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[pokemon-my-beloved]

my thoughts on legends za

hi i'm alive

sorry for not posting at all the hyperfixation has not favored pokemon in a hot minute but i did play legends za and wanted to talk about it

spoilers under the cut, obviously

first thing's first: i enjoyed the game!

i thought it was pretty good, but there WERE some things i wasn't as happy with

but overall, i liked it! definitely not my favorite (bw will forever hold that title), but something i'm still glad i played

i liked most of the characters, i thought they were great

team mz is.... so charming. i love them, they're adorable

i also liked the rust syndicate more than i expected, they were actually great! they give team skull mixed with team star, which are two of my favorite villain teams in recent years (ignore that sm came out almost a decade ago)

same with ivor, when he was introduced i definitely raised an eyebrow over wanting to keep the wild pokemon but get rid of the wild zones. i didn't think he was going to be the villain, but i definitely thought he was a bit suspicious. fortunately, he really grew on me! he's genuinely just a himbo who thinks with his muscles first and thinks everyone else also does that, he's great

honestly, the only characters i'm not a huge fan of are jett and jacinthe. jett has so much wasted potential, like she's not even there for basically all of the game despite the fact that she was mentioned a decent amount pre-release. i swear to god if the only way to find out literally anything about her (or whoever urbain/taunie is looking for) is buying the dlc i'll riot

jacinthe is just annoying lmao. she's pretentious and obsessive and rich, i kinda can't stand how the game insists you're friends with her. lebanne is cool though, i like her

i don't really have any notes on gwynn, canari, or tarragon. actually that's not true tarragon kinda pissed me off making that obstacle course during the climax but that's literally it asgkljhsf

i really liked the idea behind grisham and griselle, the idea that everyone is still scared of team flare five years later makes perfect sense to me and the fact that they were born and raised into it but still forced to carry the stigma i found really interesting and well thought out

and then we get to l and az.

i'll start with az, because i definitely have less to say about him

i thought his story was really well done, it made perfect sense to me that he would just find a place to live the rest of his life in and if he can help other people while he's at it, that's even better

i was.... kinda stunned when he died at the end, ngl. like yes he definitely had so so so many death flags, but i was genuinely convinced he was immortal

his death was really sad, for sure, but i thought it provided a pretty perfect sense of closure. he's fixed all of his mistakes, he got to spend a few more years with floette, he's able to rest now. i cried but i definitely thought it was narratively satisfying

now, l. l.... i have things to say about him

i'm gonna be honest, i did not recognize him at first. it took until him saying he wanted to make a beautiful world or whatever after the mega starmie fight for me to put it together

yes he looks so much like lysandre and yes other characters from xy returned but in my defense i'm autistic and bad at facial recognition. leave me alone

i was. kinda stunned that he survived? and also that he was working with zygarde a little bit

i was a bit sus of him the whole game, which i feel is fair, but he didn't actually do anything bad so. that's good i guess

the fact that he lives 3000 years now i was kinda confused by like. how do you know that sir. is this a proven fact.

i do like the implication that firing the ultimate weapon gives people a wayyyy longer lifespan, though that does kinda raise some concerns for urbain/taunie given that they were stuck in ange when it was going crazy and shit

i was also confused when corbeau said that lysandre helped him out when he was younger like how did he help you. what happened there. wish we got answers on that, but i can live without them (i cannot live without answers on jett and whoever urbain/taunie is looking for. gamefreak this is a warning, do not make me pay extra for those-)

overall i thought l was cool and well implemented, lysandre was already the best and most interesting member of team flare, but in terms of pokemon characters whose name is a single letter he doesn't hold a candle to n

oh yeah and mable. i almost forgot about her. honestly i don't have anything to say. she's a pokemon professor now ig. good for her! she isn't sycamore though

just realized i didn't mention emma i'm so sorry emma--

i thought that emma was fucking FANTASTIC in this game! she's really grown into being a detective and she fills looker's shoes PERFECTLY. i love love LOVE how she personalized the looker bureau with pictures of mimi and looker and xerosic, and how mimi has her own chair and stuff.... it's excellent. she's great, i'm so proud of her

onto things that AREN'T the characters, i liked the story! i appreciated how there genuinely wasn't a villain in this game, it was just repercussions of the team flare stuff five years ago, pokemon's never done that and i thought they did it well here

