Commander

I'm sorry but that whole segment was just purely for fanservice and nostalgia by GF just to try and sell their game which it totally worked. But other than that whole load of nonsense which any sane writer or developer would not dare touch, it really adds nothing exciting or interesting to Reborn. These villains have their own game with their own "climatic" boss fights. I'd rather that time be better spent on stuff that's exciting and new rather than trying to ripoff of GF directly. Someone should add this to the archive of stuff suggested by fans the moment a new Pokemon game comes out and does that.

2000-2003 was when I was really into youtube (and google video. Who here actually remembers that or the fact youtube had a star rating?) Gotta keep the classics alive. It's not really keeping a schedule but more like "Oh, I have free time. I could play [Insert Game Here], work on the outline for a rewrite of one of my old pieces, or get to work on this Rejuv run." I tend to rotate them but it's usually just a whim. This isn't like 2016 where things got really, really bad. If people think I'm cranky and mean now, you should've seen me a year ago at this time. Yes, this is actually "Nice" Commander (and not very stressed). As for how harsh I am with comments and remarks, I've been like that since 2004. Maybe I'll get into that story one of these days. (Which relates to many of the unusual things I do when I give feedback). As for Ren and the community, I think it's more that people are way too quick to judge his character. Old Ren was bad so people aren't willing to move on and accept that Ren might be a good character. Think of it more as a community influence rather than the game. So many people are gonna be offended by this, but so many people are closed minded so doubtfully anything I say will really change people's overall opinion on anything. LoZ Wind Waker is easily one of the best examples of this. So many people bashed on the game simply due to the change of art style. Look where we are now with BotW. I can usually excuse a bad part of a game when judging an overall game because people do make mistakes and bad decisions, but there's just so much about the story that's just dull and...forgettable (or unforgetable in a bad way) that it just leads to issue after issue piling up (leading to a dog pile). I'm sure if Jan started from scratch on a new game, it'd be significantly better or at least fix more of what I'm complaining about. So far it's an enjoyable game, but nothing I'd really hold a torch to or reference for. I'll get more into that at the end of this segment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 26: This is a very late Halloween gift, but alas I hope you enjoy it anyways Btw here's a pic of the team because most of y'all probably forgot what I had (I know I did): Not really something I'm complaining about in Rejuv specifically but moreso Pokemon in general is that levels end up being heavily lopsided due to how the experience and battle systems work as it's by individual Pokemon. I understand what they were trying to do with the Exp share thing but that doesn't work without a cap. If you have something like HC's level limiter, the newer exp share system actually would work great and just cut some fluff that we call grinding. For Marianette I had to really kind due to that Bewear but the only time I really did grinding in this segment actually was to evolve Loewe. He really needed it. Also as another rule of thumb, I don't ever used Inverse candies. It's a waste of good exp that could have been used on a different Pokemon. Just wanted to clear that up about my playstyle and why things look the way there are. >>>I need to make a Commander was right segment as the Exp All plus level cap is really well recieved Also, this episode did get delayed due to the Beta of E17. There was also something else that I was tinkering with to get working and I'm debating whether or not to reveal a bit of it early. You'll see what I'm talking about later. I hate being secretive about it, but I don't want to make false promises then not be able to showcase it. Just know that this thingy also takes up my time too. Oh yeah, COGA's probably are going to be discontinued so that I don't juggle three things at once (this run is going to temporarily slow down until around winter break where I'll try to update). I probably said this stuff, but may as well say it again so that people know that I'm not dead, just slower than a turtle relay race. (As a president with an epic voice once said "Change [moment of pause] is good") (It's terrible. I hate when I get pennies back and wonder where I lost them at. Making me lose my moolah.) Fun fact: I have accumulated in a coin bag $45 worth of change for like the past 8 years. It pretty much just sat there too. Not as bad as my grandpa's ex/not ex girlfriend who had over 20 years worth of nickles and pennies worth $50. Nickles and pennies. Let that sink in. (Probably on how much money they spent on a pizza just to tip the guy) (Ye because we be broke) Oh yeah, I'm planning on getting Yo-kai watch thinking about money. I'm not really digging the whole USUM thing which will be the first mainline games I skipped since Crystal. Yes, I bought a version of each new game of the series until this one. Gen V is where I really started loosing interest in the series...I'm really on a train ride of derailment today. I'm not a big fan of GF and their design choices lately, okay? (Jokes on them...they don't have either of those now) Was gonna make a joke about that with me...but I probably used it somewhere. Seriously, I wouldn't want to be friends with a single resident in this place other than Ren. While you could say Narcissa is nice, she's also a bit stuck-up and snobbish. We'll get into her character analysis soon. (SHE SHOULD NOT LOCK THE OPEN DOOR! (RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!)) No folks I am not drunk right now, this is just how I normally am. (I thought this was supposed to be a motivation speech, not the main antagonist giving an overview of their plan before a climatic battle.) That actually reminds me of something that Reborn does better than Rejuv. Rejuv has the villains give a speech to really explain stuff to the point it's a bit nonsense. Reborn is actually really good at balancing that as most of the against the player cut down the chase to the battle. There are some exception like ZEL in Obisidia (who needs to explain some vital info and the player isn't a threat at the time) and Solaris Underneath the Stairs (you weren't a threat to him either). I'm not pointing Jan specifically out on this but so many games do that I feel like it's a nice thing to point out. Great piece of advice to avoid it is that you didn't write the segment right if the villain has to explain everything, not just the scene. (Maybe we should have let Ren face her) Can someone tell me what happens if you say yes to Ren? I assume he just says he knows he'll lose anyways and walks away. Though if he said he had to go back and heal his pokemon, that'd probably be one of the biggest dick moves the player could do to him. I ain't seeing how that pans out after dealing with the damn frog. (Brave probably isn't the best way to describe me, but 'tis a play so I will play the Gallant Knight of Bel Air) You thought I was done offending people but we are just getting started. (Yo dawg, we gonna slam down some beats of honor) Before you say anything, do you know what Will Smith playing a knight sounds like? I didn't think so. (Oh snap! They didn't tell me I'd appear without a costume. Uh...I do kind of blend in so the probably won't recognize a white haired man...wearing a fancy coat...and white boots. If they light torches, I'm getting the heck out of town. Also if I win, I'm getting the heck out of town) (Ah yes, they wish to see our duel of funk) I'm sorry, but now I'm picturing that instead of a gym battle, we determine the fate of the town with a dance off. I'm actually picturing the Pokemon dancing off against each other even. Narcissa probably would beat me, but my team would cream her's in a dance battle. All of mine have legs...most of hers don't. (I'm just going to smile and look pretty pretending not to be pretending I'm Will Smith) (If I lose, does that mean I can actually progress the plot forward) (Didn't...I already do that beating Geara and Ren...and my gambling buddy. We go to the club every Tuesday now) And now you're going to have to let me remember all the details because it's been a few months since I did this. I would take notes, but...I'm busy not trying to lose to even think about that (I wish making a battle log wasn't a pain in the ass with essentials...or maybe I'm doing it wrong) (So the sprite is new and I'm not sure how I feel about this one...mixed feelings here) (That thing hurts like hell) So what took me by surprise was Gengar actually having Sludge Wave. I know I switched out from Joker who set up a light screen...and tanked a hit, but it was either at Gengar or some other time. Ratigan was hit hard by a crit sludge wave but I was able to do some damage with a retaliate sucker punch here. She then switched out to Mimikyu when it was in the red. (This is why Loewe is the best) I think I sacked Pangoro here so that he'd break the disguise. Ratigan served a more important purpose with Sucker Punch. Not sure who knocked it down into the mid HP but it wasn't Loewe. Loewe finished it off with Razor Shell. (Gotta work that sword hand). This is where I used Ratigan to Sucker Punch to knock Chandelure down into the killing range where Walter knocked it out with an accelorock. He then took down Gengar with the same move knocking two more Pokemon out. I don't really remember Rotom all that much so I'm guessing SEC just spammed Flame burst or something to KO it. Kind of did some scary damage there. Loewe managed to take Spiritomb (the one Pokemon it would have been nice to have Pangoro alive for) down with Razor Shell as it lowered its defense. Now this is where my brilliant plan went into play. So I used Loewe's turn to heal Joker up. It went south when Ghostly wail proc'd a def up on Loewe meaning Walter didn't do that much damage. I sent in Joker to set up Light Screen and he managed to get some hits in (I think he also did serious damage to gengar but it's hard to remember this battle other than the Sludge Wave crit nearly screwed me over). I then sent out walter who got one rock slide that didn't do much damage before dying. I then had SEC who dealt the finish blow. Yeah that Missmagius hurts but Joker let her live thanks to light screen. Sorry it's a jumbled mess but it was my first attempt and I wasn't expecting to win and it came out as a surprise. I honestly think this battle was just right unlike Marianette. All of the mons were threatening but nothing was too threatening to overwhelm the fight. You could make a comment how I had two dark types, but they really didn't do all that much (I could've easily won without them). Kind of funny how Joker who I thought would be worthless turned out to be very important in that battle. Light Screen saved my ass from taking so much damage as it kind of negates the field boost. And moving on... (You mean I can finally move on from this game...YES \o/) Yeah we aren't even close to being done concluding this chapter. Just a warning. (...I think you mean the world of memes, scumbags, and Taco Bell) What? I really want some Taco Bell. It's the only "Mexican" food I can eat without a burning sensation later. (I wouldn't say missed is the best word to put their) (Oh the real kicker is about to come up) (And it's everyone's favorite random NPC) (It's Pokemon. Even the best trainers can get swept by a Magikarp) >>>There's a video of a guy who beat Cynthia with a Magikarp (I deserve the credit for that win because you haxed me) (THAT IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO ANYWAYS BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO BLOODY DO) This line of dialogue right here is why I hate the Goldenwood Villagers. They aren't being disrespectful, they are committing bloody terrorism on the region at this point. There's just too much emphasis on them being so violent. If you want to see a game that does Goldenwood right, D Block from Xenogears is a good example. It's such a unique place that's both a prison and a community. It really nails the feeling of being a prisoner and helpless even. Trails of Cold Steel's entire story runs on a conflict but that is very political and rather hard to explain in a paragraph. I think FFIX also does something similar but that's heavy spoiler territory. The thing is that most of these relate to politics, not to strategy...Fire Emblem. Fire Emblem runs on this concept which you could point out any game (Tellius is the...I already explained this...man my memeory is bad today). I think we get the bloody point at this point. (And cue the real kicker) (I'm just gonna let Narcy handle this for a minute) (Gotta love how Narcy is acting) (And there it is. This is the rant we've all been waiting for) Yes, literally a bunch of kids are acting all edgy and commit crimes due to an incident they never even saw or experienced. It's kind of like teenagers today hating banks simply because the great depression happened. That girl also has to be 14-18 years old so the events of the tower likely happened 16+ years ago. Probably 18. Yes, they have been like this for 18 years straight. Sure maybe if it happened a year or two ago I'd let it slide, but 18 years the league has been letting this stuff slide putting young trainers in a very dangerous situation. The big issue is that all residents act like this other than Ren (and Narcissa to a degree). One single person was not okay with this in an 18 year time period. I did kind of avoid a what I would do here, but I kind of have the answer now. Instead of making the NPCs violent, I'd focus on making them cold hearted and rude as a forefront over violent. However if you talk to some NPCs again, you'd notice a pattern that the NPCs are facing an internal conflict. They believe it's right to push others away and keep them out of the village as they are bound to be hurt by them again (or pressured to acting mean due to peer pressure) but they know doing so is wrong and really hurting the outsiders. For example the lady who hurts your Pokemon, talking to her afterwards makes her feel bad as you're still being nice to her and she gives you a hyper potion. The girl who did something bad to the guy who liked her could have a second set of dialogue (talking to her a second time) saying something like "He was a very sweet boy who even gave me a nice bouquet of roses. Did he really deserve...getting that?" You'd think it'd take a long time to implement something like that, but it's actually not that hard. I think it's actually more important than what is said in the story and impacts it more. Tell me which you think is more interesting: a town full