#are Hoppip and Fletchling.

[gamenu]

Alrighty! Because I hate myself I'm starting a full odds shiny run of Violet! Just got through the tutorial, now to go look for my first partner!

[pokemanix]

Official Penny Cards from the Pokémon TCG

Penny (183, 239 and 252) - Scarlet & Violet Clive (236) - Scarlet & Violet: Paldean Fates Penny (239) - Scarlet & Violet: Paldean Fates Cassiopeia (56, 86 and 94) - Scarlet & Violet: Shrouded Fable Friends in Paldea (109 and 137) - Scarlet & Violet: Prismatic Evolutions

[trainerjoshie]

Pokémon TCG SV Paradox Rift (2023) Garganacl illustration by kodama (removed card text, and humans lol)

[z-moves]

Textless version of a Clive Trading Card Game card

Art by Taiga Kayama (Twitter/X: taiga080521)

[james-p-sullivan]

ive managed to catch 6 shiny pokemon today and 3 of them were hoppip

(okay now it’s 7 i found another fletchling lmao)

[pequenosol]

[mewseum-of-art]

Garganacl (Paradox Rift)

Artist: kodama

[perrinlover101]

I encountered a variety of Pokémon on Poco Path. But I'm not sure one of them actually is supposed to be here...

[nerdpokemonheadcanons]

If every type has it's starter equivalent, what do you consider the most and least starter-worthy of each type?

personally i think that applin is the most starter-worthy dragon type.

I had to consult with my interns ((discord)) for this, and I'll post the worst options separately!

Normal- Eevee or Lilipup

Flying- any regional bird (Pidgey, Pidove, Fletchling, etc). Hoppip is also a good option if you don't care about battling

Bug- Caterpie, Weedle, Grubbin, any regional Bug

Electric- Pikachu or any of the "pikaclones"

Poison- Zubat or Oddish

Dark- Poochyena or Maschiff

Steel- Klink or Cufant

Ice- Vanillite (as long as you live in a cold climate)

Ghost- Gastly or Pumpkaboo

Dragon- Applin, like you predicted, or Goomy

Fairy- Ralts, Cleffa, Fidough... there's a lot of options, actually

Psychic- Ralts, Solosis, or Woobat

Fighting- Machop or Riolu

Rock- Geodude or Rockruff

Ground- Sandshrew or Wooper

[sagasolejma]

I'm doing a Pokemon scarlet Nuzlocke, choose my first Pokemon for me ^^

[jadeazora]

The Paldean Pals event has been announced, running from Sept5 to Sept10, and adds Paldean Pokemon, including the starters, to the game. (RIP Galar lmao)

The starters and the Lechonk line will be added to the game. (Also of note, after the event ends, Lechonk will hatch from 2km Eggs while the starters can hatch from 5km eggs.)

Ultra Unlock bonuses:

Unown A, D, E, L, and P in 1⭐ Raids, and Lechonk in Timed Research. (Can be shiny.)

Roaming Form Gimmighoul won’t appear at Golden PokéStops if a Golden Lure Module wasn’t used, but players may still find Gimmighoul Coins when the PokéStop is spun!

4× XP for catching Pokémon.

4× Stardust for catching Pokémon

PokeStop showcased featuring Lechonk

have higher odds of being shiny.

A new Special Research story with branching paths is available to Trainers! You’ll be able to adventure together and bond with your chosen partner Pokémon. You can claim this Special Research at no cost from Sept5 at 10am to Dec1 at 9:59am, local time.

Hoppip, Houndour, Buizel, Fletchling, the Paldean starter trio and Lechonk are appearing more commonly in the wild.

1⭐ Raids are already listed above, but 3⭐ Raids are Machamp, Turtonator, Metagross, and Camerupt, and 5⭐ feature Katana and Celesteela, which will alternate hemispheres (Katana appears in the northern hemisphere, while Celesteela appears in the south from Sept1-8, then vice-versa from Sept8-16. Mega Raids will feature Mega Manectric.

The Paldean starters and Lechonk will be featured in the 7km eggs and Field Research.

Complete the Paldea-themed Collection Challenge to receive Stardust and additional encounters with Lechonk!