admittedly the story was pretty barebones outside of the climax, but the climax was excellent and the story before that was still charming, if a bit disjointed--it felt more like we had a few mini-arcs and then a climax rather than something more cohesive

the wild zones were neat, i appreciated how it combined pla's "danger the pokemon WILL kill you specifically" approach with sv's approach of "pokemon are just chilling dude"

i do have. questions. about some things in lumiose though. mainly the gym tbh what the fuck happened to the gym. prism tower was like locked down the whole game and when it wasn't it was actively trying to kill people like there was a gym in there what happened to it. where are clemont and bonnie are they Okay

the only other things missing were the gogoat couriers or whatever they were called, which were more of a novelty anyway, the furfrou salon, which was explained in the furfrou league sidequest, and the pr studio (i think that was what it's called), which was a feature that was straight up not in this game, which is fine honestly i never cared about that anyway

i'm a little disappointed that you can't just wander into any given building and explore, i really liked that, but ig that wasn't true in sv either so i guess it makes sense. do wish we found out what the fuck was up with that ghost girl but that was always a pipe dream anyway lmao

i liked the za royale, it was fun and interesting, but nothing special imo

clothes are back! thank fucking god honestly i loved that shit and was SO disappointed when it wasn't in sv

i do like a lot of the clothes, i just wish more colors were available for more clothes. like i can't dress in all pink unless i want a very specific style or whatever. other than that the clothes are good though

there weren't any regional variants, which makes sense considering i don't think that kinda thing can happen in just five years, even in pokemon, which is kinda disappointing and surprising, considering they've been in every game since sm. like i said, disappointing, but i can live with it

edit: something i forgot to mention was that the game was, or at least felt, really short? maybe i've just been playing long games for a while, maybe i just play games faster now, maybe i've got more free time (unlikely, university is kicking my ass). but i've been fucking around in the post game for maybe.... six hours? maximum? and i've apparently played the game for at least 55 hours, so the main story (including me fucking around and not doing things immediately) was like 50 hours. that's probably an appropriate length for a pokemon game, honestly, i just remember every other game taking longer to beat

i just looked it up, howlongtobeat says sv's main story takes 32 hours, which sounds wrong but okay

apparently howlongtobeat also says that this game is 24.5 hours for the main story so idk maybe i'm just greedy

finally, onto the main non-character point, the megas!

i really really liked all the new megas! as a unova girlie, i was THRILLED that so many of the new megas were from there, ESPECIALLY chandelure, who is one of my favorite pokemon. it was really refreshing having new unova megas after over a decade with only audino

i thought that the way new megas were introduced was really well done too! having every major character have their own signature mega plus the rogue megas introduced them all fluidly and diegetically

floette and zygarde having mega evolutions was a nice story beat, too

i would say my favorites of the new megas were probably chandelure, froslass, and floette, though i don't know if she's attainable

my only real complaint about the megas is that you only get to see one of your rival's starter's mega evolve. like i chose chikorita and didn't get to see mega feraligatr until i caught a totodile, evolved it, and then bought a mega stone and used it, which was kinda annoying

also you don't get to see all of the megas when playing through the story, but the ones you don't see (apart from the above) are all old megas, so i'm not too upset about it. and some megas are missing but they're the hoenn starters and legendaries, that's fine

and... yeah! that's my thoughts on legends za! i haven't gotten too far into the post game yet, i've caught the legendaries and done a few infinite za matches, so if there's more after that i'll update this. but overall, good game, some flaws, thank fucking god they waited to release this

edit: i beat the infinite za royale mission, and i do have some thoughts:

thank fucking god we get eternal floette, something i didn't say before is that it was such a letdown that we saw how cool she was but didn't get to have her ourselves, which this fixes!

i think this is a good way to wrap up urbain/taunie's story, we finally get some answers on who they were looking for and resolve the lingering plot thread between them and jett, which brings me to

we still do not know fucking anything about jett. like she's urbain/taunie's grandmother and the president of quasartico (until she steps down ig) and we know literally nothing else. we barely see her, and honestly she feels wasted in a way that reminds me of geeta, except even more of a letdown because at least you get to interact with geeta throughout the game and stuff. a huge waste of a character, and probably my least favorite thing about this game

