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I might have to go back and look at the V10 segments of the old Dr. Jenkel areas because I know he was played off as being completely bonkers and we loved him for that. I hope he at least has the "She's hot." line for the one sidequest. I wanted a male donphan with Sturdy, Ice Shard, and Endeavor. It could have been modest and 0IVs all around and I still would've used it. And besides, I'd rather not waste a few hours for something that would not really alter the game experience anyways. It was made as a one off joke for Madame X, but sadly we can't do that anymore. Why would I have spent more time on something I was going to only use once? He's just still around because I got tired of dealing with a lot of this BS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 47: No Texen while driving I'm going to be blunt right now: I ended up grinding pretty much all my reserve Pokemon up to the cap due to the experience I had with this game. It's ironic all these changes were to drive away from Audino grinding, but I'm still Audino grinding because personally the game is a bit on the way too hard side for me anymore. I don't want to deal with the game's difficulty as much anymore tbh. V9 was such a good step in the right direction and I'd consider playing it again. V10 though did a lot of things to streamline it but those leader fights just...yikes. Angie was okay but I'm just not feeling it. I don't mind grinding a little bit and it really only takes about half an hour to train about 14 mons. Probably will train them to level 55 or whatever the cap is before leaving the island. And here comes the hypocrisy: I don't like the new system as much. "But Commander didn't you pioneer this system?" Yes, yes I did...but I didn't at the same time. The idea behind it was to make sure that there was rarely a shortage of exp, but keep it to a reasonable level to where you have to manage your team. I really don't agree with that Exp Share. I have to turn it off to stop from leveling up too quickly as there's really almost no point to turn it off. It was a problem in Gen VI and VII and the issue is still there. You're not managing Exp, you're simply using whatever Pokemon KOs stuff easier until the hard battles where you start stratigizing more. In theory, this is a great system but it just makes trainer battles really, really boring. It's great for mass grinding though, but I'm more of the guy who believes you should only stick to 5-6 Pokemon slowly rotating some out until you start finalizing your team. It's not bad, but it just doesn't give the Pokemon adventure feel like it should. Then again, there's a lot of little core details that make a Pokemon experience that Reborn had that Rejuv lacks. That kind of made me realize something that can really sum up my thoughts: Reborn feels more symbolic of a Gen I-III designed game with its structure but with an actual in-depth story while Rejuv feels more symbolic to the Gen V-VII type games. Reborn is more innovative for its times adding on features that really shake the formula (some of which are highly questioned due to the features) and is really about exploring and getting lost to find new and interesting stuff. It rarely tells you where to go only giving hints on where the story will happen. Rejuvenation is quite a bit more linear and more about the flashiness then the depth. It's much nicer to play and more with the times, but it just lacks the same soul the base game had. It doesn't take much to see why I prefer Reborn as while that game certainly has more faults, it's the pros the really keep me going...even through the glass gauntlet. And now, let's get back to the good part: So let's see where's a good spot to sto...477...btw, I hit 1.4k pics and I haven't even been to Valor Mt yet. This is gonna be a long episode. But this is better than the hell that is the Crawli and Angie segments. I'll take another Blacksteeple over that again (I at least enjoyed parts of that and think it can be salvaged and made great). Oh pics...I should do that more. (How the...I'm...she literally should not have gotten sick that...oh right it's been a month or so. Surprised she's not dead) (I say we let her die. That'll at least get two annoyances off my back. Not like Venam would help if Melia weren't here) (Wait...why did I come here again? Oh right, get that bitch off my bed this instant) (Okay, I just want to say something here...) This makes no sense when you think about it. Why would she only freeze the TM shop with a random special kind of ice but everyone else turned out fine? Easy fix would be that they'd need some super powerful heat source to make the TM but...this is Terajuma so let's stop being logical. It just makes the suffering worse. Just like the fact you can't get Vulpix yet. Well the good one at least. (Magic. Magic is the solution to everything in this game.) No seriously, it is. It's not an awful concept to work with but...it let's a writer go free range with ass pulls. I'll let Stan Lee explain this one: It's obviously a joke, but there is something to take away from it. When you establish ground rules towards an unnatural concept, it becomes more relatable and easier to connect with. The Garufa stuff and Melia's power to literally do anything just seem like supernatural powers given to people with little to no explanation. Sure it's draining energy from Pokemon but does anybody really care about that. Who's actually excited or interested reading more into Angie's powers, Crescent's, or whatever that one girl from the Library quest's ones are? And before anyone says Pokemon are to blame, I've seen plenty of RPGs who use unnatural magic mechanics (like Cold Steel) which conflict with traditional magic and modern day "magic". It can work, but most Pokemon players really don't care about story so it wouldn't be a surprise if they didn't care enough to dig deeper. You'd be surprised how many people randomly spout something out just because they don't like it in their "Pokemon games." "Hey Commander, you seem to complain a lot about this game. If you hate it so much, why are you still playing it?" That random stranger, but I cannot actually answer that. The best way I can is that I only hate about half this game. V1-5 (Yes, even Blacksteeple) were actually fine. I think it's a valid complaint that the story stretches itself thin in the worst possible ways. V1-4 were condensed and clean segment from start to finish wrapping up what they started. Sure there were bumps but the good outweighed the bad. Blacksteeple was just disappointing. It wasn't awful but it was draining just how dull it was and whatever good impacts were stripped away at a moment's notice. It just made it long and tedious...but Wall Senpai made it better. She makes everything 10 times better (even if 10x0 is still 0). So now we go back to Terajuma. What is wrong with Terajuma? Look at this scene, it really sums it up quite well. First off, you've got a grade C or D main cast with all of the more interesting ones getting pushed aside. We have Venam, Valarie, Melia, and Saki which Melia is the best one. Very weak characters make for a very weak storyline. All the other characters get shoved out or less involved. Angie, the main villain of this segment, is pretty weak, but she works. The main issue though is this "Melia is the main character" role you keep hearing. She's not, you still are. However, you are treated like a complete nuisance. In a way, it's your fault it's taken all this time to save Nim since Melia could go save her at any time. She has to baby you and tell you everything you need to do to help her. So we're pretty much getting dragged around while Nim is in danger because we're incompetent. It's a terrible segment and if the rest of the game is like that, tell me now so I can jump ship. What about previous areas? Didn't we need help then? Yes, we did. We've gotten ourselves into jams, but it's different. All of the previous times were characters working together and I mean actually working together instead of being prop pieces. Aelita was helping us investigate Keta and the mountain, Mosley was helping us stop Geara, Keta freed us and asked for our help since he knew he didn't stand a chance alone. Saki, Valarie, and Adam worked with you to help get out of prison. Melia is a bit different as she doesn't really want you. The only reason she does is purely due to backup as a safety net. And the rest of the cast kind of lets her just shit on you because she's the leader and she's stress. They also simply follow blind orders from this questionable girl. Let's just move on because after this section it gets a hell of a lot better...which is why I'm somehow still playing this game. We really need to just boot Melia from the screen for someone