I’ve never seen something so hilariously accurate as the Pokémon trainer staring Vaporeon dead in the eyes with a look of nothingness as they tell Vaporeon to fight and die again. Absolute gold.
I feel like it wouldn't take as long as people think. baring maybe a handful, most of all of them have two eyes. It's remembering the pokemon with odd numbers of eyes that can be hard. like magnaton and magnazone, or duskull and it's evolutions.
Is this counting up to the 1016 Pokémon from when scarlet/violet released? the 1018 Pokémon counting iron leaves and walking wake? Or is it counting the 1023 Pokémon now also including the dlc Pokémon? (Numbers may be slightly off, but you get the idea)
Facing down Giratina, only to turn around and realize “Oh, my partners got wiped”, and reviving them continuously throughout the battle is pretty damn on-point for the Volo experience.
I beat him on my first try. He took out half of my team before Giratina came out, but when I sent out my Hisuian Goodra he kept spamming Shadow Force, which allowed me to obliterate him with Dragon Pulse thanks to Goodra’s high defenses.
The battle against Volo was depicted a little too well😅 Not to mention he broke the rules by having a 7th Pokémon that revived itself in its alternate form. Speaking of, why does Pokémon use Forme and Form?
Came back to this classic gem cuz of Masters Volo drop. VA is SHOCKINGLY very similar sounding to this, as if we all collectively agree upon what he would sound like lmao
I beat Volo the first try but I can't say I didn't struggle with it. Giratina was actually easy though. Avalugg on the other hand, I almost gave up on the game entirely, but came back later and beat em easy somehow
Abra just teleporting people off of high places really makes you realize how many creative ways there would be to get away with murder in the Pokémon universe
I do appreciate how you included Decidueye using it’s fighting moves against Giratina because of it’s ability Scrappy allowing them to hit. Subtle details are the best details
I love how there's almost no serious voiceacting until the Volo battle, and then everything gets ramped up to eleven. That just about sums up my experience with the game. I was overlevelled by about ten and had several advantages. He and Giratina wiped the floor with my team for three months until I started using my grit items and overlevelled up to the 90s. (And no, not Artax! My father had us watch that movie when I was little. Tiny me was devastated).
Bro how do you lose to a boss battle in Pokémon for 3 months straight??? I beat him by being almost on level with him, give me being 2-5 levels higher. And even then 2-5 levels isn’t alot in this game.
@@goofballjim6167 By getting too attatched to my pokemon and refusing to actually use strategic thought because I loved them too much. I eventually got over it. I did keep my Umbreon though.
Could you imagine the sheer intelligence on that Abra if it had been allowed to evolve? Here are simply too many cliffs in Hisui. No one would stand a chance.
Wh- why did I get pinned? I can't edit the spelling mistake because the Heart will dissapear. I'm scared...! Edit: I'm not pinned anymore :( what did I do wrong Mr. Montage?
@@zillowzest5199 Not just Goodra or Cresselia. Anything that can take a hit during setup and is sufficiently fast should be able to handle most fights in the game. Try a Lilligant out sometime and teach it Drain Punch and Victory Dance for starters. Victory Dance downright breaks the game. But then again, Calm Mind and anything derived from it does so too.
@@eeveestar6826 the point is flutes dont work that way, and they could just as easily have rigged the model to just flail its fingers on it and it wouldve been more convincing. And the flute is a completely lazy pure white cylinder with literally nothing special about it. Meanwhile, game = $60
And the shock after she realized that she's not sent to the past but instead to the future, specifically, the post-apocalyptic future, is not shown, though.
@@candyneige6609 wait, WHAT?! I haven’t played yet, but I thought the whole story was you were sent to the past, 😥 they must be drinking the Kirby koolaid
I like how every terminal montage video features the main character being drastically harmed more than in the game, but the journey is also made way easier.
The Volo battle is so accurate ! Barely managing the normal team, rushing to heal everybody for the first phase of Giratina and wanting to scream when the second phase pops up. Just perfect 😂
The games so cruel for that, I was celebrating beating the first phase only to hit me with the-“ GIRATINA IS CHANGING FORMS!” Which made me scream at the top of my lungs
I seen the battle beforehand, and I assumed it was going to be extremely difficult. All my Pokémon countered Volo's team. Honchkrow and Hisuian Samurott were immune to most of Giratina's attack. It took Giratina down with ease.
@@numberoffrogs Yeah, Volo essentially has a team of 8 mons, two of which are Legendaries. If you've been chopping and changing mons throughout instead of sticking with the same team you've been training up, you'll be in for a tough time.
Even though TerminalMontage loves to one-shot characters in his videos, I appreciate how he chose to devote several minutes to recording one of the greatest fights in Pokémon history. Respect.
I'm so glad i wasn't spoiled about the final boss. I never played gen 4 and almost forgot Volo was supposed to be evil so when he pulled up with a spiritomb i immediately knew what i was in for. Then he got giratina which i also expected and barely beat.. But when it hit phase 2 giratina i legit screamed. I never expected a 2 phase fight, let alone a 3 phase fight from this game. Easily one of the best games in the franchise hands down
Yeah, it was a wake up call for a lot of people and really would've ruined the surprise if anyone was spoiled. We often complain about the Opponents only using like teams of 4 or 5, but Volo was a 6 v 8 with 2 legendaries and no time to heal. Puts the Elite 4 + Champ battles to shame.
Honestly if you _were_ surprised about Volo being the final boss you're probably legally blind. The Giratina fight is a bit more of a sucker punch but if you've played Platinum you can already see where they're going with it.
@@heirofaniu i was playing the game on and off over a couple of months. But i also remember him seldomly appearing that much even then. It's more i forgot he's a character until he showed he had the last plate
I loved them showing if it happened in a room. So we can imagine what it would do to said room. Fricken ABLITERATE it thats what. lmao Also that DEMONIC screeching face was amazing well done u guys!!
