Pokemon fans think gym leader Iono could be Scarlet and Violet wallflower Penny in disguise
Pokemon fans have latched onto 🦋an outlandish theory about Iono's true identity

A 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Pokemon Scarlet and Violet fan theory suggests that yo💃ur soft-spoken companion Penny could be the voice beyond the game's larger-than-life electric-type gym leader.
Earlier this week, Nintendo revealed Iono, a Paldean gym leader who mo𝔍onlights as a live streamer. Their energetic stream, as well as their impressive get-up - complete with what appear to be fangs, and some unlikely hairpieces - have led some players to ass😼ume that they might be a Vtuber.
If you're not familiar with that term, a Vtuber is an animated layover that some streamers use. The designs - often in an anime style - can lend unlikely features, like fangs or horns, to an avatar, or s🗹imply be used to hide a streamer's face while maintaining the p﷽ersonality of a face-to-face stream. Iono's ever-so-slightly monstrous appearance could certainly match up to that idea, but that then begs the question - who's behind the mask?
The spotlight has turned to an unlikely option. First introd🐭uced in a trailer released over the summer, Penny is a shy, quiet classmate the player will meet early in the game. She seems like the last person to be attracting a crowd in the way Iono strives to, but players have latched onto a few aspects of her design.
What if Penny is also Iono? She does have Plusle and Minun symbols on her. And Eevee evolves into Jolteon. What if she is a normal-type girl performing as an electric-type Vtrainer?#PokemonScarletViolet #Pokemon #Penny #Ionoಞ pic.twitter.com/aA29♐MTkAhK
As the tweet above mentions, Penny's leggings seem to evoke Plusle and Minun, Gen 3's electric-type Pikachu clones that have a red and blue colour scheme matched by Penny's hair. Nintendo also notes that Penny doesn't go anywhere without her Eevee backpack; among Eevee's m🥃any evolutions, of course, is Jolteon, another electric Pokemon that looks a little bit like Iono's jacket.
It's an outlandish theory, for sure, but one that plenty of fans have already latched onto. Citi🌳ng details as obscure as the roots of Iono's name in various languages to the fact ✱that Penny doesn't come to school very often, some people are already convinced.
People keep calling Iono a Vtuber, which makes me think Penny's description is highly suspicious as to why "she doesn't really come to the academy very often" and has a "shy personality" 😳#pokemon pic.twitter.com/Eje82ODnb0
People keep calling Iono a Vtuber, which makes me think Penny's description is highly suspicious as to why "she doesn't really come to the academy very often" and has a "shy personality" 😳#pokemon pic.twitter.com/Eje82ODnb0
What if Penny is also Iono? She does have Plusle and Minun symbols 👍on her. And Eevee evolves into Jolteon. What if she is a normal-type girl performing as an electric-type Vtrainer?#PokemonScarletViolet #Pokemon #Penny #Iono pic.twitter.𝐆com/aA29MTkAhK
We might well learn more tomorrow, as Pokemon will be returning to our screens to reveal 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Iono's partner pokemon. Right now, players are fairl♊y sure it'll be some type of frog, but exactly how it'll shape up remains to be seen.
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