diff --git a/data/pokemon/dex_entries/rapidash.asm b/data/pokemon/dex_entries/rapidash.asm index 051e557..ae1274f 100644 --- a/data/pokemon/dex_entries/rapidash.asm +++ b/data/pokemon/dex_entries/rapidash.asm @@ -1,10 +1,15 @@ db "FIRE HORSE@" ; species name dw 507, 2090 ; height, weight - db "It just loves to" - next "gallop. The faster" - next "it goes, the long-" + db "Native American" + next "myth tells of a" + next "greedy hunter wea-" - page "er the swaying" - next "flames of its mane" - next "will become.@" + page "ring the mane of" + next "RAPIDASH, and bei-" + next "ng shot by mistake.@" +; Lore taken from the Pokemon DP design documents. +; It doesn't seem to be based on any particular myth, but general philosophy. +; TLDR a man of the east respects the Rapidash, a man of the west does not, and wears their pelt, only to end up being mistaken for one, and hunted down. + +; https://tcrf.net/Development:Pok%C3%A9mon_Diamond_and_Pearl/Documents diff --git a/data/pokemon/dex_entries/tauros.asm b/data/pokemon/dex_entries/tauros.asm index 04a4b5c..dd6ad6d 100644 --- a/data/pokemon/dex_entries/tauros.asm +++ b/data/pokemon/dex_entries/tauros.asm @@ -1,10 +1,15 @@ db "WILD BULL@" ; species name dw 407, 1950 ; height, weight - db "These violent" - next "#MON fight" - next "with other mem-" + db "Hunting tradition" + next "states that one" + next "must cut off the" - page "bers of their herd" - next "in order to prove" - next "their strength.@" + page "horns of killed" + next "TAUROS and pray," + next "or be punished.@" +; Could be better-written. +; Based on the DP development documents discussing hunting traditions towards Tauros. +; Fits very well into a Pokedex entry! + +; https://tcrf.net/Development:Pok%C3%A9mon_Diamond_and_Pearl/Documents diff --git a/data/pokemon/dex_entries/typhlosion.asm b/data/pokemon/dex_entries/typhlosion.asm index 52961be..a8ab62d 100644 --- a/data/pokemon/dex_entries/typhlosion.asm +++ b/data/pokemon/dex_entries/typhlosion.asm @@ -1,10 +1,19 @@ db "VOLCANO@" ; species name dw 507, 1750 ; height, weight - db "When heat from its" - next "body causes the" - next "air around it to" + db "Folklore tells of" + next "a shapeshifting" + next "TYPHLOSION that" - page "shimmer, this is a" - next "sign that it is" - next "ready to battle.@" + page "offered a young" + next "girl berries and" + next "taught her a song.@" + +; Extremely abridged version of the infamous Typhlosion story from the DP development docs. +; Based on the Bear Mother story from Canadian First Nations mythology. I chose to blend it with the mythology of the very similar Mujina (貉). +; I chose Typhlosion over Hisuian Typhlosion to be consistent with the time period in which the lore was devised. +; However, as a dex entry, it's quite poor. I think this could be modified and tweaked. + +; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujina +; https://nativecanadianarts.com/gallery/the-bear-mother/ +; https://tcrf.net/Development:Pok%C3%A9mon_Diamond_and_Pearl/Documents