Autumn Zephyr

I could spend this entire post complaining about we're still missing WLL's addition to the Riftdex (though given how long Gloria and Chandelure were in their respective Rifted states, I wouldn't be surprised to it return in the main story at some point), or that I'm actually kinda irked that Kieran doesn't have his hoverboard, but like... what's the point of being such a nitpicky when the overall collection is so marvelously well done? That'd be rude, and a massive disservice to Goomink, Sakitron, Narcy's Chandelure, and Dylan's unexpected OJ-sunset t-shirt, all of which collectively serve as the peak of this batch's iceberg! ...Apparently it's a bit of a small iceberg. Anyway, it's all pretty dang good, so feel free to take a moment to rest if need be! Doing this much drawing and whatnot in such a comparatively short amount of time has got to have started getting at least a little uncomfortable towards the end there, I'd think. I, for one, would say you deserve a little downtime between this project and all of the spritework you handled beforehand.

Man, I just kinda love the juxtaposition between Haruki's "ready to cut some heathens down" attire and Nymeria's "I'm just out to get a cup of joe while waiting for the paint to dry" look. Gotta respect the hat, though- always kinda liked those things~ Reina just looks like the Queen of Hypetm here, with how much energy she's got in that otherwise still pose. I wonder if she's as excited for V13 as the rest of us are?

Now I gotta wonder how dusty the Quest Card in Sashila are gonna look. Hmm... Given it's one of the choices that eventually leads to if you choose wrong all three times, I'd honestly be surprised if it weren't on the list of decisions that impact the ending. The question is probably more along the lines of whether the game would let you know which choice goes where at the time, or wait until they all of your decisions in the chain come together- it was the ambiguity behind the choices on one's first run that made it so compelling, after all, and these gears would pretty much ruin that aspect of the situation.

There's a reasonably high chance that we'll see some more of them when we inevitably storm Team Xen's base (which probably isn't too terribly far off now that we know where it is), but I doubt we'll see any actively deployed before hand. At least the amaura added in V12 shows that they're still around.

No, you specifically have to partner with Florin for that to happen.

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It took me waaay too long to realize that the reason there was an image of the Daycare was because Sheridan's architecture's changed again. And they now grow trees on their buildings? Hardly seems like a safe way to handle things to me, but at least it lessens humanity's impact on the local nature somewhat. Does this mean that we're getting character portraits cropping up every time a new major character/Sygna Suit outfit is introduced? That's pretty neat~! And it seems there's more detail to the Voidal Chasm now as well. Sure didn't take too long for that place to get the graphical overhaul all the older areas have had/are currently in the process of getting, but it does look quite a bit nicer~

It's a chain of three different choices (who to partner with in Darchlight Cave, spilling the beans once everyone is out of said cave, and revealing the truth to GDC's leadership, respectively) that all add up to losing points with Erin if you choose poorly in all three prompts.

The game is still being worked- pretty actively at that- but there hasn't been a new Version yet. V13 was planned to be a bigger update than V12 was from the beginning, and adding in Gen. 8's new goodies is making the already kinda long development cycle even longer. Patience is very much requested at the moment.

Might as well throw some of my experiences into the pile, since they might be helpful for someone. Alolan Muk- Okay, before you yell at me about how everyone and their mother already uses the living recycling center, here me out: I specifically run Alchemy on mine. That's right, the Doubles-only Ability that requires an ally to die to even function. Turns out that those hoops are surprisingly easy to jump through in this game. I needed something with decent power to sweep the Electric Gym with? Let the Alolan Raichu die to pass Surge Surfer to muk for speedy Poison action*! Random mook giving me a hard time with their bulky, Psychic and Fighting resistant 'mons? Pass medicham's Pure Power over and whack over the head with super-powered Crunches! The Puppet Master's Trick Room and Aelita's blaziken both about to die in the same round**? Hey, a free Speed Boost to keep the TR from coming back out! Heck, there was one fight I only won off of a lucky proc. from my banette's accidentally-transferred Cursed Body. Couple with the right set of Abilities among the rest of the team, Alchemy!muk can really make a splash in the many Double battles the game has. *This was back when Erick ran Electric Terrain, so I didn't even get the Field bonus at the time... **Given that the AI was even worse with using Trick Room at the time than it is now, I'm admittedly unsure if it ever clicked the move again to begin with. But hey, insurance is insurance, right? Salazzle- You know how Jan says that you can fight Fire with Fire against Amber? Uh, yeah, I kinda took that one to heart. Salazzle's blistering Speed, alongside access to Nasty Plot and Magma Drift, made this Gym in particular a lot less troublesome than I thought it'd be. Her most important role was as a suicide lead against Souta, however. The fact that his skarmory can easily one-shot her regardless of what I did meant that the Defense drop from the Telluric Seed didn't matter for her at all, allowing her to easily get away with negating the old man's biggest advantage over me and push the annoying bird down to Sturdy simultaneously- thereby giving my team its only opening to victory. Aside from that, just having a hard-hitting speedster that can shrug off Taunts with ease (a detail the AI refused to catch onto in one fight, R.I.P.) is pretty handy against the many normal enemies in the game- just be careful with Double Battles when packing Magma Drift! (She also helped out a lot against Crawli, but since that was entirely do to the fact that one of the Shadow Pokémon in the Sheridan scenario was a salandit that learned Water Pulse when Purified back in V9, and was pretty much replaced immediately) Oricorio- An admittedly recent addition to my team (blame the Crest; it's simple but effective), but the dancebirb has nonetheless pulled its weight handily. Much like salazzle, it's fast and hard-hitting (especially with the Crest), but it also bears a bit more flexibility to go with that power. The Ghost Typing's handy to have for the exploration part of the game thanks to its vast neutral coverage and ability to escape any unwanted Wild Battle, while the Nectars give you the (some limited) ability to adapt for any given battle. Pom-Pom was helpful against the Wailord boss and the lady meditating underwater, Baile finished off the sister at Ground Zero's steelix and used the boost from that to incinerate the rest of her team (especially that ledian; seriously, the Dancer Ability is nuts on the Big Top Field), and Pau let her savage a substantial chunk of Aya's team to boot! Be careful about using it against Ryland, though- Revelation Dance's Type matches that of oricorio's first one at all times, so effects that change that Type will also change the Dance. This means that his Desert's Mark technique will turn into a Ground Type attack (which his gliscor and claydol are both immune to), on top of making you lose Sensu's ability to swap out despite the Sand Tomb effect- leaving you stuck in a suboptimal position. Yay... And a bonus, for all you lovely people out there! 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Unleash the might of the Suspicious Squid Spectacular today!* *Due to unforeseen scheduling issues, shipment has regrettably been delayed until after the Kristilline Incident. Thank you for your understanding.

This post is made a bit more accurate when you into account that the PMD games call Flinching 'Cringing'. Though, uh, PMD references are decidedly more in Rejuvenation's ballpark that Reborn's…