of people cruel to outsiders due to an incident a long time ago or a town full of people cold and cruel to outsiders, knowing it it wrong and even questioning it, but keep doing so simply because of it being the norm and how the city runs. Everything else about this storyline would be exactly the same with the latter, but this scene right here would change a bit. Let's continue on a bit before I explain the key difference. (Well she is a big part of the problem with this section) (Let me just get a dictionary out for a minute) Xenophobic: fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign. Yes. It's fine for some people like Sariah to exist but everybody acting like that to an extreme degree is a little over the top. (Meanwhile, Commander is singing Shake it Off in his head) If I was in that situation I totally would sing that song exiting the stage while doing this: (Who wants to bet she doesn't even know one of their names) (That's not how vengeance works) I'm sorry but how do you do positive vengeance. Oh well let's worry about that later. (As a wise monkey once said "The past can hurt, but you can either run from it or learn from it") >>>Buffoon, not a monkey (I'm starting to understand why Sirius wanted to build a new world now) (Congratulations, you have promoted yourself to second worst character in the series) (And...oh god is this going to be a Friendship is magic episode) (Irony of a foreigner telling a citizen to GTFO) (She's the Knuckles of Rejuvenation) >>>At least she don't chuckle (You threw a man in jail for no reason and no trial...even if he kind of deserved it after the whole Part 3 segment) (And the other great thing about this segment) (Yes, the irony in here is this) I really do wish the town concept was expanded upon over simply being treated as a hivemind that feels the same. More on that at the end of this segment (They'd probably just ignore you or say "Go away!") (Pretty sure deserved and desired are two different thoughts. What they desire is getting a gym badge and getting the hell out. What they deserve is a hello or something for visiting) (Working at a customer service desk in a nutshell) (Remember folks, this is a process that's been going on for 18 years) (And we're almost done...nope no we're not) (I'm pretty sure this was mentioned earlier. Oh well) (...This would be that moment when Commander would give her a funny look. That's just a weird thing to say even for someone like me for a spooky based town) Oh yeah I do get to bring up Reborn again. I don't think it's really all that well done but Reborn does have history and lore placed into the game in North Obsidia but trainers do comment on how the ward communities work and function such as Peridot's train tracks separating two groups. It's kind of a hit or miss with RPGs as some do it and others just make towns serve as stopping points. Unova is the most interesting Pokemon region imo, but Johto has the best lore and community. Lot of things are overlooked from Johto. (Now this is going into Cheese City) (I liked it up until the ending. Gotta love when an ending ruins a game) (Well at least 18 or so years) (Well we did have a nail biting finish with that battle) (Also, I'm sad those aren't cardboard cutout trees but what can you do) Oh yeah I never mentioned this little nice touch but you are supposed to use flash to purify the field which is symbolic of purifying the town in the process. (The one thing Aelita is good at: acting.) I kind of wish the acting trait was brought back and used more as it is an interesting detail about Aelita and the fact she can learn lines fast. (She was surprisingly good at it whether or not it was improv) (YES! LET'S FINALLY GET OUT OF HERE!) (Seriously, why couldn't they just build a gate behind the gym or something? It'd make everyone's lives a lot easier.) Skipping Aelita's dialogue as it's pointless to bring up. (You know some people think Giratina is the devil of Pokemon so...that's kind of morbid having a statue of it.) (And it's badge time) (I misread that as Phangasm Badge. Interpret that however you want) (And now it's talk time) I'll explain why a town facing moral conflicts if much more interesting over what we have now even though the story does not change at all. Instead of being something that is forced upon them, it is more like a final push to change things for the better. It gives this town a feeling that they have a conscience. It's not really about being realistic because well what we have here is realistic but explained and presented poorly. That change makes it feel like a happy ending to this segment rather than a simple "get over yourselves" thing. Sure some dialogue would be altered (I'd probably have Narcissa ask Sariah if she really enjoys hurting people and seeing them suffer. I'd actually then have Sariah leave saying that there's somebody she needs to find and apologize right away). And this wouldn't hurt Ren's character, in fact, I think it would greatly help him and see that maybe the way he's handling this is wrong (as their are other people like him). Just my thoughts. The main storyline is overall fine, but it just has to do with the residents of this town that hurts it. It's appalling that Jan did so many changes really improving the main story and it still gets dragged down by a consistent problem. It even hurts a little bit. But now we need to move on. Oh god I realize what this part is... (Ze time flees me like ze babies who brought me here only to make me suffer.) (Ze logic of ze place ez bananzas with nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. Ez fitting place for king of darkness, but like it Zi don't) (Damn ze babies and crazy bitch. Damn zem all.) (To be crushed by ze babies ez worse zan ze place I am trapped) (When Zi make ze entrance of epicness, Zi will make ze babies wish zey went crying to big mama instead of messing with ze Great Geara) (What ez zis. Zat sound ez familiar, but it makes me want to zee crushing of baby Seels) (Zese people. Zey are cray cray with zer logic.) (Zese people. I think I know zem.) (Zits ze professor and uhh...ze one guy with za mohawk zoo ez zuper important. Zi think zih name zis Carl) (Zis crazy bitch dragged me in zere) (How did ze two of you get in zere. Oh...Zi think Zi understand. Ze two of you zar in a relationzip. Throw ze worry fists away az I will not speak words to ze boss. Zhe would kill me if I spoke of such logic zof underzanding non.) (But ze two of zu should not hide for zo long. It zis too long zat we worried you abandoned us. But ze boss will be happy to know zu are alive and well) (Ze boss also mention zu went off ze grid. Zat ez and amazing trick) I have no idea where I'm going with this but zat ez how zi roll. (Zi do not want to know what zat means) (Well az long az you're happy, ze Geara ez happy) (Wait so zu went into zis place without knowing of a way out. Zu are dumber than ze scientist with za plans of zupidity.) (Zi have a crazy idea. Zu zee, zi have zis giant chicken god of doom thingy zat can travel between dimensions. Maybe ze can do that do another world where ze can zen warp us back to ze world we love. Zhy are zu looking at me with ze face of disappointing glares. Fine. Zhen we zar stuck zer for centuries of boredom) (Zhi am not going to zay anything else az zu will just zay it is the work of toddler with brain spazzes) (We wait for ze miracle of ze gods to come to us) (Zi have concluded zat all zientist are people with ze brain power of za mankey) (Zi wonder how long it took you to make zat conclusion) (Zat ez rude. Geara ez fun person to be around and ez ze bestest of animals who party) (Zi am offended and zi demand an apology preferably with a gift.) (Zi zee how zit ez. Zu two are mad zat I crashed zur romantic night. Zat's okay, Geara forgives zu). I don't even question where my mind goes with moments like these. But sorry if these caps aren't up to par because bloody hell is this section full of flat dialogue. You know when a character says something that gives you goosebumps or you can't get out of your head both good or bad, none of that has really been present in this chapter. I also just feel I'm out of it today and I have no idea why. Sometimes it happens and you just gotta keep moving forward. Still not as bad as the SEC segments. (Now zat we cleared ze air, what should we do now? Sitting like dog ez not a thing zi like doing.) (Ze chicken god ez ze best az ze brought za woman to ze festival of sausages) (zhough ze ez crazy, but zi cannot be picky in a world like zis) (Hello, little girl. Do zu want to know a secret?) I'm picturing this becoming canon because bloody hell it works out way too well here: And that's what my team looked like after Narcissa. Yes, it takes that long before you can look at your team. I was a tad overleveled but mostly because Walter was an Exp hog. Can't help it because he's pretty good. (I love how that rope is still there.) (And now we get to have more fun with Commander) (We could have avoided this entire situation if Ren told us how to get through here. Literally, that's all he needed to do) (And now I'm stuck with blockhead again. Something tells me she'll be the death of me.) (It is when you're at the bank) (And that actually makes sense. You should keep Aelita with you though) (Pretty sure we don't so far in the game. I don't really know and wouldn't surprise me if we didn't) And now I get to... (Don't interrupt me, women) ........... I don't have that image. This is the glorious moment that I have no idea what she said so we're going to assume it's not very important. (It took 4 months to actually get to this point. Little is an understatement.) (I kind of realized...how old is Narcissa? She has to be around 40-45 given the whole tower thing. 34 would be the youngest possible age she could be. She old.) >>>I think Aelita is taking a little too much inspiration from Celica Now I get to talk about Narcy. She's actually pretty decent as a support character with my only gripe being I wish she was a little deeper given her relation to Geara and Ren as she knew them for a very long time. In fact, she should be very familiar with a number of townsfolk in this place. As a support character, she doesn't overstay her welcome and I'd be okay if she completely disappeared from the story after that. The sad thing is that she stands out more as she has a bit of a personality, an actual interest in stuff, and has a bit of history other than the tragedy stuff. She was also a fresh change of pace being a voice of reason in a crowd of chaos. Now we get into one of my least favorite changes... (If you changed that N to a D, you'd fit the character to a T) (I know. I never thought I'd make it this far.) (And I get to say this...) If you though my analysis was far-fetched, this kind of more or less confirms his state of being. It's sad as he's one of, if not the only, to actually keep to a consistency like this. (I'm kind of wondering if this would have been the same result even if Ren was the one to change the town) (Well you don't have anything you can really look forward to or go anywhere) (THIS BLOODY PART!) I'm going to let the scene play out to explain why I really understand this scene and it works well, but I really dislike it. (Oh joy how I have not missed you) (Ren no!) (Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.) (Stalking is the word you're looking for) (Has Crescent even made any movements in the game so far? Like walking movements. Seriously, I don't even remember.) (Like why the heck are you standing on a roof? Why do people like doing that? Seriously?) (I wouldn't follow a mysterious stranger I know nothing about, Ren. Bad idea.) This really, really doesn't affect this part so much, but bloody hell does it actually ruin a very interesting analysis meant for later on Ren. The problem with Crescent is mostly due to the fact she disowns any characters actions or feeling of accomplishment/development. She doesn't help build any characters up and more or less actually deconstructs them. Of every character in the game she's interacted with, name one character besides Ren who actually improved because of her. Ren is a slight exception because she actually set him up for the Melia death...which everyone more or less forgot and got over it. So the one thing to cover on Crescent is that well either she or that Gothitelle...I don't know how that stuff works gives her a way to basically steam roll anybody allowing her to basically be a mastermind/god here. I know I said this before but having a character who is nearly faultless doing so much for the story is just boring if not irritating. If she actually showed some more personality, I'd be a bit more for her character. For example, if she actually had a bit of humor or wasn't taking any characters seriously, she'd be a bit more interesting to watch and her actions would be a bit more forgiving. There's also the whole no rhyme or reason why she appears at certain moments and not at others where we're in just as much danger if not more. This problem then stacks up with Ren's character as since he kind of lost everything, he's a broken puppet that's very easy to play with. Instead of actually making some interesting choices which honestly I would be all for THAT event happening on his own terms, it really hinders his character and development so much as he's just...Crescent's toy. Imagine that scene with instead of Crescent, Ren caught a hold of a random grunt saying that they should have a little chat outside of the city with Crescent just merely watching. It'd make what he does a little less obvious and questioning his moral compass. Just my thoughts. As for the overall segment, I thought it was fine with a lot of little ups and downs, but still overall good. Sure I don't like certain things like how over the top extreme the villagers are, but the changes really brought out more to the characters for once. And yes it is okay for a character to start out boring or bland, but avoid doing it to too many. Margulius from Xenosaga, one of my favorite villains, I really disliked in the first game, but the second and especially the third game made me absolutely love him. I get that it's really hard to show emotions in an RPGmaker game, but I think Jan really should make more use out of the emotions system he implemented. Notice how a lot of RPGs use many of those effects throughout the story to express people's thoughts. But yeah, this is the overall minimum quality I tend to expect from a RPG (I'm picky, but can you blame me as they are so goddamn long). As for the next part, it might be a while as I was doing a bit of sidequesting (nothing too major or interesting right now), but I probably won't start working on it until late December or January as there's other stuff I need to get done. Have a nice day and thank y'all for reading. Oh yeah, I skipped this segment as well but I actually missed this until and had no idea you could access it that early: (The name's Commander. Got it memorized?)

