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weebsinstash · 9 months

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Hey so this is gonna seem wildly out of place considering I've been on my superhero shit lately but, the trailer for the new pokemon sv dlc just dropped and while I probably won't get it idk, seeing Adaman's descendant reminded me of an idea I had for him back when Legends Arceus was released and I was binging that game nonstop (and actually might play through it again honestly, I'm so psyched about the black/white legends remake rumors)

But like. In Legends Arceus you are quite literally isekai'd through time and space and meet two separate cultures who literally worship those things and if you take it on a more like, meta level, and consider your reader/trainer as someone who has had, you know, all of or most of your own "pokemon experiences", then, this all happens after your adventures in Diamond/Pearl too, so

You literally just fucking travel back in time, meet the guy who is literally dedicating his life to the reverence of, in casual conversation you're just like "wait are you guys confusing dialga and palkia with arceus, theres like 3, youre talking about 3 different pokemon, its like, time, space, and creation", you're from the actual future, and you both wind up meeting THE Dialga trying to fight you and all and you're just like "wait so if you're like a time God then, you should have all of your own memories across time and, even though this is in the past, you should still technically remember me from the future so, please don't kill me maybe??? Weren't we besties??? 🥺🥺🥺" And it totally works and you get the actual time god Pokemon to calm down cause That's Like Your Weird Pet that you're also friends with and like, would Adaman not just actually worship you at that point, you're practically a holy figure

You're over here showing Dialga what a malasada tastes like and catching up on old times meanwhile Adaman is instructing all his followers to revere you with respect as some sort of, symbolic figurehead, like, the saint/saintess/pope or whatever, but also like, He's Totally Down Bad In A Creepy Way. By all means, let him take care of your every care and anxiety. Step on his own body as to not soil yourself in puddles if you so wish. Please continue to go on your long-winded rants on things from the future where you constantly have to explain new concepts and ideas to him, teaching him all sorts of knowledge that he records with the utmost dedication

He wants to give you everything, do everything, except for... letting you go back home, anyways ^^; like, OBVIOUSLY you were sent back in time with some sort of, divine purpose and reason, so, like... shut up maybe! Just be cool with it when he lures you into the Diamond Clan territory one day and suddenly doesn't let you leave! It's chill, he's taking your pokemon and all your items for safe keeping, duh! You don't need things that might help you escape anyways, silly 😊 he has to show his gratitude and respect for you for saving the world and also. Just, you know. Let him like, rub oil on you and pray to you and stuff from time to time maybe! Let him oil up his hands and touch your body in a totally not sexually charged way as he's murmuring all kinds of delusional incoherent ramblings under his breath ranging from some sort of actual like, PRAYER to, deranged horny drooling, and, also, Google says he's estimated to be over 6" so, that's always nice 👀 helps with the... forced worship based man-handling...

#yandere x reader #yandere stuff #sinprompts #hedonistic behavior is part of my daily routine i gotta be at that freak shit 24/7

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madd-nix · 1 year

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Reuniting, Better Late Than Never

Chapter 1

What if Legends Arceus didn't take place as far back as we thought? What if a few of the younger characters are still alive? This is just me wanting Dawn and Ingo to get the chance to reunite with a few of their friends once they've come back to present day.

(Chapter 2 can be found here, and there's a link to the Ao3 page for it in one of my reblogs in the tags.)

Words: 1,644

Rating: PG (ask to tag)

Rei stood in the kitchen of his small home, preparing some tea for himself. The small Purugly that he now had as a pet purred as she rubbed her head against his leg.

He chuckled and scratched behind her ears, then made his way back to the living room with his teacup. His old partner Pikachu - eventually Raichu once he evolved - had passed on many years ago. He has since retired from battling, so this Purugly was simply here to keep him company.

Together, he and Purugly sat down on his couch and turned on the TV, although it was more to provide background noise, since he didn't really feel like watching anything in particular. The news was on and he just barely paid enough attention to hear as the anchorman went on again about how the champion of Sinnoh had finally returned just a few days ago. He couldn't help but smile a little to himself at that.

Some time passed, and he was just about to doze on the couch after having finished his tea. Purugly was purring contently on his lap, and as long as he wasn't expecting a call from his granddaughter, this was the perfect time for a nap. However, life had other plans for him apparently. There was a loud, anxious knock on the door. Rei groaned and his Purugly let out a low, annoyed meow.

"It's unlocked! Come on in!" he called.

The door opened and his great-granddaughter came storming in, followed by her mother, his granddaughter.

"Dawn, I'm so glad to see you're back home and safe! Your mother called me in tears just the other day saying you finally came home, and I was wondering when you'd come visit your old great-grandpa," Rei said cheerfully.

Dawn stared at him with a look Rei had never seen on her face before. It was a mix of recognition, relief, and some other emotion he couldn't quite read, and her eyes were wet with unshed tears. She wasn't looking at him as her great-grandpa. She was seeing him as someone else.

"Rei..... you're alive!" Dawn cried out.

She then ran forward and launched herself at him. Purugly luckily moved just in time so she wouldn't get squished as Rei caught Dawn in his arms. She hugged him tightly as she buried her face on his shoulder. He smiled as he gently rubbed her back.

"So, you finally realized who I am. It's good to see you again, Dawn."

It was certainly strange. He had watched this girl grow up since the time she was born. He had watched her toddle around as an infant, play in his yard as a child, go to school, and go on her pokemon journey once she had finally come of age. This was his great-granddaughter after all. But this was also his best friend. The girl he could remember following the professor into the village for the first time after having fallen from the sky. He had taught her how to catch pokemon and craft pokeballs, and she taught him how to bond more with his partner Pikachu. They worked together to create the region's first PokeDex. And he could still remember the day she left with that Pearl Clan warden.

"Rei?" Rei looked up at the sound of his name. The voice was so familiar despite not having heard it for decades. Standing in the doorway just behind Johanna, was Ingo.

"Warden Ingo, it's been a while," Rei said.

Ingo made his way into the house, probably taking in his appearance. To be fair, to Dawn and Ingo, he had still been just a teenager the last they had seen him. And now here he was as an old man. The change must be a bit jarring.

Ingo awkwardly sat down on the couch beside Rei, while Dawn still held on to him tightly. Rei couldn't help but chuckle a little at how the former warden hadn't changed a bit since he last saw him.

"I can't believe you're still alive," Ingo muttered, uncharacteristically quiet.

"Ha! You're telling me," Rei laughed. "I'm 105 years old and I'm still somehow kicking."

"105 years old?" Ingo's eyes widened. "So it's been..."

"90 years, yeah," Rei finished for him. "It's been quite a while since I last saw you. So, why are you still here in Sinnoh? Or do you live here too?"

"I still don't remember where I live," Ingo explained. "I'm still working on getting my memories back. Until then, Johanna has been kind enough to let me stay with her and Dawn."

"It's the least I could do for you after you helped bring Dawn back," Johanna said as she took a seat on the couch beside Ingo. "And Grandpa, you really were right. Dawn found a way home just like you said."

"Well, I told you I remembered her leaving to return home. I've just been waiting to see when Dawn would realize who I was after she got back."

At this, Dawn looked up at Rei. Her face was covered in tears and her shoulders still shook with repressed sobs.

"I-I can't believe you're m-my great-grandpa!" she cried. "My great-grandpa is my best friend!"

"And my great-granddaughter is my best friend and the hero of Hisui," Rei chuckled. "I've been waiting for the day that I'd get to see you again like this."

Dawn wiped at her face with her sleeve, then moved so she could sit beside him and not on his lap. He still kept an arm around her though.

"S-so... you knew I would get sent to Hisui?" Dawn asked.

"Yes, I did," Rei admitted with a sigh. "And I'm sorry I didn't warn you or prepare you more for it. I didn't want to risk altering the timeline, if that was even possible. As I watched you get older and you grew closer and closer to the young girl I befriended in Hisui, I knew that you were the Dawn I knew back then. Especially after you showed you had the strength to take down Team Galactic and beat Champion Cynthia, I knew where you would be heading eventually. Then your mother called me in a panic some months ago, crying about how you had disappeared. I called her over and explained what was going on. And Johanna, sweetheart, I'm sorry I couldn't have warned you better either."

