History VideoGame / PokemonDarkRising

* TheDarkChick:
** Vladamir, who served as a temporary leader, though he isn't very smart, and is treated as a joke by the protagonist.
** Lust, the only girl of the knights.
** In DR Kaizo, V, despite truly despising Jean Blake, is a slave to Darugis, forced to commit actions he doesn't like. Unlike his original incarnation, he actually loves his children, and even praises the protagonist for his victories. Sir George (Gluttony sprite) and his Slowbro are the most odd members of the knights.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The series as a whole compared to the main series, but the sequel, despite being more self-aware and having more jokes, is also noticeably darker in some ways than the first. And ''Order Destroyed'' is even worse with [[spoiler: people dying left, right and center; Trainers and Pokémon ''dying'' if you defeat them; free-roaming Pokémon can no longer be caught, so the player has to rely on pre-caught Pokémon and the only means to heal your Pokémon, outside of items, is a Machine that you need to find]].

The game is DarkerAndEdgier that the regular series, and it loves to throw a DifficultySpike or two at the player. Another noticeable aspect of the hack is the inclusion of Pokémon from ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', but without the [[DamageTyping Physical/Special attack split]] from these games.

* BonusBoss:
** Max in the Dread Swamp. His Pokémon are in the mid-late 30s and fighting him doesn't affect the plot.
** Giovanni can be found on the Aroma Path. [[spoiler:His Pokémon are in the 90s at a point where you'll be lucky to have anyone in their 40s.]]
** [[spoiler:Your mother]] is located at the end of the optional Training Grounds in Montage Fortress. Victory earns you a [[spoiler:Shaymin]].

* ObviouslyEvil: Adrian. The player gets the sense that the OMNI region champion has a very dark aura... as if he couldn't tell how sketchy the 10 foot tall, silver haired, and dark cloak wearing giant was.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The series as a whole compared to the main series, but the sequel, despite being more self-aware and having more jokes, is also noticeably darker in some ways than the first. And ''Order Destroyed'' is even [[UpToEleven worse]] with [[spoiler: people dying left, right and center; Trainers and Pokémon ''dying'' if you defeat them; free-roaming Pokémon can no longer be caught, so the player has to rely on pre-caught Pokémon and the only means to heal your Pokémon, outside of items, is a Machine that you need to find]].

* UnwinnableByMistake: You need to use Fly to escape from Millennium City to get your final Badge in the Twist Woodlands. To use Fly outside battle, you must defeat Serena in Mystic Falls. Serena can be skipped entirely (to the point where you might not be aware there is a Gym Leader to fight in Mystic Falls). The 4th Gym Leader's dad shows up to battle you for a [[spoiler:Master Ball]] after you clear Volair Forest, inside Numassity City's gate. He will stay there after the event, blocking your path back from Numassity City's gate to the route you need to head back to Mystic Falls, preventing you from completing the game.

* DifficultySpike: The levels of enemy trainers, Gym Leaders, and rivals will jump pretty far from what you'd expect them to be when you face them over the course of the game.

* PowerCreepPowerSeep: Some 4th and 5th gen Pokémon and attacks aren't as powerful as they could be in this hack thanks to the lack of certain abilites and the physical/special split. Some 4th and 5th gen Pokémon are even more powerful. Even some 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gen Pokémon get a lot of mileage out of the 4th and 5th gen moves given the lack of the split. The lack of abilities from the future gens also make certain 4th and 5th gen Pokémon more powerful.

* AdaptationalExpansion: On Dark Rising Kaizo, there are numerous in-story changes:

** The elite 4 Sins are changed to 7 Sins represented by mooks using Pokémon related to their vices (eg. Wrath uses Gyarados, Greed uses Honchkrow, etc.)

** Mason ordering his henchmen to play a sport of breaking cloyster shells and stabbing them in the eye.

Has a sequel, aptly named Dark Rising 2. Dark Rising 3 is currently in the works, and to tide fans over, the team released Dark Rising:Order Destroyed, whose story functions as a prequel to [=DR3=]. There is also Pokemon Dark Rising, When Worlds Collide, and Pokemon Dark Rising Kaizo.

