Jess

Truth is that you cannot sweep through reborn with a team of six. You can complete reborn with a team of six, but be prepared to get hell from a few leaders. I do enjoy either using a small team for the challenge of it, or having a big squad in rotation for variety. Now that I think of it, the times I get big rotation squads are in my monoruns, which are challenging by default. XD

It is in Shade's Gym, the back room. In that area you can also catch Rotom. You need the Yureyu key to unlock it though, which you get after completing the Mulch quest in the renovated Reborn City.

@Castiel101 Thanks! It's Jessica. Waiting for your request. Which 'mon will be holding it? Edit: Got it! Thanks Castiel! @HUEnd I can't even find the Jigglypuff anymore in my PC... It prolly got released in some cleaning up xD

Nope... I tried that... @Castiel101 Thanks! What should I send you in return?

The Igglybuff of that lady got evolved during breeding accidentally, so I can't trade it back to her. So, could anyone either trade me a Luck Incense, or an Igglybuff with the correct ID please?

Got 4 save files with ~110h each, but been using the triple speed button too, so,I am not sure...

@Commander First of all, thank you for your thoughts! But I have some things I'd like to point out. To begin with, I would like a definition of the term "slow down" They are games in which you can play at your own pace and explore to your heart's content before advancing with the story. For example, Rejuvenation's Help Centre missions around the Hidden Library do introduce us to the legend of Garufa, which do appear later and plays an important role in the coma-condition of Aelita. We also get to spend a long time around Karen, the psychotic E8 member, and find out many aspects of her personality, which is interesting because we get a taste of the E8, while all others remain hidden, preserving the elusive elements of them, which suggests strength and superiority. The difference is that Help Centre prevents you from missing those tiny facts. I'd enjoy Reborn better if, say, a police officer or a private investigator hired by Heather asked for our help via the Help Centre to access that hidden room in Corey's Gym and unveil the truth behind the reasons why he joined Team Meteor. This way, I would've learned about it before my third playthrough of Reborn, accidentally, while searching for the Toxic Orb. I think that this on its own is enough proof that the sidequests in Reborn aren't THAT obvious. And, even though it is fine not to be, to promote self-exploration, it can be quite frustrating if you miss main story/character development elements due to them being (TOO) well-hidden. The Subseven Sanctum's hidden chamber with El's diary is another example of the same thing. Klefki is a mon I never liked, so I didn't learn about it until the moment I randomly explored and exchanged items here and there. Five months after, when I decided I needed Klefki for breeding purposes. If I need luck to find out character development info, then the game is OBVIOUSLY not perfect design-wise. Your quote about Rejuvenation can easily be proven wrong. In Goldenwood forest incident, Professor Jenner would've sent Ren to save Melia, if the MC wasn't there. Ren is equally strong as the MC early on, so I doubt that saving (?) Melia would be impossible with Ren in the place of the MC. Also, Melia gets saved by Spacea/Tiempa anyways, so the player's ability is overshadowed by supernatural beings. Earlier, the Garbodor was defeated by Ren/MC, but Melia could've easily fought it, and Venam only took her time to catch a Trubbish. I doubt that the three of them vs Garbodor would've lost anyways. Later on, vs Shadow Mewtwo, Keta's sacrifice is necessary, so you obviously aren't as strong as Madelis is! Even later, in Blacksteeple Castle, we get paired with Gym Leaders way above our level, and we'd practically be useless without the help of Saki's engineering skills, our mother and Augustus and Melia's intervention from the past. Our mother has a higher level'ed Sylveon, so I can't see how this is different to Amaria's Lapras in the Blacksteam Factory raid. Again, we aren't the strongest, but we are paramount in the success of our Prisonbreak plans. When you say something like "When you break down the story, Reborn is better and it shouldn't even be questionable at this point." you have to put arguments. There is no "it is undeniable/unquestionable" without arguments in a well-constructed conversation. And because I have read your articles many times and appreciate your way of thinking and establishing your opinion (regardless of whether I agree or disagree with you), I expected more of you than this. I do agree with you that they have some depth. But the same can be said about Rejuvenation characters that you refuse to examine as closely. Saki is a heir of a rich family, who probably never gave any attention to her. That's why she even made a robot of herself, to keep her company. She is lonely, and becoming expert in engineering to drift away from her loneliness. Meeting her brother later on shows the exact condition of fighting in her family, which made her resort to Terra-like puns and her upbeat, "idgaf about anything, I rock" character to counter that. Aelita was never recognised as her father's daughter, and she feels embarassed and lost after his loss/betrayal. However, she struggles to become strong and lead her people, Sheridan villagers, to preserve the happiness and peace f her origin. She gets impatient because she feels the pressure of not having enough time. She must hurry to become skilled and emerge as a new Sensei, and makes friends in the process. She is a teenager as well. So, you see that characters aren't truly shallow, we can examine every tiny detail offered to us to evaluate them and come to safe assumptions about their personality traits. And this is pretty much similar about Reborn and Rejuvenation. Only Rejuvenation is still at an earlier development point, hence still introducing characters. We will see if they will all receive some depth, or some with remain shallow. The term "Mary Sue" refers to a largely idealized (hence perfect) fictional character in general and only in occasions it refers to wish fulfillment. Again, you mention the writing sins on Melia, but don't elaborate, so it is hard for me to take this opinion seriously, without solid arguments to support this. Also, in a previous post of mine, I mentioned how Melia always struggles to cope with the fact that she isn't strong enough to save everyone, or perfect enough to get her plans always work. Her Zoroark plan failed horrendously, and we needed Crescent to interfere and save the day. The supernatural element is a huge aspect of Rejuvenation, so I am not annoyed by this, as long as everything will have a solid explanation later on. Also, Melia tries to make people understand she has no special powers. The shinies getting attracted to her is just luck, but can you honestly call a girl without real family that is chased down by an evil organization "lucky"? The whole thing is that the shiny thing forces everyone to believe INITIALLY that Melia is a Mary Sue, while this gets contradicted numerous time as the story advances. To your next point, I agree that Lin doesn't fit any of these standards, since it is implied that she is undead, hence not human. However, she isn't a well-developed character in my eyes. We only see her in demonstrations of her power, e.g. One-shotting giant Steelix, one-shotting Alolan-Ninetales and killing Ame, showing off with pompous talking through a screen in the cage battles of Devon Corp, and She is too needlessly edgy, to the point she gets rather ridiculous than intimidating. A true intimidating character would've done all those things without saying a word. Or she would have some exaggerated trait, like Joker had his laughter and love for chaos. The fact may be, of course, that she is not a badly-developed, but just an underdeveloped character for the time being, so I won't stress my opinion, as it is subject to change later on. However, I don't get scared of her for a single moment, and still consider Solaris to be the true Leader of Team Meteor. Until more things are revealed about Lin's motives. There is no solid criminal without a solid motive. Solaris has one. Does Lin have one too? Time will show. Victoria is a hesitant girl that is too concerned about feelings and fails to see the greater image. I'd hurt a little traumatised girl (Shelly)? Then let's not battle her. I'd treat a dying lady badly (Kiki)? Then let's not battle her and let the kids remain captive and die to Team Meteor. Victoria needed a strong shock to realise that truth is hard and the only way to help others is to get stronger. Shelly got stronger too by facing Corey's loss and her fallout with Heather. For Aelita, I assume you have already read my paragraph earlier typed in this post, explaining some aspects that make her more rashed and less reasonable. Also, in the E9 of Rejuv. you will see Aelita becoming much more reserved and rational towards the end of the story. It can be said for both Victoria and Aelita that they mature through hardships, while being pretty much the opposite of each other with regards to how impulsive/reasonable each one is! I assume FF is Final Fantasy, which I've never played, while I have no clue what DQ is, so this way of explanation didn't work out very well for me... Reborn might be more "ready/completed", but I doubt it is superior. However, it IS the innovating force behind the whole Rejuvenation projects, so I accept that this is impressive. Even though, there are many occasions where the student surpassed the teacher in life, and I believe we will witness another one occasion like this here. I don't think that Rejuvenation tries too much to be like Reborn, apart from the obvious pattern similarities (e.g. massacre on a lava pool at a mountain top), because it is leaning a lot more towards the supernatural than Reborn. Which is an aspect in stories that always overwhelmed and bewitched me, hence why I enjoyed Rejuv. so much. P.S. Sorry for the "sheet" of text! It won't happen again! Or will it?