His granddaughter had been so mad at the time for him keeping Dawn's disappearance a secret. She had yelled at him about how he could've at least said something about it, even just to warn them so they could be prepared for it. But he had been too scared to change the course of history to risk saying anything.

"It's okay, you've already apologized," Johanna said. "I know you didn't want to change things. I'm just glad you filled me in once it happened."

Rei nodded to her, then turned back to Dawn.

"When I heard from your mother that you were back, I told her not to say anything about me. Not until you asked or brought up my name," he explained. "I'm glad it didn't take you too long. I was starting to get impatient after waiting for nine decades." He chuckled, which got a small smile out of Dawn.

"I'm so glad you're still alive," she said. "When I knew that I'd be going back to my time, I thought for sure that... that..."

"That everyone we knew would be long gone," Ingo finished for her. "It really is nice to see that at least one familiar face is still here."

"While most everyone we knew then has passed on, I'm not the only one still alive," Rei said. This got both Dawn and Ingo to sit up a little straighter.

"Who? Who else is alive?" Dawn asked quickly.

"I haven't spoken or written to them in a while, but Lian is still around in Oreburgh City, and Sabi lives up in Snowpoint City. I could give them a call or you could go see them yourselves."

"Lian is still alive?" Ingo asked. His eyes were wide with hope, eager to see the last other living member of his clan.

"He is. Oreburgh isn't too far from here. I'm sure he'd love to see you again."

"And you said Sabi is up in Snowpoint? We could easily fly up there!" Dawn said eagerly. "We have to go see them both and let them know we made it back home!"

"Heh, always on the move, aren't you?" Rei chuckled as he ruffled Dawn's hair. She puffed out her cheeks in annoyance and quickly fixed her hair and adjusted her bandana.

"We can go out to Oreburgh tomorrow, how about that?" Johanna suggested. "Then we can go to Snowpoint a day or two after that."

"Okay!" Dawn nodded determinedly. "But for now, you have to tell me what all we missed in the last 90 years. Did Professor Laventon do more work other than the PokeDex? Did Kamado really disband the Galaxy Team before Cyrus took over?"

"And how was Zisu? She was always such a great sparring partner. Did she continue to work with up and coming trainers?" Ingo added. "And do you know about anyone from the Pearl and Diamond clans?"

"Heh, one question at a time," Rei laughed. "Hold on, I think you both might want to see some of what I've got too."

With a slight grunt and the assistance of his cane, Rei stood up from the couch and walked over to his bookshelf. He looked around for only a moment before his eyes landed on a thick photo album. He grabbed it, then returned to his spot on the couch between Dawn and Ingo.

"I have some photos of everyone over the years. Thought you might like to see them."

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waywardstation · 2 months

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Hi, I hope you’re doing good in life!

So obviously pokemon legends arceus never got another update or dlc and it probably never will at this point, (which still makes me a little sad tbh) but in a world where it did get more updates what would you have liked to see? I person would’ve loved a dlc where we could go to Iron Island, Full Moon Island, and New Moon Island, and the area that became the battle resort in the post game of DPPT. Also I would’ve liked to see Darkrai and Cresselia’s lore and story fleshed out in this hypothetical DLC. It was cool that Darkrai was legitimately catchable in Arceus without being locked behind an event, but it also seemed rather random that he was in the Coronet Highlands, same with Cresselia. In platinum after you catch Darkrai there’s an unknown voice (Arceus’s voice perhaps?) That says Darkrai’s power is so strong that it purposely isolates itself on New Moon Island and that if anyone were to fall into it’s nightmare, Full Moon Island is close by. I could just imagine a quest in the game where the player goes to New Moon Island and they fall into a nightmare but don’t even realize it and you have to play through the characters really messed up dream until you finally encounter Darkrai and catch it. That would’ve been so cool. Also here’s a picture of a shiny Darkrai I caught in my Pokémon diamond recently that I caught through glitches and RNG manipulation.

Hello!! Thank you for the ask!!

I will avoid answering this question with the obvious submas fan answer cause I’ve said it before lol, but there were definitely other things I had wanted from another possible PLA DLC!!

The biggest thing I would have wanted was similar to yours; a new area to explore!! I loved PLA’s scenery, and would have loved another possible biome to find and see. Something I would have wanted with that was new Pokémon added to the dex for us to study. Like how SWSH’s DLCs added new pokemon to its dex. And maybe a couple new NPCs to meet and talk with too for a little self-contained DLC side story.

Another thing I would have loved would have been to see them add a quality of life update, where your pokemon could follow you around instead of just stay in one spot when you let them out of their pokeballs. Again, like SWSH’s isle of armor DLC.

And I often see DLC add new clothing options as well, so that would have been fun!!

And this one is the most vague of course, but man, more DLC would mean more possible story. More quests, more interacting with NPCs and more chances to see them and their personalities!! I will always want more of that from PLA :(

I really like your ideas too!! Would be really fun to get something like that, mirroring Platinum’s distortion world in a way. And WOW congrats on that shiny darkrai!! Love the shiny’s blue-tinted look.

Thanks for asking me this question and for sharing your own ideas OP, I love thinking about and hearing stuff like this!!

#wayward’s asks #RIP PLA I always wish you got more DLC

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alexiela73 · 1 year

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hi!!! im sorry if this might be a little bit of an odd request, but i just wanted to ask for a few (romantic) relationship headcanons with Hanzo! but if his s/o is gender-neutral and has multiple mental illnesses (namely autism, schizophrenia, DID, and anxiety!) i just want to know how you'd think he'd treat them 🥹 whether it's from like... the crushing phase -> the actual relationship phase 👉👈 I've just been struggling with a lot irl esp with my mental illnesses and hanzo has been a huge comfort for me;;; thank you sm in advance and again I apologize if this is such a weird request >< please feel free to ignore this if it makes you uncomfy!!! pls have a wonderful day ahead ^_^ /gen !!

So this is actually the second time I am writing this. My computer fritzed out on me AS I WAS TRYING TO POST IT. I apologize, as I’ve had to cut it shorter, it was SO LONG THE FIRST TIME and I spent forever on it. I hope it was what you were looking for.

Hanzo

The two of you met through Genji, who you’d become friends with after you both met at a local animal shelter.

Your friendship accumulated over the course of two years, and it wasn’t until two years later that you met his brother Hanzo.

At first, Hanzo was a bit standoff-ish, which was fine with you. Being around him was a bit difficult at first- his impassive face made it hard to know what he was thinking or feeling, and he always seemed intimidating.

Genji though was determined for you two to get to know each other. He joked about Hanzo being incredibly socially awkward, and how he didn’t always seem to know how to fit in with this day and age.

You two actually started to open up a bit when you realized you had a few common interests, including urban myths and a select few video games. They were easy for you to talk about, flowing off your tongue excitedly as you spoke about your progress in Stardew Valley or how fun it had been playing Pokemon Legends of Arceus. Hanzo seemed to have no trouble following your line of thought, even as you cut from one game to the next.

The two of you gradually saw more and more of each other, till finally there was no need for Genji to be the middle man.

There were days he’d worry about your silence, and others where the two of you lose yourself to the simple pleasures of the world around you. Walks in the park, walking through the malls in the late evening when it was quietest.

He never seemed bothered when you said you needed a break, or that you were over stimulated. He was more then willing to find a quiet nook and either rub your back, get you a drink, or find something to help ease you out of the sensory overloads or anxiety attacks. He was good at keeping guard especially, and never rushed you and badgered you to calm down.

Although you knew it would eventually happen, he did finally ask about something Genji had mentioned to him-about you having autism.

He asked if it would be okay to talk about it, as he’d never spoken to someone with autism before. The fact that he was more curious then annoyed about it gave you hope.

While it made you a bit uncomfortable, you decided it was best to get it over with. You explained how you had been diagnosed from an early age and the impact it has had on your life growing up. How it affected your home, your friendships, your work and your passions.

It hasn't always been easy, you admitted. With all that came things like depression, anxiety- getting overstimulated easily sometimes or not being able to handle certain textures or sensory noises.

