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 Hollow Ah, good. Sure enough, the weirdos by the exit have indeed left now that we've beaten Iwatodai. At least something came from that.  ...Rekool...?  I'm tired of all the moronic cops that only care about gun control and nothing else. Human life is valuable. Young man, if you see any of those What he means is clear enough, but "making attempts at another human" is insanely clunky. I'll make sure these murderers are persecuted at the fullest extent of the law. 'Kay.And with that, Not Looker here just... leaves. Back into Hollow City. Pretty sure we'll see him again at least.   We just confiscate Pokemon from other people. This way, you're even more defenseless out in a world filled with hateful, spiteful, murderous folks. All in a days work.Guard in the middle just exists to check for if we're trying to bring our Ghlock out. We'll leave it be for now, don't worry.  There's only one law that matters, and that's gun control. I mean, there's no other way for folks to hurt each other without a gun. By the way, your Pokemon are looking pretty strong! You must be a very efficient trainer. The Birthday Massacre - Kill The Lights   Ah, Route 667. One of the relative hardest areas in the game, oh boy! No, seriously. There's three fights here that I'm really antsy about.   It doesn't matter how awful this world is... ...because I'll always, always have this bicycle to guide me! What about you, sir, do you like bikes? ... I can tell just by the intense look in your eyes... you like bikes, too! It's nice to know when you have something in common with a stranger. We haven't had the Running Shoes long, and we've already got an upgrade! Gonna register this to the F5 key immediately, for sure.   Thanks a bunch!As for the route itse-   -lf, it's not all that large overall, but we'll be spending a bit of time here. Or at least I will.   With your DNA, I will be able to further scientific understanding of the human body. You just need to let me kill you first. Bring Me To Life (Nightcore) Most of the reason this route is tough is that it has a lot of trainers on it. They're also all quite varied! I do like the sprite edit for the Mad Scientist here, though it makes me think its missing a wine glass.  Oh and he leads with something new, to us. A Shinx. We don't really have a good counter for this that we're allowed to use here.  Also, y'know, it's level 14 so it's an immediate step up from Iwatodai. We can still take it, though, but it's pretty dicey. This is one of the easier fights here! Kill The Lights What, then, should I use to further scientific understanding of human physiology? Well, now we know that the human body doesn't come boneless. Thank you for your contribution to science.You know that Fang is so proud of himself for his utterly garbage one-liners. Also, uh, I'm not telling you how badly, but that Shinx did do a bit of a number to us. Gonna head back to town to heal immediately, then. I do this a lot in general, especially here. Hollow  How rude, barking at you the way he did. If anything, he deserved nothing less than total annihilation. What a pathetic loser. Nothing like you, senpai. - Yahn Deer.Right, uh, so Route 667! Kill The Lights Oh nice, free Nugget hidden in this rock. There's not too many hidden items that I remember, but the ones that do exist are generally useful. Except that Great Ball from before; that's an outlier.   three horsemen!  Don't have horses, huh? You're not even gonna have flesh by the time I'm done with you. Your days of murdering innocents are over! Killing is only okay when you win a battle! Not when they haven't even fought! Oh yeah? And how do you plan to kill us? I mean, he can. It's just illegal murder if he does that.  Check your party, cultists.(1) ...! No way! My Pokemon have already fainted!(2) So have mine!(3) N-no! How is this posible?! I don't think you understand just how powerful I am. My strength and kill allow me to Hm, sorta makes what he said immediately before this a bit hypocritical. But they are evil cultists so I suppose it's meant to be okay. ...You know what this means, right? NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!  Oh my God, he's so anime.   That was amazing, Mako. You're the best trainer I've ever seen. Hey, buddy. Whether that's true or not, I know better than to admit it. The best people in this world are the ones with humility and honor. Anyways, I have to go, so I advise you to stay vigilant. Some day, you may even become as strong as me. But probably not. Thanks, Mako. You're the best. I know.Alright, now we're done with plot scenes until we leave the route. So, let's see what's new in the area! Those Who Fight First up is... a little snake friend. With a bowtie. Bowties are cool, or so I'm told.  She's a pure Fire-type and always has Water Absorb as her ability. Because she's pasta. Also worth a lot of EXP, even when caught! I'm going to use Double Team, becaue I'm a rude jerk. And you can't stop me.   I'm also going to keep nicknaming things in dumb ways. And you can't stop me.  Next up is... an actual Eevee! We're going to need to get at least three of these before we leave.  (this nickname provided by OtakuHackerSA) This fella here makes one.  Ralts is around too! Pretty rare, though. I only found this one, but she turned up quite early.  If I find her brother, you bet he's gonna be called Pole-Axe. I'll give you a minute.  And Shinx is hanging out here too, but she took forever to turn up!  But from what we've seen, she's a Li'l Sparky so she deserves to be named in kind. And because the fights here are actually legitimately dangerous, I'm gonna grind almost everyone up to parity. Except the Eevee(s) I find. Those can stay base level for now. I have a reason, yes. BATTLE!! Since that means everyone needs to get to 14/15ish, Yuri hits level 14 and evolves. Getting to 34 is a bit of a taller order, though.  Bloodoof evolves at level 15 like normal, as well. Probably won't be using Bibarel much, even though it is pretty decent.  And for the sake of completion, 15 is also when Watt hit her edgy teen phase too. None of the fauxkemon we've found evolve for a while, unfortunately. Kill The Lights Free Pearl over here as well. I see this route is gonna pay off quite well, huh.   Why, it's a helpless little boy. Why, it's a helpless little toy. Cute little boy, all alone. You've found yourself right in my zone. There's no place for you to go now. I specialize in killing, you'll soon know how. It's too bad, go ahead and cry. It's unfortunate, but you must prepare to die.Jeez, his poetry is awful. Just... terrible. 1/5. Bring Me To Life (Nightcore) But that sprite edit is a good one too, wow.  If I remember right, there's no way for us to get a Gastly. Rude. But it's still a Gastly, so we can handle it easily enough.  This monster, however, not-so-much.  On the one hand, a single kick does bring it quite low. On the other hand, it's faster than our entire team and did half of Laffite's health in one hit. Yeah, this is the first thing that had me worried. Kill The Lights My imminent death, it seems is fated. For once, Fang and I are in agreement. That's worrying.  Item over in the corner here is an... Amulet Coin?! No, you haven't missed anything. No, I haven't missed anything. This is our first actual held item. And it's just sat here. Out in the open. Definitely going to be using this.  ...This Amulet Coin?  Have some of my candy, and you'll find out. You'll find out very soon. ...I'm good, thanks. Oh, no no no. This won't do. I'll have to get through to you. Bring Me To Life (Nightcore) Oh good, he only has one Pokemon.  Oh dear, he only has one Pokemon.  Oh. Oh no. It spams Rollout. If only I led with my cheeky infinite dodge bird... Oh wait, I did and it got twoshot because Rollout is Rock type for some reason and I keep forgetting that!  Well, this would've been nice one fight ago.  Kill The Lights Well...! Perhaps we can both forget about this awkward little skirmish, no? Yes, yes, move along, young man. Well, when it's put like that how could I refuse. M-mmph! S-staph...! What's the matter? It's just candy. Here, have some more. N-no...! ...MMPPMMPH!!! SHHHTAPP! Fang's portrait here makes me think that, yeah, he genuinely didn't. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer. I'm sure you'll be fine, though, eat some more. ...!!!!!!! NNNNNNNNNNNGHHHHH!!! Juuuust like it.At least this just means there's only one fight left around here that's particularly worrying.  Oh, there's a cultist here still. Can't believe Mako missed one. We'll go south first, though.   