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Hello there.

I wouldn't consider myself a veteran of any game series. Sure, I played a lot of games throughout my short life, but I never really got hooked into a series. I wouldn't consider myself some kind of "hardcore fan" of anything. Though, I got a few experiences with Fire Emblem! Where do I start? Awakening brought me to the series. I was watching videos on YouTube at the time and discovered that "new tactical game that blew everyone away", had high ratings all around and looked stunning. The first time I saw it was in a Nintendo Direct, at the time my opinion was something like: "Oh, it's just another weeb game. Good job, Nintendo. Get me outta here.." Well, some time later, after a lot of pondering I decided to finally grab 40€ and go to the GameStop in the city and pick the game up. (I played the demo before that. My hype meter was boiling.) I started the game and had so much fun, aside from that it lacked cutscenes. But alright, enough complaining. I was blown away. I played it around 500 hours, restarted the game. Did everything there was to do, bought the DLC.. and so on. Then one day, as I was about to sleep, I decided to grab my Nintendo and look at some stuff in the E-Store. (Yes, under my blanket. I didn't want my mother to catch me. Even more so because I had school the next day. I don't even remember how old I was.. 16, maybe?) Ah, anyway. I found out that there was a new Nintendo Direct and looked into it. A lot of things that I didn't care about; Super Mario, some other stuff.. well, I became bored rather quickly. But then, they mentioned Fire Emblem. That trailer played, my hype meter rising to new levels. Yeah, I was literally laying under my blanket, sweating and shaking, listening to what came out of the puny speakers of my Nintendo 3DS. Then they announced "Fire Emblem: If". No release date, no nothing. At first, I thought that it would be for the New Nintendo 3DS only. Saddened, but also hyped, I went to sleep. Then there was a time where everybody forgot about that new "Fire Emblem: If". That was until Japan got the release date and the first diehard fans started playing it on YouTube with the English translation patch. Again, I was hyped. And I also spoiled myself. But it was then that I realized that the release date for America and Europe is still so far away. I'm living in Germany, took until this summer for the localization to finish. Meanwhile, I killed my time by playing the older Fire Emblem games. Mainly the GBA games but also some fanmade games on the emulator. And guess what? Those games, even despite having no 3D graphics and such, provided me with so much fun. I don't even know what to say. I really started to think that Fire Emblem: Awakening, the game that brought me to the series, was inferior. At some point, I heard that (At that point, we already had the official English name which was "Fire Emblem: Fates, the game that people love or hate today.) the new Fire Emblem game would have split paths and that one would have to pay for each one of them. Infuriated, I sold my 3DS and fulfilled my dream of getting a decent gaming computer. It was then that I became a PC gamer, getting a few games on Steam and quickly making new friends, having fun and all that good stuff. Everything was fine and dandy, until I heard more of the news about Fire Emblem: Fates. My curiousity got the best of me and I watched playthroughs of every route, only to realize that the game doesn't have much to offer aside from fancy visuals and relatively good music. Fates' writing made me cringe on several occurences, the overly stupid protagonist didn't make that any better. And there I thought that Roy was bad. Oh, how wrong I was.. Well, enough ranting. After Fates got released in Europe, I decided that I don't have to regret my decision of not picking the game up and that I could do so later, if it's cheaper and won't kill my wallet. I have also played Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance after it, and I've come to the conclusion that it's truly my most favorite game in the entire franchise; the characters are deep, you got that intimidating Black Knight, an orchestrated soundtrack and a story that will intrigue you. But then again, I would not call you a moron for picking Fates as your favorite Fire Emblem game. I think it's fanservice, you on the other hand, you love it. Those are different opinions. And while other people may think that their opinions are right, I do not think so. Nor do I think that yours is right. In fact, it's just personal preference. Everyone who calls you a moron for a having a personal preference is a moron themselves, simple as that. About Pokémon.. I don't exactly recall having any problem with any Pokémon game ever. They are designed to be pretty easy, at least regarding the main story line. I never really got too deep into all that Battle Area stuff. My favorite canon Pokémon game has to be B/W2. The story takes a more serious approach and the characters are relatively deep, at least for the standarts of the series. To be quite frank, it felt totally refreshing and I couldn't have possibly spent those 20€ on anything better at that time. And don't even get me started on the PMD games.. I love those. No, I absolutely adore them. Except for PMD 3, which was pretty boring. PMD 1 and PMD 2 in particular stood out to me as incredibly difficult games with a mature story line that felt so incredibly unusual in a Pokémon game. And I think that PMD 2 was the first game to ever make me shed a tear. But enough about that. I discovered Pokémon Reborn and Pokémon Rejuvenation on YouTube and I don't regret the decision to download those two games. They are probably the best Pokémon games that I have ever played, even when fanmade. They are challenging, have a mature story line and that's exactly what I wanted when I first picked them up. Time for the conclusion: Older games may or may not be better. It depends on your personal preference and nothing else. It's up to you what you like and what you dislike. I, however, prefer older games over the newer one's. Though, I'm willing to make exceptions if something blows me away.

