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  1. The evolutions for A-Raichu and A-Exeggutor need to take place specifically on Apophyll Beach.
  2. Uh not sure if anyone knew or intended for this but the randomizer patch is 100% compatible with the modpacks which allow legendaries caught in the randomized file to leak into other non-randomized files where they do not belong.
  3. What got me involved with Pokemon Reborn was my growing disillusionment with the mainline games starting in the fourth generation. I had played Emerald extensively and as a child found it enjoyable but as I grew older the repetitive nature of future installments proved progressively unappealing as they offered nothing new. When I first played Pokemon Reborn, the game was still on Episode Twelve and not nearly as polished as it is today, but a few things hooked me in almost immediately. To start, with a majority of known pokemon in the game I had far more varied choices to build upon a team. I noticed right away my familiarity with Pokemon up to the third generation wasn't getting me anywhere with the increased difficulty of the trainers and especially the gyms. Now into the battle systems, which over the years has only gotten better as the field effect system gets updated with new and improved fields. Seeing that beyond just simple concepts such as STAB and move strength certain moves had lasting effects that could change a battle in an instant. Two very good examples come to mind in the fights with Serra and Adrienn. Serra's mirror arena can be listed as one of the most annoying fields in the game, giving evasion buffs to an assortment of abilites and items as well as allowing for aurora veil to be used without hail being present. The field has only about a half dozen moves that can actually destroy her mirrors, forcing the player to either adapt to her field or carry one of a few moves that could destroy her field and actually be obtainable at that point, necessitating a very specific pokemon or small group of pokemon that the player at least has to keep in substitution. Adrienn's field starts off as a misty field, but while the player might to bring pokemon that resist Adrienn's fairy types, such as fire and poison, Adrienn can quite easily blow the mist away and reveal his fairy-tale field. The fairy-tale field dramatically changes the course of the battle as now fire moves are ineffective against his fairy types having added the dragon typing to those moves, while the poison typing cannot change the field to corrosive mist to suit them anymore. Field Effects aside, the A.I. is vastly more challenging than the mainline series, with the player having to develop ways around the A.I.'s ability to counter at nearly every turn. Overall, the battle systems of this game deserve high praise for forcing the player to keep about an entire box of pokemon for substitution over the course of the story. Speaking of story, lets move onto that aspect of the game. What I found in the mainline games was a "story" of a child who leaves home at a young age to "catch 'em all" and challenge the pokemon league for that region (or island challenge for Alola). Such cut and dry storytelling might work for the target audience of 10 year olds, but Reborn takes its narrative to the next level. To be fair, Reborn does have the basic elements of challenging the league and fighting an evil team, but there is also so much more that expands upon those basic elements. Being greeted by Ame on the train into Peridot, the player is instantly thrust into the action when the train explodes upon reaching the station. The story then proceeds slowly as you clear the stereotypical evil team base and then fight the first gym. Before you even get to the second gym though, you find yourself face to face with the first "boss" pokemon being enhanced through a P.U.L.S.E. machine. Moving on to the third badge, you find yourself first having to rescue the police force (providing you decide to initiate the sidequest) and you learn that -gasp- the third gym leader is actually a part of the evil team, deeciding to jump off a bridge after losing to you because of his agony over losing everything he held dear. A much later part of the story has you make what seems to be a completely inconsequential decision: Do I fight this man or walk away. The aforementioned decision actually plays a larger role in subsequent events, with someone's death entirely preventable on the outcome. The fact that Pokemon Reborn actually offers these choices and consequences makes the story seem more real and down-to-earth. I touched on a couple of the NPC's, but now its time to go more in depth. Upon proceeding through the story, I found that many of the essential characters were given much more personality than in mainline games, and also much more diversity. I mentioned the third gym leader's suicide, and the game could have kept him black and white, but the game instead takes us through his grief over losing the woman he loved over a ring, only then to become subservient to the evil team in order to keep the one thing that reminded him of what he cared for most. As for asking about the "queer" characters, I find the diversity makes for a better game, as along with the story I can actually believe certain people would react to certain events in a certain fashion. To summarize everything because I know this is long-winded, I find everything about Pokemon Reborn exhilarating, the battle systems keep me on my toes, the story keeps me hooked and I appreciate the character development given to each essential character. I hope you find this somewhat useful to your thesis and I wish you luck + a good grade.
  4. Did you buy all of the pokemon on 7th street, because the guy who sells them becomes your missing tutor.
  5. I am currently having my game crash whenever I encounter wild pokemon. I can encounter event pokemon but in the grass I get the provided error message. My problem only exists for this save file, I tested the others and they work fine. I'd appreciate whatever anyone can do so I can continue my game. Game_3.rxdata
  6. Darkhorse

    Postgame

    Keep up the hard work everyone. If title defending does become a codified thing I hope I get to choose the battlefield, wouldn't seem right to be able to take down challengers with a multi-type team when every leader and presumably Elite Four members have mono-type teams.
  7. Unable to get a azurill from multiple save files and was wondering if I could find one here? Doesn't need to be anything special I am just looking for one to add to my team.
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