Reborn is actually older than that as it was a site called Poke Place when everything first started.

I just want to clear this up a minute. There already was a 3rd dark material in the game, but it can only be obtained through the use of rock climb like a ton of content in the game. Seriously, there are so many rock climb walls in the game with some that can easily be missed. You'll have to play the game to find out whether or not this has changed or if we even get rock climb. Hydreigon is in a funky spot now as it's technically unobtainable as of E16 but can be obtained legally through online.

It really has been delayed due to all the errors that have popped up. The Beta phase will eventually come though.

I know more and more of them are becoming digitized, but do any of you guys read the manuals to video games? It doesn't matter if you played them beforehand or not. Generally, I kind of glance through and read about stuff like the characters and sometimes a mechanic I don't understand, but I've never touched any of the 3ds/Wii U ones (only paper). I actually remember Pokemon Blue and Yellow having a full length prologue in them even.

Cliche is a very hard to use word due to the fact imagination comes from inspiration. A better word I should use is predictable as if I could tell you everything that'd happen in a scene without even seeing it, then it can be rather dull. Playing god is not this simple subject everybody makes it out to be (Xenoblade is closer, but only a couple games like Xenosaga really get it right) as it requires a lot of layers of character in very few words or actions. Why make a new world to rid of what? Why destroy the old one? How will this be accomplished? How will the world be maintained? If these questions cannot be answered, then it simply is a character driven by madness with little or no reason. That's a core problem with many "Comic book villains" as I'll call them. They aren't interesting and are a waste of breath. Now we jump back to legendaries which the hacking community really went the wrong way with them. Legendary Pokemon simply are stories of the past passed down about these Pokemon who are so rare that some don't believe they even exist. It's the equivalence to stuff like the Egyptian God Ra or the Sphinx. The Pokemon games are built and function around these stories which many of the crime groups underestimate their power (Mostly Archie and Maxwell in this category). I stand firm with this ideal which is why I don't really involve legends all that much. I know the revolution storyline I did mostly because I was asked to. Even then they weren't merely tools and were really involved. For fun challenges or post game stuff I'm fine with bosses having legends since it technically is post story and really doesn't matter as much. But the other misconception is putting the fact that Legends could mean more than powerful Pokemon. In the original 2 generations, legends and myths kind of were whether you wanted to believe it or not, but pointed towards being true. Mewtwo was made in a lab, the tower was burned down likely with Ho-Oh reviving the three dogs, and Lugia definitely had powerful wings, but the dex entry likely was exaggerated. So having trainers use legendaries in battle isn't the end of the world, but over the generations, GF has been upping the importance of their lore (then ruined it with Ultra Beasts which are just strong Pokemon who match legendaries in strength). ...I'll let the viewers decide whether or not that counts, but I really do keep to my word. I'm guessing you don't know what "the ripple effect" is. It's very similar to the "Butterfly Effect". When you take a stone and throw it into the pond, it creates ripples. These ripples do not stay in place but slowly spread out until they eventually vanish. This happens whenever you make a change in the story as it effects other parts of the story so if I changed one part, I would make sure it was coherent and fixed other parts to smooth it all out. I'm not really aiming for coherency here (I mean Geara is a French man with a Russian dialect), but just naming things that could have been done. You learn something new every day. And suddenly that made me think of Frencheara who make me think of this guy Something something moving on to the chapter -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 25: The PhantRen of the Opera (What even is this? It looks like Rice and Spinach. I don't even get a drink) (Can I have what she's eating instead?) (I'd make a joke about Ilyana here but I don't even think anyone here knows who that even is) (Well she's a strong independent woman. You have to know these things when you live alone) (...And she was a wife as well) (...I completely forgot about this) I'm just going to say that this string of dialogue really is a nice touch that adds to Narcissa's character. (Yes. Yes it is.) Okay this is a good point to talk about something that I have kind of been hiding a bit. Chapters are obviously being delayed due to various reasons as I have school and I just started working. The biggest reason for the delay was that I got really, really sick a couple days to the point I kept passing out and sleeping which made me need to catch up on school work. I can't promise this won't be delayed for various reasons (and one some people may like and be happy about), but unless I say this run is canceled it will be ongoing. I am laying off of COGA's for the rest of the year though...which is two months. I'll leave those a surprise. Also if I feel a little grouchy, that's probably due to the fact that I still have this dang cough (and I'm stuck in a crappy hotel with very little lighting until February). I'm better now, but there's a lot of stressful things in the background. (Hello character who contributed nothing helpful to the plot so far) (Can it be canon that she was in a two month coma?) (She has no idea how long she's been out...isn't this the second time this happened?) I swear Aelita is the Yamcha of Rejuvenation. She does nothing but gets defeated easily. (Umm...I'm pretty sure your father wants to see you not almost die at this point) (I'm pretty sure he's thinking "why didn't I raise her better?" right now) (I actually really like this line as well) (The French aren't easy to defeat...or was that the Russians?) (...I want to like you, Aelita, but I just can't) (Can I have a team of Mosley, Nim, and Ren? I think we'd accomplish a lot more together) (The problem of why I am still playing this game) (Oh boy, here comes the meeting room thingy) (...And this is new) (Pretty sure this is Jan's thought process when changing this) (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure in a nutshell) (Aelita...actually helping? That's new) (Hey Aelita, do you want this food? I swear I thought I saw it move just now.) (Hmmm...I'm interested) (I...can't remember if this was stated in the original or not.) (More good dialogue) (Well probably due to the fact foreigner's aren't welcome) (Seriously, this is good stuff) (No, we're making an anime) (...Something tells me years were spent making this) (Oh good, I can become a celebrity now. Also, I probably should start stabbing this food with a fork before it escapes into the wild) (Oh good, that's something I'm good at) (So basically a gym battle where I humiliate you in front of the entire town. I like this idea) (I know you're flattering me so I'll just go along with this....and it's working) (My thoughts on this exactly) (Yes, let's get the show on the road...though it probably won't top the French man himself. That was a show) (This food...it is speaking to me now) (Didn't you need to get home like two months ago?) (I'd like you to live too, Mosley) (Whelp good-bye best character in the game) ([Googles nomadic] did not know the word meant that...probably won't ever use it though) (I'm surprised she didn't ask what a nomadic is) (Hey, why don't I get gifts? I did all the hard work) (Something tells me it will all be gone before she arrives home) (...Food solves all problems in the world. The more you know) (No Mosely, you're the best) (I probably won't see any of you for a long time...hopefully Aelita is included) (Yes, yes it must) Suddenly... (I'm boxed in here...get it...no need to get boxy on me now.) So I really, really liked this change in the game as it actually implements more of Narcissa's character into the actual game rather than just have her serve as an obstacle to progress. Her character is a lot more involved compared to a lot of characters who usually are just there and are interchangeable. That's actually an issue with big cast stories as often one is either forced to say something to be relevant or just blends into the background. This is one of the few times this really didn't happen and I though even Aelita was done just fine. I want more of these kinds of scenes because they are even interesting to reread to see what I forgot. And yes, I did just praise Rejuvenation on story. And yes, this kicks the hell out of the original idea of this section. And now a word from our sponsor... (I mean...he does make the game so that does count, right?) I just gave myself a mini heart attack as I accidentally closed out of this thread. Everything I okay though. (.....That exeggutor pic is the scariest thing I've seen so far this year) (Eh, she's probably like Shade...did you know Shade likes music?) (Supporting the strong independent woman idea I brought up) (Did she build this on an Indian Burial ground or something?) (Well duh. Field effects always make the stab of a leader stronger) (Even though they're hindered, Dark Types are still very useful here) (Seriously wish this had an epic animation because that is a cool name for a move) (And it sounds epic) (One of these days GF will make a sound type a real thing) (Or you could bring a normal type Pokemon...hint hint) (Flash is a good move. I'd demonstrate it, but I'd then be banned from Reborn) (So it'll basically be Keta's field...but I don't have Flash...because that takes effort) (Basically that's EZ mode, but we don't do EZ mode around here...except when dealing with Batman) (I did know this actually) If you want to know my favorite type, it's actually Psychic but I tend to use more fire types...and the only Psychic type in my top 10 is Alakazam. I loved spamming Psybeam in Pokemon Stadium as well. That and Psychic looked awesome in it. (I...forgot these were called Janograms...was that ever even mentioned in the game?) (But we're all dead on the inside) This is gonna be really random, but I really don't have a good place to put it. Something that keeps me playing this game or retry it is actually the community around it. It's always been very, very supportive of Jan especially when things go bad or hair is pulled (like certain leaders being laughably broken) it really has been fun looking at it and some of the things going on. I don't think Rejuv is superior to Reborn like some people believe, but I certainly can understand why people enjoy it more. And also, this run is way more popular than I even pictured it being and way more support than I imagined. That really does make spending a few hours one each chapter worth it and going through 100s of pictures again. (...even the potted plants are gold. I swear King Midas was your actual husband) (No, we still got a few screen caps to go before then) (I told you) (I also like this as it shows a bit of anxiety which a lot of people do have before they perform) (And...there's a voice I haven't heard in a long while) (Not as big of a plot twist as Link appearing in a Mario game. I salute you if you know which game that happened in) (No, I just went the other way around) I actually do like the nice touch of how they changed Goldenwood forest to reflect why the player couldn't go that way. (THAT IS NOT IRONY) (Making Ren eat his own words...+10 points for Narcissa) (Man I wish Ren was more involved in the story because he's more interesting than a lot of characters) (Well that's any dream of a Pokemon trainer so...it's understandable) (I probably would've wrote it like "After working so hard trying to rid the black of this town, you succumb to it." Same message though) (Damn, I wish I had images of the old version of this because the difference in quality is very, very visible) (But Narcissa saw through his clever disguise and she crushed Bruce Ren in-between her thighs) The references just keep getting older and older. I'm also probably going to have to call this the Silly Adventures of Commander through Aevium with a side of Rants. (Still think I like clever disguise over actions here) (I realized Jan likes doing a black border around his characters while I tried to avoid doing that with mine. Just an interesting observation) (Even Ren is in disbelief. It's like that moment when the hero says something the villain wasn't expecting...can't think of a good one off the top of my head) (...But there's more seats than people in this town...she's lying) (Oh, Narcissa you clever girl) (I just realized...how old is Narcissa? How old is Geara? And why do girls have gray hair in this town?) (Brains aren't really your strong suit, Ren.) (Playing Ren like a fiddle since Version 9) (I'm going to have to explain something really clever about this since this is a type of scene I've wrote before and why it's golden) (The ticket is a lie. If you haven't figured it out) (So we're racing each other...at least he isn't Barry or I'd lose instantly. That boy can run) (So a VIP ticket. Sound lit.) (It's so hard to keep quiet about what's happening) (I also realize this is a Black vs White situation. Gotta love how coincidental this situation really is) (Seriously, where the hell have scenes like this been in the game so far) (Except plot conveniences) (You realize all I care about is getting this snag machine fixed and y'all are just getting in the way of that) (It's no biggie. I do kind of want revenge for the fence thing. If he saw what I went through, he'd kick his own ass for me) (...That's not how conversion works. It's done by diving or multiplying by 10...I really have got to stop this) (It's funny how true this is right now) Seriously, I will get to this explanation at the end of this scene but that pic sums up what exactly just happened. (You realize I'm like the slowest protagonist you could ask for. It'd be a miracle if he doesn't beat me to it) (Again, this is going to take a paragraph to really explain but just looking back, I really did not appreciate this scene like I should have) (Eh, I'd flip those around honestly. It's a little more complicated than that) (Err...the only person who can fix someone is themselves. Outsiders can only help with it) Okay, so now I finally get to talk about Ren who in my honest opinion is one of the most underrated characters who got an absolute amazing rewrite here. So the old Ren was kind of an ass who was very self-centered and threw morals out the window. This new Ren is much, much more interesting and is honestly really kind of sad. So we can't write up Ren's entire backstory, but we do know he probably didn't have a very good childhood. He was different from everyone due to questioning the norms. This led to him leading a very isolated life which likely pushed him to running away. In fact, he probably was thinking he wasn't very good at anything. It's when he met