You explained it was different for everyone- the severity, the effects, the symptoms- the habits, the coping mechanisms, the limitations. You felt lucky, because there were so many things you could do that felt impossible for others.

Hanzo listened with such intensity, and you spoke openly for what felt like hours. He seemed to soak in all the words, absorbing it all and of course you told him he could always do more research.

"People with autism...can still have relationships though, right?" He asked, seeming a bit embarrassed. The question surprised you a bit. Hanzo was never one to ask such personal questions.

"Of course. It can be difficult sometimes...people sometimes assume that having autism means we're stupid or don't have the same kind of feelings or desires as other people. I know I want to date someday...I don't want to feel like I'm going to be alone forever for something I never asked for," you said, your voice quivering a bit. How often that thought consumed you...

"I see," Hanzo said awkwardly, before he looking down at you. "Then...would you consider possibly...erm. Would you consider going on a....date, with me," he managed to get out finally.

The question stunned you. "Date? Like, you want to go out with me? Romantically?" you asked.

Cheeks flushing faintly, he looked away and gave a hard nod. "Yes. Yes, I do," he says quietly.

You took a moment to think of what to say, what to feel. You wanted to run, to crawl into the ground and hide. You felt ecstatic and overjoyed and overwhelmed and scared.

"...Can I think about it?" you asked finally. "I really need time to process it...I need you to think about it too. I have a lot of good days but my bad days...Some days, it feels like I'm suffocating. Like if I move, I might shatter. Like the world is clawing me down below the waves. And other days, I really just need to be alone. Touch is....is a lot for me sometimes. I can't just stop being me-"

"Don't stop being you," Hanzo says quietly. "I don't want to change you. You're different, and not just because of the disorder. I like you, y/n. I....I like you a lot. I want to try. I want to learn how to support you and to comfort you, and to be there when you need me. I just...want to be present."

Admittedly, no one had ever asked to be present for you like that. Your mood changes, being overwhelmed, stepping back and even your sensory issues were challenging for most people.

"I...Are you sure? What if it...becomes too much for you," you asked meekly.

"Then we talk. I value our friendship, y/n. I feel though I'd be doing us both a disservice by not being honest with you on my attraction to you. We can take all the time you need, go at your pace...just...just take some time to think about it, okay?" he said.

When Hanzo went home that day, you really took the time to think about it. To think about him, and whether there was any attraction, emotionally or physically to him. Whether it was worth it...

It took a week of thought, and ever patiently did he wait. When you finally agreed to try, that day you felt aflutter with hope. With happiness.

And as promised, you both took the time to talk. To build slowly on the relationship, to earn the trust of each other. Hanzo never made you feel bad about your worst days, never made you feel different for the way you spoke or the struggles you'd sometimes face.

He was an amazing partner, just the kind you deserved.

The kind who loved you, all of you.

#hanzo #hanzo shimada #Hanzo Shimada x Reader #Hanzo Headcanon #Hanzo Shimada Headcanon #Hanzo x Autistic Reader #Overwatch x Reader #Overwatch #Overwatch Headcanon #ididmybest

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teamshinyhunters · 1 year

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Moments I Will Never Forget From My First Time Playing Pokemon Scarlet

- Randomly seeing a pink fluffy Mareep in a pile of other Mareep. The excitement and then horror at realizing that shinies don't make sounds when they appear in the overworld. Wondering, hoping, and paying that was a glitch and they would eventually fix it

- Not realizing until days later that I had seen a shiny shroodle and also a shiny tadbulb, but I didn't realize they were shiny until I left the area and finally noticed all the others looked different from the ones I had seen; which is when I realized they were probably shinies so I looked up a shiny Pokedex. From that day on I committed many shinies to memory to correct my mistakes and also learned about spawn rates & how it works

- The first time I ran into a Paldean Taurus. Fucking RUN.

- The first outbreak I did being Cyclizar and hating every moment because of how fast they were, and having Tinkatuff's slow ass chase after them made me rage. I didn't find a shiny which is when I looked into shiny rates; but my team did gain 10 extra levels from ko'ing the whole outbreak which also pissed me off bc I was purposefully trying to stay under leveled. Also when I first realized outbreaks in this game were massively different from Legends Arceus.

- Speaking of Tinkatuff, the first time I saw Tink I knew I loved her and would always have her by my side. My OG team was Sprigatito named Bean Burrito, Quaxly named Sir Quaxalot, Fidough, Charcadet, Tink, and Pawmo. They are my most cherished friends and now all of them have the best friend ribbons 🥺

- The first time I ran into a Flamigo. Fucking RUN.

- Not following "Gym Order" and walking into the Quaking Earth Titan Great Tusk with an under leveled team and almost getting my ass handed to me- almost! But Quaxly came through in the end. One of the most iconic moments of my playthrough tbh

- Continuing out of "Gym Order" I fought Atticus without any good poison counters. I had a flittle but it hadn't evolved yet so it was very frail and kept dying. Atticus kicked my ass so hard I still remember that battle anytime I hear the Team Star Boss Battle music. Around 2 minutes of that theme is when I was fighting his Revaroom on the brink of total annihilation, running through revives for my whole team which kept getting decimated. I believe Tink dealt the final blow. Top 10 moments of the game I will never forget.

- Clavell disguised as Clyde. Oh my god I love this man so much. I'd always call him on his bullshit just to see his reactions xD

- Calling very early on that either Penny was Cassiopeia or that Cassiopeia was the Team Star Boss. Feeling my suspicions growing stronger each time Penny appeared out of nowhere each time.

- Making Herba Mystica sandwiches for my asshole Koraidon. I could never refuse him 🥺 also probably the first time you meet Koraidon on the beach and all you can give him is a sandwich lmao

- Another "Out of Order" moment, I wandered up to Alfornada right after the first gym. Needless to say I was in over my head w my lv20's team vs lv45 wild pokes chasing me. But I didn't want to have to trek there again so I kept running, kept running, kept running, got lost because I couldnt jump very high nor could I fly or swim or any of that yet so I ended up jumping to that little sand route. Eventually I got to the cave leading up to Alfornada and kept running until I was finally out. But holy fuck, panic attack the whole mf time.

- What the FUCK is Bombirdier??? Is that.. Is that A STORK???? OH MY GOD. And why do they suddenly appear everywhere after you beat the Titan??? I remember thinking this thing looks cool.

-WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS GIANT EARTH WORM??? oh it's named ORTHWORM???? WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING THIS THING IS HUGEEEEEE. One of my favorite surprise moments.

- Doing classes! And actually learning cool things I never learned about Pokemon before like the battle calcs and stuff in Math! And then the teacher sidequests!! I felt very giddy the whole time and it was one of my favorite things to do!!

- Eventually realizing that Pawmo had another evolution and wondering how tf to get it to evolve. "go jogging w ur Pokemon pals" 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

- Dendra being Tulip's (wife) Gym Challenge. Dendra's storyline about being bad at cooking. Just. Dendra 😍

- BECOMING OBSESSED WITH BRASSIUS AND HASSEL and also the Easter eggs & homages to ORAS with the secret base decorations in Artazon.

- RHYME AND TYME ARE SISTERS???????????????????

- Near the end of the game I started procrastinating hard core because I was having too much fun and didnt want it to end. I had like 4 gyms left (Alfornada, Montenevera, Glaseado, and Medali), 2 Star Bases (Fairy & Fighting), and 1 Titan (dragon). It took me about a week to start playing again.

- Making my way to the Fighting Star Boss without doing the final Titan (which unlocks wall scaling) and I didnt know there was an actual path that led to that area either so I had to get creative. I scaled the entire mountain on my own and just kinda... Fell down the slope until I was in the right area. Fkn iconic, until later post game I came back and realized there was a whole path I could have taken instead 😭

- Finishing the Path of Legends and then figuring out we needed both Penny & Nemona to go down to Area Zero

- MY DUMB ASS NOT REALIZING THERE WAS A GATE IN MESAGOSA THAT LED TO THE POKEMON LEAGUE SO INSTEAD I SCALED THE WALL OUTSIDE THE CITY AND CAME UP THE BACK WAY. then I saw the gates and was like WHAT THE FUCK YOU MEAN THERE WAS A GATE, WHERE TF DID THAT COME FROM LIKE WHO PUT THAT THERE?????

