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It's been a lot of work over a lot of time but I think I can finally share this...
PMD:EoS, but with all of the starters!
...Including Grookey, finally!!!!! 🥳
Introducing PMD: Expanded Sky!
This is a public mod available to download now! It adds in all starters from unova all the way to paldea, as well as zorua, axew and rockruff, and allows evolving eevee into sylveon.
Speaking of which, fairy type has been patched into the game! Disarming voice replaces milk drink and moonblast replaces judgement, which was unused.
Some non-traditional starters are no longer available as hero options in this due to lack of space, but are still available as partners. (Skitty can be chosen as a hero in version 1.0.0 only, so download that version instead of the latest if you wanna use her! Riolu and Shinx are available in version 1.2.1 and below)
If one of your faves was taken off the hero roster (eg vulpix, skitty, riolu, munchlax, etc), I have a tutorial here on how to quickly edit the patched file to put them back in :)
Several regional variants have been added! Alolan Raichu, Alolan Marowak and Hisuian Typhlosion are now available as potential evolutions for their respective base stages.
Partners across both rescue team and all three versions of explorers are available too, including Cubone, Munchlax, Machop, Vulpix, Riolu, etc
Sprites and portraits are courtesy of the brilliant PMD Sprite Repository and the many incredible artists who contribute to it!
Credits for all improvement patches, sprites and portraits are included in the download, as well as an explanation on how to patch the game and the full starter list.
The mod is split in two versions to accommodate all the partners - MIDDAY version and MIDNIGHT version. The download includes both, as well as the tool required to patch your game! You'll need a clean US copy of pmd eos at hand.
A full list of moves learned by newly added Pokémon can be found here, as well as info on how to evolve them and their IQ groups.
If you run into any issues, feel free to drop me an ask or DM and I'll see how I can help/what I need to fix!
You can find the download for this rom hack here!
Edits/updates noted under the cut:
(27/04/23)
The overall mod now has a name - expanded sky! Reflected earlier on in the post.
I've been informed that the included patching tool (XDelta) doesn't work on mac, and after some digging around and discussions in dms we found this tool works for Mac instead.
Added graphics to the post displaying which heroes and partners are part of the hack.
(11/05/23)
Added link to learnset compilation for all new pokémon.
(17/05/23) Version 1.1.0 has been released!
Sobble is now a starter, replacing Skitty (Skitty is still accessible by downloading v1.0.0 on the download page). Sobble is also now a partner in MIDNIGHT.
Zorua/Zoroark's moveset has been tweaked slightly
Base forms of all new starters can now be found in Oran Forest, and can be recruitable in the post-game. The new fire starters can also be found in Giant Volcano.
Extra portraits and sprites were added for Cubone, Psyduck and Machop. Like the rest of the new assets in this mod, these were imported from the PMD Sprite Repository, and credits are on the title screen and in the readme.txt.
Extra credits + more in-depth instructions for patching the game included in the readme.txt.
(18/05/23)
Added a link to a tutorial on swapping out heroes for others already existing in the game.
(22/05/23) - Version 1.1.1 has been released!
Fixed genders for female starter options on the quiz.
Updated Fuecoco to use new portraits and sprites. (Credits to Garbage)
(23/05/23) - Version 1.1.2 has been released!
Female starters from gens 5-9 can now evolve correctly (save for starters who don't have evolutions in the game yet - these are listed in the text file in the download)
Rockruff can now evolve, and Midnight Lycanroc's evolution method has been fixed to use the Lunar Ribbon as intended.
(15/06/23) - Version 1.2.1 has been released!
In 1.2.0, a second version of the mod was included in the zip compatible with melon emulator, and potentially others that were having issues with saving.
Fairy gummis were also made available as mission rewards and shop items.
There's a couple more things that can be seen in the changelog including bugfixes, but the main other thing promised was that Froakie and Litten can now evolve directly into Greninja and Incineroar. Due to an evolution flag not being set this ended up untrue, but has been fixed in 1.2.1.
This post claimed dazzling gleam is in the game, but it should've said disarming voice.
🆕 (10/03/24) - Version 1.3.0 has been released!
Dusk Lycanroc, Drizzile, Inteleon, Grookey, Axew and Fraxure have been added, as well as Alolan Raichu, Alolan Marowak an Hisuian Typhlosion.
Axew replaces Shinx in the hero roster, and Grookey replaces Riolu.
Additional portraits and sprites added for starter evolutions, including vanilla starters. Sleep animations have been copied over to EventSleep/Laying/Wake animations if missing.
Greninja erroneously had the same moveset as Froakie. This has now been fixed.
Credits are no longer displayed on the title screen.
Sprite, portrait and patch credits can now be viewed by talking to a Cyndaquil NPC on the crossroads.
Evolution help can also be accessed by talking to this same NPC.
#pokemon#pmd#eos#pmd eos#rom hacks#I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR SO LONG... REALLY HOPE U GUYS LIKE IT#pmd expanded sky
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"Oh boy, I can't wait to find out what PMD Expanded Sky starter I am!"
