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36 minutes ago, highonpotenuse said:
I have a Togepi for that, i received it via mystery egg, didn't do any resets or anything, but i have it for that skrelp if its still available.
Sadly I made that offer two years ago, it's now a Level 60-something Dragalage that's part of my sub team rotation.
I'd only trade it for a Shroomish now.
EDIT: Looking through my other breeding attempts with the Skrelp, I found a non-shiny Skrelp with the same nature and IVs sitting in my PC. I could trade that since I have no plans for it.
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Also something to note, you could in theory send out Donphan against Pulse Magnezone as well, assuming the field is changed to the dark field. I say this because if the Magnezone decides to use Flash Cannon, the field makes Flash Cannon pick up electric typing, rendering your Donphan immune to the entire attack.
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If/when Sun/Moon Pokemon are added, I'd suggest adding Rockruff as a starter. Sandygast and Sandalit would likely be interesting too, but Growlithe and Sandile already exist in terms of typing.
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"Shinies not included"
Apparently they are.
*resets anyway because terrible IVs*
EDIT: Oh, the mod does appear to cause one minor issue. Selecting the white-haired non-binary protagonist defaults to the black-haired male protagonist.
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I've played through the game with five starters so far. Ranking from best to worst:
Blaziken: Doesn't need any explanation. Crazy good coverage in a game where good Fire and Fighting type options are very, VERY lacking for the vast majority of the game, with a busted ability on top of that.
Delphox: May be a surprise to some people here (especially that I'm ranking it higher than Greninja), but she has great utility throughout the entire game, being able to nuke, take items, and set up Light Screen/Will-o-Wisp which can be life or death in some major battles. Like Blaziken, she has good coverage and has a type combination where alternative options are lacking throughout the majority of the game.
Chesnaught: Probably the bigger surprise, but I've found him to be a good physical tank. Great survivability so long as you don't send him against a Flying type or a Special Attacker that he's weak to. Bulletproof has niche uses such as allowing him to laugh at some of Shade's Pokemon, among a few other things. And he learns Leech Seed. Leech Seed is amazing in Reborn, and he has the movepool to stall if needed too.
Greninja: I rank Greninja low because while he's really good at is exploiting enemy weaknesses (and the AI), you have to pour immense amounts of effort into raising him before he can really start to hold his own, which doesn't happen until very late in the game. I find Reborn values overall utility more than anything too, and everything above Greninja has superior utility for most of the game.
Swampert: Also a good tank, but like Greninja, takes some effort until he really starts to pay off. It was difficult for me to decide if I wanted to place Swampert above or below Greninja, but settled on below because, until very recently, you could obtain a Mudkip about halfway through the game if you didn't choose it as a starter, which also happens to skip over the portion of the game where the Mudkip line really struggles.
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Pre-nerf Tristan was pretty crazy back in the beta, the only reason I got through him with my terrible first playthrough team was because I started treating the fight as a chess match of sorts, carefully taking out as much of his Pokemon as possible while losing as few as possible, with AI manipulation (hence my tactic to take out his ace in the previous page with a single Lv. 35 Staraptor, which as stated, is no longer possible due to the Starly line being axed from early game).
A friend that I introduced this game to said that Roggenrola actually helped him quite a bit against Tristan. If I had to guess, he hardcore stalled, and Tristan's team is very offensively loaded (and from what I remember, he doesn't appear to have an answer to physical walls after his Exploud and Helioisk are taken out).
(There is something I am noticing with Desolation though. The difficulty is as such that I feel that gym fights may rely on having specific Pokemon compared to Reborn/Rejuvenation. Like how Bidoof/Biabarel steamrolls the first gym, Aron line is a great help VS the second gym, and Roggenrola line DOES seem useful in stalling VS Tristan. The difficulty of the fourth gym however I find is easier than the previous three, although that may have much more to do with the available Pokemon selection widening than anything else.)
EDIT: Looking at your team, I can hatch a possible scenario that can probably turn the early fight to your advantage.
