Genesis

Spiritomb is pretty creepy. 500 souls trapped in one pokemon. Also swoobat is pretty Creepy. until I seen the pokemon series I though the heart shaped nose thing was its mouth and the ears its eyes and just could not figure the thing out. I will admit it looks a lot less creepy now, although I still don;t like its tail

Started on Crystal, then went to blue, After that it was every game that came out in order of release. I have yet to play X and Y though. My most fond memories are of Crystal though, then Ruby/ Saphire and then Fire Red. I also really enjoyed the mystery dungeon rescue games while not released by gamefreak

How did you KO Skuntank with Psybeam I thought it was immune to psychic moves thanks to it's typing? Also congratz on beating Corey. He is one of the hardest people to beat in Hardcore IMO

You can always breed both onto it, but goo luck with the tediousness of it all

In my latest run: Dunsparce. This thing is frikken bonkers. Ditto. Imposter can just turn a situation around so quickly

I liked the cage puzzle haha, but nah, I can understand it would be hell difficult to rewrite the chess thing. I guess I complain too much with that. I blame game freak for making it so hard to recognise the sprites... I would like to ask Ame though: In your opinion what is the hardest puzzle of the game currently? Will there be even tougher later on? If so, would you be so kind as to give us a hint on what kind of puzzle it would be? Personally, puzzle that require strength and moving things are the most annoying for me since a lot of the time if you move something wrongly you have start over. Crustle puzzle and Solosis puzzles I'm looking at you

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COMIC SANS MASTER RACE I love the guide, keep it up - especially the Comic Sans. Only thing I would suggest is maybe put a line break after every point. It helps a reader take a mental break and someone who's playing the game recognise milestones easier For example a break after defeating the Steelix and after the Pulse Abra __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Moving on __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ When you're eventually done with the guide maybe put in the transparent images. Not really an issue just more of an OCD type thing Again. i love the guide, I love the humor. And to keep up the motivation - If you get lazy and don't finish the guide. I will kill myself. You don't want to be responsible for the death of another human do you? Disclaimer #tinywritinggetsomespecs I won't really kill myself

As others have said, I feel like the chess puzzle needs a little tone down, as someone familiar with Chess I was surprised when my solutions didn't work. When looked up the solutions online they didn't really make sense to me

Ah damn, I was hoping you would do the gym battle in this episode as well Great luck work with those 2 boss battles by the way

Since it is my run, yes, yes I do know that. It takes away the fun of the joke when you have to explain it, but here goes. Minum is particularly weak. And since I don't plan on ever using it again I wrote it out the story as I did its counterpart plusle. Instead of just neglecting it completely, I decided to make it look a little more heroic. Considering the fact that it single handedly allowed me to get off a heal, it was the reason I beat Florina as many know is already tough enough in regular Reborn. TL:DR Minum was not the hero I wanted, but the hero I deserved. He shall forever be etched in to the history books from hereon Thanks! I thought something looked a bit fishy. I documented the battle back in December already and it was midnight. Thanks for pointing it out, fixed it

They say, "I will murder you while you sleep. I will murder you and your family. And then I will eat your hands"

I hear you and it is fun, what I mean is as a completionist I get super paranoid I am not catching everything I can. I remember seeing a post you mentioned earlier in the thread about how many pokemon are available to catch in this episode but I am nowhere near it, then again I haven't gotten to the end of the chapter either. It is like you said there are completely new pokemon. I have no idea who they are or what they do. And I want to test them all now haha

For the people who have done multiple playthroughs of the game starting again from ep16 won't be too tough

