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Among all the face to face introductions, Cathode noticed at some point a pretty silent boy waving her from afar, while wearing a shy smile that could probably mirror her usual own. A ralt's head was poking out of his hoodie. It was so cute! Cathode felt she could partly relate to the guy. She tilted her head a little, while offering her trademark shy smile back, acknowledging and returning back the greeting.

He has Fern on his avatar. The music for the title screen was nice. I like this style. As for the intro, i liked it because i am someone who enjoys reading the plot. I'm sure some more impatient people would argue that it is too long.

Orderly John is the main antagonist. Also by delaying Weepinbel's evolution till razor leaf (lvl 44) you lost Victreebel's levelup moves: Leaf Tornado (stronger than razor leaf, and 50% chance for accuracy drop) and the nuke that is Leaf Storm. At least there is move relearner post-aya. The attack drop by Play Rough on medicham mattered soooo much... It seems that the AI works as it should towards Air Balloon now. Good to know. Also yes, i just read a bunch of updates in a row xD

Might as well probe a little more in this: I will first single out the cliches that are actually not that bad to have: -At least one of the human characters can understand Pokemon: While it is super cliche'd i actually appreciate the understanding pokemon thing if it is well justified (which is incredibly easy to do in such an unrealistic setting) since it does make the story more interesting. I preffer stories that are more centered in pokemon than humans and this helps, especially since i like seeing them as individual personalities instead of "the things you use for your plot progression battles". -One of the good guys has some connection to the evil team: A good story needs some plot twists. The thing is, this is one effective method and it works despite its repetition. It can be avoided ofc, if one can make a decent story without it. The thing is, when such cliches are implemented, its good to find a way for them to be as unpredictable as possible. For example even if you know that someone is connected with the evil team, you dont know who, and how and somehow manage to make the one no one would expect be that guy. -At least one of the protagonists has a super sad backstory: I personally dig those. So i don't mind. Cliche'd or not, i really have no problem with them as long as the reason of the person's misfortune is original/creative enough and make me feel genuinely emotional with them. After all utopic settings where everything is happy go lucky is boring for me. Tho if one wants to avoid super sad backstories, they can just start the fic as happy-go-lucky and create sad events during story progression. Just don't give me a story without feels. I'll get bored soon. Every other cliche mentioned: I wish they just stopped using those. It's so easy to just select any of the rest hundreds of pokemon for a change. If you want to use the same cliche'd pokemon so much, at least make it interesting (you probably won't).

biggest one of all

I don't know about normal, both my runs are on Intense difficulty, and i can say that the major fights were very easy this time around, with only Angie needing some more attempts than normal because she relies on evasion hax .... Then again im someone who has a roster of over 12 mons so i may or may not be the best example for measuring difficulty

Dunsparce is simply adorable and its good for trolling people with it too

Happy bday jman xD

Gradually, more of their group started introducing themselves in quick succession. Cathode was starting to feel pressured by the sheer amount of attention right now, but it was being held back by the fact that most of them were being kind and not intrusive. The last boy surprised her by assuming she would be their superior! That made a chuckle reflexively escape her, as the mere thought of that was funny. He seemed like the youngest of the bunch too. "B-boss? Tehehe you couldn't possibly imagine someone such as me in that role! I'm simply a new Cadet like you and nothing more!" Right... a Cadet.. that was on the verge of not being one. It made her not feel satisfied by calling herself one due to the previous events. No... I shouldn't think like that! I passed the exam like the rest! I shouldn't let that meanie's words affect me! Then she noticed the older boy next to the younger Emmanuel. She almost forgot he had just introduced himself and she felt bad. He was being so courteous too. She blushed a bit, and hasted to reply. "Sorry sorry! Emmanuel surprised me a bit and then my mind wandered off too! Frederick eh? Nice to meet you too! I too hope we do get along! Also i found Radovan just a bit funny, not mean!" Then again he didn't noogie her like he did him... uhhh people are weird! "An adventure? Oh no... seems i missed more than I thought with my great mess-up! Was it that rumored practical exam?" And did that mean that she was a Cadet by passing one less exam than them? If that was the case then as much as she hated it, Mason might actually be doing her a big deal of a favor...

I would, if the plot is interesting and the battles challenging enough.

Just as Cathode had managed to utter her reply towards the hyperactive girl, before she got a reply, she noticed that one of the two potential weirdos was giving a gentlemanly greeting, though some of the verbal contents were a bit off. It seems every single one of them aimed to falsify her expectations. At least the second case so far was for the better. His implied humor eased her a bit too. As she was already in a low-ish posture, she simply nodded in response to his bow and surprisingly to herself, she managed to reply without stuttering this time. "Hee hee, if you say so... I'm sorry i just have a hard time with new people! Did you also meat with each other just today?"

As if to nullify all her expectations about awkward initiatives and who of them were the weirdos, the deceivingly normal girl suddenly jolted towards her. The assaulter surprised Cathode so much that she was still paralyzed when that girl had taken hold of her hands and was probably trying to detach them with all that shaking. She was saying things, but Cathode was already too shocked to comprehend them. As the initial shock was slowly giving way to the urge of running away screaming, the assaulter finally let her hands free, which let her take a breather and cleared her head a little. She was now trying to get her from the back. Calmdowncalmdowncalmdowncalmdowncalmdown She was at least now conscious enough to figure out what the girl was saying. Apparently her guess about graduates was right. No need to be shy, she says, easier said than done. With her remaining dignity she tried to give a reply to that at least. The result was average at best. "I-i see, t-that's g-great, w-what's your name?"

At least for now there are a few fics. In case you are that type i could suggest you 1-2 very good reads.

