An Official Pokemon Tweet May Have Massive Lore Implications for Terapagos

Terapagos has remained one of the most mysterious creatures introduced in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, but a social media post from the Pokemon Company themselves provides some crucial lore details regarding the creature, seemingly confirming one popular theory among fans. As vital as Terapagos is within the world and story of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, the games themselves did little to definitively explain the origins of the creature or why it hibernated within the deepest reaches of Area Zero.

Originally teased in the base game, Terapagos is a legendary Pokemon that was added to the game with the Indigo Disk DLC and represents the source of the Terastal phenomenon. Despite all of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's flaws, the Gen 9 games succeed in laying out a surprisingly layered story, with elements such as the mysterious Great Crater of Paldea, ancient legendary Pokemon born from cursed items, and time travel (or rather, the illusion of it) paving the way for a wealth of lore that adds a whole new layer of depth to the world of Pokemon as a whole. Unfortunately though, some of the story's greatest mysteries were barely touched on in the DLC, resulting in rampant fan speculation and a plethora of unanswered questions.

Though the insight Pokemon Scarlet and Violet provided into Terapagos was cryptic at best, an official tweet shared by the Pokemon Company succeeds where the games failed and drops some intriguing lore right into the hands of players. The post explains that Terapagos had survived a series of cataclysmic geological events which occurred millions of years ago, and seems to suggest that Terapagos is just one member of a larger species that once inhabited the Paldea region long ago. This has been a popular theory among fans for a while now, and while this speculation was based on details hinted at in the games themselves, it wasn't until this tweet that these hints were treated as fact.

If Terapagos really is part of a larger species, then it would be one of