else...literally anybody. Even...Venam. (Meh, they are insignificant and probably dead) (..........Excuse me, what the fuck) If I was frozen fucking solid, I'd take whatever amount of pain you throw at me to be able to move and walk. This is actually not a terrible plan, but that's a stupid reason not to go through with it when we don't have any other means to resolve it. Oh no, they broke an arm or a leg. At least you're now alive. (...When Saki is the voice of reason, you know shit has hit the fan) (...I suggest it for plan a) (Venam, I think this exposure to Melia has damaged your brain a bit. And why isn't Valarie chiming in...whatever) (...I'm pretty sure Melia isn't even sick...whatever. Just to be shoving anything down my throat. I already experience that enough around Dr. Jenkel) (....Saki is the only reasonable person here, let that sink in) (......................................................................................................) Can I please just get off this island? This is beyond stupid. Geara and Zetta aren't even that threatening and have been waiting this long. Do you really think they are going to try something? If they were they would've done it by now. And Madelis is...being Madelis. (...You are going to be right here, Val. If something happens, you better be able to tell or know. Whatever. Couldn't you find a doctor if you're really worried. This is a bloody resort. Things happen.) (Saki, I'm only going to say this once: you are my favorite of the four in this room right now.) (She fucking flew off the ship. Did you expect her to grow wings and fly back to you?) Saki is literally the only reason we are even here and alive. I don't like Saki, but this is just...I didn't think we could go any lower than we already did but here we are. I feel bad for Saki now. I feel bad for a character I dislike...the world really is coming to an end. (........................Why do I even talk about this game's story anymore?) She's a carefree girl, but when things are serious she takes them serious in her own not serious way. She's a troublemaker and has caused issues and annoyances, but she has her heart where it needs to be when it really matters. And everything she said made a lot of sense yet these two reject her without hesitation. And since time is of the essence, I don't know why they don't go with Saki's plan as breaking through the ice in a destructive manner seems the most reasonable solution. I get when a story takes a long time when you are supposed to be in a hurry for a segment because that's just how game logic works, but when you mention it back in the story and reasoning, it doesn't work. We're not in a hurry so why mention it now? I can't even think of anything positive to say because pull hell this is one really forced scene. GET ME OFF THIS ISLAND, NOW! (If you need me for something, just ask, Saki.) (Yep. She's pissed) (...I just want to say something for a moment) I don't blame Saki for being pissed off. She was being serious but simply being treated as a child who doesn't know any better. That actually would be for a good character development moment, but this is Rejuv and that's not going to happen. I kind of know what happens next so this is disappointing. A good Saki development moment would have made up for whatever this is since the payoff often is worth the irritation of sloppy writing sometimes. (Well my one good solution just walked right out the door, thanks) (...If you all somehow get trapped in a fire, don't expect me to barge in and save you. Have a nice day) Well, I guess there's nothing to do now but end the...chap... (Oh good another character I'm indifferent to. Something tells me I don't have a choice) (What the heck are you looking for anyways?) (Of course it's me) (And somehow you pokemon were able to level up this whole time despite having not badges. Makes sense) (..................................Thanks for reminding me I only have 11 more to go. Excuse me while I cry in the corner) (Sure, what could possible go wrong) Spoiler: It goes horribly wrong. (That's nice of you.) (So Mienshao U-turned into this thing) (Well that escalated quickly) (RIP Loewe) I don't have Joker on me otherwise this would be rather easy. Or Reini. Conk did a number on me. (Oh look. That's an easy Pokemon to heal spam on) (Of course that's my luck) (Of course that's my luck) (Well at least Pancha managed to do something. That doesn't happen a lot) (This is going to be a long battle) (BEHOLD! My trusty steed shall save the day) (Like a boss) (Good job Walter for missing a Rock Slide. Way to make my life harder) (I'm also out of paralyze heals) (This should be easy...) (Christ what did you give these things) (Veigue can easily take this thing down) (............Sigh...and you wonder why I grind to the cap before starting a segment) That was...really, really annoying. This is the Ren issue all over again. Her Pokemon have their best movesets more or less and all have leftovers adding to more tedium than difficulty. Add Bounce to the equation and you've got a very, very annoying fight as it probably took an extra 15 minutes it shouldn't have to beat her. It wasn't difficult but since I forgot my team is rather weak to fighting it just added to the time spent. And please don't give everything leftovers as it adds time watching the heal animations go off only adding to the tedium. Yeah, yeah, I use healing items. I really only have super potions though. (I just want to go to the hot spring and forget about everyone. I'm a broken man who's been shattered thrice) (Oh joy another lady to give me errands) (...do I know you? You look oddly familiar) (Reina...that's a name) (Get out of here right now. You're not welcomed here) (...Ren had a sister? Can I join your search? Seems better than whatever this is) (Nobody tell her I'm the reason he left...or are you talking about Gearen City...this plot is confusing at times) (Oh boy more folklore...wait is this Anju/Angie?) (I'd tap that...Reina, not the prince. We only got to see her face just now) (So we need to find a rock. That sounds easy enough) (If it can melt anything, how are we going to be able to grab it?) (Made up stories are rarely made up from nothing. Still think this is tied in with Anju) (...Great. Where's Saki? I'm starting to think her plan sounds better and better each minute then this goose chase) (By the way, your brother is in Grand Dream City. Just thought you'd like to know) (Doubt it. People like to randomly never appear again) (Eh, it's only unique for being my first name. My last name is Je...oops that's spoilers) (She seemed pretty normal to me. Probably a good fit to Melia's harem) (Oh joy, it's the goose hunt) (Well as long as I can get away from the terrible trio) But before we do that: (I needed this. I really needed this. Who knew this resort business could be so stressful) And now we visit an old friend we haven't seen in a long time: (Hey, I'm so glad you remember me. Good to see you're still here) So I actually have a slight complaint. I know we have all these conveniences to help travel around, but why don't we actually have fly? Seriously. Reborn there was a good story reason due to the lockout, but we need to travel back and forth so much it just seems more convenient to just give the players fly now instead of all this mumbo jumbo teleporting stuff. Just saying. (Was this stairway here before? It's been a while so I don't remember) (.....................................................................................................Go away, Amanda) (Nope, I don't want any part in this) (I'm getting out of here before it's too late) (Fine. I'll progress the plot a little bit) (I'm not in the mood for jokes.) (That's it, I'm done. Go home. End of chapter) (That's something we haven't seen in a while. That was when we first entered Sheridan, right?) (....What about the Poison badge? She doesn't seem to be around, does she?) (.............Wait, what?) Aelita isn't family...that's ominous. Very ominous. (Yeah. Way to let me deal with all your problems. Thanks, Amanda) (Maybe you were adopted? Oh wait you'd have adoption papers. That's something better to not ask) (This isn't going to end well) (Well this is a change in scenery. What happened in the mon...these last few wait a minute...) So it took two weeks to return from the warp fun times. Add 3 days for the blacksteeple. And I don't remember how long we were out at see. Does that all add up to just a month? Someone do the work for me there because I don't want to go find that screenshot. (...Well it is full of perversion and self loathing) (...I got them from a thrift shop for 99 cents) (This guy must really be a narcissist with that many pics on the walls. I only have one of myself, personally. True beauty can only be portrayed in the best of the best pics