#TREECKO LINE MENTION

[deerspherestudios]

Hi there! I just wanted to let you know that I love your games! Mushroom Oasis especially has an especially place in my heart. Mychael is such an interesting character and one of my favorite types of yanderes—not violent towards his object of affection but still manipulative and willing to cross lines even if he feels guilty about it. Thank you so much for the work you have done; it’s obvious this game is a labor of love and I am looking forward to see how the story progresses.

In the meantime, I have to ask, do you think there might be a future option where the player can cook for Mychael? Totally okay if that is a little too specific. Cooking is just a love of mine and I love to cook for people I love and I feel that is something that Mychael would appreciate.

Also—and forgive me if you have answered this already—but I was curious to see where Mychael’s affection lands on the scale you created by the end of day 3. Or would there be more than one answer since it seems actions taken on this day might start to split between the platonic and romantic routes.

Thank you again for your time and for creating this wonderful game. Your art is so lovely and you have a real knack for fun character design.

HELLO!! Thank you so much for the kind words!! For me personally I've never been a fan of "if I can't have you no one can <3" type yanderes so knowing that it's a shared sentiment means a lot!!

I actually have something of an idea where MC does something nice for Mychael for a change in Day 4!

It was closer to buying a gift and the players can choose what they'd get for him but adding a cooking/baking option (or a more diverse set of gifts rather than just shopping for it) seems like a good idea! As usual the script is still cooking so we'll see!

As for the charts, they're answered here and explained here!

Also,,, idk if you'll ever read the addition below but I'm holding back on gushing rn because uh, this is for you personally but it's basically an appreciation post for being one of my fave authors <3!!!:

AAAA A A 11 !! ??

I'm gonna try and articulate myself in the best way I can but I have been a FAN of your writing since??? Gosh, 2015??? I was following your blog back when the pfp was a torchic (and a treecko i think??) and the header was Swiggity swiff Gotta Yiff ?? Idk if you're comfortable with people knowing of your writing but let me know if I should edit anything here!!!

I LOVED your writing so much it was silly and witty but you can do drama and heart and spicy just as well it was a major inspiration!!! I genuinely though it was a little goof when I saw you were following my blog the other day and THEN YOU SEND ME AN ASK??? IM, , , THROUGH THE ROOF, I would mention my fav fics of yours by name but I'd be outing myself but the scope is huge <3

I've been thinking of how to respond to this all DAY and decided to just be honest but but just know I love what you do <3 Admittedly idk if you still write these days but either way I hope you're doing well!!!! <3

[haveyouusedthispokemon]

Gen 3 Poll Stats

Going over the poll results for the Gen 3 'mons!

Round 1 stats can be seen here. This post will only cover pokemon introduced in Gen 3, see Gen 1 or Gen 2's posts for previously introduced pokemon. ☆Shiny☆ Counter: 4/4

The Most Used Pokemon Pokemon with the highest combined 'yes' totals.

Ralts with 86.5% 1. Treecko with 295 votes

Kirlia with 86% 2. Gardevoir with 270 votes

Gardevoir with 83.1% 3. Kirlia with 251 votes

The Least Used Pokemon Pokemon with the highest 'no' total.

Gorebyss with 88.3% 1. Gorebyss with 211 votes

Huntail with 88.2% 2. Huntail with 209 votes

Illumise with 85.8% 3. Deoxys/Regirock with 198 votes

The Most Used Gen's The generation that had the most 'yes' answers.

Gen 3 in 128 polls.

Gen 6 in 4 polls.

Gen 4 in 1 poll.

The Most Used Through Other Means Pokemon with the highest 'Yes, first used through other games/methods' answers.

Skitty with 8% [Most mentioned method: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon]

Metagross with 6.3% [Most mentioned methods: Pokemon Colosseum, Pokemon Go]

Jirachi with 6.2%

Miscellaneous

Treecko had the most amount of votes with 394 votes, while Spoink had the least amount of votes with 201.

The most used starter was Mudkip, and the least used starter was a tie between Torchic and Treecko. The most used starter including evolution line was Mudkip, and the least used was Sceptile.

The most used legendary pokemon was Latias, and the least used was Regirock.

Following modern typing, the most common type in this generation is Water, making up 20.74% of total introduced pokemon. The most common type amongst pokemon who have over 50% usage rate is Water.

The most played Gen 3 main-series game is Sapphire, and the least played is Fire Red.

[transgenderwolfart]

GRASS TYPE POKEMON ARE QUEER CULTURE AND I CAN PROVE IT

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You’re a dinosaur with a giant flower on your back? That’s SO gay

Exeggute? That’s a POLYCULE.

WHAT’S gayer than a tiny smelly depressed fat teenager either becoming a skinny dancer girl in a spinny skirt or a happy loser who embraces their style??

Oh don’t get me STARTED on bellsprout.

Hisuian voltorb??? You’re literally BALLS.

YOUR BODY IS MADE OF TENTACLES

CHIKORITA HAS ALWAYS BEEN FOR THE GIRLIES. SHE’S GOT A DESIGNER CHOKER AND EVERYTHING. SHE KNOWS WHAT She’S ABOUT

Oh you’re a fragile cute pink cat who’s also LITERALLY an invasive species? Almost like people PERCEIVE you as invading spaces you shouldn’T be in despite you not harming them? SOUNDS VERY TRANSGEDNER, HOPPIP.

The weakest pokemon to ever exist is a permanently dopey happy seedling and a sunflower. Sit on that for a second. Do we NOT all know a tiny weak baby gay who can’t do shit but loves their life anyway cuz I DO.

I have a lesbian Celebi oc for a REASON. THAT BITCH IS A FEMME.

TREECKO EXPERIENCES TWINK DEATH.

Oh you’re a small emo kid who grows into a jolly fat middle aged man who dances with joy at every opportunity? BEAR ACTIVITY, NEXT.

Shiftry is a fat old man with white hair and a bushy beard and while that isn’t inherently gay I know that description is probably some of your types you little freak (this is me I’m the freak)

Cacturne is a skinny little emo cowboy. That’s the kind of genre combination only one of us could make.

Breloom is a mushroom lizard, and as we all know, queer cottagecore nature people love to shove mushrooms on FUCKING EVERYTHING. AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS. MUSHROOMS ARE GAY.

LILEEP AND CRADILY ARE COVERED IN PENORSIS.

Tropius literally has a beard of bananas. They’re underutilized, and useless competitively, but theoretically the perfect provider. THEY’RE LITERALLY A SWEET GAY OLD MAN WHO CAN’T PLAY SPORTSCFOR SHIT. I KNOW ONE GUY LIKE THAT.

“No I don’t want to pick the competitively viable fire type or the universally marketable penguin, I want the turtle” kinda gay ngllll

Didn’t mention roselia in gen 3 because the rest of her line is in gen 4. So anyway has Ms. Roan not taught us ANYTHING about confident women in abstract and flashy clothes?

Oh a bug type who can just so HAPPEN to sometimes be in the universally gay type sometimes? BISECUAL.

