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<blockquote data-quote="CC13" data-source="post: 121617" data-attributes="member: 1151"><p>That's the one! Pokemon took a while to arrive on the list, but it certainly arrived in style! What makes Cyrus a worthy successor to the classic villains who came before him? Read on to find out:</p><p></p><p>17. Cyrus (Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum)</p><p>Developed By: Game Freak</p><p>Published By: Nintendo, The Pokemon Company</p><p>Platform: DS</p><p>Year of Release: 2006</p><p></p><p>Even though it gets plenty of recognition, Pokemon still feels underrated in certain respects. Though it usually gets the credit it deserves for keeping Nintendo afloat through the dark days of the middle-to-late-'90s, it rarely gets brought up in discussions of RPG franchises. My guess would be that the inherently interchangeable nature of your party has something to do with this, but one other shadow looms large: Team Rocket. Hardcore fans are well aware of the group's competence, but more casual followers have Jessie, James & Meowth as their reference points, with their ludicrous schemes to capture Ash's Pikachu and dismal string of failures. However, even at their most efficient & competent, Team Rocket's thievery pales in comparison to the other villainous teams that followed them, including today's subjects: Team Galactic, along with their leader, Cyrus.</p><p></p><p>For starters, Team Galactic, as their name might imply, operate on a completely different scale than Team Rocket. While Team Rocket seek to steal Pokemon for profit and perhaps dominate the world, Team Galactic seek nothing less than to rewrite reality itself. To do this, they seek to capture one of three legendary Pokemon, either Dialga (in Diamond), Palkia (in Pearl) or both (in Platinum). One question still remains, though: what role does Cyrus play in all of this? The answer is quite simple: he seeks to seize the power of those Pokemon (Dialga & Palkia are essentially the gods of space & time I'm the Pokemon universe), which would effectively make him the god of Team Galactic's new world, unbeknownst to the rest of Team Galactic.</p><p></p><p>However, Cyrus knows that nobody will follow him once they figure out that he wants to keep all the power for himself, so he takes a surprisingly genre-savvy countermeasure: hiring the most incompetent minions possible. Though this may seem an odd choice at first, it actually makes a lot of sense, as it heads off not only the aforementioned possibility of the minions wising up to Cyrus' plan, but also the possibility of a coup. In addition, it also helps explain <a href="http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/c/cd/Diamond_Pearl_Team_Galactic_Grunts.png" target="_blank">Team Galactic's rather silly-looking uniforms</a>–anyone smart enough to recognize how silly the uniforms are would be a threat to figure out what Cyrus was really up to, so they filter out potential threats from Cyrus' organization. In spite of his highly counterintuitive hiring practices, however, Cyrus' ambitions to capture Dialga and/or Palkia almost come to fruition, with only his having overlooked the existence of Giratina, a legendary Pokemon that most likely represents antimatter, derailing his master plan. Even then, he receives no proper comeuppance, with even his staying in the Distortion World in Pokemon Platinum being voluntary on his part, as he wishes to study it and learn its secrets.</p><p></p><p>In terms of storytelling in the games, Cyrus & Team Galactic expand on the broader narrative foundations first laid down in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire. Cyrus' goal of remaking the world without spirit is all but openly stated to be a response to severe childhood abuse and/or neglect, with a man strongly implied to be his grandfather expressing regret at not stepping in to help him sooner. Meanwhile, Cyrus' admins also gain expanded characterizations, with Platinum-exclusive admin Charon being a self-centered, uncharismatic scientist, while Jupiter seemed to only follow Cyrus for kicks and both Mars & Saturn truly believing in Team Galactic's goals (with the latter even turning the group into a legitimate energy research firm after Cyrus' defeat and Charon's arrest). Bizarrely, despite his claims that emotions are useless, one of Cyrus' Pokemon is a Crobat, a Pokemon you can only get if you have a Golbat that really loves its owner; however, this is usually taken as evidence of how skilled Cyrus is at manipulating the emotions of others.</p><p></p><p>Cyrus and Team Galactic stand as testimony to the growth of the Pokemon franchise from its relatively humble beginnings. Just as the relatively simple monster-battling RPG of Generation I grew to incorporate breeding, equipable items, superpowered Mega Evolutions (imitate Digimon much?) and over 700 Pokemon, so too did the series' narrative grow past Team Rocket and its rather straightforward goals to the literally world-changing ambitions of Teams Aqua & Magma, the PETA/ALF-inspired shenanigans of Team Plasma, the apocalyptic designs of Team Flare and, of course, the universe-shaping plans of Team Galactic. This, of course, does not include what happened in the anime, manga and spinoff games, which could each easily support 3 or 4 entries like this one. With Pokemon showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon, we can only guess at what the future holds for Nintendo's premier handheld franchise.