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reides · 4 months
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leaving alola behind him, reides the kingdra headed for generation 8 of the pokemon games in his quest for more ribbons! gen8 of these games feature the galar region (via pokemon sword and shield) as well as the sinnoh region (via pokemon brilliant diamond and shining pearl)! this leap to gen8 was super alarming, as my beloved kingdra moved from the 3ds to the current nintendo console - namely, the nintendo switch! it's crazy to think about how this whole journey began on my copy of emerald version, slotted into my pleasantly clunky brick of a grey ds.
reides' journey through the generations has been filled with its highs and its lows, but once he arrived safely in pokemon home, it meant that i could be a bit flexible with my approach to the ribbons available in swsh and bdsp! (it also meant bidding farewell to my shoddy photos of my (3)ds screen for these posts... they will be missed...)
anyway, before i get into the story of reides' gen8 journey, i gotta do my customary shoutout to all the other parts of his ribbon master quest. it's really easy this time around, as i finally put together an index for these posts on my personal site! you can find it here! that page also has a lot of information about the challenge itself, along with some helpful resources if you'd like to take it on. as always, you can also peek in my ribbon master tag on this blog, too.
if you're all caught up with the story so far, it's time to get started on a brand new chapter.
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transferring reides into my copy of pokemon shield was a really emotional experience. kingdra looks absolutely gorgeous on the switch, and i was blown away by how awesome the shiny form looks, too. this moment on the beach at sunset - with a galarian slowpoke and a kingler lurking close by - felt pretty cinematic. it was also really nice to see my trainer character again! i absolutely love all of the different fashion items available in swsh. immediately, i knew that i had to make my ribbon mastery team a big ol' pot of curry for all of their hard work thus far.
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we also played together while we camped out. i was really glad that i was already in shield's post-game, as it saved a whole lot of time on this ribbon master journey AND meant that i'd have tons of toys for my pokemon at my disposal.
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after goofing around for hours, i finally decided to take on the first ribbon available in galar. this ribbon was the galar champion ribbon, which your pokemon receive upon entering the galarian hall of fame. i ended up needing to play through the galarian star tournament first, though, as i had procrastinated on doing that for the longest time... so reides ended up taking part in a few more battles than one would think!
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it was absolutely awesome to see dynamax in action with reides! it made me wish that kingdra got a gigantamax form, but i guess that would be a bit too amazing for anyone to handle, huh? while taking on this ribbon, i also realized just how much i missed the vibes of the gym challenge in the galar region. the wide stadiums, the cheering crowds, the MUSIC... all of it is so incredibly top-tier and it really got me pumped up! not to mention seeing the absolutely INCREDIBLE cast in action. shoutout to everyone but especially piers. all hail the reigning king of the pokemon punks.
anyway, reides was eventually able to sweep his way to victory in both the galarian star tournament as well as the league battles. he joined the hall of fame and got the galar champion ribbon!
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with that handled, it was time to take on galar's battle tower. according to most, this battle tower is an absolute cake-walk, as you can dynamax while most of your opponents (barring leon) can't. it was just a matter of buckling down and spending the time required to amass your wins. as a result, i ended up abandoning the tried and true durant strat and instead took the og trio of albatross, origin and reides, himself, along for the ride.
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hilariously enough, i ran into ONE road-block in this tower in the form of a shedinja which i could literally not attack. i had NO moves that could get past its guard... sobs. but another nice thing about the galarian battle tower is that it isn't streak-dependent, instead swapping over to a system relying on ranking up or ranking down. so i brushed off this shedinja encounter without letting it get to me all that much, haha! i also taught albatross shadow ball... just in case.
ribbons also got a bit of an upgrade in the switch games of pokemon. no longer limited to just being pretty graphics on the ribbon screen, you can now equip one ribbon on your pokemon and give it a little title every time you send it out in battle. i equipped the ribbon that reides got for mastering all of the contests in omega ruby, which granted him the title of 'shining star'!
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it was so nice to see it every time i sent him out, but i can definitely see myself swapping between all the various titles at reides' disposal!
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my climb to the master ball rank was fairy uneventful, though i really understood this child's plight. it's how i felt many times while in various battle towers during this ribbon master journey.
eventually, i made it through the rank itself and got to the final battle against leon. though i had faced him at the end of each rank prior to this moment, it still felt very intense to encounter him knowing that this was my very last battle tower match for the forseeable future. also, his battle tower outfit is SO DRIPPY. love him so much.
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not gonna lie, it was pretty funny seeing him say something so inspiring while looking so sad (and the snowscape from one of dynamax-form reides' attacks really added to it). leon is an absolutely amazing character and one of my fav champions ever, though, so i was thrilled that he got to be the final match in my battle tower saga!
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even though the swsh battle tower was WAY easier than the others that i faced, i was still so happy to be done with it. my goodness. i really went from ignoring the battle towers in the series to gaining streaks of ~50 in each and every one... it's kind of unreal. reides truly earned the title of 'tower master'!
upon getting the tower master ribbon, we were done with galar. i was sure to make my pokemon team some more curry before they set off for sinnoh! but i honestly wasn't too torn up about leaving galar, as pokemon home lets us shift pokemon between the switch games however we'd like. after so many one-way transfers out of prior generations, it felt kind of surreal - and was also a huge relief.
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this cute curry wasn't the only treat that got eaten, either! i made some pokemon cookies in Real Life to celebrate, as well. i used cookie cutters from the official pokemon store to make these pikachu and munchlax cookies!
i then set my sights on the remake of diamond version... pokemon: brilliant diamond!
the last time reides visited sinnoh, he did so via my childhood copy of diamond version. as i wrote in my post about the gen4 part of reides' journey, this copy of the game was already in the post-game, so i didn't have to play through any of diamond's plot whatsoever when he arrived. however... for this sinnoh visit, i actually didn't have a post-game available! despite owning brilliant diamond since the day it released, i had barely played it. (fun fact: in my first run of the game, i ran into a shiny bidoof on my very first night playing it. i ended up transferring all of the pokemon in it - bidoof included - to pokemon home and restarting it, though, as i was toying with the idea of doing a shiny starter hunt... and then i simply never touched it. so i guess restarting it was actually a waste of time. weeps.) i knew that i'd need to play through its plot to get the ribbon that reides needed, so... you know what that meant.
it was time for a whole other adventure to begin.
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i decided to keep reides in the pc for the storyline part of this playthrough. i wanted to raise a team of pokemon from the sinnoh region, and i knew that reides' status as a fully ev and iv trained pokemon at level 100 meant that he would absolutely STEAMROLL the plot. we still went on walks together very often though, and he had his pal hammer the garchomp in the pc for company! (i usually raise a garchomp for my sinnoh teams, as it's one of my fav pokemon in the sinnoh region, but i decided to try to resist this time around and limit myself to pokemon that i had never raised before!)
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i absolutely loved my brilliant diamond playthrough. the art direction is a point of contention in the pokemon fandom, but i'm a big fan of it! it seems like people either love it or hate it, and, thankfully, i'm definitely in the 'love' camp! the chibi style is endlessly charming, and the environments were just gorgeous. something about the lighting in brilliant diamond is just SUPER pleasing to me, and re-visiting sinnoh like this allowed me to really appreciate it. since my diamond file was in the post-game, i guess needing to play through this one in its entirety actually kinda worked out in my favour, huh?
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i was super delighted to see that the ribbons screen is absolutely gorgeous in this game, too! i really like the status screen featured in bdsp. it's so nice and colourful.
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this simple little screenshot is also really important to me. you see, when i was a kid, i got diamond version as a gift from a family friend. he'd gone abroad and generously brought back it back as a present for me. back then, the country that i live in didn't get pokemon games in a timely manner at all (we'd get them in video game stores months after they released in the u.s.), and i actually had no idea that diamond version even existed. (not knowing that a new pkmn generation dropped was a recurring experience in my childhood, LOL.) so playing this game for the first time made for a really magical experience. i have a very, very clear memory of playing it for hours and hours on the night that i started it up... until i could barely keep my eyes open. i trained my team a whole lot and was exploring this route right outside of jubilife, and i thought that the small island on the water was very pretty. i saved there for the night, imagining my trainer setting up a little camp for herself and her pokemon... and now, every time i'm on that route, i can't help but smile at the memory. so you can imagine just how happy i was to take a photo with reides there, with the updated graphics and everything!
furthermore, on the course of my sinnoh journey, i ran into lots of old friends... including none other than riley!
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thanks to the way he helped me out in the gen4 battle tower, riley is a really special character to me now. so i was really happy to see him and play through iron island with him! after thwarting team galactic, he surprised me with a little gift.
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i actually wasn't planning on raising a riolu - much less a lucario - on my main team AT ALL... but, upon receiving this egg from riley, i knew i had to. as silly as it may sound, i thought it would be a great nod to our time in the battle tower all those generations ago! and so, on that note, here is the storyline team that i journeyed through sinnoh with, and who helped reides get to where he needed to be:
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as you can see, there's a bit of a theme going on with their nicknames! i decided to name each member of my brilliant diamond team after in-universe berries. i thought it'd be cute!
anyway, the berry bunch and i had a fantastic time exploring sinnoh. days passed, and, eventually, we faced what i believe to be the most difficult league in any of the pokemon games... including the most daunting champion battle ever.
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cynthia lived up to her status as the most skilled champion in the pkmn franchise thus far. we had a battle for the ages, knocking 5 of each other's pokemon out. i actually almost lost to her - she had me completely backed into a corner. but my team pulled through, as kelpsy the glaceon MIRACULOUSLY toughed out an attack that should have knocked him out (via the affection system - namely, if your pokemon really loves you, they can occasionally 'survive' attacks that'd knock them out with 1hp instead) and managed to land a single ice beam on her garchomp. this clutched out the win, and my team was added to the sinnoh hall of fame.
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now that i had access to the post-game, i could focus on reides once more. to get his ribbon in brilliant diamond, we'd have to foray into the brilliant contest scene.
brilliant contests are a calibre above the typical condition contests and are linked to all of your contest stats rather than just one. you actually don't gain access to this category unless you've achieved a master rank win in all of the solo-stat categories. luckily, ribbons from oras are recognized in bdsp, so reides didn't have to prove his worth to the judges and could instead get right to competing in the brilliant contests.
in addition to this category, bdsp also introduced some new contest mechanics, too. your final contest score can be split into three parts: 'visual', 'dance', and 'move'. these all seem pretty self-explanatory; the visual part is linked to your pokemon's contest condition/sheen, the dance part is linked to how well you perform in the rhythm game, and the move is linked to your timing in executing the one contest move that you're allowed to take in with you during the contests. but the visual part actually has an element of added complexity in bdsp, as it also involves a new mechanic of placing stickers on your pokemon's pokeball so that cool effects play when you send them out. (this feature was also in the gen4 sinnoh games, albeit not incorporated into those games' contests.)
the effects which these stickers play have a direct impact on your pokemon's visual score. however, for brilliant contests, normal stickers don't really cut it. instead, people recommend grinding out champion stickers (from taking on cynthia's rematch team post-heatran plotline) and showstopper stickers (from beating the other master rank contests) in order to get a decent appeal score. since reides didn't need to take on the master rank contests, i didn't have any of those - and i wasn't all too interested in grinding for more. i figured that grinding out champion stickers would work out better, since they give more points in the visual portion of the contest, anyway.
before starting that grind, i decided to give the brilliant master contest a try with nothing but the base-game stickers. given reides' perfect contest stats from omega ruby, i wondered if his contest skills would be enough to scrape through and secure a win.