That is literally an emo kid who, upon gaining a little bit of confidence, starts dancing around in a skirt with a smile. TRANSGENDER.

WHAT’S gayer than a freaky ugly plant? Those nature queers love their little freaks I swear

Abomasnow is literally an abominal snowman, a monster who is supposedly supposed to be isolated far from society and is also ugly and to be feared. THE GAYS CALLED, THEY SAY THEY RELATE.

My lesbian nonbinary ex liked leafeon thus leafeon is for the enbies and you can’t complain also that is a NATURE CAT THAT’S SO GAY

“I change forms constantly to suit how I feel that day” ROTOM IS FOR THE GENDERFLUID PEOPLE

Shaymin either is fluttershy or rainbowdash depending on the day. THAT’S DOUBLE GAY.

Snivy is a mean gay little boy who transitions into a butch dom with expensive clothing choice.

“I’m not gay because I like the ugly guy who nobody likes, is weak, but has a strong personality” uh huh sure

Child with expensive taste -> grumpy emo in a blankie -> femme

“It rides on the wind and slips into people’s homes. After it has turned a room into a cotton-filled mess, it giggles to itself and takes off.” WHIMSICOTT IS A GAY LITTLE FAIRY WHO PRANKS PEOPLE and is also so gay for lilligant

Girl with expensive and elaborate clothing who stomps on necks with stilettos (good neiche physical attacker)

Who hasn’t met a mean tiny gay person who will stab you if you touch them. Maractus is for the girlys.

“I’m just a happy little deer who frolics in the grass and loves sunshine and rainbows uwu!!” THAT’S so gAY

Mushrooms are gay x2

Competitive players may come and tell me off by saying “hey, ferrothorn is homophobic.” Let me ask you this: Do you know how much queer people friendly fire? I get called the f slur daily by my nonbinary transfem lesbian asexual friend and I call them it right back.

Deer are gay. This is also a overly pompous smug man with another elaborate outfit.

Chesnaught is a fat nature kid turned ginormous butch who’s been bullied her whole life.

Gruff nature boy who becomes a strong man who loves being used as a ride by literally anyone hello again bisexuals

“I’m all spooky and halloween themed! I also have long hairrrr” nobody likes halloween more than trans women and lesbians ok

Trevenant is just if gourgeist was a dom

Decidueye is Incineroar’s bottom

“I’m all pink and wear bell bottoms” hello again femmes who can’t wear modern day clothing

Mushrooms are gay x3

Hello tall lesbian who does nothing but kick men in the throat

Dhelmise is based on a part of a pirate ship. Pirates often had homosexual relationships with each other as they spent so much time together. Gay. Pirates are gay. Dhelmise is gay.

Tapu bulu is another butch with a nosering who’s part fairy type.

Nobody’s gayer than a band kid, nobody’s gayer than a drummer.

“It whirls around in the wind while singing a joyous song. This delightful display has charmed many into raising this Pokémon.” Yeah no shit you spend all day singing and showing off. Hello rupaul.

Based on a worm in an apple, worms are connected to bookes via the term “bookworm” which describes someone who’s so into a book they’ve essentially crawled inside it and lived in it. Apples too are associated with education. And who else is going to be well educated while also looking like an utter doofus in anything they wear but a gAY MAN?!

“Zarude daddy form”

Deer are gay

“I’m a little pot smoker who becomes a flamboyant emo magician” this is either a feminine gay man or a butch lesbian take your pick. Both smoke weed.

Permanently tired looking lady who’s known for being overly compassionate. Sounds gay.

“Yeah I’m a little freak in a tumbleweed haha I’m gonna getcha!!” That’s a gay man way meaner than he should be for his size

“My whole purpose is to look like someone I’m not” something something femboy culture idk

Short mean gay man again

Mushrooms are gay x4

Little wise old slug man who just wants to sleep describes most old gay men.

Iron leaves is verizion but instead of a nature boy he’s a techy gay guy who sits around programming web tools and minecraft mods

Dipplin is two dragons in the same house. Gayyyy

“I’m a little tea ghost�� nothing’s gayer than ghosts jothing’s gayer than tea

Ogerpon is a shy little lesbian with a club

Hydrapple is another polycule keep up

[furryprovocateur]

2, 7, and 9

What's your least favorite Pokemon?

incineroar probably. sorry i just think it has such a visually unappealing design and i don't like the concept because it comes basically out of nowhere and derails an otherwise great line that i was legitimately contemplating using. litten and torracat are great and incineroar just feels like a huge disrespect to what they were giving. it's a shame that it's also in smash but tbf i haven't played ultimate much and the little i did i actually enjoyed using it lol

Who is your favorite rival?

sorry for being boring but i think Blue is genuinely that bitch. like we all treat it as granted and even obvious but the reveal when you beat lance that actually the final boss is Blue is so good, not to mention that his champion theme is the best in the series idc. i also like gladion a lot because i enjoy how he's a subversion and has a decently compelling background.

Who is your favorite gym leader?

this is a hard one to answer because i haven't really considered it enough to have a knee-jerk answer. off the top of my head i actually really like whitney as a commentary on the popularity of pokemon and her being kind of a stand-in for new fans. wattson is another good one just because he's maybe the hardest gym leader in the series if you pick treecko. burgh is fun for being an art fag who uses my favorite type. hm. i think i'll go with flannery for a similar reason as wattson also i think she's just a very memorable personality and fight. i always look forward to fighting her because it's right before you get access to a lot of cool pokemon in the desert.

[tactician]

yesterday i managed to hatch a shiny horsea in my copy of emerald version!!!!!! this shiny is one that means a WHOLE LOT to me for so many reasons and i am absolutely gonna start up what will hopefully be a saga of posts related to him.

the gist of it is that this little one is, first and foremost, a nod to my beloved dnd oc, reides. secondly, he is gonna be my first earnest attempt at the ribbon master challenge!

the ribbon master challenge is a really fun - yet really difficult! - challenge which consists of trying to get as many marks/ribbons on one pokemon as possible (basically, from their origin generation to the current one). there are many resources related to this challenge, my favorite one being athis' ribbon handbook. you can see a lot of people talking about this challenge on the pokemon ribbons subreddit as well as in random places online (like this post right here LMAO). there are also quite a few videos about ribbon master challenge attempts on youtube, too; again, my personal favorite one is the story of toast the scizor.

anyway, i talked about potentially attempting the challenge back when i successfully manipulated gen4's rng for a shiny of my fav mythical pokemon, manaphy - which i also named reides, as i associate manaphy with him. i eventually strayed from that idea, however, because i really, really want my first ribbon master to have the gen3 ribbons; most importantly, the hoenn contest ones. (this is 100% just a personal thing - ribbon masters that are from gen4 onwards are obviously still incredibly awesome and i still wanna try the challenge out on my beloved manaphy at some point. i just have a lot of nostalgia associated with gen3's ribbons so i want my first attempt at the challenge to include the grind for them.) that being said, i didn't want to stray from the initial concept of putting it on a pokemon that i associate with reides, so…

that's where this horsea comes into the picture!

