3rd Gen Team Aqua...........

[Dragon_Trainer_]

I recently came across this on the internet and I can't help but think about how Gamefreak made such a mistake.............

As we all know that Team Aqua, which plays a lead role in the Sapphire games, is hell-bent on expanding the ocean............ I thought up a few facts and came across a few of these too......

1. Don't they know that 70% of the earth is roughly water only............ Why do you need more?!
2. They want to expand the water, okay. How do they want to do it?! I'm sure all of you must've heard about the water cycle. They wanted to rain lots of water so that there is an expansion in the water content, okay. Do they even know how the rainclouds are formed?!

Then I came across some interestingly clever things that Team Aqua could've been planning on the 18th play through. Even the guys at Bulbagarden support this, so instead of writing my own I'll just post his writing:

Spoiler:

Throughout Ruby/Sapphire, you will encounter either Team Aqua or Team Magma multiple times doing various deeds in order to further their plot to catch Kyogre/Groudon.

Seems simple enough right?

And indeed the weather legendary plot really is that straightforward. However, some of the details suggest that they also had a backup plan in case Kyogre/Groudon didn't work out.

When the player character first arrives in Lilycove City, they are unable to Surf east from the town due to a Wailmer blockade. A grunt from Team Aqua/Magma is seen standing in front of them telling Wailmer to leap out of the water.

It is easy to assume that he just wants the Wailmer gone so they can leave. But you could also come to the conclusion that he is actually TRAINING the Wailmer in order to get one to evolve into a Wailord. Keep this in mind.

Later on in the game, Team Aqua/Magma steals a submarine. They use it to go to the underwater cave where Kyogre/Groudon reside, obviously. But if you remember the original intent of the submarine, things become less clear.

Captain Stern wanted to use the submarine to look for a "rare deep sea pokemon." The only thing fitting this description is Relicanth, considering how common Chinchou and Clamperl are. Since the submarine was designed to look for Relicanth, it would be easy for the team to casually pick one up on their way to the underwater cave.

Now when you combine the Wailord from their training in Lilycove and the Relicanth from the submarine, Team Aqua/Magma has the necessary tools to open the Sealed Chamber.

My theory is that Team Aqua/Magma devised this clever backup plan to capture the Regi trio in case they were unable to catch Kyogre/Groudon.

What are your opinions?
Link:https://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f226/theory-team-aqua-team-magmas-backup-plan-92839/

It could also be further speculated upon, I'm open to your thoughts............

 

[Guardian]

Ugh really?
They were adjusting the story so that it sounds legit. Kids would buy this story, and the game is primarily made the game (at least story wise) for kids, not the meteorologists.
It's like when someone says how could they make a Charizard Fire and not Flying type in gen I. Cos they only had one type, and Charizard was a fire starter, so do the math. This is the same thing. I mean, what would have Team magma have done? The most they could have done is put Lava into water to make stone, and they would need years to actually make a 1% difference in ground-water ratio.
Basically you could discuss about some illogic stuff about every game out there.

 

[Hiatus]

I actually haven't thought about these stuff while playing RSE, as they had never crossed my mind. Now that I think about them, though, they do seem a little silly. XD; Oh well; at least I've enjoyed playing, so, for me, that's all it matters.

 

[Danny0317]

Team Aqua is stupid. Most of Hoenn is water anyways. It would have been better if it was like in Ruby, that they just wanted to stop Magma.

 

[Incinermyn]

The only fault with theories that contradict in-game descriptions of Team Magma's and Team Aqua's respective goals is that games are set in what's considered a "modern fantasy." This is a literary genre that takes traditional or farfetched fantasy ideas and implements them into the modern world as opposed to feudal or medieval settings. As far as "fantasy" physics, real science doesn't always apply. Some things can be justified with it (like how Mewtwo started as a clone of Mew and then was genetically modified into his current state), while others are explained through pseudo-science or more so folklore and religious beliefs (case in-point: Kyogre was heralded as a sort of god in ancient times because it had the ability to bring forth endless rainstorms, and Groundon was heralded in the same way because it was the creature that raised the continents). I have to admit, though, the whole "making it rain by taking water from elsewhere" is a huge plot hole, but in a lot of fantasies, it doesn't matter because the creature in question presumably makes its own rain.

 

[Sydian]

It's a game aimed at children and the plots of Pokemon were never the best in video game history. I think we should just give this the benefit of the doubt and leave it be. Both Team Aqua and Team Magma are just crazy and didn't have their plans as organized as they thought they did.

 

[Tetra]

Since it was aimed at children, they probably had the thought not to make it too confusing for the kids who play it. But it made sense in a way. The player had to make them realize what they were doing was stupid.

 

[orangeralts21]

Interesting Speculation, but I can't agree with any of that, it's way too confusing.

 

[Itcheeee]

It seemed like they believed Kyogre could create water to me lol :P Think they were intended to have a ridiculous plot anyway.