Foamy

"I will crush every last member of Team Meteor! ...so I'm not going to fight this one." Anyway, I feel like this is very black and white thinking. And if there's anything that the conflict between Radomus and Elias taught us, it's that this line of thinking can be dangerous. Because it is never that simple.

She gives you special text if you give her a Blue Moon Ice Cream? I really hope this isn't the case. Tossing all of the candy and ice cream from your bag, leaving the Water Treatment Facility, and then grinding endlessly for a Blue Moon Ice Cream just to unlock a better story branch is quite possibly one of the least enjoyable things that I can think of doing in a video game. This entire concept of "seemingly-trivial-yes-or-no-questions-throughout-the-story-actually-secretly-contribute-to-a-good-or-bad-ending" has a very feel-bad vibe to it. In my opinion, they have the serious potential to detract from one's enjoyment of the game. If the player is aware of the alternate ending mechanic, then it puts pressure on them whenever they're presented with a choice. "Which of these choices is the 'correct' choice? I have no way of knowing until the game is completed in the distant future." If they aren't aware, then the inevitable revelation will leave them thinking, "Oh god, have I been screwing up throughout my entire playthrough? I've been progressing through the game, yet I've still been doing things wrong that I can no longer change? How is that fair?" That's how I'm feeling right now about which item I give to Titania, and it's how I feel about whether or not I should battle Taka. I'm no longer enjoying the experience as much as I should, because there's a constantly-looming question of "Am I doing things properly? If I make the wrong choice now, there's no fixing it later."

Aurelia, huh? Do you also happen to lead the Boros Legion? (hue hue Magic jokes)

The League members are okay with their characters being used in the game as Ame sees fit, right?

Catching one with a decent nature and IVs, however, will take you months.

So she had selective amnesia, then? Hnnnngh, I want to ask about what happened to the people that the leaders are all based on, but it seems a little too nosy and intrusive.

If she gets an Avalugg, it'll probably be packing Sturdy. Hm, I dunno. Given the choice between "beat-it-or-join-it" and "let hax decide the match," I'd rather choose neither. But then again, I suppose "beat-it-or-join-it" is what the field effects are there for in the first place.

Where "skill" in this context means "being shoehorned into using a single narrow strategy?"

Ew, an evasion-based field. Let's all just throw skill out the window and leave battle outcomes to probability.

I like to EV-train my guys, because I want them to be the best that they can be. Not doing so feels like wasted potential. If you have the option between something good and something strictly better, why not choose the latter? That's how I see it. EDIT: HA, EAT THAT YOU STUPID WYNAUT

HELLO? No seriously, what? Did you go into the game data and change all of your Pokémon's IVs to 31 or something? The only reasonably legitimate process I can think of is soft-resetting for a perfect-IV Ditto, then giving it a Destiny Knot and breeding everything until you get them with perfect IVs. But even THAT takes an exorbitant amount of time.

Now I'm just waiting for the Choice items. (inb4 we can only choose one of the three because LOL THEY'RE /CHOICE/ ITEMS)

I'm surprised by the lack of Eagleby implosion. I wonder where he is?

EV-training is probably something that should be done while waiting for a new episode, when there isn't anything else to do in the game. It's super boring.

MY GURL MANDIBUZZ COMIN THROUUUUUUUUGH

Why doesn't this have its own stickied thread by now? This has got to be the 50th thread about Solaris and his Garchomp.

Eh, I think it goes against the spirit of the game to download previous episodes for the sole purpose of using Pokémon and items that otherwise aren't supposed to be obtained until later. Ame does all these things for a reason, y'know?

In all honesty, it's a lose-lose situation. You hide the truth from her in order to effectively save her life, but you hurt her feelings and damage her trust in doing so. On the other hand, if you DO tell her the truth, you're basically saying "Hey, your girlfriend doesn't love you and she never did," which not only is a dickish thing to say, but it'll also send her into a suicidal state of manic depression. (Plus, you piss off Titania. That's never a good idea.)

Has this "extra ending" even been confirmed? I've only seen a ton of people speculate about it.

The Cult of Arceus probably has a mindset similar to Team Meteor, which is that the world is too far gone and that the only option is to tear it down and start from scratch.

I do the same thing. If the gym battle is too easy, I reset in the hopes of making it harder.

Reborn isn't catered toward super-casual players. It's meant to challenge the player, which means it requires extensive knowledge of the game's mechanics. If you're looking to make progress in a game without busting your ass, then you might want to look elsewhere. Your Granbull has Intimidate and Play Rough, yeah? Even a Granbull with a neutral nature and no Attack investment should be able to take a hit and OHKO her Medicham. Having Pidgeot and Unfezant on the same team is redundant. Try replacing one of them with a Pokémon that shores up some of your team's bad matchups. I would recommend getting a couple of faster Pokémon. Nearly everything on your team has a base Speed of 70 or less, which means they'll likely only get one attack in before going down. A few decent Pokémon (that hopefully haven't been moved since I played that part) include Roserade, Azumarill, Arcanine, Swoobat, and Emolga. You should definitely look into training more than just the same six Pokémon, because the teams that you'll encounter in this game will require all sorts of different answers.

Let's see your diagnosis.

Uh-huh.

Oh man, for a second I thought you meant "the Day Care center is gone in the Intense version."