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as it turned out...
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...they were not. people are NOT exaggerating when they talk about the difficulty of the brilliant master rank contest!! i was pretty shocked that my lovely kingdra was getting absolutely terrible visual ratings. (LIKE, LOOK AT HIM!! LOOK AT HIM!!!!!!! HE'S SO CUTE!!!!!!! AND PERFECT!!! AND SWEET, TOO!!!!!!!!) anyway, my outrage aside, it turns out that using those two types of stickers to boost your pokemon's visual rating is pretty much a necessity. the rhythm game portion of it is also not to be underestimated and typically requires a bit of practice. luckily, i'm fairly decent at rhythm games, but i knew that i would have to get those stickers from cynthia after all. i played through the pre-requisite bit of the post-game - catching heatran in a premier ball! - and made my way back to the league. with my storyline team vibing in the pc and my ribbon mastery team ready to FIGHT, i got settled and began grinding out the battles.
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initially, i intended to get 20 champion stickers on the ball so as to fill it up entirely with them. after getting 8 stickers in one night, though, i was kind of worn down and decided to give the contest another try. i also taught giga impact to reides, as it's SUPER good in the bdsp contests (your pokemon gains a big boost to its score when you use it while you have a positive 'jam' score in the dance game) and can be easily bought in the veilstone department store. i was delighted to see that my protag's mother - johanna - was there for this contest, as well as gym leader fantina. both johanna and fantina are great at contests in-universe, so i was excited at the prospect of at least succeeding on this contest round, even if reides didn't manage to clutch out the win.
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...however, by some miracle, reides managed to do just that!! not only did i finally manage to succeed in the brilliant master rank contest, but reides also secured the win. at this point, it was, like, 4 in the morning for me. i was absolutely astounded; i actually wondered if i was somehow hallucinating. the twinkling star ribbon was the one and only ribbon that i needed in brilliant diamond, and after so much work to get to this point...
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...it was finally granted to reides!!!
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upon recieving this ribbon, reides acquired all of the ribbons that he needs in order to be a ribbon master... save for ONE. one (1) single ribbon stands in his way... and that ribbon is the one that's granted to a pokemon for emerging victorious in a master ball ranked online battle. now, i can technically get this ribbon by putting reides back in pokemon shield and trying to climb the ladder in gen8... but, as you likely know, the current gen (as of me writing this post) is gen9. that means that the gen8 battle servers are... well...
empty.
okay, no. they're not entirely empty. but people have stories of waiting for hours to get into one single match, and i'm not sure if i want to put myself through that unless i absolutely must. and i might just have to, as kingdra hasn't been officially announced as part of the generation 9 pokedex... however, with indigo disk on the horizon (3 more days!!!), i figured i'd wait to see if kingdra would be included in its national dex before subjecting myself to gen8's very delayed match-making times. if it isn't, i'll just devote another post to my competitive climb in lieu of a gen9 one. (tbh, i'm considering making a totally seperate blog post for my very first foray in the vgc realm regardless - but we'll see how it goes!)
either way, i really, really enjoyed my time with reides in gen8. it has been so awesome to see him in games that i can play with the most up-to-date nintendo console, and kingdra's models across the switch games have just been so incredibly snazzy. i said this at the start of the post, but it truly is crazy to see just how far my little shiny horsea from emerald version has journeyed. i love reides so very much and i couldn't possibly be more proud of him!!!
so let's keep our fingers crossed that reides will be allowed into gen9 so that he can explore the paldea, kitakami, and unova regions! thanks again for cheering him on, and i'm looking forward to writing another update soon!!! that update may very well include reides finally achieving full ribbon master status at long last, so i'm already excited for it! :D
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thesmpisonfire · 8 days
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the au you mentioned is a pokemon au right? i don't know anything about pokemon unfortunately so i can't ask specific questions, but i'd love to hear about any bits of felps (or felpac) information if you want to talk about it \o/
Yes its my pokemon au!! It's focused on this specific game called Legends: Arceus so it has some time travel fuckery and amnesia going on
Felps is a strange guy, in the present timeline he's Cellbits roommate, he works at a coffee shop while Cellbit works at the museum. He also helps out Cellbit do his own investigation job about strange things happening in Alola (another pokemon region) since people keep disappearing and others appearing out of thin air, with no memories to what happened to them. He met Cellbit when they both were about to end their pokemon journey and Cellbit was gonna try for the pokemon league and Felps decided to stick around that funky freak for moral support and bc he got attached
But also, he's there at the past timeline. Still Felps. He lives in a nice cozy hut by the rocky cliffs of Coronet Highlands (the rockside area in Hisui, another pokemon region but this one in the past) and just vibes with the pokemon. After Pac and Cellbit both end up yanked to the past and losing their memories, they eventually end up crossing paths with Felps again. The two can't remember him, but Felps remembers them, but can't say anything about it out of fear of the already unstable time distortion happening getting worse. Not even Felps himself knows how he travels between timelines
Felps and Pac used to be a thing, back home. Pac works at Gear Station, in the battle subway (a battle facility where you go down a series of battles until going against the subway bosses themselves, which here are Pac and Mike), and Felps used to wait for his shift to end at the top of the station, Pac meeting him there so the two could hang out and share dinner while watching the lights that'd came from the musical theatre down the street. They never put a name on their relationship, they just knew the other would always be there. In a different way than Pac knew Mike would always come for him
They love each other? Yes, they do, but the comfort of not being under a label was too much for them to really want to change it. They weren't exclusive to each other, both of them could date other people, but Felps just didn't want to put the work and the only constant in Pacs love life was always Felps
When Pac lost all his memories and met Felps again in the past, it was almost immediately the connection again, but Pac only felt extreme care and trust toward Felps, while Felps was still head over hills for him
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drifloonz · 10 months
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Blue and rosa (separately) having a s/o that has a team of fairy types? I really love fairy types there so cute and deadly at the same time (also can s/o's ace be a sylveon?)
i have had many asks about the main actual canon pokemon characters tht rnt pokepasta ones rotting in my inbox and i feel so bad so im gunna answer this one . I am so sorry anon. probably the last thing i'll write for today
Anyways also writing this finally bc rosa is my bbg ( i used to identify with her whenever i imagined myself in my head... and shes my favorite protag ) and i need to write for her it is a primal need!!! ive been playin thru bw2 slowly as well . . . anyways.
blue / rosa with a fairy specialist s/o who's ace is a sylveon!
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BLUE
♡ you likely met him at the battle tree in alola to test your teams mettle, and regardless of how the outcome turned out, he was very intrigued by how you fought and talked to you a little after it.
♡ blue definitely knows fairy types exist, but he's like, never used a fairy type in his life whatsoever. he barely knows much about them.
♡ this is why when you battled him he probably had no clue what to do for type matchups and whatnot. Woops. ok maybe "no clue" is a little rough, he's definitely at least encountered a few fairy types, but he is very. Not knowledgeable about them regardless.
♡ once he learns their weaknesses and strengths ( courtesy of you, probably ), he finds it really interesting and also funny. tiny little fairy pokemon are supereffective against dragon???? and fighting?? and dark????? and only has two types its weak to????? damn. maybe he should think about training a fairy type, but none of them really fit his vibe. ...although, alolan ninetails looks nice, even if he always does prefer arcanine. unfortunately, there is no fairy-type arcanine, and he'd never replace his own anyways.
♡ he might also get an alolan sandslash as a counter to fairy types LMAO ( he also has owned a sandslash before, but doesn't use it as often anymore... so it's a nice reminder. )
♡ he respects your commitment to the type regardless. not his cup of tea - the type, and committing to one type like gym leaders, some trainers, and sometimes champions do - but it's really interesting to see how you fight with your team.
♡ and the sylveon too... he's never seen one'a those. heard of it, but never seen one. he's fond of the eeveelutions, and is also similarly fond of your sylveon. gives it little pets and scritches sometimes if he's walking past it. yours is a real competent fighter and also an eeveelution, so he likes it by default. plus apparently, sylveon only evolves when given proper affection, which is proof of you two's bond.
♡ when you two properly become a thing - likely from him constantly asking you to talk and hang out with him and him covering up wanting to hang out as "getting advice" from you for fairy types - he starts to learn a lot more about fairy types, since he sorta has to, being your boyfriend and all - he can't let you down with his knowledge. he's also been training some pokemon to counter your fairy types when you two battle, even though only really one of his own pokemon on his main team is susceptible to fairy types. he also did probably get that alolan ninetails, courtesy of you breeding one for him or him just finding one on his own.
♡ fairy types are very affectionate and he gets used to this very quickly - if any of your 'mons are out when he comes to your place, they'll usually rush to see him and nuzzle him. it's very cute and funny to you.
♡ you two's pokemon also lightheartedly play with each other a little, and the clashing aesthetics are really funny. his machamp playing with a slurpuff or something like that is very very funny to watch.
♡ despite the pretty opposite vibes you two ( probably ) have, you get along fairly well. even though blue is blue, so he's obviously gunna tease you and irritate you on purpose sometimes. you seem to respond well to it, though.
♡ regardless of how he acts though, he wouldn't trade you for the world, and it's very clear. he's very happy with you :D
( sorry the relationship side is lacking i entirely didn't read the s/o part in this ask for a hot minute so these r last minute additions WOOPS )
ROSA
♡ rosa is also a fairy type specialist in part! not like, entirely i'd think. so ig she's not a specialist, but yknow! she's the champion of unova in current day ( along with being a famous actor and celebrity of sorts and whatnot, similar to diantha a little ), and champions usually don't have 100% consistent teams, but do usually have one or more focused types, and fairy is one of hers, along with psychic and normal. and also grass if you really wanna stretch that having two grass types means its a more focused type in her team, which technically, but not as much as the other 3.
♡ for reference, the two teams ive made for her are serperior, meloetta, flaaffy/ampharos, audino, musharna, and weavile.
while the second team is alcremie, diancie, sylveon, shiny braixen/delphox, indeedee, and a shiny lilligant. which there are at least 3 fairy types in there and also 3 normal or psychic types. she travels the world a lot which is why she has pokemon from diff regions, for the record
♡ anyways into the actual headcanons i just wanted to get ppl to know my Current Day rosa hcs and ideas a little more for some better grasp on her
♡ since rosa herself has a sylveon, she finds you having one very endearing and cute! maybe the two of you met because she was walking with hers and yours sensed another sylveon and rushed to meet hers?
