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Seems real freakin legit bro. EDIT: Did just a little bit of research and whattya know, it's all fake. Who would've guessed considering it's coming from a company already famous for these "fake hype" newsletters. You'll never figure it out from listening to this, since It takes so long for the guy to actually start talking about their energy, but it's just solar energy stocks they're selling. And we already know that solar energy isn't gonna be overtaking fossil fuels anytime soon. If you so much as Google "unlimited free energy from sand", the first thing you'll see is not this totally legit video, but an article debunking it. Here's the link in case you're interested: http://www.stockgumshoe.com/reviews/energy-advantage/the-greatest-leap-of-mankind-unlimited-free-energy-dr-kent-moors-picks-revealed/ Now if you'll excuse me I'm going back to studying Physics. I'm gonna join the effort to make an efficient nuclear fusion reactor, because if we can do that it'll be real unlimited fuel and not a scam like this is.

Update 79: The Fiore Gauntlet, Part 2 Battle 2 has you paired up with Florina again, and this time your opponents are two actual characters: Blake and Fern, who lead with Walrien and Haxorus. In both turns it took for me to put up screens, Walrien killed both of Florina’s Pokemon: Hippowdon and Torterra. Needing to stop that thing, I used Swagger on it before dying to a critical hit Surf and going to Apollo. One Thunderbolt later and it was donwn. Mamoswine was out next, so I went to DiggersbyTho and spammed Earthquake, since my new partner was Tropius. Well that didn’t last too long, because Tropius got killed by Icicle Crash that same turn and was replaced by Ferrothorn. Hey, at least it took down Mamoswine and Haxorus both, though. Next was Jynx and Krookodile, so I went to Strider and was about to use Surf, but then Ferrothorn used Gyro Ball and OHKOed Jynx, and it was replaced by Rotom Fridge. …Eh, still using Surf. I lost that gamble, because Ferrothorn’s power whip missed and I got one shot by Thunderbolt. Oh well, at least Krookodile went down. The sandstorm subsided, so I went to Dashie and did the whole Echoed Voice thing. By the time she was forced to end her streak via knockout, she had already taken down Roserade, Rotom, and Rhyperior. Now a Scizor was out on the field, so I went to Braveheart and OHKOed it with Flamethrower OHKOed Weavile with Drain Punch. She also took down Serperior and Frosslass with one hit each, and went up to level 75. Good thing I used an extra common candy on her, otherwise I’d be unable to use her at all for the final battle.

Update 78: The Fiore Gauntlet: Part 1 Unlike the last gauntlet, this one doesn’t let you take breaks in between. So no changing your team, not going off to buy more items, and if a Pokemon goes overlevel, you can’t use a common candy until the whole thing’s over. For this reason, I bumped the six aforementioned Pokemon down to 74 before beginning. Except for Braveheart, I sent her to 73 because of her boosted exp gain. The first battle has you paired with Florina, and your opponents are two generic Meteor grunts, who lead with Levanny and Grumpig. Pumpkin only had enough time to put up both screens before dying, and so I sent Braveheart to one-shot the Levanny. Flamethrower also took Grumpig down, and the Sandstorm finished it off. That’s when I realized Hippowdon was causing more problems for me than for the enemy, because it kept spamming Earthquake. Braveheart only had one turn left before she went down, so I spent it using Hyper Voice, which was enough to KO Darmanitan. That left only her, Hippowdon, and Noctowl on the field at the time. And guess what? My “ally” used Earthquake. For the head of a trainer school, Florina isn’t a very good strategist. Strider came out next, and the sandstorm finally subsided. I used Surf, and yes that was intentional. Tropius came out next, but my own guy had gotten hit with Dynamicpunch and was confused and at 40% health. I was torn: Should I spend the turn to heal his confusion, or his health? I went with healing health, hoping Tropius would KO at least one of the opponents (who were both almost dead). He did, but it made things worse for me, because the next Pokemon to come out was Manectric who took out all the health I had with Discharge. Machamp went down that turn too, and was replaced by Golem. Strider was almost dead and still confused, and I knew any further attempts to heal him would be futile. I knew my only move was to use Surf and hope t worked. It did, and both guys almost died (Golem had Sturdy). Tropius took down the Golem, but Manectric took down Strider. I tried using Thunderbolt on the new opponent (a Purugly), but it turns out the Manectric had Lightningrod. Purugly did me the favor of killing it, though, with Bulldoze. It opened itself up to Thunderbolt, which one shot it. All that was left was a Vileplume, who went down eventually even though it took Tropius and Apollo with it.