[pokemon-my-beloved]

my thoughts on pokemon legends za: what we know so far

i'm back!!!! sorry for not posting in over a year, the hyperfixation has shifted and i started uni which has kept me VERY busy. regardless! i'm super excited for the new game! this post will be based primarily on the trailer that dropped earlier today, though i will be taking info from the official site into account.

analysis under the readmore!

general

i think this game is going to be a launch title for the switch 2. i know the trailer and website both said it would be for the switch, but considering a. that the switch 2 is coming out later this year, we just don't know when yet and b. how godawful sv's performance was (and how the visuals seem to be pretty similar to sv's), i think that would make the most sense. if this is true, both will probably be releasing in november, because that's when pokemon games come out (except pla lmao), but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ we'll see!

since pla took place like... idk, 300 or so? years before dpp, i'm betting that plza will take place roughly 300 years after xy. given the amount of development and improved technology (and, from what i can tell, a lack of sycamore, clemont, and other characters from lumiose (though this is only the first trailer)), it would have to be at least 100 years in the future. i just think the time difference is roughly the same for parallel reasons. i'll elaborate more on this later, though

OBSESSED with the new battle system. finally, we can truly live out the anime and have our pokemon fucking dodge attacks without relying on evasion boosting moves. the ui is also really neat, i LOVE the info (chikorita used razor leaf, it's super effective, etc) being on the side, it feels a lot less obtrusive. also love that you can see your whole party at all times, i think that's great

speaking of ui, the minimap is fantastic. desperately needed that sooner, thank you gamefreak

the architecture and stuff looks AMAZING, i adore the style

pokemon

starters are chikorita, tepig, and totodile! definitely gives johto favoritism, but you know what, that's fair, johto has not gotten appreciation like this in years

unsure if the starters will get kalosian(?) forms or mega evolutions, i've seen speculation for both. i think it'll probably be forms, because it doesn't feel like there's any way they could give these three mega evolutions but not the others from those regions, plus samurott and typhlosion already have hisuian forms

relatedly, snivy is definitely going to be the grass starter in the next legends game (assuming we get another one, at least, which we probably will)

regardless, regional variants seem more likely to me, which gives more credence to my theory that this is a good few hundred years post xy, even if this is pokemon, changes like that take a while. fairly confident we won't get mega evolutions for the starters, but it would be cool if we did!

speaking of, mega evolution is BACK!!!!! i'm SO excited, mega evolution is EASILY my favorite mid-battle... mechanic? change? idk, but z moves, dynamaxing, and terastilization don't even come CLOSE

the currently confirmed returning mega evolutions are charizard, kangaskhan, gyarados, ampharos, gardevoir, sableye, altaria, absol, and lucario: a solid mix of mega evolutions introduced in both xy and oras. i imagine all of the old mega evolutions will return (except maybe mega rayquaza and mega mewtwo, given that i can't think of any reason for them to be there)

relatedly, the returning pokemon (in general and not counting the ones already mentioned) are sliggoo, clauncher, furfrou, sandile, bunnelby, pyroar, zygarde (obviously), budew, vivillon, eevee, patrat, pikachu (duh), larvitar, bagon, aegislash, trubbish, weepinbell, chandelure, fletchling, swirlix, spritzee, hippowdon, pidgeot, skiddo, onix, florges, dragalge, dedenne, and inkay, plus obviously all pre-evolutions and evolutions thereof

didn't see any regional variants, but i'm fairly confident they'll show up considering they've been in every game since sm (even though kalos was before that). hopefully we'll get more variants than we did in sv!

characters

not a lot to say about the rivals, tbh. they're fine enough, i don't have enough info to make much of a judgement

i do not trust jett and vinnie. mostly jett. they're leaders of a megacorporation, and i know how that goes in pokemon games (plus jett's design gives HUGE r*se and oleana vibes, both of whom i hate with a passion). the only thing that makes me doubt they're the antags is how early in the promotional cycle they've shown up, but if they're villains i will have called it on sight. stop designing characters like this, gamefreak, you've made a reputation for yourselves now

and finally, AZ!!!!!!!!! i'm super super SUPER excited about him being here, i think that's INCREDIBLE and i'm so happy he and floette are thriving now. he's running a hotel, good for him