♡ regardless, she's very endeared to all of your fairy types - she's never seen every fairy type, since they aren't very common in unova at all, only 3 unovan pokemon having the type and one of those only being a mega pokemon, and the other being two pokemon from the same evolutionary line ... along with the fact that the whimsicott line used to just be acknowledged as a grass type before fairy type was a new discovery.
♡ but she's fallen in love with the fairy types she's seen in kalos when she went there for a vacation and even caught a couple! she thinks they're extremely cute and fun, and also POWERHOUSES. which is something she loves - cute or elegant pokemon that can wreck shop, especially cuz' people underestimate them.
♡ happy to give any and all of your fairy types attention and pets. if you'd like, you can certainly ramble to her about all of them and she'll be happy to listen - she always loves listening about how people's pokemon act and how they caught them... things like that. she'll also get easily excited and impressed by any fairy types you show her that she's never seen!
♡ she'll be happy to have casual battles with you and your fairy types sometimes - there's no big seriousness to it though, mostly just having fun. if it were an official champion battle she'd probably be trying her hardest to kick your ass, but since it's just for fun she doesn't care about bringing her 100% A game to it.
♡ regardless of who wins, the two of you are just laughing and heading back to a pokemon center, and afterwards all of your team get some much-needed treats and pets after the battle.
♡ you two do end up hanging out casually and for fun a lot like this, and after a particularly nice hang out at the ferris wheel in nimbasa city, one of you two confesses and then start dating, i'd like to think. all because you two's sylveons met on a fateful day...
♡ she's very happy with you, and loves battling casually or just hanging out with you two's pokemon. your teams get along very well with hers, and she gets along very well with you too. it comes very naturally.
♡ will invite you to her vacations/business trips to other regions if you wanna come with! she specifically loves kalos, but galar and sinnoh are also places she likes to visit from time-to-time... galar also has a bunch of cute fairy pokemon that you two can catch and look at! she got her alcremie and indeedee from there, after all. indeedee's remind her of audino, too...
♡ spoils your sylveon absolutely rotten, and it can't get enough of it. honestly it'd probably be funny if your sylveon started to like her more than you. or at least acted like it. and her sylveon would probably be the same but with preferring you LMAO. the sylveons both probably get a little jealous of eachother sometimes, but nothing serious.
♡ have fun with your celebrity gf because she loves you unconditionally and Will give you little kisses on the nose by the way and listen to anything you want to talk about.
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opelucidhappiness · 5 months
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Hana had just finished settling into her room at Hano Grand Resort on Akala Island. Hopefully this vacation would go well, she really needed it according to alot of people. Abigail could take care of the Pokemon Center on his own, so it'd be fine, just fine.
First stop was Heahea City. She wanted to see what it had to offer, especially since she saw some cool things when headed to the resort in the first place. Maybe she'd even be able to get a map of the island, Delilah also seemed particularly excited at the prospect of exploring the city.
The city was big and bustling, it was different from Opelucid's vibes which despite being large felt small in a way. Hana was so distracted from taking it in and looking around that she had bumped into someone.
"ACK-", Hana exclaimed.
If it weren't for Delilah, she would've fallen over.
"Oh God I'm sorry are you okay?!", a familar voice spoke.
"I'm fine I should've been-", Hana cut off mid sentence upon seeing who this was.
It was that same red hair and eyes that she had seen a while back when a guy who she presumed was a faller had found his was into Opelucid. A man who at the time she thought his name was Bo but had recently come to learn it was none other than Bowser, the main villian of the Mario games. She did recall him muttering something about heading to Alola before he had left so it wasn't much of surprise to see him here.
Bowser seemed to have that same moment of recognition that Hana had. They both just stared at each other for a split second before Hana spoke up again.
"Oh Bowser! Nice to see you!", She tried not being too akward.
"Nice to see you too, Hana was it? Didn't know you were in Alola...", Bowser replied, clearly trying his best to remember her name from Gliscord.
"Yeah, it was a bit last minute and I just got here today... My cousins were insistent on me taking this vacation...", Hana replied, she agreed with that sentiment in all honesty.
"Well I hope you enjoy it, do you want a tour of the city? I've been here for a while and I don't have anything better to do, most of my kids are down at the arcade with Kamek and the ones who aren't I trust to be alone."
"I almost forgot that you had kids... They're here too?", Hana askes curiously, they probably arrived later or something because Bowser definitely didn't have any kids with him when she first met him.
"Yeah! Most of them arrived only a little while back but they've gotten used to this place real fast.", Bowser seemed a bit different to what Hana expected as he talked about his kids, she couldn't quite place what yet.
"Well I'd love to take you up on that offer of a tour then! Oh also how's Mitts been doing, you haven't gotten him into any trouble have you?", Hana said with a small grin.
"Mittz has been doing great actually, he's helped me out alot since you gave him to me.", Bowser replied as he began to walk.
Hana followed behind as to not loss track of Bowser in the crowd, he did really seem different from how the games portrayed him and the little of him that she got know in Opelucid. The fact that he immediately worried about her when they bumped into each other felt weird at first, but then she recalled the Gliscord from the past two days and the fact he really seemed to care more about people.
Maybe this would be a chance to learn even more about him.
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sigulary · 3 years
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I think Alola is a very pretty place
[Image description (written by @the-mediocre-champion): a drawing of a dark skinned Moon, the female protagonist of pokemon sun and moon, standing in poni meadow on poni island. There are purple flowers hanging all around them as a bit of a tree can be seen on the right side of the screen. There are four Ribombees surrounging them as they look up in wonder reaching a hand up as if wanting to touch something. Everything other than the bit of tree, Moon, and the Ribombees are drawn in various shades of purple pink and blue. End description]
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hayleyb100 · 4 years
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Light My Way, Part 6
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 - Part 8 - Part 9 - Part 10 - Part 11 the end
⚠️ WARNING! ⚠️   -It is a twisted story of Pokemon Sun and Moon, and a crossover of Pokemon SM and SWSH. -It features Hau and Kabu as the main characters. -Extremely angsty. -Everything is headcanon. -It isn’t spoiler-free.
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"Oh my gosh, he is adorable!"
"He certainly is! Hi, precious!"
Hau was stunned to see two strangers waving hands with a smile. Kabu discussed with the psychologist, and she said Hau seemed well enough to introduce new people. So Kabu ended the cocooning period and introduced his most trustable people, Milo and Nessa. He pleaded in prior to keep some distance and wait for Hau to come to them since he isn't fully trusting of strangers. Milo and Nessa agreed, not knowing Hau would be such a lovely darling.
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The Grass and Water Gym Leader had to pull back with all their might from the temptation to squeeze hug the bean, upon Hau hiding behind Kabu from a fright. He hid and gazed up upon a beefy farmer and dazzling model. Kabu didn't tell them the whole story happened to Hau in Alola, as he didn't want them to pity his new boy.
"Now, now, remember what we promised?" Kabu smiled and restrained them from patting and squeeze hugging Hau.
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As they planned over the phone, they sat in a circle and had teatime, sending a message to Hau that there are other strangers than Kabu who are safe. Hau peeked under the dining table to watch Nessa and Milo in turns, observing their every movement. They kept talking about the Gym Battles and Strategies, giving Hau time to adjust to them.
The way two Gym Leaders talk to Kabu friendly made Hau curious about them. He hesitantly and slowly approached.
He gazed at the two visitors with wondering eyes, and Milo and Nessa replied with smiles. When Hau approached Milo and clung onto his knee, he gave Hau gentle pats.
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"Aw, not fair! How is he already more friendly to you?" when Nessa pouted, Kabu gave out a hearty laugh.
"Well, maybe he is feeling the big brother vibe."
Milo cuddles Hau in his arms, after getting a certain comfy expression. It felt cozy and safe.
"Aw, you are so cute." Milo wore another grin, and Hau followed. Kabu was so relieved. On the other hand, he was upset with others who made such a bright boy so dull.
"By the way... Is that your towel around his neck?" Nessa pointed at the towel around Hau's neck, which Kabu gave him to insulate. So many challengers in Kabu's Gym uses Max Geyser to make rain, making Kabu need for insulation which was the towel. Galar's temperature might be too cold for Hau who is from warm Alola. Plus, wearing the same towel as Kabu was a comfort to Hau. But it was too big that it constantly slid off.
"Yes, it is."
"Pfft, it's falling off! Let me fix that."
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Nessa grabbed the towel and tied it prettily into a bow, just like a muffler around Hau's neck.
"There. It wouldn't slide off and insulate him much better!"
"Wow, you certainly are someone who knows fashion!" Milo smiled, as Hau was 10 times cuter.
"It looks much better. Thank you, Nessa."
"No problem!"
They all beamed, as Hau looked happy with a new muffler as well."Here, let me show you how to tie hair. His hair looks quite messy."
Nessa grabbed her spare hairband and hair clips from her handbag and tied back Hau's hair prettily.
"Oh, my. Hau looks much better like that. You should teach me how to do that."
Kabu looked with amazing eyes.
"Sure, Mr. Kabu!" Nessa nodded. Hau felt much more comfortable around such delightful atmosphere.
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After finishing off the physical therapy to heal the aftermath of cold sleep, Milo invited Hau over to Turffield under Kabu's supervision. He said he wanted to give a surprise gift as well, for withstanding and finishing off the difficult physical therapy. Hau was amazed at gigantic Corviknight and Flying Taxi, and even more surprised at such a peaceful town. He sniffed the scent from grass fields and farms.
Milo was waiting for them, getting ready for farm work.
"You are suggesting Hau work on the farm?" Kabu's face was filled with immediate worries.
"Not the major works like plowing, of course!" Milo smiled.
"But I was thinking if he moves around the farm and play with pokemons, it would help him recover more!"
Milo persuaded, and Kabu accepted it.
Hau was looking at the two of them puzzled. Milo leads the two of them to his farm. Fluffy Wooloos rolled towards them, meeping and baaing.
"Would you like to pat them, Hau? They are very gentle."
Hau worked up his courage to pat one of the Wooloo. It was much easier since it was a pokemon. The Wooloo meeped happily, making Hau smile brighter.
"So cute..."
Kabu was thrilled to hear Hau's voice. Milo smiled along.
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Together, the three of them fed Wooloos and played with them. Milo also showed him around the vegetable fields and gave him a freshly picked Pecha Berry to eat. He put the hat on Hau and gave him a ride on his shoulder too, like a big brother. Kabu was overjoyed to see his little boy bright as ever.
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"Now, ready for your surprise?" Milo smiled at Hau, and he nodded.
"Ta-da!" Milo showed a cute little pokemon, who smelled sweet like an apple pie and wearing a bowtie on his neck.
Hau stood there with round eyes, doesn't know what to do.
"This pokemon is called an Appletun! I trust that you needed a friendly companion too since you're old enough to keep one."
"Tun!" Appletun wiggles its legs joyfully, to say hello to Hau.
Hau looked back to Kabu, and he nodded to approve. Kabu also thought a pokemon would help Hau dealing with his stress.