I don't see Melia as a Mary sue. She constantly tortures herself with remorse about not being able to protect her friends. I also have seen people complain that Aelita never thinks, is always rushing into things and never reasonable, yet I have not seen them complain about Victoria being undecisive to the point of hindering our efforts for the 99% of the game.

I agree about Moltres and Zapdos. With the addition that they aren't impossible to deal with, especially at the point of game you face them. Their 580 BST is topped even by pseudo-legendaries, plus, Moltres at least is super easy to deal with due to 4x weakness to Rock. Complaining about it being OP is like complaining about Charlotte having a Volcarona. I didn't find the Shadow Mewtwo to be hard to beat. The combination of it dealing damage to itself due to hyper mode and by stacking priority moves in my team (Lycanroc, Alolan Raticate, Lopunny, Quilava, Pachirisu) made it super easy. At least she doesn't have full restores, like Solaris' Garchomp! And the same WURF effect is applied there too, just to show you how terrifying the shadow project can be if applied to an already OP mon. Because let's be honest, I wasn't exactly petrified by the Shadow Alolan Grimer of Zetta. Or the shadow male Salandit I faced. Also, you're at same level with Mewtwo, not 35 levels lower, so, it compensates for the shadow augmentation of it. Yes, my point wasn't that Reborn's characters are shallow and Rejuvenations aren't. My point was exactly that BOTH games are similar, in that they have really interesting chracters with backstories that make me crave for more (e.g Anna and Aelita) and boring ones that just seem satisfied with repeating the same gag all over again (Terra/Saki, Indriad, Fern, Cain). It just seems unfair to criticize Rejuvenation about doing things that Reborn inspired it to do! They both are great games to be honest