3 YEAR LATER EDIT: Turns out I was wrong here. If you're reading this and have been taking my direction on getting the secret ending, DO NOT fight Taka. If you've already made the choice to fight him because of reading this post in the past, I'm sorry. Update 77: Taka This boss fight is optional, Taka straight up asks you to beat him and you can say “Yes” or “No”. Some people say that the “no” option could be the one required for the secret ending, citing some philosophical crap about “entitlement” or something like that, but they’re just sissies. Of course you’ll need to fight an optional boss in order to obtain an extra ending that’s based off of going above and beyond! Taka’s first Pokemon is Kelfki, so I led with Braveheart and melted it with Flamethrower, though not before it set up spikes. Areodactyl was coming in next, and I was going to switch to Apollo, but then I reconsidered. I knew it would have earthquake, and I wasn’t sure if it was faster. So instead I sent out Strawberry and used double Cotton Guard. A few Fake Tears later, Draining Kiss took it down. Not wanting to give up the +6 Defense, I stayed in for Cradily. Even with the thing at -6 special defense, it took less damage from Draining Kiss than it did Play Rough, but I took it down eventually. Chatot was next and I knew Strawberry would not survive its wrath, so I went to Dashie. It was here that I realized I had again forgotten to prepare the Nuclear Trump Card, so I just used Moonblast and hoped for a OHKO. It worked. It also would have OHKOed Huntail, but it had a Focus Sash. So instead of risking dying to another Aqua Tail, I switched to Apollo to eat up that water move. He outpsed the Huntail and finished it off with Parabolic Charge, reactivating the field (Areodactyl had broke it with Earthquake). Final Pokemon was Gliscor, and I knew it would have the Poison Heal/Toxic orb combo. So I went to Fangorn and used Will-O-Wisp, ruining its strategy and halving its attack, pretty much dooming it. Despite having a super effective Night Slash (which even got a crit once), it couldn’t scratch me and went down two Horn Leeches later. When you go back to the entrance of the Water Treatment Center, and Titania mentions how it turns out she didn’t really need you after all, she usually says something like “and I’m not even sorry”, whatever that means. But, if you did that super secret Blue Moon Ice Cream event, she says “but, I guess, I don’t regret bringing you. Let’s go.” Rather than going to Fiore Mansion to continue the story, I went back to the circus to heal, use the PC, and restock. Since I’m done with the event that requires having no food items, I bought a couple of each type of candy. I’ll be going through another gauntlet, with no time to enter the pause menu in between battles this time, so the team I pick is important. I’m leading with Pumpkin, big surprise, and have Strider, Dashie (obviously can’t go into this without my strongest), Braveheart, Apollo, and finally DiggersbyTho. Speaking of whom, I have Rock Tomb on her in place of Brick Break for now, but I’m not sure if it will end up being more or less useful. They’re both TMs that I have, though, so I guess I can easily switch if I ever want to. It was at this point that I remembered: Getting Waterfall opened up a metric ton of new places in the mountains to explore, and I have yet to go explore any of them. So I spent the rest of this update item hunting. No new Pokemon for me to catch, but I did find a bunch of sellables, and the TMs for Roar, Rock Polish, and Retaliate. Retaliate would have been an AWESOME move for DiggersbyTho, but she can’t learn it for some stupid reason. Also, I got a second Pixie Plate, and I think I’ll trade that in for Strawberry’s Metronome. I just don’t see him spamming one move as much as I used to; he’s gotten much stronger.

Update 76: Return of Azurine It’s time for the final, decisive battle over the fate of Azurine lake! I thought about using Apollo, since Swalot’s weak to electric and the field boosts electric attacks, but his Dry Skin is a bit of a hindrance since the field also hurts him every turn. So instead, I tried leading with Dashie to set up Misty Field. This is a double bonus, because it stops Swalot’s ability to heal itself, and nerfs its attacks. Infestation did absolutely zippo damage, so I stayed in and tried Moonblast. As expected, it did diddly squat. I predictably got KOed by Sludge Wave (well actually it was a critical hit, I wonder if I would have survived if it wasn’t…), then went to Apollo and started spamming Thunderbolt. Two hits were enough to take it down, and the sludge wave it did get off only did about 60% damage. With the Meteor’s sabotage removed, I had to go through all the other rooms in the area and flush out the sludge, restoring the water to its former glory. It may seem tedious, but I didn’t mind because 1: It feels really good to see blue water again, and 2: Being able to surf on the water opens up new areas to explore. I got the TM for Sandstorm, which I guess I could teach Pumpkin if I needed too (but I don’t think I ever will), and Rock Tomb, which I might give to DiggersbyTho once I get back to a PC. Now, the whole Azurine lake is clean and blue again. Titania says she wants to make sure Amaria lives to see it, but honestly I’m more concerned that I live to see it. At the rate things are going, I’ll be 400 years old by the time episode 16 comes out. Now all that’s left for this area is a boss fight. It’s an optional boss fight, but I’m not about to chicken out of a challenge.