Hau carefully grabbed a hold of his first pokemon, which he never had a chance to get in Alola. Appletun nuzzled on Hau, rubbing on his sweet scent on his new master. Hau was chuffed to have a new partner.
"Thank you so much, Brother Milo..."
"Would you like to name him, Hau?" Kabu asked. Hau thought for a few moments but decided fairly quickly.
"Maybe... Lolli. since he smells sweet like a lollipop."
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"Hey, you made it! And with a cute pokemon too!"
Nessa welcomed Hau to Hulbury Town. Hau felt home, as it was near the beach. After looking at Hau getting so much better with Milo at Turffield Town, Kabu realized he should take him to different places to show him beautiful sceneries.
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Nessa took Hau and Kabu to the boat and sailed towards the deep blue ocean. Hau felt the spray of water on his hand and warm sunshine on his face. Lolli was by his side too, enjoying the time. As Nessa showed Hau around the ocean and him happy, she smiled and whistled. With that, water pokemons swam towards the boat. Milotic nuzzled Hau and he giggled.
"Wow... You can call upon water pokemons?" Hau glittered his eyes.
"Most of them! I have been living in this town since so long ago, that I became friends with the pokemons!"
"So you are a mermaid, like Tapu Fini..." Hau smiled innocently, and Nessa blushes from the compliment.
"Aw shucks! You're making me blush. I wish I have a little bro like you!" Nessa beamed from ear to ear, as she cuddled the little boy. Kabu smiled along on the background.
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As time passed, Milo and Nessa became great siblings to Hau. They regularly came to play with him and invited him over to their town and showed him around. Milo taught Hau how to catch a pokemon, and he helped Hau catch a Milcery near his village. Hau later evolved her to Alcremie using the clover sweet from cafe owner of Motorstocke, and named her Poppy, from lollipop as well. Milo also didn't forget to bring farm-fresh fruits and veggies to give Hau. Nessa bragged to her rival Sonia about having a little brother she could love. Lolli and Poppy too had fun with Hau outside the garden with camping toys Kabu taught how to use. With all that, Hau not only recovered physically but mentally as well. With his body getting better, he brightened up more and more.
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But behind all that, was Kabu's hard work above all. Even when Hau made mistakes during the time when his body was recovering, he embraced it and encouraged him. When Hau was going through a painful process of physical therapy, he held his hand close and made him feel safe. He held Hau close when they go to sleep so that he doesn't get a nightmare about what happened back in Alola.
Kabu and Hau were bonding slowly as a family.
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"Aw, he is such a bean!" the Gym Trainer exclaimed, as Kabu introduced Hau to them.
"G, good afternoon..." Hau shyly greeted, which made Kabu upbeat. He was proud of how far Hau came, as he is talking to people without pleading.
"I am fostering him at the moment, so please be nice." Kabu requested, and one of the Gym Trainer immediately went on to another question.
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"So, will he take over your title as the Gym Leader?"
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Hau's face became stiff almost instantly. He did not know exactly what Gym Leader is, but considering all the trainers following Kabu and the gigantic stadium, it should be similar or even heavier duty than Kahuna. Hau's heart started to weigh down again. He thought he ran away from the pressure, but here he was again. And thinking back to all the turmoils he has been through with his family, he was desperate not to let it happen again. He didn't want to lose the joy he barely got.
"Now, now. Do not pressure the boy." Kabu frowned, but Hau couldn't hear it.
He decided. He decided not to fight his destiny. He pledged to become who others want him to be, thinking that would keep Kabu safe. He never want to repeat the same thing that happened to Tutu.
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Primarina please <3
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Primarina!!!!
Primarina’s a lovely fully-evolved Water starter, topping off the Popplio line with an excellent and unexpected Fairy subtyping. When Popplio was first shown, most people expected some sort of clown-like final stage, so a mermaid that simply has a subtle clown nose was quite the surprise. A surprise I’m quite fond of, since Primarina ended up lookin’ great! The soft colour scheme, mellow vibes, and incredibly unique watery eyes all make for a very distinct and beautiful visage.
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Primarina’s principle form of attack is through singing, with this aspect derived from sirens and their use of songs to lure sailors to their deaths. Sirens are weird in that they were originally half-bird in Greek mythology, but gradually got supplanted with mermaid-esque half-fish versions as time went on, and the distinction between mermaids and sirens has gotten incredibly murky as a result. In any case, Primarina’s a lot more benevolent than sirens, and its singing doesn’t have any negative psychological effects on those who hear it. Its signature move, Sparkling Aria, even heals opponents’ burns! Which is really weird but some neat flavour. Also, its hair goes absolutely hog wild when it attacks, which is neat.
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There was also at one point some Big Thing about Primarina being too feminine to be a starter when all of them have a 7:1 male-female gender ratio, which is STUPID and DUMB and I shouldn’t have to explain why anyone presenting such a garbage take is themself garbage. Also like, where were they when Delphox and Meganium happened???? The fact Primarina is predominantly male is FANTASTIC, actually, and those who think otherwise can go take their trash takes to a dumpster where they belong.
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Shiny Primarina has a slightly darker blue, light yellow hair, and pale pink frills, which is all suitably distinct but doesn’t look anywhere as coherent as the base colour scheme. Disappointing compared to the other Alola starters’ amazing shinies, but it could certainly be worse, and I can see the appeal.
Primarina’s a great pokemon and a fantastic starter, with the only truly negative thing to be said about it is that now we’ll probably never get a proper clown seal. Given the choice between a hypothetical clown seal and Primarina, though, I’d still take Primarina. It’s just a really nice design! It’s not my favourite Alola starter, but I think it may potentially be my favourite fully-evolved Water starter despite that. Alola’s starter set is just that exceptional, I guess :U
Pull me to a watery grave pls/10.
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medea10 · 4 years
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Medea Plays Pokemon Sword: Part IV
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So since last time, I earned my eighth and final badge and so I can compete in the Challenger’s Cup.
So...no Elite Four?
Not to complain, but even Alola had an Elite Four.
Instead, we get something that’s almost similar to what the anime does during Pokemon League arcs. Whatever! Off to Wyndon...
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You’re not fooling anybody. This is fucking London!
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Huh.
I seem to recall obtaining an in-game trade during the Red/Blue games involving a Mr. Mime with that exact, same name.
Nice call-back, guys.
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What the shit?
I would not put the fat squirrely with the apple pokemon in the same room.
Fat Squirrely can’t be trusted.
Well, before I go to the stadium, I think it’s time I do some last-minute training and exploring in the wild area again.
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And flee for my life! Gallade is a fast fucker. Meanwhile...
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Gardevoir doesn’t chase me. I guess some pokemon aren’t scary in this area.
And then this happened...
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A trainer by the name of Tracey gave me something in his pocket and disappeared.
*sniffles*
Life just loves to give me an invisible Tracey. Life, thou art cruel.
Oh yeah, because it was Thanksgiving a few days ago, I thought I would have a few family get-togethers.
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Father Zoro and daughter Rei were quite peaceful during their time together.
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Then I got a bunch of Eeveelutions together (they’re all brothers and sisters btw).
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Mic liked what Leafy’s done with his hair.
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And Bolt kept challenging everyone to a race.
Pokedex entry time?
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Nice, you made that reference! At least this reference didn’t involve a Dubwool being turned inside-out like in South Park.
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So...it’s doing self-harm in order to “play” the guitar. Dang!
Okay, time for Champion Cup!
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FINALLY, SOMEONE AGREES WITH ME!
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I have my own speculations of who the dude might be. Right now, the top choices are Professor Oak, Samson Oak, or that one guy at an anime convention that dresses like a buff Diglett.
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First match is against Marnie. I kicked her butt.
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And then I put Hop in his place (for the whatever number it was) time.
After two battles, the champion decided to pay us a visit.
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Not before hamming it up for the peanut gallery. Hey, at least he’s treating us to dinner. However...
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Turns out Leon is with the chairman.
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This is awesome. Piers, Marnie, and the fat bastards of Team Yell are going to team up with us.
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As expected, I can’t trust this bitch. And I was right to believe so because she has hired goons to “take care” of us at every turn.
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And what have we learned from the Red/Blue games? Never trust a goon who’s staring at a wall or poster on a wall.
We end up at the monorail station with more of Oleana’s hired goons blocking our path. This looks like a job for Piers!
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I just love how he pulls out a microphone out of literally nowhere and starts singing in the middle of the station.
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It worked though.
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See, even Marnie is suspicious. This guy has gotta be a shifty mother fucker!
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Yeah, this is totally not an innocent meetup between Rose and Leon.
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Oleana’s hired goons are totally threatening. I think the bloke on the right really wants my corpse.
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Why, do you plan on throwing our bodies off the edge?
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Your hired goons all had steel-type pokemon. My level 70 Cinderace laid waste to these fuckers in 5 minutes or less.
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Jesus Shit!
Okay, if the anime ever gets to this plot, PLEASE have Oleana be played by Miki Itou.
See, I knew this woman and the chairman are full of garbage. And to add to my point...
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This bitch has a pile of garbage as a dynamaxed pokemon.
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Called it.
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Lysandre and Cyrus vibes, guys! Come on, I called it months ago that this guy was going to be the bad guy!
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Anyone else still trust this guy? Show of hands!
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OH FUCK ME, NOT THIS TURD AGAIN!
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Okay kid, let’s see if you can redeem yourself.
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Blaming me for shit that was your own fault. Yeah, I still hate you. But you’re down a few tiers, so there’s an improvement.
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But you’re still at the same shit-level as Dilandau Albatou. You two both desperately need a punch in the face.
After that little disruption, on with the actual battles.
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Okay, I’m on board with shipping Sonia x Nessa.
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After taking on Nessa. I took out Bea...
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And Raihan’s selfie-obsessed ass!
So now it’s time to take on the big ham, Leon.
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Or not!
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Oh gee, this guy is the bad guy. Who could have seen this coming?
Um, I did. The second he was shown in the PV, I knew this fucker was bad news. I don’t mean to lay it on thick, but...
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This.
Afterward...
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Hop and I returned to that spot near Route 1 and run into legendary doggos.
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And go grave-robbing (taking the sword/shield on the ground).
When we went to Hammerlocke, we came across some actual concern.
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You sent literal hired goons to try and shut me down. I’ll deal with you later, lady. Right now, I gotta take down this genocidal dickhead.
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I have to admit, I expected more from Chairman Rose and the Marco Cosmos group in this game. I don’t know if I’m alone in this, but it feels a little light compared to a lot of the other bad teams in the past, and that includes Team Skull and Aether Foundation.
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So after I kicked the chairman’s ass in a battle, we came across this hammy dumbass doing something stupid.
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He tried to catch a mythical beast in a regular pokeball.
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This. This is what happens when you try to do that.
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Plus, you’re up against Satan’s tapeworm here.
Now we gotta take care of this demonic fucker and I can’t even use an attack on it.
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This looks like a job for the legendary doggos!