So, uh, the other members think I'm kind of weak and silly... So they just put me in charge of guarding this item. But, uh, I'm really passionate about the team! I'll guard this item with my life! E-even if... E-even if it means taking yours! SUSANOOH Bad news there, mate...  ...Oh. Oh no. He has an egg!  Eggs in this game are beasts and I want one yesterday.  At least its only its defense, which... Means it gets to live longer. Dangit.  So, eggs get two reactions from me when I have to fight 'em. Either make them miss a lot. Or shut them down with an ailment. Even then, it mightn't be over easy. They're not even Grass type, so we can't cook 'em good!  With its attack down, it does about a quarter of Yuri's health. Remember Yuri is a mid-stage Pokemon. This egg is a first stage.  And it's worth a bucketload of EXP too. Three headbutts. It hit me three times. And it nearly killed my bird. Do not underestimate the limitless destructive potential of the egg. Kill The Lights I... I've dishonored my organization! As a Team Blade member, I don't have any dignity left...! I'll kill myself! Wow, that was pretty lame.So, what was this important item that was worth guarding with the third difficult fight of the route?  ...  How about that cultist? Such a sweet, wonderful goddess. If She wants blood, I'll get Her blood... Blood... from YOU! Bring Me To Life (Nightcore) Hartha. Hartha.  Oh, he has a pasta snake too. They're pretty strong, but we can handle 'em.  Got an Eevee of his own, too. It's an Eevee, so it's pretty underwhelming after the last few things we've had to get through. Kill The Lights W-what should I do, now? Should I bathe in the pool of blood and beg for forgiveness? ...Huh. Cultists are worth $400 after their death. At first I thought this was the Amulet Coin, but nope. It's just Cultists. Not complaining about that.  Fang really thinks he's cooler than he is, huh? Progress is further to the north, but there's something important down these stairs.  ...Not this kid.  Now, I don't care much about my own life, but there's something real special about my shorts. And as far as I know, you're one of those weird cultits runnin' around. Out here, it's kill or be killed. I hope you understand, pard'. Bring Me To Life (Nightcore) Boey. Boey.  On the one hand, Elec/Fighting is an interesting type combo that I can't think of any other examples of. Like, at all? on the other hand, this an unholy abomination that needs to be put down lest it chase me into my nightmares  And his other thing is... a Vulpix? Why, that's positively disappointingly normal. Kill The Lights Just please, don't kill my shorts. Leave the shorts alone. ...I mean, he is kinda asking Fang to do it...  flickered out of existence. Well, alright then. That sure happened. So, anyway, about that helpful item I want.  Not this. Well, yes, this. But not just this. This is more helpful after the next area, anyway.  Any Pokemon that holds it will be filled with hatefulness, negativity, and rage. But, it will make those Pokemon grow faster. I happen to have one of those eggs on me. Here, you can have it. There we go! That's the ticket.  It's a Lucky Egg, but recoloured and made edgy. Eggdgy.  Last trainer of the route is another cultist, huh? Meekly, She muttered a few words! "Stop... trainer...", She said! Now I know... It is my duty to slaughter you, and spill your blood into Her divine lake! Prepare to die! Bring Me To Life (Nightcore) Compared to Hartha and Boey, Gartha is positively normal. However he only has one Pokemon and it's probably terrifyingly powerfu--  ...Oh. It's a Ralts.  Ophelia has Taunt, by the way. Yeah. She literally cannot lose this fight. Kill The Lights Did She predict that I would be unable to grant Her wishes? This is unforgivable! I had but one job, and I failed Her! I... I deserve death! Like, drat.It's still weird seeing Fang be, like, actually correct about something.  Last item for the route and it's a mushroom hidden in a mushroom! The other mushrooms all over the route are just fancy rocks, though. Missi Hale - What The World Needs Now Is Love 50% speed, etc. etc.  So, this brings us nicely to Lore Town. Hang on, is that a noose? ...Hang on, is that...  Eulb?!   Great, my favorite person in the entire world. ... Didn't I... kill you? Did you kill me? Oh jeez, the timelines are already converging.  You're pretty bad at remembering the things you do, after all. Nevertheless... Everytime I see your face, I feel as A cold feeling starts in my legs, and crawls up and through my stomach, and my head begins to boil. And I was thinking... I just want to put you in your place. It doesn't matter if I have a right to kill you or not. Eulb, buddy, there's one problem with that. You kinda suck. So... what do you say... you want to battle me? You bet your pint-sized dick I do, cotton candy hair. Get ready for failure, freak! Good. Then, without further ado... Let the battle commence! Bring Me To Life (Nightcore) He has three Pokemon, eh? Maybe he'll be able to put up a fight.  ...A level 13 Starly? Well, alright then.  Just gonna put it to sleep and  It immediately wakes up, dang it. Just gonna smack it, then.  Houndour is next and boy does it still love using Roar. And Howl as well. Ophelia still has Taunt, so we'll be having none of that, thank you.  Last up is Riolu, and Yuri can one-shot this guy effortlessly. What The World Needs Now Is Love S-poo poo... that wasn't supposed to happen... I can't believe... I just lost... to you...! again...Oh Fang, we both know that's not really a question.  We'll never see this guy again.Actually, wait, hang on...   This saddens me.If this isn't Eulb, somehow, who's skull is it? Now there's a question that won't get answered.  Anyway, Lore Town. You know what my favourite part of a Pokemon game is? The interminable lore dumps that take forever and add nothing important or worthwhile! 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Parody games aren't supposed to put actually good songs on their soundtrack.
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Oh, good, the writers have opinions about gun control.
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Dragonatrix posted:If I find her brother, you bet he's gonna be called Pole-Axe. Blow me to Bermuda!
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Everything about that update had me cackling. The poke-fusion monstrosity, the unceremonious revival of Eulb, Mako's reality-warping field continuing to be so powerful it makes Fang cheerful, it's all gold. Kind of bullshit you can't get Gastly, but I bet there'll be something else. There's no way they'd pass up letting you have a GHOST of your own, like in the creepypastas.
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Okay the pasta snek is adorable. I also like Eulb not being dead, I really really hope that later in the game we find out actually nobody is dead and Fang's spent the whole time mistakenly believing he's the edgiest edgelord to ever edge while not doing any harm to anyone whatsoever.
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Black Robe posted:Okay the pasta snek is adorable. Agreed to the pasta snek. Part of me is starting to wonder if we're not just walking around inside his head this entire time. Like, in reality none of this is happening and he's just walking around brooding.
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Does this game have a happiness system and does the Cursed Egg increase the power of Frustration and decrease the power of Return or is that just flavour text?
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The Cursed Egg is just a reskinned Lucky Egg, so it's purely flavour text. Happiness is probably still mechanically in, since it'd be part of Essentials and all, but wouldn't really do anything. From what we've seen so far, the only thing happiness would be relevant for is Riolu evolving and that's been nixed. It just evolves at a fixed level now.
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Rename happiness to ennui and change nothing else about it.
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Please tell me that Makupika has a pre-evolution named Macho Pichu
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Wow, scene after scene, Bro is clearly the best character. I'm tempted to play this myself and do a trash bag run. Also, unexpected level of detail with Eulb still being alive and the message when checking the first skull changing.
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I really hope Eulb just keeps showing up, with increasing "BUT I KILLED YOU" each time.
