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All four Pokemon have several common characteristics – they all have an organ described as their core, they all came from outer space, and all have various abilities due to their core. While Deoxys shoots lasers from its chest, Staryu and Starmie transmit radio signals into space with their cores, while Eternatus absorbs ambient energy and then uses it to warp space-time during its transformation into its Gigantamax form. Several other alien Pokemon also make appearances in the game: Solrock, Lunatone, Clefairy, Clefable, Elgyem, and Beheeyem all appear in the wild in Pokemon Sword and Shield. We’ll note that every “confirmed” extraterrestrial Pokemon appears in Pokemon Sword and Shield save for Kyurem, whose origin story was disputed in Pokemon Black and White 2, and Deoxys, who is a Mythical Pokemon.
Now that we have four alien Pokemon with cores and several other alien Pokemon making an appearance in Pokemon Sword and Shield, I can’t help but wonder if there’s more to this plotline. While Pokemon Sun and Moon didn’t really explain what Necrozma was other than that it was likely an Ultra Beast trapped on Earth thousands of years ago, Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon provided an in-depth storyline about the new Pokemon. And considering there’s several other alien Pokemon in Pokemon Sword and Shield, we can’t help but wonder if there’s something else going on in the game…
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