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Okay, since I'm bored of Scarlet I decided to dust off Legends: Arceus and do a new playthrough of it. Time for a new adventure in Hisui!
Log #1: The Past is Present
Okay, after picking my PC and name it was time to be isekai'd into the ancient past (can that really be called an isekai?) via the Poke-God itself: Arceus. Met up with Professor Lavaton and helped him catch his runaway Mons. Soon met up with Beni who pretty much tried to kick me to the curb before the "rival" appeared. Looks like Cyllene is reasonable, giving me a test to see if I'm worthy of sticking around and not dying, but it'll have to wait until the next day. As night falls, so does a strange bolt of lightning. The dawn of a new day means the trial that Cyllene has tasked me with: catch Bidoof, Starly, and Shinx. Well, you know what that means, right? Tutorial time!
But first, it's time to pick a starter. After some trial and error (as in trying to get a Nature that didn't suck) I ended up with Angela the Naughty Cyndaquil. Fire is good, after all, given its rarity. Plus there's always a tasty chance for a Burn. But got some starting Poke Balls and it was time to head out into the Obsidian Fieldlands. However, Volo challenged me to a battle, where Angela took down his Togepi, earning me a few Potions. Now it's off to the fieldlands.
After the "rival" gave me the tutorial of how different Mons act it was time to catch me some Com Mons. One Bidoof, Starly, and Shinx: caught no problem. So it was time to report back to Cyllene and tell her that I'm not dead weight. Given her perpetual frowner tendencies one could potentially interoperate that she was disappointed that I succeeded. Well, she's stuck with me so that's that. After getting my uniform and getting thrown across the room by Kamado I'm part of the team proper. After getting the change of clothes, performing the crafting tutorial, and picking up some old save bonus content from the clothier (which I promptly changed into since I don't like the "standard" uniform, and you only really need to wear it once as part of the story) it was time to raise my rank. And take on some requests from the townsfolk.
Back to the Fieldlands. Now it was time to start filling out some research tasks, one of the more tedious parts of the game but I'll take it over some aspects from other games. Also got a brief tutorial on how to dodge roll. cue "Do a barrel roll!" line Anyway, time to get catching. After wandering the fieldlands for a day, catching everything I could, I managed to complete the research tasks for Cyndaquil, Bidoof, Starly, Shinx, Buizel, and Wurmple. I also caught a Naïve Eevee who I named Dusk (no points for what evo I'm going for) before reporting back and getting my first Rank-Up. Also completed the Wurmple, Starly, and Shinx requests so I got my rewards from those. Still working on getting a damn Buizel that is at least 2'8". Hopefully I won't have to wait until Alpha Mons are available, since that's even more of a crapshoot than finding the right sized one from the regular Buizels. Well, at least it's not as bad as the Cherrim request due to how rare they are.
Next day I had to battle my "rival" and Angela trounced Pikachu with ease. Now it's back to the fieldlands. But first I purchased a Springy Mushroom for the request that will pop up as soon as I get to the Obsidian Fieldlands. After meeting Volo again I was able to complete the aforementioned mushroom request, gaining some Cake-Lure Bases and the Mushroom Cake recipe. Also picked up the Kricketot request from the lady near the base camp. Before deciding to meet up with Mai I explored the area of the Fieldlands I've already checked out. And glad I did, because I found two Mime Jrs (one of which was very stubborn to catch), another Eevee, and a freaking shiny Bidoof (and reminding me why I like having the shiny chime/flash that SV stupidly took out). I'm still exploring the area before going to tackle Mai's request since I want to complete some other research tasks and try to evolve Dusk, since he'll be a useful tank in the upcoming area.
My Team:
Cyndaquil (Angela, Lv14, female)
Eevee (Dusk, Lv11, male)
Bidoof (Lv11, male)
Starly (Lv 12, male)
Buizel (Lv10, male)
Drifloon (Lv9, male)
The latter four Mons are filler for now (though Drifloon will be useful when it comes to the Alpha Kricketune, since Hypnosis and his high HP will make it easier to catch it). Stopping for now. Will pick up again tomorrow when I finally decide to take on Mai's request.
