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Pokemon Go's Halloween event will feature Pokemon from Gen 3 with a Lavander Town Theme.
Rumors are that this is going to be a very interesting Halloween. I still do not have confirmation of what Pokemon from Gen 3 will be released but most think that at the very least the Spooky Gen 3 Pokemon will be released into the wild.
In addition to this the game will have a theme based off of the infamous and oh so spooky Lavander Town. Lavander Town is a super creepy town visited by the player in the games Red/Blue. The town was so creepy that it spawned its own urban myth.
This is a great combination and should give the game a shot in the arm. The legendary raids introduced in summer gave the game a much needed shot in the arm but for the most part that excitement has warn off. This event will also likely add in some bonuses that could make this event extremely active.
New Creepy Pokemon!
What Pokemon will appear? Well from the promo picture above we can see the following Pokemon from Gen 3.
- Duskull
- Dusclops
- Bannette
- Shuppet
- Sableye
Of those 3 note that Duskull - Dusclops - Bannette are all in the same evolutionary tree with Dusckull beging the first pokemon and Bannete being the final evolutionary phase. It has not yet been confirmed if the Gen 3 Pokemon appearing in the event will be limited to these or if more could appear.
Lavander Town
In the game Red and Blue the player visits the SUPER creepy town of Lavander town that featured a super CREEPY theme song and also had a SUPER creepy story.
The idea of Lavander town is that its a town where all the Pokemon that die are buried and from those dead pokemon arrise these Pokemon Ghosts.
What makes Lavander even more creepy is the urban myth that surrounds that the town's earier theme music led to an increase in suicide rates.
Creepypasta has listed this on the Lavander Town Myth. The myth has been debunked but it still persists online:
The idea of Lavander town is that its a town where all the Pokemon that die are buried and from those dead pokemon arrise these Pokemon Ghosts.
What makes Lavander even more creepy is the urban myth that surrounds that the town's earier theme music led to an increase in suicide rates.
Creepypasta has listed this on the Lavander Town Myth. The myth has been debunked but it still persists online:
The Lavender Town Syndrome (also known as "Lavender Town Tone" or "Lavender Town Suicides") was a peak in suicides and illness of children between the ages of 7-12 shortly after the release of Pokémon Red and Green in Japan, back in February 27th, 1996.
Rumors say that these suicides and illness only occurred after the children playing the game reached Lavender Town, whose theme music had extremely high frequencies, that studies showed that only children and young teens can hear, since their ears are more sensitive.
Due to the Lavender Tone, at least two-hundred children supposedly committed suicide, and many more developed illnesses and afflictions. The children who committed suicide usually did so by hanging or jumping from heights. Those who did not acted irrationally complained of severe headaches after listening to Lavender Town's theme.
Although Lavender Town now sounds differently depending on the game, this mass hysteria was caused by the first Pokémon game released. After the Lavender Tone incident, the programmers had fixed Lavender Town's theme music to be at a lower frequency, and since children were no longer affected by it.
One video appeared in 2010 using ”special software" to analyze the audio of Lavender Town's music. When played, the software created images of the Unown near the end of the audio. This raised a controversy, since the Unown didn't appear until the Generation 2 games: Silver, Gold, and Crystal. The Unown translate to "LEAVE NOW".
There is also the said Beta Version of Lavender Town.
It is said that the Beta Version of Pocket Monsters was released to some kids to test the games. This is the video of the Beta Version of Lavender Town:
See more at Creepy Pasta Lavander Town.
Event Bonus:
Not known yet - TBD
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