They take the rusted sword and shield and turned into the actual promotional legendaries we know them for.
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And after a long battle, I caught it...
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With what you’re supposed to use! Geez, even Brandon in Pokemon Generations had enough sense to use an Ultra Ball on a Deoxys.
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I guess homie’s gonna be in the slammer for some time.
Oh well, on with the final match.
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Take a seat, junior. It’s time for me to take your ass out to the cleaners.
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Yeah, kinda make sure your pokemon are higher than this level.
Regardless, I still won.
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I made a grown man cry!
Now that I think about it, I’m pretty sure I’m way older than Leon by at least 10-15 years. That would probably look bad, but whatever.
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He shook it off.
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Thank you. Now hopefully he’ll stop acting like a show-boating, ham every time he’s in front of a crowd.
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Oh nice, my “mum” came with Munchlax.
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I gotta do this.
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
NO TIME FOR LOSERS
BECAUSE WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
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Or is it?
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To be continued.
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Pokemon x nintendogs
You see that ^ Yeah that up there THAT Is what I want to see from nintendo. (also no beta we die like men) I mean sure let’s go pikachu/eevee was... g8. But. I need more. I want MORE than just sword and shield feather toy.  I want a pokemon game for those who are stuck in their npc houses BEcause that’s the energy I have.  I want. Cozy. I want. CUTE. I want to actually play with my pokemon.  And here is my idea.  YOu know how nintendogs had the version exclusive editions like chihuhua and golden retriever? Yeah that’s nice for dogs and everything. But VERSONS FOR POKEMON IS . EVERYTHING.  Pokemon daycare. I wanna pet my pokemon. and not just like stand still pokemon I want them to roll over onto their tummies and be like scratch my neck.  I want to have bathroom shinanigans. I want bathing your pokemon to be a game of either They get clean OR YOU’RE THE ONE GETTING CLEAN.  Due to personality/(it’s nature) types not every pokemon will lie down for cleaning time. Some will be like that dog who stole the hose and is now running at you with water getting you wet. and the screen is now watery.  It’s time for food. prevent your pokemon from eatting everything in the bowl.  Is your pokemon the lax nature? is your pokemon laying in their water bowl after drinking? well time to get your towel before they run across the floor and make all your furnature wet.  Meet with me!: you have a friend with the same game or different version Link your (switches/ds’s ) together to trade items, have one of your pokemons meet your friends pokemon and have friendship or rivalry occur! watch them play or fight over your toys!  You have a electric stone and want your pikapi to stay the same? Give it to your friend with a eevee so they can have the jolteon of your dreams.  Watch wild interactions between the games.  You can choose between your favorite pokemon and unlock more friends too.  Or you can find special eggs or wild poke which have secret pokefriends.  Encounter amazing ledgendarys on your walk. (because ledgendary they’re unavailable for care)  Take wonderful walks around the beach, forests, mountains, towns, and other fun locations. Encounter other trainers with witty diolog and gym leaders.  Shop for furnature, toys, food, snacks, fruit, furnature, and even redecorate your home.  Electric version:  Unlocked immedietly :  Pichu, pikachu, Raichu, (alola raichu) , plusle, minun, emolga, pachirisu , shinx, dedenne, togedemaru, yamper, morpeko, Secret poke: Jolteon, mareep, elekid, electrike, blistle, joltik,  Helioptile Ledgendary encounters: Zapdos, Raikou, zurkitree, zeraora Flavortext time: Pichu: This good baby you just hatched from a egg is ready for love. Inexperienced and clumsy but ready for what life has in store. Careful for spark showers! Pikachu: Ready for adventures and to spend time with you. A world favorite. \ Raichu: This pal might be a bit older than the rest but knows it’s way about. If this pokemon glows in the dark... it’s best to figure out what has them riled up. If you choose them it’s good to be in contact with your local power plant. Alolan Raichu: Goodness Perhaps pancakes are the key to flight? This soft friend has many more things to learn about!  Plusle: Good vibes from this poke. Relaxing for those a little on the downside. it’s electric shocks are thereputic. A good pokemon for lifes little victories! Minun: Careful for tangles on this poke! it’s going to give you a relaxing time if you are a busy person. Has easing energies... and electricity! Or it will surely energize you with spark showers.  Emolga: this little one likes flying in freedom. Even stormy days are a adventure with this one. They like there food all to themselves. Make sure to watch them around bugs...  Pachirisu: Sharing is caring! this pokemon is good at getting along with others and playing. Pachirisu are a bit of horders... so make sure to know where their hiding places are for potentially forgotton food and hair balls. watch the hairballs... Shinx: this cutie pattootie is a bit of a runner! It likes energy and often stores it’s electricity in it’s legs. If it gets upset it get’s  a bit... blinding.  Luxio: no matter what it tells you with that pouty face it gets lonley easy. It might be good to have a few pokemon for it to feel at home... Watch those claws! Luxray: takes it’s family very serious but loves unconditionally. Try not to worry them it can see through anything so... well. Just try not to think about that in the restroom... Dedenne: This little one likes to talk to it’s friends whereever they are... through electricity. They can often sip electricity out of your wall outlets if they don’t have enough.... might want to invest in a raichu for it’s electrical needs...  Togedemaru: this lovely one is a good friend. If you can handle it. invest in bandages and rubber gloves for this friend. I’m sure they will love you just the same.  ... No loud sounds for this pokemon... Morkpeko: this soft friend has a bit of a temper when hungry. It’s naughty in nature. So keep it fed or don’t... but feel the wrath of hangryness... we have all been there... It loves seeds so keep a few around. maybe blinker seeds in case that side comes out...  Yamper: A very food motivated friend. Honestly we all know someone like this. Very loving friend either way. besides who can resist that cute face and tail wag? Boltund: After growing up a bit this good poke can run real fast. like... REal fast. might need to invest in some armor for walks now... incase this one is distracted and takes you on a bit of a drag instead of a walk.  --- Jolteon: Wow your pokemon found a friend! It seems to be weak... would you like to take care of this new pokemon? This friend is very emotional... but now that it has you it’s very thankful and greatful for everything. Even if it accidently shocks you. You know they don’t mean it.  Joltik: Yamper has found a little friend sticking to him. will you keep this new friend? (or: you have found a soft silky egg... with a nice buzzing sensation... will you care for the egg?: ((no: Let’s leave this at a pokemon center... they know what to do.)) ) This little pal is soft and fuzzy and often makes a nice static feeling. Often a good pair for raichus!  Galvantula: Our little pal has grown up big and strong. Often makes wonderful silky doilies and nets. You can sell them because often time they can make them everyday. after you de-electrify them.  Mareep: You found a little lost mareep! upon checking with any near by farms no one seems to own it. And It keeps following you... will you keep it?  This soft friend has wonderful wool that you can sell when it sheds it... The spots that missing wool is a sign it’s going to evolve soon...  Flaaffy: this cute friend makes a lovely night light. Although do you ever think it looks in the mirror and gets self concious about it losing it’s wool....? Probably not. Ampharos: enjoys watching TV with you. Often loves superhero shows. Has big dreams of being a hero. It’s favorite places to walk is in the forest and the beach.  Electrike: This poor pokemon can’t run as fast as the other electrike... Because of this it’s been abandoned... will you care for him...? Even though it’s not the fastest electrike... you have still decided you need to wear body armor during walks... to weigh it down... so you don’t go flying!  Manctric: your kind friend often needs trips to the power plant. It doesn’t mind. Sometimes the sneeky poke runs off to the powerplant without you... What they don’t know is that you don’t mind as long as the house doesn’t burn down...  ect...
Events:  Power up: head over to your local powerplant and get that excess electricity out! recieve poke(money) as payment!  Fruit picking: pick fruit off of trees for poke! Warning some fruit are amazing electrified. but some arn’t!  Contest time: Show how obedient your pokemon is in style and in the care you’ve given them!  Your home!: regular old house with many rubber surfaces, powerplant, fluffy clouds, futuristic neon house.  --- And other fun versions that I just don’t have the brain power to think of.  like  Eevee/normal type Fire friends water palace one iwth the forest edition spooky ghost fairy babies Fuck it master version with just ledgendarys and mythicals.  and you know the rest.  like fire types you have to stop them from.... laying in lava pockets in the mountains, regular house, fake volcano, cuddle crator, funky fake fire house.  water types: jumping contest!, race of the fastest, contest time,. House types: a house with a kiddy pool, a fake beach, under the ocean, a river, a lake, a pool, or a giant bathroom.  Bug contests: polination station, ect, ghost contests: creepy pasta~, halloween festival!, contest time! I hope you see what I’m trying to put down here. But will nintendo respond to this one single post? Probably not.WHY? I DoN’T KNOW. (probably because they’ll have to answer if pokemon poob or pee. I don’t know if they want to tackle that.)  This is my hot take.
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smilingperformer · 5 years
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Rewatched SM101 and managed to focus on XYZ instrumental scene. ASJFHgjhfsfsh silly me.
God this ep was so good too. The atmosphere, the music, the dialogue, Satoshi being the ever positive soul, but showing his vulnerability as well. Or well, might be my english failing me right now to find the right word, but after Dia tells Satoshi that he’s in alternative universe, possibly future as well(? need subs to confirm), we have this short scene where Satoshi just stares at a water pool, remembering his classmates. The Alola Squad.
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Then Dia asks if he’s homesick. Satoshi denies it, says he’s just remembering everyone at Pokemon School. Dia responding that it’s called homesick. :D Then Satoshi has this such a sweet dialogue, how he adores being at Pokemon School, adores everyone at there (talks about fun times, lots of laughs and lots of battles). Aww. Seeing Satoshi in such a mood was both sad yet so... amazing? Satoshi hasn’t dematured at all. Alola just happens to have this cheerful atmosphere that makes Satoshi act so happy and carefree. He’s not full of that in this Ultra Ruins Alola. Ofc, he does end up being a positive soul, but he does know when to be serious and focus on the battle. He came up with the idea to get Guzzlord/Akuziking back in the Ultra Hole it came from, so that shows Satoshi is still very good at strats. Maybe he got the inspiration from the story of how Dia and Zeraora met. (If I understood correctly, Dia never caught Zeraora, they’re just working together. But Satoshi ends up telling them after some training battle that the two are such partners. Awww.)
The training battle was pretty sweet btw! Real nice animation from Iwane and just the way Satoshi encourages Dia and Zeraora to train as partners is so sweet. Thou, the highlight that got me very curious is the following scene.
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Zeraora was using its Quick Attack, a very fast-paced one. Then, it shows a scene where we can see white lines of Zeraora, and then Satoshi and Pikachu’s eyes align, for the perfect timing shot of Thunderbolt. This gave me such a huuuge Satoshi Gekkouga vibe. But y’know. Satoshi and Pikachu are very much in sync, have always been. They don’t need bond phenomenom to do this :D But still. God this had me all ‘woooow’.
