Pokémon's Unsolved Secret: Abyssal Ruins EXPLAINED

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The identity of the king is both an example of "whoa this recontextualizes everything" and "well who else would it be".

This will forever be an important landmark for Unova. It's the only place in the region where you can use Dive. To think they brought back a HM just for this goes to show that there was a lot of planning and passion here. Even in the anime this is the place where Meloetta once lived and protected the Reveal Glass of the Kami Trio.

Interesting that one of the ruins says 'primes lead the way', as in N's theme the first four arpeggios correspond to the first 8 prime numbers

I don’t think that the Abyssal ruins were built underwater, but perhaps the sea has risen since they were built. If we ever get a legends unova game, perhaps we may get more answers on who N’s ancestors were.

A friend pointed out an interesting thing with your theory. How does Ghetsis know all of this? How does he know the name? Why does he look like N without being his father? Easy. Harmonia is implied to be one of the twins. Ghetsis is descended from the OTHER brother, continuing the feud even to the modern day.

X being the name of an N ancestor would maintain the math-musical motifs. Like n, x can be a stand-in for a variable, and in music, represents percussion rather than a defined note. Ghetsis's theme is full of percussion. As the movements of the player creating a percussion (the "Yoshi footsteps" I call it) that adds to the music.

Wow, I didn’t expect to feel such a surge of nostalgia. When I was a kid I was obsessed with these ruins, I thought you could get Genesect or Meloetta by resolving their mysteries.

Since Reshiram, Zekrom and Kyurem  is related on Taoism, I think N's character is  based on the concept "Mushin" which is the state of mind Taoist meditators attempt to achieve, wherein there is pure innocence and no knowledge of good and evil. This also translates to "no heart", which a term Ghetsis used to refer N. I think this is the one of the main reasons why Ghetsis recruit N as a King.

The history teacher in Scarlet/Violet has a dialogue in the DLC where she talks a lot about The Abyssal Ruins & its great mystery! She then says she went & found many great relics & the place is still shrouded in questions… foreshadowing if you ask meee

I think Terapagos's name being blacked out in the Scarlet/Violet book pre-DLC may be an intentional callback to the unknown symbols in the Abyssal Ruins.

This video needs more views so badly. No one ever talks about the Abyssal ruins and I think about it like every other day

At first thought, it makes sense why N would be part of the Harmonia bloodline, given that he has the same powers as the ancient king of Unova (in an interview, Masuda confirmed that during development of the games it was planned for him to have the ability to see the future, but it was scrapped, likely because that would conflict with the plot twist revealing Ghetsis' true intentions). But how is it possible that Ghetsis' surname is also Harmonia? He doesn't have any of the special powers of the ancient king and doesn't get recognized by either Zekrom or Reshiram, so he can't possibly be part of the Harmonia bloodline. Well, Ghetsis is the one who found out about the Harmonia bloodline being the rightful royal family and its connection to the legendary dragon. As we also know, Ghetsis' original intention was to awaken Zekrom or Reshiram himself and use their power to rule the region, but had to step aside and let N take the crown of Team Plasma while he controlled the whole operation from the shadows. It is very possible that Ghetsis, before finding N and thinking he could befriend Zekrom/Reshiram himself, gave the Harmonia surname to himself. This theory is supported by his japanese name: G-Cis Harmonia. G-Cis, as we know, is a tri-tone, a combination of musical notes that sound horrible to the human ear. Tri-tones are, in other words, the opposite of harmony. G-Cis Harmonia is a play in words to indicate that Harmonia is not his real surname, but rather something he titled himself.

I think the translation of the "----- joined the king in a day" will be deciphered when the original dragon is revealed.

It would be neat to see Legends-style games where you play as N's ancestor, and you can talk to every Pokemon. Instead of lots of random wild Pokemon, there would be pre-programmed Pokemon with character and dialogue, and you'd choose which to recruit for your team. Kinda like Mystery Dungeon only with Legends Arceus battling style.

I love hearing theories about the Abyssal Ruins but I have also been SCREAMING about this line of thought for a DECADE. N/Ghetsis being related to the ancient king!! It helps shed some light on other things that are only implied and it honestly helps give Ghetsis more of a tangible reason for his atrocities; that he was a descendant of the ancient king as well and makes his frustration as being unable to awaken the legendary Pokemon himself a bit more personal, hence him formulating the plan to use N instead. Anyways, sorry for rambling, but like I said I love these theories and it's still so cool there's things we still haven't uncovered about the ruins yet. Excellent video, it scratched the brain quite well~ ♥️

The mention of 3000 years ago was likely due to its resemblance / inspiration of Pavlopetri, a sunken city off the coast of Greece that sank in a tsunami 3000 years ago. The ultimate weapon being from 3000 years ago is likely a combination of a few things rather than a true connection; the Carnac stones that Geosenge is based on has approximately 3000 standing stones and was built around 3000 BC. As for what even took place in Britain ~3000 years ago in reference to the Darkest Day, I do not know. It's possible they were hinted at being related as more games came out, though the use of 3000 in Japanese is used to refer to rare events that might never happen again; in reference to mythical udumbara trees which are said to only bloom flowers once every 3000 years.

This was great! I had no idea the abyssal ruins had such an interesting cypher! Goes to show there's always more to learn hidden beneath the surface of some of my favorite games

Another interesting thing, the tsunami could have likely been from the result of the weapon fired from Kalos into Paldea. If that's the case then it could have caused a tsunami and/or earthquake across the world.

Wonderful as always! This gets me incredibly excited for a potential Gen 5 game, hopefully legends style. I would love a medieval Unova!