ZEL

Pretty sure the level cap is 70 before you beat Charlotte. I remember overlevelling my Klinklang while I raised my Staraptor; it was at 75 in the end and wouldn't obey me.

Something that just came to my mind is that it can be justified in-game in the sense that the grunts wouldn't want to have their names/identities revealed, since they have a life outside their criminal activities and don't want their reputation ruined? That'd make some sense, actually. Even though, personally, I'd still prefer names. I mean, the trainers get them... (and yes, it was necessary as soon as the Phone number/Re-match business was introduced, I know.)

Galactic and Flare combined kinda do remind me of Meteor, to be honest. Galactic was all about destroying the world as we know it so Cyrus could play god and try to create one to his liking, whereas Flare was about cleansing the world and restoring it to beauty again. What always bothers me a bit is that we usually get a good picture of what the Bosses are like, but as far as Administrators/similar are concerned, a lot of potential gets lost. I don't remember anything interesting about most of them other than that I could tell them apart. Not as bad as the grunts, though. Even something as simple as giving them names already adds a little bit: I mostly noticed this in Reborn, how the mere fact that all the Meteors have names makes the team feel more lively to me, because suddenly I'm able to start associating their dialogues with them as individuals, which makes them a lot more human. With Team Flare especially it bugged me, because it was implied that there aren't THAT many of them, considering it was expensive as hell to even join them. Perfect opportunity to give more personality to the existing ones.

For me, the difficulty about Charlotte was mostly that her team was overall pretty fast. That, and Typhlosion. I failed my first try, so on my second, I sent out Noivern for Tailwind to take care of the Speed problem, then tried to take down Typhlosion as fast as I could. Don't really remember everything about the battle, but it ended with Noivern and Arcanine on the field. Tried to take some advantage of the field with a Fire pokemon of my own. Since most of the team I took in there was set up to hit hard (Mamoswine, Staraptor, Arcanine, Espeon), and Samurott was at least a better choice than Klinklang, making sure that I hit first was a huge part. Mamoswine, Arcanine and Samurott were well capable of taking hits, so I paired them up with Pokemon who couldn't in the hopes of giving those a higher chance at survival. Not exactly a very stylish way to fight, but hey - if it works, it works.

I'm gonna assume that you will have to wait until a later episode. I can't get in there yet either, and a friend I talked to cannot either.

Get outta here, Gossip Gardevoir

Visual upgrades to already existing sprites, you say? Would that include character sprites, by any chance? Idk why, but somehow it always made me feel a little weird that several of the sprites are modified versions of original Pokemon characters. (Corey/Koga the most) I've actually been planning to start playing Rejuvenation now that I caught up with Reborn; the visuals look really nice~ So congrats for getting chosen to work on Reborn! I don't cook very well, but I happen to have some leftover chocolate cake...?

Well, it could be a possibility that the presence of Eve and Lumi has influnced the physical apearance; either biologically (this is the Pokemon world, I stopped questioning possibilities when Bill turned into a Clefairy) or in terms of gender presentation. From what I read on this thread, discussion-wise, people seemed to agree that an androgynous look was a good possible take on them, which I personally agre with. But my friend did ask about the body type because it's important to her for drawing the right shape. If there isn't a clear answer, would male with an androgynous gender presentation do it, then?

Their versus sprite is an edited version of Grimsley's, so as of now I've p much told my friend that if I can't find out anyhing, they could work with that. Grimsley's not exactly the most masculine male either, so perhaps it's kinda like that with Zero. Though the full-body sprite honestly had me thinking of ZEL as biologically female for the whole game up until that point in Ametrine. I feel a bit shy about messaging anyone directly, since it's more of a, uh, frivolous matter, not a game problem or anything. [nervous noises]

Oh. Hmm. I know I got caught by one of the last guys quite often, but watching them for a bit helped. Are you walking or running? There's at least one cultist who I found really hard to pass even by running, it was kind of a thing where you have to start running in the fraction of a second when he turns around... Otherwise, have you checked if you are definitely going in the right direction? Maybe you're trying to pass where you're not supposed to?

You have to be really quick with your reactions at some points. I suggest figuring out how close you can step without getting noticed, and then waiting for a bit to watch how fast/where they turn/walk. Then you only have to get your timing right and run right past them. Sometimes it might take you a try or two if you go the wrong way. Make the most of your timing. Sprint as soon as the cultists have their back to you.

Overall, I likes Team Rocket the most, simply because they were basically just that: a criminal organization abusing/stealing Pokemon for what appeared to be mostly money and power. The concept worked out very well, and Giovanni is awesome. I like that their goals are so "simple" compared to what others teams have been trying to achieve, even though i do appreciate the evolution of storytelling in the games. Black/White and their sequels were nicely done, but just for the team itself, yeah, I'll say Rocket. Though Cyrus and Colress are my favourite antagonist characters.