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caught the whole pokemon, but you only need the egg
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What The World Needs Now Is Love So, Lore Town... oh boy, Lore Town.  The one mercy it has, is that there's very few people actually here.  Many, many people died in that war. Humans grew to despite the sentient creatures that were known as "Pokemon". And likewise, Pokemon made it their mission  Inevitably, the humans won the war. People have been enslaving Pokemon for many, many years since. I some foreign regions, people lie to themselves, calling their Pokemon "their friends". And the Pokemon, desperate for survival, went along with their captors, pretending to be happy in their captivity. Any Pokemon that refused was released into a vast wasteland bereft of the resources required for survival. Those of the Pokemon that were not captured instead tried their hardest to avoid human contact in the wilds. Now, whenever they encounter a trainer, they will fight for their life to ensure they avoid capture. For if they cannot, a life of servitude is guaranteed to become them. (yeah thats what it actually says) A few Pokemon Trainers have empathized  So... Team Blade is... Team Plasma But Edgy? That explains the sprite choice but that sure isn't supported by anything else! This organization has dedicated themselves to creating extremely powerful Pokemon that can fight back against the humans. This is where "the big Pokemon" come from.Magizard was very clear about coming from a different planet. And, uh, yeah. Everyone that lives in this town has massive lore infodump. It's not called Lore Town for nothing.  Also, I haven't played them but apparently X and Y are the edgiest actual Pokemon games. So let's make this game into specifically XY fanfiction now.  We were bitter enemies for many years. This town was the site of a great, powerful explosion. Like, I've never played them but this 3000 year old war and ultimate weapon stuff this old lady is talking about is (allegedly) just straight up canonical lore! There was once a bustling city here, until the blast. Millions of people and Pokemon here died instantly. The souls of the fallen stayed at this  Some say, if you enter the forest, you can still hear their screams... Perhaps that's why it's called the Forest of the Dead. Now, you might be asking, how do I know this? Why, I was there, of course. In case you're wondering, the ultimate weapon didn't kill me.  Obviously the stuff about the definitely-not-a-nuke-allegory hitting this town is fanfic stuff, but that's a minor detail.  Honestly, with how much nonstop, boring lore you've been getting since you've entered this town, you kind of want to join them.We're not even halfway done with the lore dumps yet. And calling your own writing "nonstop" and "boring" should be an indicator that maybe, I dunno, you should not write it...? Just a thought.    He was unparalleled in battle, able to effortlessly defeat all that challenged him. Angered by the futile efforts of his challengers, however, he made a decree. All who challenged him would die. Shortly after this, people stopped challenging him. They knew that resistance was futile. Still, Luthier grew bored. He changed his decree, and using his vast What followed was total calamity. This region used to have millions of people, but that number quickly dropped from thousands, to hundreds, to even less than that. It was anarchy. Battles were initiated upon contact and murder was initiated upon a loss. One man was fed up with it....Pretty sure it'd be more than one. Just a hunch.  challenged Luthier. Zero defeated the corrupted champion For the first time in his life, Luthier suddenly felt an intense fear. He cried and begged for his life. Zero was bitter, havig lost his wife and child in the chaos that the champion had started. He killed Luthier without a shred of remorse. And as quickly as he appeared, he vanished. ...Save for our current champion, Mako.Well, I guess that's a longwinded way of basically telling us who the final boss is gonna be, huh? Hard to think of why else this'd be here.    He was prone to risk-taking, constantly endangering his own life for the sake of scientific advancement. For all of his greatest inventions, the PC, global trading, and even a fusion machine... But it wasn't enough for him. He had felt his life to have peaked a bit too early, and that idea bothered him greatly. Oh yeah, I remember Gold/Silver/Crystal as well. Good times. No more would the sky be the limit - he would be able to harness the powers of time and space! So Bill worked, day after day, until, eventually, he was successful. Did it happen to take 5 seconds to achieve by any chance? groundbreaking feat! Yet he knew that the only way to confirm was success was through human testing. (sic) He knew that this was a poor idea, but... As the days went by, he found himself growing desperate? In sheer desperation, he placed his However, something went horribly wrong. This really sounds like it could a Doctor Who plot thread. Y'know, one of its weird and dumb bad ones. The guilt... the pain... his arrogance... these things destroyed Bill's sanity. His mind hardly has the capacity to build anything capable of bringing her back, yet he still tries every day.Okay, the good news is that we're done with all these incredibly wordy lore dumps that are outside. The bad news is there's still one left.  I'll give you a second to guess where it is. You may have noticed that aside from two exceptions, none of the buildings here can be entered...  I just want to have a conversation with someone... There's like, two Xs in their eyes, so, yeah, you're pretty confident. For all you know, though, this guy is actually the main villain in hiding. That'd be a pretty great plot twist, right?No. Very no.  Anyway, time's up. Did you guess the Nurse? Yes, literally the most inconvenient person.  the Dark Ages, we've had none of those. After the death of the champion Luthier, we had plenty of issues readjusting to a murder-free society. Most people followed the rule even after it was outlawed. You can imagine how interaction with other regions worked when one side was more than willing to murder. Naturally, other regions chose to cut contact with us. Not many people choose to use our services, nowadays.Mercifully,  Oh, I'm so shy! ... ...W-wanna... Something so lewd in this Christian Pokemon Thread? I don't think so, young lady. ... ...W-what am I saying?! I'm so sorry, senpai! I'll punish myself later for my transgressions!Anyway, two shopkeeps! I skipped the store in Hollow City, because it was boring and the terrible Hatred reference was better for shopping.  Here we have a special store!  Not pictured below are the Timer and Repeat Balls. But who cares? I buy 10 Quick Balls immediately.  Regular store is less impressive, and honestly doesn't sell anything we need right now. I'll be grabbing repels and such later on, I'm sure.  And with that, we're done with Lore Town. Now to see what's in this forest! death's dynamic shroud.wmv - INTERNATIONAL TEAM   So, the Forest of the Dead is our first proper "dungeon" area. And like most real Pokemon games, it's a forest. Sure, okay.   We can't ever properly interact with these two. They sure are just here, I guess. We'll go left from here.  He's not wrong. That tree's eyes do follow you as you walk past it. Also it is literally looking right at him. SUSANOOH Ahaha, Sudoku. I get it.  Oh, this is pretty bad.  It does decent damage with priority. And it has Pursuit too, the jerk.  Ophelia's got it, though, and Sarah was the lead here. And at level 17 she learns Hone Claws. Dropping Scratch for it. Yes, our squirrel is pretty good! INTERNATIONAL TEAM Screw guarding this item! Honestly, I think the tree's just kinda cool.So, what trash item was guarded this time?  A... Vile Stone...?  Oh, it's an evolution item. Well, I can think of one thing to use it on,but we need to go back to Lore Town for a second then. What The World Needs Now Is Love   What an idiot. One does not simply attempt to talk with my beloved Fang. I killed him for you, my love. - Yahn Deer.Anyway, uh, we're here for the Pokemon Center.  So that we can pick up Eeveeta from the box and use this Vile Stone on her. Level 9 is basically the ideal level for this, even. BATTLE!! Veneon is one of the three new Eeveelutions and this one's pure Poison. Umbreon already exists, so we can't have a Dark one at least.  Also level 9 is when Eeveeta would learn Poison Sting. But, y'know, Poison Sting is garbage so I'm not gonna bother.  So, back into the forest. There's a bunch of items here a well, including this... Choice Band... hidden on the floor. Right by the entrance. Well, alright then. Those Who Fight So, new random encounters! There's only four this time, but that's alright. I feel like this should've been Gastly, but Shuppet works I guess. Here's how all these fights go.  Step 1. Throw Quick Ball.  Step 2. Fight's over. Also, yes, he's Mr. Punch beacause he are... a Shuppet.  Ah, a Vulpix. That's cute.  Maybe having a Fire fox in a forest is a bad idea. I dunno, sounds ecologically unsound.  Next up is Barkbark. A living tree that is also a dog.  Hopefully he's a Good Boy, since we'll undoubtedly be using him later.  And lastly we have... Pillost. Of all the fauxkemon in this game, Pillost is my personal favourite. Not much of a high bar to clear, but still!  (you know this one came from OtakuHackerSA because it's good) Though we're naming her Killow, because that's a much better name for an edgy Ghost that is a pillow. She's Ghost/Normal, which is an interesting combo and also she's eventually going to be our best tank by a mile. INTERNATIONAL TEAM You will have to suffer the wrath of a thousand screaming souls. You will experience the sensation of dread throughout the entirety of the rest of your life. For as long as you shall live, you will hear It will always, always be there. Always. Well, that's neat.At least we know now that the trainer battle music is, in fact, meant to be a curse. And Fang is okay with this.  "Stop...!", She said before She was silenced! As Her loyal follower, I will heed Her every order without hesitation! Bring Me To Life (Nightcore) What kinda name is Daniel? Pathetic.  He has a cute Ghost balloon though!  And a Staravia of his own. Nothing that we can't handle here. INTERNATIONAL TEAM S-stop living?! Not even pretending this time, huh? Sure, that works for me I suppose. Anyway, it's pretty important that I put Yuri in the front here. For... reasons.  (2) Embrace the hug of death, let your guts flow wild!(1) That rhymes makes no sense!(2) I did not ask for your two-cents!Wow, I already hate them.  (1) Oh no! It's the champion, we are doomed!(2) Now the atmosphere is full of gloom!That didn't even rhyme! (1) I won't be killed in one fell cleave!(2) Agreed, brother! Let us take our leave! Not so fast.  (2) My mortal soul is filled with fear! That, my poor little murderers, is one of my special abilities. Guardian Soul, I call it. Anyone I have ever killed after a battle, loses their soul. But in this case, I think I'll use them as a roadblock. So we're teaming up, huh? Sure are, buddy. With scum like this roaming the world, (1) N-no! Please! Have mercy!(2) At the very least, kill him firsty!(1) ... Enough chit-chat. Your end has come. Bring Me To Life (Nightcore) No, really, what's with these names? Harry and Larry? Are you serious?  Anyway, I guess we're doing the requisite team up with the champion now. Oh those are level 36, okay. That's only double our highest.  Fortunately, he has an edgy Shiny Torterra. That just happens to be level 100. This is the only thing he has in this fight, by the way. It's got a fixed Overgrow ability, it's always Adamant natured with 31 in all IVs. Oddly enough, it has a fixed 250 Happiness for some reason. Dunno why either; it has one move and it's not Return.  It's Earthquake. Yeah, Mako just has Earthquake. This is why I put Yuri out here: to avoid the team-killing.  This is from one of those Simislashes, by the way.  Second round has big beefy third stage boys. They're an even higher level than the monkeys, but, well, level 100 Torterra.  Yuri gained 11 levels in about a minute. Thanks, Mako! Now my bird is my hardcarry last resort. If only this fight came a tiny bit later in the area... INTERNATIONAL TEAM NOOOOOO! Still incredibly anime, though the low fog effect here makes it very GIF unfriendly.   GRAND STINGER! I know.And then he just... heads back down towards Lore Town. Okay, sure. We've got plenty more Forest ahead of us though.  Not too many berries here, as you might've noticed. At least this one is better than the Oran joke. Even if it is hidden for some reason.  And we killed him.Great, thanks tree. At least it's obvious enough which trees have something to "say" and which ones don't.  Get ready for death! Bring Me To Life (Nightcore) Okay, they are definitely not trying with these names any more. What kind of name even is Charlie?  Oh, this is annoying. We can manage it easy enough, though, even if it's a mite tedious.  Shuppet is adorably useless though. Sarah buffs her attack and Bites it once. INTERNATIONAL TEAM Did Martha curse me, instead?! Get some loving fashion sense.Heading south from here loops us back to the ledge by the entrance. You might remember there was an item down there, and it's...  ...Well, well, well! Definitely glad I picked this up, that's for sure.   This tree is randomly calling back to that time we spoke to a kid in update 2 and did not end up murdering him. Yeah, I dunno either.  Back on the main path, we have another Team Blade guy. Our goal is to rule the world with an iron blade. SUSANOOH Unlike the cultists, Team Blade's sticking with its theme naming at least.  ...What is this Mightyena sprite? What?  Also, yeah, Killow is a jerk who has Cotton Guard for very quick +3 to her Defense. This lets her be quite mean, quite fast.  ...Though Killow vs Killow is a fight no one wins. Because Killow is Ghost/Normal, she can't hurt lesser versions of herself (...yet). Go figure. INTERNATIONAL TEAM I couldn't have been defeated! I won't let myself be dishonored like this! I'll kill myself! Before we turn this dude into a skull, I wanna check out that tree over there.  So, Fang has directly killed 20 people so far (should be 21 but I missed someone earlier like a goof). There's a few deaths that don't count, of course, since we never got a Kill prompt.  But what if we kill Team Blade members harder?  Oh that also counts! Neat.  After that, we're at a four-way intersection. Way forward is up, we came from the left, last regular trainer in the forest is that Team Blade grunt so we'll head down.  Only thing over here is this hidden candy though.  I will cut through any and all intruders! And that includes you! Prepare to die! SUSANOOH Slipknot here is a wee bit of a jerk. He's not super difficult, but...  He has a level 15 locust. And boy does he love to spam Silver Wind! Nothing but Silver Wind! Even when it's not effective it hurts like the dickens. INTERNATIONAL TEAM I have shamed Team Blade! The only answer now is death! Wonder if he's still alive enough to feel even more pain?Only reason to come over here is for the requisite guarded item. This time around we have...  Sturdy in a held item, huh? Pretty handy, that.  Oh, it's nice enough to tell us there's plot two steps ahead. Gonna nip back to town to heal first and I'm definitely putting Sarah in the front slot. Silence E-err, yes, sir. It's very, uh...   And, frankly, nothing can stand in our way. Uh... sir, have you thought of how we're going to get this thing out of the forest? Hahahaha. Vogel im Kafig Took Fang long enough to notice the giant Sharpedo with legs from... I think that's the male Swimmer? The very reason... I am on my QUEST! Oh, what's this? We have a young little Weedle already ripe for squashing. What do you say we test this gorgeous beast out on this silly little boy, grunt? Err, isn't child murder kind of... morally wrong?  No more questions, beast! End his life! It's time to DIE! Linked Horizon - Jiyuu no Tsubasa  So, our first Big Pokemon fight! And it's... mostly... really straight forward.  Sarah absolutely has it, though. Gonna spend 6 turns buffing her Attack.  All the while, Sharfeeto fails to do anything meaningful.  She IS a pacifist, after all. She has no straight forward attacking moves.  That she has Recover is really annoying, because this is where I learned I was remembering wrong forever and it has much more than 5PP. Not in this run, mind.  Cosmic Power is her only move that does anything right now, and it kinda runs contrary to her entire build.  +2 to both Defense and Special Defense is an odd choice, considering. I get the logic but since it makes Counter and Mirror Coat technically worse as well I just don't get it. Yes, it should be +1 but her Ability is always Simple.  Anyway, once Sarah has +6 Attack (and Accuracy just because), I help out Sharfeeto a little more by using Screech...  ...to lower her defense four stages at once. I wasn't really keeping track of her Cosmic Powers, but she certainly didn't use three.  After 1 Screech for luck, I opted to use Quick Attack for both STAB and because it's not resisted. Sharfeeto is Water/Dark, just like regular Sharpedo, of course.  Just to be annoying, she use Cosmic Power more so Sarah Screeched again before Quick Attacking.  Nicely for us, Sharfeeto was silly and she used Cosmic Power even more. Would've been worried if she went for Counter but now it doesn't matter.  One more Quick Attack and a perfectly normal squirrel beat our first Big Pokemon!  Like, seriously. Look at these stats. This is abysmal! This is at level 20 even! INTERNATIONAL TEAM Mom... I wish you could see this. ...like...what?! Grunt, get the gently caress out of the way! Y-yes Blademaster Jin sir! Uh-uh, you think that colossus of a Sure smelled like it came out of somebody's rear end. That thing took days of effort and hard work to make, rear end in a top hat! You're gonna pay for that! Now, I shall kill you... By defeating you in a Pokemon battle! SUSANOOH Yeah, so our real end-of-dungeon fight is against a Team Blade... I dunno, probaby Admin equivalent.  So, uh, hey Sarah reached level 20 remember. That lets her do this. It's basically just the same as Wishiwashi, except possibly not quite as drastic a jump in power.  Though it does make her fast enough to drop this Ninetail's defense before she can put up Safeguard.  Next is Pawniard who wishes he was a threat. Carbonala uses Growth and then Ember.  ...But then we have his ace, and yes that is another new Eeveelution.  Yes, it is a Dragon! Yes, that is one hit worth of damage! Killow is a physical tank, not a Special one. And even then, Dragons are quite strong!  So, I let Killow die here so Psychodiva can swoop in to Hypnosis it.  Swap back out for Eeveeta who can now spam Sand Attacks in safety to drop this things accuracy, because Twister is quite scary!  Even then it hits more than I'd like. At least Eeveeta only takes... 23... damage.  Poison Fang spam time, since its decent Phys Poison with a Toxic rider for good measure.  ...Once again, this would've been nice to have for the fight we just won. Ah well, Psychodiva is approaching her final form now. INTERNATIONAL TEAM I'm ashamed to admit it, but I just lost to a fuckin' kid. You have to... You have to kill yourself, now! Uh... What? What do you mean, "what", master?! It's in the bloody code!  I'm not gonna kill myself. B-but... All of my friends killed themselves...! Are you saying that... this entire time... we could have just ignored that rule? Yep. I... I...! Including this one!  Shush, you. I know, right? Anyways, this is usually the part where  Yup. So, to avoid giving you that option... I've got some information about Martha that you might be interested in. ...Martha?! Please, tell me more! Yes, very good. But you need to let me, and all the other living Team Blade members escape, if I tell you....There are other living Team Blade members here? Martha, Martha! ...So. You might have seen a ghost girl popping in and out of existence, recently. Spooky stuff, right? A bunch of weird people think she's a goddess, and worships her like she's the best thing since sliced bread. Anyways, this girl isn't a deity - she's Through some weird, crazy scientific experiment, though, she's like that, now. Wow, how do you know this stuff? Easy, my boy. Anyway, that's all I know. It was nice meeting you, young man. I hope we meet again, one day! Farewell! And sure enough, Jin leaves taking with him the one living grunt left behind. Because Fang couldn't get that one to kill himself. The way out of the forest is directly above here, so we'll check out what's to the north next time. It probably can't be worse than those lore dumps though.
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This is about where my own attempt at the game tapered off, and sadly enough, it's because I couldn't beat Sharfeeto. Nothing I had could bust its defenses, and the one time I was able to stall it out and have it Struggle to death, Jin wrecked what was left of my team.
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This game sure is going... places. Also... Dragonatrix posted:
Isn't that just the regular Gen 4 sprite? I can't tell any difference, at least.
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Is it? Wouldn't know, personally; Gens 4 and 6 are ones I have no personal experience with, so of course both kinda come up here. Well, 8 too but that's not gonna be relevant, thankfully.
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You know, nothing rules out Magizard being from another planet AND being created by Team Blade. That just requires them to be interplanetary edgelords. It's not like anything is too stupid for this game, after all. Especially now time travel is canon.