I'm sure I'll get a lonely or timid nature pokemon, maybe docile or hasty if I get the right question set. That's what I usually end up with most times I take the test... I wonder what it will be this time that I---
---Who said this was true. Who's claiming I, the most Type-A for Anxious person I know, am in any way chill.
Well, this is certainly new. I don't think I've ever gotten a relaxed personality type before. Isn't that result tied to vulpix in the original version of Sky? Huh. As much as I love vulpix, I don't think that's much of a fit for my personality. I'm curious to see what they replaced that option with for this mod. Maybe a pikachu or a bulbasaur or a...
...
Okay, you know what, this feels TOO accurate.
#Lil borb even has a bow and everything#well then#another contender for the PMDsona competition!#pokemon mystery dungeon#pokémon mystery dungeon#pmd expanded sky#pmd explorers#pmd sky#pmd eos#pmd2#pmd#stuff by sofie
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im playing pmd expanded sky during the treeshroud forest segment and. found a secret bazaar. imagine how fucking awkward this would be for you all and grovyle.
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Ah, guild master wigglytuff you goofball :)
#pmd#we're all going in the end can you believe that !!!#cause it's fun !#he's so silly#!#playing expanded sky again#Bell pmd shenanigans#the bellz tag
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u have any rom hacks recs? u seem to kno a lot haha
Ghmh yeah but like do note it's been a while since I last really played a rom hack, I'm not that updated w a lot of stuff anymore hahah
Anyways
For GBA
•Unbound (honestly the best imo really set the bar too damn high fr)
•Crown (this ones good if you're in to more typical rpg stuff like Fire Emblem or smth akin to Conquest, tho it's still in beta and you can only get the first "gym badge" it is a cool rom hack tho)
•Dark Worship (it's not fully translated in English but hey if you are or know Portuguese then you might like this one, it's dope ngl but also it's full of bugs so,, yeah hahah)
•Quetzal (haven't played this one, couldn't find a link to the latest version, but from what I heard it's cool since mons can follow you around)
•Emerald DX (basically just Emerald but w DS sprites and following pkmn, also w p/s split, I forgot if they added the Fairy type but I think they did, I'm adding this one bc I love Emerald and this one's a pretty solid rom hack hahah)
•Glazed (man I'm surprised this is still around ngl, but hey it's a classic, its solid, I don't remember getting that far in this rom hack ngl, but iirc I got to Johto, but didn't get to finish the game)
•Sors (this ones also dope, one thing I don't like abt it tho is that you can't change the MC's name or gender or customize him, and Lucario as an ace, I mean Lucario lovers would probs like this game but I just prefer Riolu)
•Saiph and Saiph 2 (haven't played these, but I think it's cool, Saiph 2 I did try tho and God fuckin love the sprites and the design of it, too bad it's unfinished but hey hahah)
•Sword and Shield GBA (if you want SwSh but w DS sprites, yeah. It's in Spanish tho, but there is an English translation if you want hahah)
For DS
•Blaze Black and Volt White (basically BW, but a bit better hahah)
•Blaze Black and Volt White 2 Redux (honestly the most definitive version of BW2 for me ngl, this is canon for me now hahaha no but fr it's pretty dope, a lot of changes and hey if you don't like the changes they still have one w/out em so it's a win win hahah)
•PMD: Explorers of Skies (pmd sky, but a bit harder, but also w more starters so hey hahah)
•PMD: Expanded Sky (this ones posted here on Tumblr, you can check here if you want, but yeah it's PMD but w starters from gen one to nine and a few more added so it's really cool!)
•PMD: Gates To Infinity Demake (GTI but in the DS, it's what we should've gotten, but hey this demake is still dope tho! But ah,, yeah still not finished but hey hahah)
•PMD: Future of Hope (I haven't finished this one but I really want to bc it's honestly dope af and it's kinda like a sequel to explorers)
•Conquest Ultimate (haven't tried this one too but low-key want to, says that it has mons to gen nine, and you can choose your own eeveelution at the start of the game rather than just sticking w Eevee)
#theres another one for ds i just forgot its name chdmnd#but hey you might find more on ducumon hahah#or on yt#but like ducumon best bet or pokeharbor hahah#these are just the ones that i think are dope af hahah#pokemon rom hacks#rom hacks#an ask and an answer#anon
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Im playing pmd Sky for the first time! im using this
https://href.li/?https://projectpokemon.org/home/files/file/4985-pmd-expanded-sky-eos-new-gen-starters-mod/
Im so excited!!! gotta say I'm still very new to digital drawing
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PMD Hero and Partner Week Day 6: Return
Day 6 of Hero and Partner Week and the choices were Farewell, Alone, and Return and naturally I picked return for obvious reasons! And Gates to Infinity felt like such a fourth wall breaking game after the main story thanks to Hydreigon telling that we were watching them after our leaving and staring at us through the screen. I really thought he was watching me! So I decided hey Gates to Infinity needs a little more recognition so to my Gates to Infinity team, Team Hope!