I once heard of a programm called "Hitfilm 3". No idea if it's free, how good it is.. etc, but I remember to have heard that it is indeed free.) But I'm not exactly a video editor; if I need to cut something out, I usually use the YouTube video editor. Though, I'd be interested if someone could come up with a good, free solution for video editing. Maybe then I'll give it a try.

I don't know you, but you appear to be a nice person from what I've seen. You also made some useful kind of tool that I haven't tried yet. (Now, get that thread out of my sight. ;-

I swear, someone will lose their life if Fern turns out to be the Reborn League Champion.. however unlikely that may turn out to be. I myself think that it's still a bit too early to speculate about it. Some people appear to think that it's Ame, but I don't think that the creator of the game would "self-insert" herself in the story like that. On top of that, she's already the professor. And I guess that's fine this way. Now, I already forgot about the main cast of characters, but I suppose that the Champ will be someone we haven't met yet. Let's see how things are going to play out in Episode 16.

I'm 18 and people tell me that I look like 14. I also sound like it. One more reason to loathe my voice.

8/10 - Looks like the kind of guy that would bisect people with a sword despite them begging for mercy. Now, I'm kinda curious how people would rate an avatar that's supposed to be bad and took me like fifteen seconds to create. Kudos if you know him.

Amber? Her home is Tesla's Villa in Teila Resort. Check there. Saki lives in West Gearen City.

Hmm.. considering how useful Bulbasaur is in the early game, I'm vouching for Bulbasaur as the starter! Nothing beats Torchic, though. Anyway, I'm looking forward to see you actually start this run! Seems like an interesting concept.

I literally just found it. But yes, that would be a neat idea!

Cat or dog? Don't mind the context.. just.. answer.

Hey, would one of you people mind putting a spoiler with the position of the ladder needed to reach the Shadow Ball TM on the Grave Hill? Would be greatly appreciated. I can't seem to find it..

PM sent! If there's anything else, just contact me via the conversation. Have fun with Version 8. And I hope that my team isn't too bad.

My personal opinion on the matter: First off, try to have as much type variety in your team as possible. Try not to have multiple Pokémon of a type in your team, unless you challenge a Gym and you think it's beneficial. Now, let me go a bit into detail. Remember that it's just my opinion that I pieced together when experiencing this game for myself a while ago. 1.) You should totally get a Magneton. It's one of the best Pokémon you can possibly have.. at least that's how I feel. (Sturdy, ftw!) 2.) I'd bench the Swoobat and would keep using Gothita as my Psychic type. However, that's just my personal preference. 3.) Floatzel? I'm sure there's better water types available. It's not all that good. Especially when playing a game that is designed to be hard. It's one of those Pokémon that evolve early and lose a lot of viability later on. 4.) Combusken (Blaziken) is a beast and probably the best starter you can pick in both Rejuvenation and Reborn. 5.) Unfezant.. the generic normal/flying type. I suppose you can keep using it. But I'd recommend that you pick up a Zubat or a Golbat. According to the Trainer Memo, I found mine at Lvl. 33 on the Azurine Islands. And it hasn't failed me ever since. Well, I might also add that I didn't play much Pokémon lately and only played it again because Pokémon Rejuvenation's Version 8 launched. I suggest that you don't heed my suggestions just yet and wait for other people to give their opinions on the matter. I'm just trying to help, but that doesn't mean that you shouldn't listen to other people, too. *Waiting eagerly for Episode 16* Anyway, I hope that you have a lot of fun with your playthrough of Pokémon Reborn. See ya. Don't criticize me for that moveset. I know it's terrible.