** The elite 4 Sins are changed to 7 Sins represented by mooks using Pokemon related to their vices (eg. Wrath uses Gyarados, Greed uses Honchkrow, etc.)

* DevilButNoGod: In Pokemon Dark Rising: Order Destroyed, [[spoiler:Hoopa turns out to have destroyed Arceus before the series began, and tricked the main character in the previous games into defeating Darugis. Since they were God and Devil, and Hoopa is no less of a devil in this scenario, this trope is in play]].

** The final battle in ''Order Destroyed'' has your team of maybe level 30-40 Pokemon against [[spoiler:Hoopa, whose is not only at level 100 but has the Wonder Guard ability]]. You are told before the battle starts that you must accept defeat.
* InvincibleVillain: [[BigBad Darugis]] for all of Dark Rising 1, and for a good portion of Dark Rising 2. In-universe, he can possess anyone he wants, anytime he wishes, has multiple organizations working for him, and defeating him in battle doesn't hinder him in the slightest. When he appears in the flesh, he boasts that he can destroy the world in six seconds if he fully powers up. Ingame, he is by far, the most overpowered boss in the entire game, possessing some truly overpowered legendary pokemon with unimaginably high base stats, and an attack that is almost as powerful as Explosion, yet has no drawbacks at all, for his signature pokemon. He can use multiple mega-evolutions in the sequel, including one for a manifestation of himself, making it have base stat total near '''1500'''.

** Omega Utopia villains torturing fairy type Pokemon, with an injured clefairy in their HQ.

* UnwinnableByMistake: You need to use Fly to escape from Millennium City to get your final Badge in the Twist Woodlands. To use Fly outside battle, you must defeat Serena in Mystic Falls. Serena can be skipped entirely (to the point where you might not be aware there is a Gym Leader to fight in Mystic Falls). The 4th Gym Leader's dad shows up to battle you for a [[spoiler:Master Ball]] after you clear Volair Forest, inside Numassity City's gate. He will stay there after the event, blocking your path back from Numassity City's gate to the route you need to head back to Mystic Falls, preventing you from completing the game.

** In DR Kaizo, V, despite truly despising Jean Blake, is a slave to Darugis, forced to commit actions he doesn't like. Unlike his original incarnation, he actually loves his children, and even praises the protagonist for his victories. Sir George and his Slowbro (Gluttony sprite) are the most odd members of the knights.

** In DRKaizo, Lady Ebony (Lust sprite) serves as the penultimate boss, and a personal lurking enemy to the protagonist, enacting the wishes of Darugis, and is responsible for a few of her own atrocities towards the region.

Has a sequel, aptly named Dark Rising 2. Dark Rising 3 is currently in the works, and to tide fans over, the team released Dark Rising:Order Destroyed, whose story functions as a prequel to [=DR3=].

** Wrath, the gladiator looking knight, who embodies every aspect of this trope. In addition to physical powerhouse pokemon with boosting moves, has a huge power Regigiggas.

* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Hoopa reveals himself as the true villain of the series, having killed Darugis and Arcues before it began]].

* DevilButNoGod: In Pokemon Dark Rising: Order Destroyed, [[spoiler:Hoopa turns out to have destroyed Arceus and Darugis before the series began. Since they werre God and Devil, and Hoopa is no less of a devil in this scenario, this trope is in play]].

* HopelessBossFight: Your first battle with Light is against his level 50 Tornadus. This happens early in game when you cannot capture other Pokémon.

%%* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: [[spoiler: Hoopa.]]
%%* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler: Hoopa.]]

Besides the main plot, you and your rival are about the start your respective journeys to become Pokémon Masters by defeating all eight Gym Leaders.