And when Dia tells Satoshi to run later on when the two tried to send Guzzlord back into the Ultra Hole that was growing smaller and smaller every second but failed in doing that, things looking ever grim, Satoshi refuses, saying Dia just said earlier he’d never give up. I knew Satoshi wouldn’t leave him behind, and I just knew Dia would suggest something like this. They’re about to be doomed and eaten by Guzzlord/Akuziking when Shiny Kapu Kokeko comes and and uses Electric Web(??) on Guzzlord/Akuziking and gives the two boys (lol at me calling Dia a ‘boy’) the power to use Z-moves again. God. The timing of XYZ theme in that scene was so god damn good??? I hope someone makes a clip of it in tumblr, it deserves it.
Man. I’ll probs have more to say after subtitles because the dialogue seemed so good but I can’t seem to be able to put them to words. I do find it funny that Satoshi told Dia to battle him again after they manage to successfully open the same kind of hole that happened in SM100 to send Satoshi home. Satoshi, not sure how that’ll happen. :D
But anyway. All in all, absolutely amazing episode and felt so good to hear XYZ. It caught me so offguard. I didn’t expect to hear it. Sun & Moon never ceases to amaze me and I just keep on loving this series more and more every episode. I’m thankful to be alive at a time like this ♥
Edit: Oh yeah. Only few minutes of time passed when Satoshi was in Ultra Ruins. That’s very intriquing. :D Much like Digital World in Adventure...
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sirikyu · 5 years
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ohhh sm102 was very sweet and i loved the great flashes of characterisation misty had! like when she got mad at team rocket for ruining her peace! and even though this episode only got REALLY good in the second half, i’d say that that episode climax had some really nice things in it. but i’ll talk about some other things first..
misty and lana kept in touch since the kanto visit! i adore that, and i adore their little (slightly romantically coded if you ask me) talk in the sunset. it was a very beautiful scene. misty is very taken in by alola, too. i’m wondering if she is terribly busy with the gym, and the way she talked sounded very much like a working adult, missing peaceful and calm places when the working life is so hectic.. it’s a little strange since she’s a child, too, but i think it goes well with the dynamic of the original trio, where brock and misty were always the more mature ones compared to ash, and they still are even when ash has come a long long way to become a less of a brat and more of a sweet summer child. this is absolutely the best way to depict the same dynamic, but levelled up! :)
and ash having giant exeggutor friends being somehow a shock to the rest of the class was a pretty fun thing! i guess they don’t just individually make friends with herds of pokemon all over alola? (i kind of thought for a moment we’d see the wimpod we met back then.. but i’m really glad to get a callback to ash and the exeggutor, that was extremely cute and good.)
and then ash during this scene at the shop was so funny and it’s such a small thing but i love this tiny choice in characterisation, not having any opinions for or against the girls’ enthusiasm for shopping, while kaki and sophocles are being the “i don’t get it” kinds of dudes.
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he really doesn’t mind being there, even waiting for them! he doesn’t waste time considering how “different” girls’ interests are, and is just enjoying the view to treasure island!
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please keep this up, make him be happy to join in on the feminine things!! or at least have him not being the one to condescendingly “not get the girly things”. he’s just happy to be there and happy that his friends are having fun, even if he’s doing his own thing.
(i kind of was confused for a moment, like, what are the boys doing there staring at the sea for?? what is happening in this scene? and then.. well. i could do without this kind of separation of “boys” and “girls” altogether in the shows i watch, but this is very tame all things considered.)
also, i’m not sure if this is weird or not, but the pokeproblem scene at the end when ash fell asleep in between misty and brock on the beach, and then it panned back to kukui’s house seemed kind of like an acknowledgement that the original trio look like a family, since i definitely felt like i was watching a reunion between siblings for a few moments there! (brock is a very motherly big brother-figure, especially when he was waiting for them at the beach with dinner! and i’m very glad there wasn’t anything i could recognize as romantically coded between ash and misty, to be honest :p). kukui and burnet watching them and smiling was really sweet, almost like parents taking care of their child and being happy seeing them happy. i thought the last minute or so plus the pokeproblem segment were this episode’s absolute highlights. ;U;
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the whole last minute scene was a very emotionally effective scene to me, and i’m not sure it’s in the “this is my childhood!” kind of way - i thought it was a very sweet acknowledgment of the way this show’s matured and knows what kind of things it wants to preserve from the earlier seasons, like the soft moments, the interactions unique to these specific characters, the old-friends -kind of vibe i got from their scenes. i know these are the best versions of these characters that already had their times to shine, but will still be in many of the audience members’ hearts. i like how misty is very laid back and appreciative of everything cute and lovely, while still having a lot of spunk and able to say what’s on her mind. she’s also very capable, which is absolutely a blast to see! i was very happy to see her with her psyduck and her gyarados, when she’s very patient and loving with psyduck (which i am very happy about given the way she treated it in indigo league - i think the writers know perfectly well that it wasn’t a good depiction at all, and i’m glad they retconned it) and when she’s a very cool character sending out gyarados! i cheered when she mega evolved her! it’s that badass-, self-assured vibe that i love they gave her.
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kastillia · 7 years
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i still don't understand what the deal is with these fake team skull people
so they're referred to as punk girls and punk boys
but that girl i just talked to asked me not to call her a punk girl
???????
ok i'm gonna fight these trainers and return to that """"kahuna of route 12""""
gasp! secret beach
there are so! many!! slowpokes here!!!
what are they doing!!
nothing
they're not doing a gosh darn thing
back to that first guy........... :^)
how's that!! coming from someone who's beaten two real kahunas!!!!
i'm sorry that was mean
seriously though don't throw around that title you can't just appoint yourself the kahuna that's not how it works
thanks for that thing you gave me though
i already forgot what it was
there's a fork in the road and if playing video games has told me anything, the main quest follows the main path, so i'm just gonna take a detour to this......place first
oh! there's a building here!
THERE'S ALSO A PHOTO SPOT!!
......magnetons don't get much love
but that tiny poke running across the roof does :>
SO DOES THAT ELEKID WHEN IT DOES THAT LITTLE VICTORY POSE
these are so cute i love them
into the building!
i
what
professor oak is here again
.............and he's gone
what is his deal??? is he just some otherworldly being that appears, talks at me, gives me a thing, and then says "fill that pokedex!" before disappearing again????
whatever i'm gonna go talk to this magnemite
you know what, they didn't say anything useful but at least they didn't disappEAR ON ME......PROFESSOR OAK
what does this guy have to say
oh the lights went out
thanks magnemite
oh wait i still need to evolve that meowth into a persian.............
ok back to the pokecenter to take him out of the box........actually wait no, that meowth is chilling in the hot springs island at the poke pelago
level 25........ok let's train at.... the gardens...........?
what are all these people doing here
why are they blocking the bridge
.........i mean i guess i could just go around but??? whatever i guess
nice. i won a gold nugget
wait a second
h-hey! dude! you're talking so fast you ain't even giving me a chance to answer???
team rocket???? how old are you????
oh
awww they were larping
cute
give me an option to join team skull 'cause i'll do it! i'm even dressed the part. literally everything i'm wearing is black. i am the exact opposite of lillie.
ok training training training and feeding meowth pokebeans to get that friendship up aaaaaand evolve!
...........oh
oh he looks like garfield......
i'm gonna fly back to akala for a sec
ok! i have returned with garfield
hello professor is this the persian you were looking for
oh! that's not kanto oak......i don't remember where he said he was from. the kalos region? idr
aaaaand he disappeared again
thanks
ok back to plot
AYYYY IT'S HAU!!! how did you get here did you also get a mud horse mount
IT'S! IT'S!!!!
GLADION!!!!!!!
oh no team skull are looking for nebby
hau why are you so bad at keeping secrets pffffft
DON'T WORRY GLADION I'LL PROTECT LILLIE AND NEBBY
I CAN'T SAY THE SAME FOR HAU THOUGH but he'll try probably
WAIT!! GLADION WAIT DON'T LEAVE!!! CAN WE BE FRIENDS YET?????
........he's gone :<
alright let's see what's inside that door you came out of
it's another one of those residential places!! did he change locations?? o:
.....what? these ladies are talking about someone leaving their poke behind
gladion wouldn't do that
oh there's a stufful here!
WHO LEFT THEIR POOR STUFFUL HERE ALL ALONE??? I'LL ADOPT THEM
so i guess this is like a mini town?? there aren't any shops here and the pokecenter is the next map over.......just a bunch of caravans
ohhh........a caravan park..... duh
this hiker feels like he's being watched.........
wow really
there's just an oranguru creepily staring at him from behind a caravan
oh! that's a member of team skull! he's standing guard...........actually he's squatting guard
and inside the caravan is another member of team skull! i love how we're just having a casual conversation but she's still making all those over-the-top movements
i love you guys
into the next caravan!
it's a punk!!! sorry i meant, it's a fake team skull member
he's understandably shocked that i just barged in
YEAH LET'S FIGHT
oh he doesn't want to any more........ok bye
to the pokecenter!
there's a guy that wants to trade his graveler for a haunter.......i don't......have one yet......
i have a level 10 gastly though do you want that? no? ok
my next trial is the ghost trial though so maybe i can catch a haunter for you
i can see where my next objective is but let me just.........roam around first......
here is an ace trainer
"alola?"
yes hello! oh it's a battle
oh he's sending out a sandshrew that's cool i have my leafeon up frONT OH WAIT IT'S AN ALOLAN SANDSHREW
IT'S JUST AN IGLOO WITH A FACE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
ok ok razz you're up but omg i love it i need to catch one
i defeated the ace trainer :>
"alola..."
i'm not sure that's how you're supposed to use that word but ok
i talked to him again
"alola!"
apparently alola is the only thing he can say
there is another beach area!
there is a fisherman here who keeps talking about a strange guy in a kimono but he's not here right now......hmmmm
dang gosh it why are there all these rOCKS IN THE OCEAN WHY CAN'T MY LAPRAS BREAK THEM I WANT TO EXPLORE O:<
ok fine i'll go down this other path to that abandoned shopping facility or whatever
ooooooooooo so spoopy
oh oops that's a trainer
guess i have to look for the rest of them
oh that's one of those guide people! .......this is a trial site??? oh........ oh the ghost trial.......... at an abandoned shopping mall........... i get it
i found a fisherman!
y-yes....this fishing pole was a gift from lana.....
"maybe if i had a fishing pole made by captain lana, i would have won..."
maybe if i beat you with water pokemon, but i didn't so uhh......unlikely
um.....no.... this fishing pole is not actually lana herself.........
alright lapras, into the ocean. let's get away from this guy.
"the reason i don't ride a lapras is because i can swim faster than a lapras!"
ok?? good to know??
can i just say
i will be sorely disappointed if there are no swimmers named akihiko bc i can't help but think of that dumb meat-head every time i run into a swimmer
ok back to the flag........aether house or something idk
it's all white
there's........an oranguru at the receptionist desk???
oh hi hau
oH HI KIDS WE'RE NOT INTRUDERS IT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE I SWEAR
well i mean if you're gonna challenge me to a fight then i won't say no
........sorry for beating up your poke
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that little girl's yungoos keeps biting hau
oh! acerola!!
didn't you go shopping with lillie??? where is she.......did she get lost again.......