i've associated reides with the whole horsea line for a loooong time - longer than i've associated him with manaphy, tbh! i even have a post mentioning that i hatched eggs for a shiny one - also named reides - in ultra sun. i struggled a lot with if i wanted to evolve that horsea fully or not, ultimately deciding to keep him as a baby. but i always wanted to catch another one which i'd evolve fully. i mean... look at this thang.

shiny kingdra absolutely rules, and the royal theme that it has going on is, again, very much up reides' alley. it seemed like my procrastination re: actually hunting for that second shiny horsea actually paid off, in this case, because i realized it'd be sick if my ribbon master was a shiny kingdra. that way, my other shiny horsea can remain as a unique hunt, too.

beyond my shiny requirement, i wanted the horsea to be male, like reides, and for him to have a nature that suited reides' personality. since i already have a brave manaphy, i was torn between quirky or bold for him, but i ultimately decided on bold. so... a shiny, bold, male horsea was the goal. this isn't an impossible shiny hunt by any means, but... well... <3 let's just say i wasn't in the mood to phase on tons and tons of different shiny horseas that didn't meet my somewhat-specific criteria. frankly speaking, it would sour the entire experience for me. add emerald's wacky rng to the picture and it just... wasn't fun to even think about. so i figured that i'd take yet another page from my manaphy's book and that i'd rng manipulate for my ideal horsea. furthermore, i decided that i'd try to hatch my horsea in a cool spot - hence the 'seafloor cavern' met data. (sadly, since i'm transferring him up through the generations, this data will eventually get replaced with a blanket 'hoenn region' line - but i still wanted to do it!!!)

once i had a general Plan of Action, it was time to execute it. a few weeks ago, i made a post about learning how to rng manip in gen3. in that post, i showed you guys my shiny treecko, ivy, and vaguely mentioned in the tags that having the means of shiny hunting in emerald opened up a lot of ribbon master challenges... but i didn't mention my true goal of learning the inner workings of gen3; namely, reides. LMAO. by shiny hunting for that treecko, i was able to deduce my tid and sid combo, which would aid me in my future rng-based shiny hunts in that particular game file.

i then had to play through the entirety of emerald's plot. at first, i dreaded this, since i wanted to grab my horsea asap and get right into the challenge - but it was a TON of fun! i kept practicing different rng hunts and ended up getting four more rng-based shinies in addition to my shiny starter and reides. plus it was just plain nice to re-visit gen3's storyline after all these years. once i got the super rod in mossdeep city (since horsea is a super rod-specific encounter) and my seventh badge (since i needed to be able to use dive so that i could get to the seafloor cavern), i caught a male horsea and a female horsea, popped 'em in the daycare, and - through MUCH trial and error which could, in itself, end up as a huge post - managed to hatch this perfect little horsea.

given all of the setup that went into getting reides, i knew that i wanted him to be on my very first team that beat the hall of fame. it was only fair, considering that the team pretty much existed because of him! and, while this post is focused on reides, trust & believe that i still developed a TON of fondness for the rest of my lovely storyline team! i couldn't have possibly gotten reides his first ribbon without the help of ivy the sceptile, popsicle the cradily, metal the aggron, chimney the camerupt, and miku the flygon!

next on the emerald agenda is ev training reides. i am going to be training him alongside a latios named albatross, a beldum named origin, and a bagon whose name is currently pending as i try to think of something! i've never ev trained in a gen3 game before, so... fingers crossed that it goes well and that i can keep count of the encounters without fuckin up! ;LDFSGKD;FKG i'm ev training so that i can get the effort ribbon on reides but ALSO so that we are at full power for taking on emerald's battle tower afterwards. i'm SUPER nervous about doing this, as i have never attempted the battle tower before, but i'm hoping that it'll go okay!

in addition to aaaaall of this chaos going on in emerald version, i dusted off my good ol' wii and started a replay of an INCREDIBLEEEE game called pokemon colosseum, since i'll need to send reides over there eventually to get a ribbon for clearing 100 battles in a row over on mt battle. (luckily, i still have the necessary hardware from my childhood for doing that.) mt battle is going to be seeing a lot of me, as i'll also need to grind for pokecoupons there so that i can buy special berries which will help him in becoming a contest pro back over in hoenn. colosseum's plot also gave me the chance to soft-reset for a bold-natured suicune that will probably get ev trained too, and who will likely join reides in all of his future battle tower endeavors. i named that suicune after reides' in-universe god, 'persana.'

so... yeah! the setup for this challenge alone has been A Lot but i can honestly say that i've been having so much fun with it. i feel like i'm interacting with like... every single aspect of gen3 at the moment. it's totally revitalized my love for pokemon as a whole and i'm really hoping that i can stick to it and complete the challenge in its entirety!

[elytrafemme]

actually mutuals followers and lost souls i am curious what is your favorite generation of starters? for me it's VII or IV (with honorary mention to VI, which has grown from least favorite to third place).

gen I obviously is classic but i don't really have a unique love for them, gen II are not my favorites i was thinking about this the other day where i think cyndaquil is my favorite starter but chikorita has my favorite final evolution there. gen III is pretty good i am very endeared to the treecko line because of pmd. gen IV idc about chimchar past thinking it's objectively pretty good, i love empoleon, and torterra is one of my all-time favorite pokémon inexplicably. gen V is my favorite generation but oshawott is so far beyond the others to me personally that i am using it in both black and white 2. gen VI has interesting concepts wrt the d&d thing and the trading app has made me grow more fond of it, i think delphox is sick and greninja as well but God i hate chespin sorry. gen VII has primarina and decidueye and litten (sorry incineroar i don't care) so like no notes aside from the one note i just made. VIII is my least favorite what the fuck is going on there sorry. and IX i make fun of but sincerely skeledirge and meowscarada are both cool.

wanna know y'all's thoughts though!!

[tonah-the-existant]

Hmmm I wonder what my favourite Starters of each Generation are...

For Gen 1 I feel like I'd normally always say Charmander, but I don't really use Bulbasaur or Squirtle that often, but since I did (still haven't finished) a Mono Grass Run of Inclement Emerald, Bulbasaur has really grown on me, so I'm gonna say Bulbasaur this time.

Gen 2 I have unfortunately played only a bit of Soulsilver of, but I think it's Totodile. Cyndaquil is a very close second. I think Chicorita needs more love though.

Gen 3 I don't think I actually ever went with Torchic, so I can't really voice an opinion about it, only that Treecko and Mudkip somehow always seemed more interesting to me, so I am going with Treecko.

Gen 4 it's Piplup. While I also like Turtwig, and it's honestly decently close, I don't really like Chimchar somehow, which led to me never using it. And while on subsequent playthroughs I usually always picked Turtwig, my first playthrough with Piplup Was very fun, as little as I remember about it.