* SmugSnake: Vladamir. He thinks he is a better leader than V, but proves to be the most incompetent servant to Darugis. Mason in Dark Rising 2 is perhaps the greatest example, being the most patronizing, needlessly sadistic antagonist, and is a completely sycophantic lackey to Darugis.
* StupidEvil: Mason, who does needlessly evil deeds in the name of Darugis, like ordering his minions to kill wild cloysters, attempting to kill his sister, or make [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking random references]]. Why? Because he is evil and completely psychotic.
* SycophanticServant: Mason, leader of a cult that worships Darugis, is quite a smug buttkisser to Darugis, enacting his wishes and eventually [[spoiler: giving up his soul to Darugis.]]
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: It just wouldn't be a Pokémon game if this weren't in play in some form. Infrequently, you'll face trainers that posses Pokémon you cannot capture in the game.

* FiveBadBand: There seems to be two groups in Dark Rising 1
** Team Dark: The evil team that dominates Pokemon Dark Rising's plot before the league challenge
*** BigBad / ManBehindTheMan: Darugis, whom all of the team dark leaders serves.
*** TheDragon: V, the team dark boss with a personal enmity with the protagonist and his father, and made a pact with Darugis. [[spoiler: Even after being sent to the underworld, he is resurrected as his younger self.]]
*** [[TheBrute The Brutes]]: Kaiden and Sakura, V's children, who are one of the strongest members of the organization; each of them uses two extremely powerful Kyurem formes.
*** TheEvilGenius: Light (Not [[DeathNote THAT one]]), but he isn't as loyal to Darugis as the others, but he assists him and has figured how to use "dark evolution." He is arguably Darugis's most competent ally, and much smarter than all of the others.
*** TheDarkChick: Vladamir, who served as a temporary leader, though he isn't very smart, and is treated as a joke by the protagonist.
*** SixthRanger/SixthRangerTraitor: Kayo, who is a pokemon trainer affiliated with team dark, but at the end of the game, turns against them.
** The Knights of Ebony's Round Table in Dark Rising 1:
*** BigBad: Adrian (possessed by Darugis).
*** TheDragon: Envy, the leader of the knights and penultimate boss. He has alot of dragons on his team.
*** TheBrute: Wrath, the gladiator looking knight, who embodies every aspect of this trope. In addition to physical powerhouse pokemon with boosting moves, has a huge power Regigiggas.
*** TheEvilGenius: Gluttony, who claims to be the most strategic of the knights.
*** TheDarkChick: Lust, the only girl of the knights.
** The Omega Utopia team leaders in dark rising 2:
*** BigBad: Giovanni
*** TheDragon: Ghetsis
*** TheEvilGenius: Cyrus
*** TheBrute: Archie
*** TheDarkChick: Maxie
*** ManBehindTheMan: Darugis
** Omni League in Dark Rising 2
*** TheBigBad: Darugis
*** TheDragon: Drakon
*** TheBrute: Ryker
*** TheEvilGenius: Ebony
*** TheDarkChick: Devora
*** SixthRanger: Mason

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: [[spoiler: Hoopa.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler: Hoopa.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: The series as a whole compared to the main series, but the sequel, despite being more self-aware and having more jokes, is also noticeably darker in some ways than the first.

Has a sequel, aptly named Dark Rising 2. Dark Rising 3 is currently in the works, and to tide fans over, the team released Dark Rising:Order Destroyed, whose story functions as a prequel to DR3.

* FiveBadBand: There seems to be two groups,

*** [[TheBrute The Brutes]]: Kaiden and Sakura, V's children, who has two different Kyurem formes.

*** TheDarkChick: Vladamir, who served as a temporary leader, though he isn't very smart.

** The Knights of Ebony's Round Table:

** Omni League

Has a sequel, aptly called Dark Rising 2.

*** TheBrute: Vladamir, who served as a temporary leader, though he isn't very smart.

*** [[TheDarkChick The Dark Chicks]]: Kaiden and Sakura, V's children, who has two different Kyurem formes.

* SmugSnake: Vladamir. He thinks he is a better leader than V, but proves to be the most incompetent servant to Darugis. Mason in Dark Rising 2 is perhaps the greatest example, being the most patronizing, needlessly sadistic antagonist, and completely sychophantic lackey to Darugis.
* SychophanticServant: Mason, leader of a cult that worships Darugis, is quite a smug buttkisser to Darugis, enacting his wishes and eventually [[spoiler: giving up his soul to Darugis.]]