Morimoto/Quotes

These are Morimoto's quotes in the Pokémon games.

In the core series

Pokémon Black and White

• Before entering the Hall of Fame

"A tip for getting strong in Pokémon battles… Let me guess. I guess the most important thing is… having a lot of battles! If you become very strong, come back and have a Pokémon battle with me!"

• Before battle

"Oh! You've become strong! I can tell. Do you want to have a battle with me?"

No: "No? I've been raising Pokémon, thinking about their Abilities and just the right combination of held items. What a pity…"

Yes: "Well, let's begin!"

• Upon being defeated

"After all, I am the strongest and greatest. Just kidding!"

• After being defeated

"You think about battles very thoroughly. I lost, but I learned a lot from you. Besides, it was fun! Come back again tomorrow."

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

• Before battle (before entering the Hall of Fame)

"A tip for getting strong in Pokémon battles... Let me guess. I guess the most important thing is… having a lot of battles! Do you want to battle?"

No: "OK. I hope we can battle next time."

Yes: "Well, let's begin!"

• Before battle (after entering the Hall of Fame)

"Oh! You've become strong! I can tell. Do you want to have a battle with me?"

No: "No? I've been raising Pokémon, thinking about their Abilities and just the right combination of held items. What a pity…"

Yes: "Well, let's begin!"

• Upon being defeated

"After all, I am the strongest and greatest. Just kidding!"

• After being defeated

"You think about battles very thoroughly. I lost, but I learned a lot from you. Besides, it was fun! Come back again tomorrow."

Pokémon Sun and Moon

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• Before entering the Hall of Fame

"Are you out and about on your island challenge? When you've completed it, come on back. Don't forget about me here, OK?"

• Before battle

"I'd say I'm pretty up to speed on Pokémon battling. What do you think? Want to battle me? I'm really good, you know?"

Let's not: "Oh yeah? Well, that's a real shame. I'm really good, after all."

Let's battle: "Whoops! I forgot to save before the battle… but I'm going to win anyway, so it's fine."

• Upon being defeated

"I'll eventually be the strongest, and it'll be awesome… Nah."

• After being defeated

"You're really good, too. After all, you managed to beat me. You can brag about it, if you want. Here, I'll even heal up your Pokémon since you dared to take me on in battle."

"And here. I'll give you this, too. With one of these, the Pokémon you drop off at the Pokémon Nursery will have a better chance than usual of finding a Pokémon Egg."

"I'll let you fight me again sometime, if you want. Just once a day, though, OK? So come back tomorrow. Though I'll probably have forgotten you already."

• If talked to again on the same day he was defeated

"I'm not gonna fight you again today. You've got to come back tomorrow."

• If the player has a Mankey with a Game Boy origin mark in their party

"You know Mankey, right? I'm actually the one who came up with it! The boss told me to make a Pokémon with a bit of this and a bit of that, and that's what I drew! I'm pretty fond of it myself!"

• If the player has an Exeggutor with a Game Boy origin mark in their party

"We had a poll in the company once a long time ago to see which Pokémon was most popular... and back then the winner was Exeggutor!"

• If the player has a Tauros with a Game Boy origin mark in their party

"Tauros used to be real strong, huh? I was the one who thought up that one. But Blizzard was a bit too strong, eh?"

• If the player has a Diglett with a Game Boy origin mark in their party

"You know Diglett, right? It's actually basically just a character that I had made up when I was a little kid. I even drew up a flip-book featuring it then!"

• If the player has a Mew with a Game Boy origin mark in their party

"You know Mew, right? I made it. Everything about it. The pixel art, its cry, its Pokédex entry, everything. I just barely finished in time, too! It was right at the very end of the game's development!"

• If the player has another Pokémon with a Game Boy origin mark in their party

"That <Pokémon> of yours... I don't know why, but it sure takes me back!"'

"In that one game, you could talk to the Pokémon following you to find out how it was doing. I was the one who came up with that idea!"

