The Swordsman

I really appreciate the hard work done to make the full game better, the gen 8 pokemon which I wouldn't have experienced otherwise and the new crests. You guys did a excellent job.

The original poster was referring to actually visiting the region of Reborn, because of those cameos. Please read the original post before claiming someone has not played the game.

As I am unable to do what I normally do for a new Pokemon game file (breed level 1 versions of my team to start the game anew) and I was only able to get Togekiss thanks to some help with another member of the forums, I'm just going to stick with the progress I currently have.

If done it would have to be a FFXIV FF tactics situation, as while Reborn is indeed mentioned in Rej, the settings and lore are different thanks to Rej using its own lore and lore from the anime, while Reborn stays completely faithful (so far) to the game's universe lore. So in theory it would be possible to visit a variation of Reborn but not the actual one.

I hope not, its part of Reborn's charm.

I'm not fond of fakemon or forcing a pokemon onto the players but if it does get implemented the only way I can see that would please mostly everyone and have less work to implement is the starters. In a dream scenario though you would be able to choose a pokemon from a list of non legendaries and have them follow you like in HGSS.

Hmm a neat idea that could potentially work spectacularly, if every anomaly is heavily tied to and grounded by that pokemon's canon lore.

There seems to be a miscommunication, I'm not arguing for the game to be made easier, as I feel Reborn as it is currently already has the proper balance. I'm arguing against the notion that the game isn't challenging and thus needs to be made even harder, as that is apparently the only thing that matters.

No it is not, as not even Reborn, as up to this moment, expects you to be only using certain pokemon in every battle. In fact the completed dex up to 7 is listed as a feature of the game, so yes if it came to that point it would indeed be a flaw. Character select forcing in general is a flaw. Like it or not there is more to Reborn than a difficult game. if you want nothing but hyper competitive battles Pokemon Showdown and Smogon already has you covered for now and the optional Nightclub is coming in the next update. Its what they, back when they were in everyone's good graces, originally upheld to the point of having a Elite 4 member professing it in Gen 2.

Mono typing is....but playing with favorites is not. In fact it is a normal playstyle that is expected and even encouraged by Game Freak and Nintendo. I just included mono runs as another type where the selection is limited that people like to do and the option for them should still be there. While you may be in the camp that likes things to be ultra difficult because of the challenge, others like myself are more drawn to the story and characters. I rather not the game go from DS1/3 to DS2:SotFS under the misguided notion that being as difficult as you can is all that matters. Besides forcing the player to only use certain pokemon just to win is boring.

While I do get that and the others, some of us choose to just play with certain pokemon because of that pokemon being their favorites or wanting to do a mono type run. Honestly the example I'm thinking of is the gauntlet at the end of 18.

I taken a similar if less extreme stance, if the game does not have Wiggltuff, Samurott, Gallade, Dusk Lycanroc, Togekiss and Donpahn and it must be all 6, I won't buy the game at all. I've put up with GF removing features that make the game better, phoning in the story and characters (like X and Y) and barely innovating before, my favorites is my last straw. To this day I still haven't bought Sword. What makes this even more baffling is Ultra Moon was IMO a high point to end the 3DS era and everyone of Nintendo's other major franchises and even Digimon was hitting it all out of the park but Pokemon is instead, as of right now, the worst its ever been. As for your other reply, 1. I agree, its one of the things Reborn introduced that felt missing and natural from the actual games. 2. A few of the gens do actually have that like Gen 5. 3. I have to disagree, I do find Reborn a bit too hard for its own good and that it just barely doesn't cause character select forcing. Rej actually does balance the difficulty better IMO.

Well they also try to stop NTP throughout the game. (as Pokemon tends to leave abusers to just the evil team despite that being unrealistic) Honestly you could further the development of OTP by having them form a partnership and business relationship with the Ather Foundation of the Ultra universe.

While there is much I disagree with here but won't get into as I don't really have time for a debate, I do want to touch up on your misconception of my favorite team in all of Pokemon, Team Plasma. They were not destroyed or went away but instead split into two. Old Team Plasma led by N and Rood, signified by wearing the knight outfits, took the lessons of separating humans and pokemon was not the answer to heart and truly reformed and now help pokemon stop pokemon abuse and care for them. Their base of operations is the only other church in all of Pokemon. Ghetsis and his goons now signified by their new black pirate outfits in New Team Plasma try to freeze Unova solid using Kyurem and operate out of a flying ship. This of course leads to a epic civil war scene where OTP wins.

As for me, I'll just be grabbing popcorn. The world is going to Hell in a hand basket so far and it doesn't seem its going to let up even in the new year. Honestly I'm happy the latest version could be recovered, its like the one ray of light in a abyss of darkness.

Nope which is why we don't have a criminal organization following us wherever we go and actually win most of the leagues.

To be fair, thats not exactly a hard guess in my case since I mostly use the same team and will refuse to enter your region if you won't allow me to use my favorites. (Looking at you Galar)

Shows up at the sites and draws a counter sign.

On the bright side for you, you might become a Kadabra if my candidate wins, enhancing your psychic power more than any human is capable of! You could take over GF yourself and save the Pokemon franchise!

Honestly you have an easier time making Ame the head of the Democrats, considering their current actions, though really you need to think smaller. Aim for making Ame the head of Nintendo, it plays to your goals strengths without needing one half of the country to be on your side and gives you access to other properties that need saving like Paper Mario.

I prefer Reborn thanks to that game trying to stay within the confines of the main pokemon games lore, while Rejuvenation likes to do its own thing and also throw some elements from the different Pokemon continuities too much for my liking, like the Pokemon anime. Reborn also IMO has a stronger cast of characters and story, with a bit more freedom on your character's relationship with the NPCs thanks to the hidden relationship stat. However Rejuvenation does do some things better than Reborn, like the map design, sidequests, machines taking place of HMs and a better "push" to where you need to go.

NOOOO! Not my favorite gym leader!

Oh OK that makes the scenario more balanced then. Yeah playing around with a "what if", as long as it stays that way, causes no harm. I think it comes down to one of two possibilities, the first one which was brought up thanks to Sword and Shield, is the theory that Game Freak is burned out on Pokemon. The other one which is something I noticed that might also apply here, is Ian Flynn the current writer for the Sonic comics when asked why he avoids fan ideas and projects said that he avoids them because they might influence his work and cause legal problems, which might be case here.

While Reborn is more difficult then normal for Pokemon games and I get it is some of the appeal for some players, I don't think Ame will or should mess with E4 formula besides adding the filed effects. Ame has wonderfully made Reborn in such a way that unlike most fan games it actually fits the game's world, I doubt she throw that sense of legitimacy in the final hour just to make things more difficult. As for the idea itself I am really against the idea that you should be able to switch at all, not only is it one of the key features that makes the endgame of Pokemon stand out, it tempts the game designer into character select forcing (which I'm against on the very principal) and not all the Pokemon you used would be recognized in the Hall of Fame. As for the subject of healing, from the way you make it sound you would limit item use, which is not only a unfair restriction (as that has never been the case before) but also limits Pokemon selection and strategies. So far Reborn has been able to be completed without me having to switch my team, (even if that stubbornness has made things harder for me in the long run) I rather keep it that way.

Not at all, I'm just saying that unlimited strength isn't the ultimate answer to everything. For instance Goku, like Shaggy and his team, needed Bulma.