“Blue sky… Puffy clouds. It's always the same, and… I always feel… This view is so calming! Perhaps I’ll just keep lying here till the sun sets. This is such a tranquil place. Aaah-! What was that? What was that feeling just now? Hmm? Hmmmmmmmmmmm?”
“Sharpleaf wake up.” A young dark green and brown eyed male teen jumped fully awake and looked up at his brown eyed blond haired brother.
“Brother I was asleep.” Sharpleaf scowled.
“And nearly about to fall off the tree.” His brother, Drake, deadpanned. Sharpleaf blinked, fully realizing he was indeed sitting on a branch of one of the trees of the White Forest.
“This is the third time this week you've done this since you finally came back home.” Drake sighed. “You don't even sleep in your bed anymore.”
“I don't feel comfortable.” Sharpleaf simply shrugged, thinking. And I can see my friends back there when I sleep like this.
Drake sighed, rubbing his head. “Look, just come down soon you have our mother worried.” He informed his little brother.
“I will and I’ll apologize to her when I do.” Sharpleaf replied. Drake only looked at him but nodded and climbed down the tree. Once he was sure he was gone Sharpleaf sighed thinking back to what he saw.
It was almost as if Hydreigon could see me just now. But that shouldn't be possible, could it? He thought. Ever since his return to the human world of his home region Unova, Sharpleaf had been having dreams of Paradise, his partner Mirai, and all their friends there. At first he only thought they were dreams until he realized he was actually seeing the other world. He understood the reasoning of having to return to his world and he had missed his family and home in the White Forest. And he was happy being able to see his friends. That was enough for him. But even he couldn't help missing the other world. Expanding Paradise with Mirai, talking with Espeon and Umbreon about their work, training with Virizion, hanging out with Emolga and Dunsparce, all the pokemon in Post Town.
But there’s no way for me to come back… He thought sadly. He only sighed climbing down the tree not noticing his brother watching him.
Sharpleaf sat on the hill of the White Forest watching the sun rise yet he could feel his vision wane to the other world like a daydream. He could see Mirai traveling in a dungeon by herself to his surprise, given she wasn't with anyone yet could almost feel Hydreigon’s presence.
I wonder what… He began to think.
“Sharpleaf.” Sharpleaf looked to see Drake coming up the hill walking up to him before sitting next to him.
“Oh Drake sorry, I just wanted to watch the moon.” Sharpleaf began.
“You don't have to hide it brother. I know you're thinking of those friends you told us about from that other world.” Drake sighed, making Sharpleaf twitch. “You haven't really been the same since you came back home. And no surprise really no doubt missing your friends from this world you told us.”
Sharpleaf couldn't help the frown of guilt he knew how much his friends and family here had been worried sick when he disappeared. He hated that he left them the way he did but at the same time.
“Hey none of that.” Drake frowned, making Sharpleaf jump. “You gotta stop feeling guilty. You made dear friends over there and you miss them. It isn't a crime, Sharpleaf.”
“But you and mom.” Sharpleaf began.
“Yeah we were worried about you but given what you told us, you had a good reason, albeit it wouldn't have killed that Hydreigon to at least let you tell us before you left.” Drake huffed, making Sharpleaf sweatdrop.
“Er yeah sorry about that.” Sharpleaf apologized, but his brother patted his shoulder.
“No worries but look Sharpleaf.” Drake began seriously. “Mom and I can clearly see how much you miss your friends and that other world. And if you want you should get the chance to go back again.”
“But I can't. I told you what Hydreigon told me, it's too dangerous for the balance of that world for me to go back.” Sharpleaf frowned.
“Oh come on if there is anything that we were taught among the lands of the White Forest is that fate isn't always certain it is always changing.” Drake smiled. “Brother…” Sharpleaf breathed.
“So be honest with me, Sharpleaf. Do you want to go back there? Back to that world?” Drake asked. Sharpleaf stared at his brother for a moment, glancing at the coming dawn clutching his hands tightly.
“I do.” He admitted. “Of course I do. If I could I would return I-!”
Suddenly Sharpleaf felt a sharp pressure in his chest making him gasp.
“Wha-?” He muttered, and suddenly he heard Mirai and Hydreigon.
“Sh-Sharpleaf is… Watching us? Right now?!” Mirai questioned shocked.
“Yes.” Hydreigon nodded. “Sharpleaf… You can hear me, can’t you?”
Sharpleaf gasped softly hearing Hydreigon speak to him.
“We must know your feelings about all this, Sharpleaf.” Hydreigon said. “I'm sure you’ve been watching us all this time, haven't you? Being able to observe everyone in Post Town and Paradise… And you’ve seen how much they care about you. Haven't you, Sharpleaf? How did that make you feel? What do you want to do about it? Because if your wish is strong enough… I’m sure that…
“I… I…” Sharpleaf muttered, choked up.