A Kitakami outfit for the coming DLC will be available be available to all Trainers starting on Sept13!

[pokemanix]

Official Giacomo Cards from the Pokémon TCG

Giacomo (182, 252 and 267) - Scarlet & Violet: Paldea Evolved Clive (236) - Scarlet & Violet: Paldean Fates Giacomo (138) - Scarlet & Violet: Prismatic Evolutions

[sugimoriedits]

It's been another hot minute since I've posted anything, so take a generational distribution analysis of the new Pokémon Concierge Netflix trailer:

(puppets featured): Panpour, Wingull, Ratatta, Hoppip, Eevee, Dragonite, Charmander, Lampent, Pansear, Pansage, Mudkip, Pidgeot, Snorlax, Seel, Diglett, Dedenne, Skiploom, Furrett, Metagross, Wooper, Psyduck, Bulbasaur, Pikachu, Magikarp, Graveller

(patterns/symbols featured): Ursaring, Charizard, Pidgey, Venusaur, Stantler, Ledian, Farfetch'd, Mankey, Slowpoke, Mantine, Shellos (West Sea), Horsea, Oddish, Bellossom, Omanyte, Shellder, Staryu, Corsola, Starmie, Pikachu, Luvdisc, Wailord, Pachirisu, Fletchling, Gastrodon (West Sea)

Meaning the puppets are distributed: 13 gen one | 4 gen two | 3 gen three | 0 gen four | 4 gen five | 1 gen six | 0 gen seven | 0 gen eight | 0 gen nine

And the pictured/symbolic ones are distributed: 13 gen one | 6 gen two | 2 gen three | 3 gen four | 0 gen five | 1 gen six | 0 gen seven | 0 gen eight | 0 gen nine

Together the distribution being: 26 gen one | 10 gen two | 5 gen three | 3 gen four | 4 gen five | 2 gen six | X | X | X

Which is 26 gen one and 24 not gen one

Here's the data plugged into a pie chart:

Rather unremarkably, gen 1 by far gets the most distribution, representing just over half of all pokémon featured in the trailer. Gen 2 gets the nextmost rep (average 1 out of 5 pokemon), which is unsurprising considering the trend of gen 2 pokémon getting more space in marketing over the last couple years. 3-6 get minimal representation, and 7+ get none at all.

For reference, this is what a fair distribution would look like when considering the pokédex count for each generation:

Obviously there's some major regional preferences in this show. Gen 1 is just about 3x more presented than its ratio in the pokédex (and honestly, this is tame compared to some other regional distributions I've analyzed in the past). Now I'm curious which pokémon projects have the most and least balanced regional distributions, perhaps I'll make more of these to compare?

(the very pretty trailer)

[shatteredvioletnuzlocke]

Chapter 2: When the Future Comes Crashing Down (Patch)

The morning sun had shifted into a clear midday. Patch, Nemona and their respective Pokemon headed down the dirt road of Poco Path on top of a ravine. It wasn’t too far from the Torrez residence, just a walk away. The grass seemed just as green as it was in the mansion yard. 

Beforehand, Patch was given a set of ten common Pokeballs. They held an empty one in their hand and felt that it looked rather plain; just a red and gray pokeball. Nothing a fresh coat of paint couldn’t fix, and they intended to do just that once they made it to the Uva campus. 

Along the path, bushes of long grass grew. Hoppips fluttered down from the small trees, and flocks of Fletchling sat on the ground flapping their wings. Patch looked around thinking, I wonder what other Pokémon live here?

“Okay so, the Pokémon down here are super weak so they’re perfect to catch!” Nemona instructed. 

Patch’s mind spun with possibilities, “Do you guys have Blitzle in this region? I always wanted one, they're so cute! Ooh, what about Gligar or Venipede? Or how bout”

“Woah Patch,” the Champion cut in, “I’m glad to see you excited, but you have to understand you can’t aim yourself on catching a particular Pokemon.”

They couldn’t tell what Nemona was saying.

Nemona explained, “It's recommended you can only catch one Pokemon per area. You can decide which Pokemon you can run into, but if one runs into you first, that's the one you’re stuck catching.”

“Oh,” Patch bashfully frowned, “sorry I forgot.”