Melia and Venam that really changed him. They were very different to the point he could really relate to them which he enjoyed their company. He now felt like he had a purpose and found his paradise. That paradise was completely crushed with the death of Melia. That's when he discovered his true purpose in life. He knew he was different and Melia and Venam helped build up his confidence to fulfill his purpose: changing his hometown. It was the only thing left he could save so it had to be him to save it. It's the only thing that could keep him going in life. That fixation slowly blinded his morals as he believed the player would remove his only purpose in life which is why he blocked them off. He never had any ill towards them or hated them. He was just desperate to keep doing the only thing he knew how to do. This then leads to this whole scene with Narcissa saying that he's blind to what he's doing. He's so fixated on trying to help Goldenwood that he blindly fell for Narcissa's trick which any person thinking would've figured it out. It didn't matter as all he was thinking about was fulfilling his purpose. It's the only thing he has left so he'd be willing to take any chances to save it. That's why he acted the way he did. Which leads back to the fact he's doing all of this because of the death of Melia. That was one of the very, very people he truly cared about and now they're just gone. This has a bigger impact on him over Venam as Venam had other people to go to (like her friends she lost) but Ren has nobody. Venam then pushed Ren away instead of trying to help him because he really needed help leaving Ren to fend for himself. So in a since, he's terrified and lonely with the only thing he knows how to do is change Goldenwood. It sounds like I'm circling, which I am. Ren is one of the few characters that actually has more layers than meets the eye. That makes him a much more interesting character to analyze. It also made me realize how much of a dick some characters were really being to him. Narcissa is understandable because she doesn't understand he's suffering through a huge loss (which he has bottled up inside of him). My only gripe is that I wish this was more explained rather than implied information because damn it makes Ren a 3 dimensional character since the events do develop him as a character. He's also probably one of the most consistent characters in the game. So something else I should mention.... I didn't capture any pics of the puzzle. Honestly, it's interesting. I don't exactly hate it, but...I can't really say I loved it. It's definitely one of the more unique gym puzzles for a game and probably my favorite idea for a puzzle from both Reborn and Rejuv, but the fact you have to redo the whole thing is kind of burdening and it's pretty long. It's kind of like that food that tastes weird so you eat another bite and can't stop eating it because of that taste. Better than the old gym puzzle (which this kind of is a remake of that). (I won't lie...the props are pretty cool) (If someone rewrote this as a musical, I'd love you forever) (I...just remembered something interesting) If you guys really like something like this, look into Legend of Heroes Trails in the Sky. There's actually a play in the game which is really, really good. It's one of my favorite scenes in the game because it's a full on play and not just a scene. You rarely see that in RPGs. (Yeah, yeah we all know about FFVI who did the whole singing thing) (*Gasp* Is Bandit Keith making a guest star appearance?) (Nope, it's Sariah's sister) (I...always pictured Narcissa being a bit pessimistic or sarcastic. Even if it's acting, feels weird seeing her cheery) (Huh? I'm not sure if that's supposed to be a monologue. Would've been cool, but not expected in something like this) (If you wanted to make my jaw drop, write this in Shakespeare style.) (Close enough) (I feel like I'm missing a few pics but we get the general message) (The birds aren't as reliable as the trees. But the winds know all) (Okay, which one of you opened the thousand year door) (Or maybe Groudon is bothering civilians again) I really should make a list of games, movies, animes, and cartoons I referenced. Also while I'm working on this, I'll try thinking up RPGs that use plays/operas. (Are your hemorrhoids doing the Harlem Shake?) The first game in that series I referenced kind of had one, but also Chrono Trigger had two performances. (I kind of am slightly bother by how her crown isn't attached to her head. Minor complaint) Paper Mario and TTYD are pretty much plays especially the latter. (I told you Snoop Dog was the true villain here) Fire Emblem Fates does one as well (The tower of flames...my favorite Miitopia attack) Tomadachi Life doesn't count because it's not an RPG (RIP Snoop Dog. You brought happiness to many...I think) Avatar the Last Airbender had one for a recap episode...not an RPG though (Seriously, I love these cardboard cutouts) Pokemon XD had that whole Crabby and Juggler show (Oh ze horror. Ze zupid scientist ez dead) Pokemon B/W had the musical thing...not as cool as the movies though (RIP...I forget his...oh yeah it's Sirius) FFIX was amazing with those plays. There was even a sword fight minigame. Playing that on an emulator without a controller was interesting. (Did jan just make a rhyme? I have a feeling too much thought was put into this and I love it) Gold and Silver technically had the Kimono Girls (Become a strong independent woman?) That cuphead game had a boss who was basically a play (It was probably Melia's fault. Just guessing.) Trails of Cold Steel does have one as well. (Charlotte? Too soon?) (That's...a very sad life. A tower being your life's work and pride. Then again, the Eiffel Tower is literally just that minus the fire) A Hat in Time also has a boss in the form of a play...I will keep going as long as there are screen caps of this play (I forget if those were real moving fires or just paint) Mario Rappids also had that amazing boss level of one. Google it if you haven't seen it. (It's...organization XIII!) Funny thing about KHIII. I had zero interest in the game until I heard how it's much more like KHII. I saw some of the gameplay from 2.8 and I'm actually very interested in it now. Yeah, yeah, not part of the RPGs stuff but just wanted to mention that. Did I mention I loved playing KHII? That game was part of my childhood and I don't care if the story is bad or messy. Not a big fan of the side stuff...getting off topic now. Back to the game at hand. (I would die laughing if it was Crescent who did it and she saw this being insulted by who played her role) Eh, I ran out games to name off the top of my head. Twas a good try though. (Every time I see the word Judgement, I think about Kratos in the Symphonia anime bonuses) >>>JUDGEMENTO! (That looks like a hex maniac) (She's scary) (Ze tower ez NO MOAR!) (And the beacon of hope is gone) (...I know it's not supposed to be funny but thinking about what happened it kind of is) (I...don't have much to say) (Mysterious figure...best villain in the game) (Again, mysterious figure for best villain) (Bye best villain of 2k17) (Reminds me a bit of Hades from Kid Icarus) (Ze woman ez crazy) Sorry, I can't help it but do Frenchera with anything Goldenwood involved. I swear it won't appear in the Blacksteeple segments...okay, I can't promise that. (Who are you and what have you done with Rejuv...to make it better?) (Geeze, this chick has a lot of lines) (I really want to see this play scripted in dialogue just to see how many lines rhyme) (...Kind of like Petalburg from Paper Mario...wait that's TTYD) (Businessmen in a nutshell) (...This isn't the plays fault but every time I see this I can't think how ridiculous it kind of is) (You know, the mysterious figure kind of was Grunty from Banjo Kazooie) (Ah the great Isolation Ordinance of 1992. Such a tragic day in Aevium) (So they are basically declaring they are their own country here) (That's...a very long time) (I don't know if this is part of the play or not, but it's cool) (Probably talking about Sirius...or Gregory) (Huh, makes sense why she's mad at this time and spiteful) (And I really like this line) (...You've done a terrible job as leader) (Is it the pizza man?) (Aye! Finally we get to see Bandit...) (Run Bandit Keith, Run!) >>>Mosely reminded a bit of Bandit Keith for some reason (Aelita is many things, but boring isn't one of them) (Aelita is actually doing something. That's a first) (Wait...I didn't know Aelita was a good actor. Apparently getting a lot of concussions does that) Yes, I will ride the concussion joke to the ends of the earth as it is a nonsensical cliche so many writers use. (Her values have no weight. Just take it from the expert) (I really can't help but smile every time I see a rhyme. It's not needed but is amusing seeing how much thought went into this) (This is also probably going to be the only highlight of Aelita) (By the way, I also learned that Aelita is very good at memorizing lines) (Y'know, for everything being gold, you'd think the pictures would be as well) (Either that or Aelita is the improv queen) (She also is more stubborn than a Snorlax on a bridge) (Girl fight \o/) (...........If the fate of the world weighed on Aelita, we'd be doomed) (Especially since she's a fighting type trainer facing a ghost type...but Scrappy is a thing) (Seriously, I want to know how much time Jan put into this whole idea alone) (Something tells me Jan may have been reading Shakespeare before doing this) (O_O I don't like this play anymore) (Aelita, you can take this one) (Aelita...you aren't helping) (Please tell me I don't have to kiss you at the end) (If that's true, either way I lose). So minus the plot convenience of Ren and Commander arriving at the same time here...we'll let this one slide because magic could make that easily happen or intentionally happen since the rules of this place aren't normal. Perhaps it was intentional by Narcissa even. (Mommy, that exeggutor is looking at me funny) >>>IT HAS NO EYES! (Remember that long talk I had, does Ren seem like a mindless character now?) (Only because the plot demands it) (Can't really be friends if I'm the one who abandoned you...technically by plot demands) (Ren wants to win by....DETERMINATION!) BTW if you guys had a hell of a time with Sableye, here's a solution for you: (Seriously, this bear is underrated. Pancha best bear) (Btw, I don't have any fairy type moves. Curses! Why can't Mr. Mime learn Moonblast) (Oh I have a lot to talk about with this one. A lot) Ratigan weakened it so that I could finish it off with priority. The rest of the battle was more or less Walter...being Walter So interesting fact about Ren's Geninja: It's actually twice as strong as Luna's in HC. Luna is an opponent in the 60s while Ren is in the upper 30s. That in my opinion is an example of doing way too much for an opponent who isn't even the big boss. The other Pokemon are fine, but does he really need a Greninja with a Life Orb, Scald, and Gunk Shot? Literally, it can't get much stronger than that. >>>Apparently people say it's much worse later on so I may have spoke too soon (Now I get to something very interesting) (In one sense, someone could say he's snapping back into reality) (He's actually acknowledging our deeds as well) (And everything is starting to make sense) (Okay, it didn't change THAT much) (...And hanging a little girl wasn't enough to change it. That'd change any town.) (That Slowbro looks like it's eating Cotton Candy) (If you say yes, you basically watch as he shatters himself. If you say no, you basically rid him of his purpose in life. Neither option is really a good pic). I doubt it changes anything, but I did say no because he's being self-destructive to himself. (Yep. He already knew what I was going to say). Something I want to comment about before we see the rest is that basically everything he knows is completely stripped from him. This basically just leaves him as an empty corpse having nothing to fight for or any motives. This is what really separates Ren and Fern: (She's a gym leader. It's in the title to give me hell) (Foreshadowing much?) >>>Didn't Geara try ripping one of her Pokemon to shreds? (This right here is him releasing some of his frustration on the player) (It's this line right here) Despite everything that has happened to him, he's willing to put the town's happiness over his own rooting for the player. He literally did everything to try and stop the player so that he could get something fulfilled or gain a sense of purpose, but even when that is stripped from him, by the one person who was there when it all happened, he still roots for them. He could easily have blamed the player for all that happened especially since he was there with Melia at the time. He doesn't though...he blames himself. He probably also clings to the player a bit since that's all he has. So now he basically walks out of there an empty shell. It really makes you go "What if Ren traveled with us?" instead of what happens. Yeah, I know what happens during Terajuma but I'll save that discussion later. It does lead into an upcoming scene, but we'll have to find out about that later. I know what you're thinking "Commander, why would you end right before the gym battle? There's not that much stuff left." There's almost 200 pics left. I'm not kidding. Anyways, I know people are first going to think that this is an offensive comment but this section doesn't deserve to be in Rejuvenation. If you've seen that 100s of times I've ranted on Rejuv's story, then this will click a lot more. There's really not a character here who does a bad job or I want to face palm by their actions...even Aelita manages to be a good character. You see the history of Ren and Narcissa and how she knows how Ren was and still kind of is. There's character depth. And the whole play scenario is very unique and very fun to relook at. Sure I could criticize the sense and flow of the actual play, but I think the effort there really eclipses any faults. Even without the play, the changes to Ren greatly improved him as a character. Sure I could be looking more into his character than there actually is, but it's one of the few I can actually do that. Keta was very inconsistent, Madelis has no personality, and Venam has 0 development. So yeah, this is basically me saying "This is what I'm looking for" since all I've been doing is just complaint after complaint. Which brings me back to characters. An occurring theme with Rejuv is that past events become very irrelevant instead of connected together. What even is the importance of the Shadow Xen Lab or Wispy Tower in the long run? I'm trying to think of...Alm. Alm from Fire Emblem Echoes is absolutely perfect. Something about Alm is that he's willing to take the risk of saving someone over taking the most successful route to victory. He does some really dumb things at the start being inexperienced (like attacking bandits that outnumber him) which this ideal clashes with one of the best written character in FE history, Clive. Just watch all the scenes line up at the end when Clive finally confesses he was wrong even admitting he'd let his fiance die if it meant success. Anyways if there's any old characters you'd like me to analyze deeper, I'm willing to do that next chapter except for Melia, Aelita, and Agent C(ooker).

