New Year!
During the New Year, two particularly important phenomena will occur:
First, everyone has time.
Because it is a statutory holiday, basically the whole nation will celebrate at home, and at the same time go to temples for blessings, and the rest of the time is basically spent playing, eating, and happily celebrating the New Year.
Second, everyone has money.
The most important thing is that children, as the audience of Pokémon, will receive a large amount of New Year's money during the New Year.
That is to say, the two shackles that previously bound the Pokémon twins will no longer exist!!!
It was all Aoki Haruhi's conspiracy!
He had calculated it long ago!
What a hateful fellow!!!
...
January 1, 1997, the first day of the Japan New Year.
Pokémon was officially released.
Several children gathered early, pooling all the New Year's money they received.
They went to the store and bought "pokémon 3d world: Moon's Dark Side" and "pokémon 3d world: Sun Myth."
"Then let's leave them with Little Noboru for now. In a couple of days, we'll all go to your house to play game, and I'll bring my own controller," Satō Reiko said.
"Okay, I'll definitely wait for you all to come over."
After Uesugi Noboru finished speaking, he carefully put the two disc boxes into his schoolbag as if they were treasures, and lightly patted them twice.
Just thinking about how they would all be able to play these two game together in two days, happy smiles appeared on the faces of the children.
...
Japan is actually a country that pays more attention to personal privacy. Even during the New Year, parents rarely stay at their children's homes, but instead leave private space to others, trying not to cause trouble for "others."
This is even more true for non-relatives.
So during these few days, everyone spent their New Year at home, following the usual customs of eating soba noodles, thoroughly cleaning the house, and going to temple fairs to make wishes and so on…
January 3rd.
Reiko and the others arrived at Uesugi Noboru's house on time.
As soon as the door opened, several children streamed in.
Uesugi's mother was a little dumbfounded.
"I'm sorry for the trouble," Satō Reiko said politely, putting down her schoolbag, and then followed Uesugi Noboru to his room.
The children behind her followed suit.
"I'm sorry for the trouble, I'm really sorry."
Seeing the children so naturally and excitedly run upstairs, Uesugi's mother was still a little dazed.
These children are quite polite.
It's just…
Are they treating this place a little too much like their own home?
Not long after, the parents of the children also arrived.
"We're sorry for the trouble," Reiko's mother said, leading the way.
"It's nothing, children like to play together," Uesugi's mother shook her head.
Seeing that the mothers were about to leave, Uesugi's mother quickly called out to them.
"Well, if you don't mind, why don't you come in and sit down? We can play cards or something together."
"Huh?"
The other mothers were stunned for a moment, then smiled awkwardly, "How can we impose?"
"It's nothing, everyone's here to play. It's usually quite quiet, and I'm honored to be friends with all of you mothers."
"Then, we'll come in."
Several mothers also streamed in after them.
"Ah~ now that I think about it, it's been a long time since I played mahjong."
Meanwhile, Uesugi's father, who was reading a newspaper on the sofa, trembled all over.
Wife, what are you doing?
Don't you know I'm not wearing pants?!
...
In Uesugi Noboru's room on the second floor, the children had already taken out their prepared controllers and plugged them into the PS console.
Uesugi Noboru took out the game box, showing the plastic seal, indicating that he hadn't opened it yet, waiting for them to come.
The little companions excitedly each put a hand together, completing the grand unboxing ceremony.
Uesugi Noboru held the two disc boxes in his hands and asked:
"So, which one should we play first?"
"Moon's Dark Side first."
"Like this."
Uesugi Noboru held one disc box in each hand, put them behind his back, and shuffled the order.
"You choose, whichever hand you pick, we'll play that one first."
"Okay, okay!"
The children immediately agreed with him and laughed happily.
They finally chose the left hand, and when Uesugi Noboru took it out, it was indeed Moon's Dark Side.
"It seems this is fate. Since this is destiny's arrangement, we must accept it and enjoy it."
"Mm-hmm."
Satō Reiko and the other two little companions nodded seriously.
