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My Ancient Paradox Hydreigon from our r/PKMNLegendsRayquaza fangame is an Electric type, based on different sources. Unovan Hydreigon is itself based on King Ghidorah, a fictional monster (or kaiju) from the Godzilla series. It has been consistently depicted as an armless, bipedal, golden and yellowish-scaled dragon with three heads, two fan-shaped wings and two tails. Director Ishirō Honda described it as a modern take on the dragon Yamata no Orochi, a red-eyed, eight-headed dragon or serpent from Japanese mythology (Hydreigon is also inspired by theHydra from Greek mythology and the Zmei Gorynich dragon from Slavic heroic poetry.

I felt that there was more potential in an Ancient Paradox form, so I conceived an idea for an Electric type Paradox Hydreigon, inspired by the original King Ghidorah, which is known for its lightning related powers. So I thought why not just lean in even more to the source material, and make it an electric type!

Special effects were added as the creature is capable emitting destructive, lightning-like "gravity beams" from its mouths and generating hurricane-force winds from its wings. - It is also portrayed as capable of firing lightning bolts from its wings, hypnotize, spit fireballs and regenerating its entire body from severed body parts. - King Ghidorah is able to unleash chain lightning from the tips of the bones in his wings.

I'm trying to feel out what people think is a more fitting secondary typing. Dragon, or Dark? Hydreigon is of course Dark/Dragon, while Iron Jugulis is Dark/Flying. I have quite a few Dragon types in my region as it is, and that might pose a problem, so I've considered making it Dark/Electric instead of Dragon/Electric. Thoughts?

Pokémon Legends: Rayquaza will be a fangame built with Pokémon Essentials. It is set in the region of Ryuku, which refers to the Hoenn region as it was known during early settlement, in a historical period prior to Ruby, Sapphire, & Emerald etc. It takes place about a century before the modern era, and is inspired by Legends: Arceus in its scope and tone! Development started on April 14th 2022.

r/PKMNLegendsRayquaza is a forum dedicated to the fan-made (not-for-profit) Fakémon fangame! You can also checkout our other social media profiles here!

• Our Discord server
• Our Instagram page
• Our TikTok account

*This post is a work in progress, and will be continually updated.

#####Plot

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#####Blurb

Immerse yourself in a journey to Ryuku, the beautiful region of "dragon power". A place of strange Pokémon from the past, present, and future. Meet the mysterious Ruby & Sapphire clans. Forge friendships through hardship. As the new kid in town, you set off your journey as a Survey Corps member of the Mercury Expedition Team, made up of people from other regions who have come to study Ryuku. Your skills as a Trainer will be challenged like they've never been challenged before. Who knows what wonders and dangers await you? Now it's time to grab your gear and head out on your own...

• Research Pokémon for the Ryuku region's first Pokédex. Up to 300 Pokémon appear with over 50 newly discovered species! Including 25+ brand new regional forms, and 20 Paradox forms, which are displaced, extremely rare, or extinct by the modern era.

• Seek out the mysteries of Rayquaza, the super-ancient Pokémon protector of Ryuku, that inhabits the skies and subsists on nothing but dew and particles for centuries!

• Stunning custom Gen IV graphics and tile sets will display the world of Pokémon with more detail than ever!

#####Features

#New Pokémon and forms

2 new Pokémon (Thundeer, Dragonymph) have been introduced so far. Thundeer and Dragonymph evolve from Stantler, and Dragonair respectively, while Ekanstaerg evolves from the newly-added Ryukuian Forms of Ekans, respectively.

5 new Ryukuian Forms (for Meganium, Incineroar, Blastoise, Mandibuzz, Braviary) have been added so far.

2 new Paradox Pokémon have appeared so far (Gnashing Maw, and Sizzle Hydra) as "unidentified creatures". They are a group of unique Pokémon that came from the ancient past and the distant future through mysterious means.

#Characters

• Professor Yew is a travelling Pokémon Professor who studies in the Ryuku region. He is a member of the Mercury Team's Survey Corps and specializes in Pokémon conservation. He bears a striking resemblance to Erika, the Kantonian Gym Leader of the modern day, but the relationship between the two, if any, is unknown.

#Gameplay

• All 300 Pokémon (including our Fakémon) will be capable of following players in the overworld, just like in HGSS. Shininess and form differences are retained when a Pokémon is following the player. The player can interact with their Pokémon by pressing "A" while facing it, so they can see how their Pokémon is feeling at the moment. In battle they are sent out from the side of the screen, rather than from a Poké Ball. The player's lead Pokémon will always follow them except in certain situations, such as while riding the bicycle, surfing, or going indoors with a large Pokémon.

• The data of a lot of Pokémon will be changed; this includes changes to movesets, and changes (buffs/nerfs) to features such as base stats, abilities, experience rates, and TM compatibility.

• Updated type chart (Fairy type).

• All trade evolutions will be item/level evolutions. Edits to evolutions mean the game will be self-contained (i.e. you do not need to trade to obtain all the Pokémon in the Ryukuian PokéDex).