- *clears throat* Rika. That is all.

- *clears throat again* Geeta. That is all.

- Penny being the Team Star Boss!!!! TEAM STAR'S ORIGINS!!! PENNY BEING THE PERFECT REPRESENTATION OF SOCIAL ANXIETY I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!!! Penny becoming my favorite character 😭

- AREA. FUCKING. ZERO. The first time I got down there. And the music played???? I LEGIT CRIED. I had to stop playing because I was so overwhelmed with how beautiful it was. I couldn't pick the game up for another week because that Area Zero Theme had shocked me so much I was so obsessed with it. Definitely one moment I will never forget for my entire life.

- THE ENTIRE SAGA OF AREA ZERO. THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN ARVEN AND THE OTHERS IS ICONIC. As a victim of child abuse myself I felt his entire personality throughout the whole game was very accurate and relatable. But when he called out Penny for badmouthing her dad & Nemona for being raised like a spoiled princess, I was like yeah I recognize that bitterness, anger, sadness, and regret; and was very happy and surprised to see that kind of dialogue in a Pokemon game. I don't even think Lillie and Gladion had those kinds of moments in SM after dealing with Lusamine's bullshit their whole lives. Arven really solidified the storyline for me personally. Everything about him was so well written.

- THE BOSS FIGHT AGAINST AI SADA??????? I have this image in my head every single time I hear the VS Sada/Turo Theme-- the paradox pokeballs falling from the machine into AI Sada's hands, then she sends out Sandy Shocks, Slither Wing, and Roaring Moon-- I hadn't seen any of those yet. I had chills, legit goosebumps at this part and it's all I can think about anytime I hear the VS Sada/Turo Theme.

- also the first time AI Sada's text gets warbled!!!! Holy fuck that is such a stand out moment in my mind. Then it gets progressively worse and I love how AI Sada's text is full of inverted letters and symbols and omg it's such a great touch. One of the most iconic scenes for me.

- Finishing the post game, the teacher tournament, and seeing Penny's, Nemona's, and Arven's dorm rooms. Such a wonderful little touch.

- Being done with the story but still exploring the map & finding watch towers I have never been to yet 🥴 so far I've found 5 towers, just random ones that I missed. Love that tbh.

- And now I'm just doing raids & casual shiny hunts from time to time! Waiting for the DLC and contemplating starting a new game!!

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

#pokemon #pokemon sv #pokemon violet #pokemon scarlet #pokemon scarlet and violet #paldea #arven #penny #dendra #brassius

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cubic-watermelon · 9 months

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My big fat Pokemon rant:

Hey there lovelies, this is going to be a long rant about my thoughts on the state of the Pokemon games.

WARNING: Personal opinion ahead, proceed with caution!

I love Pokémon, if you can't tell, I'm basically a Poké-artist at this point. So it pains me to have to do this but I can't leave these feeling inside any longer. I feel like the last genuinely good Pokemon game was either Black and White 2 or X and Y. In gen 7 (Sun and Moon) the hand holding was absurd, I remember just wanting to play the games and was interrupted several times in the beginning of the games. But I could have excused that if not for the Ultra games... they're DLC for Sun and Moon at the full price of a new game and it bothers me that they did this...

this brings us to Scarlet and Violet, the broken, unfinished first open world games of Pokémon's history. Before this, gamefreak experimented with Legends Arceus, in my opinion the best recent pokémon experience. it has a lot of flaws, like not being able to play PVP matches, the lack of breeding and proper competitive training, the graphics, textures and, some times, lag.

It looked like a Gamecube game. People kept comparing it to TLOZ BOTW and why it couldn't look like it. Is the Switch too weak? NO! the switch showed time and time again that it can handle graphically complex and beautiful games, like monster hunter and dragon's dogma. So, is the Pokemon team this incompetent? Remember pokemon Let's go eevee and pikachu? say what you will about those games but they looked polished and beautiful!

Also, you could ride your own Pokemon. But yes, not the same type of game, so I can't compare. And hey, graphics aren't important and I had so much fun with Legends, I also never encountered any glitches besides the camera going through the floor.

Sword and shield are not amazing but at least they have some polish! no major glitches, fun game play, decent graphics... where they fail is in the areas we've learned to expect from pokemon, the character pop ins, the grass growing, the textures loading and in the animation department - If a character is going to do some "complicated" animations, the screen just fades to black, sound effects play, fades back with the character in a new place... It's 2023, those "animations" are inexcusable! Also the horrible and recycled character animations:

but that alone doesn't ruin the games, it's just that Pokemon is a BILLION dollar company! You'd think they could afford good animators. But I actually like Sword and Shield so let's talk about Scarlet and Violet. Man, where do I start with this. I mean, we've all seen the glitch compilations online, but I myself have only seen the regular going through the floor ones, but that's no excuse. the character animations are better (specially during cut scenes) but nothing to write home about. What really bugs me is the amount of lag that almost makes the game unplayable to me. if they weren't ready to make an open world game, they shouldn't have. if they needed more time, they should have delayed it.

the Pokemon and overworld characters keep popping in like in the previous games but it's somehow worse(?) you'd think Mesagoza wouldn't have lag because it´s closed off and has a loading screen but you'd be wrong. the towns and the ppl in them lost their souls, you can't go in the buildings and NPCs have nothing to say. The graphics are, somehow, worst than in sword, shield and legends! (legends had those texturing problems but was still very pretty).

Sure legends isn't a real open world game, but need I remind you BOTW runs on the same hardware?

And what other Open world and semi-open world games are there for the switch with much more complex graphics and textures that run without lag?

Meanwhile Scarlet and Violet here looking like a game from the 2000s

But one thing it did right was making the Pokemon textures better.

But if that's why the games are unfinished, I don't want them.

let's talk about the new gimmick now, the tera raid battles. they´re a mess, there´s nothing else to say.

The tera Pokemon are fine and a good addition but the raids are almost unplayable. I can't tell what's going on half the time! Sometimes my Pokemon disappears or goes through the floor. Sometimes no one moves for 5 minutes, the menu is gone, you can't input commands, everyone goes invisible, the tera mon is not there and then someone died 5 times, it's all over and I did nothing! WTF!

you know what I loved and was fun? Dynamax raids! Why not just do the same but with tera mons??? I´ll never know. who the fuck made these games? The B team? Probably the Z team!

If it sounds like I'm being too harsh, it's because I love Pokemon, but I hate this. I don't want this. I really like Scar/Vio's Story and characters but I could not enjoy this game the way I wanted. It's not a money issue! give your guys more time to make games!

And to finish things off, here's what I'dd add or fix:

- Let me mass release Pokemon in boxes! GOD!!! I do a lot of breeding! I need this! Pokemon Legends had it and it didn't had breeding WTF!!! - if your'e doing an open world RPG with a leveling system, please have level scaling! it's not hard to implement! I got lost, beat the gyms in the wrong order, the games overall was a cake walk. if your afraid it'll be too hard for the little babies just have - easy - medium - hard - difficulties! that should have been in the games by now! - Give me a reason to want to replay the league and play on the tournaments! by now I have full teams of competitive level 100 mons, but the tournaments keep the "high" levels of the late game and stops scaling them, so if I want to test out my teams, I can't. Also the prizes could be actually good! like battle items or mints or ability patches. Make the tournaments hard!!!! it's post game!!! it can be hard!!!! Also throw us a bone and add old characters participating in the tournaments like in Black and White 2! - why can't I see the meal power timer screen while camping? that's just weird! I want to know how much longer I have egg power on! why can't I see it!!! makes no sense! (also if you're making a sandwich beware of the tiny earthquakes that happen during the making of the sandwich... much polish) - for the shiny hunters: Legends did it right. There's an audible queue when a shiny spawns, a visual effect and they DO NOT despawn! Meanwhile here I am looking at a group of Flabébé like:

and if you look away for 3 seconds, it's GONE!!!

also can we talk about the random balls? yes, the ones that show up sometimes when you go inside rooms or during cut-scenes:

yeah, what's up with that???