8:28 I truly was heartbroken they never answered why they don't let you go home. It leads me to believe that the player must have died in order to be isekaied.
I like to imagine Arceus is just lazy. "I could probably send you home, but that would take power and effort. I don't have time for that." I mean him sending the player to the past was him realizing Giratina and Volo were up to some BS and not wanting to deal with them. "I could go and stop them...but I could just send a random child to the past to do it for me...hmmm."
@@DracoMagnius I love the idea of a powerful god Pokémon being to lazy to do things that would be extremely easy for them to do by themselves and prefer to send some random kid instead
1:53. I don’t know why, but the emotional distress the trainer has combined with the emotionless Wyrdeer makes me laugh (not to mention the depression the trainer has afterward, perfectly encapsulating every person who watched that movie).
Every time I watch this, there's something new to see, like the Abra doing random things in Cyllene's office, Volo WTFing at the Arc Phone getting texts, or whatever critter in the background for a split second at 6:35
That's Ms Mowz from Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door. Her overworld ability allows her to sniff out hidden star pieces. She's here bc the revives look just like star pieces
@@johnbuck4395I think they just don't want to bother. I personally don't think the whole game needs to be voice acted, just key parts of the plot. Chairman roses speech at the start of sword/shield feels so awkward with both the lack of music and voice acting
Yeah, I found that one well before the Alpha Kricketune quest and was both terrified and in awe. Made it my personal mission to catch her, and it took me forever, but I got her and chose to honor her with the name of Flame Queen (which didn't fit, but "О̄kaenjо̄-sama" (お火炎女王さま) did)
2:56 One thing I’ll never get is that Komado only NOW had suspicions that all the time rift stuff was caused by the player by that point in the game and also that despite Ingo also not being from here and came by the same time shenanigans they didn’t banish him too
Volo being flung around by Braviary is so funny to me. Also that damn fight destroyed my brain so seeing Giratina lose to a literal ball of pink fluff thrown at it gave a weird sense of happiness lmfao
I don't understand how it's difficult. I have literally never played a Pokemon game in my life and I stomped his guts out first try. It wasn't even close
@@orbitalbutt6757 Type advantages and being underleveled and unprepared for Giratina, having to go through 6 pokemon all the same as Cynthia and then 2 Giratina fights was also tough if they outspeed and get to hit twice or three times in a row. There's a number of factors that make that fight hard.
The evolution of Rowlett, the Abra popping in and out of existence and the reference with Artax. I almost cried at that part. The rest is so absolutely beautiful and so fantastically well done. Love your animations.
I keep rewatching this and the Kirbo videos because they just perfectly scratch that itch for my brain. Something about your work is just so much fun, so bizzarre, so funny and such a love letter to these games. Thank you, Terminal!
How you represented how evolution in Arceus works is just perfect! It's just so powerful and raw, you can't help but get blown away by it the first time.
The moment where Arceus says the girl can't go home feels... odd to me. It's both tragic that she had been pulled away from her world and cannot return and comedic because Arceus tries to compensate by being her friend.
He didn't seem to help much at the end of everything either-? Idk he gives off a creature who tries to imitate human empathy but ultimately doesn't understand it- So he ends up hurting others and not thinking the situation through.
I just started calling Paras Satan. Literally referring to the whole species. I've never seen something collectively become so angry about another living creature just breathing within a 5 mile radius of it.
I love how terminal montage's animation is slowly improving while still maintaining its wacky, goofy-ness. I loved all the references, jokes and other hidden details in the video as well, another awesome vid.......very relatable.
he said something about it on twitter a while ago, getting money works differently from normal videos, and the short wasn't profitable since it took quite some effort and time, so it was just a better idea to make a full episode instead
I know it was just a small part but my dad always talks about how the Artax scene traumatized him as a child, so I decided to expose it to him again with this animation. It caught me off guard but it was so funny!!
I really agree, I felt this way. I had so many problems with it, but I realised a while in that I was experiencing that same feeling of uncertainty and discovery because of some of those controversial changes they had made - I was finally uncertain again and I didn't know what was going to happen. It had problems of different kinds, but it really was an important Pokemon game, particularly for the feelings you describe
My theory is that they will make one for johto alola and unova because of the starters and that they will continue the more violent thing with the revolution
Rowlets evolution and the "oh lol 1 sec I'll open it" message had me in tears, amazing work! Your humor never disappoints and this is surely one of your best videos so far. Keep it up!
This is the funniest and most awesome thing I have ever seen in my life. I absolutely loved it. It so caught everything about Legends Arceus. Which is by far my most favorite Pokémon game of all time. Until Pokémon Legends Z-A comes out next year. So excited. Please make more vids. You earned a sub. From me. Thank you.
The boss fight with Giratina, my god. I expected Dawn to go speedrunner Mario on it, but it's so powerful that it nearly stopped her in her tracks. It fits so well.
I'm still in disbelief that the line "can you feel it? The chill creeping through your veins, The eldritch presence icing your heart?" Is a quote from a pokemon game of all things. And then you get an ass whooping on the same level that cynthia gave to so many of us years ago. Incredible
And it's even better when you realize that you can actually evolve before you've even finished the game, like in Super, but unlike in Super, where you eventually have to de-evolve, in Legends Arceus, evolution is permanent, so if you're Cyndaquil and you evolve yourself into Quilava, you can't revert and go back being Cyndaquil, and likewise, if you're Quilava and you evolve yourself into Hisuian Typhlosion, again, you can't revert and become Quilava again, but on the bright side, you'll be permanently stronger when evolving.
i dont know why but I think its genius putting the Volo fight RIGHT after the fight with Dialga, like it makes so much sense as a narrative after everything is seemingly said and done, Volo has you stay and reveal he's the REAL final boss! Oh man the gags with Abra killed me! also that final FINAL ending of Cynthia disappearing? cuaght me off guard loved it!
