10 Weird Video Game Facts That Became Canon

Anyone who's bothered to read the PokeDex knows that the Pokemon series loves to include some really bizarre, if not downright horrifying, facts about their pocket monsters.

From child-kidnapping Driflloom to Kadabra apparently being a human boy who turned into a Pokemon, each PokemonDex entry is weirder than the next.

However, the single most disturbing thing Game Freak felt the need to specify about their happy family-friendly world doesn't actually come from the PokeDex, but rather a library in Pokemon Diamond and Pearl.

In the Japanese version of the game, one of the in-game books in the library states that Pokemon and humans used to be able to marry each other in ancient times.

Yes, according to Game Freak's official game, you and your Squirtle would've been able to join each other in holy matrimony.

Now the book mentions marriage between humans and the more humanoid Pokemon, like Machoke specifically, but it is still a somewhat disturbing thought, given they can only say their own names!

It's probably why the English translation of the changed this little tidbit of information about Pokemon and humans "being indistinguishable" back in the day, but it doesn't change the fact that originally, the writers had a completely different idea...