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[Stratelier]

Faced the Elite Four and La Primera in Pokemon Scarlet.

Spoiler: My team

• Luxray (with Intimidate, Fire Fang, and Volt Switch)
• Salazzle (with Acid Spray)
• Quaquaval (with U-Turn and Acrobatics)
• Meowscarada (starter, with U-Turn and Play Rough)
• Hisuian Zoroark (with Snarl and Bitter Malice)
• Baxcalibur

Spoiler: A general summary

0 - Luxray was apparently not my best choice for a lead Pokemon.

1 - I had no good matches against Rika's off-types, but Meowscarada and Baxcalibur sailed through this battle with few losses (Clodsire losing the Poison typing for Tera Ground certainly helped).

2 - Salazzle definitely roasted Poppy's selection of Steel-types (that is, at least once Copperajah was out of the way).

3 - Baxcalibur and Luxray handled Larry's team of birds rather well. Oricorio had me wondering what color it would be (but of course it was Yellow Oricorio), and one does not simply zap a Staraptor. (Unless it uses something like Close Combat)

4 - I made a guess that Hassel might bring Dragon-types (having brought a Gible in for Art class) and ... was right!

As for La Primera, Quaquaval and Meowscarada did the most work here, though I did hesitate on Glimmora (before one-shotting it with a Tera Grass Flower Trick) due to its Poison typing.

Apparently some people are disappointed in Nemona having a higher-level team than La Primera, but I don't even see the complaint here, as you fight her AFTER the Pokemon League (keeping in mind she also beat La Primera). That Quaquaval of hers is downright dangerous -- Fighting beats Dark plus it has access to Flying moves, so I'll probably need to bring a Psychic or Fairy or something.

 

[Emmy]

Watching the new footage for Persona 3 Reloaded made me nostalgic and so I started re-playing the original Persona 1 on the PSP again.

Man, hearing the rumour that Atlus are interested in remaking both P1 and P2 after Reloaded is so wild to me since P1 at its very heart is so mechanically different than the Hashino trilogy. You can really feel the old-school style as the game is deliberately designed to be played multiple times with replay ability, given the fact that you have to recruit your Party of 5 from a group of nine playable characters and with two completely different story routes to go through, it all makes for a very different experience and I'm not sure how they would go about remaking the game without overhauling the game. It's something that interests me in seeing be created more so than potentially playing it.

As an aside, the fact that the Snow Queen tricked a bunch of depressed high school girls into committing suicide in order to gain power only to turn them into her ghostly servants is surprisingly dark and nothing is coming to mind in the later games that matches it.

 

[Chidamari Sketch]

Pikmin 4.

It's certainly nice to return to commandeering these little carrot servants once more. The remastered jingles for things like the end of the day, entering a dungeon, and all that also springs a feeling of nostalgia anew.

 

[JollyYoshi]

I started a new play through of Super Mario Odyssey. It’s not as magical ash first play though but it’s still a very fun game.

 

[CynthiaLover]

Started a new playthrough of Mega Man Star Force 2: Zerker X Ninja, specifically Zerker (Ninja's my favorite of the three but I have a complete game file of that and finding a second one online is... expensive, to put it mildly). I know it's the low point of the Star Force series but I'm both replaying it for nostalgia and because I'm using it for inspiration for my Shooting Star Rider series (which borrows concepts from both Battle Network and Star Force). Up to the Yeti Blizzard scenario, specifically I'm trying to find an Eating Machine Matter Wave for Bud so he can impress Amy at an eating contest (and trigger another Taurus Fire fight, who is pretty much the GutsMan.exe of Star Force). God, Luna's such a b**** in this game. She was already difficult to stomach in the first game but here she's at her worst (not like Zack is any better, especially later on). Makes me glad Sonia exists since she's a vastly superior waifu for Geo (and at least Sonia can actually hold her own in battle compared to Luna), and doesn't fall into the damsel in distress trope virtually every other scenario. Moving on, I also have access to the Wave Command Code booklet so I did what any sensible player does and input as many codes as I could, netting myself tons of items, Battle Cards, Zenny, and even supped up Mega Man. Mega Man has 1070 HP, maxed Buster stats, Undershirt and First Barrier, and a slightly faster Custom Gauge.

 

[Insanish Danish]

Slowly making my way through Rain Code and having the absolute best time I love it so much

 

[Stratelier]

Enjoying the new PVE event in Pokemon Unite. Just ... don't play it with bots (aka. "expanded matchmaking parameters"). Sometimes they can't even pass Wave 4 because they have no concept of strategic priorities (Vespiquen summoning Combees, Eldegoss running heals/shields).

 

[Calvinッ]

Started Elden Ring for streaming purposes, and man that game is hard. I've never been a souls-like player and its showing in my gameplay haha, it is still enjoyable though and I do get the hype around it aswell at this point.