- Tristan sends out Exploud. You send out Meowstic which hopefully still has Light Screen and has Role Play learned. Use Role Play to copy Soundproof (hopefully it has Soundproof, I don't exactly remember) to neutralize his STAB Hyper Voice. Set up Light Screen to wall him next turn. Attack/heal up/set up Light Screen as needed to drop him to low HP to bait his Hyper Potions.
- Swap to Quagsire after Hyper Potions are used. Yawn, then set up Amnesias while Exploud is asleep. KO it after. Alternatively, send out Quagsire after Light Screen is set up and whittle away Exploud's HP/Tristan's potions that way.
- AI will most likely send out Helioisk next since it has Energy Ball which is 4x SE against Quagsire. Quagsire should be able to tank it well with a fully set up Amnesia, and proceed to one-shot with Earthquake. If it doesn't one-shot, you can heal yourself up and Helioisk will kill itself with the Life Orb eventually. Now you have a 6 VS 4 advantage.
Most likely you don't have Role Play learned on your Meowstic though, although I think Light Screen stall should still work. This tactic also flies out the window if the AI sends out a Pokemon other than Helioisk for his second... I should also note that if your Banette has Curse, you can try using it to take out one of his Pokemon guaranteed if you can stall afterwards, but that's assuming you can get Curse off in the first place.
I would admit, the fight would be SO much easier if you had a male Meowstic instead, so you could set up Reflect/Prankster Charm the hell out of his physical sweepers. I cheesed the Solaris fight in Reborn that way.
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Just check all of the tombstones. But be aware that the event can only be properly done after you're done with the main plot in that area. So finish your business in the area before trying to trigger the event.
Once the event is triggered, a new cave should open somewhere. I forget exactly where though. I believe it was somewhere towards the center, but you have to take the path on the right side to reach it.
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I'm going to have to boot up the game again to double check since it's been nearly a year since I tested the game, but I remember the door being lower, along the building to the bottom.
I don't remember ever stepping foot into the train area above, because the NPCs did mention that the actual trains weren't running due to some Pokemon outbreak or something.
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No, what I mean is that you're supposed to walk INTO the left wall. Again, the doors aren't marked very well.
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I remember cheesing the Mega Lopunny the first time around by sending out a Lv. 35 Staraptor, took advantage of the Intimidate attack reduction + the field reducing the power of Fighting type attacks to barely survive the High Jump Kick, used Endeavor, and then Quick Attack'd it to death the following turn.
I have weird tactics. Of course, it can't be done anymore now that Starly has been moved to current endgame (and the attack reduction to Fighting type moves has been reduced), but maybe you can do something similar with the Taillow line if you have one.
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If I remember correctly, the door back into the train station is somewhere off to the left side. It's not marked very well.
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Anyone already brainstorming changes to Reborn gym teams with the new Pokemon?
- Julia: One of her two Voltorbs -> Electric Oricorio (obviously)
- Florinia: No changes
- Corey: No changes
- Shelly: No changes but I feel a Vikavolt fits somewhere in her team.
- Shade: Trevanent -> Decuideye, and Mimikyu possibly fits somewhere in his team.
- Kiki: Second or third stage of Dragon/Fighting type
- Aya: Salazzle definitely belongs somewhere in her team (or Cain's), Normal Muk -> Alolan Muk
- Serra: Alolan Ninetales
- Radomus: No changes
- Luna: No changes
- Samson: Evolved form of Crabrawler?
- Terra: Alolan Dugtrio
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Drilbur isn't available until you reach Blackview City, and even then it's a rare Pokemon from the random credits machine in the southern Pokemon center.
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Hmm, looking earlier in the thread, someone mentioned a bug with Ability Capsules not swapping a Scoliopede's ability to Speed Boost. I decided to go train up a Carvanha in my Hoenn-only playthrough (since I'd fly way past the level cap for the next chapter doing Fight Club battles without training another sub), and it seems Ability Capsules won't swap them from Rough Skin to Speed Boost either. It just remains as Rough Skin.