“Sharpleaf?” Drake questioned worriedly. Sharpleaf glanced at his brother.
“Drake I…” He began. But one look and Drake understood with a kind smile.
“Go, I’ll tell mom.” He assured. Sharpleaf smiled his thanks, closing his eyes to fully see Mirai and Hydreigon focusing all his thoughts.
“Of course… I want… I want to go back! I want to go back to the Pokemon World where everyone, where Mirai is waiting for me! I want to go back!
Sharpleaf felt a great warmth spread throughout his body and enveloped by the same feeling it felt when he returned to the human world. He felt himself get small and his body changing. Yet he didn't felt scared. In fact he embraced this feeling. Soon his feet touched what felt like rough rock before slowly opening his eyes. He looked around seeing he was in a beautiful starlit cavern seeing his familiar green hands. Then he looked and his eyes widened to see Hydreigon and his pikachu partner Mirai. He and Mirai walked up to one another and the pikachu’s eyes welled up in tears before hugging her best friend as he hugged back with tears of his own.
“Welcome home, Sharpleaf.” Mirai cried.
“Heh… I'm back.” Sharpleaf smiled. “I’m home, Mirai. Thank you…”
#heropartnerweek2023#heropartnerweek#pmd gates to infinity#pikachu#snivy#gates to infinity hydreigon#Day 6
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Okay one of my mutuals (hi @sle3pykaynn :D) responded to my post about wanting to talk about my all time favorite characters saying i should, so i decided to!!
I won't explain all of them because it would be a lot lol. But, my overall list of longterm favorite characters is Triffany from Bugsnax, Snorpy from Bugsnax, Grovyle from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers Of Sky, Alfred from Doll Eye, Bobby Fulbright from Ace Attorney, Simon Blackquill from Ace Attorney, Shadow from Sonic, Dib Membrane from Invader Zim, Blackstar from Warriors, Gary from Club Penguin, Rookie from Club Penguin, and Ford Pines from Gravity Falls! I have lots of other favorite characters, but this list is the one that stick with me more than any others, and most of them have been my favorites for many years!
There's different reasons why they stick with me which is what i wanted to infodump about, so I'll split it up by fandom to keep it less jumbled since a few repeat
Bugsnax: Triffany is my favorite from the whole game, which kinda surprised me at first because I'm usually more a fan of the aloof-like characters, but i quickly realized why. I'm super into abandoned places and the dark story behind them, like so into it that it's weird to others, and when i saw how Triffany is so into the ruins of Snaktooth and the dark history on the island, i just... Clicked with her. I relate to her a lot and I love her so much. As for Snorpy, i tend to really love sciencey characters, and he's an inventor. I relate to his anxiousness a lot, and i just love his relationship with Chandlo. He was an instant "that's it, that's my boy" kinda character for me XD
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: I first played PMD: EOS when i was 10 years old, i got to rent it for free from family video because of A's on my report card, it was a thing the store did every year. Good times, i miss family video. Anyways, the game really makes you get attached to Grovyle, i could explain how but that'd take forever, and he becomes like a best friend in a way. Until he sacrifices himself and you and your partner never see him again. I cried SO FUCKING HARD as a little kid, and it still makes me cry when i replay the game XD. But i finally got around to the special episode with him when i was 16, and it made me love his character even more. Nintendo wrote his character out beautifully and it'll forever be my favorite game ever
Doll Eye: Doll Eye is a game by my favorite artist Twisted_Doctor, and I've been a huge fan of his since 2016. Back then, his universe went by a different name, Re-Nightmare. I love all his characters now and back then, but I've always really loved Alfred. 2017 was my worst, darkest times and some of Alfred's issues were similar to mine so i grew attached to him, and his design both now and before is awesome.