which these locks deserve) (Remind me to never go to any of his if they're that bad) (...Even the music is terrible) (I legit don't know how that is...is that an Angie poster?) (Seriously...wait are you that guy who tried to capture me at the piers. You asshole) (I'm having Electrode flashbacks) (Why is it here? How did it get here?) (Well at least he has qualifications) (It was the scotch, hun. Ain't no magic in this house.) (Yes, you probably were) This dialogue is so much better than Terajuma. Let's stay here forever. (There's a lot more beer pong and togas) (Yes, yes it is. But if it gets you women, then nobody is going to say no to that...except me. I have too many lady problems in my life for another) ('ey, finally someone doing something. This should happen more often.) (I...wow what a spoiled ass.) (Wow...just...wow) (...Acid as in the drug, the dangerous chemical, or the acidity level like in lemons. It's very confusing what you mean) (How did this guy get the job again? They could've asked me. I'm like Keta's best bro.) (I don't even think this guy even know what a responsibility is. What was his major? Bachelor's in Art?) Something tells me I'm going to get flamed for that. Oh well. (...WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THOSE BENEFITS, ELDER. I WOULD HAVE SIGNED UP FOR IT!) (Well he at least has a brain) (Great, now we have a hissy fit between two toddlers) (Wait, I didn't think you could ban anyone? This ain't a Tales game) (Well that was easy) (Yeah, she probably would have lost anyways) (Wait, when did she say my name? Well I guess I am kind of like a celebrity. Just ask Team Xen) (I probably am) (Says the child to the other child. We could've avoided this completely if you just...didn't lose your temper) (And the ride never ends.) (Wait, why am I banned? You're the one causing trouble) (Maybe in the next episode) (Did you know Tesla has a lot of money?) Tesla...there's something about her I should talk about. Eh, I'm sure it'll come to me eventually. (This is the me in the Rejuv world as I totally have to do that all the time for my sisters) (Oh look it's characters I never wanted to see again. Will we ever win?) (Inevitable revival...good to know.) (That would be a good way to end this but let's continue) I like Texen as he's actually a character with a personality though not one that's well liked. I would talk more about it but I'm drained from Melia and the whole Terajuma debacle, but just know this segment is actually really good and enjoyable. (Uh, if he doesn't we can push the two girls out of the way to enter the cave. You just did it to one what's another one going to hurt?) (Something tells me this will be really dumb) (Aelita and thinking. Those are two words that don't go together) (Oh hey it's Jim. Aren't you supposed to be in HCHQ? Though I guess you do need a side job due to earning minimum wage) (........................That's rather rude) (We're making a whole bunch of assumptions here) (...I'm not normally like that towards other guys, but okay) (Great vandalism. All I need to do is murder and I've broken all the laws I can) (I thought we were done with the contrived plots) (I am imagining this guy the a New Jersey accent. 'ey we're working here. Bah! Forgedaboudit!) (Yeah. We went through the second easiest gym puzzle in this game. Keta's was easier) (His family must be bakers) (Money is power as they say) (I didn't know you were a connoisseur of walls as well. Very well, we shall feel the walls together) (Just a warning that I'm an expert. I've been working up to the day Wall Senpai and I reunite) (MMm...now that's the stuff) (I'll touch something else if you'd like~) If Texen and in-game Commander had an actual conversation, it'd probably be glorious since they both have egos and I could see Mander teasing Texen so much. That or be enthralled by those hot steamy walls he's touching so hard. (I'm dying. I could totally see Texen and I getting along. Though I do it in a not serious manner) (Besides, she's way more into Melia's) (She found a hole) (Wall know the answer to that) (I thought you didn't want to take responsibility. And that is doing that...aren't we here to battle?) (...HALF A MILE! That's definitely not half a mile. We're probably not even a quart of a mile) That's a nonsensical measurement but what do I know. (Finally, now I can get revenge for the whole Aelita fight) (Babe, I'm a weird magnet and you're pulling me in) (I'm part redneck. You don't question a redneck as they do some of the weirdest things) No seriously, I'd say a good chunk of my family tree are rednecks. I'm literally the only one of two gamers in my entire family tree which I at least know 100 of them. There was a third but he died due to a car crash. I think one of my uncles is only going to be alive for a few more months and my great grandma died 3 years ago. A number of them are in questionable health and one is in an asylum. There's a reason I don't really ask much about my family history. I have plenty of stories though despite that. (So let's see how good he is) (I really like his vs sprite for some reason. And no, I'm not paying money to get a VS sprite) (How did I?) (Well that was obviously anticlimatic) (Wow, did I do that?) (I just told you what was wrong with me. I inherited 50% of my genes from crazy and 50% from rednecks. That's not a good combination) (Probably both) (Eh, it looks fine to me) (What the hell did Neved do to screw you up...I just realized THE PONYTAIL IS BACK! HOOORAY!) I missed the ponytail so much. (The battle didn't even last...oh yeah Veigue may have done that) (Okay, now I have to say something) So this is basically one of those things where you didn't have a say or choice on a questionable matter. I don't think any of us would destroy a guy's gym just because he's an ass one time. It's pretty childish and rather off putting that we'd do this simply because Aelita told us to over a stupid reason. We didn't even know if Texen would allow us or not. Aelita just assumed that. This is more of an annoyance and should be a major complain but is minor or not even an issue...due to the dogpile mess we already have. If this was the biggest issue in the game, I'd say it would be doing fine or on the right track. (Oh look, he's pissed you destroyed his gym) (To be honest, I think that's a fair request since we did destroy his gym. Though I wouldn't if he didn't let me in the cave) (Yes, yes it did) (I love how demonic it looks now) This is why I'm okay with how it turns out because it's a visual thing. Good visuals can often make up for poor executed storytelling or even mediocre ones. That's just something to take good note of which is often why I sometimes say story doesn't matter. Execution does though. I prefer a good story over strong visuals, but if a game has good visuals effectively used then it's about as good in my eyes. (We did something bad. Wait, I did something bad) (Oh god...I killed another wall. How will I ever explain this to my waifu) (I hope those workers are okay...they are going to need overtime pay to fix this though) (YOU ALMOST GOT US ALL KILLED! Thanks, Aelita. I'm starting to think Saki is the one with the brains in the group. Maybe she wanted to kill Amber to avoid an additional hassle) (How did she know the whole room wouldn't flood? Oh wait, she didn't.) (Get in line, buddy. Pretty sure all of Xen wants her dead for her dad) (You could say...he's really...hot headed. He's really inflamed by what just happened. This was a real scorcher) (Is LSPD Lumiose State Poloice Department. Or am I thinking too much of Crossbell?) (Better watch out because that's a burn coming your way) (We should probably get this done and leave as soon as possible) (Yes, onward...but first let's explore) (I...have no idea where I'm supposed to go) (Oh look a Cyndaquil Egg. Don't need it, but I'm not going to say no to that) (Too bad I'm not going to use it) I try to use Pokemon I've never used before just to keep that fresh experience. You can also see I played this part not all that long ago. I do try to not get too ahead of the game when making these parts. And honestly, I like Texen. He's like a perfect stereotypical frat boy which clashes with Aelita's rash and childish nature. This is the Rejuvenation I like. Not the whole big group trying to stop a big bad and going off together from plot point to plot point. Just simply silly conflicts with ridiculous resolutions like this. I don't care if it's a bit jarring because it's fun to see. It might be a month before the next chapter but I'll just let you know that the next few chapters should be better quality from me because there's a lot of stuff I liked from them. Also, I really like how my noble steed became an official member of the crew instead of just a surf sprite. RIP Unforunat though.