This game's existence baffles me. By making a game where you explore the entire planet top to bottom, you kinda screw yourself over for the prospect of making future games. I mean, you can't just invent another continent anymore. Is this the end of Mystery Dungeon?

Update 75: Down the Cascade We’re nearing the end of for the current release; all that’s left is some adventures in the Water Treatment Center, another one of those gauntlet-type sequences, and a boss battle with Ciel. Now what sucks about the Water Treatment Center, is that you need Waterfall to get in and out, and there’s no PCs once you’re in. Like in Iolia Valley, I’m gonna have to sacrifice a slot on my team for a slave. Also like Iolia Valley, I could totally just rewrite Dark Pulse on Strider temporarily. But not only is Strider not on the squad I’m bringing down there, but fighting through the area with only 5 Pokemon seems like a challenge to me, one that I don’t wanna chicken out on. Before any battles get started, though, there’s a story choice that you probably missed unless someone else told you about it already. Remember how I said there’d be a point where I need only Blue Moon Ice Cream in my bag and no other food items? This is it. And yes, “food items” even includes the expensive Cotton Candy. You’ll have to either use it or sell it, and in retrospect I should have used one against Terra instead of that regular revive. Oh well, it’s not like I have any problem with money right now. Anyway, you may or may not have noticed that if you talk to Titania at a certain point in the adventure, she says she’s famished and asks if you have anything to eat. If you have food items in your bag, she’ll take some candy or ice cream, and nothing else happens. If all you have in your bag is Blue Moon Ice Cream, though, she’ll be like “Nevermind then, keep it for yourself. That stuff is rare”. But you have to refuse and insist she has it, about three or four times, and eventually she gives in and eats it. Then, she does the unthinkable, the impossible: She says “thanks”! Ame said this secret event will affect Titania’s attitude towards you in the future, so I’m pretty sure this is gonna be required for the secret ending. On to that infamous double Meteor battle, where your partner is Titania who only has one Pokemon. Once it goes down, it’s two on one. What’s worse, is that the first thing to happen in this battle was that partner Pokemon being put to sleep. Since it’s gonna be a tough fight, I led with my strongest, and didn’t even bother setting up Misty Field before getting Echoed Voice going. While I was setting it up, Agislash’s AI was dumb enough to go into Attack Stance without being able to actually attack. It died a turn later, leaving me alone against two opponents at once. But it didn’t matter, because by then Dashie had reached one-hit-kill status with Echoed Voice. Her bulk allowed her to survive long enough to go overlevel, and by then the only enemy left was a Simisage. I simply switched out to Braveheart and you can guess what came next. Oh, and remember that secret Blue Moon Ice Cream cutscene? Well as you near the Pulse Swalot there’s a double battle where you normally are using two Pokemon at once against two trainers at once. If you do that special event, however, Titania jumps in to help you with her one Aigeslash. I appreciate the sentiment, Titania, but you actually just made the battle harder, because once you go down it’s two on one. I did the same strategy as last time, namely lead with Dashie and spam Echoed Voice on everything. Unfortunatley that didn’t work, because someone used nature Power which turned into Gear Grind which got boosted by the field which one-shot me. I instead sent in Braveheart, and a few Flamethrowers later everything was swept by Headbutt. Agislash got to live this time, and I got spared having to go all the way back to Fiore Mansion to prepare for Pulse Swalot. Oh, and after the battle she actually lets those two guys live. It seems my kindness made an impact on her. P.S. You may have noticed I’m skipping the Fennekin event for now. I’m gonna wait until I’ve cleared episode 15 before I do that.

Maybe Shofu will learn how to field effects now Oh who am I kidding he'll die of old age before this episode's finished