Ace attorney: I've explained this one on my page before so I'll keep it short and avoid any spoilers for Dual Destinies! I adore the silly relationship these two have and i like to ignore the very end of the game. Their banter is funny, and I have lots of headcanons for them. They're the main thing that makes me return to ace attorney tbh
Sonic: i was a huge Sonic kid. Like, my sister, cousin and I would pretend to be sonic underground characters in my grandma's backyard when we were little, i was always Manic, my cousin was Sonic and my sister was Sonia lmao. All these years, Shadow has remained my favorite due to how he acts and his story. Can you tell I was an emo kid? XD
Invader Zim: Dib is probably my #1 favorite character of all time. I literally grew up on invader zim and still love it to this day (i have IZ pins on my bag i take everywhere, Gir fingerless gloves, Gir socks and a dib figure on my desk lol). It shaped a lot of my interests and personality growing up, like a lot. Dib has always been my favorite, i love his personality and role in the show, as well as his rivalry with Zim. The movie expanded upon how he feels toward his dad and showed him feeling sympathy for Zim too, which was awesome. I also had a crush on him when i was like... 9 😳
Warriors: I think it's pretty damn obvious i was a warrior cats kid just by looking at my page. Warriors introduced me to so much of what I'm into now, and i was obsessed with the series big time for years. Blackstar was always my favorite because i liked his personality and how he redeemed himself after what he did during Tigerstar's leadership. Fun fact, the first fic i ever posted online was a cringey poorly written blackstar x reader fanfic i wrote when i was 10, and it is still out there online today which is... Yuck XD
Club penguin: I've already explained why i love club penguin so much here, but it was a massive part of my childhood. Rookie was my favorite as a kid because i loved his goofy character and really wanted to be his friend if he were real. Over the years I've come to really love Gary as well because science characters again, but also because of how nice he is to your character during the EPF mission things and his lore during operation blackout. I want to slap his bald head <3 /ref
And lastly, Gravity Falls: i was a huge GF fan when it was still releasing new episodes, and i fell DEEP into the rabbit hole of theories based on the new ciphers and whatnot. I was one of the people who hardcore believed in Stanley having a twin, but overtime began to deny it since it took so long, so when Ford was revealed i absolutely lost my shit, it was a huge deal for child me. Not only that but he's a badass old man, i love him
Just felt like rambling about my favorite characters of all time lol! I tried to keep it short but it's still pretty long. I'm not crazy fixated on any of them rn, when I'm hyperfixated i can go on and on for an unholy amount of time, but i think these are some good small summaries about them :)
#geist rambles#bugsnax#pmd#pokemon mystery dungeon#gravity falls#ace attorney#invader zim#doll eye#club penguin#warriors#warrior cats#sonic#sonic the hedgehog#triffany lottablog#snorpy fizzlebean#grovyle#grovyle pokemon mystery dungeon#ford pines#bobby fulbright#simon blackquill#dib membrane#alfred brown#gary the gadget guy#rookie club penguin#blackstar#blackstar wc#blackstar warriors#shadow the hedgehog
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You know, I miss Miiverse. I remember using Miiverse like crazy back in the old days. I was always posting about things that we’re currently going on in my adventures in Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon and many other games. I remember wanting to get myself a Wii U before the Switch because I wanted to expand my library of content to post on Miiverse. (This was before we heard Miiverse was being discontinued) I really wanted to get Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky and Red or Blue Rescue Team when I discovered they were on Wii U so could really work on becoming that PMD Miiverse profile. But unfortunately the closure of Miiverse happened and we never got a replacement on Switch. I hope one day Nintendo will consider doing another built in social platform to their console. It’s one thing I still like about Xbox and even Steam. PlayStation used to have on but not anymore. Well, at least we have Tumblr right? XD
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1-5!
TY FESS!!! :]
1. Favorite game(s) in the series?
definitely explorers of sky, but super is a close second! the rescue team remake and gates are also very close to my heart sgdhzgs (pmd.... good)
2. Do you prefer the 2D or 3D games (in terms of style or the games in general)?
2D for sure! The sprites were so good and had so much charm.... although I do love the watercolor texture they put over the 3D models in the rescue team remake! I hope they do smthn similar if they ever remake explorers vdhgds
3. Which final boss and/or final dungeon do you like the most (whether from a narrative or gameplay perspective)?
mmmm my gut response is to say either temporal tower and primal dialga or the tree of life and dark matter... both had such intense energies as u climbed to the top, knowing that it was just u and ur partner left to keep the world from falling into ruin (or being thrown into the sun, in super's case sgdhsgs)! The dungeon themes in both also having two sections was so so cool to me, with a driving powerful theme in the first half and a calmer, more subdued theme as u got closer and closer to the top..... man.
4. What were your hero characters like before being turned into Pokemon? What did they look like and how were their lives? Do they ever recover any of their memories?
dvdbxvzvzhs I will admit. most of my hero characters are self inserts,, there's also one thats just an older oc but he got sucked into the pmd world (so did his bf, unbeknownst to both of them) dvdjshs
my psmd hero though was a cyndaquil named Felix, (and iirc super's whole thing was that ur hero and parter both had been reborn to finish the job of defeating dark matter) so he was probably just a fairly normal human teen (who kept getting reincarnated w/o his knowledge, just at the wrong times) who very suddenly got yoinked back to the pmd world (finally the right time to save the world)!
5. Which Pokemon from Gen 7-8 would you consider potential hero/partner starter options, outside of the regular Starter Pokemon?
hm! definitely rockruff, alolan meowth, and alolan vulpix from Gen 7, and probably nickit and yamper or wooloo from Gen 8! Applin would be cool too I think sghdgs
9. Are there any soundtracks you think are underrated or overlooked, or are there unused tracks you wish were in the game?
Am I allowed to say the entire gates ost bc. The entire gates ost. I know ppl don't like gates much (and I have some complaints abt it as well) but the ost RULES.
Also really like Mt. Horn from pmd2, and Fire Mounain Volcano from super!