OH SHE'S THE GHOST TRIAL CAPTAIN!
i guess there's a kinda ghostly vibe about her??
well i guess i'll get going
hau, you coming?
"these ankle biters are kinda growing on me. i might stick around a little longer"
ah. alright i'll be going then.
IT'S LILLIE
IT'S ALSO A TEAM SKULL GRUNT
no her bag didn't move you're just seeing things pfffft I'LL SAVE YOU LILLIE
oops i am like 12 levels higher than all the trainers around here
QUIT PICKING ON PEOPLE WHO CAN'T FIGHT BACK YA BIG BULLIES
awww she bought me gifts!! lillie you're the best ily
alright time for the ghost trial!!
.......i don't have any ghost or dark type pokes..........
well i mean i have keaton and he has crunch.......yuki told me that'd be enough, so let's get this show on the road!!
oh! the objective of this trial is to take photos! i'm good at that!! i've been practicing!!! :>
ohhh..........ohhh i see
this is very spoopy
THAT CONVEYOR BELT STARTED MOVING BY ITSELF!!!
hi gastly
i?
what??
pikachu??? what are you doing in here???
THAT TROLLEY IS MOVING!!!
helloooooo haunter
i'll be back to catch you later so i can trade you to that one guy with a graveler
........there's that pikachu again....
OH GOOD GOLLY GOSH THOSE POKE PLUSHIES ARE FLOATING!!!!!!!
heeey-
what
where are you
oh, it's gengar!
wh-what...... rotom!! don't give me an "mmhmm!" let me battle it!! dang gosh it where did it disappear to now????
ok i got it
pikachuuuu what are you doing in here it's too spoopy for the likes of youuuuu
O:
the door unlocked!
well the only logical step is to enter......
the pokefinder fired up on it's own!
alright what are we dealing with here.......
no........nope..........there's a pikachu poster.........
there ain't anything floating around here, so then........
..........................
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH MY GOD IT'S A MIMIKYU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT'S MY BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
aw heck i don't wanna fight it i wanna catch it........
alright, keaton! use crunch!!
wait
shouldn't that be super effective why isn't it doing an--
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the pikachu head just falls back gndfshjdksghj
"mimikyu's disguise has been busted!"
oh my god let me have them please please please
aww i'm sorry mimikyu but it had to be done for me to complete the trial.........
i want one
trial complete!!
............and back in we go to catch some pokes :^)
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This is just some extra stuff on that OC I sent in, I finally settled on the name Gino for him.
He started out in Unova and lived a pretty normal life. He lived a slightly sketchy neighborhood so his parents kept him indoors most of the time, he was bored a lot. Since he was inside most of the time he didn’t really make a bunch of friends, he got along well with his classmates. He’s a city kid so Alola will take some getting used to. There’s just so much nature, the closest thing he had to this back in Unova was probably a nature preserve. Alola just some next level shit, and the thought of camping out is terrifying. (he watched a bunch of horror movies and the pokeworld version of Criminal Minds. He doesn’t want some crazy hobo to kidnap him). He’s also a bit off put by the friendly atmosphere. We can just say he takes a bit to get used to change. He still spends a good amount of time inside.
His family is pretty average. His parents work a lot, and he usually takes care of his younger sister. He’s got an older sister but she’s at some big university, he never cared much for school.
He came to Alola recently for vacation, but he thinks he might end up staying. He still ends up in some fights cause he can’t shut up, not as many as before. He needs somebody to stop him from doing stupid stuff.
Aside from his tuff guy attitude he talks a lot, just a bunch of random stuff. He likes conversation but is too shy to start one. Just give him a few pushes, but you better be ready to listen. He doesn’t mind if you don’t talk back, he’s satisfied with you throwing in a few comments. He also loves puns, he won’t admit it but the cheesier the better. Since he’s a bit of a tsundere he’ll admire people from afar before getting to know them.
Gino has serious procrastination issues, he’s trying to stop… It’s not going well. He usually ends up doing other stuff. Like becoming a Pokemon trainer. He was supposed to be working on a project for highschool finals, but ended up adopting an Eevee from some random kid on the street corner, he was pretty sure the dude was a druggie from school. He eventually did the project and with some convincing his parents let him keep the Eevee.
His Eevee now Sylveon is named Eden, his Cleffa is named Lucky (cause he’s a star), and his Salandit’s name is Skitters. Skitters worries him, the Pokemon keeps running into things. He’ll just randomly start zipping around the place crashing into anything in vincity. Eden is pretty chill, kinda clingy tho. Lucky is is just a cutie who likes to pull pranks.
At the moment Gino wanders, he’s likely to just crash at Gruntcle’s hotel or something. He probably won’t cause trouble cause he thinks Gruntcle is one of those nice people who are super scary when you anger them. Gino doesn’t like angry people, which is why he needs to learn to shut up. He also likes Gruntcle, so he’ll also admire from afar. (Gruntcle your gonna have to watch out for this kid, you too Opal. Make sure he doesn’t get himself killed).
As for the whole aesthetic thing, he doesn’t do it partially because of procrastination. Mostly cause he’s color blind. He’s okay with darker colors, dark colors usually go well together so if he gets the color wrong he should be fine. Brighter colors are what get him, he worries that he’ll fuck it up. He has those color blind glasses to help but he still doesn’t trust himself. He likes blues, pinks and purples, a light shades of green, so he’s kinda screwed. He’s considering pastel goth since he wears a lot of dark colors anyways.
He hasn’t made friends yet, for obvious reasons. Or maybe he has, your gonna have to explicitly tell him so he doesn’t feel like he’s a bother, he’ll probably try and dial down his asshole levels if you do. He’ll also be a bit (a lot) clingy for the first few weeks. I think he’d be willing to check out ghosts with Opal, he’d get freaked out for the most part, but ghosts are cool. When they aren’t trying to posses or kill you. If anything goes wrong expect him to exorcise you and the area. He’s not taking his chances. He’ll read of exorcism the day before just to make sure. He worries a lot, so reads up on a bunch of random stuff.
Bringing up Micheal, I think he’d get along. He’d probably let the other hold Lucky as he just blathers on, hopefully Micheal won’t mind. If he doesn’t then they’d be great pals.
He’d also appreciate if the other would help him with all with aesthetic stuff, anyone’s help would be great, they just need a good pair of eyes. He’d be really confused so this person also has to be patient cause you might be seeing a peice of fabric that’s a nice bubble gum pink and for all I know he might be seeing a hideous shade of orange.
I’m just all over the place right now. I don’t think Gino would take the island challenge, Z-moves are cool and all but he doesn’t think he’d be good at it. He’d be happy enough cheering his friends on, he might consider it, probably won’t do it tho.
Sorry that was so much. I probably missed some stuff, I’m just excited to share him with you guys.
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Well you're definitely right; do not piss of Gruntcle Don. This man has stood in front of a Kommo-o and told it it was being too loud, do you think he'll give a half second's pause if you upset him? Just don't. And when PokeBank gives him his other dragons? Pray he doesn't get upset.
Otherwise I - wait he like Gruntcle Don? Sorry in the large blurb of information I almost missed that. So what you're saying is he - Opal! Opal come see this! Sorry, inside joke is Don can't tell when people are flirting and so he probably will miss any form of flirting Gino sends his way (if he had abilities one would be Oblivious gdi Don).
Overall he's got a lot of history behind him, a lot of good qualities, and I think he's awesome! I hope he finds himself at home in Grunt Hotel. owob
~ ModGruntcle
P.S.: Also, good luck getting Don's attention. All the boys after this guy and he's just smiling and unintentionally flirting and trying to help other people - someone save him.
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I’m so sorry! I put this in my drafts so I could stitch it together but we weren’t ready to answer at the time I did that so I left it in drafts and we nearly forgot about it. Mistakes were made and I hope you can forgive the doofus that is I, Mod Opal, for making it and nearly leaving you hanging permanently. (Since we don’t really check drafts I don’t think...)
Not only would Opal be very content to be one of his protectors but she’d like to join him in shopping for and purchasing pastel goth aesthetic because honestly she’s looking for something similar but different than her current signature attire. She’d be happy to splurge on him since she’s been slowly getting a steadier source of income.
Mod Gruntcle isn’t kidding though. Don has three potential suitors and not one has landed yet. As my latest drabble over on the OC blog reveals, Don’s got his mind elsewhere and even beyond his current love interest he’s got a lot of self-worth issues along with just... but this isn’t about Don or Opal, right?
I like his attitude. As a whole he’s really relatable and fun and I like that. I like how he thinks to read up on things before partaking in them, at least that’s how I’m reading him. He likes to know what he’s getting into with both people and activities and that’s good. He has one iota more common sense than Don, Opal and Aster together (kidding, kidding but it’s become an in-joke that to join Team Elite you also have to be missing a couple of marbles.) I have a soft spot for tsundere. A lot of people don’t like the trope anymore but I think there’s something endearing to getting close to someone who acts very aloof and tries to seem uninterested but you’re among their chosen few of special ones.
Opal would probably find his clinginess funny so long as it didn’t become an interference and even then I can’t see it making her mad. She’d probably be content to let him keep her company while she did her thing whatever that might entail. If he offered to follow her on a ghost hunt she’d warn him up front... and also really appreciate his efforts to prevent possession because with hers she just harbors too many negative vibes and is a sort of “open gateway” for ghosts at this point. (In that sense that if you’ve been possessed more than once it becomes easier and easier each time, especially if the vessel doesn’t develop a stronger will.) If anything scared him though she’d be the one to get upset and try to hold onto him and apologize and offer to go through hell and high water to make it up to him.
Opal would also really want to be his friend because he evolved a Sylveon... what kind of bad person evolves a Sylveon?
~ Mod Opal
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estrelatzia · 4 years
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Ok, so as I said before, I wanted to post my thoughts about the SWSH games.
These are mostly thoughts I had on a whim during my first experience, and they might change with time or by playing the games a second time. So please don’t @ me, I am not here to argue, these thoughts are just for fun and somehow a way for me to go back and see if my thoughts on the games changed since they were released.
I categorized them as “things I liked”, “things I thought were meh” and “others” (Others are just interesting points I wanted to talk about, that I might have gave me mixed feelings about, but are not necessary bad).
Before the games were released, they gave me a lot of mixed feels that I never really experienced before with Pokemon games. From the start, I always get excited about new Pokemon games, it’s one of my favourite things since I was a kid. And even when games were not my cup of tea or I was going through a “I don’t like Pokemon anymore” phase, I would still get the game and play along with my sibling and cousins, It’s almost like a tradition.
But this time, during the period before the games got released, I felt nothing...like I was not really interested??? Like I was excited for new Pokemon, the games looked pretty and I loved the thought of exploring a new region in the pokeworld, but besides that, there was nothing more to it. And I got exhausted after all the conflicts and the bad news I saw in the last months, that I barely followed up on the SWSH news.