Gen 5 it's close between Snivy and Oshawott, but with Oshawott coming out on top. I don't even remember when the first time was that I used Oshawott, but usually after my first playthroughs through Unova (especially the Sequel) I usually went with Tepig, and thus really got to see Samurott a lot, and wanted to try it, and I remember really liked having Samurott. Though when I started an (still unfinished) Nuzlocke of Black 2, I went with Snivy for my original Unova Starter.

Gen 6 i think I have played arguably the least of, considering how long it's been and me only having done 2 playthroughs. I do think that is Chespin over Froakie, despite me liking Greninja more than Chesnaught, because I feel like I'm not giving It enough credit. Fennekin I can't exactly speak to as I've never used it, but i think If I did It'd be in a similar situation as Froakie.

Gen 7 very likely Rowlet. I originally wanted to go with Popplio, but in a last Minute decision I went with Rowlet instead on my first playthrough, and while Litten and Popplio with Incineroar and Primarina are honestly pretty neat too, I really like the Ghost Archer firing Leaf Arrows. I just wish Dartrix was a better Transition between Rowlet and Decidueye, as while in USUM it learns Ominous Wind before evolving to Decidue, in SM the only Ghost type moves it learns is Astonish, which doesn't exactly translate into becoming a Ghost type. At least while there's not much of a Progression in its Grass Type Moves, hinting towards becoming a Grass Archer (Rowlet learns Razor Leaf before Evolving and no other Grass Type moves other than Leaf Blade at Level 40, by which point it's going to already be a Decidueye), at least the Pokedex mentions it being very good with Leaf i guess Throwing Knives.

Gen 8 I've unfortunately only played once, as I am mainly focused on DS/3DS stuff, where I picked Sobble, and somehow I feel like Sobble should be my Pick, despite me coming to like Grookey and Scorbunny because lil Music Monkey and Bunny, simply because I always feel like I wanna give Sobble a hug. Lil thing needs some comfort.

Gen 9 I've also only played once, where I picked Fuecoco, and I love Fuecoco. Gives me massive Gible vibes, and I love the entire Gible line.

Idk why I went into such detail about Pokemon all of a sudden, I guess I just really wanted to share my feelings about Pokemon all of a sudden.

I am not sorry.

Hmm Bulbasaur, Totodile, Treecko, Piplup, Oshawott, Chespin, Rowlet, Sobble, Fuecoco...

Somehow most of my choices are Water or Grass Type.

At least there's Fuecoco to literally spice things up.

idk why but I really like snivy

[front-facing-pokemon]

[fandomstars]

Pokemon anime request! Ash’s companions (other than Alola) reacting to his championship win in the Alola league

Misty: Knew from the time at the Orange League that he’d make it, if anything he already did back then. But league being official was just the last step. Still wished he used many of his water type Pokemon.

Brock: He called it the minute Ash forfeit his first gym battle ever. This kid was going to go far. Now if he could just get Kukui and others to help get him some therapy.

Tracy: He was literally drawing Ash’s final league battle from frame to frame. Goes on to make the Pokémon anime series with input from Ash and his other friends across the regions.

May: Knew he’d make it someday, after all, he beat the Battle Frontier. Hopefully he waited to have a big feast until her plane hit Alola.

Max: He finally been able to start his journey. He had just won his first gym badge when the league began. He quickly rushed home to watch the rest with his family. His Treecko and Ralts cheering with him as Ash won it. Of course, he always has a small part of him, guilty for how he treated Ash when they first meet. Boy, if he could go back in time and tell his past self this.

Dawn: Always knew he was going to win someday. She knew Piplup was all for it, plus not having to worry about his Gible’s draco meteor. Just wished she’d had been able to see it in person. But she clearly made that up once he went for the masters tournament!

Iris: Despite their quibbles, she always knew Ash would exceed in Pokémon battling. Now she wished he had more dragon types, let alone used the ones he had besides an ultra beast. But she’s proud either way.

Cilan: He knew it like the back of his hand, like the lines of a cookbook, the station to a train. Yeah he’s basically part of the Ash fanclub and for sure is the co-founder that totally bet Ash would become the best one day.

N: He knew the moment he laid eyes on Ash, that he’d do great things. He’s one of the reasons he can tolerate Pokemon battles, even see the enjoyment and thrill in some cases, but mostly through Ash’s battles. He could defiantly feel Ashs Pokémon’s cheers from all over the region, and perhaps a certain legendary bird or more.

Clemont: He’s a gym leader after all, he could tell from each battle he did whether someone could go far if given the push. Ash was one of those, despite the fact he knew since he first battled him when they first meet.

Serena: Knew he had it in him, and hoped he’d be happy. Also he rejected her and their good friends to this day.

Bonnie: Cheered the loudest, now even more psyched to go on her own journey. Perhaps battle Ash and his mons along the way.

Basing this on if the Alola series was only a couple months since Kalos (since it started as a summer trip) and lasted about a year after, hence why Max is old enough to go on a journey, but Bonnie isn’t.

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Bonus! Rivals (and by rivals I mean actual rivals. Not looking at you Cameron and others I forget. Sorry Gladion and others I know but this is excluding Alola.)

Gary: While he wish he could kick his 10 year old’s butt, but he knows Ash won’t have gone as far without his help. So he better mention him in his acceptation speech. But for real, he’s so proud of Ashy Boy.

Paul: Ever since he heard of Ash beating the Battle Frontier, he knew he was going to become a champion. Not that he’d admit it. No, but he’d totally admit he had the better rival battle out of all of Ash’s rivals.

Barry: Now Ash owes him 10 million more, for he knew Ash would become champion. He just wished he’d battle him for that.

Trip: Ever since he loss to Ash in the Unova league, he’s gone through a big change. Ash showed him what the perfect trainer is, caring for Pokémon and people alike. So yeah, he’s less of a jerk.

Alain: While he wished he got a rematch before Ash made it, he’s glad he did. No matter how much of a odd presence keeps saying Ash was the Kalos champ despite the outcome.

Sawyer: He’s Ash’s number one fan. Of course he was going to become champion. Of course, he wished to battle him again before he done so.

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[cosmopoliturtle]

Now that you mentioned all your starters have a motif what are the other starters?

Ye I can give a kind of break down of each generation. I guess as a disclaimer though some of them 100x more blatent then others just based on where my headspace was at the time of drawing them (the bulk of the redesign project took over something like, 5 years).