</p><p></p><p><strong>Next Time on The Top 25 Nintendo Villains</strong>: 3, 2, 1, GO!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CC13, post: 121617, member: 1151"] That's the one! Pokemon took a while to arrive on the list, but it certainly arrived in style! What makes Cyrus a worthy successor to the classic villains who came before him? Read on to find out: 17. Cyrus (Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum) Developed By: Game Freak Published By: Nintendo, The Pokemon Company Platform: DS Year of Release: 2006 Even though it gets plenty of recognition, Pokemon still feels underrated in certain respects. Though it usually gets the credit it deserves for keeping Nintendo afloat through the dark days of the middle-to-late-'90s, it rarely gets brought up in discussions of RPG franchises. My guess would be that the inherently interchangeable nature of your party has something to do with this, but one other shadow looms large: Team Rocket. Hardcore fans are well aware of the group's competence, but more casual followers have Jessie, James & Meowth as their reference points, with their ludicrous schemes to capture Ash's Pikachu and dismal string of failures. However, even at their most efficient & competent, Team Rocket's thievery pales in comparison to the other villainous teams that followed them, including today's subjects: Team Galactic, along with their leader, Cyrus. For starters, Team Galactic, as their name might imply, operate on a completely different scale than Team Rocket. While Team Rocket seek to steal Pokemon for profit and perhaps dominate the world, Team Galactic seek nothing less than to rewrite reality itself. To do this, they seek to capture one of three legendary Pokemon, either Dialga (in Diamond), Palkia (in Pearl) or both (in Platinum). One question still remains, though: what role does Cyrus play in all of this? The answer is quite simple: he seeks to seize the power of those Pokemon (Dialga & Palkia are essentially the gods of space & time I'm the Pokemon universe), which would effectively make him the god of Team Galactic's new world, unbeknownst to the rest of Team Galactic. However, Cyrus knows that nobody will follow him once they figure out that he wants to keep all the power for himself, so he takes a surprisingly genre-savvy countermeasure: hiring the most incompetent minions possible. Though this may seem an odd choice at first, it actually makes a lot of sense, as it heads off not only the aforementioned possibility of the minions wising up to Cyrus' plan, but also the possibility of a coup. In addition, it also helps explain [URL="http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/c/cd/Diamond_Pearl_Team_Galactic_Grunts.png"]Team Galactic's rather silly-looking uniforms[/URL]–anyone smart enough to recognize how silly the uniforms are would be a threat to figure out what Cyrus was really up to, so they filter out potential threats from Cyrus' organization. In spite of his highly counterintuitive hiring practices, however, Cyrus' ambitions to capture Dialga and/or Palkia almost come to fruition, with only his having overlooked the existence of Giratina, a legendary Pokemon that most likely represents antimatter, derailing his master plan. Even then, he receives no proper comeuppance, with even his staying in the Distortion World in Pokemon Platinum being voluntary on his part, as he wishes to study it and learn its secrets. In terms of storytelling in the games, Cyrus & Team Galactic expand on the broader narrative foundations first laid down in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire. Cyrus' goal of remaking the world without spirit is all but openly stated to be a response to severe childhood abuse and/or neglect, with a man strongly implied to be his grandfather expressing regret at not stepping in to help him sooner. Meanwhile, Cyrus' admins also gain expanded characterizations, with Platinum-exclusive admin Charon being a self-centered, uncharismatic scientist, while Jupiter seemed to only follow Cyrus for kicks and both Mars & Saturn truly believing in Team Galactic's goals (with the latter even turning the group into a legitimate energy research firm after Cyrus' defeat and Charon's arrest). Bizarrely, despite his claims that emotions are useless, one of Cyrus' Pokemon is a Crobat, a Pokemon you can only get if you have a Golbat that really loves its owner; however, this is usually taken as evidence of how skilled Cyrus is at manipulating the emotions of others. Cyrus and Team Galactic stand as testimony to the growth of the Pokemon franchise from its relatively humble beginnings. Just as the relatively simple monster-battling RPG of Generation I grew to incorporate breeding, equipable items, superpowered Mega Evolutions (imitate Digimon much?) and over 700 Pokemon, so too did the series' narrative grow past Team Rocket and its rather straightforward goals to the literally world-changing ambitions of Teams Aqua & Magma, the PETA/ALF-inspired shenanigans of Team Plasma, the apocalyptic designs of Team Flare and, of course, the universe-shaping plans of Team Galactic. This, of course, does not include what happened in the anime, manga and spinoff games, which could each easily support 3 or 4 entries like this one. With Pokemon showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon, we can only guess at what the future holds for Nintendo's premier handheld franchise. [B]Next Time on The Top 25 Nintendo Villains[/B]: 3, 2, 1, GO! [/QUOTE]
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