@FairFamily I never fought Kyogre in my Rejuvenation run, so I dunno what you're talking about there. Maybe I took a different route somewhere. Reborn has Mewtwo as well and Arceus too by the way , and they are boss battles with 1 pokemon, so it isn't different than Reborn. Also, I think that the Hardcore mod of Reborn, which I compared Intense mode of Rejuvenation with, has many Mega evolutions as well, with higher stats than a Moltres (which gets obliterted by Lycanroc btw). Reborn has Garchomp as well, which is much better in terms of BST AND typing to Moltres, Zapdos, etc. Custom moves are a nice touch in Rejuv. imo. I found Poison Sweep very useful for my Nidorino before it learned Poison Jab, and Stacking Shot has its uses too. I've seen people solo'ing Marianette with Stacking Shot Frogadier. I talked about depth too. Hardy, Fern, Cain, Saphira are pretty much characters without depth that just abuse one certain personality trait of them. Hardy with rock puns, Cain with sex jokes/singing, Fern douchiness and Saphira brute force. Reborn also is in a much more advanced state than Rejuv. story-wise, which makes a comparison unfair.

Messiah complex>douchebaggery complex in my opinion. Ren was working all his life to restore peace and love in his city of origin, that he loves deeply. When we do it instead of him, he loses his cause, his life goal, and his orientation. Fern is just a douchebag by default, with a superiority complex from the first moment, without a reason. So, yes, I believe Ren has a better reason than Fern to go evil. Even if Fern is easier to dislike. I agree about that "sense of despair". Even though the last episode was a bit shallow. I expected more content in it, and the fact that both E16 and E17 took 1 year each, only to shove in 3 Gym battles with little to no story/character development was a huge disappointment to me. Felt like waiting for Xmas turkey and get served canned beans.

You mean Huey and Lavender! I think it's same as Hardy and Ciel in Reborn. We see almost nothing of them, so we can't relate. Rejuvenation has far better sidequests, and guides you to them with Help Centres. In Reborn it's so easy to miss one (e.g. Klefki one that gives you that key that opens door in Subseven Sanctum where you can read a diary to learn more about El) and you miss important aspects of story (another example is reading Corey's diary (that proves he isn't a Meteor by choice, but for investigation/revenge) after getting that key. Easy to miss). And I feel that Rejuvenation has me on edge of "wtf, how on earth is this connected to that" in many more points than Reborn. And gets me in anticipation for more. Maybe I feel this way because (honestly) I am a bit disappointed with E17. So little story and no questions answered.

I consider Reborn's Hardcore mod and Rejuvenation Intense mode as similar things. They both have increased difficulty, but without handing blatantly OP mons to leaders. I do like Melia, I just think she is a victim of the circumstances. Betrayed by her stepfather, having a huge plot behind her and chased down by an evil organization tends to draw attention on people, so I don't see how she is an "attention hog". By the way, I see more depth in some characters of Rejuvenation, compared to those of Reborn. Aelita trashes Victoria every day for example. She isn't the "oh, let's try to avoid the problem in order to not hurt anyone" kind of person Victoria is. Nim is equally interesting with Cain, as I crave to learn more about the background and life story of each! Ren is a far worse Fern, gotta admit though. But he still has a better reason to go evil than Fern does! Unless Fern secretely wanted to be the saviour of Reborn and we took this role from him, so he sulks just like Ren and joined the other side. They are quite similar, even though Ren was an OK guy, while Fern was a douchebag all along. Also, Jenner is another version of Taka. In a side he doesn't want to be, but having to cope, proving his allegience in different ways. Plus, Rejuvenation puzzles aren't as tiresome as Reborn's. Plus Vivillon has 15 forms. Plus Vivillon has 15 forms. Edit: Thanks for the opinion @FairFamily! Just a vote says nothing. It's the reasoning that matters! And I respect all opinions, even if I disagree!

After playing Rejuvenation as well, I am troubled... I don't know which I prefer. I have stronger bonds with Reborn due to knowing it for more time and exploring it more, but Rejuvenation feels more polished and with equally deep mysteries hiding behind it, some of which include even the MC! So, I want opinions! Fire away! My opinion is that Rejuvenation wins by a hair. Better feel in some battles with Intense mode embedded, more characters and mysteries are developed in parallel, environments look FAR better when it comes to graphics and Aelita is in it. Just this makes it enough for me!

@Hycrox All I hear in my mind is the word PogChamp... Thank you for suggesting it kind sir

If you do a monorun of a type like Bug or Poison, you'll have no issue because you can find your first legit team members right outside the Grand Hall. If you do something like Ice or Dragon, you'll have to get some traded to you, because you won't find many (if any) of them early game (or even in the entire game, in the Dragon case). You can also pick a starter to breed a certain move on your team members later. e.g. In my Bug mono, I picked Squirtle only to breed Hydro Pump to my Masquerain, since Bugs had no Water coverage until Gen VII's Araquanid and Golisopod came.