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Chapter 14 (Part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5SbKh9oYZg Pokemon is a sweet, optimistic series about making friends. It features cute creatures, bright colors, and nothing that would upset young children. New music this update: In the Future  Planet's Paralysis 
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How Ingratiating! posted:Chapter 14 (Part 1)  I'm loving the new video format so far, and I'm looking forward to the next update!
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Oct 2, 2015 14:24
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Chapter 14: Into the Future (Part 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6SZliLX6lc Team America is on the lam. It's a familiar scenario to PMD Red/Blue players, aside from the whole "forced into a dark, post-apocalyptic future" thing. New music this update: Chasm Cave  Dark Hill  In the Hands of Fate  Sealed Ruin  Sealed Ruin Pit 
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Oct 6, 2015 06:37
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Finally a Ghost or Dark pokemon main character that isnt evi--oh.
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Oct 6, 2015 15:11
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This game had a lot of good points. The repetitiveness could be forgiven because the story, soundtrack, and variety of characters to use (advantage of a Pokemon game) are all pretty drat good for what the game is. Probably one of my favorite games for DS, and it holds my interest better than the main series. I was fairly disappointed in the sequel for 3DS though, and I can't put my finger on why.
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Colgate posted:This game had a lot of good points. The repetitiveness could be forgiven because the story, soundtrack, and variety of characters to use (advantage of a Pokemon game) are all pretty drat good for what the game is. Probably one of my favorite games for DS, and it holds my interest better than the main series. Despite the new cool things Gates to Infinity added, it also took out a ton of quality-of-life things from previous PMD games. I chalked it up to a rushed release, and underestimation of the 3DS's abilities, the bane of every game released near a console's launch. It didn't lose all its charm for me, though, as the soundtrack is excellent, and the characters are still enjoyable. Super Pokemon Mystery Dungeon releases in North America Next month, though. And it's apparently going to be better than every previous PMD game combined!
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Oct 7, 2015 02:07
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How Ingratiating! posted:Despite the new cool things Gates to Infinity added, it also took out a ton of quality-of-life things from previous PMD games. I chalked it up to a rushed release, and underestimation of the 3DS's abilities, the bane of every game released near a console's launch. It didn't lose all its charm for me, though, as the soundtrack is excellent, and the characters are still enjoyable. It also lost a bit of power in its shift from 2D sprites to 3D renders similar to the WiiWare games America never got. The entire dungeonset ended up looking bland and uninspired because of that, which hampered the gameplay since that's about 90% of what you're staring at for most of the game. A decent number of lost quality-of-life things were also intentional tweaks to existing systems, though - abandoning Gummis and the IQ system (and the hunger system, for the most part) in exchange for chest-based Team Skills, as an example. Was it better? Hell no. But they were trying to do it.
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This turn of events was quite surprising, but, only because they took so long to get to it that I thought they were playing it straight.
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Oct 7, 2015 10:54
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Definitely enjoying this LP, along with my non-goon boyfriend who is watching along with me. Taught me a few things already that I didn't know about the game (like how egg pokemon are flat out better than recruited ones, the marowak gym advancing days, and that psyduck is super useful) It seems like the protagonist tries to be a silent protagonist, but they break that quite a few times, in having constant inner monologues. By the way, will you eventually be showing off the challenge scenarios (forget what they were actually called, it's been awhile)?
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Colgate posted:By the way, will you eventually be showing off the challenge scenarios (forget what they were actually called, it's been awhile)? If you mean Sky's special episodes, then yes, most definitely. I've mentally scheduled when they're going to appear.
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I will continue to defend GtI because it made a lot of my favorite pokemon even better (shoutouts to friendly, adorable, totally not evil Dark-types) and giving exp to all party members is literally the best quality of life mechanic an RPG can offer.  also some arguments about hunger being bad in pmd and iq vs team skills. GtI definitely has problems. I'm hella looking forward to Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon, curious how they handle mechanics and how adorable all of the pokemon are.
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Oct 11, 2015 14:39
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While I work on the next video, Pokedex entries for Dusknoir: The antenna on its head captures radio waves from the world of spirits that command it to take people there. This feared Pokémon is said to travel to worlds unknown. Some even believe that it takes lost spirits along with it.  [X]
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Benach posted:(shoutouts to friendly, adorable, totally not evil Dark-types) Man, I completely forgot about that. Gates to Infinity has at least two dark-type major characters and one minor character that actually aren't evil or antagonistic in the slightest. Another sign that for all it did wrong, GtI did a bunch of stuff right.