Log #1: The Past is Present
Okay, after picking my PC and name it was time to be isekai'd into the ancient past (can that really be called an isekai?) via the Poke-God itself: Arceus. Met up with Professor Lavaton and helped him catch his runaway Mons. Soon met up with Beni who pretty much tried to kick me to the curb before the "rival" appeared. Looks like Cyllene is reasonable, giving me a test to see if I'm worthy of sticking around and not dying, but it'll have to wait until the next day. As night falls, so does a strange bolt of lightning. The dawn of a new day means the trial that Cyllene has tasked me with: catch Bidoof, Starly, and Shinx. Well, you know what that means, right? Tutorial time!
But first, it's time to pick a starter. After some trial and error (as in trying to get a Nature that didn't suck) I ended up with Angela the Naughty Cyndaquil. Fire is good, after all, given its rarity. Plus there's always a tasty chance for a Burn. But got some starting Poke Balls and it was time to head out into the Obsidian Fieldlands. However, Volo challenged me to a battle, where Angela took down his Togepi, earning me a few Potions. Now it's off to the fieldlands.
After the "rival" gave me the tutorial of how different Mons act it was time to catch me some Com Mons. One Bidoof, Starly, and Shinx: caught no problem. So it was time to report back to Cyllene and tell her that I'm not dead weight. Given her perpetual frowner tendencies one could potentially interoperate that she was disappointed that I succeeded. Well, she's stuck with me so that's that. After getting my uniform and getting thrown across the room by Kamado I'm part of the team proper. After getting the change of clothes, performing the crafting tutorial, and picking up some old save bonus content from the clothier (which I promptly changed into since I don't like the "standard" uniform, and you only really need to wear it once as part of the story) it was time to raise my rank. And take on some requests from the townsfolk.
Back to the Fieldlands. Now it was time to start filling out some research tasks, one of the more tedious parts of the game but I'll take it over some aspects from other games. Also got a brief tutorial on how to dodge roll. cue "Do a barrel roll!" line Anyway, time to get catching. After wandering the fieldlands for a day, catching everything I could, I managed to complete the research tasks for Cyndaquil, Bidoof, Starly, Shinx, Buizel, and Wurmple. I also caught a Naïve Eevee who I named Dusk (no points for what evo I'm going for) before reporting back and getting my first Rank-Up. Also completed the Wurmple, Starly, and Shinx requests so I got my rewards from those. Still working on getting a damn Buizel that is at least 2'8". Hopefully I won't have to wait until Alpha Mons are available, since that's even more of a crapshoot than finding the right sized one from the regular Buizels. Well, at least it's not as bad as the Cherrim request due to how rare they are.
Next day I had to battle my "rival" and Angela trounced Pikachu with ease. Now it's back to the fieldlands. But first I purchased a Springy Mushroom for the request that will pop up as soon as I get to the Obsidian Fieldlands. After meeting Volo again I was able to complete the aforementioned mushroom request, gaining some Cake-Lure Bases and the Mushroom Cake recipe. Also picked up the Kricketot request from the lady near the base camp. Before deciding to meet up with Mai I explored the area of the Fieldlands I've already checked out. And glad I did, because I found two Mime Jrs (one of which was very stubborn to catch), another Eevee, and a freaking shiny Bidoof (and reminding me why I like having the shiny chime/flash that SV stupidly took out). I'm still exploring the area before going to tackle Mai's request since I want to complete some other research tasks and try to evolve Dusk, since he'll be a useful tank in the upcoming area.
My Team:
Cyndaquil (Angela, Lv14, female)
Eevee (Dusk, Lv11, male)
Bidoof (Lv11, male)
Starly (Lv 12, male)
Buizel (Lv10, male)
Drifloon (Lv9, male)
The latter four Mons are filler for now (though Drifloon will be useful when it comes to the Alpha Kricketune, since Hypnosis and his high HP will make it easier to catch it). Stopping for now. Will pick up again tomorrow when I finally decide to take on Mai's request.