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This is stupid but I find it amusing. "Here's a bunch of nerd lore you don't care about" is how I feel about most lore dumps.
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I still like all the fake pokemon, edgy or not. The gameplay and what passes for a plot is still pretty tedious but it could be worse.
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Black Robe posted:I still like all the fake pokemon, edgy or not. The gameplay and what passes for a plot is still pretty tedious but it could be worse. Pretty similar to what I've been thinking. The game's had a few funny moments here and there, but as parody/satire, it's flawed and inherits perhaps a little too much of what it's trying to make fun of. That, and it's sometimes hard to tell when it's trying to be serious or not. As a Pokemon fangame, we've already seen far worse as the only jerk moves we've seen so far is the sudden level spikes. Hell, they gave us access to the special pokeballs pretty quickly as well. It's at least a signal that someone on the development side knew what was a bad idea and what wasn't, I just wish I could say the same person was on the writing team.
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This game is so dumb, but for a refreshing change, on purpose!
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INTERNATIONAL TEAM Alright, so we're basically done with the Forest of the Dea-- Hang on, one second.   Never mind, then. As I was saying, we're basically done with the Forest of the Dead. There's just a couple things left to pick up while we're here there.  Like this Star Piece hidden right here. Super easy to miss and its basically another Nugget (albeit worth $100 less but details).  Harder to miss is this Leaf Stone, though. We do have a use for this, but I'll keep it for later. No point blowing it immediately, after all. Due north of here is...   ...this suspicious place we can't access. Now we're done with the Forest! Stressed Out So we'll leave and carry on north to Route 668. Unlike 667, this one is very short and has nothing in it that worries me at all! ...At least not difficulty wise.   Please, close your eyes for a second, I can help you... relax... ...I need an adult. I am an adult.I recognise that joke stolen from Dragon Ball Z Abridged! But yeah this guy is just a permanent free full heal. Like a Pokemon Center but with a shorter pre-heal dialogue, no extended waiting animation and no post-heal dialogue. Pretty good, that.  my misery. This is the only grass on the entire route, by the way. There's an item in it, that's not hidden. Kinda. Can you see it? Because I sure couldn't for the longest time. Those Who Fight While we're in the grass, though, let's pick up the few new Pokemon in the area. Not too many this time. I kinda like Drifloon, personally.  But we probably won't be using her too much. Not when we have all these OCs to consider.  Pawniard seems like it should be good, but being Unovan it doesn't evolve until level 52. That's a bit of a problem.  So, alas, this Pawn will never get to become a Queen.  ...Spoink is also here. Gen 3 is probably the ones I have played the most.  I have still, to this day, never used a Spoink. That's not changing any time soon.  Oh and this is where we can catch an egg of our own.  She's pure Normal until she evolves, but she's going to be very powerful so I'm subbing her into the party ASAP. Stressed Out Did you see the pokeball in this bit of grass? Because I sure missed it my first time through here! ...And nearly this time too! It's only Black Sludge even. Yeah, yeah, Eeveeta could use it as a second set of Leftovers but that's all.  Oh and this route is where we can breed stuff if we really wanted to. There's no online capability or multiplayer stuff or anything. The game isn't even that hard so I dunno why this is even here. We don't even get a free Egg!  I'm just gonna bother this mushroom for another one of these to sell.  There is one thing I kinda wanna check, so we'll be back to use this later though. I never did it before, so I dunno if it'll even work or not...   A-all for some extra money...  It's so fascinating!...They, uh... they're not... ...Never mind.  None of the other members bother with the training part of the job. But I'm different. I'm going to be prepared for the moment when a powerful trainer battles me.He's not like other Disappointed we don't get to actually fight him here, though.  Oh right and these two are here. Nearly didn't talk to them...  Yes, yes. Hello there. See, we've decided to exercise our generosity and give out some... water... Yes, darling. Water... We made it extra special, with a nice little bit of... extra flavor to it. It has a very nice... kick, to it. Sounds perfectly safe to me. Yes, yes. Very good. Now, here you go. Make sure to drink it all at once. Don't let a single drop go to waste. A non-specific amount of time later...   Eh, I'm sure it's nothing to worry about.Before we leave here, let's take a quick look at that laptop. We've done it for everywhere else so far after all.  Whoa! Kidneys sell for that much?! I should sell mine!Bad news, buddy...  Anyway, we're done here now. Those two are gone as is the giant rock that was blocking their makeshift organ stealing practice.  Last thing before we leave is picking up these. Of course our first proper Type boost held item is for Dark. It'd be more surprising if it was anything else.  Oh, Bro's here! After the last strech had no Bro at all, even.   I saw that you defeated one of those big Pokemon. Like, good job. I think I heard that it was a pacifist, and wasn't actually planning on hurting anybody? Honestly, that's not a big deal. As far as you're concerned, everything outside of your family is evil. ... ...You're still not having a conversation with me, huh?  Oh, that did it. Brother, we have to save Martha! This quest is almost as important as destroying the big Pokemon! Really? We don't even know who Martha actually is. I know... but something about her... it reminds me of somebody else I once knew. It's not just because Mom happened to have the same name, is it? ...brother. I need you to test me in battle. Allow me to prove my strength to you...! I'm actually kind of a mediocre trainer, but that's fine with me, I guess. Yes... Let's begin! Bring Me To Life (Nightcore) Nice to see Bro's picked up a few things since we last had a battle, huh? Alas, a good sprite was not one of them.  Honestly, his opener being a Bibarel that uses Defense Curl and Rollout is probably the most threatening thing he has. Fortunately Eeveeta has Sand-Attack so it becomes a non-issue very quickly.  His Pasta would potentially be threatening if it used Ember more often. Killow is a Phys tank, though, and he just sees that Dark does super-effective damage so he likes to Bite her. But Cotton Guard and Leftovers makes it do almost nothing.  Sarah has the Choice Band. She also gets STAB for Quick Attacks which isn't impressive normally, but her ability making her the squirrel equivalent to School form Wishiwashi makes it quite powerful! Can't buff with the Choice Band, but she doesn't need to.  His last here is a Mankey. Killow is a Ghost. He literally cannot hurt her because it only has its level up movelist. It gets around this by using Focus Energy. Every single turn. Stressed Out Boo. I feel ashamed as a trainer or something, now. It is okay, brother. I can sense strength within you. Really? Because I'm pretty sure you didn't need to put that much effort into beating me, there. Train, brother, you'll get there. Cool. Anyways, I'll be around. Mostly because if I'm not around you enough, I'll probably cease to exist. People that aren't around you enough tend to do that.  My point exactly. Welp. Oh that's just through the gatehouse here. See you there. Bro, you're... It's the other... Ah never mind. He'll catch up. The Sounds of Silence My boss is a bit of a druggie, so he'd confiscate all my drugs to keep it all to himself. That's just how poo poo works around here, kid.Middle guard here is just around to stop us from carrying our Ghlock in/out of the city, again. Ignoring him still.  But there's some bullshit about me not being able to shoot some fuckers. Like, if a young kid walks through this gatehouse, and I want to shoot them, I should be able to. Fuckin' hate this job.I do kinda have to wonder about the people who made this game sometimes. Like, they are clearly very strongly pro-gun control and they make that clear with weird strawmen like this guy.  Ah well, welcome to Blackheart City. The home of science and also gambling.  ...And Bro is... already here...? But he... I...  Ignoring him for now.  Hey, kid, do you like gambling? Wasting your life? Risking the bones of your family? Giving everything away for the thrill of a dice roll?...There are no dice games in any official Game Corners! Well, good news. I have something for you. I'm still super down for this, though! Gonna check out the Game Corner for sure!  I've been waiting here for, like, ages. Were you taking a detour or something? I don't... huh? Meh, it's whatever. Take your time, bro. I don't mind hanging around.Much like with Hollow City before, we'll definitely be taking our time around here. Not because there's a ton to do or anything, but because I'm being needlessly thorough. Of course.  It's about a villain who doesn't kill people. That's a ridiculous concept, isn't it? If heroes like you kill people, why wouldn't villains?Faulty premise. Fang is definitely not a hero. He'd be hard sell as an anti-hero even.  ...But I can't fault that logic!  I guess. ... ...Wait, did you just legitimately respond to my attempt at conversation? Y-yeah? ...I love you, bro.Bro's got one last thing to talk about after this even.  