“No sweat, I was excited when I started too.”

Even though Patch just just begun as a trainer they didn’t want to make themselves inexperienced. They had been told they tended to act like a child back at home, and now that they were in Paldea they wanted to reinvent themselves completely. 

“In terms of Pokemon, there’s nothing really exciting to brag about…,” Nemona went on, “but I’ll let you know which is the right one…” 

While Nemona was scanning the area for “the right one”, Patch’s eyes were focused on her red arm brace. Although the champion trainer was able-bodied, she was weak in her right hand. According to Nemona, she developed a carpal tunnel from years' worth of throwing Pokeballs. Though it wasn’t a big deal, she had had difficulty holding things and had to spend a good time training herself to become ambidextrous. Patch had something similar, tendonitis from drawing so much, but it was a hiccup compared to Nemona. 

Nemona spoke up, “Ah, speak of the Impidimp!” 

She pointed towards the grass, where a small, black hog with a pink nose padded out. Patch identified them as a Lechonk, a common normal type in Paldea. The hog perked his ears at the two humans and ran towards them.

“Looks like we have a taker for you!” the black-haired trainer cheered.

Patch furrowed their brow, “Are you sure Nemona?”

They noticed a nearby Scatterbug, hanging by a tree branch. I hear Vivillion is very pretty. 

“Of course, I’m sure!” Nemona exclaimed, “Lechonks are huge tankers! They’re perfect for you!”

“Nemona, we’ve talked about this, I haven’t decided if I want to battle other trainers yet,” Patch’s voice became softer. 

There were many professions a trainer could take with their Pokemon, battling was the most universally shared. While it made for a profitable career, it was a hazardous risk. If trainers weren’t careful enough when battling, their Pokémon could end up dead. 

“Woink, woink!” The Lechonk impatiently squealed.

“Yet! If you make up your mind you’ll want an ace member!” Nemona politely nudged. 

Patch, a little pressured, felt like they had no choice, “Well if you insist- GAH!”

Nemona practically pushed Patch into the fray, Tamarind followed suit. Lechonk stamped his hoofs against the ground and began to charge, he threw his body against Tamarind. While Patch could tell it wasn’t doing much damage to their new Pokémon, they weren’t going to risk taking more.

“Tamarind!” Patch shouted anxiously, “Use, your ember!”

Tamarind pushed the wild Lechonk back with his arms, once it was farther away the fire croc spurted out a small flame from its mouth. Come on Tamarind! As the spit of flame burnt the hog's side, it began to stumble backward. Now’s my chance! 

At that moment Patch threw a Pokeball that struck the Lechonk on its head, blue light released from the sphere seemly, absorbing the hog into particles of light. Once there was nothing left of the wild Pokemon, the Pokeball shut and continuously shook as it hit the ground. As soon as the ball stopped shaking, Patch knew it was a successful capture. 

“I-I did it, I did it!” they stuttered in amazement.

“Fue-co!” Tamarind cheered.

“Fuck yeah you did!” Nemona hollared.

A sense of confidence filled Patch’s beating heart, now that they’d caught their first Pokemon all of Paldea was their Cloyster. They walked over to claim their prize, and as they picked up the Pokeball they noticed that it carried a slight stench. It carried the smell of spoiled vegetables, I think I’ll call you, Kombucha. 

“Welcome to Team Patch!” The new trainer announced shoving the Pokeball into their backpack.

Nemona headed towards them, “Seriously that’s what you’re calling your trainer team?” 

“What do you call yours?” 

“Nemona Sweep!”

Perhaps Nemona was on the same level of maturity Patch would fall into at times. Despite their accomplishments, Patch wondered how composed the champion was as a battle strategies professor.

Pierce stood by her trainer’s side carrying the Sprigatito in her arms. Nemona chose to call him Fuerte, and Patch could only imagine the beast that he could evolve into under a champion’s care. The wolf handed Fuerte to Nemona, who held him by his backside. 

“Anyway, now that you’ve caught something, I’m gonna take Fuerte out for some grinding,” Nemona explained, “are you alright to be by yourself for a while?”

“Yeah I think so,” they nodded. 