1:16 The evolution sequence was unexpectedly cool to me. I love how you put Akari amongst the winds of evolution, witnessing the rather fear-inducing changes happening to Rowlet. The whole thing was presented in a really astounding way; it was a perfect balance between serious, intense, and goofy. Nice job with that!
@@wintersong2266 maybe if you didn't need the data from both Sw/SH and BD/SP to get the final mythicals and legendaries it'd be less secret and optional....
6:36 There’s a critter that momentarily pops up at the back when Dawn is throwing the revives, and I was so surprised to see that it’s Ms. Mowz, a Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door character 😂 thing is Ms. Mowz sniffs out items called Star Pieces that look EXACTLY like Pokemon game revives 😂😂😂 LOVE the reference!!!
I loved every second of this. Especially with how well you encapsulated how it felt fighting Volo. Also I loved Akari being sweet to Braviary and then Volo getting yeeted by Braviary for being hit.
"YOU DARE TO FACE ME?!" "Well, someone's got to." "YOU'RE A PERVERT, BY THE WAY." "That is an unsubstantiated rumor! I'm gonna kill the guy who started that stupid meme--OW, MY SPLEEN!"
*Another certified TerminalMontage Classic right here folks.* From the Braviary dropping the MC & the Professor off at each Lake in more than one way to the facial expressions on the characters, there was not one moment I snorted in sheer comical appreciation.
Everything in this video is 100% accurate to the real game. The paras invasions, the evolutions, the boss fights, and the lake guardians. The Volo fight matches perfectly as well. This animation is a masterpiece, and we all appreciate your incredible work on this! ❤❤❤
Now i remember they kept detecting me the most, i feel like. Whenever they were about. Angry and hostile. This is the most fitting meme of all times. Angry Paras Horde upon your every move/capture!
I think the only thing missing from this otherwise perfection representation of Legends Arceus is Adaman and Irida being in a constant fist fight with each other up until you the player show up. To which they happily greet you and then start fighting each other again.
The only two other things - Maybe a bigger distinction between phase 2 and 3 of Giratina's fight (cause it was a 3-phase fight), and Arceus's final battle at the very end, once you collect all Pokemon.
who else watching after the reveal of Pokemon Legends Z-A?
yes xD
me
im excited for Pokemon Z-A :)
Pokemon a - z heh
ye
literally everyone but still I CANT BELIEVE I CALLED IT
I’ve never seen something so hilariously accurate as the Pokémon trainer staring Vaporeon dead in the eyes with a look of nothingness as they tell Vaporeon to fight and die again. Absolute gold.
This was my favorite joke
Poor Vaporeon :[
Hey guys, did you know that in terms of...
@@thatonegamer2797 shut up PLEAAASEEEEEEEEE we get it you like dogs
@@thatonegamer2797 ...squishiness, vaporeon is the most squishy eeveelution
i felt seen with the paras invasions at any given time 😅
No replies? Unacceptable
No likes either? Unacceptable
Our lord has been blessed by the higher beings themselves
I was hereeeeeee
I was also here
4:11
the fact that you took the time to count how many eyes all of the Pokémon have in existence deserves respect by itself.
I feel like it wouldn't take as long as people think. baring maybe a handful, most of all of them have two eyes. It's remembering the pokemon with odd numbers of eyes that can be hard. like magnaton and magnazone, or duskull and it's evolutions.
Is this counting up to the 1016 Pokémon from when scarlet/violet released? the 1018 Pokémon counting iron leaves and walking wake? Or is it counting the 1023 Pokémon now also including the dlc Pokémon? (Numbers may be slightly off, but you get the idea)
@@NagKai_Gthe captions say it’s up to Gen 8
@Some Special Mouse makes sense, cause legends arceus is still before Gen 9 released.
Honestly you can probably run that through ChatGPT and get it done in 6 minutes
I love how the revives fix "cut in half", "yeeted off of cliff", and "stomped into a puddle".
Before she used revive on vaporeon, it was already at the mountain.
Vaporeon respawn.
BOAT IN HALF
"book of revelations" incorrect tho
The jokes in this are top notch, Cynthia just suddenly disappearing and the abra teleporting bit are great
The Cynthia bit caught me off guard
Cynthia got Cancelled because her great grandfather wasn’t teleported above a pond or any other body of water. Abra was a menace.
Where did you see that ?
@@blueflare4139 There's always a little post-credits bit
@@blueflare4139 right after the credits, after the Arceus bit. He always puts something after the credits 8:49
Facing down Giratina, only to turn around and realize “Oh, my partners got wiped”, and reviving them continuously throughout the battle is pretty damn on-point for the Volo experience.
That's what happened to me. Except Giratina outsped my last pokemon and and didn't even give me a chance to heal.
Oof
I beat him on my first try. He took out half of my team before Giratina came out, but when I sent out my Hisuian Goodra he kept spamming Shadow Force, which allowed me to obliterate him with Dragon Pulse thanks to Goodra’s high defenses.
I laughed way too hard
I beat him with only zubat
That panicked look from the Vaporeon back to the trainer. I think that’s one of the best gags you’ve ever animated.
Poor guy kept on getting stomped and just looks in pain
I don’t know I think he got off easy ;)
Lol agreed
The battle against Volo was depicted a little too well😅
Not to mention he broke the rules by having a 7th Pokémon that revived itself in its alternate form. Speaking of, why does Pokémon use Forme and Form?
when was that
Came back to this classic gem cuz of Masters Volo drop. VA is SHOCKINGLY very similar sounding to this, as if we all collectively agree upon what he would sound like lmao
we all agree that he should be a twink with a deep voice/joke
You really captured the struggle of the Volo battle so well. I also love how Volo just spews exposition all the while Dawn is standing there like :o
True
It was easy for me
I beat up volo
I beat Volo the first try but I can't say I didn't struggle with it. Giratina was actually easy though. Avalugg on the other hand, I almost gave up on the game entirely, but came back later and beat em easy somehow
All the other pokemons: useless .jiggly puff or whatever (kinda rusty): giratine turns into peter griffin when he finds that the horse is here
Abra just teleporting people off of high places really makes you realize how many creative ways there would be to get away with murder in the Pokémon universe
Many of these methods are discussed in the Pokédex entries.