What do I want for the future of Pokemon? Finished, polished fun games please. Also Megas, but Megas are controversial, I loved them. this is a minor thing but I'd like a proper character creator. Most of the ppl playing are adults and we can only play as 10 year olds... why cant I be a middle aged man with a full beard chasing pokemon around the world to be the very best?!

I'm done ranting! I think I said everything that was on my mind. I still love Pokemon, I'm gonna keep playing this broken ass game. Feel free to agree or disagree with me, and tell me how I cherry picked my examples XD I'd genuinely love to know your opinions on all of this.

Stop defending billion dollar corporations just because they give a product you love! sometimes they need to be called out on their bullshit.

Have a good one.

#pokemon #scarlet #violet #legends #sword #shield #rant #glitch #negativity #do better #funny maybe?

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sugirandom · 1 year

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A long post, mostly talking about fandom-things I’ve been up to I guess IDK

Only under a read more because it’s long, I don’t think there’s any Trigger Warnings.

Man, I miss expressing my opinions so I might try to get back to doing more of that...ha ha I know that sounds strange but like yeah..Like I used to write long-winded rants about what I watched or listened to or whatever I felt like... I kinda miss doing that.so I might try to do that more...

That and I’m kinda afraid to but I might share some OC things in the future? I debated about doing it because i feel protective of some OCs but I also want to share them at the same time so it’s quite a conflicted feeling XD. Seriously thinking of sharing info about my old YGO OCs even though I made them when I was 12 and only loosely updated them like 12 years or so ago? ...so they might contain some cringe...also I kinda abandoned all YGO ideas considering I can’t duel to save my life therefore I also can’t BS being good (i.e. I have characters that are competent duelists but I don’t have the skill to even pretend to be good and since YGO is like 95% Dueling it was hard to just ignore it and only write non-duel parts). But yeah, I always loved the YGO characters and the references to ancient Egypt which is why a part of me wonders what the story would have been like had he not completely turned it into a card game manga. I don’t dislike it but...you know a part of me really wonders... I guess I could have done something like that but *shrugs* So yeah, that’s why these OCs have dust on them but ehh might make an interesting thing to share?

It seems instead of trying Pokemon Legends Arceus I started a new Pokemon Platinum game. Yes, after chatting with Aisu about PKMN stuff I got the itch to play Pokemon Platinum again because I guess deep down that’s one of my favorite PKMN games. I have this huge ass strategy guide for it that makes me super excited to use every time, sometimes I just have it near me even if I don’t need it. I’m a huge strategy guide nerd guys, like the physical books type of strategy guides. Does that make me old? Ha ha! Anyway, I’m taking the game really slow though because my kid-self tended to just plow through the story and not train up Pokemon outside of my party and it made for a very narrow selection of strong Pokemon to use, so I’m trying to keep everyone at around the same level. I just now got the first gym badge since I had like 15 Pokemon I was trying to get to the same level. I wasn’t able to keep it even though, because the Abra I got via trade decided to start ignoring my commands at like level 11. I was trying to get everyone to level 12...so if he had just hung in there one more level it would have been fine...but no! It’s fine though...I’ll just get him caught up after I get the second gym badge. It’s funny to me though because I’d never experienced a Pokemon ignoring me in the game before.

Let’s see... my best bro and I have been watching Dragon Ball, Teen Titans, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch. We made it up to The Demon King Piccolo arc which means we’re nearing the later half of Dragon Ball and this is all officially new territory for my best bro, which he’s pretty hype about, he was always curious about when in the series Dragon Ball shifted to be less comedic and more serious in tone. Can’t wait to see Piccolo Jr. again in the next arc (the Piccolo most fans think of when they hear Piccolo). In terms of the Cartoon Network Teen Titans show it’s so nice to share it with my best bro because before that I only shared it as a common show with an ex boyfriend of mine, someone who cheated on me, so it made me sad that I didn’t have any positive people in my life anymore to share the Teen Titans fandom with. Like, at the time i knew my best bro too (by like season 3 of the show) but he was a casual fan who would watch it if it was on and that’s about it. He’s become a fan of it too and he sees now why I love the show! It’s pretty therapeutic to watch this show again since it had such a positive impact on me at that time, it’s ironic because I’m to a huge superhero fan normally with only a few small exceptions. I’m eventually going to watch Batman the Animated series with him, probably when we finish Teen Titans.

As for Sabrina, yeah we both casually liked it as kids but because of life and infrequent airings we didn’t get to see the show in full. So, now we’re experiencing it together. We’re on season 3 and at this point the show gets a very slow decline, still good episodes, there are several jokes that aged poorly but overall it’s a nice wholesome sitcom that makes me miss some of the late 90s wholesome stuff, mind you I said some of it lol. We’re watching Teen Titans and Sabrina via DVDS btw. With Dragon Ball we are watching via streaming because well...we couldn’t find someone who sold the DB set altogether like we could for DBZ (which DVD will be our only option for because my streaming service only has DBZ Kai and I actually want to watch DBZ’s filler because it gives us more time to bond with certain characters).

Ha ha, I think that’s all I’ve got for now. Just out of curiosity would anyone be interested in a long-winded not-so-positive Mario movie review? I’ll try to mention what positive things I have to say too but overall yeah my feels for the movie aren’t great? Might write one of those when I feel brave. Anyway, if you made it to the end of this long post thanks for reading! I was trying to pass the time while a FOBG video was uploading!

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crystalelemental · 10 months

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@patchun did it, so now I'm doing it. Apparently it's just a big grid of your favorites, if anyone else wants to play along. I tried to be more honest with myself about pre-evolutions, but we all know how that can go.

GEN 1 There were no Dark types, and only one Steel type, so that's a little lame. Otherwise, Gen 1 has a lot of "my favorite is a pre-evo." Eevee, yes Vulpix over Ninetales in this moment, and most critically, Kadabra over Alakazam. Kadabra is, at least at present, my favorite Gen 1 mon again. Just like when I was a lad. I loved Kadabra. One that I think might stand out is Nidoran-Male. There are plenty of Poison types, but truth be told? I always just thought Nidoran-Male was super cute. I love its big ears. It's not the same when it starts evolving.

GEN 2 I feel like none of this should be surprising, and I'm sleepy, so moving on.

GEN 3 Gen 3 has excellent Pokemon, I love them. Illumise is a bit of an odd pick, but I had a really fun AlphaSapphire run one time that ran Illumise and it did pretty well, endearing it to me. Otherwise...yeah, actually, Mega Mawile is preferred over Gardevoir at this time. I miss it so bad...

GEN 4 Despite my love of Gen 4, I feel like a large draw is its legends. A lot of these feel like filling in a box. That said, Mesprit. There are so many good legends, but I'm tired of pretending Mesprit isn't my favorite.

GEN 5 Lilligant Sweep. Honestly, looking back at how much I love so many Gen 5 designs, it's nuts to think that people hated on it. Also we're back to having pre-evos as favorites. Frillish is better than Jellicent, with the pink one being my favorite, while I also just like Dewott better than Samurott, and think it's the best starter form of the generation.

GEN 6 Okay, so at this point, I should mention: I decided to put something different in each box, to avoid just spamming certain favorites. That was ill advised when you get to gens 6-8, given how few new additions there really were. So much of this feels like picking something. That said, special shoutouts to Gourgeist, who is legitimately one of my favorites ever, but cannot compete with Lilligant.

GEN 7 UB Sweep. Also, I love Pikipek. I love Trumbeak. I don't really love Toucannon. I loved woodpeckers, and was really excited by having one, but then it evolves and it's like sure, this makes sense. Morelull was the worse outcome, but the short is Gen 7 really did not endear itself to me with the evolution decisions. It did, however, endear itself via Moon Bat and the Ultra Beasts. Nihilego being the easy favorite. Like, come on.

GEN 8 Man, thank god for Legends Arceus, am I right? If it's from legends, safe to assume it's actually my favorite. If it's from Galar, it's like a 50/50 I was just filling a spot. That said, I am here to pick fights right now. Thievul is cute, y'all are just mean, and I fucking love Indeedee. Great shit.