A lot of them I didn't intend for people to have a "eureka" moment while looking at them because it was mainly just a way for me to get inspired and find imagery that I felt would tie the starter Pokemon to one another. Also I feel like the brunt of the motif is usually in the last stage of the evolutionary line but that isn't a hard rule so I'll still be labeling them by their first stage. So that being said here is the list:

Gen. 1  Motif - Planets/Roman Astrology

Bulbasaur Line - Venus 

Charmander Line - Mars

Squirtle Line - Neptune

Gen. 2 Motif - Chakras

Chikorita Line - Anahata, Ajna

Cyndaquil Line - Muladhara, Manipura

Totodile Line - Vishuddha, Svadhisthana 

All of them have purple markings to represent Sahasrara

Gen. 3 Motif - Epic of Gilgamesh

Treecko Line - Enkidu 

Torchic Line - Gilgamesh

Mudkip Line - Utnapishtim

The Mesopotamian influence stuck around for the legendary trio as well, particularily Groudon who was inspired by Gugalanna

Gen. 4/Hisui Motif - Imperial Regalia of Japan

Turtwig Line / Decidueye - Bronze Mirror

Chimchar Line / Typhlosion - Magatama 

Piplup Line / Samurott - Grass-Cutting Sword 

Gen. 5 Motif - Greek Myths

Snivy Line - Myth of Perseus 

Tepig Line - Myth of Hercules 

Oshawott Line - Myth of Odysseus

A couple of other Pokemon throughout the generation have some slight Greek motifs but it didn't carry out throughout the whole thing i.e. the Timburr line and the Golett line

Gen. 6 Motif - Minor Arcana

Chespin Line - Pentacles

Fennekin Line - Wands

Froakie Line - Cups

Honedge Line gets to stand in for Swords (harhar)

Gen. 7 Motif - Celestial Objects

Rowlet Line - Stars

Litten Line - Sun

Popplio Line - Moon

Like Gen. 5 the theme also trickled down to a few Pokemon throughout the series i.e. Komala, Turtonator, and Drampa

Gen. 8 Motif - Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann (More obvious in their gigantamaxes)

Grookey Line - Stone of Destiny - Gigantamax

Scorbunny Line - Sword of Light - Gigantamax

Sobble Line - Spear of Lugh - Gigantamax

I tried to incorporate the 4th treasure, the Cauldron of Dagda, into Eternamax Eternatus 

[spotlightstudios]

Fun fact: One of my favorite pokemon is Girafarig! The rest of my faves are 99% from Unova, but the Sinnoh mons (specifically Girafarig, and the lake trio (Azelf,Mesprit, Uxie) will always hold a special place in my heart thanks to the Sinnoh Handbook I got as a kid.

Honorable Non-Unova mentions also include: Corphish+Treecko (my brother had plushies, and I took them in after he moved out), Alolan Sandshrew (love normal sandshrew, now he's an igloo), Salandit/Salazzle (just really neat!), Alolan Marowak (he's got sick dance-moves), Mudsdale/Gogoat (big equine creetures!!!), FURFROU (his hair!! You can style it!!!), Galarian Stunfisk (my beloved), aaaannnddddd.... I'm sure I'll think of more later, but the one is Aegislash's entire line.

[pokemon-breeder-sky]

You mentioned you’re a Pokémon breeder and a researcher, is there a particular kind of Pokémon that you research and or breed?

Oh with a question like that, you'll get me to gush! I'll try to keep this from getting too long.

Most of my current breeding work is for conservation. So I primarily breed pokemon who have smaller wild populations here in the Hoenn region. This looks pretty different from normal breeding since the pokemon are raised for release to the wild rather than a life with humans.

The pokemon we actively breed here at the sanctuary are Mudkip, Torchic, Treecko, Tropius, Torkoal, Lileep, Anorith, Kecleon, Corsola, Beldum, Nosepass, Chimecho, Absol, Bagon, Relicanth, and Kangaskhan.

I also take in eggs from people who can't handle them. So we get a few litters from other species, but we don't actively breed them.

The Lileep and Anorith breeding program blends into my research too. I'm studying ways to improve breeding of these fossil pokemon since restored pokemon often have difficulty reproducing.

Otherwise, my research focuses on pokemon genetics, hybrids, and the role they play in the ecosystem. Currently I'm studying the Horsea and Skrelp lines. Specifically how natural hybrids of these species interact with the environment and impact genetic drift.

Please send me asks about my breeding and research! I love to gush about this stuff. I'll cut myself off here before I blab on forever though haha

[haveyouusedthispokemon]

Hoenn Poll Stats

Going over the most and least used Pokemon from the third round of polls!

This is not including Pokemon that were in the Kanto or Johto sets.

The Least Used Pokemon

The pokemon who had the largest percentage of No, I haven’t used them

Illumise with 92%

The Most Used Single-Stage Pokemon

The pokemon who had the largest percentage of Yes, I have used them

Absol with 63.5%

The Most Used Evolution Line

The pokemon who had the largest percentage of Yes, I’ve used all evolutions

The Mudkip line with 65.2% (Overall)

The Trapinch line with 60.8% (Non-Starter)

The Most Used Partial Evolution Line

The pokemon who had the largest percentage of Yes, I’ve used at least one evolution

The Zigzagoon line with 42.7%

The Most Used Overall

The pokemon who had the largest percentage of combined Yes answers

The Ralts line with a combined total of 88%

Honorable Mentions

The poll with the most votes was the Ralts line with 626 votes, while the least votes was the Lotad line with 282 votes.

The most used starter pokemon was Mudkip, while the least used was Treecko.

The most used Legendary was Kyogre, while the least used was Regirock.

The most used fossil pokemon was the Anorith line with a combined yes percentage of 38.9%.

The Pokemon closest to a tie between used and unused was the Makuhita line with a combined yes percentage of 49.4% and a no percentage of 50.6%.

Out of 73 polls, 47 have higher 'not used' percentages than combined yes percentages.

[living-in-the-pokemon-world]

Hey hey! I would like to ask for pokemon recommendation. I don't have any major experience and I live in a suburban-rural area, I think there would be no problem with keeping larger pokemons in my house. During the day I tend to take naps or to take care of my garden but at night I have much more energy, I have more enthusiasm and get more involved in everything. I easily lose interest in everything and it's hard for me to focus on one thing. My mood also changes very easily. I love mountain climbing and gardening (as mentioned above). I can't tell if I would prefer a companion or someone for fights, rather something in between?

I hope this is enough information

More than enough information! Based on what you’ve said, I think you’d find the perfect match in a Grovyle!

Like you, Grovyle are much more active at night, preferring to spend the day relaxing in the sun, They’re also quite dexterous, making them first-rate climbers (though going from trees and vines to mountains may be a bit of a learning curve) and, like many of their Grass-type brethren, they make fantastic gardening companions!

Grovyle are rather easy to keep clean, especially since they tend to do most of their grooming themselves. You will, however, need to ensure they don’t get dehydrated. A regular spritz of water should do the trick, as would providing Grovyle with a wading pool to use whenever it needs a little hydration.

Like the other members of the Treecko line, Grovyle are classified as insectivores, meaning that, in the wild, the majority of their diets are made up of insect Pokémon, though they do supplement this with a variety of fruits, leaves, and other plants. Far from the only Grass-type with this sort of diet, it should fairly easy to find a proper premade food for your Grovyle if that is the route you wish to take.

As part of a Starter line, Grovyle are safe Pokémon for people of all skill and experience levels. That being said, there is always an inherent risk when it comes to interacting with Pokémon. As I’ve said many times before, remember that anything with a mouth can bite and anything with claws can scratch, so always use common sense. You should also keep an eye out whenever their are small children around your Grovyle, as their leaf “blades,” especially the ones on their arms, are quite sharp and can lead to accidental injuries if the children aren’t careful.

