[As always this is available in video form.](https://youtu.be/LliArH8Rv5Y)
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[Cianwood Softlock](https://old.reddit.com/r/TruePokemon/comments/oom9rg/cianwood_softlock/)
[Regional Differences Gen 1](https://old.reddit.com/r/TruePokemon/comments/fok18q/oc_regional_differences_in_pokemon_gen_1/)
[Regional Differences Gen 2](https://old.reddit.com/r/TruePokemon/comments/hd0063/regional_differences_in_pokemon_generation_2/)
[Regional Differences Gen 3](https://old.reddit.com/r/TruePokemon/comments/opgdqv/regional_differences_in_pokemon_generation_3/)
[The only Pokemon game to ever be cancelled](https://old.reddit.com/r/TruePokemon/comments/g16rsn/oc_a_look_at_the_only_pokemon_game_to_ever_get/)
[The Technology of the Pokemon World](https://old.reddit.com/r/TruePokemon/comments/gs1isr/the_technology_of_the_pokemon_world/)
[Pokemania – When Pokemon Ruled the World](https://old.reddit.com/r/TruePokemon/comments/osno0n/pokemania_when_pokemon_ruled_the_world/)
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Everyone knows that the way you capture Pokemon is with a Pokeball. It doesn’t matter if that is a normal Pokeball, a Great Ball, a Timer Ball, or any other kind. To Catch a Pokemon you need a Pokeball.
Well what if I was to tell you that the Pokeball actually makes a Pokemon weaker than it should be?
With the Diamond and Pearl remakes just around the corner, it felt like a good time to revisit something n the game that everyone experiences, but no one really pays attention to. Let’s look at The Red Chain.
So what is The Red Chain? Well, The Red Chain is an item created by Cyrus, the head of Team Galactic in order to control a pokemon and enable it to use it’s full power.
The first time we learn about the red chain is in Team Galactic’s HQ. If you go and read Cyrus’s computer, you will be able to read his research notes.
These say
*According to myths, the Pokémon created Sinnoh with its power. However, capturing the Pokémon with a Poké Ball prevents it from using its full power…*
*But with the Red Chain, the Pokémon can be shackled,
and its power can be used without restraint…*
*The Pokémon of the lakes and Mt. Coronet are somehow connected. Capturing the Pokémon of the lakes will free the Pokémon of Mt. Coronet. From the Pokémon of the lakes, crystals can be extracted to create a Red Chain.
Using that Red Chain, the mythical Pokémon can be summoned and shackled to do as we command…*
So Cyrus is telling us that through his research he has found Pokeballs actually weaken a Pokemons ability to use their full powers. In that second note, he states that by capturing the pokemon of the lakes, Azelf, Uxie, and Mesprit, he can use them to create a red chain. This is what we see happening when we storm the Galactic HQ.
However, in the Anime the red chains were made from a meteorite in Veilstone City.
These red chains allow the holder to have total control of a pokemon. Cyrus demonstrated this by using them on the lake guardians to teleport ash and his friends to his location.
A little known fact is that Cyrus actually made 2 red chains, one was the powerful one, and then he created an artificially duplicated one. This artificial one was still able to control pokemon, but it wasn’t as strong.
The main purpose of The Red Chains though isn’t to control just any pokemon. They were made to control Palkia and Dialga, as Cyrus wanted to use them to create a new universe.
After awakening the two legendary pokemon, Cyrus wrapped the chains around them both and took control. With the help of the gym leaders of Sinnoh, one of the chains gets broken, meaning Cyrus could no longer control
both legendary pokemon.
The other chain, this one being the stronger one, is destroyed by the protagonist of the media. So that’s either you as the character, Ash, or the main characters in the manga. In the game you get help from the lake guardians to destroy the chain.
After this, Giratina becomes enraged by the actions of Cyrus and sends him to imprisonment in the distortion world, forever destroying the chains.
So while it’s true that Pokeballs don’t allow your pokemon to reach it’s true potential, maybe that’s actually a good thing! Imagine them Uber Pokemon with Red Chains, scary stuff.