(I wasted an Ability Capsule and saved before I realized this... But oh well, I still have another sitting around and I likely won't be using it anytime soon.)
Oh, I'd also like to suggest putting a PC somewhere on the Fight Club grounds too, so you don't have to run all the way back to the Pokemon Center if you're using the Fight Club to train.
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Is the TM for focus blast and thunderbolt in the game?
Nope, but you can get Bulk Up and Calm Mind, which is remarkably generous for a game with this sort of difficulty.
Actually, Desolation in general is actually very generous with its rewards, but then again, I found all of the gym leaders in Desolation to be far harder than in Reborn/Rejuvenation thus far.
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Hey, this is an awesome idea you have. I could be wrong about this, but it seems that this game will be more about exploration. I think your concept would be suited for a procedurally generated games (well, making good procedurally generated plot is hard as far as I know. It'd be the hardest obstacle). Now if you really want to develop the game, or want to see your idea being realized you could give feedback to this guy:
http://www.pokemonreborn.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=21803
Now I'm really sorry if I'm being rude here but really this idea is fascinating and I'd like to see it. I also has some ideas as well but I haven't translated it to understandable English so perhaps that can wait for another day~
Ha. Well, now that I think about it, the introduction to the story DID sound like my idea was involving something procedurally generated at first, but it's not meant to be like that at all.
I've since finished up the draft, and I'm pretty happy with it. I think some ideas here are bound to inspire people.
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I'm not sure this is really the appropriate section to be making this thread, but I figure it'd fit here better than anywhere else.
I have zero experience coding fangames period, but I've kicked around a bunch of concepts in my head for years. I decided I wanted to share one in particular in case it inspires other ideas in the developers here. I'm sure many of you have ideas of your own but also lack coding experience as well, that also want to share your ideas.
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My own idea, tentatively titled the Autumn Shore, is actually quite ambitious. (But oh lord, I lost all my notes on this, I forgot to transfer the notes to my new computer months ago, so I have to retype everything from scratch, ha.)
Story background:
Today, the Pokemon world has achieved a lasting peace. Sure, there are groups of trainers that band together, dreaming of world domination and committing crimes springing up in regions around the world, but their influence is isolated at best, and quickly squashed by new and upcoming trainers who either had a sense of justice, the strength to eventually become Champions themselves, or were just in the right place at the right time. Most alive today don't remember the massive war that engulfed the world. For most people, the war is nothing more than a distant memory with forgotten answers to vital questions. What was each side fighting for? How did it even begin? And to many professors, the most important of all: What became lost to the world as a result, potentially forgotten forever? For while the world was peaceful, it was also one in which new discoveries (and in some cases, re-discovery) were becoming increasingly few and far between. New and upcoming Pokemon professors were finding it harder to distinguish themselves from the great researchers, like the fabled Professor Oak, inventor of the Pokedex and much more.
That's why when a mysterious island suddenly appeared right in the middle of an active shipping lane between many of the world's ports, it set off a storm of curiosity from around the world. Pokemon Champions, the wealthy elite, upcoming Trainers with adoring fans, and academic Professors along with their interns... All began financing and organizing expeditions to discover what was on the island, hoping to find something that would allow them to make their mark in the history books.
It has been six months since the island, or whatever it truly is, appeared. People who just sailed through the area before and didn't really give a damn only had a new headache to contend with, and brief scuffles between them and the sea of explorers had broken out, but discoveries are hardly ever halted at the convenience of others. They would yield and find other routes to bypass the debacle. That is perhaps wise, because as it turns out, even after six months of research, nobody really knows what the island is besides, as one failed expedition put it in simple terms, "This place is just ****ing weird, it can't be explained."
Indeed, each returning expedition would return with increasingly outlandish stories, of which subsequent groups would express their doubt until their own expedition encountered something just as incomprehensible. And many accounts conflicted with each other. One group arrived to find that the island was a vast inexplicable desert. Another had to weather a storm, and upon the storm passing, they found the island floating above their heads in the clouds. The last group to return described the island being nothing more than a frozen realm, but swore they saw dancing lights behind the impassible labyrinth of cracks in the clear ice.