He put the disc into the game console.
...
On the right side of the game start screen, a menu bar appeared.
Uesugi Noboru skillfully selected Save 1.
The game officially began.
The screen suddenly went black.
It entered the opening CG section.
The children held their breath throughout, gripping their controllers, watching the TV set motionless.
Their hearts were filled with endless curiosity and anticipation.
...
The screen lit up again, it turned out that Ash and Misty and others were invited by the launch center to visit.
The main inviter was Dr. Mizukawa Akio, a new character in this area. In addition to studying various Pokémon, he was also a research specialist at the launch center.
Just recently, they detected strange signals from outer space.
"In space, there might also be Pokémon."
"Huh? Really?"
Ash and the others were very curious.
"Hmm, and… it's very likely that they exist on the Moon."
"Is that true or false?" Misty was completely shocked.
The doctor bent down and said with a smile to the young trainers, "Do you know? The Moon always faces the Earth with the same side, but the other side is always turned away from us, so up until now, we actually don't know what's behind the Moon."
"The Moon's rotation and revolution periods have been pulled to be the same by Earth's gravity, so we on Earth can never see the other side of the Moon, which is the 'Moon's Dark Side'."
"Perhaps, behind that, important information is hidden."
"Maybe, there are mysterious Pokémon there."
"Huh? I'm so curious. If there really are Pokémon hidden behind the Moon, what would they look like?"
...
Not only were the protagonists on the TV incredibly curious, but even the children in front of the TV were lost in endless imagination.
"Huh? I didn't realize that the back of the Moon is always facing away from us. I thought it revolved around us, and we could actually see every part of the Moon."
"Will there be Kaguya-hime on the Moon's Dark Side?"
Kaguya-hime is a legend from Japan, from "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter."
The story tells of a bamboo cutter who found a little girl inside a bamboo stalk and named her "Fine Bamboo Kaguya-hime."
"Kaguya-hime" grew into a graceful young woman after three months. Five noble youths proposed to her, and she promised to marry the one who could find the treasure she desired.
As a result, all the suitors failed. The emperor tried to force her to marry him by virtue of his power, but she also refused him.
Finally, Kaguya-hime ascended to heaven.
And the old man and old woman who had painstakingly raised Kaguya-hime could only watch her leave.
And in the legend, Kaguya-hime lived on the Moon forever.
This is actually another version of China's Chang'e story.
The children discussed excitedly, coming up with all sorts of conjectures.
And the opening animation on the TV continued to play:
Just as Ash and Misty and the others were listening intently, the Pokémon started causing trouble again.
Pikachu and the other three little ones ran out of their Poké Balls, and then, while the others weren't paying attention, they scurried around the launch center.
Then, while running around, they scurried to the launch pad.
And Ash and the others were also watching today's rocket launch.
The doctor was explaining, "Today, we will see the launch of a brand-new probe to the Moon, which we call the Lunar Explorer-3000. It will travel to the Moon aboard the launch vehicle you see.
We hope it can successfully find those unknown Pokémon and provide us with new information."
Just as everyone was marveling at how powerful current aerospace technology was.
The four little ones, by mistake, quietly ran into the launch capsule.
To be precise, they ran into the rocket and squeezed in with the explorer.
"3!"
"2!"
"1!"
Ignition!!!
Huge flames roared out, and only then did the four little ones react in terror.
They had already left Earth!
The figures of the little things pressed tightly against the hatch where the probe was, helplessly looking through the porthole glass at the disappearing launch vehicle below, and Ash and the others, who had become tiny dots.
Their eyes were filled with pity.
But, the next second, the four little ones got excited again.
"Pika Pika!"
The culprit was happily patting his belly.
...
Seeing this, the children laughed and rolled on the bed.
"They're too cute, aren't they?"
"So much fun!"
"I want to touch them."
"It's too funny, they actually secretly ran into the carrier rocket."
"Well, now that they've gone to the Moon, how will they get back?"
"That… who knows?" Uesugi Noboru spread his hands.