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Oct 12, 2015 01:34
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It's been six years since this game was released.
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Chapter 15: The Secret of the Planet's Paralysis (Part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJljoVhZKAI Grovyle drops some truth bombs. Babar is Not Okay with it. New Music This Update: Dusk Forest 
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Oct 18, 2015 00:45
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Finally a Ghost or Dark pokemon main character that isnt evi--oh. I think my response to this revelation was "gently caress YOUUUUUUUUU"
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Oct 18, 2015 15:59
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Ghosts are simultaneous the best and the worst in pmd. In addition to being able to walk literally anywhere, something that is not the most obvious from the video, there are very few attacks that will hit somebody who is in a wall, whereas pokemon who are inside a wall can attack out just fine. It's the one use for rocks (besides selling for hundreds of pennies). Of course, this also applies to your pokemon. Which is incredibly powerful, but also can go horribly awry. Roro posted:I think my response to this revelation was "gently caress YOUUUUUUUUU" Hey, Babar's not giving up hope! What if the ghost from the apocalyptic future who brought you to the apocalypse and tried to murder you and is now hunting you down is actually a great guy with good reasons? Surely, the pokemon who saved you multiple times is lying about Dusknoir's intentions, the world as it is, primal dialga, "trying to save the world" and whatever other nonesense that thief is spouting.
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How Ingratiating! posted:Dusk Forest This is the most Castlevania thing a non-castlevania thing can get. Im honestly astounded.
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Benach posted:Ghosts are simultaneous the best and the worst in pmd. In addition to being able to walk literally anywhere, something that is not the most obvious from the video, there are very few attacks that will hit somebody who is in a wall, whereas pokemon who are inside a wall can attack out just fine. It's the one use for rocks (besides selling for hundreds of pennies). I meant more the fact that an apparently good ghost type turned out evil. loving stereotyping! As for the wall walking, there's a distinct downside. Turns out being all ghostly and poo poo is hungry work! Your hunger meter depletes much faster when you walk through walls than when you walk on paths.
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Roro posted:As for the wall walking, there's a distinct downside. Turns out being all ghostly and poo poo is hungry work! Your hunger meter depletes much faster when you walk through walls than when you walk on paths. In particular, I forget the exact numbers for walking around normally (It's less than 1/turn, but I can't remember how much less), but I know using any PP-consuming move (which is to say, any non-default attack) burns 1 Belly, and using any linked moves burns 2. Any action in a wall burns 5 per turn. KataraniSword fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Oct 18, 2015 |
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I'm tempted blab on about how ghosts work and how it's busted, how food is awful in most of the dungeons and GtI handles this differently (maybe better?) and oh my goodness kecleon etc. I'll just say that I do not give a flipping gently caress about my belly when I've reached the point where I can be a ghost. The part that goes horribly awry is if you have non-ghost partners along with ghosts. Also, I forgot to mention in the previous post. I play with the top screen map, but also with the bottom screen clear map. It's nice to be able to see the map and icons while still looking at what's in front of you, though the clear map does blend a lot with the scenery (and the shaded map just blocks your view.) I wish the top screen text log option showed your party stats, I would probably swap between this and map view in areas where the clear map is distinct enough.
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Chapter 15: The Secret of the Planet's Paralysis (Part 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=synOFzieD6k Time to meet a new character! This episode's a good one to watch fullscreen, by the way. New music this update: Deep Dusk Forest  The Power of Darkness  True Intentions 
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I like how Dialga was just parked up there the whole time and didn't move without Dusknoir saying something.
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I love how stupid everything is. "I'll use my time travelling powers to help us get to the time travel portal" "poo poo! Quick, use your anti-time travelling powers to anti-time travel them" "Oh no, we've only managed to time travel about 5 meters closer to the portal!". Not to mention the huge reveal of the main character. Which iirc never addresses the biggest questions of how is a human in the pokemon world. I never realized that Grimer Traps could not affect your items when activated by a partner. I must've been fooled by the fact they can activate Sticky Traps (and never noticed they always only sticky their held items.)
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Chapter 16: A New Dawn (Part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGRA0sZWwg The first video for this chapter is pure cutscene and backstory. Because we all want to learn more about Impatient Asparagus and Pink Lemonade Jellybean.