Strangely enough, no returning group has ever found any Pokemon within the island (aside the possible sightings from the previous returning group), which is equally puzzling. After all, the only thing that could account for such vast differences between each visit is the presence of powerful Pokemon. But a real breakthrough is only inevitable...
Characters:
There are actually two main characters that the player will take control of, a brother and a sister, both interns under the tutelage of a new and unproven Professor Rosemary. The two are obviously college-age, their actual ages unspoken and left up to each player. Their personality however is largely fixed - the brother is rash and a risk-taker, while the sister is more logical. The player gets to name both interns, and even the name of the expedition itself!
Professor Rosemary:
- Age: 32
- Home Region: Hoenn
A rather vain Professor that dreams of discovery, she had studied hard to be considered a 'graduate' in Pokemon studies. Despite that, many of her peers scoff at her, claiming that her only real claim to fame in the academic world is her beauty, which is little more than an insult to her. She is also better at battling than most of her peers as well, having a powerful Medicham and Roserade duo to back her up, though her peers find her barbaric for it. She had actually led a previous expedition to the island alongside a certain Professor Thyme, but his team had vanished with Rosemary returning without any answers, which resulted in her critics turning from mocking into hushed conspiracy. She of course never took well to this, and hastily threw together another team with the purpose of finding Thyme - a team that includes the two interns.
Professor Thyme:
- Age: 33
- Home Region: UnovaAnother new Professor that had actually studied under Coloress, up until that whole incident with Team Plasma. Rosemary and Thyme insist their relationship is purely professional, though the fact that the two are so close draws the ire of other young female professors vying for Thyme's attention. Thyme is usually out exploring instead of being holed up in a lab, and his Swanna and Sawsbuck help with that tremendously. He hasn't been seen since his failed joint expedition with Rosemary.
Gadget:
A robot from Kalos, formerly created as an academic instructional unit, now re-purposed to do much more. That 'much more' is only really defined as handling what most see as grunt work, however, such as collecting solar energy by day to recharge batteries at night, and assisting in the setup of expedition camps. However, ever since the robot returned alongside the first failed expedition, it has begun trying to re-purpose junk into tools all on its own. Not a single mechanic or programmer has ever been able to find out why, for the mechanics would rather not question its newfound useful talents, and the programmers are afraid of losing this behavior if they attempt to tinker with the code. Attempts to recreate the behavior in other robots has failed, and Rosemary has now become so protective of Gadget that she had actually filed legal paperwork to prevent other researchers from using the robot for their own expeditions. Gadget has even managed to form a relationship with one of the researchers' Pokemon, an odd Ditto that has taken to following the robot everywhere.
Brave:
- Age: 40
- Home Region: Kanto
A former intern of the Pokemaniac Bill, he quit after Bill switched his attention from inventing the PC network to his more ridiculous experiments involving Pokemon. Since then, he's been floating between different causes without any particular goal in mind, but he's seen so much that he's actually treated as a mentor figure by younger researchers. As a trainer, he's best known for traveling with an army of Joltik that love to hide in his pockets, springing out to startle the odd trainer or actual threat. With the assistance of Gadget, Brave has actually fashioned micro cameras to his Joltik, which helps tremendously with surveillance. In this expedition, he's responsible for keeping records on the expedition's findings, along with assisting Rosemary on planning the expedition's next moves.