I just want to drop here that it is a very good thing that Trick Room TM is not available yet in rejuv, either because of Jan's judgment or because it just happened. You can't imagine how much Trick Room trivializes most of Reborn's major battles... starting from even the next gym after the one that gives you the TM. I also want to add that Intense Mode didn't need the nerfs >.< Normal mode sure, but Intense is supposed to be for those who are looking for a challenge.

Cathode's eyes were wandering from one person to another, as the group of unknown kids entered the place. Kids yeah, though apparently older than her. Not that it was weird at all. She was one of the youngest around. They'll be your new friends. Could they be the other Cadets that graduated? Then it would make sense. Assuming that was true, and she would be spending a good amount of time with them in the future, it would be best to make a good first impression. It would probably also prevent any awkward initiatives by any potential weirdo among the group (like seriously, one of them was wearing a golden trench coat, and another one was like a mummy cosplaying the Invisible Man) She waited for them to approach a little more, then she reflexively put one palm over the other in front of her, her two arms making a V, lowered her head a little albeit wearing a shy smile and introduced herself trying to not sound too pathetic. Only she realized her previous unease towards strangers had returned, together with her stuttering.. "H-hello! You must be the other graduates, right?. My name is Cathode, n-nice to meet you!"

Since you mentioned stuff like intro among other things, it reminded me that thing i wanted to ask you Ame, i had this thought about the title screen that it could display the current episode your file is at, (which would be updating everytime we progress to the next one) complete with its title, including the darker music that was playing pre-renovation (ep15), which would change to the more uplifting tone of e16 when that time comes. lol i said "ask" but the above was not even a question -_-' so yeah is it even possible? and if yes, do you find this idea good/worth doing?

When this run's fillers are better than Naruto's fillers. Wait, that's not even a compliment. Everything's better than those. The phone part cracked me up I can SO relate to the daycare issue. I ALWAYS leave something there and when i return with serious business i get reminded of it. 50% of those cases must've been noibats too. I be Caesar liked it in the end, even if he will refuse to admit it if asked XD Then again seeing as the partner was the soul of a little girl, she wouldn't have much experi- .. ... . A tentacled monster. With a little girl. (or whatever's left of her). . What have you done you hentai?

It's good to have some fights that don't make you feel like you are the god of the game and make you depend on support characters for a change though. About intense, well yeah i agree. After all I had said once that there is a lot of space for improvement there. Leaders can potentially bring out more in their strategies/fields

Tears of laughter. As a side note... iiiif only you knew back then about either Fire moves becoming part-ghost ... i would say something about flash but damage from ghost stabs was not so much of an issue here xD And i always considered the "ghosts repel it" to be such a bad asspull mechanic to raise the difficulty of the leader. Trying so much to make major fights harder than their reborn equivalents. Edit: Ya know i wanted to tell this for a long time, but i didn't know how to break it to you... ah well im gonna just say it. At v9 Adrian was replaced, and now there is an alolan woman in her place with a name that i forget... ADRIAN DOES NOT EXIST ANYMORE SEAN! You may still live in the past but eventually this dreaded present will catch up to you!

Butterfree (1st blind reborn run) Venomoth (monopoison run) Vivillon (1st blind rejuv intense run) Shuckle (defensive hardcore reborn run)

personally? since i'm prolly never gonna play any canon pokemon game after NDS (unless Citra manages to get developed) i don't care too much about the games themselves. Also since i don't really play competitive anymore (at least not high tiers. i'd probably play PU) i don't care about the impact the games will have on the metagame either. So i will stay on the one certainly positive thing that i see in all this: More possibly broken potential pokemon and moves to be put on major antagonists' rosters in reborn and other fangames we play and love And which ofc will be unavailable to us till near the end

Tbh there is only one proper reaction in the whole game to a death of a close person (not even a death actually) and it's from the one you wouldn't expect. It's like people in Aevium are less emotional when it comes to it. Also dunno man i played intense and i find both Zetta's fight and the rift Tula to be easy enough to be won first try. If something is not trouble, even after throwing fully evolved mons and pseudolegends and stat buffed bosses on you, i think it at least justifies the usage of said mons and moves.

Oi, happy birthday there! May the RNG be with you!

Frequent updates! Marvel in the power of summer! (and the fact that you have prolly less other things to do at your summer place). And here we see the first high jump miss. At least it was not lethal. You are playing dangerous games with this, and with recoil generally. Lightning's gonna get one of her own in the near future too xD joy (tho considering how many times she was almost KO'd i fear she might not make it) We both know that the real reason u got flash was for the gym fight and not for the zubat xD otherwise you wouldn't forget it! Its not that Ceasar is weak on the special side, but rather that gallade is stupidly specially bulky compared to its paper defense. Also correction to a reply. It's not Julia who is best girl in reborn, but rather her mega evolution > Julia on coffee

I have completed this game 2 times, and yet i never questioned those things when they happen. Reading this makes me see this game and its flaws through a more critical eye. Since this is not the last time this happens, i can only assume that legendaries according to jan's style are special enough mons to recover quickly from a defeat. You lost your most loyal mon, and also right before a ghost gym. Ouch. Also when in doubt, hax it out. This peerless strategy has been practiced and perfected after months of redemption league! I liked Mosely actually As far as the "cutscene achilles heel" we have in these games, i am of the opinon that it is okay for the main character to find himself in situations where he is fucked and needs the "deux ex machina" support character to pull him out of the mess, but the problem is the poor execution. Especially in a game where you can pull a dragon out of your pocket. A situation needs to be created where you -really- are powerless to deal with said situations yourself, so that it actually makes you happy when help arrives.