Why? Why do I do this to myself every time?

I always wonder how you're even able to keep track of all of them because 50 is not a small number.

This is literally the same exact thing I think of, but if I had to go with an outfit, I'd go with 4 though. Too much detail on a tiny sprite does make it hard to depict what it is trying to show and that's the only outfit I could really pic out right away (though these pics are blown up much bigger than their actual size would be).

Oi I already see a repeat of Onyx Trainer School of Hell incident all over again. What happened there was that trainers were so inflated and so strong that getting past one trainer took about 5 minutes instead of 1 minute to the point it was just plain annoying. I didn't have the level cap thing at the time either so I was fighting levels while testing it while dealing with Jolteon, Swellow, and that bloody Quagsire all 2-3 levels above the cap. Obviously that wasn't my doing but fixing it was "fun" and I really, really nerfed them hard and they still caused a lot of issues. This is a level above that. The issue here won't be apparent in the short run, but will be very, very apparent in the long run. The point of random trainers is that you can go through a chain of them at a time without needing to heal. Even in HC you could easily accomplish this despite the opponents having stronger than normal Pokemon. That is due to having a lot of leeway in the trainer difficulty sticking to default moves. Sometimes they're really good, but sometimes they're pure awful. Right now I see near cap difficulty for these trainers in Intense. It's not about them having perfect movesets, but having an item and their best stab more or less is their cap. So yeah...you'll see what'll happen when you get to the late game unless you want to play with inflation. Giving them movesets is absolutely fine but early game it's better to throw various weaker moves like Hypnosis (or Yawn) Shock Wave Dream Eater on Chimecho for variety. There already is a degrade in natural difficulty when Pokemon get to higher levels (the famous the hardest part is the start of the game situation) so it's better to hold back then making them really good. Dealing with the late game is a pain in the ass no matter what you do though. As for dropping the radmonized starter machine, I get removing the jackpot mons but...why remove the thing entirely as I really liked that concept.

There's like 5 different manga series that I can name off the top of my head around Pokemon. Pokemon Adventures has been going on since like Gen 1 (and I think Electric Tale of Pikachu was also going on back then). Pokemon Adventures is pretty good if you ever want to read it or try to find where to read it though I haven't read much of it myself. Definitely very different from the Anime.

I'm going to have to second asking this question. If someone dug stuff up, they could probably find a post or two about me that ain't pretty, but compared to a lot of people, those are very, very tame. But knowing what the night club is, I don't think deleting it entirely is a good idea either.

What's the stupidest thing you've ever created?

