Pokemon Raptor Ex: Exe

Suddenly, the game forced a warp. You were in the Hall of Fame, but the statues were cracked. Standing at the end was the Rival, his back turned. When you approached, he didn't trigger a battle. He spoke in a text box that scrolled too fast to read, except for the final line:

You tried to turn it off, but the power light stayed red. In the reflection of the dark screen, you saw your own face, and for a split second, a pair of shredded, digital wings unfurled behind your shoulders. Pokemon Raptor Ex Exe

Its sprite was wrong. It didn't face the opponent; it faced you , the player. Its beak was hooked like a rusted blade, and dark pixels dripped from its talons. Suddenly, the game forced a warp

The title screen didn't show Ho-Oh or Lugia. Instead, it was a silhouette of a Fearow, its wings shredded into digital ribbons, eyes glowing a flat, crystalline red. The music was a slowed-down, distorted version of the Lavender Town theme, pulsing with a heartbeat-like bass that made your thumbs twitch. You pressed Start. When you approached, he didn't trigger a battle

You wandered into the tall grass. A wild Pidgey appeared. “Wild PIDGEY is terrified!” the text box read.The Pidgey didn’t attack. It tried to flee, but the game prompted: “EXE won’t let it leave.”