Most Pokemon are found in the wilds. That's where "Pokemon centers" are. This place is basically a hospital. Calling this place a "Pokemon Center" is basically like calling a hospital a "Human Center". As if Pokemon are meant to be hurt again and again. It's kind of demeaning, don't you think? ...Dangit Fang. For the briefest of seconds it was easy to forget he's kind of a needless jerk! Nah. Nevermind. Cognitive thought isn't really for you, is it? I'm going to hang around for a little while longer. Why don't you go and save Martha, or something?Can do! That means we're gonna have to explore this city pretty thoroughly. It's not super-large but it is the biggest town in the game, so this might take a bit. We'll head straight left from here...  Back then, people were only worried about politics an the health issues of smoking. Nowadays, however, you're either a victim or a psychopathic murderer. poo poo got really out of hand.Kinda reminds me of a local cinema that I pass a few times a day. Until recently, they had a sign out front saying "Escape to a better world with our dystopian sci-fi series!" and I'm just... do you not know what a dystopia is...?  That had absolutely nothing to do with that old man, but it feels oddly fitting for this game.  I get making sitting sprites with this art-style wouldn't really work. So why use sideways facing benches?  Oh and Yahn is here. Yay. I-I missed you so much... ... ...I-I'm talking to you too much, aren't I?! How... how embarrassing! For me to think I had the right to t-talk to you... Unforgivable!The good news is there's not too many Yahn appearances left. The bad news is there's more than zero Yahn appearances left.  (1) staring contest.(2) A bit unconventional, yes, but we know better tha to doubt our lady's teachings.So, yeah, we can't leave the city this way because of a... staring contest. Sure, why not. We can leave to the north, but we'll do that later. For now, we'll double back to the Pokemon Center and go up from there.  Suddenly, something grabbed his leg and dragged him under. He hasn't been seen since, and his family's been mourning. It goes to show that fishing in people's blood is a stupid idea.Fishing in blood, eh? Hmmm! Heading into the building right there...   You aren't here to buy away one of the attendees, are you? Because we're not selling them. Haha. It's a joke, of course. We would never sell another human being. Hahaha. Ahahahahahahahahahahaha.Ah, a homeless shelter that is totally definitely not a front for human trafficking and other atrocities. We'll just wander behind the counter and see what's here.  people just feed me! I'll have you know, this suit was passed down to me from my grandfather. It's the only thing I have left. Those that leave with him never come back. One such man, however, happened to escape. They saw the ghost of a little girl and, in their lesser state of mind, decided that this little girl was a deity. A group of unintelligent people joined him in his belief, and now you have what we call the "Martha cultists".Y'know, of all the places we could get Martha cult backstory, you probably wouldn't have guessed it'd be in a random, unmarked homeless shelter.  No more visits from Mr. Bill! I don't wanna disappear! Team Blade was my financial security... I've sold everything since, except my costume... And now, I have to live here... I'm used to the hunger, but my friend was going to die... They gave me bread, because they thought I "deserved it"... But my friend didn't get any... S-so, I tried to give her bread... But I was punished for it... And they took it away from her... A-and then she... she...!Y'know, I'm glad we're done here because I don't wanna stick around any longer.  So, we'll just leave and grab this Pearl. The guy on the bike is just spinning in place absurdly, incredibly fast. Gonna ignore that.  House there is boring, so we'll head on up through the other path to the north side of the city.  I don't care how many people he harms or injures, because his work makes me a LOT of money. You wouldn't understand, boy. There's nothing more valuable than money. The psychological complexity of what would make me believe such a thing is dull and irrelevant. Just understand that I'm a bad person and move on. Heh... heheh! I think somebody is following me... He told me that someone was following me! I'm gonna go through that teleporter thing of his to see if I can protect myself, like he said!We'll head into the Pokemart in a second, but first we'll head around the little plateau cul-de-sac.  B-but it's so adorable! No! I know what this will turn into, it's the only way! You! Whoever you are! I need you to take this thing and destroy it! ...What's a Porkopter...?  Oh, it's a... it's a flying pig. Sure. Sure, okay. We'll have a look at what it can do later on, but for now it can stay in the box.  Ah, Not!Looker is in the Pokemart. How unexpected. As a detective, it's important to stay hydrated. However, many store-bought drinks will be contaminated or poisoned. As a detective, though, I can often tell the difference between a clean and contaminated drink....Right, okay.  Only one store here, so if you want the fancier balls gotta head back to Lore Town. Ultra Balls already seems a bit soon, but we're like halfway through the game by now. Or thereabouts, anyway. Those Hyper Potions are absurdly early though.  Blademaster Jin said that you're a cool guy. He's never called me a cool guy before...North of there we have the last two spots of the city. The obviously-second-gym on our left and some other place on the right. We'll skip the gym for now, of course.  And check out the Game Corner!  We won't be talking to literally everyone in here, since a lot of them aren't funny. Or "funny".  But there's a snake here. Why is there a snake here.  Oh, so it can be one of two folks here that give us free coins.  ...gently caress off! Why are you still here?! Ugh, fine, if I give you some coins, will you leave me alone?! That's it. These 25 coins are all the freebies we'll be getting.  No, really, I even checked the events on the map. There's nothing left that's free.  I'm scared, but everything depends on how well I do this time! And if that means punching out a loving snake, I'll do it!Uh, okay. So, while we're here let's talk to the not-nurse in the corner.  She runs the... lottery. why is this why is this here why would you do this Anyway, this is like the regular lottery stuff. Uses a new variable every day and compares it to your trainer ID. It checks from the last digit forward and the more that match the better your prize. Sorta. Last digit = Ultra Ball Last 2 digits = PP Up Last 3 digits = EXP Share All but the first = Max Revive Whole thing = Master Ball Since there's no trades possible, in game or otherwise, this is genuinely just a 1-in-100000 chance to get a free Master Ball. Pass.  If we actualy get coins, we can get some useful-ish items. Smoke Ball is bad and useless, but the rest are alright. 3 held items for Type boosts is good and the Yellow Flute is nice for an infinitely reusable confuse heal.  Disappointingly, the Pokemon selection is just the regular RBY/FRLG crew. No OCs, not even an edgy redesign or anything. We can't even get Alakazam, Scizor or Porygon2 either since they're all still trade evolutions. Probably not meant to bother with this, I reckon.   What a freak. Good riddance.Alright, so let's take a very brief, very quick look at the games in this here game corner.  The main area is just slots. They're, well, slot machines so they suck and are bad.  But over to the sie, we have the best game the series has put in any Game Corner:  Voltorb Flip! Doesn't cost any coins to play, is a fun pseudo-Minesweeper even if sometimes it ends up being a gamble between some cards. Voltorb Flip is the objective best game in any Game Corner ever and if you disagree then I'm sorry. You're wrong and I don't think we can be friends any more.  I played enough of it to get almost everything from here anyway, just on principal.  ...And then enough more to get the rest, yes.  It doesn't take that long with some practice.  I did eventually have to mute the game for a bit, because I got very sick of The Sounds of Silence though.  Anyway, we're not using any of these new boys, girls and Porygon because they're all boring, real Pokemon.  I just got them because they're here. No edgy new evolutions, either, sadly. I checked just to make sure.  Let's take a quick trip north of the city now.  Pick this up while we're here. Quite hard to miss at least.  Pass by the skull barriers, bringing us to the Blood Lake.    Just three cultists here, all praying to Martha.  A life-sized statue of Martha. On top of a miniature tower. I will save you, Martha.Nothing else here, though.  But we did hear about something being in the lake if we fish for it. Let's see what it is!  Hm, it's just a skull floating in a blood red bubble.  It's Ghost/Water, by the way. It just being an edgy recolour of Solosis kinda makes me less inclined to use it, but we'll rotate some stuff around anyway.  'Cos now we're almost done with Blackheart City. All we have left is the gym itself.
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Oh, the game corner. That explains why this update took so long.
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I kind of get what the old man was saying. For instance if I lived in the world of robocop, sure I'd still be in a dystopian hellhole where the criminals and police are in cahoots, but for profit companies operating "prisons, hospitals, space exploration" would be considered "a gamble" And if someone tried to rape me there would be a chance that a cyborg would show up and blast their naughty bits off.
