Dex

November 7

You're back and in typical fashion you pick probably the "worst" of the Help Missions. All this bull with Sakitron and Anti-Assist, and then comes the punchline at the end, I could only laugh. Also you're sprite editing is pretty great.

Also RIP Roll, he's an HM slave but losing a Pokemon to Anti-Assist is always gonna be galling. They're side villains at best!

Though how much you wanna bet by the end of the game it's revealed they're being bankrolled by Team Xen.

All and all great chapter to get back into the game with, we shall watch your suffering with great interest.

August 26

Probably the only reason Gyarados is so good early on is that there aren't a whole lot of powerful enemy Electric type Pokemon or move users to make you think twice about using it. At least that's what I think anyways.

Also on the subject of Pokemon I've always wondered how you guys decided on teams for various characters? Mostly Melia, Ren, etc or the various Xen admins. Or would that be too spoilery?

August 25

Yeah Erin and Aelita are my favs. Though I'd honestly switch them around. Also Zumi take a vacation please after v13 comes out, this is a HUGE amount of work for

January 24

Someone needs to give Keta a sandwich or five desperately.

All of them look great I gotta say.

November 30, 2019

You know there's easier ways to get out of playing Rejuv right?

Real talk take care man and get better soon.

Also sign me up for whatever ~~disaster~~ adventure you have planned.

November 7, 2019

For that HM slave joke, your ticket to heck has been paid in full.

Poor Coyote, probably bad call keeping him in against that Primarina but you really had no other options. Also yeah this is around the point that even the random trainers and grunts start to become threats. I remember seeing some trainers in GDC pull out X items so have fun there.

Also 30 Pokemon dead?! 5 full teams of mons dead, that honestly sucks. Honestly this adventure stopped remotely being worth the cost after Blacksteeple.

I think that stink may have had an effect on people in West Gearan, because half the residents seemed unhinged. Not including Karen who is next level insane, I'm honestly not sure who is worse her or Terra from Reborn. Also that's what you get for trying to dodge the plot.

You say that about Litten now, but considering your track record with Fire types in this game. . . .

6 hours ago, DerogatoryTrainer said:

Fuck I kinda don't want that no matter how good it would be gameplay-wise.

Also yeah, the potential for variety is countered by the thought of some truly nightmarish battles if you think about it. Honestly not worth it lol.

November 4, 2019

Man that really bites about Damocles, dude was a go-to Pokemon for you behind Rose, Chiller, and Ceaser.

Yeah I gotta agree with you about fangame gym leader teams, they've gotten kinda predictable in the "What's the best way to almost totally negate the weaknesses of this type based team". There could stand to be gym leaders like Blue from HGSS or maybe just based off a theme instead of type at least.

Time for the ~~filler arc~~ sidequests, have fun away from the main plot!

October 21, 2019

Poor Bombardier, killed by the heavily biased field effects. At least it wasn't to another out of nowhere legendary Pokemon?

The game at times feels like it was written with the player character as an afterthought in a lot of scenes. It's kinda jarring to say the least. But now is the time for side quests and whatever changes that the new version brough to the table. Though you should probably go through decontamination first. . .and burn everything that was on you during your fun trip to the sewers.

October 7, 2019

You actually could have put a rag around your face or something along with the goggles, but that wouldn't have been as funny. Also it'd make you look like some kind of bandit from Fallout.

Bah of course the damn thing would be Part Dark, I guess to keep the player from rolling over it with the number of Psychic types you have available to you by this point in the game. Spider Sludge should be in Into the Spider-Verse 2, I demand it.

Also telegraphing that Macross death a little, aren't you. I bet it's because of that damn terrain during the second battle.

Wow, if it wasn't for the green water (which I'm sure is more nuclear waste than sewage, better watch for any extra appendages growing later), the sewers would look almost livable. Well they emphasis on would if the Dimensional Rift Toxic Avenger wasn't around. Probably the safest bet would be to decontaminate or burn everything on you.

