THEY ADDED ANOTHER LANDURUS?
Oh god think of the meta Oh nooo my humanity it's going somewhere Ahhhhhhhh wait a second. Oh there's a chance all of these
Hisuian pokemon are trapped in the shadow realm of a ‘non-traditional’
pokemon game.… like… Remember dark lugia? Well it's about time i start this
video because i've been writing it for a few years now. What the heck
is up with all these landerous? I mean what even is the force of
nature trio oh wait! Foursome… That is not a word I should
be using in this context… uh… Quartet?
The force of nature Quartet yea. Like a barber shop quartet,
Thunderous is definitely the baritone. (Taps Thunderously) Alright Let's be honest, im making this
video because of the new one. And it's pretty weird-looking. I guess they didn't want yet
another guff shirtless dude with animorph powers. But first! So that we’re clear here… real quick! Unlike the original trio, which are 100%
manly males, Enamorous, the new one, is 100% female! They had to specify that so they
can still sell this game in West Taiwan. Also! Since we’re talking ‘clarification’ NO! they are not genies! There are a number of
fan names for this trio, like the Kami trio, and the Legendary Genies… but There
is nothing at all genie about them. Alright thats a lie, there's a lot
thats genie about them. But thats more coincidental than intentional. Sure they
got buff bods. The clouds instead of a bottom, the highly saturated skin
tones… and even the pose… sort of. Its really an accidental similarity.
Like how pyramids are found all over the world by totally different civilizations. Or how most
mythologies have a dragon of sorts. Yeah. These KAMI just happen to kind of resemble genies
when done up the way Pokemon decided to do it.. Also YES! different from the
weather Trio. that’s these guys. YEAH The Force of nature is one of my favorite weapons, but also one of my least favorite legendary
groups. But at least their origins are neat! They are primarily based on Fūjin, the
kami of wind. Raijin, the kami of thunder, and Inari, the kami of fertility of the land. Actually Fujin and Raijin are referenced in
Japanese media Quite often, especially as a duo. My favorite example is in the Legend of zelda:
wind waker, where they are large frog gods. According to interviews with
Ken Sugimori, thunderous and tornadus were originally planned as a duo, and
thew were red and blue like the traditional oni characters. But they seemed to clash with sawk
and throh, who were also the red and blue oni. I actually have a whole video about their
origins here! Its surprisingly deep. But Later in development they added landorus
And changed their colors to blue and green, with the final being brown-orange. And here's a
fun detail! Look at the number of horns they have? 1, 2, 3, and they kept up
with it! Enamourus has 4! Love that! HATE this though! He Freaking ruined the meta! Landerous was so good and overused,
that a lot of pokemon’s meta for the next generations would be focused on
how it counters landerous specifically…. Cause if you didnt have a landerous counter! …
or a landerous! … you were probably screwed.
So why was landerous so good?
Well imagine this. An Extremely strong bulky omnipresent
competitive multi role ground flying type… …Except good.
It’s Landerus. Like, Gligar’s not bad either. Ground
flying is a REALLY good type combo. Immune to both ground and electric, 3 resistances,
only 2 weakness, and one of them’s kinda rare. And landerous- can do
anything! Like any team role. The beast it can be your tank! your pivot!
your sweeper! heck even your set up! anything Like literally teams were made to counter him. Heck he could counter himself.
That's how great he is. Plus!
Plus the best part! Dream works face. Hes got it
The look But im getting distracted
with numbers… back to lore! Landurous’s kami is that of Inari, the kami of
rice and agriculture and fertility. Makes some sense i mean it's the LAND god… actually we didn't
even talk about that last bit of name. “Ourus” Turns out thats also from a wind god. Wow all
these flying wind gods are named after a wind god. Aeolus specifically, from greek
mythology, known as the keeper of winds. And really What's with all
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Kami for the incarnates… right… theres even more than that. they draw from chinese
culture aswell. Specifically their therian forms. Oh fun fact therian means animal,. Its their
animal forms… Although specifically mammalian and placental… which doesnt work entirely because
have a bird…. And a turtle now…. But it's more commonly used these days to just mean animal. So …
definitions change as more people use words wrong. Their main forms are “incarnate”
which means ‘the embodiment of" or in human form. Hence the human shape.
But back to the Chinese part. The four of them are “the four gods” or “the Four Auspicious
Beasts,” symbols in Chinese astrology. This includes the Azure Dragon of the
East, the Vermilion Bird of the South, the White Tiger of the West, and the
Black Tortoise of the North each one representing a cardinal direction and a color.
We have tornadus as the blue dragon, the vermillion bird would then be
thunderous, the white tiger being landorus. And then!
Introducing the new krabby patty It's Enamorus!