Hmm, so I hope this is the right place to ask, buuut I am going to commission a friend of mine for art soon, and one of the pieces I was gonna ask her to draw was ZEL with one of the Eeveelutions. Thought I'd look through here if there's any fanart of them to be found, since the game sprites are rather tiny for a ref, and I really shouldn't make an artist who never played the game try to figure out how the charries are supposed to look like. But the only piece I found, while friggin' cool (dat hairstyle!) is a headshot so it doesn't serve well as a ref. According to in-game info, they're supposedly stuck in Zero's body, so they would be biologically male? But the game sprite looks rather feminine IMO, so I'm not sure? And are there any refs or info at all on their clothes, since the sprites are a bit too small to show the details? If not, I was just gonna suggest to go for a plain black longsleeve instead of whatever they're wearing. (Changing clothes is a thing ok) Also, friend asks what body type/shape they should have. If there's any way to answer this, it'd be lovely~ In the meantime, lemme stare some more at everyone's amazing art <3 And mourn the fact that I still haven't figured out how to properly draw humans.

Two would be overkill, yeah. When we had the Tangrowths, it made sense to have multiple ones, since they were each set up in a different ward. But for Agate alone, one should suffice. Spores/Powder would be a really interesting idea, especially since we had the Sleep/Rage powder theme on route 2. Though that should probably be visible somehow, at least if it's in huge quantities / around the area of the source? It'd be a pretty huge giveaway as to where the PULSE is standing, so probably not. Plus, if the game info is to be believed, it's ruled out anyway. Would've been cool, tho. If the Pokemon is hooked up to a PULSE tho, would you even really need another to amplify whatever signal/sound it is giving off? Or would that be included in "PULSE aplified power"?

I'm generally very attached to my team pokemon, but Klinklang and Espeon are my darlings. Can't imagine my team without them any more, but luckily they kick ass in battle, so I won't have to.

It's 'cause Krookodile's got SWAG, obviously.

What a cute kitten <3 Please give it a cuddle from me~ In fact, why doesn't everyone tell their pets I said hi. I think I'll be stalking this thread. Let's add some more cats. One Two Three

Turns out they're all fakes, Arceus and the Jewel of Life-style.

Well that's basically why I asked. I went into that gym and beat her with Dewott, Hoothoot and Meowth *helpless shrug* I expected to have more difficulties with her, seeing how I not only had no advantages, but also some huge disadvantages.

Easiest gym for me has been Samson. Poor guy couldn't stand a chance against Tailwind-boosted Espeon, and I'd have had two Flying types for back-up, anyway. I've also beaten Serra, Radomus and Terra with relative ease, though not quite as much as Samson. (Terra kinda did dig her own grave by fighting on the glitch field. Psychic OP pls nerf.) Does Julia even count? Hardest for me overall was Shade because of his Rotom. And Florinia, because I was just so not prepared for her. Didn't train a fighting type and predictably got stuck on beating her Cradily.

Dragon. Oh god I hate facing Dragon pokemon in battle. I trained Altaria and Noivern, but both are part Flying, which is one of my two favourite Types. I trained a Flygon because it happened to be a shiny. But... Naw, man. Dragon trainers are my biggest enemies because I don't usually train types that they are weak against. If I'm lucky, I have a water type on my team that knows one or two good Ice moves.

I've known about Pokemon since Kindergarten, though I merely knew various Pokemon species and not much else. I remember I was super fond of Pidgeotto since birds were/are my favourite animals, and had some of the trading cards bc I liked the pictures. But that was about it. My first game was Blue; I have a sister who is seven years older than me and owned the game. When I was... six? she asked me, out of the blue, if I'd like to play, and introduced me to how it worked. She had already completed the game including the Pokedex, so all I really did was battle wild Pokemon, but it was still a lot of fun. I grew really attached to Farfetch'd and Flareon. Then uh, well... I did what annoying little siblings tend to do a lot: I ruined shit. I started a new save file, and understandable, sis was pissed. But she eventually decided to just gift the game to me (she'd since gotten Yellow), and so I started my own first Pokemon journey. My most treasured team member was a Dodrio called -so very originally- Dodo Dri. I remember how ecstasic I was when Gold and Silver got released (2001 here in Europe); a friend of mine got the game long before me, and I kept begging her to let me play a bit. She did, even though she had to keep reminding me not to leave her Typhlosion underlevelled - I was too focussed on Noctowl, haha. And oooh boy, Espeon and Umbreon! It took me AGES to figure out how to evolve Eevee into either of them! Most frustrating experience of my childhood. Not to mention I simply couldn't decide which one I liked more. I've kept up with each generation religiously since then, always buying the games as soon as they came out (well, here in Germany, anyway...), and still enjoy them to this day. Never took much of a look at fangames until this year though. That is, until my partner talked me into playing Reborn.

Purely judged based on which one I like the most as a gym leader: I love Florinia so, so much. Her teacher/mentor role is great, and she's just an all around interesting person. And she sure makes a point of showing us how to set up a deadly mono team. I hope we're going to see more of her, because I'm pretty sure that way she'd easily become one of my favourites. Amaria is amazing, too. Overall my second -well, technically fourth- favourite character, gosh she's so lovely <'3 Can't judge her as a gym leader yet, but her Lapras' name, just brilliant. Amaria would be that kind of person I'd want to befriend; she's too good for the world, honestly. Honorable mention goes to Aya and Titania <3

It's fine, I finished what's released of the game so far c: Just realized this is derailing the original topic, hnng. Apologies. Point still stands, though, I hope we won't see Cain die or worse I've grown rather attached to the pretty boy.

I don't quite understand what you mean by that? Sorry...