10. Which ending do you like the most?
SUPER'S GUT PUNCH SWITCH HURTS SO GOOD.... every previous game is like "oh your hero can't stay in this world/has to dissappear" and even in game your character is preparing for that eventuality when suddenly nope! There goes your partner, disappearing into a ball of light and floating off into the sky </3 made me bawl when I got to it the first time
11. Any headcanons that take place after the games that you want to share?
I always love the idea of ur hero and partner becoming veteran explorers and helping/teaching new adventurers, particularly if they form a guild!
Also I think that for pmd2, dialga allows (infrequent) visits between the future trio and your hero/partner :] it wasn't goodbye forever!
12. If you could change one thing about your favorite game(s), what would it be?
FASTER TEXT SPEED FOR GATES PLEASE.... that's like the number one reason I don't replay it more zgdjdhzs... also expanded post game/better pacing for super would've made it probably my fav pmd game ever ngl
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PMD: Expanded Sky v1.3.0 is now live!
(for those who missed it, this is a pmd eos mod that adds starters from gens 5-9)
There's a lot of new pokemon this time but most importantly...
Grookey finally joins the roster, as does Axew! All starters are finally here!
Sobble's evolutions are also now both fully implemented, as are several regional evolutions! Pikachu can now evolve into Alolan Raichu, Cubone can evolve into Alolan Marowak, and Cyndaquil can evolve into Hisuian Typhlosion. Their regular evolutions are all still accessible as usual, but their other forms are also available as a branch evo.
Evolution info, IQ groups and movesets can now be found in this spreadsheet for ease of use.
A bunch of extra sprites and portraits for starter evolutions have been pulled in from the PMD Sprite Repository! To go with this, credits have been taken off the title screen and added to a new Cyndaquil NPC on the crossroads!
In-game evolution help can also be found in this NPC's menu.
There's been a couple of extra minor changes, such as fixes to Greninja's moveset, but further info can be found in the original post, the txt included in the download, and the download page.
You can download the new version here!
#pmd#pmd eos#pokemon mystery dungeon#pokemon#pmd expanded sky#grookey#axew#hisuian typhlosion#alolan raichu#alolan marowak#rom hacks
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Okokok I’ve had thoughts and I am going to organize them into several paragraphs so buckle up
PMD DX is an important game, because it marks the PMD series not being completely dead, and has given people hope for more entries in the future. Of course, I think everyone would prefer that next entry be something new, rather than a remake of a past PMD game. Even then, since DX was announced I’ve seen plenty of talk about the inevitability of a PMD 2 remake, whether it’s coming next or will be following something new. Most people I’ve seen talk about this seem in agreement that PMD 2 would be the next game in the series to get remade if any. This is really strange to me.
I don’t feel like Explorers of Sky really needs a remake. Here me out.
Like a lot of people, EoS is my favorite PMD game. The pixel art graphics are pretty much everything I could ever want out of a game and the soundtrack might just be my favorite video game soundtrack of all time. The story is incredible and the characters are fun and charming. While I personally don’t really play PMD for the gameplay at all, EoS has the most enjoyable gameplay in the series in my opinion. I really love this game, so why wouldn’t I want a remake?
I don’t feel that EoS needs a remake. I just don’t feel like there’s any improvements to be made here. Let me clarify; I’m not saying EoS is perfect. It definitely isn’t. No game is. EoS has plenty of issues and things that could be improved and added to the game. So what’s the problem? I just don’t feel like hardly any of the things that actually need improving would be improved in the remake I know we would get. The remake would most likely just “update” the graphics, “update” the music, change and update some gameplay features, and maybe some new post game content or something if we’re lucky idk.
I feel the update to the graphics would almost be reductive in a way. The pixel art style of EoS just doesn’t really need “updating”. Clean, stylized, pixel graphics are timeless and will ultimately hold up better than any 3D graphics, the standards for which just keep getting higher and higher. It’s distinct and charming and I don’t feel that anything of value would be gained by making the game 3D. To clarify, I don’t hate the graphics of the 3D PMD games. They look just fine and there’s some parts of these games that look fantastic! I just feel like in the graphics department of an EoS remake, there nothing to be gained and everything to lose.
Music wise, this argument is entirely based on my own nostalgia and biases. I like the music! It’s good! Every orchestral rendition I’ve ever heard of a track from these games just hasn’t done it for me. Part of just really doesn’t want to hear an “official” version of these orchestral arrangements because I just. don’t like the sound as much. I’m a music nerd and even I genuinely can’t justify this with any kind of logic beyond just the nostalgia factor for me personally.
The gameplay is the only area I can see being actually improved and even I’m not really sure what more they could do other updating it to be more like it was in DX. Which would be nice I guess but it still just doesn’t feel that necessary to me idk. I doubt the story would go through any major changes, for better or for worse, so overall there’s just not enough improvements to be made to justify a whole remake.
If any PMD were to get another remake, the game I feel is the most deserving of it is Gates to Infinity.