Personal fave: death by drampa (the victim was a bully)
"This lava snail is hotter that the surface of the sun, but that won't stop me from hugging it!"
~Random little girl, last words. RIP
@@zoruasnivy i dont see any problem with that
@@zoruasnivy and everybody loved it
I do appreciate how you included Decidueye using it’s fighting moves against Giratina because of it’s ability Scrappy allowing them to hit. Subtle details are the best details
1. Abilities don’t exist in PLA unless you’re Regigigas
2. What about H.Zoroark being hit by a ghost type move when it is Ghost/Normal
@@frownyclowny6955 3. Hisuian Decidueye has Frisk as its hidden ability in the code of PLA regardless.
@@AztecCroc does it go used in normal gameplay though?
I considered scrappy even though PLA doesn't use Abilities - I also tried to make it clear that his green kicks were Leaf Blade.
@@TerminalMontage Thank you for letting H.Decidueye have its cool moments, he's my favorite of the Hisui trio
I love how there's almost no serious voiceacting until the Volo battle, and then everything gets ramped up to eleven. That just about sums up my experience with the game. I was overlevelled by about ten and had several advantages. He and Giratina wiped the floor with my team for three months until I started using my grit items and overlevelled up to the 90s. (And no, not Artax! My father had us watch that movie when I was little. Tiny me was devastated).
Volo is insane. Only way I won was with my gen 7 event shaymin, otherwise it would have been impossible
volo even pronounces arceus wrong
I soloed his team with a regigigas and sneasel or something
Bro how do you lose to a boss battle in Pokémon for 3 months straight???
I beat him by being almost on level with him, give me being 2-5 levels higher. And even then 2-5 levels isn’t alot in this game.
@@goofballjim6167 By getting too attatched to my pokemon and refusing to actually use strategic thought because I loved them too much.
I eventually got over it. I did keep my Umbreon though.
Could you imagine the sheer intelligence on that Abra if it had been allowed to evolve? Here are simply too many cliffs in Hisui. No one would stand a chance.
Abra had no need to change, it was perfect as is
Wh- why did I get pinned? I can't edit the spelling mistake because the Heart will dissapear. I'm scared...!
Edit: I'm not pinned anymore :( what did I do wrong Mr. Montage?
@@conspiracypanda1200 who cares if there's spelling mistake
@@conspiracypanda1200 never wash your comment or hands again XD
The way this videos finish is just way too good
I love how, even here, the first thing that happens with Wyrdeer is checking for fall damage
And immediately breaking all of your bones upon confirming that fall damage does indeed exist
And then losing like half your items
Vaporeon looking back after being 1 HIT K.O. is such a good bit. The way he looks back after being revived just to be stomped again. 10/10
Well Volo was going to erase everyone.
That part made me question my morals when playing Pokemon😂😂
NO WAY THIS MAN GOT THE VOICE ACTOR FOR ZERO IN THIS VIDEO
I seriously thought you were talking about zero from Kirby
@@Spindinglous_Glingle nah that one's in the background at 3:34
It's even crazier to realize TerminalMontage can get him to come back for some voice work more reliably than Capcom can
@@AdrieneTheDarkestHorseI didn’t hear anything
@@WonkiWeaboo ????
I love how in the final fight, he accurately portrayed legends battles by being a trade followed by a trade 6 times
The sole exception being if you have goodra or cresselia in your team lmao, in which case it’s setup+heal spam
so true
I dunno I just brought a bunch of Gyarados to the fight and didn't have any of these problems.
3 Gyarados > 8 things that are not Gyarados
@@zillowzest5199 Not just Goodra or Cresselia. Anything that can take a hit during setup and is sufficiently fast should be able to handle most fights in the game. Try a Lilligant out sometime and teach it Drain Punch and Victory Dance for starters. Victory Dance downright breaks the game. But then again, Calm Mind and anything derived from it does so too.
I love how Volo is foreshadowed to be evil by how his head shaped like a triangle.
my passion is character design ✨️
The symbol of evil. Just look at Bill Cipher.
Me too
What about Alucard?
@@kyledavid9415 he was a true twist villain because his head wasn't shaped like a triangle
As someone that played Legends Arceus few months ago, I can confirm that this is exactly what has happened to me. Rest in peace shiny Abra
😢
The way she counted her fingers like a child to add how many eyes to all pokemon have was priceless
When Mesprit said "share your emotions with me" I was expecting her to just scream of sheer pain and horror for all she went through
no.
TerminalMontage: No
Truthwatcher: *Morphs into a letter*
@@opadrip more specifically, the letter
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
My immediate thought was BOTW speedrunner Link's screeching with a total deadpan face when the king said "That look in your eyes!"
me and her had the same reaction, "no"
The panicked use of Revives was extremely cathartic to see. I'm glad I'm not the only one who had to experience it
Any idea on what is peeking from behind the pillar at 6:36?
@@Sirvikrail looks like blazakin
@@Kousnowflakes Nah it looks like a mouse with a mask?
@@pearodox Agreed, that looks like it might be Ms Mowz from thousand year door
@@ZeroIntell Yep, most definitely. Not sure... why... but that's definitely Ms. Mowz
Vaporeon spitting singular drops of water at the fire types and them subsequently exploding is absolutely hilarious for some reason
well hisuian arcanine is part rock type as well
@@bibliophileberry465 Samurott: *breathes*
Arcanine: Oh no, I am ded
Funny thing is Hisuian Arcanine is an Fire/Rock type so it is 4 times weak to Water :))
I love how terminal montage actually bothered to animate properly the flute whilst game freak didn't. Makes you wonder huh?
After Blastoise shooting Hydropump from his head instead of the cannons, we can expect anything from GameFreak.