With it's stupid duck feet. Its the black tortoise clearly. It makes you wonder why Enamorus
wasn't here to begin with… was it just because gen 5 was already
oversaturated with Legendaries? Was it because there hadn't been a “Legendary
Quartet” before? … even though the swords of Justice are kind of that but with an asterisk?? or maybe, it's because if they were to consider
the entire group at once… we’d end up with 5 new legendaries here. Because there is a fifth, the
yellow Emporer of the center, also known as the yellow dragon. This emperor dragon is said to rule
over the other 4, as it is the most powerful and auspicious, and it is its duty to keep the balance
between the others. . . . Actually thats exactly what Kyurem does for its trio, Reshiram and
Zekrom are Yin and Yang while Kyurem is Wuji, they are also Sophic Salt Sulfer and Mercury,
the 3 essentials in alchemy, represented by a 3 headed dragon, then then sometimes splits
up, and its the job of the sophic salt to keep the other two in check, as those two on
their own are known as the two contraries. On top of this… y’know those gems we
were pointing out earlier? While the 4 landerouses don't all match the colors
of their constellation counterpart… the gems in their bellies DO! Like
theres no reason for tornadus to have this strikingly out-of-place vermillion
gem if not to reference the vermillion bird. This would mean this Pentouplet is missing only 1… a dragon with a yellow crystal that rules
over the others… much like Kyrurem huh? With its yellow crystal… it works well because the
original force of nature trio are found in Unova, JUST like Kyurem! … … Original Dragon
pioneer Unova for the next Legends game? And also… what is this new force of
nature??? We have Tornados! Thunderstorms! ….LANDEROUS! And now! ….supposedly love. Yeah the greatest force of nature,
love. Wars have been fought over it. So okay… as a Trio, they make some sense,
thunderstorms create Nitrates in the atmosphere, high winds spread them all over everywhere, and
then fall onto the land and fertilize plants. So in a way, the first two are causing havoc,
and then Landerous is putting that to good use. And then…. Love???
Here’s some Pokedex entries: When it flies to this land from across the sea,
the bitter winter comes to an end. According to legend, this Pokémon’s love gives rise
to the budding of fresh life across Hisui. A different guise from its feminine humanoid
form. From the clouds, it descends upon those who treat any form of life with disrespect
and metes out wrathful, ruthless punishment. “it flies to this land from across the
sea” could be a reference to old Unova, which the rest of these kami are from. And that
would make a way cool Sequal to Legends Arceus right? Original Dragon stuff? Plus
there's plenty of gen 5 stuff in PLA. But the rest of that just says its like… love, and the coming of spring… which I
GUESS is a force of nature? SEASONS. It's even in the name, enamour, to enamour is to
be filled with a feeling of love for somthing. Which also fits the fairy typing, which
is in a way also a ‘nature magic’ type. So it's a kami. And there are only a
few kami that fit this description. I originally thought it was going
to be a stretch to match a kami to this one… I mean it's got a snake and a weird
face and it's pink and about love like actually just love not fertility like landorus is.
Plus it's therian form is even weirder. But lets start with its Incarnate form. Theres a few Kami it could be pulling from. The first involves, Okuninushi, specifically
Okuninushi-no-Mikoto. A central deity, God of Medicine, protective magic,
nation-building, and agriculture as a whole. And then theres Susunoo no Mikoto,
the god of storms, fields, harvest, marriage, and love… and that’s
kinda all 4 of them isnt it?... Okuninushi fell in love with
Susamoos daughter, Suseribime. and Susunoo wasn't going to have
any of that so he said you have to pass a trial to win her hand.
-Because women are property- His first test to prove his love, was to survive a night surrounded by venomous snakes. Suseribime
game him a magical scarf for protection. It's just very convenient that
our pokemon here has a scarf made of a snake. Hmmmm. Thats being
worn to prove the power of LOVE!? Another Kami it could be pulling from is
Ugajin, a Kami of Harvest and Fertility, again. But this Kami is special, in that its a
lady. Just like Enamorous. Really though, Ugajin is both, and switches between male
and female. But like, look at these statues: Snake around the neck? Or
rather, AS the neck? Yes please. And heres another form of
them, with a fancy headdress: Just like the fancy heart-shaped
headdress on Enamorous. Granted, Enamorous has a lot of modern ideas put
into its design. There a Lot of little hearts and the color pink or red. And Even the hair is
a little heart shape. Which has a long history In it self. Basically it's the love symbol because
it is. And artists are bad at listening to scientists sometimes. I mean look at medival
depictions of a rhino, That is a dog with a horn. So I know the Popularity of Shiva means
I have to mention him. And its true, that old dex entry “it flies to this land from
across the sea” could be a reference to mainland Asia. And this idea comes immediately from
Shiva. One of the principal deities of Hinduism. But notice the very clear snake around his
neck. Its just like the very clear snake around Enamorous’ neck. And Shiva is a pretty
awesome manly guy… but enamorous specifically isn't. Also Shiva is the god of destruction, thats
kind of the opposite of fertility. Oh! But Shiva’s wife! Parvati is the goddess of nourishment and
fertility! Is Enamorous just Parvati dressing up as her husband Shiva? Mmmmperhaps I guess,
though Shiva also isnt a Kami… and its a bit weird to break the trend of these forces of nature
all being kami… then again its also weird to break the trend of them being all naked buff dudes… but
there's nothing wrong with pulling elements from many related deities and bringing them together.