Episode 2.1 And Another One Bites the Dust Jess-man aka Shifty now has a team of 6 pokemon, and a shot at actually taking on Florina. Albeit the team is very disorganised. They spend days and days trying to come up with new strategies and develop synergies, unfortunately DeadVolt (Minun) has been slowing down progress a lot. Jess-man decides to take him aside after a couple of days for a little one on one teaching... Shifty: Hey Dead Volt, how would you like to join me for a walk Dead Volt: Sure, where we going boss? Shifty: Follow me~ Shifty and Dead Volt head up to a roof top where a Pichu is playing the worst game of hide and seek ever. Shifty looks over to Dead Volt who finally makes their way up to the roof, already out of breath, despite having come up an elevator Shifty: You're not much of a pokemon for fighting are you Dead Volt? Dead Volt: No sir, I am terrified of confrontation. Shifty: Well, unfortunately in battle, there's a lot of conflict.. Dead Volt: I know sir, I do, I have been in a few battles - I've never won one - but I am more of a support anyway Shifty: I see.. Dead Volt, I guess with crummy support like me, it's no wonder I have never won a battle Shifty: Don't be so harsh on yourself, I never meant anything like that, I just meant that the next battle is gonna be really tough, and I don't want you getting hurt on my account. So if you wanna sit the next battle out I will understand Dead Volt: No sir! Please don't do that! After what you did for me- Shifty: It was nothing man, any pokemon would have done the same, really, it was not- Dead Volt: No! (tears up) It wasn't nothing. To you it may have been nothing, but to me it was everything. I had been battling with my close partner, Plulsle, and something happened where we got separated.. permanently.. Shifty: I am so- Dead Volt: Don't be. It wasn't your fault. It was mine. I wasn't strong enough that day.. Shifty: Are you ok Dead Volt? Dead Volt: Yeah I am, although my name isn't actually Dead Volt. Shifty: wait what? what is it then? Dead Volt: Patrick. Shifty: Whu- Dead Volt: The gang gave me the nickname on account that m attacks have no bite to them.. see? I told you I was weak... Shifty: Pay them no attention. Listen. I understand. You have a rough background. Everyone on the team does and to be honest, I think they all forget what it was like on their own sometimes.. Dead Volt: What about you, do you forget what it was like? Shifty: Honestly, I wish I could remember what it was like... Tell you what, let's you and I do some one on one training, I'l be top~ Dead Volt: Top? One on one training - Shifty: Ahah, just kidding, we'll save that for tonight~ And with that the duo commenced a gruelling training regime. All the while Shifty thought about what Dead Volt had asked, "Do you forget what it was like on your own" for the truth was Shifty remembered all too well. While the events were hazy, the feeling still remained like a hot slap on freshly sunburnt skin, Every night Shifty would be terrorised by flashback accompanied with searing pain. Shifty was happy though to be training Dead Volt, even though everything they tried was an utter failure and Shifty knew that Dead Volt was hopeless, his mind was being kept off of other matters. While Dead Volt failed time and time again, he didn't give up and Shifty admired his determination. The 2 took a break from training as the late afternoon sun begun to slowly descend to the horizon. Shifty looked at Dead Volt who was on his last string, panting and covered in sweat. Shifty: You know what, I have the perfect job for you Dead Volt: But I sucked at today's training, I didn't get a single thing right. Shifty: True, but I have something special in mind for you. Dead Volt: You do? Shifty: Yep, in fact it's something only you can do for me. Dead Volt: What can I do that the others can't Shifty: Support. Dead Volt: Oh you mean like with Pom poms and stuff don't you... Shifty: No. You are going to be needed in battle, but I need to know whether you really are committed to this team, got it? Dead Volt: I'd be willing to sacrifice myself sir! I'd be willing to be torn limb from limb and fed to a bunch of poochyena Shifty: That's a bit drastic, but I admire your courage. Now, when the time comes, can I count on you? Dead Volt: With my life Sir! Shifty:Fantastic. Oh and just one more thing. Dead Volt: Yes Sir? Shifty: Call me Shifty Dead Volt: Shifty...? Shifty: Yeah or babe, coolguy118, Giovannishredder29 or whatever ticklers your fancy - wait I guess that would be me Dead Volt: ...... Dead Volt: Thank you Shifty, thank you for believing in me and giving me a chance. I promise you you won't regret it. Shifty: I know.. And with that Dead Volt fainted on the spot, Shifty transformed into Jess-man and picked him up gently and walked back to the rest of the team who had taken refuge in the Obsidia gardens. Thanks to the turmoil caused by the tentacle freak none of the humans were brave enough to enter the garden again. All that remained were a handful of pokemon traumatized either by the Pulse Tanngrowth or beatings from the Jess-man team. When Shifty returned to the group they all huddled around a comfy patch of grass. It had been a long hot day, but luckily that heat carried through the night keeping the team in comfort. When the sun rose everyone woke with determination and confidence. They were ready to take on their next gym leader challenge. The team set off towards the Onyx trainer school and were about to enter when Fern the grasshole pulled a Gandalf claiming that they would not gain entry. No worries though, being a bit of a master on the issue, Jess-man headed the team to the rear entry battling through hordes of feces-like trainers. When they finally broke through the puzzle and were about to enter the gym floor to take on Florina, Fern popped up again like a stubborn weed. If Jess-man weren't afraid of talking to anything non-pokemon he probably would have told Fern he was becoming a thorn in his side. Luckily Jess-man knew several ways to deal with stubborn weeds and unwanted bushes. He uprooted Fern and broke his determination from the stem up. Fern knew he could not stand up to Jess-man in his current level so he scampered off with his tail between his legs claiming that victory would be his some day. It was finally time. Shifty gathered the team around and briefed them on their responsibilities. The mission was clear. They had one chance to get this right. Castform is the only one left standing after the battle,. But the team has won. Everyone starts slowly coming to, except Dead Volt. Shifty heads over to his lifeless body and tries to wake him, shaking him violently, the shaking stops and turns into trembling. Shifty drops his head as tears stream down his face landing on Dead Volt's body leaving little crackles from the static left behind... The team leaves the gym, Florina not uttering a word. The team has won, but at what cost....... Highlights of Chapter 2 in pics: Posted in loving memory of Patrick AKA Dead Volt #RIP #GONETOOSOON

Indeed, haha I wish there was a walkthrough for the first chapter, I hate not knowing all the pokemon that can be caught and what I might be missing out on

So I downloaded Se7en. I chose Lifoam as my first pokemon and got rekt by both Catherine and Tim :/ is this normal? And I thought pokemon reborn hardcore was tough

#justsayin but your solution is already pointed out

Casrform is a beast against Florina. I used Hail and weather ball to take down her Cradilily, great progress by the way

Thank goodness! Grinding Pre Shelly just got a whole lot easier

alright so this is me... and one that isn't so freakishly close

Some interesting peeps here

Also where's its mouth?

The dex entries in the canon games are definitely way off. I also don't think it goes on an average size since legnedaries like Groudon are once off pokemon... Also being "the shaper of continents" I would expect Groudon to be at least 30ft. The one in the dex entry is way too small..

Slaking has both good bulk and attack so it hits hard. If you plan to use a slaking you can either use it as a support/ bruiser in that on first turn out it can attack and during traunt you can heal a party member. Thanks to its impressive bulk it can handle like 2 to 3 attacks with relative ease The other option is to use it as a pokemon that OHKOs things then switch for another member after the OHKO to avoid traunt To answer you, yes it is worth keeping