The bulk of the beta test is done within a few days but some people take longer. It doesn't matter as I'm pretty sure the bug fixing is what's used to determine the public release and probably the percentage rate.

Upgrade =/= stronger. Those late game teams aren't really going to cut it in terms of making a postgame type mod since people will have built up really good teams by this point. Florinia's teams gets decimated, and I mean decimated, by ice types since 2 of her Pokemon are x4 weak to them pretty much making those completely worthless with the team she had in the Maison gauntlet. Julia had a Rotom-Fan unless that got changed recently. Her team is slightly better and could function, but it does require rechecking to see how the core team functions. Bronzong works but it's highly exploitable making her a pretty easy leader as well. You might get a pass with using that one. In the end, it's up to you what you want to do, but it's very, very unlikely the first fight you make will stay the way it does. Every leader fight I've done usually gets 5 or so tweaks before even being released. And it takes a while to build up the skills and knowledge to make fights work...and even then it can not go as planned. I'm not discouraging you, but letting you know that you know that you should be prepared to completely recreate a fight from scratch if it just doesn't work. Also you're gonna want this: Field Effect Manual.txt

Fun and stupid isn't always a bad thing. Sometimes dumb fun is a good way to take a break from the story segments as it's not meant to be important or usually relevant to a story. There's just no one good solution to solving the issue or making the most people happy. If you can't win, don't try. That is a sad, but true methodology to go by when listening to most fan feedback as most people don't give enough to work off of. If there's a common pattern, that's when you take note and try to address it or should. Don't be vague like you are. This can seriously hurt a game and not enough people realize it. If you are in a devs shoes, this could mean so many things. It could mean people aren't a fan of the humor and the characters should be toned down more and become even more shallow to make those scenes less jarring. It could also mean more characters need to be involved in scenes and add more time to them to make the plot and writing more interesting. Give some specifics for the developers to look at and address because rewriting the whole plot is not possible. You cannot change this game's story. I want to make that clear. You can tweak or add, but every outcome in the plot will need to be the same. I haven't looked at the scripts, but perhaps in time they will do something later. There's only two in the game so I don't see the issue. Though I could understand the complaint of having so many legendaries being involved and not being able to use a legendary Pokemon yourself (no, Phione does not count). I just want to make one thing clear: the story can and only will take place in 3 days. That cannot be changed as the amount of work having to check dialogue would be ridiculous. You're never going to gain anything from fighting that war. The exchanges between Melia and Neved, however, can and should be brought up as you can bring a very strong argument that Neved's character is a mess with contradictions and pushes Melia more into Mary Sue territory and a very unlikable character due to this. Asking for clarity and justification on that front will give you more backing and more likely to get addressed and fixed over "this part is bad and should spend a lot of time to fix this way." Just a Commander tip: Never tell a writer what to do*. Point out an issue in a way that they cannot refute. This issue will be ingrained into their head that over time they have to fix the issue or slowly crawl into the abyss called insanity. *Unless you are the boss of them (aka a Publisher). Then you can tell them what to do. There's three words you are looking for: expand upon it. This is an argument that can go either way as we do have some characters who acknowledge it quite a bit, but it's just quickly drawn into the background. I'm not sure how much you can gain out of this because the plot does abruptly shift into the Terajuma arc not leaving much room. I'd ask for the dialogue in the ship to be expanded upon as a good final sendoff to a heroic death and more focus. I mean Saki (...don't even make me do this girl again) could say: "I'm free! Ain't no motherfucking Xen grunts gonna catch me this time... Shit. I forgot your mother...now I feel bad. But frowns aren't gonna help anybody so it's back to all smiles for me. Just call on your local jolly dumbo if you need some cheering up, okay?" I don't do Saki, okay? Those two thing you listed can't change...for better or worse sadly. Melia's could easily be fixed by giving her a sudden shift in thought to leave everyone out of it aka foreshadowing said events so it's not as aggravating, but Amber has to stay Amber. Her character is deeply written and designed around these events so changing how she handles them or what she does pretty much is out of the question. She is a character meant to drive you up the wall (I think she's the only one who's supposed to) so that might be her delivering the right reaction. Kind of like Fern in Reborn is a love to hate character. I'm glad you enjoyed the arc because I'm very indifferent towards it. The post Angie segment has been getting a bit better though...thankfully. ------------------------------------------------------------- And just as a final note, don't worry about what you say as any feedback is better than no feedback. All I'm trying to do is help you guys focus more or at least be more reasonable with the issues you have (not all issues can be solved...sadly). Speaking out on something you really liked is just as important as stuff you didn't as neglected stuff could be stuff that's decided to be axed or removed. Same goes for things that irritate you because other people may be thinking the same thing and now an issue surfaced that wouldn't have otherwise. Also if you don't agree with my suggestions, then don't agree. Not like I can tell you what you think of the game.

This was the laptop I first played Reborn on back in the pre E15 days (From E7 to E12) It was a Gateway TC7306u which can only be found used for about 50 or so bucks. It's a slow laptop, but I can assure you that it still works rather well and can still play RMXP games rather well. Let me find the specs on that thing: It's not what you want, but what you want out of your laptop and what price you are willing to pay in reality since if that thing can do it, just about any laptop can as I've seen weaker laptops perform and run the game just as well as this one (don't know the school one I had in high school but it could run the game rather well).

What? You said you wanted more puns. Okay. Cause this is chiller. Chiller night. And no one is gonna stop him from freezing up the sun And now I don't know of it's me or you who hates Venam more. That really says something because I don't even acknowledge her existence anymore. But partners are terrible in nuzlockes which funny enough in a platinum run all of my Pokemon plus the galactic grunts focused on killing that Metronome clefairy because that thing is scary. And with your Shark DoA...I wonder who you shall bring. And good luck. I pray the blood shall be only that of your enemies.

...And everyone thought I didn't know what I was talking about. For the first complaint, those are referred to as impossible battles which are scripted to be like loses. The best that can be done is add a snippet of dialogue implying you did good. Pretty much impossible to change. The next thing is something I'd approach differently. Instead of changing the time lapse, why not rewrite Neved's character on why he'd trust someone so suspicious. Put some clarity onto it. Maybe instead of focusing on the plot dump change it so that Neved wants an outside perspective on things which he chose Melia just purely for reminding him of his daughter. In the grand scheme of things he really is no different to the prisoners on this island. I am a tad busy otherwise I'd totally go more into this. Sorry.

You can't check and the really only good way to check is to catch a bunch of Pokemon and pick the IVs you really want...which I don't do. Trust me, they don't matter that much. Just look at my team I'm usually doing fine with: If there's a Pokemon you want to use, just use it and not worry about all the little things.

