"Awesome," a man says entering his home with a box under his arm with the title 'Pokemon Chronicle Collection'. "About time to put all the pokemon game remakes into one set," he says going over to his computer and opening it up and installs one of the disks he picked at random. "Also, so cool it comes with a VR function and is more like an RPG," he says as he waits for it to finish installing and noticed he put in the Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum game. "I hope this doesn't end up like No Man's Sky and not have the stuff promised in it," he says before seeing it will take a while gets up and goes for an ice cold drink. After he returned in an hour from doing a few things around the house, he noticed the game was fully installed and sat down to play it. "Alright, let's start," he says activating his VR headset and starting the game.
The next thing he knew, he was floating in blue space with computer code everywhere before a pokemon themed window with the words 'Welcome to Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, VR remastered'. "Alright. Start a new game," he says and the window dissolved into code. 'Welcome to the world of Pokemon.' the intro began. "Skipping," he says before the words 'Input your name' appeared. "Leon," the man says typing it in and that disappears before two default models appear. 'Are you a boy or a girl?' the pop up ask.
"Hum…what playthrough should I do?" he asks himself thinking before selecting the boy. "I will go full roleplaying this time. Next, I will just basically mess around," he says before the female model disappears, allowing him to customize his male avatar. Ending on giving him short auburn hair and green eyes. Much to his dissatisfaction though he couldn't change the clothing, but he figured he would probably be able to buy clothes at a store like in X and Y later pokemon games. "Alright finished," he says and the avatar disappears and he is surrounded by code before he looked exactly like the avatar he finished with.
'Would you like to enable the chance to encounter all pokemon or would you like for it to remain classic for this playthrough?' a pop up asks. "Huh? There is a question. Do I want the chance to get pokemon from all the regions that came afterward, even if it is a small chance or do I want the classic?" he asks himself before laughing. "Duh. Of course, I would. Makes things more fun and random," he says before noticing his voice had changed to sounding a lot younger. "Huh? Well, that is a feature they didn't mention," he says while selecting yes. 'Note: This setting may result in inconsistencies.'
'Would you prefer to play classic where the game is more like the original game with the characters and plotlines or anime where the anime-exclusive locations, events, and characters will be in the game?' the next popup asks. "…really? You even have to ask?" the guy asks immediately selecting anime. "Though if it was black and white, I may not have been so quick to choose that," the man mutters to himself when he sees the next option. 'Would you like a quick make random background or choose your character's background?' "Background…that is interesting…ok. For the sake or RPing and curiosity's sake, I will choose my character's background," he says after a bit.
'Your character was born and raised where? A. Forest, B. A city, C. Mountains, D. Desert, E. Drylands, F. Savannah, G. an island, or H. Coastline?' the pop up asks. "Ok, didn't expect so many options…eeny, meeny, meeny, you," he says picking Coastline at random. 'What were the surrounding areas like?' the pop up asks showing all the options again, but greying out the coastline and island. "Uh…let's go with forest. Plenty of pokemon in there," he says selecting it before seeing the perk 'Born on a coastline' appear on his character sheet.
'Which of the following pokemon did you take care of in kindergarten? A. a Weedle, B. a Caterpie, C. a Shellos, D. a Krabby, E. a Wooper, or F. a Rattata?' the next question read. "Hum…interesting. I am guessing this is heavily influenced by where my avatar grew up…let's go with the odd one out. It will probably help me, in the beginning, being a normal type, but offer no advantages in mid to late game," he says selecting Rattata and the perk kindergarten pokemon normal type appeared on his character sheet.
'When you were young, you had an encounter with the following pokemon that was rare in the area. And you developed a fondness for it or fear of its type.' "Oh, giving either a fear or love of. Nice one…what do we have?" He asks looking down the options. "Ok, that is…I am so tempted…oh crap, I can't resist," he says smiling as he shakes his head, selecting Lucario then selected fondness and gained the 'Fighting type fondness' perk on his character sheet.
'And finally, where did you go during your childhood upbringing? A. Help out at the local pokemon lab, B. work at the pokemon center, C. work on a family ranch, D. work at a pokemon daycare center, or E. work at the local gym?' the last pop up asks. "Ok. One of these probably gives me a big bonus or access to a skill," he says thinking hard about it before finally deciding on pokemon center and getting the perk 'basic medical knowledge'. 'What timeline should the anime be in the playthrough?' the pop up now reads before listing off the seasons. "Huh…you know if it wants me to be with Ash and his group then…yeah. I would like the chance," he says before selecting the timeline where Ash was starting in the Sinnoh region.
'Do you want to finalize all this character?' the pop up asks. "Confirm. Let's play," the man says smiling.
'Final option, Enable Realism mode?' the text says. "Realism…oh like realism mode in left for dead series? Sure I will. Will make things interesting," he says before clicking yes.
'You are Leon. A new trainer starting out who just finished the pokemon prep school. You grew up on a coastline town surrounded by forests. Your rise to becoming a trainer, started back in kindergarten when you were chosen to take care of the class's Rattata. As you grew up, your interest in pokemon grew as you helped your parents who worked in the pokemon center as medical staff with nurse joy and chansey. Your path was cemented on this course when one day while playing in the woods, you encountered a lucario battling an ursaring. As you watched, you started developing a greater and greater fondness for fighting-type pokemon and learning how they battled and convinced your parents to enroll you into the pokemon prep school in preparation to go on a pokemon journey of your own.'
He feels himself lifted up as bright circles start to travel up and down his form as he sees himself turning into code and taken apart. The man smiles as he hears something calling out the whole process. "Scanning," he hears as the circle run over him. "Transfer," he hears and sees some of his coding body parts start to disappear. "Virtualization," he hears and then a bright light engulfs his vision.