Chef Lyon:
- Age: 25
- Home Region: Alola
A talented chef and one of Rosemary's closest friends. Much like the field of research, the culinary arts also has its share of competitiveness. Lyon has made his name by creating strictly vegetarian dishes, which has allowed him to escape scrutiny from other chefs. He also ends up receiving tons of praise from a movement calling for the end of human consumption of Pokemon, with extremist methods of going about that. That turns out to be a movement he so dearly wants to escape from, which is his motivation for joining the expedition, in the hopes that it discovers something that allows his work to garner attention from people that aren't extremists. He has two signature Pokemon, a Comfey that favors gathering fragrant plants that also doubles as culinary herbs, and a Breloom that packs a mean punch that is reserved for whoever thinks threatening the chef is anything resembling a good idea.Gameplay:
Story/Overworld:
Have you ever played Dragon Quest 7? The story resembles something like that. Actually I'd describe the story to be a mix of the traditional main series Pokemon game, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, and Dragon Quest 7. The island was once much larger, with a wide variety of climates. But for some reason or other, something happened during the war that resulted in the island being shattered into pieces, hurled uncontrollably through space and time from an outsider's perspective. But this expedition is lucky enough to arrive at the precise time to make a difference. With the help of Celebi, you reassemble an artifact and stabilize the entire island's place in this dimension.- Regions generally have their own story, but all contribute to the overarching plot.
- Pokemon in this game have the ability to talk, like in Mystery Dungeon. Actually, the Pokemon of the island have a culture of their own, and the researchers are outsiders. Does this factor into what happened to the island during the war?
- The player can work on progress in multiple regions at once, though some areas that can be explored starting in the early game would not be possible to completely clear until late game (generally due to requiring the presence of plot characters). Clearing is defined as preventing the one event that causes the region to be split away from the main island (thus causing the region to be rejoined in the present time), and present day exploration of the area is unlocked.
- There is a time travel mechanic, between the 'unstable' version of each region, and the present day 'rejoined' version.- Pokemon in the party can interact with the past overworld to affect the present-day overworld. The earliest example is having a Pokemon with either Leech Seed, Bullet Seed, Worry Seed, or Seed Bomb in the party. That Pokemon can be commanded to use the attack at the base of a cliff in the past. In the present day, the seeds would have formed vines that allow the player to scale the cliff.
- Pokeballs are in short supply. They are ONLY used to store Pokemon. The expedition was instructed to bring as few Pokemon as possible, to minimize the risk of disrupting any local ecosystem. Capturing native Pokemon is strictly forbidden, but there is no restriction on befriending them to join you. (This is why there's a plot-mandated restriction on the amount of party members the interns can have at once.)
Team building:
- Since there are two playable characters, players will actually juggle two teams of up to 5 Pokemon at once. Exactly how many Pokemon both characters can have at once depends on progression in the story. You start with 2 (four total), and end up with 5 (ten total) by mid/late-game. (I didn't go with 6/12 because that would probably be too much, but 4/8 would be too little for solo player sections as well).
- There is no 'catching' of Pokemon in this game. You either convince Pokemon to join your team through events (100%), and defeated Pokemon may respect you enough to join afterwards (RNG).
- There are ways to influence the RNG in your favor (and disadvantage!). For example, a Nidoran (F) is more likely to join if you have a Nidoran (M) in the party. A Spoink has a 100% chance to join if you have a Pearl in your inventory. Conversely, a Zangoose will not join period if you have a Seviper in the party.
- You can switch between recruited Pokemon at certain locations (generally in the main expedition camp and - in past areas - near the time portal and other locations).
- There is one major restriction regarding the use of Pokemon in your party. If they were recruited in a region that has yet to be stabilized, they cannot be brought to the present timeline and thus cannot assist the party in another region. So you can recruit, say, a Bagon early on. That Bagon can't be brought to any other region until its native region has been restored, which may not even be until late-game. (Such Pokemon will wait at each time portal upon departing.)
- As you can probably guess, swapping between different Pokemon for different regions is highly encouraged. The concept of having a 'finalized team' likely won't exist until endgame, when most of the island is reassembled.
- As the game has a greater focus on plot and overworld design more than anything else, all Pokemon would essentially be automatically programmed with a neutral nature, maxed EVs, and maxed IVs. Gender and abilities however aren't fixed. Abilities can be later changed at will, and you can recruit two of the same Pokemon with different genders.
Combat:
- Combat almost entirely consists of double or horde battles, with 2 VS 1 fights (or the other way around!) reserved for major boss battles. Because of the game's setting, actual trainer battles are almost nonexistent.
