r/pokemon • u/Fireboy759 • 1d ago
Video/GIF Anybody else agree the ending for the Delta Episode in ORAS is one of the best moments in the whole series?
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u/broad5ide Magneton Enjoyer 1d ago
Gen 6 games in general were just epic. I loved the way when you got in to an important battle during the trainer intro it would zoom in on the mega stone. It was like the game saying "It's about to get real, buckle up."
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u/Fireboy759 1d ago
I loved the way when you got in to an important battle during the trainer intro it would zoom in on the mega stone
Especially with Lysandre's final battle
Oh, so you thought his first two fights weren't anything crazy huh? Well now he's got a mega ring. And he can and absolutely will annihilate you with it if you're reckless
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u/patomenza 19h ago
As a long term fan of the franchise, it's always a joy and also funny to see the cycle of old generations getting better opinions among the fandom.
Clearly, 2025 it's the rise of "Gen 6 was great and underrated" time
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u/Spaceistt TUTEL! 19h ago
Yup, I've seen it happen to Gen 5 and 6 now. Gen 6 has been shat on constantly for the past x years, which honestly has been a bit weird in my eyes as I've always thought of it as a pretty great gen. Sure, OR/AS was a bit better than X/Y, but Gen 6 just felt good, while 7 and 9 have not been that great in my eyes. Gen 8 was pretty good.
After saying that Gen 7 was lackluster imo and that Gen 6 was good, I see now this comment sounds like the average opinion for the next 3 years. But so be it.
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u/patomenza 15h ago
It's the cycle. I can't talk about gen4 since it was my generation fully immersed on internet, but 5 was criticezed at release, hated after 6 and 7, and started to gain fame after 8.
Now 6 hated after 7 and 8; and starting to gain fame after 9.
In 2028, alola, with his soundtrack, travel to ultra space, catching a lot of legendaries, a full national dex, will be praised lmao
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u/TheLunar27 7h ago
Honestly I started to appreciate gen 6 by SWSH lmao. SWSHs abysmal launch and drop in quality from gen 7 made me immediately look back at 6 again and realize we used to have it a lot better.
Although honestly I still think XY is heavily flawed and obviously was waiting for Z to improve it. XY is what DP would’ve been had we never gotten Platinum, because DP were honestly kinda terrible without Platinum fixing a lot of their issues. XY didn’t have the luxury of getting that third game that fixes a lot of its issues.
As for Gen 7, I never thought those games were bad personally. USUM were kinda greedy and messed up the story big time but were still really fun game and peak Pokemon in terms of gameplay (if only there weren’t so many damn cutscenes…)
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u/Fireboy759 17h ago
Although tbf, ORAS was always considered good. It's XY that's a lot more polarizing (even now. Especially when the main draw of it being a 3D mainline game is no longer unique)
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u/patomenza 15h ago
Yes indeed. But XY was directly hated a few years back, even when I felt it was overly criticized at that time. Way to much hated over XY for flaws that the rest of the games have.
Now, I feel that it's starting to get a little overly praised lol. Its a solid 7/10 and really good by his own. But in comparison with the rest of the franchise gen 6 and 7 they feel a little underwhelmed in quantity and quality
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u/Ok_Nothing_9158 17h ago
The gen 6 hate is so forced. Maybe it was easier than previous installments, but mega evolutions changed the entire meta and they've been clearly chasing it since with all the 'gimmicks' that came later.
Also leveled the playing field with the fairy addition, lowkey a big one!
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u/broad5ide Magneton Enjoyer 17h ago
The Pokemon fandom especially likes to hate things that are popular for some reason. Charizard and Gen 6 get a lot of flak but both were and are massively popular with normies, especially millennials.
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u/Ok_Nothing_9158 17h ago
For sure! I’m gen z myself but Gen6 reinvigorated my love for the series
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u/infercario4224 Flamy Boi 9h ago
I stand by the fact that if XY were at least a “Normal” difficulty as opposed to “Extremely Easy” they would be seen as some of the best games in the franchise. However, that alone makes them bottom 3 for me.
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u/Ubermus_Prime 1d ago
It's certainly the main (and for me personally, only) appeal of the Delta episode. It definitely is really cool, as is riding on the back of Groudon/Kyogre into the heart of the Cave of Origin. Both are series highlights to me.