GEN 9 I happen to like Paldea quite a lot. That said, wow do Ice and Bug not have much going on. Ice is especially painful, but I actually do like Frigibax. I saw it first in the evolution line and was like oh hey, that's a pretty cool dragon thing, and it's Ice type that's crazy! And then I saw its pre-evo form and was like oh, that's not so good. And then I saw its final form and was like "well that's not too bad" until I saw it move. It's not great. But the rest I legitimately love. Arboliva, Ceruledge, Espathra, Glimmora, Bellibolt, and yes all of the Meowscarada line. They're really good.

MISCELLANEOUS Not a ton to mention in the special section, but I'll comment on a bit. Spearow line is great, they're just vilified because of the anime. But if you think about it, Pidgey spams Sand Attack and is a little punk-ass bitch with Whirlwind when it evolves, while Spearow is an honorable warrior. Chingling is probably my favorite baby? I briefly debated Smoochum solely for being not-Jynx, before decided I didn't really like that one either. Flareon is my favorite Eeveelution but couldn't win over Vulpix, so it just...never got to appear. I'm sorry, I just love the Vulpix line so much.

OVERALL I assume none of these final decisions are surprising, so instead, here's the official ranking of each within the favorites (just the 18 types):

Lilligant - Absolute favorite, I adore Lilligant.

Nihilego - Very, very close second, I love this space jellyfish that deletes your personality.

Gardevoir - I can't help myself, I just love Gardevoir. It's such a good design.

Mawile - While Mega Mawile won out over Gardevoir overall, I think that's as much sadness over losing it as actually preferring it. They're pretty evenly matched, but without the mega, I think Gardevoir pulls ahead.

Mesprit - Emotion gremlin, I love you Mesprit, it's so cute and I am instantly drawn to emotion things.

Kingdra - I actually really love Kingdra. I think it's the Johto thing, and the strong association with Clair, who is a favorite. It's also just a cool dragon, like look at that thing.

Glaceon - Eeveelutions suck so bad, and I'm so mad about it, but I love you Glaceon, you and Flareon are hot garbage but you're my favorites.

Iron Valiant - Iron Valiant is so goddamn cool, what a good Paradox Pokemon. I just...wish I had more time with it, you know? Maybe over time it'll climb up, but I think it's just too...locked to one of the very last things you can do to attach.

Mismagius - Super cool ghost witch. Love this thing.

Milotic - It's very pretty, and it's one of the few Water types I stronly respect. I'm sorry, I don't love Water types.

Indeedee - Look, Indeedee's my girl. It's such a cute little design, I love that it got Psychic Terrain on entry, I'm dying for Pokemon Masters to give Caitlin or Darach one of these things. It's so good.

Braixen - Fennekin is the best starter ever designed, and Braixen is therefore the best by virtue of being the best iteration within that evolutionary line. REALLY wish it were Psychic type.

Krookodile - It's just a really cool thing. I wind up using Krookodile like every time I play Gen 5, it's just such a cool thing.

Diancie - You should be higher, but Pokemon is terrible with how mythic Pokemon are distributed so I just don't have enough direct engagement with it.

Vespiquen - This is the coolest bug. And it's also one of the shittiest. Life's not fair, is it?

Meowscarada - I actually do really like Meowscarada. I think it's a cool concept, and for a humanoid creature like we feared, it actually didn't turn out as bad as I expected.

Ampharos - Electric is one of my least favorites types, but Ampharos line is just so cute. Look at this thing. That is a friend.

Noctowl - I just think it's the coolest regional bird, and deserves more respect.

#pokemon #pokemon tier list

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tdalejandro · 10 months

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☕️ forrr volo AND ants

VOLO!!!!!!! Massive Pokemon Legends Arceus spoilers ahead for this. First if all, pla is my favorite pokemkn game BY FAR. The story is interesting, it's sooo different than other pokemon games, and I definitely played it on launch. And Volo... oh I love him so much. He's this mysterious twink that goes Hisui with his togepi teaching you things bc he finds you, the player, SO INTERESTING. Basically the plot of pla is that you are from modern day pokemon land and the pokemon god sends you back in time to fix things. So Volo is a character who looks EXACTLY like Cynthia btw and he's interested in history and pokemon and he finds you so interesting bc you're from the fucking future!!! The thing is tho, when I played pla for the first time, I didn't think much about Volo. I thought he was cool. But when you get kicked out the Village for fucking up the sky and some other space time bs, Volo was there for you. That time you spend with Volo was truly the part where I fell in love with him. Volo was there for the player at their lowest point, and together they were able to figure out the space time bs and everything together. Happy ending, right? WRONG! After that, the post credit story starts. You team up with Volo again, collecting these plate things that correlate to pokemon types, and when you collect them all, VOLO is the bad guy! He hates you. He hates you so fucking much. He cannot stand you. Why does Arceus, Pokemon God, talk to you and not him. Volo worships Arceus, and he's unbelievably pissed that you have the blessing of Arceus. And the battle you have with him? The hardest fucking battle of my entire life. He essentially has Cynthia's team (she destroys me everytime I battle her and u overlevel to compensate) and he also has her team and it's. Sad. The entire game this man was your friend. He was there for you at your most loneliness time. Volo was there. And now, he essentially wants to kill you. And HE LOOKED HOT ASF WHILE DOING IT (minus the goofy ahh hair he got). And then it's revealed that he has GIRATINA? And he essentially has 8 POKEMON? A full pokemon team has 6 pokemon. I was STRUGGLING!!! That battle was so fucking hard but it was so fucking cool. I love it when fictional men want to kill me. I love Volo. The only thing that sucks and when you defeat him in this battle, you never see him again. I miss him to much. I always debate on replaying pla just to see him.

Ants. Ummm. They are an animal! Used to stomp on them when I was child 💔 but now I leave them alone ^_^ I like to give them food every once in a while. I think it's cool to see them carry it somewhere. Ants 🐜

#ask #tdsierra #sorry tee dee blog you get to see my volo love

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game-boy-pocket · 10 months

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So... Nintendo Direct thoughts I guess.

I joined a little late, so honestly, I just fast forwarded through all the games I didn't care about. Kinda the way to go tbh.

I still don't know about pokemon man. Everyone is saying "Yeah it's poorly made but it's one of their better games in a long time" but like I don't know how much I trust a pokemon fan's opinion on that that... you know I preordered Violet, after Legends Arceus left a good impression on me. But I cancelled it after some financial harships started happening and now I feel like I dodged a bullet.

Sonic Super Stars is looking pretty good, I really... really wish Fang was playable... I know he's a bad guy but I love him so much and have always wanted him to be playable... I'm just glad he's back at all, and his 3D model looks decent.

That "Saturday Morning Cartoon" inspired game intrigues me but like they shouldn't have had the boring Nintendo Direct narrator talking over the trailer and let the game speak for itself, show it's personality a little... does it have cheesy filmation style dialogue?? Also their villain looks kind of lame compared to like, Skeletor or Prime Evil.

Still not sure about Splatoon 3. It just looks like more of the same to me, I am kind of curious, but at the same time, it feels too late to start now... then again, if the game really is as samey as it looks, I could probably just coast on what I know from Splatoon 1 and 2.

I have no interest in Detective Pikachu as a franchise and the fact that his personality just seems to be "I love coffee" does not endear me to the character.

Super Mario RPG

Holy Fucking Shit

I didn't think the maniacs would do it.

When I heard the rumors I was like "Yeah right... this does not fit in line with the current corporate image of Mario, they're not gonna do it, and if they do, they'll butcher the art style"

I was so fucking wrong, it looks amazing. They even made Mario all squat and pudgy like the original game, I love it so much, and it looks like there are new cinematics... possibly even entirely new sections of the game what with Bowser riding his Clown car with the others.... that or they're new special attacks. I can't fucking wait you guys it looks so fucking good, I hope they consider making it a franchise again. I still have the original game but I am going to buy this day one.

We even saw Boshi briefly, and the spines still have their weird shapes. I have no reason to believe they'll change Terrapins into standard looking Koopa Troopas now. Literally all my fears are gone.