- Since teams are split into two, certain moves will only affect Pokemon of one party as well. For example, let's say the female intern has a Pokemon with Baton pass. She'll only be able to Baton Pass to another one of her Pokemon, not to a Pokemon that's currently in the male intern's team. Also, let's say the male intern has a Pokemon with Healing Wish. That move will only fully heal a Pokemon in his party. This is a restriction to make up for the fact that you can carry a maximum of 4 more Pokemon compared to conventional Pokemon games.
- There are some exceptions to the above rule, such as Light Screen, Reflect and Aromatherapy affecting both parties.
- Most encounters can be seen roaming the overworld before combat. There are scripted ambushes in certain areas though.- Because IVs are maxed, Hidden Power type can be controlled. It can be learned/changed at will later on.
- Field Effects would be present in this game as well, but the overall complexity of them wouldn't be as thorough as they are in Reborn/Rejuvenation/Desolation. They are generally restricted to 1.2x/0.8x boosts and penalties along with additional effects on abilities/HP recovery.
- Party members will regain HP while traveling on the overworld (unless poisoned). While this may appear to be a questionable choice, this is a decision that can allow each encounter to be tuned for higher difficulty in general. Expect heavier use of status effects and stat reducers.
Items:
- There is no currency in this game. Human-made items are in short supply. Generally, you have the familiar berries, revives, and evolution stones along with entirely new items. With the help of your fellow expedition members, you can combine materials to create new tools to assist in further exploration and combat.
- TMs obviously don't exist. There are many move tutors throughout the game that will offer their services, but this usually involves doing a task for them or defeating them in combat first. After completing their task, they'll join the expedition too, meaning you can access their tutoring services at any camp.
- Note that tutoring opportunities won't be available until the region the tutoring Pokemon is from is restored. Recruited Pokemon from regions not yet restored can be tutored with moves from Pokemon from other regions, however.
- Pickup ability would have a different function in this game: Pokemon with the ability can be given a different held item mid-battle, without using a turn.The beginning...
The expedition arrives to find that the island consists of a sandy beach leading into a temperate forest, surrounding a tall peak that appears to be inexplicably split in half down the center. Rosemary notes that the island actually looks similar to what she saw during her last visit. Brave deems sailing to the split half to investigate more closely to be too dangerous, so the expedition lands on the beach and sets up camp there. As the camp is established, Professor Rosemary realizes that the interns for some reason haven't brought any Pokemon of their own. Though while the international Pokemon committee has strictly forbidden the catching of any Pokemon found on the island, Rosemary says to hell with that and hands the interns two Pokeballs each, and instructs them to only use the Pokeballs in self defense just in case. As night falls, the expedition decides the order in which members will act as lookouts overnight (along with the Joltik assisting all around the camp), and rests.
During Rosemary's shift, she and the Joltik spot a glowing light in the forest. Rosemary decides to follow without waking up the others, which alarm the Joltik enough to head into each tent and jolt everyone else awake. All wake up just in time to see Rosemary breaking into a full sprint towards the light, and everyone else chases after her. The expedition eventually reaches the base of the split mountain, where a cave is present. They make it far into the cave when the mysterious light fades, leaving the expedition in total darkness. The Joltik use flash to illuminate their surroundings, and the expedition members berate Rosemary for her rash decision. She hoped she would find Thyme, but further argument is interrupted when the interns point out that the cave appears to be an ancient ruin in reality. Drawings on the wall and the construction of intricate pillars indicate the presence of some sort of civilization. And suddenly, another light. A mysterious orb atop a pedestal illuminates the cave, revealing just how vast the ruins are, and panic breaks out as the orb sends out a wave of energy that causes the expedition members to disappear, one by one.
The two interns and Rosemary wake up on the sandy beach once more, but with no sign of the camp or other expedition members in sight. However, one of Brave's Joltik is with them as well, and it panics at the absence of its comrades. Rosemary sends out her Roserade and Medicham, and the Joltik decides to take refuge on Roserade's head. Rosemary is distraught over having made a discovery but with nothing to show for it, along with losing most of the expedition. She decides she's not going to wait, and heads into the forest once more. The interns try to follow, but she instructs them to stay behind in case the other expedition members eventually show up and in case something happens to her.