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I always felt so loving bad for Grovyle at this point. He's spent however long worrying over his partner, struggling to fulfill their mission and trying to evade Dusknoir, and then he find his best friend schmoozing with some rando and the enemy. Didn't help that when I first played the game I hated him till this point, but now I just feel sorry for him 
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Roro posted:I always felt so loving bad for Grovyle at this point. He's spent however long worrying over his partner, struggling to fulfill their mission and trying to evade Dusknoir, and then he find his best friend schmoozing with some rando and the enemy. Didn't help that when I first played the game I hated him till this point, but now I just feel sorry for him Even worse, plot-convenient amnesia makes it impossible for Grovyle's partner to reciprocate those feelings. 
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Not to mention living for however much time(un-time?) in the apocalypse. Also, I hope you have prepared for Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon's release on the 20th. I hope this LP doesn't suddenly halt for mysterious reasons, especially now of all times. Benach fucked around with this message at 20:56 on Nov 1, 2015 |
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How Ingratiating! posted:Even worse, plot-convenient amnesia makes it impossible for Grovyle's partner to reciprocate those feelings. "Oh Michael, my best friend, I'm so glad to see your face!!" ".............." Grovyle
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Benach posted:Not to mention living for however much time(un-time?) in the apocalypse. You know it's gonna stop dead in its tracks while I unlock every Jukebox track, so I can give proper ID3 tags to whatever gameripped soundtrack I can find off NicoVideo. I just hope it isn't a complete rear end to do it this time, like it was with Gates To Infinity.
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How Ingratiating! posted:You know it's gonna stop dead in its tracks while I unlock every Jukebox track, so I can give proper ID3 tags to whatever gameripped soundtrack I can find off NicoVideo. I just hope it isn't a complete rear end to do it this time, like it was with Gates To Infinity. Unless, for some reason, you're planning to not do one of the first/easiest post-game dungeons or any of the extra stories. Which is the entirety of the requirements. I had unlocked it with all of the tracks without even realizing there were unlocking requirements. Glad to hear Super isn't going to stop it, though.
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Benach posted:Unless, for some reason, you're planning to not do one of the first/easiest post-game dungeons or any of the extra stories. Which is the entirety of the requirements. I had unlocked it with all of the tracks without even realizing there were unlocking requirements. PMD Sky's Jukebox is effortless to fill out, yes. I took care of tagging that rip years ago.  When I said "Jukebox" in my post, I meant Super's, and I've been avoiding spoilers for that game, so I don't know its requirements yet. Or what the music player's actually called this time.As for GtI, I couldn't complete the Musical Paradise track list until I'd maxed out my Paradise Rank at Perfect. Which meant stabbing Ho-oh to death. Over, and over, for 99,999 ranking points. Because the information wasn't anywhere else at the time.
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Chapter 16: A New Dawn (Part 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=634UsieQQJA The team returns to the scene of Grovyle's first crime. New music this update: Treeshroud Forest 
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Chapter 17: The Guild's Crew (Part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIvQyOTF3QQ Michael and Babar finally come out of hiding. Wigglytuff's Guild is a family guild. Also, as of yesterday, it has been 10 years since PMD Red/Blue Rescue Team's original release. So here's a re-orchestrated cover of the File Select theme.
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Man, Chatot is hella unlikeable. How does he keep his job?
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Reimou posted:Man, Chatot is hella unlikeable. How does he keep his job? By obeying the Guildmaster, of course. Or else. 
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To be fair to Chatot (as much of a prick as he acts), Dusknoir spent a lot of time in the world making himself out to be the good guy. Not to mention that Chatot had some serious hero worship initially. It's a lot to swallow at first. And I'm sure he'll redeem himself. One day. Maybe.
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This is the part where I feel like a huge baby because I loving love the reunion scenes in PMD. Just having all of the NPCs miss you is adorable.Reimou posted:Man, Chatot is hella unlikeable. How does he keep his job? It took Babar ages for him to admit some of this stuff, even being in the middle of it all. It's kind of impressive that almost everybody else just accepts it, where instead of seeing what happened they just see Team America kidnapped and missing. Hell, we don't even know for long how they were missing because ~time travel~.
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Benach posted:This is the part where I feel like a huge baby because I loving love the reunion scenes in PMD. Just having all of the NPCs miss you is adorable. They really are a family. In fact, the guild is like 70% dads. Yelling Dad, Marshmallow Dad, Actually 3 Dads...
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How Ingratiating! posted:They really are a family. In fact, the guild is like 70% dads. Yelling Dad, Marshmallow Dad, Actually 3 Dads... Is Yelling Dad Chatot or Loudred??
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