@@ChristianVillamilboy do I have news for you
It's been fixed in the Indigo Disk@@ChristianVillamil
Makes me wonder what your point is. Yes 2d animation is typically a lot easier than coding, rigging and animating a 3D model.
@@eeveestar6826 the point is flutes dont work that way, and they could just as easily have rigged the model to just flail its fingers on it and it wouldve been more convincing. And the flute is a completely lazy pure white cylinder with literally nothing special about it. Meanwhile, game = $60
God the Giratina fight is so perfect. Just being completely curb stomped and then spontaneously winning. My favorite part of the game
It was an easy fight tho
The panic after Dawn realized she sacrificed more than half her team is really relatable
And the shock after she realized that she's not sent to the past but instead to the future, specifically, the post-apocalyptic future, is not shown, though.
@@candyneige6609 WHAT
@@candyneige6609 wait, WHAT?! I haven’t played yet, but I thought the whole story was you were sent to the past, 😥 they must be drinking the Kirby koolaid
@@f3fnir Legends Arceus takes place in the post-apocalyptic future.
@@candyneige6609 Worst bait ever??
I love how every evolution process is shown like a monster is being summoned but then it's just the evolved pokemon
Like a POCKET MONSTER?
I like how every terminal montage video features the main character being drastically harmed more than in the game, but the journey is also made way easier.
yeah but really the main characters shrug off a huge amount of damage they would realistically take like shown here
It's almost like Arceus sympathises with the amount of pain they endure and thought "alright, i'll let you take a short cut...just this once" 🤣
S q u i s h
plot armor
I feel like your giratina battle has capture exactly what all boss encounters in pokemon are. This is perfect.
POOR VAPORION OML
Poor fucking Vaporeon. The look of terror when it realized it had to get stomped again and again and AGAIN…
Vaporeon got pounded over and over
Hey guys-
@@spudcoconut no
I like how well you drew Arceus differently from the other sprites there. Looks somewhat akin to the real deal.
I like how that Braviary just absolutely hates Volo
Well remember, it is psychic type now. It KNOWS the plot twist.
The utterly dominating presence that is Rapidash is perfectly captured here and I love it.
The Volo battle is so accurate ! Barely managing the normal team, rushing to heal everybody for the first phase of Giratina and wanting to scream when the second phase pops up. Just perfect 😂
There’s two phases of giratina? I haven’t even gotten past the first phase-
The games so cruel for that, I was celebrating beating the first phase only to hit me with the-“ GIRATINA IS CHANGING FORMS!” Which made me scream at the top of my lungs
I seen the battle beforehand, and I assumed it was going to be extremely difficult. All my Pokémon countered Volo's team. Honchkrow and Hisuian Samurott were immune to most of Giratina's attack. It took Giratina down with ease.
@@numberoffrogs Yeah, Volo essentially has a team of 8 mons, two of which are Legendaries. If you've been chopping and changing mons throughout instead of sticking with the same team you've been training up, you'll be in for a tough time.
ok
Even though TerminalMontage loves to one-shot characters in his videos, I appreciate how he chose to devote several minutes to recording one of the greatest fights in Pokémon history. Respect.
The ridley treatment we shall call it
@@Regunes underrated reply
Nah it just straight up is the best fight. Never have I felt such fear
I'm so glad i wasn't spoiled about the final boss. I never played gen 4 and almost forgot Volo was supposed to be evil so when he pulled up with a spiritomb i immediately knew what i was in for. Then he got giratina which i also expected and barely beat.. But when it hit phase 2 giratina i legit screamed. I never expected a 2 phase fight, let alone a 3 phase fight from this game. Easily one of the best games in the franchise hands down
Yeah, it was a wake up call for a lot of people and really would've ruined the surprise if anyone was spoiled. We often complain about the Opponents only using like teams of 4 or 5, but Volo was a 6 v 8 with 2 legendaries and no time to heal. Puts the Elite 4 + Champ battles to shame.
Honestly if you _were_ surprised about Volo being the final boss you're probably legally blind.
The Giratina fight is a bit more of a sucker punch but if you've played Platinum you can already see where they're going with it.
@@heirofaniu i was playing the game on and off over a couple of months. But i also remember him seldomly appearing that much even then. It's more i forgot he's a character until he showed he had the last plate
@@kyleyuen245Fair enough.
The Dartrix evolution sequence was honestly one of the silliest things I’ve ever seen. Well done as always sir
Make us whole, Akari. Make us whole.
Feels accurate bc how intense it is. I love it lol😂❤
somehow you captured perfectly how terrifying the evolution animation is
I loved them showing if it happened in a room.
So we can imagine what it would do to said room. Fricken ABLITERATE it thats what. lmao
Also that DEMONIC screeching face was amazing well done u guys!!
Ikr that was fantastic
@@TheReal_ist close but, OBLITERATE*
@@TheReal_ist the dust flying into ur eyes and nose and start coughing and rubbing your eyes
The fuckin eldrich horror was freaking great. 😂
8:28 I truly was heartbroken they never answered why they don't let you go home. It leads me to believe that the player must have died in order to be isekaied.
That makes it even worse for our fellow trapped friend
How you become your own ancestor is crazy
Because then you can’t keep playing the game I guess?
I like to imagine Arceus is just lazy. "I could probably send you home, but that would take power and effort. I don't have time for that." I mean him sending the player to the past was him realizing Giratina and Volo were up to some BS and not wanting to deal with them. "I could go and stop them...but I could just send a random child to the past to do it for me...hmmm."
@@DracoMagnius I love the idea of a powerful god Pokémon being to lazy to do things that would be extremely easy for them to do by themselves and prefer to send some random kid instead
The voice acting of Volvo is amazing! Keep up the good work
Lol
I’m laughing so hard I’m crying
Woloo
There is nothing to hate in this animation. Never before has anyone captured pure perfection to this extent.