Time passes, and a shrill scream is heard along with the sounds of fighting. The two interns head into the forest to investigate, with a sinking feeling as the sounds vanish. Soon, they find the Joltik bolting towards them, climbing up and resting on the male intern's head. They upload the footage from the Joltik's camera into their PokeNav, and are shocked to find that Rosemary had been ambushed by a huge group of Pokemon that appear to be led by a Shiftry - and the Pokemon speak. The Shiftry declares that that 'the sanctuary has been breached', and a fight breaks out. Joltik escapes in the chaos, and the camera reveals that Medicham and Roserade bravely defend against the onslaught, but both are defeated with Rosemary suffering an uncertain fate.
The Joltik didn't escape entirely unnoticed, however. The interns are found by a curious Chatot, who tells them that it's not safe to linger out in the open and to follow her. The interns decide they don't have anything to lose, and follow the Chatot to a cove along the beach, where the Chatot is joined by a group of five other Pokemon (a Riolu, Zorua, Smoochum, Chatot, Klefki, and Corsola). The interns ask how the Pokemon have the ability to talk, in which they simply say that they had always known how to do so. The Klefki is more curious about how it has taken this long for humans to attempt exploring the island, in which the interns are understandably confused (and point out the obvious in that if they've never seen a human before, how do they even know that they're human?). The interns explain that the island has recently been discovered by humans in general, and the Pokemon in turn explain that as they grew up, they were taught to distrust humans due to some mysterious disaster in the past. Either way, they come to the conclusion that hostilities between the humans and the native Pokemon are likely to be a very bad idea, and the Pokemon decide to assist the interns in rescuing Rosemary from the hostile Pokemon tribe.
The six Pokemon lead the interns to the outskirts of a village, though they remain at a distance. Riolu, Zorua, and Smoochum head in to investigate what became of Rosemary, along with Joltik sneaking about on the village walls to record footage. They soon return with ill tidings. Joltik's footage reveals that Rosemary and her Pokemon are tied to an unlit pyre, with the Shiftry making a speech about how humans are at fault for the island's loss of prosperity. The Shiftry even points to Rosemary's Pokemon, claiming that they are slaves and have lost the ability to speak for themselves. As the footage ends, the Shiftry says that humans are a blight upon the world, and announces that Rosemary and her Pokemon are set to be executed at midnight.
The group considers this hardly fair. Riolu, Zorua, and Smoochum have ideas on how to rescue Rosemary, and while they can execute all three plans at once, the interns should only focus on one themselves. Either barge through the front gates and challenge the Shiftry and his followers directly (two battles before fighting Shiftry, but guaranteed chance of recruiting an additional party member beforehand), have Zorua disguise the interns as Pokemon and then ambush Shiftry (can yield items and information on how Shiftry fights, one battle before fighting Shiftry), and attempt to negotiate with the Pokemon (skips directly to fighting Shiftry only).
This is where the interns have to make a choice to not only determine how to save the professor themselves, but pick the two beginning starters as well. One starter is locked behind the method the interns choose, while the other starter can be freely picked.
- 'Brute Force' choice: Riolu (Vacuum Wave, Ice Punch, Counter and Endure)
- 'Stealth' choice: Zorua (Snarl, Extrasensory, Leer and Taunt)- 'Negotiation' choice: Smoochum (Icy Wind, Water Pulse, Light Screen and Lick)
Freely picked starters:
- Chatot (Chatter, Growl, Tailwind and Swift)- Klefki (Fairy Wind, Covet, Magic Coat and Flash Cannon)
- Corsola (Harden, Icicle Spear, Camouflage and Water Pulse)
Joltik also joins the team as a third party member (Struggle Bug, Thunder Wave, Charge Beam and Bounce), though this is generally a measure to make the upcoming boss fight VS the Shiftry not impossible for players that decide on choosing the Zorua/Corsola pair of starters. All other starters can join the expedition later on through events later in the game.
