Inspired by the design and art of @cyborb! I really love their drawings of Cyrus and how much personality they give him. Cyrus is a silly little guy. Controversially, I gave him eyebrows… but compromised by making them just lines.
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BDSP was fine, y'all just mean
Kinda kidding but not really as I know it's a hot take
Written Feb 6th 2024
Not saying some of the dislike wasn't worth it
But the problem wasn't with ILCA it's the base game of Diamond and Pearl
A lot of people's complaints basically sum up that they didn't incorporate Platinum into the game
Mainly from Pokemon available, with some mentioning the Giratina distortion world and such plus other changes that platinum had from DP like battle frontier differences
On one hand yes it would have been nice if they did make some more changes like implementing more Platinum story elements making it more of a definitive Sinnoh experience
But also it's DP remakes not Platinum remakes
Similar with ORAS and FRLG they had some new stuff and revamped stuff. But it's not like FRLG had Yellow elements (that's lets go) and ORAS had a lot of Emerald. At most the Delta episode for ORAS was their workaround for no Emerald so if you want to group that as the full game then sure BDSP needed some DLC but then you have the DLC dilemma is getting the platinum stuff worth an extra $20-$30 dollars and have that dlc debate
The underground solved a lot of the issues imo
The underground having Pokemon down there personally solved a lot of the Pokemon availability problem
For example, I picked Turtwig so I wasn't just limited to Ponyta for a fire type since I didn't pick Chimchar I had options as Magby and Houndour were now available, which fixes the fire type problem imo
And I think people overreact about the changes to the bases and flag capturing as yes it would have been nice if they were the same but I think the changes outweigh it greatly. Plus if ORAS showed anything people really didn't care to have the secret bases as secret bases and just liked it for nostalgia mainly
Not saying BDSP was perfect but I do think in a lot of aspects it is the definitive Sinnoh experience as you're basically just missing the Giratina story which isn't as necessary to the plot imo
As it kinda just seems like Yellow, Crystal, Emerald and Platinum were seen as definitive because they don't have the dual version conundrum so they seem more complete in compariso. But when the dual version games get additional content is the additional usually third legendary plot really worth it?
Maybe maybe not
And I know a lot of rumors about potential Johto or Unova remakes have been going on and people are worried as they didn't like BDSP
But if for example ILCA makes the remakes and has the chibi style and etc
But they fix the level scaling in Johto or something like Pokemon availability for Unova I think those would be better even if minimal changed
I do have my own hopes and wishes for potential remakes but I will wait until they are officially announced
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EDIT: video redacted, since I’ve just been told this is merely a theory rather than fact (which was to be expected honestly…still stand behind my opinion on Gen-1 tho…)
Adhd has once again given me a glimpse of a world where things could have turned out different.
And I’m so so pissed off about what could have been…
This really puts into perspective just what went down with the development of these games and even further establishes that what we have been given isn’t the fault of the developers but rather the fault of the companies themselves telling them to reign it in for the sake of simplicity.
In addition to that there is some interesting insight in the comments section about how Masuda basically quit trying after getting hit with such hard reviews on Black and White by, you guessed it, Gen 1 ppl who didn’t like the way he made it so only all new Pokémon would be used up until postgame where the rest of the Dex would be unlocked. (Among other things)
It’s a shit show stemming from all sides and a reason why I’m not so adamant on a “fave/superior Gen”.
Bc in the end it always ends up fucking up something for everyone else down the line…
((I really need to get my hands on that art book now))
((Also if you’re like me and can’t stand when ppl talk too slow in yt vids pop it to 1:25 in playback and it’s a lot easier to handle))
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Rei/Lucas doodles!!
These are kinda just headcanons/brain rot from my own playthrough.
Also fits into my big pokemon ‘cinematic universe’ as I like to call it.
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My Pokémon OCs Samantha Irvine and Katherine "Kat" Geffen standing back to back. Kat's appearance is based off of the blonde Dawn option from Pokémon Brilliant Diamond, and Samantha is based off of her custom appearance in Pokémon Scarlet. Commission by @jisatsu-draw.
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DPP we’re my first Pokémon games, Pearl specifically. I loved every moment of it and tbh I only ever beat Cynthia one single time in my many replays of the games. So how am I only just now noticing that in BDSP
They took away my poor mom’s seat!!
She watched her Contests all day every day and now she has to stand to do it
Justice for Johanna! Give mom her couch back!!!
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