If you want to know the EVs on a Pokemon it's 1.5 times level which since the cap was removed it won't ever stop the calculation so random Pokemon could start having above the 508 cap unintentionally. Dunno how the scripts work, but all Pokemon have EVs. That's just how the base essentials works so it's like that in all fan-games. Serra onwards have allocated EVs on their aces which is the classic 252/252/4. I think Terra onwards all their Pokemon have EVs like that.

Well that was a nice break. This isn't a I'm jumping in to making constant chapters but you'll see an update here and there when I feel like it. Not in December though as December is set for something else which people have been waiting quite a long time for. Anyways, here's something I want to talk about...well things: The big thing I want to talk about is unintended responses to stuff. A better way to call it is manipulation. This is actually a rather interesting concept that's a bit more than playing with gullible people. The simple way to put it is this: because I say it, it is true. When someone puts up a compelling argument over a subject you have not thought much of, sometimes your brain accepts that as the truth instead of making or taking your own stance on a subject. This happens more often then questioning their validity or maybe they are wrong on a subject since they'd be the one with more experience. It leaves an impression and often times people don't explore it more. If I'm very negative on a game, many people who read what I do instead of playing will think the same. Is this a bad thing? No. It might piss people off, but there's actually a good balance between people who like and dislike a game in that aspect. You want to know what the healthiest communities are? The ones I notice are the ones which people can freely speak what they think without really being questioned and even join in on the discussion. There's no backlash for what you do and often it ends up as a positive experience. While it's still better now then it was, you can still have a hard time speaking the unpopular opinion. And a community who only talks about the positives does push people to easily hop aboard the "haters" or overly critical people siding with them. It's because of this little hivemind kind of effect I wanted to not tone down the criticism because I already censor myself already as is, but to throw a little bit of a new challenge on top of that. Some of you may not know it, but I was a teenager who loved the hacking community back when I was like a teenager. Also, I was way more brutally honest back then. One bit of homework for you guys to do is play Raptor Ex and tell me it's a great game because I thought it was really good back in the day. I expect nobody to tell me anything positive because that game certainly didn't age well. If 13 year old me played this game, he'd...probably hate it honestly but let's just say he'd love it as that's what I was supposed to say. So for an added challenge, I'll try to answer why someone would really like these segments if I keep giving things I dislike about something and what I'd change. And I also have another announcement. Due to the huge popularity being the most upvoted post in the run, I decided to take heart and take Jan's advice and do my research on the subject I was talking about. So for the first part of today I shall research my findings and talk about the possibilities of correcting the mistakes with the good old Melia and Venam relationship. I mean I really shouldn't go too much into something I haven't seen, but since the fans asked for it, who am I to deny them of such an interesting topic? Chapter 46: AA Innnkay ...Something tells me nobody will get that. Then again, how many people even understand what I'm saying anyways? *Ahem* I decided to first dig a little bit to at least make sure there was an issue at hand before spouting anything out. Thank you Wikipedia: So what I learned it that there is an actual organization called GLAAD which helps with proper representation on LBGT...I am so bad with acronyms...Basically they show the statistics and give reports how well media is doing on covering them. Just glancing through all this stuff it's mostly saying that this is improving overall, but it's still in the minority. So while I may be retracting my "insulted" statement, I don't think people should root or support a certain way the LGBT characters are portrayed. It's a simple if you don't think something is done right, don't support it as much as it may crush you to never see it again. I'm going to take a shift away from the LBGT idea and shift it back to a central idea: Romance. There is a romance in this game and let's not ride around any other aspect for a moment. Do you support the main character getting into a romance? I don't think a lot of you do. Here's a little blog that can kind of go a bit into it but...I'm not really a fan of how it reads: https://thetempest.co/2018/03/09/entertainment/chick-lit-romance-bias/ Rejuvenation has two very jarring ideas which really aren't explored (let's not talk about Full Moon as I don't want to play it): the player is not the main protagonist and the main protagonist has a relationship. While I can't fully judge the outcome, I can explore everything up to the outcome. And if you don't like romances in works, you haven't seen a good one then. I want to give an example better than trails in the sky since that trilogy is really long...someone will hopefully name a good one for me. Since I know the outcome, we can actually follow the path and see how the outcome is built up. One big thing to note is that we can't see into any characters' minds so we only can see so much. Let's start with a hypothetical question: how much would the game's plot have changed is Venam and Melia were the same age and dating at the start of the game? Personally, I think it would've made the game flow even better, but just let your own interpretation flow. So I did a glance and apparently Melia was supposed to be 15 or 16...and 18 or 19 right now. I thought she was 10 and now 16...and that makes Ren...rather disturbing. We really get nothing out of Melia since she's a naive girl and Venam is uhh...just go back and look at her reaction to Melia's death. So at base they really have no feelings for each other...like at all. No idea why or any of that jazz but probably a good thing we can scrap this. Now we get into everyone's favorite arc: Terajuma. So Melia was thinking about her friends the whole time she was away. I mean that's a natural thing and when they met up they talked which...contradicts the whole save Nim as soon as...will let that one go. Our first clue that Venam likes Melia is that she stood up and reacted when Amber called her out. It's...not so much of a clue when everyone else fawns over Melia. That's all we got. There is the whole thing about Venam carrying Melia in the tower and charging to save her...which is different compared to her mansion personality, but it was just a friend saving a friend. It's supposed to be something like Venam doesn't lose her a second time, but it's really hard to say where she stands on the matter. I could go on but I feel like this wasn't planned until pretty late as I can't really see anything that could be interpreted as a sign. Want to know who wouldn't surprise me if they turned into a couple: Adam and Valarie. You don't need a bunch of scenes to set it up. So we know that these two (and I guess Saki) are really good friends even though I can't remember if it's directly stated. One small detail is that Adam is often nearby Valarie. The thing to take big note of is that he put Valarie before himself deciding to stay behind with the ship. The biggest difference is not the genders, but clearer writing. Everything Venam did, we probably would have seen something similar from Valerie or Aelita if they were in Venam's shoes...for the most part. And since that was probably a repeat of last time, I'll end it on a curious question: What's your favorite pairing (can be canon or not) both in and outside of Pokemon? For me, I'd have to go with Reborn's Radomus x Serra for Pokemon and Mother 3's...I just found the most amazing crackship for mother fans so let's just go with this instead: And now for the real show: (Well, well, well look who decided to finally come crawling back. Bow down before your new overlord) And moral of the story: if you don't want something to happen again, throw it back at them so much they are sick of the idea. Good on you if you read that but if you skipped here, let's keep it clean...and fabuuuuulous! Why is the glass stained panel still there? I thought it was destroyed. (Does someone want to explain the whole Ditto and Misdreavus thing? Seriously, Dittos are a man-made thing) (This was the only interesting piece of NPC dialogue) As a side note, the quiz how NPCs still act like the place is frozen. Yeah, I talk to all NPCs multiple times after playing Kiseki quite a bit. (I think Alolan Sandshrew is in the Cathedral...but I forget...but I have something better) So one thing I did was change a Darumaka mystery egg for a Vulpix egg which I have in the box. Still haven't decided if I'm going to use her. (Of course this is still frozen. Couldn't make it easy for us, could we?) (The birds are chirping the flowers are blooming) (You could say it was a...Tropical Freeze here) (Okay so I gotta go visit the lighthouses) (The other two were locked so it's gotta be this one...WHY IS IT LOCKED) I may have accidentally skimmed the dialogue and had to look up a youtube video of how to start it. Funny enough, I didn't even know this lighthouse even existed. (...Why couldn't the reminder girl remind us where you are? So much for being helpful) (Now I can unlock it) Oh yeah, this is a sidequest episode. Just thought I'd add that in. (Well that was informative) (Well that was convenient) (well that was...easy) (Oh I have a story for this pic) So the key items are a little screwy. You actually need a Pokemon with rock climb otherwise a different event will play in which you can't rock climb. So I had to teach Walter Rock Climb and lost Stone Edge...which hurt but Rock Slide is still really, really useful and needed. (That was an easy to remember code. I've had to remember 15 digit numbers before without being able to write them down) (Then there'd be no one to dock about it) (...I'll get to this in a minute) (Hi, I'm here to beat you up for money) Unlike the previous ones, I actually think this one is kind of funny. There's a thing called it's so dumb it's brilliant and the leaving notes at the lighthouses is just that. I'm pretty sure it's scripted the first note will appear in the first lighthouse you visit and so on. It's not obnoxious but just silly dumb fun which I think AA should aim for. These ones are so much better than the first round. (This will probably be a cakewalk) (.................................................................................I should've changed my Pokemon out) Yeah, I should have brought a better team. (It was still pretty easy) (Drew is my new favorite random grunt) (How do you get fired from a terrorist organization? You don't even get paid) (Well...that was anti-climatic) (........Do you even need my help?) (They're staryu btw) And I'm really surprised by this sweet reward: (*Beep* *Beep*) And...now we have this pain in the ass quiz: (5 attempts later) (....I would've guessed bravery but fuck if I know how a mountain can feel) (...This quiz is dumb. Why can't we have a fun quiz?) So time to mention a really cool quiz in Zero no Kiseki aka Trails from Zero. So as a secret side quest, you can take a quiz which tests your knowledge of the basic lore of the world which most of it you probably will learn from the Sky trilogy. If you didn't, you can brush up in the library and answer a bunch of pretty simple questions. Paper Mario was another