@DemICE Huh, I guess you have a point there. Also there's nothing wrong with liking a bad or bland character (Venam ain't bland...but you know what I mean). Laura from LoH Cold Steel is one of the blandish characters I've seen but she uses a giant sword and is an amazingly good party member which is why I really like her. We almost have enough to meet all the colors of the rainbow ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chapter 24: Supereara Meets the Badmander Previously on Rejuvenation, Commander went into a hole. Little did he know Geara already got to it first. Also I did a spin to decide if I'll do normal or Frenchera captions. I'll let the cursing and screaming in the background tell you which one it turned out to be. (Zis place haz forgotten by me in long time) (Za beauty. Zey destroyed it.) If I wrote a fanfiction of Rejuv, I'd probably end up making it so bad, it's good....even though I'm kind of doing that now. (Oho! Ze little baby of ze poor family did not want milking from ze big moma. So zey came here to cry on mi shoulder.) By the way, I have absolutely no idea where these lines come from at all. (Ze baby haz decided to be big boy. Oh, how marvelous. Now zi can make you cry to big moma, no?) (Zee face. It remains unmoved. Zow is zis pozzible? ) (It makes ze man in me uncomfortable. Zi needed ze person of adulthood) (But Greaga does not care if little baby walk around ze place so long as little baby no touch Greaga) (Zho gamez we shall play) (Zhi shall be working in zi bottom of my laboratories) I always thought it was spelled labratory. The more you know. (Za iron. Ze call zy name to steam ze perfection zof zis zuit of za plan) I'm just going to point out if I was actually serious about Geara being foreign or weird, I'd probably remove the zes zho ze zho mize but we are being silly here. Something also tell me that Geara will now be the fan favorite of the run. (Zhar-le-la-la-la-la-neh, zu you hear ze magnificent voize of ze overlord?) (Replace shouting with singing here...oh god let's not make a music chapter ever) It was at this moment...I knew I fu..rgot the chapter title. If you know what the title is referencing off the top of your head, I'd be very, very impressed. (Also...nobody cares) (Woman...zee knows not what ze speaks. Now close ze moving walls of impenetration) This was a missed opportunity of having the doors close before Geara got by pissing him off. (Zoon Zi will dig deep down into ze laboratories) Ze rating of zis run haz from suitable for little baby slowly to big sweat of ze manly men. I think I'm in the acceptance stage now...send help. (You can't be a loser if you're technically winning) (Nobody knows what he's really saying either) (Best line in the entire game. Mosley for best character) (Only American Goths trying to be French or me impersonating the former match his description so you're fine, kid) By the end of this run, I will probably offend every possible ethic group. (Oh good adventuring...why is there smoke down here? Did Snoop Dog crash here for a while?) (Because it's totally smart and convenient for an easy way to unlock a security door meant to keep others out) I am glad that the whole pick a side thing is gone and for all the old scenes changed. It wasn't that big of a deal to change though so I get it and don't get it at the same time. The best way to describe this is take some McDonald's fries. Sometimes those things end up being so raw or bad that you can barely eat them. You can put salt on them or add ketchup to make them more edible, but that doesn't mean they're good then. Just more bearable. So that brings in the obvious question of "Why don't people just make new fries?" In a restaurant, that's an easy fix as they'll just give you new ones. In a released game, it depends. Truly fixing a problem requires more than just simple dialogue changes. Character changes are a chain reaction so changing them in one place requires you to change them to match for every appearance. I'll get more into this concept when we get past the gym battle (or maybe I'll forget). (This is a very Sirius diary) (I also forgot these were in but I think this is the second one) (Zho no! Spoilers!) (You know what's really funny, the people of the town should've easily figured this out that a base was here) (I...well technically you could. Pretty sure I linked an article about Radio Control in a COGA) (And suddenly my interest in this died...Cyrus 2.0) (Madman don't have to act insane y'know. I mean I act insane, but I ain't mad) (This is the whole whatever that thing that had a very low chance of creating a black hole that could possibly destroy the earth machine was situation. Someone please tell me what the billions of dollars machine was again. Something to crash particles at the speed of light or something) (And the result was a failure. But your burning desires live on) (Excuse me while I go bang my head against the wall) When Rejuv goes really well in a certain direction, there's always something that just brings it all the way back down. All I have to say here is "Really?" If you ever write a plot that has depth and meaning don't have characters do these two things: take over the world and recreate the world to become God. These are not just cliches but honestly are just really stupid. The taking over the world concept is the ideal that someone is so powerful that they can enslave every being in the world. First problem is that the person would need a self-destructive mind and a never ending power hunger. Fancy for generic and predictable unless handled by a really, really good writer. Playing God is a whole different realm. In fact, I've never been wowed by one. It's just a simple "this world isn't what I want so I will make my own". It's not interesting and predictable. You need a lot of time to really work with these cliches to make them interesting. I don't set very high bars for Rejuv, but honestly I know Jan could do better than this. There's so many drives and ideas that could go off of it. Maybe he wanted to turn the distortion world into a paradise of his vision. Maybe Giratina's blood is able to cure diseases or prevent them altogether. I'd even accept something like learning to control Giratina to kill all the terrible people in the world to improve it. I'm actually having a really hard time thinking about stuff since Giratina kind of the Pokemon that almost ended the world in Gen IV. Bleh, let's move on. (Oh yeah I also did all the doors) (I don't remember being able to open this door which makes me...wait a minute) Why are there x marks all over the place? Don't tell me Team Xen secretly was behind this as well. (You do that, kid) (Either Geara was really holding back when choking her or she has built up immunity wearing tight dresses to wake up that fast...then again it's been like 3 weeks) (You guys did destroy the only place to buy stuff in town so...understandable circumstances) (If she starts attacking you, kid, I'm running the heck outta here) (Oh that's a smooth transition. If you were a boy, you'd be getting all the ladies right now) (We don't speak her name) (She's been asleep for weeks...not that I am surprised. A pebble could knock her out for like 4 days) (I'm almost positive it's Snoop Dog's Secret Stash) (Best not to tell her. She might try burning it) (How do you even...Team Xen...I think I might be high man) (There are things growing here that make a lot of green) (Y'know she never did say when the tower burned to the ground) (I found buttons) (It's not even worth the breath) (No, past the impassible Red Door) (That's...the weirdest way to say moma I've seen yet) (Just like me with this game) I don't have much to say as there's nothing really good but nothing really bad here either. Also, I will always now look at this place as Snoop dogs hideout. It's even got moles and rats all over. (I really don't understand this change though) (Ah Eli, I missed your voice so much) (Maybe it's you who has it wrong. Ever though of that) (That guy has more issues than a 72 year old man smoking weed while drinking beer in a speedo chasing after polar bears on a pogo stick in Canada) If you somehow manage to find a picture of that, I will...I don't know change my avatar and username to Princess Daisy for 3-4 Months. (Where the heck did they hide? In a closet?) (Still better than the kids trying to hang a little girl) (I don't like this line. Doesn't really fit here or at least could be better) (Finally a battle. It's been a while since I had one of those) (So this part was fine but...) (It was at this moment...he knew he fucked up) Yep, Walter died and I died very, very slowly to a certain Gyarados. Round 2: This strategy was to make sure I could safely switch out Walter/SEC in case the Rhydon and Tangrowth combo is out Walter just kind of Rock Slide killed Gyara before dealing with this pain in the butt Yep, I did it with Loewe the legend (You know, I used to like this, but now it's getting kind of tiring) (Don't you need a Hey first...my puns are getting worse and worse) (These guys are more stally than the Pyrous Mountain grunt) (That reminds me to speak of a scene later on) (Yeah, there's a lot to talk about here) (Still love that face palm animation) (Just like an olympic pole jumper) (Would've used damn here instead of stupid) So here's a thing about Eli and Sharon. We've seen them three times yet they aren't any different before. They even used a gag joke 3 times in a very small time frame (when working with humor, that's a really, really bad thing to try and do). I'm not going to go into humor as I'd actually have to read up on it a bit more to make sure I know what I'm talking about. So Sharon is basically Taka from Reborn. Take though has motives for staying with Meteor despite not wanting to, but Sharon is more explicit she doesn't want to be with Xen or really want to do anything (laziness which the later I'd love to see more in Pokemon games). Seriously, someone should make a paired grunts fight be a scene where the other guy just says "Fuck it" and watch his partner get creamed. So the thing about Taka is that we only see him in 3 major parts of the story (technically 5 appearances) but the last one has a confrontation with Titania which is one of the most controversial things which people feel all over the place for. Personally, the more I look at it, the more I say it's one of the best segments story wise in Reborn. We actual see more to Taka and his internal conflict with Titania being blunt but true to a degree. I can't actually understand Sharon and what she's trying to do. If she was attached to the player I'd understand, but she's really not. I know they're comic relief characters but it's just a repeat of the Xen Lab. (Salutations, person who works at the Wispy Radio Tower) (I'd make a sex joke here, but I've overused them) (...why did I have to make the caption above...cannot unsee) (Now I probably thought of the weirdest Crack Ship for Rejuv to date: Narcissa's Husband x Snoop Dog) I gotta stop with the Weed jokes now. That'd also mean he was cheating on Narcissa for Snoop Dog...which is why...she burned the tower down all along. It all makes sense. (I'm just gonna stop you right there and list off the 100s of people who did things to change the world as we speak. Otto Von Bismarc, Albert Einstein, Donald Trump, Mr. Rogers, Shigure Miyamoto, and the guy who invented Flappy Birds) (You did turn a town into a bunch of terrorists) (Yes, that is correct) (That is false. Some people won't change no matter what) (I...I am going to rant on this) (Oh I am really going to go into rant mode: full ignition) (GAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!) So when it says that saying certain words is key, which is from Mark Twain "The difference between the almost right word & the right word is really a large matter--it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning." I agree and disagree with that statement. It has to do with impact and using certain words creates a better sensation over using a dull or stale word which leaves no impact. This does not mean using fancy or high level vocab like they teach you in high school. Which is really funny because despite never getting an A in English ever, I usually had the story that was the teacher's favorite when we needed to create a story. That's my way of saying, "Even if it's perfect or better written, that does not mean it's more enjoyable than someone else's." That's what really bothers me about this obsession with words. In fact, you are taught that non-verbal cues are more important than word choice in school. People's actions speak out so much more than word choice. When you talk about someone in the army, you don't talk about the things they say at first, but their courage, strength, and bravery. In fact, you can actually tell a lot about a writer by the things they write in a book. At first it's a bit hard to understand but when you get more used to it you start to get ideas. The secret to getting people's attention and changing the world is an appeal to emotion. Emotion is stronger than reasoning. I could go on, but I want to get to Geara before I go to sleep. (Oh yeah I leveled up Loewe 1 level) (Now he's actually more helpful than he was) (Sadly they are hard to find in this game) (Yes, yes they are, kid) (Mossley...is sadly the most intelligent character in the game so far) You know if Mossley was Melia, she would have freaking fooled everyone. I wouldn't have guessed or expected it. Oh spoilers. (....Why do I have the feeling you're just saying that to make yourself feel better?) (Daddy issues I presume) (If I had a dollar for every pointless line of dialogue telling us where to go, I'd have a big wad of cash right now) I know writing game dialogue is hard, but c'mon. You don't need to state every obvious detail to the audience. (......uhhh yeah we do. The journals said Giratina so obviously we're fighting O2 while using the light arrows to pierce Metal Face...wrong game) I swear if any of these out there things I say exist please show pics (Thank you Mosely, you da best) (Didn't I call you Narcy already?) But before we do that...we have one more journal...which might summon a rant. I don't know. (Oh, this is part 2) (I don't want a perfect world. That'd be too many Subakis to count) (Who the heck even is this guy?) (......Uhhh) That was a little anti-climatic given parts 1 and 3 (Looks like the weed is...didn't I say I'd stop that?) (Narcissa burned it down. Calling it now) (You are trapped with a mon that can travel through rifts...You know what, I'll just shut up now) (Can't you also teleport with an Abra or...use a different kind of Pokemon to escape?) (In a realistic situation, I'm pretty sure you could survive this so long as the floors don't collapse on you. Carbon Monoxide rises, right?) I did a quick little estimate and they'd be 30-40 feet underground in an area that likely really couldn't catch on fire. None of the area really looks damaged from fires and mostly just looks like deterioration. Unless a machine went up in flames, they should have lived this. Maybe a nerd could figure it out and bust that one for me. Also Carbon-Monoxide does rise very slowly. (Of course it is) And now for the reason you are all still reading this chapter: (Thinking on it, Giratina does kind of look like a Rooster) (Zat iz not just any Chicken. Zat is Giratina, ze mighty chicken deity of frying) I know I ask for many things, but will someone please make fanart Geara wearing a beret saying one of the stupid things I've said so far. I'd love you forever...and not in the sexual kind of way. I can't help it, I'm sorry dirty jokes just come to me...gdi (Zi already mentioned ze screenie in ze previous screenie) (Ze chicken haz been hostage of man for many a decades. Does ze with fashion sense of chimpanzee know of facts?) (Wait Decades? How freaking old is Narcissa...you mean this whole mess has been going on for more than 20 years...) (Now ze three ladies behind mi will have hearts aflutter az zi tell stories of hearts aflutter) (Zin a time zat ze creator did not specify at all but tiz likely more the 20 years ago, zere was a crazy douche zoo though ze was smart, but had brains of lackings) (Ze name is in all zee bloody books. Unlike ze filth in front of mi, zi can read) (As zi was zaying, zis man was crazy and wanted to do the stupidest of crazies) (Ze wanted a world zat basically was the same except he created it...or zomething stupid like hiz face on everything. Zeriously, ze had za wife who loved zim zo much zee let him spend many a nights in ze bazement of zis place. No man iz zat lucky and zould trade it away or risk lozing wife that good for stupid world he grow bored of in week.) (Ze world would be abzolute dizaster. Even if ze say without gods, ze would have created making zim god. Zoo wrote zis stupid story. zey got it wrongs for many) (Zhen after leaving rock for good, ze learned zof big chicken behind me. Zow ze did not know zof big chicken when everybody know zof big chicken zi do not know) (Zen zomehow ze big chicken lived in town of treeze zat zo not make sense despite being an entity zat cannot leave zis world normally zor freely. Did ze baby forget zuch facts of known by many?) (Ze found chimpanzee girl made ze pleasure of ze night to find ze big chicken even zho it would have been times of easyment to catch big chicken while no one was eyes of gazing) (Zi would stop ze story of awfulness, but now ze have come zu far) I feel like I'm doing more of a fawful thing than anything. You know what, the show must go on (Ze convince ze lover of nightime to sell ze land of now cursed grounds zo zat ze could build tower zat play zitty rap and country music. Zat is combinations of worsenment) (Zat waz all so that people zoo stupid zoo spy on suspicious man could do zupidest zof zings) Did I mention I'm terrible with French? (Zand zomehow zis people of jobs doing never noticed. Zeriously, zow did ze get away with zis zit zen ze waz present-a-not) (Zat iz not nice. Zu stop it right now) (Zat is because I need of ranting like ze baby in ze middle does) (Now zat ze moment of pausing to break and digest zuch pointless of stories haz ended. Ze was a zithead) (Ze captured ze chicken of means zat I cannot comprehend for zutpid zings. Seriously, zow doze ze even capture ze giant chicken without ze corn and ze balls. Zat is biggest mystery in times forever) (Ze world waz pissed at zupid man so ze made barbeque of tower of zitty music) I kind of wish I didn't do the zee thing. Oh well. (Ze music...NO MOAR! Ze tower...NO MOAR! Ze data ze collected...NO MOAR! Ze man...NO MOAR! Ze world rejoiced in zer victory!) (All waz not good. Ze great chicken waz prisoner of lostness for time of unknown due to zitty zory not giving of dates) (Zat was no husband. Zat was prozotutes of research zupidity) (Ze matter of importance iz...NO MOAR!) (Zi have va dizeaze and ze only perscription iz MOAR blood!) (Zat blood iz most specifics of blood. Blood of big baby on ze floor) This is getting edgier than the Last Promise. (Once big baby blood on floor, big baby be...NO MOAR!) (Ze chicken here. Ze be lonely with no mate or fiend to give happy joyfulness of life fulfilled. Ze is princess of beauties) I realized how disjointed this really is and doesn't really flow that well. Then again, Geara is a little messed up in the head. (But ze prinze zall never come. No man shall search for chicken princess for ze bride) That one does exist... (Ze chicken and zi share many things. Zi too am va princess trapped in ze castle) If this were an anime, Geara would then be shown in a princess dress. (Ze princess turned in to Dragon Warrior who zall slaughter all in zits path) (Now zi shall give zis dragon princess warrior ze fightiest of fight) (Zat is not zi name, but zis is better name zan current one) (Zu call me zat name again, zur pleasure of ze night shall be...NO MOAR!) (Ze story of tragedy behind ze name iz far too long to speak) (Ze weirdest part of ze story is zat zi not able to release big chicken while big baby took too long to get here and should be more zan capable of zopping me from relezing ze dragon princess chicken warrior) (Now we enter ze battle of ze deaths of babies) I'm just gonna post the pics and you guess what happened: Eh, I'll fix those images later if they don't pop up. Basically he got absolutely destroyed hard. The Sharon and Eli fight is hard, but this fight is a disappointment no matter how you look at it. No Pokemon is particularly strong and even Giratina is not all that threatening. (Ze logic. Ze baby broke it) (Baby no match dragon warrior chicken princess. Ze baby must be cheating) (Zi speak of word zat zi do not know) (Zat's it. Ze pleasure are...NO MOAR!) (Yes, not since ze day zat zi do not know how many a days before) (Is anyone else bothered by the giant chicken still moving?) (Yes, give up your French and become American again) (Zour niceness. Zit not good for Gregor.) (Zall I require iz ze crushing of babies from baby smasher) (Funny how she said Gregory up until now and says Geara. Not sure if error or not) (I seriously just realized that Dragon Princess Warrior Chicken matches Giratina perfectly. That's amazing especially when I was just being random) (Zi want nothing of zi pleasure from zu) (KILL ZE BABY!) (Ze baby is ze stubborn one. Ze always stop plans of greatness) (I don't anyone does after this whole chapter either) (Ze great chicken must join ze ball so that zi shall be with people of none...NO MOAR!) (Zis is not ze end of ze tale. Zis is just prologue chapter of zory great zan ze zitty zory of ze zupid scientist of research zupidity) (I wish Mosely spoke more here) (Either her son or an ex-boyfriend. I wouldn't claim either though if I were her) (She is smarter than Aelita and saves us the long ass explanation of torturement) (How the hell does she even know what Mosley is like?) (Mosely was entranced by the giant chicken. Who wouldn't be?) (Or looking at the giant chicken) Seriously, I don't really like that line of having her try to be mature. It's not really needed here. (I think everyone has been inhaling a little bit too much of this smoke now) (Yes, let's end this part soon) (Funny how it's actually evening for me now) (My mom is too sick to cook now. Stupid flu) >>>I was actually really sick when working on this segment and barely could even stay awake (I think this line would be better with just dropping then. Just saying) (FINALLY I AM FREE!) I'm probably not going to make it to Narcissa for Halloween but Geara is Halloween enough, right? So nothing in this area is particularly good or bad, it's just okay. Having large chunks of a game being okay isn't a bad thing as it means there's less griping, but not much engagement. There's just been nothing where I say "Holy crap that was really well done!" Part of it is due to coming after Reborn since it uses some ideas and concepts to run it. The characters aren't intriguing where I want to dig deeper to learn about them. Like if Melia was Mosley, that would have been an absolutely fantastic plot twist. Maybe she was badly hurt but someone managed to use her Togepi to get away. That's a cool thing that really connects the plot more and world more. If you're wondering how I'd fix the whole certain character in next part, I'll get to that. Anyways we get back to Geara. One of the ideas that my mind came up with is that what if the tower burning isn't why the village is all rattled and terroristic, but what if they associate it with another event. While people were fighting to put out the fire, a group of trainers come into town which the townsfolk asked for them to help with the Radio Tower. The trainers instead personally attack the village and set out to capture children residing in it. One of those children just happened to be Narcissa's son, Gregory. That would be a very good reason for Geara's angry attitude and hatred towards Narcissa because in a sense, she did abandon him. I feel something that awful is a bit more justified to make townsfolk be aggressive to outsiders over a terrorist burning a tower down killing people.