The only thing it could have used was a reference to how UNGODLY long they railroad you before FINALLY turning you loose to roam freely.
@@Draezeth every pokemon game ever
I wish he including the EPIC giritinna transition from regular to origin
Haha "captured"....🙂🫠
1:53. I don’t know why, but the emotional distress the trainer has combined with the emotionless Wyrdeer makes me laugh (not to mention the depression the trainer has afterward, perfectly encapsulating every person who watched that movie).
God its been forever since I've watched that movie but that scene just stuck with me.
The never ending story is so good
What's the movie?
@@luco5490 the neverending story
So true.
Top notch and amazing as always! Loved the evolution bit most!
How do you have no comments? Lemme fix that for you
@@KrimzonKasperlol
Thanks Lockstin! :D
Hisiuan zoroark is da best
@@TerminalMontage I told you that they'd be here.
3:48 "ok, i love you, bye bye" soo adorable 😂
That’s from _Animaniacs,_ in the Mindy & Buttons segments.
The look on Vaporeons face when he kept reviving was priceless
Hey did you know...
@@metawolf987 NO
@@metawolf987 NO
@@metawolf987 NOO NOOOOO
@@metawolf987 that her stamima is incredible?
I appreciate that you really couldn't do the evolution cutscene justice without showing what it actually looks like in game
I love how in the final fight, he accurately portrayed legends battles by being a trade followed by a trade 6 times. Amazing 👏
Who’s trading what now?
@@SlightlyUnSalted trading defeats, aka one side beats the other sides pokemon
@@jordanrussell1257 oh yeah
Every time I watch this, there's something new to see, like the Abra doing random things in Cyllene's office, Volo WTFing at the Arc Phone getting texts, or whatever critter in the background for a split second at 6:35
That's Ms Mowz from Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door. Her overworld ability allows her to sniff out hidden star pieces. She's here bc the revives look just like star pieces
I thougt it was his no arceani
theres also the dragon from oot in the back in the fight frenzied arcanine
And the little Gullivarr by the shore at 2:20
Love how you perfectly captured the essence of Paras constantly swarming the player everywhere they go
The Volo fight made me realize how much Pokémon needs voice acting. Huge props to the voice actors 👏
"PaTHETIIIC!"
I never did understand why none of the Pokémon games besides Snap had no voice acting; they couldn't get the English dub cast?
@@johnbuck4395I think they just don't want to bother. I personally don't think the whole game needs to be voice acted, just key parts of the plot.
Chairman roses speech at the start of sword/shield feels so awkward with both the lack of music and voice acting
Pokemon doesn't need voice acting. You need more imagination.
@@MeepChangelingno it does
The Alpha Rapidash at the beginning gave us all heart attacks when we saw how high leveled it was
I took it upon myself to take it down before doing anything else, took a team of 6 level 6 bidoofs
Yeah, I found that one well before the Alpha Kricketune quest and was both terrified and in awe. Made it my personal mission to catch her, and it took me forever, but I got her and chose to honor her with the name of Flame Queen (which didn't fit, but "О̄kaenjо̄-sama" (お火炎女王さま) did)
I don't know what you guys are talking about, I didn't even find it till just before Volo battle
I was so afraid of traveling around new areas because of accidental encounters with random high leveled Pokémon or static alpha spawns!
the first time i saw it, it was shiny and i was too low level to catch it 😭😭😭
2:56 One thing I’ll never get is that Komado only NOW had suspicions that all the time rift stuff was caused by the player by that point in the game and also that despite Ingo also not being from here and came by the same time shenanigans they didn’t banish him too
Hypocrisy
…also the time rift stuff happened right when you got there. Ingo got there a little bit after, I think.
Imagine if Ingo got there before the Player
Volo being flung around by Braviary is so funny to me. Also that damn fight destroyed my brain so seeing Giratina lose to a literal ball of pink fluff thrown at it gave a weird sense of happiness lmfao
I don't understand how it's difficult. I have literally never played a Pokemon game in my life and I stomped his guts out first try. It wasn't even close
@@orbitalbutt6757 Type advantages and being underleveled and unprepared for Giratina, having to go through 6 pokemon all the same as Cynthia and then 2 Giratina fights was also tough if they outspeed and get to hit twice or three times in a row.
There's a number of factors that make that fight hard.
@@HeatherHylia well there is that Arcanine. That's not in her team.
@@ralzornthegreat6753 And all because Milotic isn't in the game :( Sad sad times
"Okay I love you bu-byyyeee!"
The evolution of Rowlett, the Abra popping in and out of existence and the reference with Artax. I almost cried at that part. The rest is so absolutely beautiful and so fantastically well done. Love your animations.
I put my hamster in a sock and slammed it against the furniture.
Never Ending Story...
@@TippyHippy damn hope your socks ok
You perfectly captured the Volo fight and the sheer anxiety of spamming revives and praying to Arceus you’re faster.
I keep rewatching this and the Kirbo videos because they just perfectly scratch that itch for my brain. Something about your work is just so much fun, so bizzarre, so funny and such a love letter to these games. Thank you, Terminal!
The jokes in this are top notch
Good
Nice
Notye jokes
Nice
nice
How you represented how evolution in Arceus works is just perfect! It's just so powerful and raw, you can't help but get blown away by it the first time.
The moment where Arceus says the girl can't go home feels... odd to me. It's both tragic that she had been pulled away from her world and cannot return and comedic because Arceus tries to compensate by being her friend.
I think that deep down Arceus felt very alone, but he doesn't admit it that's why he kidnapped Dawn xD
@@noelia7511 I mean, if the problem was just that, I think Arceus could have just visited more often Dialga and Palkia.
@@lexcentrique2554 You're right!, but he's the Pokémon God, he's capricious
He didn't seem to help much at the end of everything either-? Idk he gives off a creature who tries to imitate human empathy but ultimately doesn't understand it- So he ends up hurting others and not thinking the situation through.
I like to think that once you stop playing, they're sent home.
