So this is one of my bigger theories regarding the Spaceworld 1997 Demo for Pokemon Gold and Silver. For those of you who don't know, this was leaked quite recently. This is based on some facts from an old Corocoro Magazine that me and my friend translated when I was making an analysis of the whole thing. Jynx has a very interesting history as some of you may know, but I feel like there may have been a much bigger backpedal regarding it all. So, what's the theory? Well, I believe that Jynx may have played a role in the story of Pokemon Gold and Silver at some point. And trust me, I have plenty of evidence to support this. This specific Corocoro Issue (December 1997, shortly after Spaceworld happened at the end of November) has some hints dropped about it. I had a friend (credit to Sam Akechi on Facebook) translate segments of it after getting a clear enough image, and it says quite a few interesting things. For starters, the Kimono Girls were Jynx Trainers (which made some sense given they are based on Geisha Girls). The magazine drops a question stating something among the lines of Jynx being related to summoning Ho-Oh. Thus, given how the Kimono Girls help summon Ho-Oh in HeartGold and SoulSilver, we can see that there was definitely some kind of concept with it being summoned through forms of dance. Note that Jynx DOES hatch an Articuno Egg in Pokemon Snap: this concept was not new, and may well have been intended to be a cornerstone of the Pokemon's lore. Hell, the section of the magazine even shows Ho-Oh coming down as a result of a dance. Now, there is more to this than just Jynx being a dancer aiming to bring Ho-Oh down to earth. It also claims the city (Known as Old City in the Demo's Files and Debug Menu) is Kyoto-Like. Given we now have the demo available to us, there is much more to this phrase now than ever before. You see, the entire continent of the game is just like Japan, as you can see by an image I uploaded to TCRF right there. It's just at an angle. It is quite unusual, as even the Kanto Region was placed where the real-life Kanto Region would be. However, this is a theory for another blog post. Seriously, I have a LOT lined up for this blog. Obviously, Jynx had all but been swept under the carpet by the time the Final Game dropped due to the level of controversy spiraling from her face. Well, blackface to be exact. The controversy persists today, and for good reason: Japan does have a history of racist caricatures and that also persists to this day. Defenders say that she is based on a fashion trend, others say that she is a remnant of the racism of the Pre-2000s. Which is true? Well, that's not what this article is for, nor do I ever intend to go into it. Regardless, Jynx has been pretty much completely erased from the lore of the series, and chances are she ain't coming back...which is a shame, because I actually like the Pokemon. Fake Out and a decently strong Icy Wind does wonders in Doubles, y'know? Gotta end Landorus-T's life somehow. But Jynx had even more interesting Dev History in Pokemon Gold and Silver's timeline: she had a unique sprite in the Spaceworld Demo that was changed completely during development. Some sprites had changes like this, but few had entire aesthetics changed. The Venomoth Article I did before covered a change like this, but Jynx's changed her skin color to purple, much like how we see her today. The anime around 1999 had the same old black face, and the magazine still had Jynx with the black face. So clearly, this was a backpedal. So, is there anything else about Jynx that we can discuss here? Well, the level of backpedalling here is not to be underestimated. Hell, Sabrina's Jynx in the Gym Challenge TCG Set was even censored for international audiences due to the controversy.
Anything else to discuss here? Well, as of now I have nothing else to really say. However, if I do find more backpedal evidence I will make a Part 2 or Follow-Up Article to this. There is so much Dev History here, it's kind of crazy. To note, this is the article that brought The Jynx Controversy into the big news outlets, and also what made her get censored for years and years to come.
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