Gates has grown a reputation for being the worst PMD game, the reasons for which are completely beyond me. Gates is my second favorite game in the series. The story is great and it fixes one problem I’ve had pointed out about EoS story-wise,,,, that being the generally pointless flashbacks to events that happened 5 minutes ago. The graphics are outdated by today’s standards yeah but,,,, Gates was the first fully 3D Pokemon game so how hard can you really be? The music, while not quite as good as its predecessors in my opinion, is still very good! Especially the goodbye theme, that’s a good one. The gameplay is. Certainly gameplay! Overall it’s a really good game and I like it! So why do I think it deserves a remake more than EoS?
There’s a lot more things to improve and expand on with Gates. Gates felt like it was being held back from what it could’ve been. There were so many cool features n shit that just wasn’t really utilized much and it’s sad because these games could’ve been even better! Gates feels almost incomplete to me, like there was supposed to be more to it. Probably not but it feels like it to me.
Graphic wise there’s a lot of obvious improvements to be made. The models in Gates definitely aren’t bad, but they could be better for sure. The environments would look SO good if the graphics were touched up,,, I wanna see the great glacier in high-def dammit! A lot of the animations were kind of awkward too, those could benefit from a touch up. A big problem with Gates is that the camera is zoomed in wayyy too much. You really can’t see shut most of the time and it just doesn’t look very good. That could be fixed in a remake. The music doesn’t need much of touch up that’s not really one of my points here it doesn’t get its own paragraph.
One thing I want improved story-wise is the post game. I really like the post game of Gates but it’s so short and there’s just. Not much there?? There’s actually kind of sort of a bad ending to Gates! You can straight up refuse to return to the pokemon world and then the cave collapses and fades out to some weirdly eerie text. I really like this!! I like everything about this climax in the post game! But that’s like,,, pretty much the only thing worth noting! I like the overwhelming feeling of emptiness, and I like the way your partner just silently stares at your old bed every morning before you get to control him. I just think it’s neat! But it could’ve been so much neater!! I just want to see it expanded on.
The gameplay is mostly fine in Gates dungeon-wise. The other things I’ve mentioned plus just updating somethings to fit in with recent PMD games would fix all the problems I have with the dungeon gameplay here. No I don’t care if they add hunger back or not, hunger adds nothing of substance to the gameplay and I couldn’t care less whether or not it’s a feature.
The gameplay I want to see improved isn’t in the core dungeon aspect. I want to see the Paradise building aspect of the game improved and expanded on. It’s a really cool feature! It could be so much cooler if it wasn’t as limited as it is!! I have so many ideas but I’m,,, not writing them down rn sorry. Also magnagates! That weird little feature no one cared about. Those were cool I just wanted to bring them up,,, I kinda miss them.
TLDR; I feel like there’s so much more they could do and improve with a Gates to Infinity remake, whereas there really isn’t many ways to handle an Explorers remake. But also I really don’t want them to remake another PMD game I just want new content please I’m starving here-
#!!DISCLAIMER!! These are just my thoughts don’t get angy!#feel free to start discourse however#I can write a whole ass essay about PMD but I can’t do my homework smh#I have so many thoughts you have no idea#this is completely incoherent btw it’s a total ramble#pmd#lobster.txt
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God could you imagine how amazing it would be if pokemon mystery dungeon dx would get modding support?
Like, the game would be easy as hell to make new content for, with people expanding the storyline and even making their own story with the game engine.
Like, imagine:
People could add dozens of options for starters, add in more cutscenes and dialogue, in the main story add in new models and artwork for character expressions and designs.
It would take around 2 weeks tops until a massive overhaul mod comes out that changes all your characters dialogue in the game to match the personality result you got on the quiz. For example If you got a relaxed personality your character wouldnt have a freak out at the start, while if you got a rash personality the game would start with you battling your partner because you thought they were attacking you.
People would be able to add in so many cutscenes and moments in the base game to make it even more of a heartbreaking story.
There would be mods that let you hang out and just chat with your partner, with them being given backstory and more depth to your dynamic and friendship.
There would be mods that would add in moments and dialogue that are determined by you/your partners species, like if your partner was a torchic, there would be cutscenes where they need your help with basic tasks because they dont have arms.
Your partner could evolve halfway through the game during a legendary battle to protect you. You could evolve later on to protect them.
You'd be able to choose from various sets of different expressions your character would use to make them feel more like the pokemon you want to be, like if you want your character to have poofy fur, or certain coloured eyes.
People would edit dialogue to fit the pokemon you chose! Ex: if you picked a cubone, someone would ask you if the rumors true that your wearing your moms skull, where you can only respond with "god i hope not" because of amnesia.
There would be mods giving you dozens of more ways to meet your partner in the beginning! For example, you could be rescued by them from a bunch of wild pokemon in a dungeon, ending up being offered a place on their rescue team as the second member.
There would be a mod that would let you choose how long it takes for the next part of the story to come along, so you could do missions without leaving metapod to die in a forest for the tenth time this week.
There would be some added dialogue in a mod where your PARTNER is the leader of the rescue team instead of you!
There would be mods allowing you to upgrade your base, and add a storyline where you create your own guild!