I'm not sure if this is necroposting, but by definition it shouldn't be.. hopefully. Here goes! I need a Togepi for breeding. Now, Togepi is only available from the Mystery Egg, from which I got an Elekid. (Damn RNGgods.. why me?) I'm trying to breed Pokémon with Wish, that's why. The Togepi can have any IV's or EV's possible, I don't really mind. Nor does it matter to me which level it has or which moves it knows. It should just be a Togepi or a Togetic. :-P I don't really have much to offer, so I hope that this will suffice.. OT Name: Leon OT Gender: Male Name: Ralts Species: Ralts Shiny: No Ability: Trace Level: 25 Nature: Modest Moves: Magical Leaf; Heal Pulse; Draining Kiss; Calm Mind.. (Egg Move should be Destiny Bond.) EV's: 0/0/0/0/0/0 IV's: 14/28/25/25/31/30 Thanks in advance! Contact me via PM if there's any interest.

I never really dealt with anything regarding TVTropes, nor did I ever really care about it. I never really understood what it was about, but I enjoyed reading some entries. I just tried finding a character that would fit the description of "The Scrappy". And yeah, opinions may differ. Though, I think that the game gives us enough reasons to hate Ren. :-P "There are popular characters that have fandoms. But sometimes, there is a character who instead has a hatedom. We'll call this guy 'The Scrappy'." I am hereby founding the "Hatedom of Ren". Feel free to join, or not. I don't really care.

Serperior with Contrary can be broken, yes. Given that you can get those Leaf Storms off. Otherwise it's only half-decent, at least in my opinion. But then again, I'm thinking that the Gen 5 starters were a disappointment in their own right. Moving on.. (I'm not hating on them. :-P In fact, I like the designs very much. And they are more than enough for the storyline of the games, but let's think competitive for a moment.) Denied. Moving on.. I was thinking about getting a Vileplume when playing through Terajuma Jungle/Resort/Whatever in Version 7. But I decided to keep my Tangrowth just because of it's bulk that really came in handy later on. I wouldn't mind keeping my Tangrowth, but there's just Pokémon that can do better, so I decided to replace it. And I don't think I have a strong desire to walk around with the same team for ages. The time for changes has come! Amoonguss is pretty nice! I agree on all the points that you made, but I don't like it's design. And that's what bothers me so much that I'm not gonna train one anytime soon. ^.^ Anyway, presenting.. Thanks to the one person that made this whole thing a little less bothersome! Without you, I would've probably headbutted my desk for real. *Offers roasted thanks on silver tablet* That's 3/6 team members done!

Ren starring as "The Scrappy", perhaps? I don't know anybody who has been too fond of him, including me. Hoping that he'll get some more character development other than "Melia, you're alive? Yeah, sorry for joining Team Xen." But that's just my humble opinion.

Thank you for your suggestion. I also thought about including Roserade, but I wasn't sure whether it's obtainable already. (I know how powerful it is since I used it quite frequently in UU back in the day. One hell of a beast.) :-P And I'm happy with a Breloom now! You did.. what?! "There's only one punishment. The sentence is death." Pff, always those thieves.

You can change your difficulty for three blue shards after you changed it for free. Don't know if one would consider that "expensive", especially when considering that there doesn't appear to be any other way to put those shards to good use. Sent from my Samsung G900F that doesn't let me edit quotes, oh well.

Thanks for giving me hope, I suppose. I'll get it eventually.