With Tamarind in tow, Patch strolled along the path, admiring nature. Even though they could tell Nemona was destroying whatever was in front of her, the novice trainer preferred not to act hastily. Unless they were in danger, Patch was often taught to mind the wild back in Unova. 

Hiding in the grass, more Lechonks scattered about. Unlike Kombucha, they seemed more in line with what was known about the hog Pokemon, that being they were skittish in the presence of a human. The trees began to tower the further Patch went along, the sun's rays feeling more faint. But the serenity then came to a halt.

“Fue, fuey!” Tamarind suddenly warbled.

“What are you on a- AHHH!” Patch drew themselves back as they were met with something that bounced right in front of them.

It had turned out to be a tarontula hanging from the treetops.

“Tara tara!” The little spider hissed as it produced string shots at the human.

Threads of silk were flung at them, one managed to get a hold of Patch's hand. Pulling against it proved to be useless as the Pokémon’s thread was as strong as wire. As they tried to shake off the webbing, another taronula crawled onto the the string like a tightrope. Why won’t it come off?! 

“Co!” Tamarind spat an ember by the center of the silk.

Upon being exposed to fire, the thread instantly incinerated into smaller fibers. While Patch wasn’t entirely free of the silk, they got up to command the situation.

“Ember at them both!” Patch yelled.

In the presence of a fire type’s power, the two little spiders burnt to a crisp and all that was left was ash. Though a little horrified, the trainer was surprised with how easily the wild pokemon were taken out.

Tamarind bit off the leftover seams that were still stuck to his trainer’s hand, as it fully peeled off Patch felt the pain of having ten bandages ripped off their skin. With their other hand they reached into their backpack and pulled out a potion then spritzed the irritation. Is it a bad sign that I need to heal myself after an encounter?

Their hand stung for a bit but the redness eventually faded away; the wonders a potion could too. The new trainer hoped that Nemona didn’t notice what just happened, it would only make themselves out to be helpless against two weak tarontulas. 

Although they fell deep within their mind, the whistling of the Paldean winds caught their ear. Only the breeze didn’t sound natural, it was more shrill and sharp. Then it became louder as if something was falling from the sky, and as Patch peered out from the trees’ shade, indeed something was. 

What is that?! That can’t be something normal! Patch couldn’t tell what was falling, it was obscured by a veil of bluish-violet light that was hurdling closer towards the ground. Shit! They instantly pulled Tamarind’s Pokeball out but to their surprise the croc was at the edge of the ravine. 

“Tamarind come on!” Patch called out to him.

Tamarind didn’t respond, he was too mesmerized by the falling light. With the comet moments away from hitting the earth, Patch threw the pokeball at the crocodile to recall him. But it only fell and stayed shut. Fuck! 

“Tamarind!” Patch ran to him with lugging their bag on their shoulder.

Then Nemona called them from behind, “Patch, stop, you'll both fall!” 

Well aware of the danger, Patch wasn’t going to risk two lives but they weren’t going to lose the new friend they just met either. The closer they neared towards the edge, the more steady their steps became. They grabbed their pokeball as it nearly fell, and pointed it at their crocodile. But it was too late that they became blinded by the impending purplish flash falling before them. As the light turned faint, a strong rupture of the land followed. 

Before they knew it Patch was thrown into the air, and fell off the ravine. So much was happening so fast, Patch could barely keep up and could only struggle as gravity brought them down. Various items from the trainer’s bag flew out They could see Nemona looking down on them.

“Nemona!” The falling trainer called out. 

Nemona yelled from the edge, “Patch! Take out your phone quick!”

Inches away from hitting the ground and vulnerable enough to live, Patch grabbed their Roto-phone out of their pocket. They felt it vibrate in their hands as they braced for impact. Suddenly gravity came to a halt, What happened? Am I dead yet? The trainer opened their eyes and saw their feet dangling just a few inches away from touching the ground. I am I alive? They felt something strong in their hands. 

“Patch! You good?!” Nemona’s voice boomed from afar. 

Patch turned their head up to see that their phone was hovering in the air. They could see Nemona along with Tamarind, Pierce, and Fuerte high above them from the edge of the ravine. Tamarind! You're safe! 

“I’m okay, Nemona!” They responded.

