Mindlessant

Putting this in spoilers just in case:

Rejuvenation is a completely separate game from reborn although it does have 2 characters from reborn show up in a side quest towards the end of the game so there is no need to finish reborn before rejuv. It is a little more difficult than reborn but it does have an "easy mode" if you want to play with less difficulty. It does make its own regional forms and has gen 8 pokemon implemented if you want to try out different pokemon. And like reborn, it isn't currently finished (and probably wont be for a while) but you could play that in the meantime. There is also pokemon desolation which is another Reborn-inspired game that really focuses on its story. I think there is only 6 or 7 gyms done in that game right now so if you want a shorter game to play before reborn's final episode you can also try that.

I'll try and answer to the best of my knowledge: 1- The next big patch is v19 and coming out very soon. It will add the last gym/e4/post game to the game as well as add some qol improvements. The beginning of the game is also being changed slightly so you maybe be able to restart when it comes out for a fresh start. 2- The game is kinda like this early on but it is being improved with v19. I know they are increasing the max steps for each of the repels (I think they had their steps doubled) and I think the devs mentioned making the early game less tedious. 3- There are 2 other fights in the game that have pokemon way above your level but they are supposed to be "unbeatable" (The game still progresses if you lose to them). The team magma one is an outlier just because I think it is actually multiple quests and you may have just started it a bit too early. I played the same way you do when I did my first run of reborn so some advice is rotate your team around. If a pokemon is reaching the level cap before a gym change it out to something else so you have pokemon in the pc at higher levels. Sometimes adding a pokemon you never use can change the outcome of a battle. Good luck and have fun with the game!

I picked Cyndaquil just cuz he is my favorite starter and used him to get blitzle as soon as I could. I was considering spawning in something for an electric starter only if I had problems with Julia but I pretty much swept the gym with Pachirisu and blitzle.

I'm currently doing a run where I can only use the type of pokemon that the next gym leader uses. Its been pretty fun and lets you use a variety of pokemon that I would have never used (looking at you galvantula). I'm using the no TMx mod and additional options just to boost the exp I get from battles so I dont have to take an hour training a new team after each gym. I've also tried a nuzlocke before but only made it to shade before whiting out (I allowed myself to use any pokemon that wasn't my OT).

Spoilers just in case

Unless anything has changed, nothing happens. That code just lets you play through the whole game as Ana's sprite. V13 Spoilers:

You have to lower the den pokemon's hp to the red and then you will be able to try and catch it

As already said, this is just part of the main story. You can find a code to change your character model to Ana and play as her. I asked a while back but it seems like the Ana quest was cut from v13 and will be included in v13.5 instead.

What I currently do is use a macro to make it so when I press "space bar" it presses the "M" key for speed up. I do this with CUE but any other program that can create macros should work.

All pokemon from gen 1-7 should still be using gen 7 movesets while gen 8 pokemon use gen 8 movesets.

Ability capsules have always been able to give your pokemon its hidden ability in Reborn, Rejuv, and Deso. In the main games they don't. But for some reason (glitch or intentional) it seems to not work with the galar starters.

Kinda spoilers for V13 gym:

Only gen 8 pokemon are using gen 8 levelup move sets so vulpix would still be on its gen 7 moveset. It looks like the only way to learn aurora veil would be through TM which I believe isn't available yet.

If you could post your team that would help. Personally, I used a normal milotic with competitive to increase its special attack every time Sakis signature move is used. I also had aqua ring for healing and scald to burn. Other than that, you could try something with earthquake for after you take out the Corviknight.

I just finished V13 and remember reading a dev blog post stating that Ana's quest would be continued in V13 but I cannot for the life of me find out where I have to go to continue it. I know V13.5 will introduce more side quests with some story characters but I thought Ana's would be in the current version, unless this was changed due to wanting to get the update out sooner. Any insight would be appreciated!

Trapinch is only in the bug egg group in gen 7 so it cannot breed with a haxorous until the gen 8 update in v13

I finally got around to playing this mod and I love it. However, I think I found two glitches. 1- When shedinja holds a spooky plate, gets hit, revives, switches out and switches back in, it will revert back to a regular shedinja. You can keep doing this to keep shedinja alive and cheese almost every fight in the game. 2- When I fought Samson at the circus, the Ringmaster was invisible during her dialogue. It didn't affect much and she was visible after the battle in the circus backroom. I assume this happened because I did all of the plate battles in the circus before I first talked to the Ringmaster but idk. Really loving the mod and can't wait to see the next updates!