SPEAKING OF, this is probably the main reason i think plza will be so far in the future. we've established that az..... can't die, and he didn't reconnect with floette until post xy, so there's no way this game can take place before then (unless it was way way WAY long ago, but he wouldn't be able to run a hotel then cause he would be busy being king. also all the technological improvements and stuff). given that it he's established a hotel and it seems he has been running it for a while, based on the fact that the rivals live and work there, this game has to take place long enough after xy that he would 1, not be an emotional wreck 2, get himself cleaned up and presentable 3, get enough money to buy a building in lumiose city, which i imagine would be pretty expensive 4, buy a building in lumiose city that he can turn into a hotel 5, establish it as a business to the point where people live there and the player character chooses to stay there, and 6, the events of the game occur. step 1 alone had to take years (half joking), so i'm positive that given the other steps this game has to be at minimum a century after xy

also, he uses a cane now. arguably he should've had that a long time ago, but still (i was also gonna mention the knee brace, but i checked and he had that in the official artwork for xy)

EDIT: i know there’s no fucking way this will happen but i kinda really really hope the lumiose ghost girl comes back and fucking explains literally anything. i want to know what the fuck she’s talking about but also i hope it’s a mystery forever and she stays a cryptid queen. idk, just thoughts, it’s like 2:30 am and insomnia’s kicking my ass, there are no coherent thoughts rn

that's it for now, i think. super excited for this game, i can't wait!!!!

[pokemon-my-beloved]

blueberry academy (and the professors) wish you a happy valentine's day!

[shelgon]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEWTWO! 

[shikkokunohaoh]

i didn’t miss it this time fucking finally

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Pokemon Heritage Birthday

[pokemonpostsdaily]

History repeats itself 😭😭😭

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[supermariomamafucker]

making my humidifier and dehumidifier participate in a cruel and pointless war

[freakinasheet]

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[just-call-me-zinnia]

Pokemon's done a lot of crazy stuff but I'm gonna be honest with you, ScarVio's ending probably caught me off guard the most out of any Pokemon game because I was not expecting them to pull out a fully sapient AI as the final antagonist, nor was I expecting said AI to be a legitimately tragic figure.

[sirfetchd]

these pokemon schools should invest in counselors. these kids need serious help and i dont think making their pets fight is working

[revelry-in-severity]

This is my child now

Family consists of them, our sandwich loving dog, and a hammer loving predator

[yogg-saron]

my little brother came into my room and told me that there was water all over the bathroom floor so i got up and grabbed a towel and ran into the bathroom to find all of my water energy pokemon cards sprawled out on the floor this kid is 5 fucking years old and he got me

[yogg-saron]

do you think this is a fucking game (because he does)

[yogg-saron]

THIS POST IS TWO YEARS OLD NOW. MAX IS 7. IT DIES DOWN FOR LIKE HALF A YEAR AND THEN SUDDENLY IT KICKS BACK UP AGAIN I HATE THIS POST 

[wizardshark]

this post is now 5 years old. Max is 10 and i hope he’s still schemin’

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[drawcupidsbow]

played the dlc i really love kieran

[kofangel]

Me too, Lillie

[magicalminimallow]

i feel like these unown are trying to tell me something…..

[unofficial-horse-extract]

Infinite monkey theorem

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[orcboxer]

"kill them with kindness" wrong. mega swampert use hammer arm

[hastalavistarbaby]

gosh he’s so right

[campyvillain]

I FORGOT I NAMED ONE OF MY POKEMON THIS NOW IT JUST LOOKS LIKE I JUST RAN OVER A BIRD

[professionalchaoticdumbass]

[xenosaurus]

I will say this in SWSH’s defense: I truly never understood “don’t go into the tall grass” until a pokemon twice my size started chasing me and immediately proved to be faster than I could run

[xenosaurus]

if her pokemon hadn’t been there to protect her i firmly believe that the small child you play as in this game would be dead now

[ghost-cassette]

The Wild Area is GameFreak finally putting the old “lol a game about forcing animals to fight” thing to rest. These things want nothing more than to eat curry, get petted, and kick any ass in their line of sight.

[xenosaurus]

this is an excellent addition to my post a+

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