fun one with Princess Peach. As for this quiz, I would've liked a sound effect and pause to play because sometimes I answered the second question incorrectly. Not a fan of this sidequest. Why haven't people said it's the worst one because honestly it is. (NEO! What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in RWBY or...oh right they forgot about you) (Okay...well that happened) ......You can't tell me this isn't the worst HC quest in the game. Shitty game. Shitty reward. At least it's over. Now for another annoying one. (Let's just hop to the battle) (Spoiler: I lost a couple mons but it was an easy sweep) I also fought the grunt on the left before heading back to heal. This is such a letdown compared to the last set. Honestly, it's pretty much a joke. (Would you believe me if I said these guys are still more competent then Xen grunts?) (...Points to Zero no Kiseki) I have a lot of questions right now. Mostly why the hell do they still use paper then? Also, why can't you submit and get rewards from other HC locations. They obviously know when you complete them. I'm just...how do they even know you complete them? I'm asking questions I shouldn't be, aren't I? (I think you're a few weeks off there, hun) (That's just how the world rolls...I swear this grunt is aiming for a harem) (So do I...kind of) (Basically Walter and Loewe sweep through this easily after Pancha falls) (I'm pretty sure it's not that) (And thank god that's the last we'll have to see of them for a while) (Well that was pretty tame...seriously, I probably could have done these back when I was doing the Kakori and still have an easier time then those ones. What gives?) (...I'm having this strange feeling) (FINALLY SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS HOW TO MAKE MY LIFE EASY!) Screw running around trying to find some generic looking NPC in a field of generic looking NPCs (Master...I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm so happy to see you) (...The fuck happened to you. You seem too normal. Did you finally make a score?) (I don't remember a wedding. But I'm down with it if it gets me away from those kids) (...Check the resort. We have a girl with the power to do anything) (Let's see...Geara, Zetta, Saki, Melia, Venam, Madelis, and Aelita. Yep, all the crazies are here. I'll point you to their locations) (Sigh...looks like I'm becoming a stalker. Though don't I do that anyways. Also, how the hell did you get here...nevermind) (...Of course he'd send me looking for weirdos) (...I have no idea what that means. I'm going to slowly walk away) (Yes, ma'am) So basically everyone with "..." is who you're looking for. I thought that was placeholder text until I saw this mission. (...This is gonna be a long day) (...Are these aliens? I'm going to be turned into cheese, aren't I?) (Well ain't this exciting? I'm bored of this. Are you bored of this?) (...Oh finally it's over) (Please tell me this is a gauntlet of 5 trainers) (Sigh...sex has made you too calm...or it the lack of...NO I AM NOT SLEEPING IN YOUR BED AGAIN!) (Can I has it? It'd save me so much trouble by letting me get to the top of a certain...nah, the plot or Melia would destroy it claiming it's the unholy way to do things) (Sure, I need to talk about this for a moment) (And that's our final task of the day) Dr. Jenkel is so boring now. We all liked him because he was so out there and nonsensical. I heard he was toned down but holy shit he was really toned down. I mean it's great to see a good character...or shadow of a good character return but what is there to really talk about in this quest without the nutjob to be the star. It's good...just lacking in crazed tinfoil science man. (alright let's go to the shack on the beach...) (This is the wrong shack...isn't it?) 20 minutes later (Christ that took forever to find. On the bright side, I finished grinding all my reserves up to 55) I didn't put too much effort into the Gastrodon surf sprite. Still fun to look at though. (It's just not the same. First Adrienn, now Jenkel. Why does everything I like have to disappear?) Confession time: Jenkel was actually one of the characters that made me super ecstatic to jump into future chapters of the game. Rejuv has so much charm when it does the wacky stuff and never questions trying to be down to earth or serious. Even if the plot fell flat, I could at least be excited for the wacky or crazy surprises in store. Honestly, I don't think a lot of people play this game for the plot and neither would 13 year old me. It was a bit careless of me to expect a plot that was fun over serious or in-depth. The original Paper Mario was a game all about the journey and not so much the plot. It just doesn't feel like so much a journey in this game. The sidequests do which I think is why I'm so fond of them and want to dedicate chapters to unimportant stuff. (It's a bunch of Clefairy, isn't it?) (Oh great a bunch of tentacle beasts...as if the weirdo next to me wasn't enough) (Let me just find an older version of this to link...holy shit his lines were amazing) (...I have no friends so I have nothing to lose) (...I just need to let something out) I think I speak on behalf of most if not all old fans on this subject: what the hell, Jan. We didn't need a boring professor/researcher type character because we have 3 of those already. Jenkel really stood out in the crowd because of how odd and weird he was. He wasn't really harming anyone or the game's experience since he was a side an unimportant character. I'm looking at one of the old events and I am loving the lines he said. Here, I can't even really remember. Nova I can give a pass because it was tied to another quest in the game. This though, there's really no excuse for this. It's like toning down Reborn's Terra only using English because a quarter of the fandom doesn't like it. So the other 75% lose something they loved about the game just because a good chunk don't like it. I want to remove mapping and graphics from this equation but I want people's honest opinion, not mine. Do you think the changes in Rejuvenation have improved the game? I seriously think this needs to be said. The added sidequests such as the Orphanage and the Anju really added a number to the game, but I think many of the changes have actually brought more harm than good. There's this thing that's called the law of unsatisfactory where a writer isn't satisfied with what they did so they redo it to change it to what they think it better. You'd be surprised how many times the second idea is actually worse. That's something you've got to keep in mind when changing stuff. I always have a copy of the original idea somewhere I can see and make sure I still convey the intent from there when making changes. I often refer to it as the master key and if I deviate too far, we go all the way back to the original and restart from there. It's how I was able to reimagine a story I created 15 years ago and keep around 80% of the ideas and elements from it while expanding on so much more. Completely different story but kept the same core. I say this because I want to talk about changes in Reborn. Reborn primarily focused on improving the quality of the game and not so much the contents. Event Pokemon got new moves, new features were added, and many measures were taken to remove lag. Rejuv is a bit different as maps and story segments were completely rewritten. Some things were cut out like the Goldenwood chase scene. Some stuff having to be cut is fine, but it's starting to stack up tbh. (Nah, just let me rant and scream about Melia or something) (Ngl, that floor with the green light under it makes it looks super retro which is kind of cool) (I would do a Dr. Jenkel impression, but I don't know if I actually have...you know what fuck it. I can't be worse than this) (Deez noob aliens think these scrubs are friends. Lolz! So dumb!) I am terrible with millennial speak so grab a beer because we're going to need it. (Yo dawg, I think deez aliens are controlling them) (Beat their shizzles up. For hizzles) (That was surprisingly tricky...and of course it's Loewe and Walter again) (Did the Inkay see us fighting these guys and think they were our friend? I guess we do spend a lot of time together) (...Hopefully that's the last we see of them for a while) Seriously, I could handle them being like this but maybe a tad bit less involved. This is a good amount of AA though I think they are pointless given Xen does the same exact thing they do. There's really no difference between the two. (Eh, I'll give that one a pass. Not the best but close enough) (You were mind controlling people) (OH DEAR GOD THE ILLUMINIT ARE REAL!) (Well, my luv, that's why we're here. That and cuties are up to no good. Rawr!) Jan, why do you do this to me? Look at what you've created. I hope you're happy...this probably punishment for what I did earlier. Still better than Frenchera...oh god. He's coming back soon. (This ain't it, chief) (Your chief has boobies?) (...It just isn't the same with old Jenkel....it just isn't) (Thanks for telling us. Now I can beat her up without questioning my moral compass) (Pass. Because I can't think of something better) (Y u even use humans? You dun seem to leik them anyways) (Is it boobies?) (I swear his lines were changed but the Inkay weren't making it somewhat jarring. Or is it just me?) ...Did I really forget to screencap that whole thing. Basically it was kind of a massacre until the level 90 which I just Jesus cheesed it then. My team was really beaten by the last fight which made this a little trickier to a ridiculously easy fight. I'd probably have a harder time on the Conkeldurr fight over this one even at this level. There wasn't even a surprise high level Malamar which is what's expected at this point. I just don't get it. Whatever. We won and saved this girl. (Da aliens made you do weird things, lassie) (We r in an alien stronghold off of Terajuma Island) (You probably ran from Angie before being mind controlled) (...Couldn't that one lady do it for a heart scale? Please tell me she does it for free) I really need her for Walter and some other Pokemon. Forget which one. (Yeah. Now I can relearn moves and probably forget about and neglect this lady. Oh Type: Null quest. I should get to finishing that) (You were za awesome, Mandy) (The time is farewell, but my bed shall await u soon) (Oh, I did find something to ur liking. The sexy desk lady shall give it to u) I forgot to record getting the Inkay. I'm not sure if I'll use it or not, but we'll see. I know one fight it'll be super useful for though. And we're done with this chapter so it's time to relax... (This is nice. I just wish the half naked guy wasn't standing so close) I guess we should get to the plot. I actually really enjoyed this segment a lot and there's nothing that could ruin it for... (OH YOU MOTHER FU...) SHE IS SLEEPING IN MY BED! WHY IS SHE SLEEPING IN MY BED AND NOT AMBERS? I STILL AM USING THAT! I DIDN'T EVEN GET A SAY. WHICH ONE OF YOUR ASSES AM I GOING TO HAVE TO KICK AGAIN? On a different note I did some PC digging and remembered all the Phanpy I had to breed to just get our Donphan. Speaking of JESUS! I'm actually going to be changing his name since he was intended to be a joke character. His new name is going to be Veigue based on the Tales of Rebirth main character. I think it's really suited for him. I don't even think I have to describe my feelings towards the pain of breeding him: (I wanted a baby girl) (This is Veigue's Grandma) (Lilina was the first baby having Ice Shard on her so that Jesus could have Endeavor and Ice Shard) (Boulder was just in case I had to Ditto breed when I realized I couldn't get Ditto) Now you met Veigue's 5 Uncles, Grandma, and Mother. His grandfather is a Seel, but his father is none other than the world's greatest Raticate, Ratigan. That lucky rat bastard gets to live the sweet life retired at the resort.