#Mercury Team

Ryuku is currently organized, defended, and studied by the Mercury Exploration Team, or the Mercury Team for short. An organization based in the Ryuku region, comprised of people from other regions who have come to study Ryuku. It consists of several corps that are all lead by Captains, all of which are led by Commander Mikado.

Corps members venturing into the wilderness of Ryuku wear the Courage Sash; (based on the Senninbari A sash/scarf belt or strip of cloth stitched 1000 times and given as an amulet of luck and protection by Ryukuian loved ones to those adventuring and working in the wilds. Each sash bears the imagery of the patron Guardian Pokémon of the wearer's village or town, sewn or painted onto the belt. They are said to bestow good luck, courage, and immunity on the wearer.

The name for the Mercury Exploration Team came from a line of dialogue in Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, discussing how Leaders Maxie and Archie were once on the same team. We wanted to create a team that Magma and Aqua descended from. Something that would have still been around during Maxie and Archie's lifetimes, but had disbanded by the events of Ruby and Sapphire/Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire.

The codename for the mission to resurrect Kyogre/Groudon was called "Project Azoth." This is specifically where the inspiration for Team Mercury came from. Azoth is the alchemical name for Mercury. Which was thought to exist as the base of all other metals. According to a Grunt in the games, the A and Z in the project's name “Azoth” represent "beginning" and "end", respectively.

#####Legends: Rayquaza is recruiting!

Games take a long time to create, Game Freak has an office of hundreds of workers: developers, programmers, artists, translators, analysts, writers etc. And it can take years for a full team to create and release a solid product. I started as one guy, and now our team has grown to about half a dozen. But we still need a lot more. Here are some areas in which we're still missing skilled team members.

• Programmers familiar with Pokémon Essentials.

• Fluent Japanese speakers, interested in consulting in a creative context. Hoenn is based on the real-world Japanese main island of Kyushu. And we want the game to have plenty of respectful and rich Japanese inspired worldbuilding. We're therefore seeking people who can help us consult on the Japanese language/culture. This might include names of characters, locations, cultural consulting, knowledge of Japanese history, etc.

• Artists familiar with the Pokémon map art style.

• Assistants/Moderators (Reddit & Discord).

• CSS builders (For our subreddit).

• Competitive Consultants (People familiar and experienced with competitive battling).

• Playtesters.

We have made a lot of progress with our game. The story is constantly being worked on, we have amazing artists, and several dedicated assistants. But we're still missing people who can begin to build the game itself. That's our biggest need at the moment. But if you want to offer help in any way we'll be glad to add you to the team! After all, no one really does their best work on things they aren't passionate about.

We want people to join our community, and become passionate about our project. We want people to get interested, we want people to join our team who want to add a piece of themselves to the game! So come and take a look, and maybe you'll fall in love with this project, like we did!

Disclaimer: This is a fan project. All rights are reserved to Nintendo, the Pokémon Company and Game Freak. These fan projects will be free to engage with. When I commission people for their artork or time, I compensate them out of my own pocket, but nobody on the development team earns or will make any sort of profit off of this project. Nor will any donations or any other form of funding be accepted. We are all working solely out of passion and our lifelong love for Pokémon.

So I LOVE the idea of this project. I'm a Hoenn baby and so i've come up with a really cool idea (at least I think it's cool).

It's a regional form for the Eon duo Latios and Latias! A Dragon/Dark type with Void Dew instead of Soul Dew (but more on that later).

So hear me out... They were originally dark type because people thought of them as a bad omen. They were banished from the minds of the cruel people who thought of them like that. But eventually, human civilization becomes smarter and realizes that they are not bad omens. Eventually they learn how to get along with humans and therefore change into the psychic type in modern Hoenn.

Now for the Void dew: It's like the soul dew because it powers up their Dark and Dragon type moves by 20%. It's description would be: "Made of pure malice and hatred, this pure black obsidian-like orb boosts Latias's and Latios's Dragon and Dark type moves."

Now for Pokédex entries: for Latios it would be: "Very few sightings of this Plane-like creature have been reported. It seems the villagers don't take too kindly to this Pokémon at all. Although some say it feels rough to the touch with a scaly body." Now for Latias: "Quite rare to see in the wild, I believe that this Pokémon may be the female counterpart to Latios. It seems to be more protective than Latios as well." These are assuming that these were written by the professor like in Legends Arceus.

There design would be the same body except for latios the white parts turn black and the blue parts turn red. then for latias the white parts turn black and the red parts turn a deep purple. then the triangles on their belly would be purple and red respectively. If someone could please draw these i would love to see them!

But anyway, that is my idea! I hope that you all will consider this!

My eye recently caught the Braviary, and seeing you guys wanna touch Hoenn, made my hyped! Any thoughts on how Kyogre or Groudon will make an apperance? Will the Origin thingamajig have any presence? Maybe it sorta infects other Pokemon? I have always seen Wailmer and Aggron sorta as Hoenn signatures (with Aggron basically being the Tyranitar of Hoenn.) Maybe Aggron getting consumed with the Origin stuff and gaining Steel/Fire and going all beserk, Shura style (see Sekiro for reference tho be wary of spoilers.)