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Ah, will do then. Many thanks. Should I just buy like TONS of repels?
The one in the maze, and OMG thanks man. I was lost. ><
Yeah, you're gonna quickly learn in this game, if you're heading out of town, be prepared to buy a ton of repels. There's an upcoming stretch of game where you're likely to burn through dozens of them.
There's a reason why during beta testing the latest episode, I suggested putting repel vendors at specific areas.
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Finally beat her. Do I NEED 5 credits to continue via that guild thing? Where can I get a Lemonade?
You don't need to do the credits thing at all, but doing so is HIGHLY recommended because there's something in there that acts as a fast travel teleport between all the towns in the game. To move on in the story, you have to head elsewhere, deeper into the maze.
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Perhaps the most exciting implication that I'm taking from all the leaks is that there's an obvious effort to expand on mechanics that have, possibly until now, only been important for a niche few Pokemon, such as use of terrain moves and contact-related moves and abilities.
One must wonder what this is going to mean for Reborn, especially with the devs actually trying to do something with terrain moves now. I don't expect Ame to ignore all these new possibilities at all.
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It's been nearly a year and a half, hasn't it?
This should definitely be worth the wait.
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The topic remained consistently active while you were gone for the past four months or so. That's a testament to how well-designed this game is. Personally I'd rank it among Rejuvenation and Reborn, if not even higher.
And I'm still of the opinion that this fangame should have gotten its own subforum ages ago.
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Uranium simply got too much attention, one could argue that it being featured on Kotaku sealed its death warrant.
It also focused on fakemon too, maybe that also played a factor into it. Nintendo probably decided it didn't need a fangame with fakemon upstaging their own efforts to the point where kids somewhere mistake Uranium's Pokemon as being real.
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Your buffs are pretty interesting, especially Electric/Poison Eelektross! I'm not sure about the flavor in some of those, though. Could you explain the ones that I bolded? Especially Manectric, the fact that it learns so many Fire moves makes it very unique among Electric-types.
By the way, I'm going to add an area in the beta release where you can test the buffed Pokémon, so I'd like to hear your thoughts about the ones currently in the list! In my opinion, Octillery looks pretty promising, and I'm a bit worried about Sunflora and Bellossom being too similar.
- Seel line: I retyped that mainly because I felt Gen 1 in particular had far too many Ice/Water type Pokemon. That and Ice/Fairy is a combination that doesn't exist yet.
- Tyrogue line: On second thought, just merely having Tyrogue learn Dragon Dance at Lv. 40 would be enough, no need to retype the entire line to Dragon on top of that.
- Plusle and Minun as they are now are nothing more than joke Pokemon meant to be a tutorial on double battles with their abilities. Might as well differentiate the two further by giving each a different second typing.
- Manectric: Ehhh... I'll give you that. It's just that Ice/Electric is a combination that doesn't yet exist outside of a Rotom form, but then again, Fire/Electric is the same way. Fire/Electric Manectric would make more sense then, but I had already converted Zebstrika to Electric/Fire.
- Beautifly: Really just a more offensive Butterfree clone. Needs something to differentiate it from all the 'starter bugs'. Plus giving it a Fairy typing would make it a true opposite of Dustox typing-wise.
- Glaceon: Considering how late in most games Glaceon is usually obtainable, it could stand to get a bit more utility. Although getting an ability that actually works outside of Hail would be better.
Reborn Trading Thread.
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Posted · Edited by Alilatias
Right now actually.
EDIT: Ohhh did you want the shiny one? Okay, give me a moment, I should wipe out the undesirable EVs. I'll be sitting online afterwards for the next 3 hours or so.
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I also have a female Mudkip with rather good IVs for trade. I once bred a few (hence the level), but I think I'm done with the breeding now and would like to pass it to someone who could make use of her. I'll change the nature to something more desirable if requested.
Would like to trade it for an interesting fire type that isn't Blaziken (as I already have one, but I intend on replacing it). Preferably a Larvesta, but may take a good Chandlure as well.