It's almost as if you think we put much thought in fighters we don't care about what we'd do with them. Also, Kingdom Hearts is the best Fire Emblem game. That is a known fact therefore Sora and Sephiroth are valid.

Crossovers are a much, much bigger pain then you could imagine and it's one thing to give a nod to another fan-game, but it's something else to include materials from the game and collaborating both games. If one thing goes wrong, it does not end well. At best, it'd be to just let a special fight or character make a cameo in each game for a fun little extra, but being able to visit the Reborn region would be an insane amount of work for basically little payoff. You'd need to block certain areas to keep players locked in Reborn City and edit a little more than 1,000 events to at least make it a bit unique and at least worth including. I seriously doubt that's going to happen otherwise more people would likely have to be dragged in to make this happen. Once people have been selected, Jan will personally visit any newbies at their own houses riding shirtless on a white horse to hand deliver a letter. The contents of the letter contain the link and password to an encrypted beta in which you must solve a puzzle to figure out the password to decrypt it. Once that is done, you will find a note in the beta folder with links to the discord page and a club to join. ...okay it's not that majestic, but basically you'll be sent a PM (on the forums) or a DM in discord giving you the info you need to start beta testing and giving feedback. If you are picked, you'll know.

...who fucking looked at this plot and said these segments were okay? I'm not even going to go into that because that's a spasm waiting to happen. I'll just let you wallow in your pain as you slowly brick. This is a concrete fact. This has been your terrible puns with Mander. Seriously, there's more than one word to use for a barrier. Get with the times, Jan. And Reina joins the captured people who need help. What are we at now? 20? And I saw Mothball on that list...too soon, Derog...too soon. Though I so would have taken Mothball breaking the wall down over that Saki thing. At least we would have seen a badass in action and one hell of a return, but alas I don't want to give people false hope of his return.