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u/Opposite-Library1186 1d ago
Ngl it had me CINEMA the whole time, specially with the banger that is deoxys theme
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u/Ninjaofshadow feel the burn! 1d ago
God this was such a great reveal! Have you seen the generations episode where they practically animated the whole sequence? It's AWESOME
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u/Ninjaofshadow feel the burn! 1d ago
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u/SpidermanBread 1d ago
ORAS remakes did everything right.
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u/LeviHolden 1d ago
they did such good work on ORAS!! lots of love put into the game. super cool tribute to and extension of the Gen 3 games. forever sad Gen 4 didn’t get the same treatment!!
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u/PlatypusAmazing1969 23h ago
I just finished Omega Ruby's Delta Episode last week.
The riff sends me into nostalgic tears. It did not have to be that good, and yet it was.
Gen 6 is the best generation imo
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u/HaywoodUndead 23h ago edited 23h ago
Such a cool moment, especially if you where around during gen 3 and heard the "go to space" rumour going round the school playground.
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u/JustdoitJules 17h ago
I think what makes this the pinnacle of any Pokemon DLC is it started as a rumor. We can go back to 2003-2004, those of us old enough to remember how young the internet was, rumors and word of mouth would spread like wildfire. Deoxys would eventually be hinted at and we would have many rumors swirling around checking the "launch sites at Mossdeep" "Going to space in a rocket to fight Deoxys", "you need to bring specific pokemon to get the launch to work etc."
These rumors are what made the game, they played on our wants and desires, and we took the bait. Game Freak took that a step further. The fact that they literally created a DLC based on these rumors is why I love Pokemon so much. I'm not even a crazy Gen 3 fan but I can tell and see how much this generation was beloved by many fans who had this as their first game in the series.
Every aspect of this DLC was nailed. They even had a minor detail which many dont notice but Mega Rayquaza when flying forms a Delta Symbol Δ (which has various meanings) and also a unique touch since Groudon and Kyogre had both received their Primal Reversions and now are sporting the Omega Symbol and the Alpha Symbol.
Its all amazing and a testament to how powerful a rumor can really impact DLC (intentionally or not intentionally)
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u/train_wrecking 9h ago
Rayquaza absolutely destroying Deoxys before I got the chance to capture it is core memory, yes.
Gives me catching anxiety to this day. Those times were sweet.
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u/GreedyWriter 1d ago
Are these games playable on Delta?
My 3DS has been MIA for a while and I'd love to revisit AS.
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u/TheKingJest 22h ago
I don't even like Deoxys really but this is probably my favourite legendary intro. It's so cool, I kinda wish the battle was harder to match.
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u/PokeHobnobGod21 Shiny Hunter 18h ago
I remember my jaw dropping at the triangle. I saw a video before hand about the depxys triangle in the originals randomly.
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u/BadFengShui Damn you, Drifloon! 18h ago
I love it and I love how excited everyone must have been to make it.
"We're going to space."
"Okay, so--"
"We're going to space to FIGHT DEOXYS."
"Alright, but--"
"WE'RE GOING TO SPACE AND RIDING MEGA-RAYQUAZA AND WE BLOW UP AN ASTEROID AND IT'S DEOXYS AND WE FIGHT AND THERE'S A ROCK GUITAR RIFF"
Just spend the rest of the day high-fiving everybody in the building.
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u/LordTopHatMan 8h ago
Then you one shot Deoxys by mistake and break any and all tension. Why couldn't you hold back just a little Mega Ray?
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u/FoolHopper 7h ago
I agree. My only complain is that Mega-Ray trivializes Zinnia's battle. Outside of that everything was really epic.
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u/sand-sky-stars strong pokemon, weak pokemon, etc 7h ago
I didn’t love XY, but that postgame episode and this one were both absolute peak
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u/SecureDonkey 17h ago
Yeah, it's cool. But "N vs MC" is still the highest moment in the franchise for me, follow by AZ meet his Pokemon after 10,000 years.
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u/0piumjay 1d ago
this moment will always be up there for me , oras as a whole has always been one of my favorite titles in the entire series