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BATTLE!! Before we head into the gym, we'll take this chance to bring everyone up to level 21. Well, except our Eevees.  No new OC evolutions yet, of course. As a general rule, the real Pokemon evolve the same way as they do normally. There's a couple exceptions, but they're few and far between. The Sounds of Silence But the nurse refuses to help me, even though there's no hospital in this town...It occurred to me while grinding up that I plum forgot to enter the PokeCenter.  And that's something we just can't do.  It's got my back. I would advise not getting killed by it. Its mast traps the souls of its victims....Yeah, so, I keep forgetting that Suicide Squad predates this by about a year. It's not brought up anywhere near as often as Batman v Superman. Speaking of which...    Help... me...  We have a Gym to clear out that is supposedly related to the Martha stuff! Again! EGOIST - Namae No Nai Kaibutsu (TV Vers.)   I mean, this place is littered with crazies and minefields. Also, if I were you, I'd be saving my game right now. Nah, no need to save. We've just got very easy, simple conveyor belt stuff to deal with. It's not even a puzzle.  I was waiting for you to get here, little boy! Between you and me, I was planning on stealing some of the technology here for profit! Hey, why the stern look?! You think people get rich though honest methods?! Bring Me To Life (Nightcore) Donald here (probably not intentional, but who knows) only has one Drifloon.  Skulldiggr can handle it, though. Two Ominous Winds tears it apart. Next! Namae No Nai Kaibutsu (TV Vers.) Switch here rotates one of the conveyor tiles to let us get further in. That red circle is a warp that sends us back to the entrance.  You'll see this guy still alive a couple times down the line. Ignore the chronological mess-up.  ...Whatever that means. Thanks, Fang.  The glowing spots are dangerous, be sure not to step on them. And if the one you're standing on lights up, just stay there until it's safe to get off. That's your only chance at survival. Also, I have to battle you. Bring Me To Life (Nightcore) This fight is a bit more annoying. Ian has three Pillost, one level 19, one level 20 and one level 21.  In theory, our own Killow can handle two of them since she learned Will-O-Wisp at level 21.  But for some reason, these Pillost all have specifically designed movesets. Like, it naturally learns Disable, sure. At level 1 and never again.  And cannot learn Confuse Ray at all.  Killow should've been able to safely tank through 2/3rd of this dude, but he's a cheating cheater who cheats so I have to use other things. Namae No Nai Kaibutsu (TV Vers.) Hey, what's with the crazy loo-!  Oddly, we still get the $200 from this. Don't question it.  Getting past the motion detectors is easy. Just don't step onto the tiles that are lit up. RMXP has enough jank to make that marginally harder than it sounds, though...  Which way we are going... EXCEPT STRAIGHT TO HELL! Bring Me To Life (Nightcore) ...Meth Scientist? Sure, whatever. That sprite looks super familiar, but I can't remember from where.  In terms of her team, it's very unthreatening. She has a Gastly that we can definitely never get anywhere at all, ever.  And a Shuppet of her own. It's all mildly annoying, but not remotely difficult. Namae No Nai Kaibutsu (TV Vers.) hell! That is not where I expected Fang to go, dang.  More motion detecting mines here, but they look more complicated than they really are.  The bottom two rows are pretty much irrelevant. Child experimentation should be encourged! So what if it went wrong? poo poo happens. So, uh, this is obviously a Ghost gym, right? That explains very clearly why this dude has a level 14 Shinx. And nothing else.   Switch over here opens the doors to our right.  I dunno why there's a switch here, honestly. It's pretty much irrelevant. Regardless, through this door... Silence Bill! I know what you've done... I've heard your crimes...! It's time to end this madness! ...? P...pft... Call of Silence ...Snrk... Hah... Uh, camera...? Kid, there's two things in life... there's two things in life worth laughing about. The first thing, my friend, is watching the things you've worked up to merely crumble onto the floor. The things you love... the things you're passionate about... First, I watched as all my research turned into a joke. I still remember the calm, sweet smile she had... I told her... I told her it would all be okay... Snrk... I told her it would be... fine... pft... GAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, this is why the camera panned awkwardly. Why do that before now...? I can still hear her soft whimpers every night, begging for something... something I can't give her. Gahaha! Don't worry, sweetie, I'll be there! I'll be there to HELP! ...and the second thing? My, my, kid, you're very inquisitive, aren't you? Very well... The second thing worth laughing at? That's... That's... HILARIOUS! What's Up, People! Oh Bill, you've been affected by the fanfiction...  So, we'll be having Frank West start things off for us against Bill's base form Rotom.  Frank West is, inexplicably, a Dragon/Flying type so she's neutral to Elec. Yes, she's a Dragon.  Bill's Rotom has Thunder Shock, Ominous Wind, Will-O-Wisp and most worryingly Pain Split.  But I'm mentioning this here, because it doesn't get another turn.  Dream Eater was underwhelming, but Frank West has very bad Special Attack and Rotom has good Special Defense. Dropped it to sub-40 HP though and that's all that matters.  Bill decided to throw his ace out next. Spectreon is our Ghost Eeveelution that.. isn't actually an evolution at all. It's weird.  Being a pure Ghost type, Killow has this though. Spectreon relies primarily on Last Resort, but the AI can't use it very well. I also could not remember what this did at the time. I just remembered it was a strong Normal type move.  Ah, Spectreon also knows Bite. That'd be a problem, but Killow has bonkers high Defense. We're fi--  --ne... um, okay. Maybe just a tiny panic.  You wanna be a rude Ghost jerk that uses a Dark move, fine. I brought Ophelia to chump a different thing but she can handle you as well.  Her Bite is nowhere near as strong as Spectreons, but she took off about 1/3rd their HP in one move.  ...But it's a contact move, so it was a one-and-done kinda thing. This is mildly annoying, but we'll be fine.  Especially with Bill swapping out Spectreon for his weakest!  A Gastly!  All it can do to hurt Ophelia is use Sucker Punch. But if we're not attacking this does nothing.  Can't even use Bite right now, so we couldn't attack if we wanted to. Sucker Punch only has 5PP, so we can use Leer until it runs out.  And just to make sure it doesn't try anything else, let's Taunt it so it can only use Sucker Punch!  Skipping ahead to it running out of Sucker Punch PP and swapped it back for Spectreon...?  I was gonna re-Taunt the Gastly so it can't even pretend to matter. This is meaningless here, since Spectreon only knows attacking moves.  But if it's gonna keep trying to use Last Resort, I'm not complaining.  Lowered its Defense a bit, and Bite nearly finished it off for us. Instead, it was left with a tiny sliver of HP.  In my infinite wisdom, I followed this up by... swapping out for Skulldigger. For you see, I took the name Last Resort to mean it could only be used when at low HP.  I, uh, may have paid for that just a teeny bit.  Fortunately, Skulldigger barely hung on and that was good enough!  Ophelia even levelled up and learned Night Slash for good measure. Switched Bite out for this.  This leaves us with the Gastly. Skulldigger's at low HP, so I'm swapping him out...  Because she could stop that if I didn't. Ophelia's going nowhere, so this is fine.  Next turn it uses Hypnosis and it...  ..Works..??? Ophelia is pure Dark! That's literally impossible! What the heck?!  At least its follow-up Dream Eaters work properly.  By which I mean they don't work.  After a couple turns, though, Ophelia wakes up, Night Slashes once and we're done.   Silence This is the end, isn't it? Oh, what a world, what a lovely world! I failed my accomplishments... I failed my daughter... I failed to build a machine that could bring her back... Failure! Failure should be my name! Oh, what a day, what a lovely day! Today, I must finally die! I know how it is I must die. I will thrust myelf into the time travel machine. Do not attempt to stop me. I must follow the code of the gym leader. ...Pft... Goodbye. He just left in a fade-to-black. Making a spritesheet of walking would be a waste for this one screen, so sure...  We should follow Bill though, so we'll walk through this empty tunnel. This is just a transition screen. There's absolutely nothing here.  Before we confront Bill, we'll step through that door. Those mines aren't primed so it's the best time for a detour.  This lets us pick up a Metronome. Combining this with Echoed Voice or Rollout or their ilk seems like it should be a decent combo. Might give it to our egg to try out later, I dunno yet.  Regardless, Bill. I won't stop until Martha is saved! ...Snrk... Call of Silence HAHAHAHA...! You don't get it... I've tried... everything. I've done everything. My daughter is dead. Martha is dead. She can't be saved. And when she died? So did I. That's why I'm just gonna go with her! I'll be ripped apart, forced into oblivion, and have to drag myself back to the mortal world! But... Pft... BUT...! MY DAUGHTER CAN'T DO ANYTHING! But me...? I'LL HAVE AN ARMY TO DO MY BIDDING! HAHAHAHAAHAHA! ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE WRONGED ME, I CAN KILL OUT OF SPITE AND HATRED! EVERYONE... INCLUDING YOU! ...!  ...Uh...? That voice?! I won't let you, daddy. You've done so many horrible things to try and bring me back. And I've had enough. I hate you. ...! Ha... haha... Hah... *sob* hahaha...! ... No more. Silence Heheh... This is all just a big JOKE, ISN'T IT?!  The alternating colour here is for our benefit, mostly. Since we saw Martha literally walk into Bill, this shows a degree of possession that is increasing very quickly. It's a neat idea. No! I won't let you escape! Urk... The end of an era has come.  He's dead... ... I'm sorry, Martha... Martha! You're alive! No I'm not, d-dummy! So, you're, like, a double-ghost? That's pretty neat. B-b-b-b-b-baka! Ah, now that Martha has died (again), she's become a tsundere. Great. Just what we needed.  I'd tell you "good job", but because you've killed Bill, I don't have a job. So.. I'll just give you a goodbye shrug. *shrug*Fortunately we're now done here. The Sounds of Silence another gym leader," but... See, it's funny. Apparently, Martha's actually older than the both of us. Back when Bill got super depressed Ugh, okay, no. This is dumb.  And yet it just keeps getting dumber. So, like, you just killed my dad. ... ...Meh. Fun stuff, right?Not in the least, no. And yet somehow this is not even the dumbest thing in the game.  But only us. Isn't that convenient? ...did I leave the stove on? ...You left the house ages ago, Fang. You never even cook anything. You always said you were too busy thinking about revenge. Anyways, I'm going to hang around for a minute. You just do whatever you want to.I think what I want to do right now is... not even remotely think about this right now. What a dumb reveal. I'd call it a twist, but it literally doesn't change anything we've seen before. It's just bad.