Especially not Hindu, Buddhist and Shinto ones, as each are sort of evolutions of the same core,
belief system. And who knows, maybe gen 9 will give us two more landerouses that look more like
Enamorous… one can only pray that wont happen. (time travel) … Future Lockstin. Gen 9 was revealed a couple hours ago… Spain, from the year 711 to around
1492 was under Islamic rule… You know the culture that djinn
or genies tend to be from? …
… …were gonna get two more!
… I’m tired man. BONUS DESIGN DETAIL! Enamorus has a very peculiar lip shape right? Well being in Hisui works
perfectly with an Ainu tradition. The Ainu are those indigenous to Hokkaido
which is what Hisui is based on remember. You see, Ainu women specifically would have
tattoos on various parts of their body for various reasons. But the most noteworthy,
both because its the most characteristic and also because its arguably the most
important to them, are the women's face tattoos on and around their lips, which almost
make the same shape that enamorus’ lips are! That’s pretty cool! These particular tattoos
were said to protect them from evil spirits trying to enter their bodies. Kinda fitting
that enamorous resists dark-type attacks. So that’s the idea with its incarnate
form. Now how about Therian? …I have seen nothing worse. It's therian form is a turtle-shelled duck-footed monster. Its little heart-shaped nose
is like those turtles with the noses. And it’s got a snake on its back and a cloud
body for no reason and the HEARTS! AGAIN! But at least it fills in that gap with the
Chinese constellations. Its the Tortoise…. And… actually here's a statue of this tortoise. Uh here's a coin: Do you see it? YEAH it's a tortoise with
a SNAKE wrapped around it! WHAT the heck. WHY is it perfect? I hate when the ugly things are justified. At least the connection between
this particular tortoise and love is loose. Best you’ve got is
that this tortoise is a symbol for longevity, like how love lives on forever… but
thats really grasping at hallmark movie straws. But another fun connection, the
Tortoise represents the North, and Hisui is based on Hokkaido which is Japan's
Northernmost point. And also this constellation represents the cold and winter season. This
brings us back to those Pokedex entries, and how it comes in the
winter to bring the spring. But I keep getting stuck on the duck feet. I mean WHAT ARE THOSE?
Like it's gotta have a reason right? It COULD JUST be because its a
Chinese soft-shell turtle I mean that does have the nose. And its shell is
soft like a cloud. and fitting because its taking the place of the Chinese black tortoise
in the sky, and Pokemon tends to mix turtles and tortoises together. . . yeah, its one of those.
They even… have feet like that. As in webbed. But you know me, I LOVE Stretching
as long as there's a good connection. Consider the Kami I’ve talked about
already! Specifically That statue I showed you of Ugajin… Thats actually Benzaiten,
fused with Ugajin. Thats why there's the second smaller head on top. Behind the crown,
you can sort of its coiled snake body. So who’s Benzaiten? Well that depends
on who you ask, some say another kami, some say Hindu Goddess, but either way, she is
the goddess of ‘flow’ like water and such but is also seen as a god of love and femininity.
Which are commonly associated with the sea and water. most of her shrines are on tiny islands
actually. Heck, if you’ve seen my video that dives deep into the design inspirations of the Sinnoh
region itself, you’d remember Benten island. Benten is another translation or shortening
of Benzaiten. AND woudlnt you know it! IT’S in the same area you
find Enamorous! THATS AMAZING! Honestly check that video
out, its so deep at times. But also! BenTen is often depicted with a
swan at her feet. Swans of course are an international symbol of love and affection,
because they are beautiful, mate for life, and when they hug they form a heart shape with
their necks. So its even more perfectly feeting. Sure, the swan isnt literally her feet, she
doesnt literally have swan feet but still. And then, The mortal enemy of the snake
is the white peacock and white swan. But her power of love lets them be
this close to eachother regardless. And thats there are duck or swan feet. Its Pretty deep. Actually the
incarnate form is also based on benzaiten alot. Really cool to see all these themes work
together like this. Japanese, Chinese, and Indian. And all in a symbol of love… which
is REALLY what the later two NEED right now! BONUS FACT! While the Kami Thunderous and Tornadus
are based on are manly man mens, the Landrous kami, Inari is often depicted as both a woman
and an old man. Changing variously, by artist. I spend a LOT of time on Landerous and Enamorous
compared to the other two didnt I? …. Is it really because they are just that simple? (Thunderously smacks) Simpletons use them. Last question! What are they doing in
Unova originally? Thats New York City, U S of A, that’s not Japan, thats not China,
what’s going on? Best Idea I’ve got is that one thing that makes America so unique is just
how Diverse the people there are. New York City especially. And it might not have had the
first “China Town” as that is in San Fransisco, but it does have THE biggest, and MOST, china
towns, Japan Towns, ETC. Big tourist destinations. Plus, this is before Game Freak really started
THEMING their new pokemon per region. Sure there is some of that, but it didnt become
like a MAIN thing until gen 7. But anyway! What do you think of this thing? Do you think it
might ruin the meta too? Let me know down below, and until next time, never stop using
your gnoggin! I need to take a nap!