Don't know what to think about the Peach game. I make it no secret, I'm kind of over the whole arts and crafts aesthetic in games and a game that's just a stage play seems no different. I'm not even sure what kind of game it is. I just would have wanted another platformer. I guess I have to see more.

Luigi's Mansion 2 coming to Switch is a pleasant surprise. I wonder if we're going to enter an age of 3DS ports, because I can think of several 3DS games I want to see on Switch. Kid Icarus and A Link Between Worlds chief among them Luigi's Mansion 2 is my least favorite in the series, but it's still a good time. It not being on handheld makes me more likely to replay it. I do think they could have enhanced the visuals a little more though.

Too little too late with Batman. I already bought it on PC. I would have bought the Arkham Trilogy day one if it launched earlier in the Switch's life. But i'm glad the option is there for people.

I'll be honest I thought Dragon Quest Monsters looked pretty "meh", and I don't know if it's just a bad trailer or what, but the fact that the Solo, the Hero from DQIV shows up, immediately got my interest, he hs my fave hero design, and I was happy he was a skin in Smash Bros... still, man, this looks like a 3DS game... How can they be releasing this after Dragon Quest XI?? Also, is the playable character the bad guy from DQIV? I played the NES version so I didn't really see his human form.

Not much to say about Pikmin. It looks like Pikmin. Which is a good thing. But I don't know how eager I am to play it. Not a day one purchase, but an eventual purchase.

I am tempted by the Metal Gear Solid collection but it has so much extra shit that I don't really need which probably jacks up the price and I think I might prefer playing MGS1 on a CRT anyway. But man it's jsut been so long since I played Metal Gear that I don't even care I just want a way to play it. I'm just glad it's not a fucking Cloud game.

Penny's Big Breakaway had my attention just from the character designs, it screams Playstation 1 platformer. Like Mega Man Legends or Tail Concerto or something. And it's a 3D platformer... but when I heard the Sonic Mania team is working on this, i'm all in. I just wish the enemies weren't just a bunch of dopey looking birds, I want a least some kind of cool factor in the game. But yes I will be keeping my eye on this one.

Mario Kart 8 DLC looking okay. I expected Petey. He's cool I guess but i'm not gonna play as him. I'll be happy to see him on the track though. He was kind of a big part of Mario History in the Gamecube and Wii era.... Wiggler though? Meh... and KAMEK. He should have been in the base game imo, he should be a mainstay in every spinoff, he should have been introduced with the Yoshi's Island course... I'm very happy to have Kamek here. The course looks interesting too. Glad it appears to be another new course.

The new Wario Ware....... looks like Smooth Moves 2. Was the boring Nintendo Direct Narrator doing a Wario voice or did Wario get a new voice actor?? Anyway. I'll keep an eye on this. Smooth Moves was my 2nd Fave Wario Ware game, so this shows potential.

I was pretty bummed out when they mentioned Tears of the Knigdom, and it was only to announce some Amiibos... I still can't even find the Link Amiibo. They look nice though. It will be nice to have a Ganondorf Amiibo that doesn't look like shit. ( No offense to TP Ganondorf fans, but you gotta admit, the first wave f Smash Bros Amiibos is kind of rough ) ...I hope this isn't a deconfirmation of DLC. I really want more of this game, now that the main story is done and my list of side quests is rapidly shrinking, I'm getting sad about the inevitable end of one of my fave Zeldas.

And the big one

Super Mario Wonder

I'll admit I was disappointed that it was doing 3D again instead of a hand drawn style...

But the characters look so good now. They actually look more like 3D models of Koichi Kotabe's artwork. Mario and co are so expressive, their stances are not nearly as boring as the New Super Mario Bros games, their animations are so good, calling back to Mario 3 and Mario World with the blurry feet and airplane run, Mario actually HAS facial expressions now... and holy shit is fucking DAISY playable? Without sacrificing Toad? This is pretty huge! The enemies are looking really cool and stylized too, they all seem to have gotten model upgrades!

I will say... this is reminding me a little bit of Kirby Return to Dreamland, which... is worrying to me. That "wonder Flower" reeks of a Kirby gimmick, and I honestly find that Kirby's gimmicks lately just kind of slow the flow of the game, and often times just feel like all flash and no substance. "ooh I destroyed a hole room of enemies with a really big sword that I was forced to pick up" like I don't actually feel like I accomplished anything with that... I hope I'm wrong.

Also, I heard the rumor that there would be elephants... I don't like elephants. I thought I'd hate Elephant Mario... but you know what, he makes me smile.

I am so excited for this game.

This was definitely one of the better Nintendo Directs in a while, it won't top the back to back Banjo in Smash and Tears of the Kingdom reveal for me, but i'm pretty happy with what's on the horizon.

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imthepunchlord · 1 year

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Actually, I've wanted to ask but wasn't sure if you'd ever wanted to answer it since it was outside of ML...how did you feel when you discovered they were done with Ash's story once and for all? Which generation did you first start following Pokémon? How long have you watched it? Did you play the games at all? Read any of the manga? Have the trading cards?

Err...Sorry. That was probably too many at once.

No, no, that's fine.

Starting with the anime and Ash, I've watched the Pokemon anime since it first came to the USA, and stuck with it all the way to Advanced, watched a little bit after but then I was kinda done and stopped watching the anime all together. Not that I wasn't enjoying it, it's just, I was tired of Ash as a lead. As a kid I didn't like Ash enough to want to keep following Ash's story through the different regions, so I stopped.

And oh man, I remember watching the start of Advanced and being so excited cause it opened up with May, Sapphire is officially my first Pokemon game and I really liked the girl's design and I wanted more action-adventure shows with girls as the leads that wasn't stuck with overly girly themes and romance and so I thought Advanced was going to be May's journey and she was going to be the lead and then there was Ash and Pikachu and I just deflated. And I've never been interested to keep watching cause I just didn't care/like Ash enough to see more of him and his adventure.

So, personally, I was thrilled to learn that Ash was finally retiring, and we're finally getting some fresh faces for the anime. I've always thought they should've just gone ahead and swapped around leads with every new region, and just switch up whether the lead was the playable boy or playable girl. It really would've added some nice personality to them as they're blank slates in game wise. And have Ash occasionally cameo, like they had Misty cameo a few times.

So for the first time since Advanced ended, I'll actually be watching the Pokemon anime again, cause I'm excited for fresh faces. I've been wanting fresh faces for so long.

So, as the anime wasn't giving me the enjoyment I wanted as a Pokemon fan, I largely stuck with the games. I've played almost all of the main line games, with SwSh being the only one I haven't bought (it wasn't worth the money to me), I have also played almost all of the PMD games with Rescue RB and Explorer's of Sky being my favorites, played 2/3 of the Rangers games, Shadows of Almia and Guardian Signs and gosh, I hope SoA is one day remade, that was one of the best pokemon games I've ever played. I've played Legends Arceus and I hope Legends will become it's own series cause that was fun and fascinating, I really want one set for Jhoto, Unova, and Kalos. And I've played Gale of Darkness.

Pokemon cards I collected as a kid, and they were like a surprise treat from my dad when he came to pick me up as at random, he'd have a pack for me. I had no idea how to play so I just enjoyed collecting them.

Manga wise, I read the first following RBY, but didn't read any after it. The manga series is too dark for my taste, and some of the choices made for characters I found to be weird. So I decided it wasn't for me.

So, as a Pokemon fan, it was largely sticking to the games for me, but I am excited for the new anime, ready to follow some new faces. Personally I think it's long over due.

#ask Punchie #pokemon #personal

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Homesickness

Fandom: Pokémon Legends Arceus

Contains: mention of family/friends/stable life - emotional thoughts - so mostly emotional comfort I guess (?)

Words: 1.936

You were glad for your job. It allowed you to be more outside of the village, just the nature, the Pokémon and you. You had no idea when it starts. Jubilife Village made you…uncomfortable. It is not the villagers, their weird behavior nor the research team or the commander. It was just…the life itself.