0 out of 10. It ain't cool if they ain't shiny. Personally I was just curious how idiotic this thread would be. You all disappoint just saying it was sandbox mode. No jokes about getting good at all. You also don't have the greatest legendary of all time...the golden bidoof.

I get that you can't afford every single video game in the world but people who dedicate their lives to making video games need money to do so...I don't know what to tell you. Yes, there are some games but you need to be patient and look for them (humble usually gives a free game every two weeks or so). Right now it's a shooter.

I'm going to be one of those people that says it really depends. The one kind of Post-game I do want to move out of the way is ones for extended story such as The Last Story. Despite defeating the final boss, there's actually a few things left to do in the game in which honestly are some of the best moments in the game. Most games that have a post game I do stick around for a while to play them and try to get all the quests done such as catch the legendaries in Pokemon (since those things looked awesome when I was little), but I tend to skip stuff like the ultimate dungeon if it has no story relevance. My personal belief is that a game that is very story heavy should focus on the game being completed and over at the final boss, but a game that is very battle system heavy (as in the combat is very good and a lot of fun) then it benefits more in having a post game as it allows for the developers to throw even more difficult challenges than normal. I could go into more detail but being sick leaves me getting exhausted very quickly so that's all for now.

Just a heads up that I'm being really, really picky when trying to spot stuff. I usually read through the first time for mechanics then a second time for the content which is why this post may look a little wonky. In this first section at is surprisingly well drawn out. Took me a minute to find what jarred me here as originally I thought it was a run-on sentence, but that wasn't the case. I tend to view that as an ugly word when drawing scenery so seeing it twice in a single sentence does bother me a little. First that is fine, but I'd personally use whom for the second one since it is a bit of personification. A good practice I learned to help vary my word choice is to rewrite the sentence in a way you can't use stale words (every writer has their own set but a common one for most is that). Reading a bit further and I can see you have a bad habit using the word "that". This is purely my opinion here, but I feel the phrase "intimidation tactics" is something someone trying to be a bit more sophisticated would use and the term "useless" is a term...I can't think of the word but commoner language or dumbed down. The sentence and structure is correct but I'm having a hard time depicting bits and pieces of this character. I'm just trying to depict what this is supposed to represent but I'm having a hard time figuring it out. I'm guessing he is rolling his eyes based on the context. People always say "Show, Don't Tell" when giving feedback, but I hate how they don't try to explain when to use it. This is a moment it should've been done since you have the dialogue setting up for a scene and it'd flow better to describe what she's doing without saying she's doing it. I've gotta say that your grammar and word choice overall is solid which definitely shows but I'm having a hard time picturing the souls other than the concept that they are similar to humans with eyes that change color. Sometimes when I first read stuff I miss details so when I reread it I'll look into it more. Not really anything bad. I just like how you worded this sentence. Honestly, the only big issue I see is with imagery which is basically one of the biggest things writers struggle learning (even I have trouble with it). Your at a really good spot and just do a little more and you'd be surprised how much you can improve. That's actually the biggest thing is that I wanted more to see in the scenes. For the story itself, I have to say that's an interesting idea you have there with souls. I really liked the name and how the eye color represents souls. I eventually stopped scouting for mechanics (as I didn't particularly see any new kinds of issues) and kept reading and after the birth of the girl is when things got a lot better with using the dialogue to explain the world better. You actually could have fooled me with this being a novella instead of a short story as it does set itself up well to be one. I really did like this (and I think it's one of my first works I read from you) and it is good as everything flowed very well overall and you did showcase the characters' most important features. It just felt very thin which I think with a little bit of expansion on certain things you can go from good to wowing. Also, now I really want to know more about those Silver Souls. As for a title for this piece, I'd go with Soul Keepers. Since you want the color of her soul to be a surprise, I'd go with a simple title and in a way, all those characters are looking out for little Kisa whether or not it'd be in her best interest.

Anybody who has been around for a while probably saw this coming sooner or later but...I'm discontinuing Hardcore. This doesn't particularly have to do with what Ame is doing but more with me and Pokemon. It's kind of a thing that just has been going on since Gen VII is released. I just cannot get into Gen VII to the point I dread having to do anything regarding it. That isn't the reason why I'm discontinuing it, but it's more like I have a lot of things on my list I want to get done and I kind of want to reduce my workload. I am getting busier which is kind of why I'm doing COGA's and the Rejuv run to pass the time. This month has given me a lot of time to think. So I don't think people understand that making a mod or game at this level is very stressful and at the point is not very healthy for me. Yes, I could technically manage time for it and even cut back and people would be fine just to be able to get the mode but...the motivation level is very low. And with Gen VII I've really, really lost interest in Pokemon again. I already announced there wasn't going to be an E17 version so this really shouldn't be that much of a surprise as looking in the future, I'd probably end up doing this due to lack of time. Yeah, it's possible if I got help I needed I'd continue working on it but all of that stress has taken a massive tool so I really don't want to go back and deal with it. Are people going to be pissed? Oh hell yes they are and I don't blame them. Me discontinuing this is no different than saying "I have failed you." As for what will happen, I'll be uploading the E16 full version again obviously, but I also plan to make everything I have accomplished for E17 available, but that's only the framework for the altered path which was only about 80-90% complete unless someone wants to take my work and aim to complete it (probably better to PM/DM me). Seriously anyone is free to takeover the project completely if they wish since when you think about it, you've got 75% of the mod already completed. It's still a lot of work though. On the bright side, E17 is coming soon so that'll balance out the bad news...I think.

Trials of Cold Steel is an odd game as you'll either love it or really, really hate it. It gets dull at moments but it really is a game as good as you invest into it (though it is phase two of the series). As for Disgaea, you can't really compare it to other games but it has a steep learning curve from what I've seen but I'll eventually get to trying it out since I have 3. Definitely looks like a really fun game. As for Hyperdimension Neptunia, don't bother with that one as it's kind of lackluster and as the series goes on it does less and less satire and more fan-service (if you go into that though I'd really only recommend Fairy Fencer F DAF from Compile Hearts). The issue here is that you don't give me much to work off of. Final Fantasy is a series that just varies from game to game with all of them having the ups and downs. Without any context, I'd push for playing Final Fantasy X first as overall it is the one with a lot of good and fun mechanics to mess around with such as party swapping mid battle. FF IX is my favorite followed by FFV, but both of those have things that can really off-put players as FFV has a job system (which is amazing) and FFIX has wonky party member stuff and a terrible stealing mechanic. FFVI personally is far from my favorite, but I understand why a lot of people really like it (not a fan of the magic system).

