Jolteon, Labras, Scyther, and Persian to beat the E4.

        He uses Persian and Jolteon in other battle scenes. He uses Lapras for surfing and Charizard is gets almost as much screen time as Blue.

        A Haunter and Gengar were both used once each (Haunter vs Sabrina and Gengar vs Mewtwo), and presumably they’re the same Pokemon.

        VIctreebel, Hitmonlee, Snorlax, and Kabutops (along with Charizard and Jolteon) were used against Giovanni.

        In a sequence after the E4, he uses Persian, Rapidash, Articuno, and Tauros to catch other Pokemon.

        My favorite thing about this Red is that he has a lot of random Pokemon and they’re all good at battling. They could have copped out and given him Charizard, Pikachu, Pidgeot, Lapras, Snorlax, and something else and left him cliche. Instead, he seems to rotate several good Pokemon (Jolteon, Charizard, and Lapras are his main 3 it seems though).

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  38. Mega Charizard X looks amazing. Like really amazing. Is every Pokemon going to have two forms? This is weird. But cool to have extra forms. This also means that they could add/remove as many mega forms as they want in the future.

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  39. Well, that’s unfair to those who’s going to get Y. That Charizard is more bad ass than the Y form. I already looking forward to Y not until this one. Urghhhh. Makes me sad :'(

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    • Well, gives more reason to buy both games. So far, X got the better exclusives. Swirlix, Clauncher, Mega Mewtwo X and now Charizard X. I might just fire monotype the whole game lol

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      • I’d definitely consider that, but I already did one in B2 :(. Water Monotyping might be good though, since I hope Blastoise gets a different X or Y form.

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  40. So whos getting Y? Nah im sure Y will have some cool Mega’s if they are all exclusive but so far X is looking pretty amazing! Glad im getting it 😀

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  41. Mega Charizard X made me almost fall off my couch.

    OMG THAT THING LOOKS AMAZING I AM SO DAMN HAPPY I AM GETTING X AND LOVE LIFE RIGHT NOW AND PLEASE GIVE ME ONE ASAP COS I AM IN A CRAZY STATE OF MIND AS WE SPEAK.

    Yeah, I’m done.

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  42. So i wonder if Shiny Mega Charizard X will have regular colouring…. Shiny Charizard is all like “b**** stole my look”.

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  43. Um, so is Mega Charizard the news we were promised? Did we guess that from Origins or has it been announced? because my stream has frozen completely.

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  44. They said the kanto starters were added to highlight megaevos. I think theyd have to give each one version exclusive meags then.

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  45. so we can suppose Blastoise gains a secondary type and venusaur changes poison too for x/y? Maybe each episode has a mega evolution revealed.

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  46. Of course Blastoise and Venusaur will get version exclusive Mega’s too! The Kanto starters are actually official second starters in the game and the general rule of starters is that they balance no matter which one you choose. They wouldn’t give 1 something without the other because they are actual starters.

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  47. I don’t think it would be fair if only Charizard got 2 mega evos. All the other starters deserve them too. We need equality!
    Also, I hope that Pokémon Y gets some cool megas too. Pokémon X got MegaMewtwo X and MegaCharizard X, both of which were cooler than MeagMewtwo Y and MegaCharizard Y

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    • Hold up, Mega Charizard Y is not a Flying type and does not have Levitate. I guess he sneaks in as being Charizard though… Sneaky GF. He’ll be very good in a metagame focused around taking out Flying types.

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  48. I want the MegaVenusaur which was already revealed to be X-exclusive (cause I like it) and the MegaBlastoise to be X-exclusive too (Y deserves a cooler Mega Blastoise). Also, the other MegaBlastoise should be Water/Steel

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  49. I’m sorry Y! But, Mega Charizard X is better than Mega Charizard Y! Drought is a great ability, but Touch Claws is better! Loving Mega Charizard X! Also, Fire/Dragon instead of Fire/Flying!

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  50. I wonder if “all” pokemon with levitate can Sky Battle, cuz Eelektross has levitate!
    and i wonder if Golurk and join!
    if not: Gliscor, Flygon and Claydol will be my sky battle team!

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  51. .. I’m getting a bit concerned guys. So far, the 4 exclusive X and Y forms, one is physically oriented, and the other is Special oriented. And, so far the X has gotten a new type combination for the Pokemon, and the Y didn’t… I really hope this isn’t a case of favoring one version over the other. Because I’m concerned if, what if a lot of the megas we have seen, sure they only have the one form, but say Lucario is attack oriented. That might mean it’s unique to Pokemon X. I really hope this isn’t the case, because that has other ramifications on what might be unique to each version.

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  52. we can compare:

    Frogadier stats lv. 19 (from the live stream) (tot 236)

    HP 54

    ATT 35

    DEF 30

    SP ATT 39

    SP DEF 28

    SPEED 48

    Quilladin stats lv. 19 (from the type on instagram) (tot 221)

    HP 53

    ATT 37

    DEF 43

    SP ATT 31

    SP DEF 30

    SPEED 26

    Frogadier has more hp then quilladin?? Lol not expected.. the other are what we thought..

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  53. Just finished watching it and just WOW this has been what i’ve been wanting out of the anime for years! All the action and animated scenes just not stock poses.
    Have to say my favorite part was the beginning battle with Red and Green. When squirtle just sits there using bite, tearing at charmander, it just blew my mind that they actually went that far!

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    • Patience is a virtue. There will probably be a subbed version in about a week or two, but remember, the English version is coming out in a month.

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  54. The lovely people from ShowVideoGames on twitch are gonna be doing a 720 Hour Pokemon Marathon of X and Y on October 12th – November 12th. You’ll be able to battle them during the marathon if you have the game. There will be a lot of fun during the stream and they want to make a big Pokemon community come check them out.

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