I just started calling Paras Satan. Literally referring to the whole species. I've never seen something collectively become so angry about another living creature just breathing within a 5 mile radius of it.
The physical comedy of seeing vaporeon randomly off the cliff after hitting the pillar will live with me for a long time
I meant ragdoll, not "randomly" but now that TM liked my comment I wlcant change it
unchangeable spelling mistake
i win
The way that it's just like a floppy fish was really funny.
I love how terminal montage's animation is slowly improving while still maintaining its wacky, goofy-ness. I loved all the references, jokes and other hidden details in the video as well, another awesome vid.......very relatable.
I put my hamster in a sock and slammed it against the furniture
bro wtf?
Wasnt expecting a full version of this since the short was already perfect, call me pleasantly suprised
OH THAT'S WHY. i felt like i saw this before when i saw pichu get swarmed by paras.
he said he was working on a full version, the short was propbably just a sneek peek or something
Same.
Hi Pleasantlysurprised!
he said something about it on twitter a while ago, getting money works differently from normal videos, and the short wasn't profitable since it took quite some effort and time, so it was just a better idea to make a full episode instead
I know it was just a small part but my dad always talks about how the Artax scene traumatized him as a child, so I decided to expose it to him again with this animation. It caught me off guard but it was so funny!!
Pokémon Arceus was the first time I felt like I did as a kid. It is easily my favorite modern Pokémon game. I really hope they make more.
Legends Celebi? Legends Kyurem? Oh yes please
I need a Johto legends game so bad, it's begging for it
I really agree, I felt this way. I had so many problems with it, but I realised a while in that I was experiencing that same feeling of uncertainty and discovery because of some of those controversial changes they had made - I was finally uncertain again and I didn't know what was going to happen. It had problems of different kinds, but it really was an important Pokemon game, particularly for the feelings you describe
My theory is that they will make one for johto alola and unova because of the starters and that they will continue the more violent thing with the revolution
Personally I’d like a legends Zygarde, so we can see the Kalosian War and the first use of the ultimate weapon first-hand.
Was NOT expecting a Never Ending Story reference, that absolutely killed me lol
First time I ever cried at a movie was that scene. Still remember it like it was yesterday. Traumatizing
That Artax scream, had me dying 🤣 just because that is soo true. I love that movie and this was too hilarious.
Omg thanks for the heart terminal I love you
I love how a fair few of the hisuian Pokémon have such a crippling weakness to water that one drop makes them spontaneously combust
Kleavor is bug - rock, so douobme damage.
Hisuian Arcanine is fire - rock so cuadruple damage
How did you get Lucas Gilbertson to voice volo? He voiced characters from cardfight vanguard and bushiroad. That makes this 10x more epic.
1:12 wow your animation skills have truly evolved over the years, this almost looks exactly like the game.
OMG HE MUST'VE TOOK HIM YEARS TO DRAW ALL THOSE IMAGES KNOWN AS FRAMES AND HAVE THEM LOOK LIKE A MOVING IMAGE
Is this a joke or no
@@friendofyours7 what do you think
@@friendofyours7 yes it’s a joke, do you want me to explain it too or something
*Almost*
Rowlets evolution and the "oh lol 1 sec I'll open it" message had me in tears, amazing work! Your humor never disappoints and this is surely one of your best videos so far. Keep it up!
I was rolling lmao
I choked my my breakfast lmao.
That millisecond pause before Uxie exploded after hearing the right answer. It was absolutely comedy gold.
This is the funniest and most awesome thing I have ever seen in my life. I absolutely loved it. It so caught everything about Legends Arceus. Which is by far my most favorite Pokémon game of all time. Until Pokémon Legends Z-A comes out next year. So excited. Please make more vids. You earned a sub. From me. Thank you.
The boss fight with Giratina, my god. I expected Dawn to go speedrunner Mario on it, but it's so powerful that it nearly stopped her in her tracks. It fits so well.
She should have tho, fight is easy
You know it’s bad when abra can’t one shot
@@Thy_Guardian hard with the team
@@wxtryy yeah true
Giratina is the "satan" of pokemon universe right? And he's a swell boi though since he didn't wanna hurt the panery
3:49
Something about Mindy's "OK I WUV YOU BUH-BYE" from Animaniacs coming from Dawn to Braviary REALLY made me grin and laugh. 😂
Me when I leave my parents for camp
Ok I wuv you good buy :D
ok
Her name is dawn canonically btw
@@monsterdonster9981 I know! I was referring to Mindy from Animaniacs, where that sound clip comes from.
Artex! You’re Sinking! Come on! TURN AROUND! AAAARRRTEEE!
I'm still in disbelief that the line "can you feel it? The chill creeping through your veins, The eldritch presence icing your heart?" Is a quote from a pokemon game of all things.
And then you get an ass whooping on the same level that cynthia gave to so many of us years ago. Incredible
The neverending story reference gave me flashbacks 1:49
Jumpscared me so bad 😭
I laughed so hard and I like ursuluna sleeping :D
Forever traumatised
That 80's trauma still haunts me 💀
I love Volo’s dumb laugh when giratina changes forms. I don’t know why but it’s just like funny as hell for some reason
Can we all just appreciate how Terminal took the time to count every single eye the Pokemon have?
free time definitions have been updated
Maybe Lockstin had the answer.
He checks on Google duh
@@mathiasshinygardiekitza2571 r/wooooooooooosh
@hello that is argueable
Legends arceus had the best evolution animations, and i loved to see that included with this animation. Truly a masterpiece 👏👏👏
And it's even better when you realize that you can actually evolve before you've even finished the game, like in Super, but unlike in Super, where you eventually have to de-evolve, in Legends Arceus, evolution is permanent, so if you're Cyndaquil and you evolve yourself into Quilava, you can't revert and go back being Cyndaquil, and likewise, if you're Quilava and you evolve yourself into Hisuian Typhlosion, again, you can't revert and become Quilava again, but on the bright side, you'll be permanently stronger when evolving.