Commander's Opinionated Gaming Articles A Little Thing Called Love Ah romance, it's a genre of writing that every writer who does not live under a rock knows about which is the biggest genre in literature. I'm a science fantasy writer personally, but that doesn't mean I've never read a romance novel before. I've also admittedly watched a couple Hallmark movies (since my mom was watching TV) and I thought they were alright. And now I remember Time Traveler's Wife which was my punishment one day. And since I'm losing man points anyways, I watch Food Network's Halloween Wars. Yes, this actually does have relevance to what we are talking about. If you are about to click away from the article or make a comment about why you hate romance, I ask that you stop what you are doing and continue reading. I'm not going to change what you think of it, but how you view it. So let's just define romance for a moment. I really want to clear something up before explaining how I define it. I've seen people bring up text book definitions of words to try and prove a point. That's good and all to bring up the origin of a word, but often changes over time such as epic, edgy, and gay. When arguing at a formal or professional level, you need to omit slang and stick with the textbook definition. We are not defining the proper term and use of the word here and if you aren't sure what it is, there's a beautiful thing called Google. We're going to focus on the more informal definitions. You know how words tend to have something applied to them like Sardines are stinky. You tend to apply stinky fish and sardines interchangeably but both make you think of something that smells bad. So romance is a word that will make people go bleh, it's so cute, or some very erotic thought I cannot speak of. It's a generalization, but it gets a majority of people. Let's start with the people who would go bleh at the thought of the word. Most of those people are males. I'm talking about works of romance when it comes to this and not the overall concept of a guy falling in love with a girl though the number of singles does go up each year. At least I think that's what I remember from Sociology. So how do I know that it's mostly guys? Let's learn a little Japanese. The term shonen means "few years" and is a genre used to define Japanese material aimed for young boys. These tend to have a heavy focus on action and adventure. They also have a big emphasis on visuals. The term shojo means "young girl" which is used to define material aimed for young girls. These focus on romance and relationships. These err on the side of emotion. So when the term romance is used, people think of content written for girls or females. Why even is there segregation like this? I could say that it's how society defined gender roles, but that's the bullshit answer. It has to do with two things: media and prejudice. Media control is something very hard to explain, but it is an influence and form of control that grips everybody. This is probably one of the best examples of how powerful a tool it is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocide Media helps define who you are as it exposes you to things such as what a gender is and what they do. It's not the only source as your parents, friends, and other people affect this as well, but media is a massive entity that keeps growing. This article is part of this media. The people who create this media want viewers so that they can generate income so often they skew to creating based on the social norms. In other words, they tend to write media for males to be full of action and romance/emotional stuff for women as that's what appeals to them. Basically it is a telling of what men and women should like but without physically saying it. How this is enforced is due to prejudice. People judge you for the media you watch and the things you do and talk about. I'm assuming y'all are fans of Pokemon or have been in the past so you know exactly what I'm talking about. In high school (and middle school), people make fun of you for playing kiddie games. This either pushes you to hide it but more often steer towards the social norms of what people use for media. The younger you are, the more influential it is due to children being very naive. What this media is teaching boys is how to be men. It's not the only thing, but one of the things that influences it. Boys are taught that men have to be tough and strong which a lot of them probably aren't (though I did get dog piled by a bunch of 4 year olds....those demons). It's kind of like they have to be a strong pillar of support for that woman in a relationship so they also can't do stuff like cry and need to be the one to take the initiative or action. I can't really explain the visuals one as I think part of that is actually chemical implants over what is actually taught for them to like and enjoy. That's a good research project if you're ever in need of one in Sociology or Psychology. Next, we have the people who think it's kind of cute. Now I get to talk more about actual romance. So I would say a majority of romance works are a guy and a girl meeting each other and overcoming the conflict to reach a happy ending. Sometimes it's a marriage and sometimes it is just a good relation. Love and romance are not complicated subjects, but trying to put it into words and generalized is a bit harder. I tend to group it into phases, but grouping them leads to problems and exclusions so just as a warning: you can disagree with how I do this and it's perfectly acceptable. The first phase of a romance is what I like to call the backstory phase. It's basically everything that lead up to the second phase. Every character kind of has a story that defines who they are and why they do what they do. Backstory isn't necessarily needed to make a good character and usually should only be used to give a better understanding of them. Most of it happens before the start of a story, but sometimes writers do include this to help build the setting. Stories are not always linear so usually this is sprinkled out for a story, but we are looking at a relationship so everything happens before that needs to be put somewhere. The second phase of a relationship is best described as the cliché "love at first sight". It's not necessarily the first time the two characters have met or even known about each other. This is the stage where at least one character has attraction to another character. There is no proper length for this phase as it tends to be the development before the start of a relationship. Sometimes it is 30 seconds and sometimes it is 60 years. It also could be both characters feel the same exact way. This is where most romances start, but I do want to clear something up. The whole other person being ignorant is overused as to why two characters aren't together right away. Fear is a more reasonable one and has a better drive and how varied it can be. Personally, I find this phase to be the most boring, but we'll get more into it later. The third phase is actually very short and is a stage of acceptance. One character confesses their love in which either they face acceptance or rejection. Basically it's giving characters awareness for feelings for each other. If the two confess their love, then you'd move on to the next phase, but if a character gets rejection then either they move on to another character or skip the next phase or simply go back to the second phase. This is not a straight line or works in one single way. Sometimes the person who rejects them doesn't have feelings or doesn't have enough and time is needed for a relationship to grow. Now we get into the messy phases. The fourth phase or stage is what I call the honeymoon phase. Another name for this could be "Happily Ever After" because so many romance works end at this stage. The thing about it is that this stage and the next are often flipped in order to try and make a story more interesting. What I personally call this stage is the delusional stage. At the start of early stages in certain phases of a relation such as a first date or marriage, people tend to overlook and not see the faults and issues with the other person giving them the impression they are a perfect fit and match everything they wanted out of the other. It has to do with hormones and chemicals in your body since people often want to feel pleasure so it gives them more of those thoughts over any negative ones. This stage varies depending on the two characters, but this is the one and only phase that will eventually come to an end. The next phase we have is the conflict phase. Every relationship goes through this and it's basically something that creates and obstacle or stops a relationship. People and characters have faults and these faults to affect those who are around them. There's the whole cliché "guy cheating on the girl" conflict which many of you are familiar with at this point. This conflict brings pain to the characters which affects them deeply. Of course it could be something silly or shot like fighting where they should go to eat. I'm not going to go too detailed into this phase, but it's best placed after the honeymoon phase as relationships usually start off really good. It could honestly be placed at any given moment. The next phase has many names but I'm personally going to call it bond renewal. The problem with conflicts is that there's no one way to write how it's resolved so I can't call this a resolution. When a conflict happens, something has to come out of it. There are two things that happen: a bond is broken or renewed. A broken bond could stay in the conflict stage or it could move to finding someone else. There is the possibility that nothing came out of this but that is part of the conflict which will cause buildup. Bond renewal just means that the conflict no longer is affecting the relationship. The cycle of trust would be the next phase. Something about conflict and resolving it is that it builds trust. The best way I could describe a person mentally is a pumpkin. They look hard and sturdy on the outside, but often are a bit hallow and messy on the inside (and full of guts). There are these things called layers which is information about a character that they are only willing to share with a certain amount of trust. The more layers characters get into, the more they trust each other and the more they bond. This cycle is an ongoing repeat of conflict and renewal, but all cycles do come to an end. Which leads me to talk about... The final stage: the end. Defining the end of a relationship is very tricky which I actually would not put it as divorce or a break-up. Death is one thing that can permanently end a relationship. Though a relationship still can go on even if both participants are deceased. The end simply states that nothing more will come out of this relationship. I like using death to define this as one who is dead is very still and very lifeless. Why I don't put divorce or a break-up here is that it is part of a conflict phase. Issues will arise with both participants being alive and conflicts will never just end. Sometimes they do though and maybe the two eventually get back together. Now if we do dive in and say death is not the end of the relationship we do get into some more psychological things which I don't want to talk about. Death is a very big subject and one that can be talked about hours upon hours so we'll end it there. Now why did Commander take all that time to explain how love works? There's actually a few reasons. Do you see that honeymoon phase? There's a reason why that is such a big part of romance works and why so many people work with it. I said before that people like pleasure over pain. The honeymoon phase has such an emphasis on pleasure and the audience often feels good to see two people very happy. People like to see each other happy. But this leads to a massive amount of content focused on this and originality...isn't very original. So one could say "they are all the same" to romance works and not be entirely wrong. Even my mother who watches a lot of Hallmark movies admitted to this at points. Though that is movies which appeal much more to emotion. There is something very cool about that cycle I just listed. It's not something that can just be applied to romantic relationships, but really to any positive character relations. Love is a very broad emotion that brings people together. They work in a very similar manner to how a romantic one does when you think about it. Usually it stops at a certain layer of a character so you won't ever find out everything about a character just through friendship. That's why including romantic elements into some things isn't necessarily a bad thing. Yeah, I hated them too when I was younger. But I'm not actually a fan of romance novels and books due to the heavy focus on visuals over character building. Not all of them do that, but the ones I read focused on that aspect which is why if you struggle on visuals you should read a couple romance books. And the last feeling people may have is...the erotic stuff. If that made you uncomfortable to read, that makes two of us. So I'm not going to go to into these adult themes, not because it kind of is against forum policy, but more because the longer I talk about it the less comfortable people probably feel (that or purely entertained about me torturing myself). So you know how I talked about pleasures in people. This is one that a lot of people feel and greatly enjoy. It's supposed to be that way to promote reproduction which if it felt painful, the earth population would be much less than it is now. Much, much less. I'm not really into the erotic works even though I have experienced a few types of media of it in the distant past...but it is understandable why people would be into it...which guys are usually. It's a chemical impulse which for some people is the greatest of pleasures. Excuse me while I get some scotch because somebody is going to take this out of context and use it against me. This stuff tends to be geared towards males but...there's certain parts of this genre geared towards the ladies. I'm just going to move on now before I dig a bigger whole. Something I've learned from my experience as a writer over the years is to not be afraid to get your toes wet into something new and even learn a thing or two from it. The best way to dive into something new is to not focus on the things you hate about it but things you liked or enjoyed from it. Find the pleasures in the pains. And don't let those social norms cloud your judgement or push you away from something. I'm not saying you should enjoy or binge on your out of your norm genres like romances, but try to at least find one to your tastes and watch it. My Little Pony is one of the examples that broke the social norm (a show tailored to young girls attracted young adults as well). Powerpuff Girls (the old, not the new stuff) and Sailor Moon also could be considered doing that as well. Why is it so important for people to do this? It's to try and break the social norms. Have you ever herd the term "enslavement of the media"? Think of it as creators being forced to use certain elements due to it being what the target audience expects or wants and removes things that they feel could make them loose profits. Censorship in other words. These social norms have significantly decreased over the years already and the smaller they are, they allow creators to be more innovative and force people to be more creative, though having a few of the norms left intact is a good thing to serve as a roadmap. People control the media which controls the people in a sense. It's hard to understand as an individual, but when people step out and state they enjoy something it does create a chain reaction over time. And for people who create works in any medium, you'll need to explore the elements of romance so it's better to get over that hatred of that idea now. You don't need to include romance elements, but it's hard to avoid them entirely. You just need to experience a lot of different things in order to better build you craft and find your own style. Romance isn't all about happy endings or always the whole stages of falling in love. Take a look at the movie “Up.” It's about a man trying to move forward in life after losing his beloved. Since most people reading this are gamers or into video games: Shadow of Colossus. Not a romance game but it is centered on one for its motivation so it's a good one play.

I don't have much to say as I don't want to step on anyone's toes but uhh those sprites kind of look like very experienced trainers so without context, I would've guessed they were more a costume change as the story progressed. Whatever you want to do I'll be fine with so just take this with a grain of salt.