Like when I first started reading this like a year or two ago, I honestly did think you posted this as you played. But that would actually take ages to do in retrospect.

EDIT: Also I finally beat Geara and Narcissa (First Try in Fact!). I want to thank you for inspiring me to use the Vanillite line, guy saved my butt big time against Narcissa.

September 30, 2019

I think I like the idea of having the replies here. Also, oh wow Part Three is 80 plus chapters. Well there is a hell of a lot of story to go through for this game. Oh man I can't wait for the Bad Future Arc (even though that is ages away), the stuff that goes on there lol.

Time for the other half of Gearan City, can't be much worse than the other. . . . right? At the very least the side quests don't seem so bad. . . though considering your track record. . . .

Venam and Melia continue to be almost endearingly dumb at times (well to me, it's probably much harder to deal with in person), though them increasingly reacting to your shenanigans/calling them on their shit is increasingly my favorite part of this run.

Also finally context for that Karrina/Melia edited picture from way back (I completely forgot Melia drop kicks this girl, like what the hell). Also your Karrina conspiracy theory honestly doesn't sound that far fetched compared to everything that has happened so far.

Pirates of the Aevium league. If you're Jack Sparrow does that make Melia Barbossa and Venam . . . the monkey?

Also,

8 hours ago, DerogatoryTrainer said:

Well you're at a disadvantage of not having a Murder Dragon with a guaranteed 40hp damage move or a over-leveled Liepard. ~~Or being as stupendous as moi~~~

Jan upped the difficulty for Versions 11 and 12 like a lot even on Normal. Doesn't help Geara has like 3 or 4 mons that run Dazzling Gleam, rendering my Pangoro a liability. I'll just continue to ~~watch you suffer~~ live vicariously through you.

September 12, 2019

As far as I can tell all the images were up, so that's a plus I guess. Also obligatory "it's been 10'000 years!" and all that. Best part about this is that I can see what happens without having to play myself! (Being nowhere near skilled at Pokemon to get through Rejuvenation as it is now, like holy hell Geara is murdering me at the Radio Tower).

At least there was a Pokemon battle in this segment. . . though it was so inconsequential you chose to resolve the issue with the People's Elbow instead. Wish that was an actual option in the game, especially for a lot of the Grunt Gauntlets Rejuvenation likes to through your way.

Madame X saving you still makes no sense, you'd think she'd jump at a chance to be finally rid of the greatest threat to her plans.

Funniest parts of this whole Chapter were the Black Sludge gag and you throwing the Doom Orb at Melia.

Also "A new timeline has been created". . . at least the game was nice enough to tell you your action had consequences I guess. Better than being utterly blindsided. . . unlike a certain other Pokemon fangame.

Also, also: considering where you're at reuploading the Reborn Run, have you ever considered doing a Q and A for Rejuvenation? Like when you hit Chapter 100 or something like that. Could be cool.

July 18, 2019

Maybe it's something on my end, but half your pictures aren't showing up.

1 hour ago, Commander said:

(How in the...did they also install a rail gun while waiting? How much time on their hands did they have? Don't answer that)

Considering how much plot stuff happens before you can even get the HM needed to scale the mountain. . . . all I'm going to say is the players should be thankful they didn't just jump us with the whoe team the second we entered the moutain.

July 15, 2019

I kinda have two questions. One story related and the other development related.

1) So from what I can tell from the cutscenes in Version 11 and 12, the Interceptor some kind of Avatar (or maybe a better example would be the Harbinger from the game Omensight) and the MC is just the latest in the line of them? Or are they just some kind of fusion of multiple beings into one?

Because my read in the cutscene where the MC gets knocked out by the surfboard dude in V11 kinda supports either/or.

2) To the development team, Rejuvenation does quite of bit of outside of battle sprite animations (I'm honestly starting to love them, they're pretty entertaining). What was your favorite part to animate and what was your least favorite part?