So I kinda started the news games kinda blind? I knew about the officially released Pokemon, but didn’t check the leaks, so many new gen8 pokemon were new to me as I played. I didn’t read much on the gym leaders, except for knowing what the ones officially revealed looked like, or other little features of the games (Like the wild zone, dynamax, raids etc). And it was an interesting experience to me.
Things that I really loved:
The scenery is gorgeous!! It really had amazing views and it give a beautiful atmosphere. I know many will laugh, but to me exploring the pokeworld is always one of the things I am the most looking forward too. It’s something I did since I was a kid. So all this to say that exploring the regions was really important to me, and I adored exploring Galar. My facourite towns were Wedgehurst, Ballonlea and Circhester.
The new Gen 8 Pokemon were great! They were cute and while some of them were “meh” to me I admit, in general I love the direction they were going with most of them. My faves of this region are Scorbunny, Raboot, Hattena, Galar Ponyta, Galar Meowth and the evolution family of Corviknight (My champ ;u;).
I was surprised to find many Galarian versions as well, and it was so nice to see their new takes on pokemon (bonus points, they were from other gens than gen1! yay!)
The clothing option was great! I love the options they gave to us early on, and even tho I have some comments about it, I really adored the customization options!
I like camping and the curry option, not gonna lie. At first I was joking about completing the Curry dex, but really I want to complete it! It was so fun to me! I always took my time to play in the camp and try different types of curry lol
The Gym Challenges were super fun for the most part. My fave was the first one lol I was disappointed by some, but in general they were interesting concepts and I hope they can keep challenges similar to these in future games.
Also really I loved all the Gym leaders in Galar. I thought the game really made them all memorable by giving them personalities and details. I only played Sword, so I cannot 100% say since I didn’t interact with them, but I love the design of Allister and Melony. Piers was kinda relatable to me lol and Opal was a fun concept for a Gym leader. All around, It was a really strong gang and they were fun to interact with. I loved the cards we get knowing more about them and their backgrounds.  
The “rivals” are interesting. I feel like they gave us a little of every type of rival people like. Like you have your friendly neighbour/rival Hop, a friend you learn more about during the game Marnie, and the old fashion arrogant type of rival we all missed, Bede. My fave was Marnie! But I appreciate the arc Hop got and Bede as well.
Things that were meh to me:
First of all, when they introduce the Pokemon, the usual theme that would appear (Welcome to the world of pokemon segment), Is not there???? Blasphemy!! (This one is a joke, please don’t take this seriously. But it was weird not hearing the theme I was used to at the beginning lol)
The thing about GF being forced to release the game before the end of the year, and the fact that they were in a rush, kinda made me wonder when there were things in the game that didn’t settle with me. Like I was always wondering “Was it cut because of the lack of time?” or if it was just things they wanted to go with it, or if it was me being paranoid?” Because, not gonna lie, I kinda compared to the last games to try to figure out what was the reason being the things that made it meh for me.  
I love the scenery and towns in Galar, and once again, idk if it was because of the lack of time, but sometimes the places in Galar feels empty...? Idk how to explain, because there is a lot to explore and I love what they did with like the routes (for the example, the two mines look so different and are so pretty! it’s not annoying to explore). But I kinda compare/think to USUM (or even SUMO), some places feel like something is missing?
For example the Budew Inn in Motostoke town. If you have the chance to go to the second floor and explore, you will find most of the rooms look empty? Like there is a lot of space, but nothing much to decorate or make the room feel less empty, compare to the hotels in Alola. I know it’s a weird nitpick, but like I said I love exploring, and remembered that this was something cool to me when I saw the details in Sun and Moon, so I felt a little like things were missing.  
Another example are some towns have no homes to explore? Like the town of the first gym, it had no houses to explore and it was so strange? Our hometown had only two houses as well (Ours and Hop’s)...or the fact that Galar’s towns we get to explore are most of the time ones with Gym leaders in it (except for our hometown, the one where the professor is and the one with the champion battle), and it was strange to me not having just a town that is there to explore without having a major plot related thing? Idk if it was just me, but as someone who likes to explore the pokeworld, that’s my thougths.
About the clothing, I really super feel like they should have cabins to change your outfit in like every Pokemon center or something. Because you can only change in cabins at boutiques. But these are like available in about 5 towns. Sometimes you just want to change clothing or accessories after one town and have to wait until arriving to a town with a boutique to change (or go back to the last one). Idk why they removed this from SUMO honestly.
Also...as someone who choose a girl character, I was disappointed that I didn’t get option to wear many pants like the boy, since the girl’s option was mostly skirts :(  Like I like the skirts, don’t get me wrong, but idk why it’s such a downgrade compared to SUMO in term of pants.  Honestly, I just wish that all the clothing would be accessible to everyone regardless of the characters’ gender.
The rivals were great imo. But sometimes I wanted Hop to leave me for a few seconds ngl. Especially at the start, like he talks in a scene in every new town you arrive. I actually don’t have a problem with Hop, I enjoy these types of friendly rivals actually and his feelings during his arc were really relatable, but sometimes I just wish we could get a break from his scenes for a while lol But at the same time, I understand that maybe his arc would have seen less good if we would see less of it? On the other hand, I kinda wish we could have seen MORE of Bede’s arc honestly. He is the arrogant rival, then something happen that is a change in his life, and the next time we see him, he takes on this new challenge and has quite changed. We see what starts all the change, but it’s a shame we don’t see the change more.  
I am not big on online stuff in general, but the way to interact online in the game is such a big meh to me! So I was trying to find my sibling in the online feature to participate in a raid battle. So I filtered by raids, don’t find them. Filtered by friends, still don’t find them. So I try to find them on the map to see if I can interact that way, fly to the other side of the map, and even if I am still connected to internet, the stamps are gone???? So I have to un-connect and reconnect to the internet again and STILL don’t find them! It’s just weird and annoying to me honestly. The fact they don’t have the GTS anymore is disappointing as well :(  I know the GTS had issues, but they could easily fix the issues imo.
I could talk forever about the dex cut, but I won’t because we all heard about it. Instead, I will just mention, that I wish there was a way somehow to get alolan versions.
Other:
The music is so good and interesting but, I don’t know if it’s just me, but I feel like I got more like Final Fantasy vibes more than Pokemon sometimes. Like when we are exploring the Forest early game and our hometown really gave me adventure RPG vibes lol.
The Ex share all. *Inhales* SO I always somehow disliked the ex share all since XY. I just have some weird thing that I want all my pokes to be at the same lvl, but in prior games it was hard to do with ex share all, because my starter would always be more lvl, and when I capture a new poke at lower lvl it would be difficult for me to lvl it up to the same lvl as the others. It was such a turn off for me. But this game, I feel like they did a good job! The pokemon who battles gain more exp than the others and the poke you capture in the wild are definitely at a lvl that is closer to your team. I didn’t get really overleved like I did in prior gens as well and I am thankful for that. I feel like they balanced it very well and I hope they keep this type of thing in the future.
No night/day cycle: During the main game, the night/day cycle is scripted lol Like you arrive in a town and it is sunset and it’s supposed to give us an atmosphere and a feeling of time passing and I think it’s interesting. It took me a while to realise that the time in the Wild area actually corresponds to your time zone in the Switch tho lol
The curry and camp are neat, but a part of me is sad that I can’t give my pokemon pats like in Pokemon refresh/amie or feed them food directly especially when there are scripts ingame before battling where the pokemon says they want to be petted. ;;
The story is almost non-existent. The villain is kinda predictable (Lysandre you have competition!) and it seems all to happen in the very last part of the main game. The pacing was kinda weird, and honestly, I am not sure I got all of the point the villain was going for, so I will digress on talking more about it. I know some people wanted a briefer from the last games (SUMO was super plot-heavy). And it gives us the chance to enjoy the games for only the Pokemon journey, it’s just felt kinda like something was missing for me because I am so used to the plots in the games tbh. I am not sure where they were going with it.
There is a story post-game...but well...idk what to say. These recent gens seems like there are no much post-game content, so idk what to say here. It’s not super fun, but it adds to the story and is enjoyable? It’s interesting I suppose, but just like the main plot, I am not sure where they were going with this as well lol It was nice seeing Hop getting involved into it though!
In brief, It was a good experience. Not the best, but definitely not the worst. To me the worst game was Pokemon Let’s go, and I am so glad SWSH didn’t beat it as the worst lol I honestly feel like I would have missed a fun experience if I had skipped SWSH.
 I just wish GF would have spent more time on it not gonna lie. Some parts really need to be more polished. And I hope in the future they will stop trying to produce a game a year and take more time to fully and comfortably polish their games, but maybe I am hoping for too much here.
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Relaxed- Where would you take a vacation in the pokemon world? Hardy-what was your first Pokemon game and when? If you want to know mine. It's between Kalos, Sinnoh or Alola. I'm not sure what Sinnoh is based off. But it does give a similar vibe with Kalos-France/Paris. And these three are hot vacation spots. And my first Pokemon game(that was actually mine) was diamond. It was Christmas 2008 and I chose piplup as my starter. Named her bubbles. I also collect Pokemon cards.
Relaxed- Where would you take a vacation in the pokemon world?
Omg, this is hard HAHA. For me, I don’t think much of the reference to the setting IRL though but more on the Pokemon I would want to see (or catch, since hey! If I can visit the Pokemon World, why can’t I catch them on my end? It’s always been a childhood dream of mines to travel around the Pokemon world and become a Pokemon trainer) in that region. So if I’m going to name the Pokemon region, I’ll love to visit: Kanto, Johto, Sinnoh & Kalos (no particular order to be honest), I’ll be happy to start my vacation of with one of these on my end, and move into the others. Maybe even visiting 4 region in one trip for like a few days to a month maybe if I have the luxury to xD.
I would like to briefly visit Hoenn to catch a Snivy (since I personally love this Pokeon on my end), and Alola for Popolio, Rowlet, and many more Pokemon!
I read that Sinnoh is based on the northernmost major island of Japan, Hokkaido. This page gives you a good insight to the references there.
Hardy- What was your first Pokemon game and when?
My first Pokemon game would be Pokemon Blue! I actually wanted to get Pokemon Red since I am a Charizard > Blastoise person. But my brother got Pokemon Red and he was like, “don’t copy me!” -_- So, yeah… I got Blue (but that’s ok, cuz I am not really a fan of Red in terms of the character ‘Red’ in Pokemon lol). Though, in the end, I ended up getting Charmander as my starter Pokemon anyways, even though the cover has Blastoise (lol). I got mines during the time it was first released, in 1998(which I just looked up) in my country. It’s been like 19 years now :o
It’s actually kinda weird now because Pokemon Games have advanced so much! When I look back, I feel old :/ But once a Pokemon fan will always be a Pokemon fan! It’s kinda become a natural like for me now because I’ve grown up with this series on my end.
P.S: Nice knowing about your answers though! And thanks for sending these to me! :3
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