[smallersocksx]

Pokémon Journeys Episode 60 (Review, kind of...)

To be honest when I made my last post regarding my problems with the Pokémon Journeys anime in its current state, I was worried I was going to get a lot of abuse. But to my surprise, the post was met with a lot of positivity and I don’t know whether or not making regular mini reviews would be something anyone would be interested in.

Anyways, with this episode, it honestly reinforced some of the issues I raised in my previous post and some fears I have for future episodes after seeing the preview particularly for episode 62. As with the last post, I’ll keep the review cut below, so if you want to read it, that’s great! 

Similar to the last post, I’ll break this down into different sections because I honestly don’t know how long this post will be. I have to say, I have mixed feelings about this episode, I think a lot of people will love it for the fact Farfetch’d evolved but as I mentioned in my last post I would have loved for Farfetch’d to have received more development before actually evolving. I think a lot of people will find the writing quality has improved in comparison to some of the recent episodes that have been released but this episode for me did have its fair share of problems, the biggest being...

Pacing:

I think the community, is in agreement that the pacing in Journeys, leaves a lot to be desired and the beginning of the episode just reinforced that for me. At the beginning of the episode, we have a recap of Farfetch’d arc which I didn’t mind because of Journeys episodic nature it doesn’t hurt to have a reminder. But then we get to Ash’s current ranking in the World Coronation Series...last we saw Ash was ranked 415th now he’s 273 and when I saw that I knew immediately a lot of people would be bringing that up. In the space of 9 episodes, Ash has gone up by 142 ranks, they could have paced this so much better by showing Ash training in this 9 episode gap or at least showing his improvement in the rankings gradually like showing his ranking casually to Goh on his phone in episode 56 (an episode centred around training). 

Secondly, in the re-cap at the beginning of the episode, we finally saw Dracovish! I honestly don’t know if Dracovish’s appearance in this re-cap meant Ash was finally training with Dracovish or even using it for battling up the ranks. I think either way people would have been annoyed but even after we see Dracovish in this re-cap, we don’t see it for the rest of the episode...Hopefully, after this two-week break, we’ll be seeing more of Dracovish.

Finally, Farfetch’d evolution, as I mentioned in my previous post about my problems with Journeys, I wanted Farfetch’d to get more development before evolving especially given the fact including this episode there have only really been 3 episodes devoted to Farfetch’d and his development which also feeds into my fear of future episodes which I’ll cover later.

Farfetch’d Evolution and Rinto:

As many in the community predicted, Farfetch’d evolved into Sirfetch’d in this episode and I’ll admit I was impressed by some parts of the episode such as Ash referencing his training with Wikstrom telling Farfetch’d to emulate Aegislash by using half of his leek as a shield and the other as a lance. However, story-wise I wasn’t particularly satisfied for a couple of reasons: in the anime, I’m not particularly fond of the evolution = victory formula that they’ve used for many years and Rinto’s defeat.

Evolution = Victory:

This formula has been used in the Pokemon series for as long as I can remember and after a while, I kind of got bored of it that's why when they subvert this trope I actually love it. Some examples of them subverting this formula include Ash vs Sawyer where Sawyer’s Treecko evolved into Grovyle and Ash vs Masked Royal where his Litten evolved into Torracat. In both scenarios despite both Pokemon evolving they still lost but it was still satisfying to watch as you feel both the trainer and Pokemon gained something at least and a goal to work towards as they want to defeat their rival.

Additionally, the anime has established that evolution consumes a Pokemon’s energy as shown when Torracat evolved into Incineroar, he fainted afterwards because the evolution consumed the last of his energy after a long and arduous battle.

That’s why after this was established, I was a bit annoyed at this old formula that they liked to use evolution equating to victory. I understand a Pokemon does get stronger when it evolves but depending on its species we don’t know how much strength they actually gain. However, in this battle, Farfetch’d had taken several powerful hits from Gallade in particular from Psycho Cut (a move he’s weak to) and combining that with evolution. Sirfetch’d should have been severely weakened. That’s why I would have preferred the outcome to have been a draw as this loss writing-wise reflects poorly on Rinto and his strength.

Rinto:

That last point brings me to my next one, Rinto. I think the writers really did a poor job with Rinto in this episode. When we first met Rinto, Ash’s Farfetch’d couldn’t even touch Gallade and was defeated in one hit. Now, 9 episodes later, all Farfetch’d have to do is evolve and he easily defeats Gallade which I found annoying because it made clear that just as Ash and Farfetch’d were training in this 9 episode gap, so was Rinto and Gallade. This is why a lot of people were annoyed when Ash defeated Korrina’s Lucario with his Dragonite because it diminishes all the training Korrina and Lucario had done in their absence from the anime. That’s what I feel like the writers have done to Rinto and Gallade.

What I liked about Farfetch’d arc was that Farfetch’d had found a rival in Gallade. It gave Farfetch’d a goal to work towards and yet just 9 episodes later Farfetch’d have evolved and defeated his rival. I feel the writers were trying to give Farfetch’d/Sirfetch’d arc a conclusion but at this point, there shouldn’t even be a conclusion. 

The writers should have followed the example of Lycanroc’s arc, Ash’s Lycanroc developed a friendly rivalry with Gladion’s Lycanroc which can be traced back to when he was a Rockruff. Almost every time the two battled Ash’s Lycanroc was defeated but this was a good thing because it motivated Lycaroc to work harder to defeat his rival and eventually the fruits of his labour were rewarded in the Finals of the Alola League when he finally defeated Gladion’s Lycaroc. 

My point is I would have liked to have seen this battle have a different outcome. I think with a draw both parties would have gained something, in Ash’s case a newly evolved Pokemon and a continuing desire to grow stronger and in Rinto’s case, he may have acknowledged Ash as rival and gained some humility. Also, a draw would have meant the rankings wouldn’t have changed which resulted in Ash’s ranking increasing to 184 (which only adds to the pacing issue Journeys has).

I honestly hope this isn’t the last time we see Rinto because I thought he would have made a good rival for Ash and his Gallade, gave his Farfetch’d a goal to strive towards.

Fears for future episodes:

Now, Pokemon is going on a two-week break which I honestly need, however, there was a preview of the upcoming episodes and translations of the synopses. It’s pretty much been confirmed that Goh’s Sobble is going to evolve into Drizzile which I’m hoping to going to give the Sobble line more love. But I’m also a bit annoyed about that as well as I’ve established I love good development and story-telling, episode 54 was great development towards Sobble’s character however they’ve only given Sobble one proper episode of development and now he’s going to evolve and that annoys me.

I felt like in the past few episodes Sobble was being pushed to the sidelines and as seen in episodes 57 and 59, Sobble has been training in his own way by hiding anywhere he can. After only one episode focused on Sobble’s development, he’s going to evolve, hopefully, you can understand why I’m frustrated. It feels like Journeys aren’t going to fix their pacing problem anytime soon and it's frustrating because what I loved about the anime series was its story-telling and the way the series is at the moment, it's not as engaging as it once was. I feel like every time I watch an episode and I have complaints about it, I’m being overly cynical and I don’t want to feel that way when I watch a series.