Some days I think Rejuv was designed to test your mental stability. You go from happy guy with a bunch of friends and slowly the game plucks everything you like about it away from you. First it was Adrienn, then it was your role in the story (like how much would change if you weren't there...other than everyone being incompetent to do anything), and then it was your best friends (or whatever you consider Aelita and Nim). And on top of any moment you can relax someone has to screw up and you are assigned to fix it...uncredited of course. If this was a story about a player diving into insanity, it'd be a pretty interesting take, but it's an anime and we can't have depth like that in an anime. The game really sets itself up to be bashed. But here we both are somehow still playing it and doing runs...somehow. I know it's probably a lot of extra work but including all those Pokemon is more than worth it for this segment. I'm always way more interested seeing what you are going to do when you get to a segment over the actual plot because let's face it: a can of bread is more interesting than the Melia show. One also has a lot more buns. Also your luck saved you again because if Jitto died (they were speed tied), there's a good changc some of your other Pokemon could've gone down with Kyogre.

If we're competing for who is tired of the Reborn game in general I probably earned a medal or something. Instead of whining I actually finally did something about it and here we are today. Anyways, there is absolutely nothing wrong with looking into other stuff as we have a very long way before the Reborn finale release. There is an RPG series for everybody and you really need to just search to see what clicks to you. Atelier is a great one where the focus isn't going 100 percent but managing your resources and picking who you want to bond with. Mother 3 is one you pick up and play for the story. It's hard to give recommendations where to start as you gotta know what you like in games to help narrow it down.

@Guzam I don't know the line off the top of my head but you have to edit the scripts a tad bit more to make EVs work. It's like just below what is used to determine exp.

...Well Pichu obviously is what we'd get rid of. He's an adorable little guy, but he is a Pika clone so bye-bye. Honestly though, I'd rather have one more Pokemon and get rid of Lucina because we have too many FE characters. As for who to bring in, we pretty much have covered so much of the field that there's not much else to bring. Personally, I'd like to see Hardin as he'd be one of the more unique characters on top of being an iconic villain. We haven't seen many lance units even appear in Smash so that's another plus. Though I say Bandanna Dee should get in for lance user to complete the Kirby Quartet.

Only things I can think of is if you are doing it on a Mac or haven't extracted the file as those would cause this error. Mods could be a cause as well. Try using a mirror to download and follow the process again. Otherwise it'd be nice to know what map file is causing the error.

Ah yes the original version of Terajuma from post Crawli to Angie. Basically you didn't have the whole make-up scene falling through a cave though the girl fight still happened...just a lot faster. You got the boat, tried stealing Venam's CD, she finds out Amber want it and she hulks (seriously she turned green) and swims where you meet her on the beach, and then all 4 meet and fight and then Madelis captures Amber during the fight, and I think the maid just randomly disappears blocking the gate to Angie. Also, I think the TM shop was frozen prior to your visit in the original (or she froze it when you walk towards it). Don't ask me why Jan added a whole bunch of dialogue and scenes. I actually did a long grinding session to train up a bunch of my Pokemon before Crawli and Angie since I wanted to bring a bunch of oldies back. What's funnier is I did the exact same thing you did and raise Electabuzz...only to realize it kind of sucks since it's not Electivire (seriously, why do they give us that thing so late?) And hey, you are doing better than me. I breed an armadillo god for a one time joke saying I really didn't think it was fair to really use such a cheese mon. He's never left my party for good reason. And now I wish you good luck on your...wait a minute

You're questioning a mechanic made 5 years ago as a simple solution to deter Pokemon players from trying the brainless solution they were taught by playing Pokemon which is grinding = win. Now let me break down some old RPG knowledge onto you. For most RPGs, there's two factors that go into how strong you are: your level and your equipment. It's a bit of a yin-yang as having higher levels means you have to worry less about equipment and better equipment means you have to worry less about your level. That's why a lot of RPGs don't worry too much about level or don't put too much restriction on it. Old school RPGs weren't as nice which we have a series built upon one. So now we have Pokemon: a game where there's no armor. Also due to using low numbers, every level is pretty critical in increasing strength and if a player gains too many levels too soon, they will overpower and plow through the game. There is a rubber band effect to prevent it from going too far, but you get the idea. The system is also heavily flawed due to only Pokemon on the field gaining exp vs a standard RPG where 4 or even inactive party members gain experience. This leaves a skewed system where the strong grow stronger and the weak slowly get neglected. The only way to counter this was level caps which we all use since a proper solution is nigh impossible right now. Ame saw the disobedience system and took 5 minutes or something to make a system to push players from spamming one Pokemon too much as they'd be punished or waste exp instead of trying to spread it more evenly. As long as your Pokemon are within 3-5 levels below the cap, you're in good shape. Skill is more of a factor the lower your levels. The more modern system which was pioneered by Suze, improved by me, and fixed by Sardines, and probably will be credited for Rejuv inventing it (sadly) is one where we have hard level caps where you cannot go above a certain level until you progress. Basically with Reborn's system, exp needed to be a bit more scarce to prevent this level and disobedience issue. My method there was no need to worry about limiting exp since you'd be expected to be pretty much at the cap by the time you fight the leader instead of 3 levels or less under. Is this one superior to Reborn's? Not exactly. It makes using variety easier, but the classic system promotes managing your team more carefully...except since everything is low level you rarely want to switch teammates due to needing a half hour of investment at least. Blame the elitists here for that issue. The Reborn system promotes sticking more towards your team since experimenting adds more time than often needed. I may have misread it, but I think I gave a decent explanation of how leveling works as well. But on a different note, the Gen V experience mechanics are actually superior to the previous Gens due to it being a rubber band instead of a fixed amount. You gain a lot more when you're lower level than a Pokemon and a lot less when you are above making it easy for the laggers to catch up...theoretically. The fallen behind difference doesn't really add much nor does the being above subtract that much so there'll always be a huge gap unless you grind. And if you try to exp share, all your Pokemon fall behind only gaining half of the exp in a segment. And since levels are so significant, we now have what the core issue really is. That's why it feels like you have to grind or you get left behind. And I hate to be that guy, but we really don't have a good anti-grind Pokemon Fan-game on the site....for the casuals. There's the Redux mod which only has the demo but that's a harder variant of Reborn. There's also Rejuv, but we all know how much I love some of those battles. And by casual I mean people getting into the Pokemon fan-games and not really experts on Pokemon battling. I don't know too much about fan-games myself honestly since I agree with a lot of what you say.

Okay, I have an idea of what you can do but it's risky and can backfire. Pulse Magnezone is very slow so you could gamble and pray a Dynamic Punch causes some Confusion turns so keep Golurk alive at all costs then run Camerupt to do some more chip damage. You're definitely going to want to do questing to improve your team to get items after this though. I'm thinking... Even without healing items, I still don't know what the issue is as remember his team the only big issue is psychic types which you have a couple things that should be able to handle and take those down. Pulse Magnezone is slow so I'm pretty sure you should be able to do something. If you have a mon with endeavor or d-bond, you could waste a focus sash and have them take down the pulse Magnezone or whatever major threat is in your way.

You're going to have to give us more details like your team and practical options. Also it'd be nice to know what you're struggling on. Is it just the pulse or is another Pokemon giving trouble?