"I heard something from Masuda one time... Apparently the sound that plays when you save is different in each version... I gotta tell you...I can't tell any difference at all!"

"Just between you and me, but... When we were working on these new titles once, I got told to come up with version differences... Boy, I was gobsmacked! But in the end, I'm glad I helped make them."

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

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• Before battle

"I’d say I’m pretty up to speed on Pokémon battling. And the director... Well, he’s not as good as me, but he’s not bad. So what do you think? Want to take us both on in a Pokémon battle?"

Let's not: "Oh yeah? Well, that's a real shame. I'm really good, after all."

Let's battle: (if player has one Pokémon) "But you don’t have two Pokémon that can fight!"

Let's battle: (when player has two Pokémon) "Good. Then let’s do this!"

"Hey, Iwao!"

• Upon being defeated

"I'll eventually be the strongest, and it'll be awesome… Nah."

• After being defeated

"You’re really good, too. I really thought we might whip you, but... Well, you sure got us in the end!"

"And here. I'll give you this, too. With one of these, the Pokémon you drop off at the Pokémon Nursery will have a better chance than usual of finding a Pokémon Egg."

"I'll let you fight me again sometime, if you want. Just once a day, though, OK? So come back tomorrow. Though I'll probably have forgotten you already."

• After defeating the player

"Oh yeah? Well, that’s a real shame. I’m really good, after all."

• If talked to again on the same day he was defeated

"We’re not gonna fight you again today. You’ve got to come back tomorrow."

• If the player has a Pokémon with a Game Boy origin mark in their party

"You know Shuckle, right? I was the one who thought it up. Bet you were surprised to find out that giving a Shuckle a Berry to hold in Pokémon Gold and Silver would turn it into a Berry Juice after battling!"

• If the player has a Pokémon with a Game Boy origin mark in their party

"You know Piloswine? I designed that Pokémon. I felt like I had to get all 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac together, you know?"

"The Time Capsule was pretty awesome, right? Boy, it still sounds like a dream... To be able to go back and forth in time, popping back to the past or into the future as you’d like! But making it work was a real pain."

"I loved the Bug-Catching Contest! Did you know that you can win it even by catching a Caterpie or Metapod? It's true!"

• If the player has another Pokémon with a Game Boy origin mark in their party

"Boy, when we were told halfway through development to make Kanto, too... I thought I might just expire on the spot! But I’m glad we made it that way."

"When we were having trouble fitting all the data in for Pokémon Gold and Silver, and we were really in a pinch, this amazing guy came along and made a program for us that solved all our problems. He went on to become the amazing president of a real big company soon after that, too."

Pokémon Sword and Shield

• Before battle

"Well, blow me over! You've become Champion? Now that's something worth writing home about!"

'"The name's Morimoto"

'"I've been waiting for a strong Trainer like you to come find me."

"If you've got faith in your own skill, care to join me in a match?"

"That's the ticket! Now watch out! Because Morimoto's got more than enough to motor right over you!"

• Upon being defeated

"And so we prove that the strongest and the most amazing of all is...actually you!"

• After being defeated

"You're really strong! I should've known!"

"Since you've managed to trounce me, I guess you've earned yourself a reward."

"Let's have ourselves a rematch someday!"

• If talked to again on the same day he was defeated

"I'm all tuckered out for today. How about tomorrow for a rematch?"

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

• Before entering the Hall of Fame

"Come on back here after you've defeated the Champion."

"Don't forget about me here, OK?"

• Before battle

"Well, blow me over! You beat the Champion? Now that's something worth writing home about!"

"The name's Morimoto. I've been waiting for a strong Trainer like you to come find me."

"If you've got faith in your own skill, care to join me in a match?"

"That's the ticket!"

"Now watch out! Because Morimoto's got more than enough to motor right over you!"

• Upon being defeated

"And so we prove that the strongest and the most amazing of all is...actually you!"

• After being defeated

"You're really strong! I should've known!"

"Since you've managed to trounce me, I guess you've earned yourself a reward."

"Let's have ourselves a rematch someday!"