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neoyi · 1 year

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Part 1: https://neoyi.tumblr.com/post/701862985957801984/i-cannot-believe-the-school-principal-is-pulling-a

Part 2: https://neoyi.tumblr.com/post/702995488069287936/look-i-get-you-and-your-teachers-can-bond-to

Part 3: https://neoyi.tumblr.com/post/704016193905950720/god-would-someone-please-hug-avren-this-poor-kid

Okay, you know what game? You got me with that plot twist! You son of a gun!

This is endgame territory, so spoilers galore! More under the "Keep Reading."

To my surprise, Area Zero was very... pristine. I was kind of expecting dark tunnels, rocks, and/or caverns since it's a giant crater, but that's a stupid way of thinking that.

Why wouldn't life grow there after thousands of years of untouched nature? Of course there would be waterfalls and grass and Pokemon roaming around. It's also restricted, rarely touched by humans, so it wouldn't have many manmade structures either. It's weirdly kind of unnerving, but never let it be said nature isn't full of surprises.

Also the battle music here is a certified banger.

It's so damn cool to see Pokemon from distant past or in my copy, the distant future. Like we've seen glimpse of the former through fossils that can revive certain prehistoric Pokemon, Jurassic Park-style, so this is a bit of a step. My biggest disappointment is that I wished they could have teased this a bit more!

It's established a few of these past/future Pokemon have snuck out from Area Zero and into other parts of Paldea, and we do see a couple of them in their Titan forms. But imagine traveling around the world at any point past the tutorial, collecting Pokemon, and suddenly you run into one that looks like a robotic version of an already pre-existing one.

Maybe it's a new variation! Maybe it's a weird science experiment! At first, you don't know the answer, you just accept it as a type of Pokemon because they're all unique and varied like that. It's only when the plot reveals at the end after hours and hours and hours of playtime that you realize that no, these aren't natural and not of this time period.

How cool would that have been?

In any case, I think seeing new Pokemon that came from different time period is a stunningly novel idea. Man, I don't know how, but I really want to see more Pokemon from the distant past or future. I mean, Legends Arceus did something similar with Hisuian varieties that existed centuries past. Maybe we can get a Pokemon game in the distant future that elaborates on this or something.

I'm kind of used to Nintendo games not having voice acting, so the lack of doesn't bother me nearly as much as it does for others, but I agree scenes like these where you're controlling the character as your companions talk really could have been weighed favorably through spoken dialogue. Especially because the dialogue box is automatic and can be missed if you weren't paying attention.

Nemona, Penny, and Avren are constantly talking during your journey down Area Zero. You get to know bits and pieces of their personal lives that haven't been spoken for up until now. I ended up really enjoying this portion because it makes sense for them to just now talk about their lives - none of them know each other.

Prior to this, they were all students who just happened to go to the same school. Several times, Avren speaks of Nemona in a rather unapproachable, somewhat disdainful manner (presumably due to her ace status and rich background.) Then you have Penny who just came back from essentially a nearly two year suspension and have since largely kept to the sidelines. These are kids with completely different social and influential background that in any other circumstances, would be unlikely to join together if it weren't for you, the player character.

So you have these kids trying their damnest to work together in spite of the general what the fuckery going on Area Zero, and their vastly different upbringing. One of my favorite part is when Penny talks about her embarrassing father because he had the audacity to give her adorable nicknames ("Pen Pen"), something Avren envies greatly because he doesn't get that from his old man. In another conversation, Nemona has to emphasize that she's not some spoiled, rich kid and prefers battling to being pampered.

Like I love the way Penny speaks because she's abrasive and has no filter since she's been somewhat asocial and subtle. Or how Avren tries to boost his skills because the poor kid wants validation.

It adds a hell of a lot of depth to these characters and their growth, as well as an added complication of having to work together in a dangerous mission when they've barely been more than an arm's length away from each other. By the end of the game, you don't just have a group of loyal friends, you have a group that's just beginning a friendship. And that's beautiful, man.

MY BOY GETTING CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.

So I thought Professor Turo didn't connect Avren for years because he had successfully traveled to the future and couldn't return home. I figured he found a way to communicate, but that was the extent of what he could do. That's why he needed his son and PC's help in gathering the necessary materials as well as powering Miraidon back up in order to rework the time machine so he can safely return home.

But that's not what happened and what really did blew my goddamn mind!

Fuck you, man.

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