A backstory heavy than a Guzzlord
Pokemon lore can come from all sort of places , from the games themselves to the movies and tv serial publication . sustain lore from the merchandise , however , is a destiny less plebeian . The United Statesonline Pokemon Center store recently unveiled a digit of Grimsley , one of Unova ’s Elite Four members , with Tyranitar . While the trope is a pleasant surprise , its description is a huge cushion .
Like all items on the Pokemon Center website , the verbal description includes some savour text . According to the website , Grimsley “ loses his family ’s fortune ” before becoming a fellow member of Unova ’s Elite Four . Wait , he does what ? I could n’t think of a individual time something this acute about Grimsley ’s backstory was mention in any of the game .
The acclaimed fan - run databaseBulbapedia describes Grimsleyas “ the son of a grand family that fell into ruin . As a result , he developed a gambling addiction . ” But it does n’t cite where this entropy come from . fit in tothe site ’s appeal of his in - biz quotation , he does n’t mention this in dialogue , either . The closest citation is from the fluid game Pokemon Masters EX , where he says that “ when [ he ] lived at the family acres , [ he ] had to learn how to read people ” because some members of his family were “ trying to use [ him ] . ” But again there is no acknowledgment of the family falling into ruination .
TheTV Tropes page for Pokemon Black and White charactersalso mentions this backstory : “ [ H]e was the son of a affluent family that lost their fortune and fell into poverty . This conduce to him betting on Pokemon battles in an attempt to find his family ’s wealthiness … By the time he pass on adulthood , he was a Dark - type master and full - blown gambling nut . ” Again , there is no seed for this data ’s origin .
Just because something is double does n’t make it on-key . However , the Grimsley figure ’s verbal description now confirms a like idea , so it ’s good to say this information has its origin in Sojourner Truth — probably from a Japan - only interview or other official reference . But it also brings up an interesting deflexion : the “ original ” backstory cite on sites like Bulbapedia and TV Tropes claims that Grimsley develop his play dependance in an endeavor to regain his kin ’s lost fortune . The Pokemon Center land site , however , exact Grimsley himself lost the hazard — very potential by risk it away . Considering Pokemon Masters EX make it unclouded Grimsley does n’t think fondly of some of his syndicate , this may have been intentional — or at least without regrets — on his part .
Image via the official Pokemon Center website
Perhaps the reason why Grimsley ’s backstory is n’t work up in any of the games is because gaming addictions are a extremely serious and heavy subject subject to begin with . On top of that , the Pokemon series has excluded Game Corners starting in the former 2010s likely due to their similarities with cassino . While this does raise questions as to why Grimsley would be written with such a backstory if it would n’t be appropriate to include in the games themselves , it ’s well to finally have prescribed confirmation about the validity of these claims border Grimsley ’s lore .
Image via the official Pokemon Center website