I also tried Exoprimal, which is fun for what it is but I feel like it lacks replayability, i've played somewhere between 5-10 games of it so thats not that much, and I assume there's some more content i've not unlocked yet. It's a pretty silly but fun game to put a couple of hours into, although I don't think i'd pay exclusively for it. (I play on games pass)

 

[Stratelier]

Finished the endgame in Pokemon Scarlet -- finally decided to stop putting it off and just tackle it (starting with the battle against Nemona).

Spoiler: Things I was aware of going in

• Not the real Professor Sada
• Several of the Paradox Pokemon

The upper reaches of Area Zero seemed normal enough, and the game does let you teleport out if you need to but -- nah, we're DOING THIS. I do love when a gameplay gimmick/mechanic and the narrative just resonate with each other (e.g. being unable to ride Koraidon in Area Zero). It was a long trek down and the banter between Nemona, Arven, and Penny was entertaining.

Caught one Scream Tail while descending into the caves and one Flutter Mane near the bottom. Somehow, Brute Bonnet was completely unspoiled to me.

My team:

• Tinkaton (Gigaton Hammer + Play Rough)
• Kilowattrel (with Roost)
• Corviknight
• Talonflame (with Acrobatics)
• Meowscarada (with U-Turn and Play Rough)
• Luxray (with Fire Fang, Psychic Fangs, and Intimidate)

Realized once again the obvious weakness to Fire, but things worked out.

Spoiler: The battle

• Once again, my choice of starting Pokemon was bad so I lost a turn (and a Pokemon) needing to swap for a better ally. OF COURSE Flutter Mane has access to Power Gem, and OF COURSE it one-shots Flying types.
• Slither Wing I knew existed, but hadn't seen the design of. Neat design. And it still retains the Bug typing, so one good Flying move took it down.
• Scream Tail got more than one random Freeze with Ice Punch (I had to spend extra turns healing that) but couldn't take one Gigaton Hammer.
• Killowattrel paid it forward by flinching Sandy Shocks six turns in a row, for the KO, with Air Slash. My bad for keeping this bird a specialist, no off-type coverage moves. Meowscarada probably could've taken it on.
• Brute Bonnet I already knew to be part Grass, and therefore wasn't even a threat.
• Roaring Moon I also knew existed, but not many things outspeed my Meowscarada and I was surprised that U-Turn proved super-effective. Deduced that its typing was probably Dragon+Dark, so after losing another Pokemon to one of its coverage moves, one Play Rough finished it off.

Spoiler: The finale

My Koraidon vs. the professor's. I like that they carefully designed this battle to not just let you win, but actually show off a little at the same time: Koraidon toughed out a Giga Impact with 1HP (and Endure beats Giga Impact anway), you get some scripted stat buffs then get to finish it off in style with a Tera Blast (Dragon).

 

[toastghost]

needy streamer overload

 

[PokéSean]

Am starting Pokémon Red and am leveling my team to Lv. 10 at least.

Continuing Black though accidentally released my Tangagrowth instead of removing the item it was holding. Oh well! Accidents happen.

 

[PokéSean]

Am still playing Black and am trying to get all Hitmons.

 

[Palamon]

Right this second? Touhou Lost Word. Trying to get my Nazrin to level 90 atm.

 

[colours]

was playing nier: replicant

wild game so far, and i'm having a great time with it, too! also, in typical yoko taro fashion, very emotional. @_@

 

[galacticarticuno]

• Pokemon Yellow (Adventures Part 2)
• Pokemon White (Adventures Part 1)
• Assassin's Creed Odyssey (NG+ game, with Kassandra who I hate)-just so I can max out my ship, I have everything else I desire aside from I'll have to ship lieutenants again since that doesn't transfer from game to NG+

 

[Lylian]

Stardew Valley (Switch)-

I am courting Elliott. Upgraded my house, and gave him the bouquet of dating.

 

[c la fet]

Pokémon Platinum, I'm trying to get the Battle Factory Gold Print

 

[kiwichu]

Well im Playing Pokémon Shuffle

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[DigitalGen6]

Well im Playing Pokémon Shuffle

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Oh look a baby (not really) Mega Aerodactyl

 

[kiwichu]

Oh look a baby (not really) Mega Aerodactyl

Now I'm facing steelix. And the games cheeky, braixen is the one before sleelix and it's harder to catch! And has anyone else experienced the app crashing and eating your hearts just as you push start? That really pissed me off, it happens randomly and I've also lost coins. I sent a email to the developer but haven't heard back. But it is a good game, especially when waiting for the bus, people stand next to me and say "whats that?" - basically a Pokemon version of candy crush and it's addictive. The only downside is the heart system.