Everyday waking up and walking through the streets. Husbands waving goodbye to their wives, children playing with each other. Merchants praising their new goods, some talks between villagers. The sun rising up and down, giving the village a warm atmosphere, just a little image of the upcoming town in the future. It…sicken you.

Every laugh of playing children reminds you of the times with your siblings. Siblings you would never see again.

Every wife yelling at her husband reminds you of the funny little bickering from your parents. Parents you would never see again.

Life back there was also hard like in Hisui. Still, it did not hurt so much being away of your whole existence. You had family. You had friends. Your life was stable. The atmosphere was stable.

You had nothing here. You are force to work for the research team because many people blamed you for the rages of the nobles. You had to solve problems from people you do not even like. It was only you – without any ways for own decision.

In the nature, you were a bit for yourself. No images reminding you of your past life. In addition, no one who would hear your little cries in the night. Only your Pokémon could snuggle at you for cheering up. You just wanted to be back home. Back in the arms of your friends and family. Back at the place where the people cherish you.

On this night, you were at a base camp in the mire lands. The guard did not pay much attention to you, so you snuggled more into the fur of your Pokémon. You ate not much, so you were a bit hungry. Nevertheless, the camp had nothing left. The campfire spends a little warm just for not freezing. You would do everything to change this into a loving hug from your family, in a warm and comfortable environment. They would prepare a light meal; you would talk and laugh together. However, you were laying on a hard ground; the only comfortable was the fur. Sleep was not an option now while the thoughts of the past haunted you.

It was the best option to leave the camp. You could not sleep and the guard seemed not very attached of your company – he even said nothing when you left. The night was dangerous, a lot of ghost Pokémon were around. However, it was for your mind easier to challenge them than the thoughts. Well, that is what you thought.

At the end, they chased you over the lands, the mud, the grass, the water. To say you look like shit was an understatement. The base camp was too far away, so you had to stick with your current appearance. It was not the first time, so you were okay with it.

“Are you alright?”

A man approached you – you assumed him as a guard. However, his cloths were quite different to the one of the research team. Maybe someone from a clan?

You only nod, not really in a mood of talking. He scanned you what made you a bit uncomfortable.

“You were chased around by the Pokémon?”

You nod again.

“Well, you are lucky they chased you this way. The settlement is not far from here. I will accompany you. Then I can ask someone to help you. You must be tired walking around this late.”

The tiredness in your bones suddenly infected your whole body, so you yawned as a response. Still, you were a bit hesitant. You were not used to such kindness. He seemed to notice this.

“Don’t worry, I mean it. You seemed in a situation for help, so it is natural for us to help. We are all family living here, so we should help each other.”

Slightly touched by the words, you followed the guard to the settlement. The settlement belongs to the diamond-clan. Some tents, a big stone in the middle. Nothing special. However, it felt more welcoming than the village.

A woman approached you, scanning you in your sorry state.

“I found them at the beginning of the way to the settlement. It would be better they rest here for the night,” he said. Then, she turned to you.

“And you are?”

“[Y/N]”

“Ah, it’s you,” she started while you thought how she would know you. You had never saw her. “He has told us about you. So, let me show you around”

Still confused, you followed the woman. She showed you the campfire, the important tents for meetings, the bathhouse and the tents for guests.

“Just wait here, I am looking for some spare cloths you can have for the night. Then, you can bath and give your current into the laundry. I promise it will be clean in the morning.”

You waited outside the bathhouse some minutes after she returned with clothes. It was just a simple plain blue kimono. You could easily use it for the night. With a light thank you, you went into the bathhouse. The hot water smoothed your tired bones. You had no idea where it came from…but you felt the first time in a long time…save and secured. You still could not ask the woman whom she meant with him. You really wanted to thank this person. People did not judge you; they welcomed you like a long-lost sibling.

You went out of the tube, dried yourself and put on the kimono. You went out with your other cloths, and met the woman again.

“There you are” she said and immediately took your cloths. She went with it to the mentioned laundry, and then she turned her attention back to you.

“You must be hungry after this long day. I know it is a bit late for food. However, you cannot go to bed while you are starving.”

Your stomach decided to answer, and you let the woman drag you to the campfire. It felt a bit like an overprotective mother. She handed you some leftovers. Some little rice balls. They had a simple taste, nothing spectacular. Better than anything you got in the village. After the meal, she nearly dragged you into one of the guest tents, waved you a good night. Then, you were alone.

You were bath, dressed; you got a light meal and shelter. Since you arrived in the settlement, you get a treatment as an already established member of a huge family. Warm, welcoming, friendly. It reminds you of old times when you get home late. After yelling, your mother started pampering you like before. It saddens a bit because you knew you would never see her again. Still, it felt nearly the same but was not the same. It felt new to you. A new feeling of…being home.

The bed looked a bit rusty – however, it was one of the most comfortable beds. The tiredness went over you, and soon – you were sound asleep. You dreamed a calm dream. With no fears or sicken thoughts. Warm, protected and loved.

With the first sunlight into your face, you wake up. At first, you were a bit confused where you are – then the occasions from the night replayed in your head. You found your clothes washed in a bag at the door. You took them and changed into them. You exited the tent and scanned the surroundings. It was early in the morning. However, life already started. Some people doing chores, other started preparing breakfast. Children chased around each other. Everyone seemed confident with their living. They waved you a friendly good morning. No stares, no judging.

“Good morning [Y/N]!”

A red-haired woman approached you. From the voice you heard, she should be the one who helped you yesterday.

“Morning…hmm…”

“Oh, did I really forget mention my name? It’s Arezu.”

“Morning Arezu. Thanks for…yesterday” you said a bit hesitant. You were touched by everything. Still confused, too. Maybe almost overwhelmed.

“You are family – so don’t thank. It’s natural!” Moreover, she dragged you to the campfire where some other members preparing breakfast. Everyone waved you, others just yawned a bit. However, still smiling. It was really like a huge family.

“Where is Adaman? I hope he knew breakfast is almost ready” Arezu asked someone while you just sat there. Now with his name, you remembered him. On a strange occasion, you two become friends. He was one of the few in Hisui who were not such jackass to you. Friendly, curious, a bit forward with actions. However, always caring for the people and Pokémon. He also offered you after your first…weird encounter that you were always welcomed at his place. He did not lie about that fact.

Someone just pushed a bowl into your hand. There was already rice in it. So, it would be some stew with…rice? Interesting combination you had to admit. By the time the cooking was ready, the leader appeared. You were occupied in the whole scenario with all the people meeting and just…breakfast that you did not hear how he just sat next to you.

“Ah, there you are” Arezu said, sit on the other side next to you. “I just thought you would skip it because you were nowhere to found.”

You were a bit confused to who she talked to when you followed her glaze. You shrieked a bit by the sitting male next to you.

“Morning [Y/N]! I hope, you slept well”

“Morning…Adaman” you said a bit quiet and shy. “Yeah, I have.” It was way too early for you to hold longer conversations. You still had to process the feelings you got with the others at the settlement. And you did not want to be overwhelmed by them, and causing the people to worry about you.

“I see…not really a morning person?”

You nod. You were glad he just said it like that. You already knew he had a sense of reading people. And it was a touchy topic, he already experienced that with your first meeting. Adaman would surely not forget how you yelled at him.

Then, he only laughed. “Well…there are plenty of benefits to wake up early. Like enjoying the rising sun, smelling the fresh air.”

“And enjoying breakfast together” Arezu adds. “I am glad we managed it today. How funny you showed up in the night, so you can now participate as our guest”

She smiled brightly at you, so as Adaman. You looked around. Some were tired like you, some were as cheerful as the red-head next to you. The children waited a bit impatient at the meal. Some members helped the elders getting a good seat around the campfire. It was all lovely, heart-warming and respectfully. They treated everyone as family – even without blood relation.

“It’s really like…a huge family” you said while watching the mentioned sun-rising. It was indeed a beautiful view. Even when the cold air wasn’t really a thing you would enjoy. You could get used to this view.

“We ARE a family” Adaman stated. “And you are also a part of it. You can come anytime you want to. Your diamond family has always their arms open for you”.

This was the first day where you did not feel homesickness for your world. You felt…home. You finally found a home…and a loving family.

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