[jacscorner]

Pokemon All-Stars: A Fan Region/Game/Alternate Universe Idea

I like watching and rewatching Original Pokemon Game/Region videos. Like Mr. Buddy's "What if X was a Pokemon Region" and stuff like that. I wanna make-or, I guess, write-my own. Since Regions are kind of a character all their own and I'm a Wannabe Character Artist, I wanted to try and make one my own.

I've got no skills in coding, pixel arts, or anything, so this will forever be just some kind of dumb fanfic that sometimes incorporates Game Mechanics to justify things if it were able, for some Godforsaken reason, 'stolen' for a game. Cause, in 2021, no idea feels too big or too dumb. And, uh, trust me, this'll be a dumb fanfic of an idea. So be aware for the subpar writing talents of some wannabe writer who doesn't know shit.

Small disclaimer though:

>This region is being made with the intention that every extra feature will be available in it. Z-Moves, Regional Variants, Gygantamax, Mega Evolutions, and maybe some things I've forgotten. This probably won't matter cause it's just a dumb fanfic plot bible with mechanics peppered in. Competitive balancing be damn! Pokemon Fans can create their own balance! That's what the Battle Simulator is for! In fact, if this was a real game, then it'd have a Battle Simulator like Showdown built into it.

>This is an open source Fanfic Bible. You can take this idea and run with it if you want. You can omit all my bad ideas even!

>I won't be making my own Fakemon. I don't like a lot of Fakemon that exists out there and, trust me when I say this: I am no better than them. In fact, I'm fucking worse.

>If this WERE a game, it probably WOULD still have to cut some Pokemon. I doubt that kinda, and I won't get into why I think dexit was dumb personally, cause it doesn't really matter. But, like, my fan game/fanfic will have a lot of shit going on in it. So, like, realistically, there would probably need to be a cut, if not for data, than just cause there's a lot of work to do as is. But, like, again, under the context of a fic, this wouldn't be an issue.

>With THAT said, I'd want this game to have a Gen 2 Sprite aesthetic. My fangame, don't care if ya'll don't like that.

>I'm probably gonna copy a LOT of stuff from other Fangames I've played. My shit memory probably won't allow me to remember what I'm biting from what, so be free to call me out whenever. Cause if I stole the mechanic, I probably liked it the game. And if not, well, I'd like the recommendation.

Fuck, this was long already. The rest is under the cut, so, like, if you're already turned off, you can stop reading. I understand. I'm kind of a windbag.

Okay, so how many of you guys have seen this picture on the internet? It's a picture of a ton of Pokemon regions all...basically stitched together, since not only could this never be canon, but this goes beyond the size of even most open world games today. But this was the inspiration for this project. The map probably wouldn't, and probably couldn't, look like this, but it perfectly sums up what I'd want out of this game. Thus, it'll be our placeholder.

Our hometown of Capricorn Town is home to Professor Chestnut, and you, her faithful assistant, are about to set off on a Pokemon adventure of your own! The Professor is encouraging you to see the region of Sidus for yourself and is even willing to give you a Starting Pokemon!

Starting Pokemon

Now, if I'm not making new Pokemon, which Starter will it be? Well, the game will have the data for all the starters and will randomly select a Grass, Fire, and Water Type for you to choose from. Those will be your starters, with the option of also choosing Pikachu, Eevee, and Riolu, the two mascot mons...and Riolu, who is kind of a mascot mon, but a lesser one.

Let's say for this example, your options are Torchic, Piplup, Rowlet, Pikachu, Eevee, and Riolu. And, uh, get used to the words 'random' and 'generator', those are our keywords.

Anyway, once you get your pick, there'll be some kind of tutorial mission the Professor will send you on. This will introduce you to two very important things;

1. One of your Rival.

2. An Evil Team Grunt.

Rivals?!

Now to start getting into why this game might still be pretty big still be big despite the sprites on modern consoles.

Each of your Rivals would be one kid from each region of the 8 Mainline Games from Kanto to Kalos. How this'll be decided is that each pair of kids will be plugging into a generator and will pick between either the boy or girl version.

Ex. Brendan and May both cannot be in the game. Instead, they'll be plugged into this generator. Let's say the generator fell onto May. She'll be one of your Rival. Repeat this process 7 more times until you have 8 Rivals sprinkled throughout the world, each one given a defined personality and better AI to make them harder trainers to fight.

May will have one of the Hoenn Starters, sans Torchic. Regardless of whether or not Protagonist-San picked Torchic, May will either have a Treecko or Mudkip, again, chosen at random per kid. Whichever Starter you picked, your first rival will have a starter that beats yours. So, let's say moving forward, May has a Mudkip and you a Torchic. The other kids will have random starters of the various regions they originally hail from.

Anyway, your rivals will wander the overworld. If they see you, they'll battle you on sight. If they lose, they'll be gone after the next time you turn the game off. They won't battle you again until they respawn, but you can hang out with them. In fact, you can even recruit them to be in your party for a few days and they'll follow you around and just generally be your friend. It'll make every battle a double battle, but they'll battle you again before their timer runs out, so be prepared!

BANG! BANG! ENTER! Team Wild!

The two of you will have to face off against Team Wild! They have a Cowboy theme to them, using a mix of Ground and Steel-Types, with a few Pokemon being added in for good measure like the Ponyta Lines, Cacnea Line, and Remoraid. Cause...it's a gun.

They're an outlaw gang, they're rough and tough (or, at least, a mild threat) and will always throw down when they spot ya. Something I'm just sniping from JelloApocalypse is that they'll appear sporadically and act as Timed Events across the map.

You and your new Rival beat them and send you packing. I'd imagine May and the other Rivals would mostly be friendly, but I'm sure there's one or two that'll just be jerks to you. Regardless of personality, they'll be pretty tough and programmed to skill with you. Your strongest mon you have on hand when you fight them will be the level their entire team.

With your tutorial done, the world is opened up! Your mom gives you your running shoes, some Pokeballs, and your...I don't know, PokeCelular or something, just the regional gadget that does a bunch of stuff. From holding your map to holding your VS Seeker.

The PokeCelular will also give you notifications on where Team Wild are! You can choose to ignore the events, but if you do, then they'll start to appear in the overworld know and will get progressively stronger.

A Balancing Act

This game will be an open world, 8-Bit Sprite Game for you to explore after you leave Capricorn!

So how do we balance that?

Well, we got our Rival out of the way already, so let's move on. Gym Leaders will have a pretty linear progression. However, regardless of which Gym you tackle first, they'll all be at the same level.

It doesn't matter if you decide to go across the map and battle the Bug Gym, he'll stay at Level 10, just like the Normal Gym. Whe you get the second badge, they'll all jump to Level 15. NPC Trainers will follow the same progression; the higher your badge number, the stronger the number of Pokemon they'll be.