Anyway sorry for just spitballing, I just got very excited. Wishing you all the best!

#####Legends: Rayquaza Lore & Worldbuilding

This is the subreddit dedicated to a fan game a group of my friends and I are working on. You can also checkout our Discord server here!

The game is set in the Ryuku region! Which refers to Hoenn as it was known during discovery and settlement, in a historical period about a century before the modern era of Pokémon games set in Hoenn: Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire etc. It is inspired by Legends: Arceus in its scope and tone! We are proud to introduce Legends: Rayquaza to you!

(This post will be continually updated as we progress farther in our goals of a fully realized ROM Hack project.)

Ryuku is our placeholder name for an older Hoenn. Ryuku is a combination of the word Ryu: meaning dragon. And Ryoku: Meaning green, power, strength. An appropriate name we believe, for a region that virtually worships the green sky dragon, Rayquaza.

Ryuku/Hoenn is a region somewhat more developed than Hisui (as Hisui seems to be the final “Japanese” landmass settled). Ryuku has more settlements and villages, including the Draconids, an indigenous clan native to the region’s Meteor Falls territory. And the Ruby and Sapphire tribes.

The Draconid people are a tribe that live with Dragon-type Pokémon and worship Rayquaza, who they refer to as the "Dragon Lord". The Draconids live in a place located underneath Meteor Falls named Meteor Village, which is led by their Elder. A millennium ago, the Draconids foresaw that a giant meteoroid would crash into the planet and destroy it. The current generation spends their time attempting to avert this crisis.

The Sapphire Tribe are a warrior clan considered to be one of the earliest sea cultures. They were also known as “the people who lived at the sea”. They navigated the waters of Ryuku, and also performed trade with the neighbouring Kanto, Johto and Hisui regions.

The Ruby Tribe are TBD.

#####Mercury Team

Ryuku is currently organized, defended, and studied by the Mercury Exploration Team, or the Mercury Team for short. An organization based in the Ryuku region, comprised of people from other regions who have come to study Ryuku. It consists of several corps that are all lead by Captains, all of which are led by Commander Mikado.

Corps members venturing into the wilderness of Ryuku wear the Courage Sash; (based on the Senninbari A sash/scarf belt or strip of cloth stitched 1000 times and given as an amulet of luck and protection by Ryukuian loved ones to those adventuring and working in the wilds. Each sash bears the imagery of the patron Guardian Pokémon of the wearer's village or town, sewn or painted onto the belt. They are said to bestow good luck, courage, and immunity on the wearer.

The name for the Mercury Exploration Team came from a line of dialogue in Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, discussing how Leaders Maxie and Archie were once on the same team. We wanted to create a team that Magma and Aqua descended from. Something that would have still been around during Maxie and Archie's lifetimes, but had disbanded by the events of Ruby and Sapphire/Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire.

The codename for the mission to resurrect Kyogre/Groudon was called "Project Azoth." This is specifically where the inspiration for Team Mercury came from. Azoth is the alchemical name for Mercury. Which was thought to exist as the base of all other metals. According to a Grunt in the games, the A and Z in the project's name “Azoth” represent "beginning" and "end", respectively.

#####Our planned Features

• 300 Pokémon in our Pokédex will be available to catch in-game. We began with the 211 Pokémon included in the ORAS regional Pokédex, and plan to add 25+ brand new regional forms, based on the ones included in Legends: Arceus. And at least 16 Paradox forms as well (maybe even some convergent forms). They will all be extremely rare and/or extinct by the modern era. There are also a number of lore accurate Pokémon introduced in the 6 generations following Ruby and Sapphire's original release that fit well with the lore of Hoenn. These include Pokémon such as Minior, which Rayquaza is said to prey on.

• We aim to port the following Pokémon mechanic from HGSS (including new sprites for all our Fakémon).

• The data of a lot of Pokémon will be changed; this can mean extra level-up moves, but features such as base stats, abilities, experience rates, and TM compatibility might be changed.

• Updated type chart (Fairy type).

• All trade evolutions will be item/level evolutions. Edits to evolutions mean the game will be self-contained (i.e. you do not need to trade to obtain all the Pokémon in the Ryukuian PokéDex).

#####What we need

• Concept Artist
• Sprite Artist(s): Those who can convert concept art to Gen 4 DS sprites.
• Scripters
• Animators
• Assistants/Creative consultants/Moderators (For contributing general ideas!)
• Composers (Those who work with the Nintendo DS music soundfont.)
• Map makers (Both artists, and coders who can build our map with the Pokémon DS Map Studio.)
• CSS builders (For our subreddit.)
• Playtesters
• Competitive Consultants (People familiar and experienced with competitive battling, who can help assign balanced stats to our Fakémon regional forms.)

- Released Regional Forms -

1. Meganium: Grass/Dark

2. Incineroar: Fire/Ice

3. Blastoise: Water/Ghost

4. Dragonymph: Dragon/Fairy

5. Ekans: Poison/Water

6. Ekanstaerg: Water/Psychic

7. Thundeer: Normal/Electric

8. Mandibuzz: Flying/Ghost

9. Braviary: Flying/Fighting

- Released Paradox Forms -