July 10, 2019

In all fairness to Venam, Indriad's spooky cult basement looked way different in the previous versions. It was basically just the volcano area under Sheridan village but with some totems. Jan probably just overlooked updating her dialogue.

I too am fairly shocked you went after the cop, damn near every other playthrough I've seen went "Fuck that guy, he made his bed". Also I seriously doubt the reward will be worth the extra effort. Though it lead to a genuinely great bought of posturing between you and. . . let's call her Negavoir.

Honestly the whole Kanon bit could have been cut out entirely and nothing would have been lost from this segment of the game.

I'm kinda half hoping you make Anathea being your stand a running gag since:

Spoiler

As far as I can tell, Anathea is still stuck to the Soul Stone you have even past the events Version 11. Even when you go back to the present, and there's really nothing in the story that hard contradicts her not being able to pop up again from what I've seen.

And we're almost done with the time traveling. . . at least for now anyways. Honestly the thing that gets me about doing all this is that you're going to get exactly 1 Gym Badge after all this is done. Does the league even matter at this point since you're apparently trying to stop Armaggeddon 2.0: Electric Boogaloo.

June 27, 2019

Finishing the Alphabetlocke. . . . by 2025 right?

Fret not you're almost through with this arc though you still have some bull to get through. Honestly the police deserve everything they get from this point on, their actions were next level stupid.

Also considering some of the dialogue in this game, do you REALLY want the MC to talk? Like Full Moon is a startling example of how badly this can go wrong.

So Anathea got snatched up by the Soul Stone, so will that make her your stand now?

June 20, 2019

Aw man I forgot the reply to the last chapter, I figured it would be another week before you updated.

God I forgot about the stunning lack of battles in this part of the game. If that Gardevoir didn't appear, it would be pretty easy to forget that this is a Pokemon game. I watched Shofu play this part ages ago and he was pretty bored for the most of it. I can't imagine how bad it was for you.

I figure the reason this update was so big is that you're trying to get through it as quickly as possible at this rate.

Venam is ALMOST tolerable, at least in comparison to a lot of stuff going on. Like the police officers being on board with Edgy Gardevoir's plan is probably the dumbest thing in this update like wow.

Also I'm gonna go with Gaunt's theory that Madame X is an alternate timeline Melia or just flat Marianette. . . which might be the same thing all things considered. But who knows at this point.

May 19, 2019

Plugging away for three years. . . I'm not sure if saying here's hoping for (insert number) years more would be an insult or not. Though your dedication is something to be proud of at least. At the rate we're going, Rejuvenation will actually be complete sometime in the mid 2020s.

No you fool, the Melia x Sean shippers are gonna have a field day at your reaction to her outfit!

I honestly forgot you have the Soul stone, honestly there doesn't seem to be any purpose to it at this point sans take up space. . . or to get Thanos to beat you up. But fortunately that little issue was resolved. Are you an honorary Avenger now?

Tiempa and Spacia, I gotta ask why these two girls and not use Dialgia and Palkia. This is a Pokemon game right? Doesn't help they're kinda boring character wise.

I honestly wonder what your Pokemon think about all this, I bet half the time they're bored thinking "oh god the humans are monologuing again". I just want one to pop out and say get on with it!

At least this next part should pick up somewhat.

May 13, 2019

If it makes you feel any better, the a few of the forums I've been using for years use Xenforo and they work pretty well. Though yeah that name is SUPER ironic in your case.

Yeah most of this section of Rejuvenation is essentially a cutscene. . . . which is a criticism I can level at most of the game to be honest. Like between this and Reborn, I'll never complain about Metal Gear Solid again. Also this isn't even the worst one, that one's at least much later.

All things considered like well over half of the named characters are female, and most of them are annoying at best. I support you putting in their place, up with the patriarchy!