Wild Pokemon will also get stronger. The more badges you get, it'll attract stronger wild Pokemon because they'll see you're stronger and will come out more.

The overworld will also have various dungeons in them that'll be Level Locked. Say, you go through a forest and you're just trying to reach the end of a maze. The Trainers and Pokemon will function the same as I've mentioned before. But, you can decide to go deeper into the dungeon. These Pokemon will be level locked, usually something of a high level, because this is a more dangerous part of the dungeon. But, there'll be some goodies down there, like rarer Pokemon and some kind of really rare and good item like a TM or something.

How will you traverse? Well, first of all, HMs? They're semi-back. BUT, instead of having to deal with teaching Cut to a Pokemon, you just need the move Cut and a Pokemon that can use the move and you'll be able to use Cut. A few other Pokemon that are reasonable candidates, but don't get cut, will be allowed to do this too. Like, Gallade can use Cut. It can't learn the move, but just holding the HM will get the job done.

Controversial opinion, but I think I've always liked the idea of HMs. On paper, they give you a reason to explore the world and go back to areas you couldn't before for goodies and make for a good way to get off dungeons until you get the needed item. Even something like Cut can be used to open up new areas for exploration for your squad of mons.

BUT, well, HMs suck. As moves, they suck save for, like, 2...MAYBE and they're only for, like, a handful of areas. You either hand them out as evenly as possible, forcing mons to take moves you don't wanna use, or you just get an HM Slave or two to use 'em all. But like they, they serve their function and all you need is the Pokemon in question and NOT teach them the move. If you need a Move Deleter just so people aren't stuck having to use Rock Smash for three towns, then there's a problem with your RPG. Imagine playing Final Fantasy and you had to give your Fighter the Bronze Axe to get through a forest and still had to fight with it, even though you got a +12 Silver Sword! It's no wonder people hated these things! But I don't think getting rid of them and introducing Rental Pokemon was a good solution either and adds a different, albeit less intrusive problem.

Gym Leaders

So, how do Gym Leaders work?

Much like your rivals, they'll be randomly generated. Let's say, hypothetically, there's a pool of 60 Gym Leaders and Elite Four members. The game will randomly generate 16 to be Gym Leaders. The generator will have some kind of complicated math (at least, too complicated for me) so that you don't have more than 2 gyms of the same type. (Example: Misty and Nessa might be Active Gyms, Siebold can't be selected for a Gym cause the Water Slots are taken).

As a trade off, some Gyms might have special conditions before you can challenge them. Like, if you got stuck with Koga as a Gym Leader, than he'll only let you in if you complete a nearby dungeon and help his daughter out cause he doesn't trust her to make it back on her own. Or, like, Claire's a Gym Leader, but she won't battle you unless you've collected 7 Gym Badges prior at least.

The Gym Leaders, as mentioned before, will get progressively stronger with each badge obtained. After the 8th badge, you can go and climb Victory Road, face the E4 and confront the Champion! You can keep hunting Gym Leaders, but just remember that the E4 will always be 10 Levels above the strongest gym you beat. And they'll just get stronger with every one you beat until all 16 are slain.

Another handful, let's say 8, Gym Leaders/E4 Members will be wondering around as NPC Trainers. The justification is that this big super region is in some Alternate Universe Pokemon Game that has all the Pokemon and other important trainers in it, hence why we can have a game where Roxanne and Lenora are hanging out at a coffee shop. They're not Rivals, more like stronger NPCs you can rematch and wonder the map. They're not here to be the very best like no one ever was.

I mean, I'd like, like, 10-20 instead of 8 extras, but let's not get TOO greedy...yet...

Elite Four

And now, it's time to flip the script. Cause if E4 members can be Gym Leaders, then who are the Elite Four?

Easy. The Rivals.

All the Rival characters will be put in a random generator as well. The four that are chosen. You can have an Elite Four made up of Wally, Marnie, Hau, and Barry and you gotta deal with it.

This is excluding Brendan and May, Blue, and Calem and Serena. Anyone else is fair game.

Champion

So, the Champion. Who would it be in this? There was a funny idea I had, but this is a Pokemon Game. So there would be two versions. We'll call them Pokemon Dawn & Dusk. The difference between these games is the game Champion!

Benga would be the Champion of Pokemon Dusk, the grandson of Alder! His final Team will include Volcarona, Garchomp, and Dragonite, Pokemon he used in Black and White. I'd also include Scrafty, Rampardos, and Golurk, Pokemon used against you in White Treehollow and Black Tower areas.

Meanwhile, the Champion of Pokemon Dusk will be Zinnia, the Lorekeeper! Her team would include the Goodra, Tyrantrum, Altaria, Noivern, and Salamence she used in her original team, with her plucky Whismur sidekick becoming an Exploud and her ace.

You would've met them in the beginning of the game and would've showed off a bit by helping you with Team Wild before. They'll pop in and out throughout the game, at first amused by your tenacity, but not wanting a rookie like you to get hurt. But if you keep bonking Team Wild, they'll be impressed with how strong you are.

The show up to chat again when you beat 8 Gym Leaders, and will pop in if you White Out to give you some advice. White Out three times and they'll feel bad for you and give you an egg. Benga will give you a Larvesta Egg and Zinnia a Bagon Egg.

EXTRAS

So I don't got a lot of ideas for the Post Game, but there is one idea I thought would be cool if, if after you defeat the champion, they give you a call. They'll tell you that there are strong trainers wondering the Overworld and to be careful.

Because dotting the overworld will be Champions passed and proper! Cynthia, Blue, Lance; all of them are rocking Lv 100 Teams and are out for blood. They won't challenge you, but if you talk to them, there will be no backing out of the battle! You come with your A-Game!

sI'm not exactly in love with the idea of Team Wild. Maybe the Evil Team should go full fanservice and just be Team Rainbow Rocket. Or maybe go half-and-half; having past Evil Team members and leaders walk around in cowboy gear and acting as Team Wild executives.

I'd also would love Tournaments. Like, maybe that could be a weekly event in some town, they'll how tournaments and the characters that aren't designated as Gym Leaders and such will attend. Maybe there's a cash prize, maybe you'll win Pokemon Eggs of rare, guaranteed shines, or maybe you'll get some kind of important quest items.

Yeah, I want quests! All sorts of side quests! And can't forget what I'd do with Legendairs;

If you know Bengal's team, you'll know he's got the Lati Twins. I don't like that personally and would prefer Legendaries to be Super Bosses. Like, you gotta do a lot to find them. And when you do, their stats are boosted and they become an Uber Boss! You catch them in a cutscene after you beat them!

There's also just a ton of characters I didn't get around to or really have a place for. Emma, Looker, N, and the Stat Trainers all come to mind. Overall, I'd want them to pepper the world as well, but don't have anything to say except this: Pokemon has made a lot of memorable characters. Both good and bad. And this is probably my dream Pokemon Game; one where you can hang out with your favorites