People would make tons of short "special episode" mods where you play through a short pmd story like in explorers of sky.
And this is hardly an exaggeration! The base game of pmd is already incredibly basic, and all the resources needed would already be inside the base game.
They wouldnt have to make any new character models, because the game already has all the pokemon models that someone would need.
There wouldnt need to be any voice acting because the dialogue is text based.
There wouldnt need to be any more level designers because the gameplay takes place in randomly generated dungeons.
There wouldnt need to be any new animations made for cutscenes since they use artwork of character expressions in the dialogue.
Creating new art for non-existing character expressions wouldnt be an issue not just because the game can just leave them out if its not there, but because theres only around 9 or so expressions needed for a character, and many pmd artists have already drawn expression spritesheets for various pokemon, that mod authors would most likely be able to use with permission if they gave credit.
And this isnt even beginning to mention the absurd amount of pmd fans who want to tell their own pmd story! Theres hundreds upon hundreds of pmd webcomics made by artists telling their own pmd story, and even more people who dont have the resources to tell their own.
Like god damn it, there would be near endless content and fangames/mods like these if nintendo made a mod kit, or if the games already in the series werent already notorious for spaghetti code. Like there wouldnt even need to be a complex mod maker or anything, just a simple tool to let you add in cutscenes, edit dialogue, or reskin sprites. But now all i can really expect from nintendo is at most some 12 dollar dlc to add a new dungeon to visit where you fight a new sword/shield mythical pokemon for an item teasing the next gen release
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just wanted to ask (since i never saw it answered on your blogs, or i‘m blind lol) what were/are you biggest inspirations for ats?
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky was a HUGE inspiration for the foundation of Team Star. Also the existence of guilds was taken from PMD Sky and from Fairy Tail; I really liked the idea of people forming alliances and going out on epic quests with lots of magic and elemental powers involved! And the found family trope. So good.
The main conflict between Team Star and the Maligo Army is actually based off of a story game I used to play with my best friend when we were kids! We developed this insanely intricate plot with lots of betrayal and fun plot twists, also this was with all of my Pokemon plushies so it originated as a Pokemon story. I took the basic concepts and expanded on them over the years and integrated it into ATS. But that’s only a part of ATS’ overall story arc as there’s tons of different shit going on with all of the characters, so the specifics differ from person to person.
A lot of my OCs are inspired from already existing characters in fiction that I have strong attachments to lol so if you look closely for most of them you can probably tell who their designs were influenced by :’D I’m very fond of taking basic character traits and putting my own spin on them! Sometimes their backstories are inspired from something or it’s something I come up with myself.
#Shima answers questions#God PMD was my EVERYTHING as a kid. It still is tbh#I made a post a while back about how Team Star was influenced by Sky#I'll have to dig it up again lol#Among the Stars#ATS
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Top 5 pmd dungeons :-)
YES I WAS HOPING SOMEONE WOULD ASK THIS AND YOU AND MARIA BOTH DID THANK YOU LOVE YOU GUYs. POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON
Also since all the dungeons themselves are pretty much the same in terms of gameplay I’m going mostly by the music because that is what makes them memorable for me
1. Brine cave literally my favorite song it is so so good and like it has so many different melodies in the same song. The second half lower brine cave is also good and I think it does a good job of setting the tone between the two halves, and this dungeon is where the endgame begins in my opinion, story wise.. and the scene that comes after this dungeon well if you know you know <3 But it does a great job of setting the tone 10/10
2. Sky tower I gotta put this here because I feel like objectively it is the best dungeon theme from the whole series like it has the best composition even though it’s not my personal favorite. I remember thinking the actual dungeon was kind of underwhelming at least compared to temporal tower IMO. Also people who say the red rescue team version is better are literally insane. Blue is better
3. Fortune ravine Ough the intro is so cool I like to just listen to the first ten seconds over and over also Wigglytuffs special episode makes me feel so so sad. But I think the theme does a good job of conveying like the wonder of finding the secret place especially from a child’s perspective. The dungeon itself does get minus points for all the times I played it the first time around when ARMALDO died but IGGLYBUFF didnt. And being stuck with pound as your only damaging move sucked
4. Temporal spire this one is unique because you know. Um the clock ticking. I remember playing this dungeon for the first time and putting the speaker up to my ear thinking HOW did they make that noise come out of my DS? The part at the end right before the loop is so good too mannnn. And the progression is really awesome because like. You know how usually at the waypoint between the two halves of a dungeon, they’ll be a cutscene at the beginning, right when you enter? But the temporal tower/spire waypoint the cutscene is actually at the END, so it’s like you finish the first half and it’s just... silence. While this music plays. Such an impactful moment of the game Takes my breath away I would expand on this more but I don’t want to say spoilers since some of my friends are playing the game right now
5. Dark wasteland I had to throw in one of the future dungeons. I can’t even say much about this one but Grovyle <3 Also it’s tied with Barren Valley. But I will give this one the upper hand since it doesn’t have the DRAGONITES
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