May 10, 2019

Oh boy time for well. . . Time Travel. The nickname for the Klang was precisely the level of comedy I've come to expect. Also you should know better than to try to escape the reach of ~~Melia~~ the plot.

The hangout with Amber scene was surprisingly nice. . . for the like 10 seconds it lasted before the plot came back. To bad there's no more sidequests for you to distract yourself at the moment, though considering how the last few times went that may be for the best.

Another Growlithe. . . well try not to make it three for three for the line in your Nuzlockes.

At this point, all I can say is try not to take too many Back to the Future jokes/references.

April 25, 2019

I think that Fever Pitch move is powered up by all the Hype you built up before the fight. . . I think anyways. It's make sense and explain why it hit like a truck even when it was "not very effective".

I never realized Karen of all people attended the party, she seems even less stable than the last time we saw her. Which is saying something.

The battle went about as expected. Amber always seemed like one of the tougher gyms and this kinda showed it. Poor Mr. Wiggles and Bon Bon, never even had a chance. Jitfernape made me laugh for a variety of reasons. ( Reborn Season 5 wen?)

Also poor Nim. Turned to stone then turned into an emo. At least you still have . . . . Amber?

April 21, 2019

12 minutes ago, DerogatoryTrainer said:

Hang on both you and Commander both mention Jenner having a funeral. When the fuck did that happen? I didn't come across anything like that at all

I think I was just piggy backing off of what Commander posted, but I think it might have to do with that video of him that comes up in the newest update of Commander's Written Crawl.

April 21, 2019

Honestly that Heart to Heart scene with Valerie is emblematic of everything wrong with Melia's role in the game, along with the scene where you're reignited with Tesla. She comes in and it immediately becomes about her. It honestly ruins the scene with Tesla, the first friendly face you see in Aevium after escaping the passenger liner. It's at least partially made up for with the kitchen scene, but still.

I do gotta say I like the look of the game as of the current version, everything just LOOKS better. Say nothing else about Rejuvenation, it's probably the best looking Pokemon fangame next to Legends of the Arena.

The plot and set piece changes, I have nothing to add beyond what you said already.

Seeing all this makes me realize I need to get back to my own run of Rejuvenation. . . it's been awhile.

April 21, 2019

Forget having a few days to mourn, you don't even get a chance to have a proper wake for her. Freaking Jenner gets one, priorities are a little out of whack there.

By Crescent explaining things, it's more Crescent says a lot of words that don't mean much in the grand scheme of things. It'd be actually kind of interesting if Crescent was your wife or something like that (I'm honestly still leaning towards her being your real mother and Nancy being a stand in so Crescent can do. . . whatever she does), I'd at least make the MC more involved in the plot instead of being essentially an overpowered bystander.

Honestly you should have the upcoming gym battle in the bag. Taking bets on how many Pokemon Rose takes down now. I guessing at least a third of the team. Though I kinda wondered why you didn't choose your Octillery (can't remember his nickname at the moment), but then I remembered Rejuvenation is inspired by Reborn, which means said gym would be startlingly unfriendly to Water type usage.

April 16, 2019

On 4/15/2019 at 9:54 AM, Commander said:

I swear I'm cursed to forever be behind you in my run. One day...I will pass you but today is not that day...mostly because life.

Starting over for the new version probably didn't help matters either.

April 15, 2019

Oh we're going back to Rejuvenation already! Your masochistic streak is showing again.

Yeah just name me the No-Name slayer lol.

Yeah this is the point where Rejuvenation gets. . . interesting in a Chinese sense. The worst part is that last battle basically didn't even matter in the slightest (at least you didn't lose anybody so there's that).

I was half expecting you to edit in an attempt to catch Zetta, be kinda cool if you could make it work in game (though as of this version I don't even know if Solosis is even available to get).

Welcome to Rejuvenation Derogatory Trainer Version 2.0, hopefully you're adventure is better than 1.0's.

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