Pokemon Pokopia player discovers creepy in-game conversations

Pokemon Pokopia Players discover a truly disturbing conversation that can take place between Bulbasaur and Paras. While an already surprisingly dark game for an entry into the casual life-sim genre, Pokemon Pokopia Some of the classic critters' lore contains some particularly serious elements. However, this newly discovered dialogue exchange may be the most disturbing in the entire game.

As a spin-off entry in the series, Pokemon Pokopia Breaks new ground for the franchise in many ways. Not only for the first time Pokemon has dipped its toes into the comfortable life-sim genre, but it also sits as the highest rated Pokemon The game on sites like Metacritic and Opencritic. What's more than that Pokemon Pokopia Possibly the darkest game in the franchise, as exemplified by the shocking conversation that these two Gen 1 Pokemon can have.

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The creepiest conversation in Pokemon Pokopia comes from Bulbasaur and Paras

Shared by X user PLDHnet, this conversation shows Bulbasaur discussing hunger with Paras. In this conversation, Paras says that they are “absolutely starving,” to which Bulbasaur comments that they just ate. Paras says, “I don't know why, but lately my stomach feels bottomless. And now I feel like I'm starting to get a little heavier…especially in my back…” as a response. This is possible in the case of the mushroom behind the parsect, which grows into a large mushroom as it develops into a parsect. Unfortunately, the process of this happening has dire consequences for the Pokemon.

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In another interaction between Bulbasaur and Paras as the two dream about their future growth, Bulbasaur notices that the bulb behind him is getting bigger and feels like it's blooming. This makes sense as the bulbasaur's bulb turns into a large flower as it evolves into an evisaur and then a venusaurus. However, Paras responds by sharing his own excitement about growing and evolving, promising to meet Bulbasaur to show off his new form. However, none Pokemon A fan familiar with the lore of Paras and its evolution, Parasect, knows that this seemingly hilarious dialogue is bound to have a bad outcome.

What makes Paras' dialogue so terrifying

The lore surrounding Paras and the process by which it evolves in Parasects shows the grim reality of biology. Pokemon the world The mushrooms on Paras' back aren't growing there like Bulbasaur's bulbs are actually slowly taking over Paras's mind. The mushrooms of Paras and Parasect are based on the real-world Cordyceps fungus, notable for their portrayal as the source of zombie infection. The last of us. The true version of the Cordyceps fungus is a parasite that attaches itself to ants and slowly takes over their bodies, eventually killing the host ant and releasing its spores from the remaining husk.

Pokemon-pokopia-paras — Paras with fences in the dry wasteland of Pokemon Pokopia.

in Pokemon PokopiaThese mushrooms are slowly taking over the parasect's brain, and when they develop into parasects, they are just a shell controlled by the fungus. Therefore, as Paras grows and develops, it will never get to show the bulbasaur its new growth, because at that time, it will be completely under the control of the fungus on its back. It also describes a clip of Paras complaining about his increased appetite and the weight on his back. The fungus essentially drains nutrients from the parasite, causing the Pokémon to crave more and more food to feed its parasite. For a game that depicts a post-apocalyptic future where humanity has disappeared Pokemon It's an innocent-looking conversation with the darkest backdrop for players aware of the world, Paras's underlying lore.