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Sorry game, killing your dad is cool and all but we're still not getting drowned by a fake lesbian
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Like most status moves, Hypnosis isn't affected by type advantages.
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Shoving the guy who gave advice on the mines was a good one.
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Welcome back, folks. Today we'll be taking a brief trip through an alternate timeline or four, again. Ghost of a Dog - Through the Looking Glass literally here just because  We'll skip past Route 667, since there's nothing worth caring about there. Eulb here has a few permutations, thanks to our first fight. There's four combinations available; win both, win first but lose second, lose first but win second and lose both. Killing him originally's already been accounted for, so we'll ignore that one.  Might as well start with what happens when we lose the first fight. Why are you slightly within my eye's range?That is absurdly clunky and I'm not sure it's meant to be. It reads like a bad machine translation. I didn't choose to meet up with you, fartface. But you chose to keep walking towards me, knowing I was around. Unfortunately for you, I'm not really in the mood. I do have a beef with you, though. dimension is staring into my soul. A cold feeling starts in my legs, and crawls up and through my stomach, and my head begins to boil. And I was thinking... I just want to put you in your place. It doesn't matter if I have a right to kill you or not. I just want to see you fail. Not like this would ever happen, though. Frankly, I'm several tiers above you. So... what do you say... you want to battle me? You bet your pint-sized dick I do, cotton candy hair. Get ready for failure, freak! Good. Then, without further ado... Let the battle commence! oh no we lost, what a shocker  What's my prize, this time? Gloating rights. I'm not even going to bother with killing you. Your petty existence means that little to me. How are you supposed to take down a big Pokemon, when you can't even handle having your ego taken down?There's a few ways, really. See you around, loser.  Like, drat.So that's a double-loss. Surprisingly bland, all things considered.  So if we go lose/win, how does this change? S-poo poo... that wasn't supposed to happen... I can't believe... I just lost... to you...! Now, to grant you the mercy of death, or to let you shrivel up like the worm you are, acknowledging your failure? This technically matters I guess, but we'll go with letting him live,  Enjoy living your pathetic life. You're nothing compared to me, and don't you forget it. ...gently caress you.So, that's the round 1 loss covered. Kinda uninspired, really.  But what if we won before and now lose? Guess your previous win was nothing but a petty fluke. And now that you've lost, guess what I've won? Gloating rights.And then it carries on from there like before. Yup.  Minor bonus: double win, but Eulb didn't die before. Also known as the overall most canonical route. S-poo poo... that wasn't supposed to happen... I can't believe... I just lost... to you...! Now, to finally end your suffering, or to let you live, knowing you failed to defeat me again...Not killing him here is completely identical to the above. Just for the sake of it, we'll kill him here then rewind that and let him live.  ...Mistakes have been made. We'll never see this guy again.So, we'll just let Eulb live and not just because that way  Gonna be skipping past the rest of Lore Town and most of the forest, of course. We'll get the Ghost pillow up to level 21 along the way, so they can learn Will-o-Wisp.  Because we have this thing to deal with.  We've dealt with it the more fun way before, by getting maximally swole and rending it. With a squirrel. But this time our incredibly ugly shiny pillow will do what they do best: abuse damage over time.  See, Pillost learns Will-o-Wisp and comes at a low enough level to still know Bind.  Body Slam isn't gonna do much damage but that works out fine. Being a Ghost, we're immune to Counter so we can literally never be hit here.  It's slow but effective at chipping away and killing it with combined damage over time. If you like, you can pretend I also had Barkbark use Leech Seed to do it even more.  ...But that's not what we're interested in here. No, we wanna lose this fight. This takes some doing, I'll tell you that much. Eventually I got bored of waiting, so I edited Sharfeeto's moveset so she can actually attack.  Now... die! Yeah, it's... it's quite uninspired. Functional, though. But I know what you really want. It's considered a wild Pokemon, after all. Can we catch a Big Pokemon?  Well, let's see. First, we'll need to do a bit of a cheating and get a Master Ball or two. See, Sharfeeto has a catch rate of 1. The lowest any real Pokemon has is 3, and I think a theoretical catch rate of 2 would allow a Master Ball to fail...  ...Oh, well that answers that, then. So, how does this work and how can we circumvent it?  Let's start here. You can see how incredibly inefficient Edge Rising is made, too. Those battle music switches are unnecessary and don't even do anything. More relevant is this switch here. Number 159 gets flipped on until the fight ends, but it doesn't visibly do anything else.  So, we'll pop open the script editor then. There's a lot of stuff in here that I'd recommend not messing with, because it breaks very easily. That's not Edge Rising, that's just RPG Maker. We wanna search for event 159, but there's a lot of places to check. Fortunately for us, CTRL+Shift+F lets us search all at once (mentioning this because it's not really documented anywhere I can find).  159 is mentioned in all of 5 places. Four of these are clearly irrelevant and one of them is checking if switch 159 is on or not. Perfect, we want that one!  And there we have it. If switch 159 is on, the ball deflects and we are unable to catch it. Makes sense, and is really easy to set up. Also really easy for us to remove.  Just take the switch out, and we're golden. This way nothing can potentially break; it's the easiest solution.  And now we can catch our very own Sharfeeto.  Obviously this isn't a thing you're meant to be able to do, so it's very light on text. The scene doesn't change to reflect it, but we do learn from this that she is incredibly heavy. That and Dark type means Low Kick would be very effective!  We gotta get past Jin to use her, though, so we'll throw the fight for a hot second. Now... die!Still just as underwhelming the second time.  So we'll beat him handily, then head back to Lore Town. Sharfeeto has no menu sprite, which I guess makes sense.  Her stats are bonkers lopsided. She's very much a tank. She doesn't learn anything new from level ups and can't even be bred to get egg moves. For a fun reference, her base stats are: HP 144 Attack 50 Defense 173 Special Attack 50 Defense 173 Speed 10 Giving her a BST of 600. Yeah, I wouldn't believe it either.  Oh and trying to open the Pokemon menu when she's in your party breaks the game, on account of that whole no sprite thing. Using her in a fight does the same thing.  So we'll just kick her out. Kinda surprised the PC works when nothing else does.  Anyway, moving on, we've got Bro waiting to battle us just outside Blackheart.  It's a very hard fight to lose on purpose, honestly. Not Sharfeeto hard, but still. My bad. I wasn't really trying to win, but, okay. Brother... your power...! Mhmm? ...it exceeds mine! Cool. Anyway, I'll be around. From here it continues onwards like normal. That just leaves us with one last thing to do.  Lose to Bill. This one's very easy to do. Just walk in with a Luvdisc and nothing else.  Now, you get to die! AHAHAHAA!Even if it's underwhelming as a scene, having Fang get murdered three times in one update is very cathartic. Sadly, we do need to return to our regular timeline where that doesn't happen.
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I admit to really enjoying the effort in adding multiple switches for all possible player choices.
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I wish I could be surprised that transphobic slurs are showing up.
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Gnaf deserved to die 3 times. Deserves to die even more, probably
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Was there no unique dialogue with Eulb and the trash bag?
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Sadly, no trash bag dialogue to be found this time around. I checked, just to make sure.
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Well, other than all the regular trash bag dialogue.
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