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random question but does anyone else miss the Pokestars studios from B2W2?
Though it doesn't do much gameplay wise it was still such a fun concept.
You could make movies with you're own Pokemon (though you had to first make it with a rental mon, then you could use you're own). Movies have two/three endings that depend on what you're character says and what moves you use. These endings are Good, Bad and Strange (with Strange actually being better than Good)
There's multiple costumes depending on the movie you're making. You could be a prince/princess, superhero, scientist and more. And you can see these outfits from the comic book styled panels that appear when you watch the movies.
You can get fans, and you can also get some items. But something REALLY cool was that if you make a movie with one of you're Pokemon and got the strange ending, you're Pokemon gains a special animation when you send it out. Kinda like Shiny Pokemon or the animation for N's Pokemon that you could catch if you used the memory link.
Ultimately it's nothing huge or game changing, but it was still so cool and a feature that I really miss.
It's so funny and sad that they release a game and a year later a "fixed" version comes out to buy for full price again
Yeah 😬 And in some cases the so-called fixed version ends up being worse than the original.
I love it when Gamefreak does sequels. PLEASE bring back the concept of sequels for second versions, society peaked when B2W2 came out and smoothly continued BWs story
wishing that you get a submas-related dream soon!! I had one once where I found myself in hisui and had a conversation with ingo, I don’t remember what we talked about but I remember him being very polite :’)
ahhhh thank you!! here's to hoping ;w; that sounds so cool, even if you can't remember the conversation it was still ingo 😭🙏
Okay, I was pretty quiet on my opinions for Scarlet and Violet, but I'm confident enough to be very pleased and optimistic for this! Legends Arceus was the strongest Pokemon game we had in a decade, and to see them continue this, bring back Megas, and take an extra year to hopefully make it non-buggy? Makes me so so excited!
On Megas:
It's a bit of a surprise to see Megas back, but honestly? Not too much of a surprise. Even ignoring the inevitability of Kalos remakes, Megas are the only gimmick Pokemon kept around in their spinoffs. It was in Mystery Dungeon, Shuffle, Smash Bros, Pokemon Go, and probably more I'm forgetting! So it was always in the back of Gamefreak's mind and I'm glad it's truly back again!
With Gens 8 and 9 bringing back cross-gen evos, I think they'll focus on only giving Megas to three-stage lines, to not quash the potential of 2nd stage Pokemon getting regular evolutions. So starters and Pokemon like Flygon can get Megas since they can't evolve further, but Pokemon like Tropius and Chimecho probably won't, in case they get evolutions in Gen 10 (That then get Megas)
I also don't think we fully grasp how many more Pokemon can get Megas now, too. Barely any of Gen 5 and 6 had Megas (Seriously only 2 Pokemon between the 228 Pokemon in those gens) and we've had THREE more generations since then!!
Note: We went from wanting a Dunsparce evo, to wanting a Dunsparce Mega, to getting Dudunsparce with mixed fan reception. Now I'm going to be a selfish deluded clown bitch and get my hopes up for a Mega Dudunsparce.
Speaking of starters and Megas, do we think we'll get a mish-mash of older starters for this game that then get Megas (Say, Piplup, Snivy, and Scorbunny) or will we get Megas for the three Kalos starters?
Megas may mean Mega Stones return as held items, and held items weren't in Legends Arceus- new gameplay advancement?
Legends Arceus gave us 7 new Pokemon (most of them cross-gen evos) and a dozen new regional forms. Do you think we'll still get regionals this game, or will the design team be focused more on making new Megas instead?
On the world:
It's been confirmed the whole game is only in Lumiose City- how big is the map?? Hopefully we really do get lots of sidequests, biomes for wild Pokemon, and traversal options.
When is this? We're redeveloping Lumiose City, but are we in the past developing it into its current state, or are we in the present/future developing it into a new solarpunk city? Or neither, and this is a "Paradox" game set in a timeline which doesn't quite match ours?
This doesn't have to be an isekai (as in, we don't have to be time travellers again per se), just keep that in mind!
The "Z" in the logo represents Zygarde, with the black color and green hexagons. So who's the "A"? It's green with green scale/leaf patterns on it. What does it represent? The "Chaos" to Zygarde's "Order"? Is it a 5th Zygarde form or is it a whole new Pokemon?
Meta thoughts:
This further confirms my theory that Gen 9 will last until 2026, where they announce Gen 10 on that year's Pokemon Day for their 30th anniversary, and that's great! I'm glad they aren't overworking themselves too much compared to Gens 6-8.
On them "skipping" Unova remakes: I don't see this as skipping. We've been long overdue for a Z version since Kalos is literally the only Pokemon region to only appear in one release (no third version, no remakes, no sequels, no ultras, no DLC). So we're simply making up for the "deficit" of a third version here, and we can go back to focusing on Unova remakes for Gen 10.
Do you think we'll get any final updates to SV to tide us over until the next LegendZ trailer around August? Maybe a small DLC, mythical reveal, or free update?
Pokemon Adventures skipped the last Legends game, so they'll probably skip this one too? I'm fine either way- at least by skipping it, they won't be too rushed and stressed, and they'll actually have the time to flesh out SV and catch up with ORAS/SM/USUM/SwSh in the full volumes.
But on the off chance they do adapt Legends Z-A, do you think we'll get dexholders named Z and A??
Note for the future- the Yoasobi Pokemon song BiriBiri has a part where they namedrop all the game titles- one part has the lyrics "ABC to the XYZ". Long shot, but if Legends Z-A does indeed have an ABC theming, this could be a crazy bit of either coincidental or intentional foreshadowing!
Speaking of time 👀 Any favorite modern-aus? Absolutely one of my favorite AUs for sure. It's like a very addictive candy and I am humbly devouring every word.
i recc'd a couple here already, but if you're asking for some of my personal favorites... well, my favorite modern aus are all quite popular so i didn't rec them before, but i'll go ahead and link them now!!
Brunch Warfare by The Feels Whale - lbh comes into town, ready to carefully reintroduce himself into sy's life in a perfectly crafted way... only to accidentally run into sy at a brunch place, and realize he needs to move some plans up right away so he can catch sy on the rebound from a broken engagement. The Feels Whale is one of my fav sv writers, and this is one of my favs by them! make sure to read the sequel, too 👀
Another Time, Another Place by Mayvn - lqg and sy reverse transmigrate back into the modern world... except it seems there might be more cultivation in this world than sy had originally thought. between becoming cultivation masters of the modern world and trying to manage the plot of the "story" lqg is beholden to in the modern world, they don't have a lot of free time, but they still manage to be sickeningly sweet and have a relationship through it anyway 😌 another all time favorite for me!
The logo for Pokemon Day 2023 has been officially revealed, and the theme this year is #PokemonTogether.
So, what are y'all's hopes for what will be announced? My expectations are SV DLC and perhaps word on Pokemon Sleep or Detective Pikachu 2. (The game's sequel was announced in 2019, so I think it'll probably be announced soon.)
My "probably never gonna happen" hopes are remasters/remakes for Colosseum and XD, and that the SV DLC includes Kalos.