"There must be a way!"
Satō Reiko, however, clenched her fists, stood on Uesugi Noboru's bed, full of enthusiasm.
Like a brave female warrior!
...
Finally, they landed on the Moon's surface.
The four little ones followed the light and quietly walked into the Moon's shadow.
Above their heads was the infinitely deep starry sky, and in the distance, the Sun, full of infinite heat.
This scene was entirely hand-drawn animation, but it made the children in front of the TV exclaim in endless admiration.
"Wow!"
"It's too beautiful, isn't it?"
"Is this the starry sky?"
"Is this the Moon's Dark Side?"
"It's so beautiful, no wonder so many people want to go to space."
"Will there be Kaguya-hime?"
"No, this is Pokémon, can Kaguya-hime be caught and put into a Poké Ball?"
"But this isn't an ordinary Pokémon, this is the Moon's Dark Side!
pokémon 3d world is full of infinite possibilities!"
The children started arguing with each other.
And just then, Squirtle seemed to have found something wrong.
It raised its paw, signaling to the other Pokémon.
"Squirtle Squirtle!"
The Pokémon looked down and found a black shadow hiding in the darkness.
And the rocks also started to float.
On the ground, there was a large, scary shadow.
"Pika Pika!"
Pikachu was so scared that he shrank behind Charmander.
Just then, a lithe creature slowly walked out of the shadow:
It was completely black, with red eyes.
Its body had circles of dazzling golden ring patterns.
This creature was Umbreon, which Pokeni had officially leaked early on, even directly posting its image on the official website.
"It's Umbreon!" Skinny Monkey exclaimed.
"Ah~ so beautiful!" Satō Reiko's eyes sparkled, feeling her heart melt.
"Eevee is indeed the prettiest."
"This should be an evolution of Eevee, I saw the official statement."
"I wonder what it will be like in the game."
...
After a battle with the four little ones, Umbreon gave them a hard time, but the four little ones still defeated it. Pikachu firmly pressed on Umbreon's body, seemingly asking why this creature suddenly attacked them.
After a conversation (although they couldn't understand, it didn't matter, there were subtitles and explanations).
It turned out that Umbreon is a rare Pokémon living on the Moon's Dark Side, but recently, the Moon's Dark Side was invaded by alien creatures, causing Umbreon to lose its home.
It mistakenly thought the four little ones were invaders, so it attacked them.
So the next task is to help Umbreon reclaim its Moon home.
The game officially began here.
Unlike the previous pokémon 3d world, this time there are 5 initial characters to choose from. In addition to the classic four little ones, you can also choose Umbreon as the controllable character.
"Wow, this is too great!"
"I want to choose Umbreon!"
"No, I'll choose, I want to choose Umbreon."
"Why can't Pokeni's design allow players to choose the same character at the same time? It's hateful! Then all four of us could play as Umbreon!"
"Exactly!"
"But I want to play Umbreon. You guys played Pikachu before, and I didn't fight you for it."
"I'm a girl, Umbreon is so elegant and cute, it must also be a girl, shouldn't a girl play it?" Satō Reiko whined.
The other three boys looked at each other, and with just one glance, they instantly reached an understanding.
"Let's play rock-paper-scissors."
"Ah~ you stinky guys! Can't you let a girl win?"
"Reiko, you're really good at playing game, not inferior to boys at all. Let's still play rock-paper-scissors."
The room was noisy, arguing fiercely over the right to control Umbreon.
Pikachu suddenly lost its popularity.
Pika Pika.
...
Uesugi's father couldn't help but frown, feeling like his head was about to explode. His ears were filled with noise, and he couldn't concentrate on anything.
It's New Year, can't it be quiet for a bit, so people can enjoy some leisure time?
The room was filled with the laughter of children.
Downstairs was filled with the sound of cards being played and the laughter of mothers.
The atmosphere of the entire New Year period was instantly maximized.
Only Uesugi's father was sitting alone in the living room watching TV, feeling somewhat doubtful about life.
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