@@candyneige6609 Yes, like ever other Pokémon game ever.
@@SiliconS32 Except for Rescue Team, Explorers, and Gated to Infinity, where you can only evolve after you've finished the game.
TRUTH
@@blaster915 Especially when Legends Arceus is the best ever Mystery Dungeon game.
I was unreasonably amused by the animation of parasect eating the noble liligant
i dont know why but I think its genius putting the Volo fight RIGHT after the fight with Dialga, like it makes so much sense as a narrative after everything is seemingly said and done, Volo has you stay and reveal he's the REAL final boss! Oh man the gags with Abra killed me! also that final FINAL ending of Cynthia disappearing? cuaght me off guard loved it!
1:16 The evolution sequence was unexpectedly cool to me. I love how you put Akari amongst the winds of evolution, witnessing the rather fear-inducing changes happening to Rowlet. The whole thing was presented in a really astounding way; it was a perfect balance between serious, intense, and goofy. Nice job with that!
I am in your walls
@@Soul.Resonant OH, NO!!! 🤣
I like that he used a bit of the actual animation.
@@Soul.Resonant No you are not. That is where my fire ant collection lives.
@@SephirothRyu assuming they haven’t been assimilated already
Coming back every few days to rewatch this and without fail, the floppy Vaporeon off the cliff always cracks me up
Like throwing a wet fish.
Yes
why was that animation so *smooth* tho. it's very satisfying watching vaporeon do the floppy flop
I'm so glad I turned the subtitles on for the video. It's gold!
The final boss fight was truly a first for Pokemon in a long while. The first actually difficult Pokemon battle I’ve had in a long time.
If you’re referring to the giratina & volo fight then it is very difficult but for me personally I see arceus as the final boss.
@@THGMR-ox7sd more like secret optional boss
@@Mina-uw2bk optional sure, but how is it a secret? You're literally told at the start of the game to seek every Pokémon to meet Arceus.
@@wintersong2266 maybe if you didn't need the data from both Sw/SH and BD/SP to get the final mythicals and legendaries it'd be less secret and optional....
@@sonicjr53 You don't. They don't count.
didn't realize pepto bismol made all of pokedom.
I forgot my lore who's pepto Bismol
@@andrewleyton6689 the Terminal Montage's OoT Link, it also the name of the small Goron
As always, your ability to make light of a world of death and hostility never ceases to amaze me.
6:36 There’s a critter that momentarily pops up at the back when Dawn is throwing the revives, and I was so surprised to see that it’s Ms. Mowz, a Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door character 😂 thing is Ms. Mowz sniffs out items called Star Pieces that look EXACTLY like Pokemon game revives 😂😂😂 LOVE the reference!!!
The running gag in this video of water gun/hydro pump being a small little water droplet killing water weak mons never got old, especially at Volo.
I loved every second of this. Especially with how well you encapsulated how it felt fighting Volo. Also I loved Akari being sweet to Braviary and then Volo getting yeeted by Braviary for being hit.
Paradox, Pokémon battle, Royale when?
That Arceus is actually REALLY well recreated. Well done!
He's your best friend!
1:43 LOL! Exactly how it got all of us feeling 😂the intensity of the evolution yet ironically the outcome 🤣
I love how much the battle of trades that Volo ends up having is emphasized. I feel bad for Vaporeon having to stand up to Giratina...
After what Vaporeon did to the internet, I thought it was pretty satisfying
"YOU DARE TO FACE ME?!"
"Well, someone's got to."
"YOU'RE A PERVERT, BY THE WAY."
"That is an unsubstantiated rumor! I'm gonna kill the guy who started that stupid meme--OW, MY SPLEEN!"
@@kyledavid9415 No, what the internet did to Vaporeon. Vaporeon was innocent, but those sick bastards defiled it..
@@kyledavid9415 That wasn't Vaporeon's fault, that was just people!!!!!
When I got to this comment, it had 69 likes. Now it has 70. I’m disappointed in whoever ruined it.
Lol that ending when Cynthia just simply stop existing made me laugh😂
why did she stop existing?
@@tim9202 Because Volo died, who's very likely her ancestor.
@@tim9202mc probably got mad and killed Volo, who is most likely her ancestor
she ceased to exist because her ancestor is now dead
No it's that classic destroy the held henchmen in meme
*Another certified TerminalMontage Classic right here folks.*
From the Braviary dropping the MC & the Professor off at each Lake in more than one way to the facial expressions on the characters, there was not one moment I snorted in sheer comical appreciation.
Volo's face when he introduced you to his granny was cute.
Everything in this video is 100% accurate to the real game. The paras invasions, the evolutions, the boss fights, and the lake guardians. The Volo fight matches perfectly as well. This animation is a masterpiece, and we all appreciate your incredible work on this! ❤❤❤
Now i remember they kept detecting me the most, i feel like.
Whenever they were about. Angry and hostile.
This is the most fitting meme of all times. Angry Paras Horde upon your every move/capture!
The Alpha Rapidish was the most relatable 😂
The boss fight isn't accurate but yeah lmao
@@Thy_Guardian Which one wasn't accurate?
@@Josiethegamingmew Giratina, I should have precise sorry
I think the only thing missing from this otherwise perfection representation of Legends Arceus is Adaman and Irida being in a constant fist fight with each other up until you the player show up. To which they happily greet you and then start fighting each other again.
True, they were one of my favorite characters, and they had some good development, especially Irida
The only two other things - Maybe a bigger distinction between phase 2 and 3 of Giratina's fight (cause it was a 3-phase fight), and Arceus's final battle at the very end, once you collect all Pokemon.
6:44 that horrifying look of "Why are u making me do this from vaporeon" so PERFECT!!!
The fact that you actually bothered to figure out the number of pokemon eyes across the ENTIRE franchise is sheer insanity.
I know right lmao
Only using hands too!