“Thank Arceus!” The champion sighed, “okay so your phone is in fall detection mode, right now it's gonna ask you if you want to “restart from vantage point”. Just tap yes and it will bring you back up.”

Patch pulled the lavender phone closer to their face, which deactivated its levitation. They abruptly fell but were cushioned by the sand. The phone was set on a white screen with red text: Fall Detected! But nothing about a restart from vantage point popped up. Patch tried to unlock their home screen to see if it would open up then, still nothing came up. Fuck I forgot to update! 

“Hey Nemona?” Patch shamefully exclaimed, “I don’t think I can get it to work!” 

“Okay, hang tight!” Nemona shouted, “I’ll see if I can get a flying type out of my boxes!”

For the time being Patch gathered their things that were scattered about in the sand. Their sketchbook, their pencil case, their hat, their charger, extra potions, unused pokeballs, Kombucha’s Pokeball. Now all they needed was Tamarind’s Pokeball but it wasn’t around with the other items.

Once they took a closer look around, their heart went back to racing. Standing before them was a giant trail of smoke bending towards the sky. Patch held their bag close to their chest, That’s what fell! It’s humongous! 

While fumes blocked whatever had fallen, the trainer’s mind came up with various scenarios. Could it be a star?! It couldn’t be, it would’ve come up in the news by now. 

Patch placed their hand on the embroidered Elgyem on their hat, One of those Pokemon from space?! I’m not sure they're native here. Although they were tempted to browse their Pokédex for answers, they saw a spot of red poking out of the cream-colored sand. Tamarind’s Pokeball, it was right near the fumes! 

Carefully the trainer lopped their backpack on one shoulder and tiptoed towards the Pokeball. Patch knew that if the fallen object was a Pokemon they would need to approach it stealthily. When they got close enough to the crater of smoke, they nudged the Pokeball toward them with their foot and then picked it up with their hands. They also noticed that their sandwich was lying a few inches away as well, but it wasn’t as important to retrieve. 

 As the smoke cleared, a figure began to emerge in the crater. It looked to be a Pokémon, albeit a large one that Patch did not recognize. Some kind of purple draconic Pokemon, with skin that shone like metal. 

<- Chapter 1 - Chapter 3 ->

[raccoongamejournal]

Pokémon X Chapter 10: (Slowly) Moving Onwards

Alright, back to the plot now.

I bring the Poké Flute to the guys on the bridge, who use it to wake up the Snorlax...who is angry. So I catch it and name it "Hrnk" (because...snoring noises I guess?).

The rich guy then shows up...and surprisingly, gives the flute to the guy who knows how to play it. It was a bit awkward.

With that resolved, I continue over the bridge and find Tierno and Trevor, who bring me along while they check out the Pokémon Day Care that is right there. I decide not to leave any pokémon there for now.

Po then beats up a horde of hoppip. I'd hoped to catch one, but Po is too powerful and knocks it out instead :( Batman levels up and replaces Quick Attack with Razor Wind (going to try this move out, I haven't really used it before). On the next encounter, I catch a ducklett who I name "Vob", followed by a roselia who I name "Cornelius". I then find an eventually catch a smeargle, who I name "Monet", and then an illumise who I name "Tenmillion" (because it's a firefly). I then catch a swirlix (not a pokémon I've really used before) and name it "Fluffball".

After a few more encounters, I finally find another horde of hopip. In order to avoid the mistakes I made last time, I switch immediately to Glamdring so that I can have False Swipe handy. A short time later, I finally catch a hopip and name it "Jimsly".

A few encounters later, I keep moving down the path, catching different colored flabébé. I'm starting to run low on pokéballs, but hey, there's got to be a town soon, right?

I catch a volbeat and name it "Serenity" (because firefly pokémon), and then fight Artist Georgia, who's hanging out painting. Her single pokémon, appropriately, is a smeargle. Po wins the battle with a single Arm Thrust (well, technically, two hits because of how the move works).

Looking at the map reveals that Route 7 is quite long and has another area before the next town [EDIT: there's actually a whole other route as well, as it turns out], so I skate back to Camphrier Town to heal up and buy more pokéballs.

Back on Route 7, I run into two more trainers: Mona and Paolo.

They both send out smeargles. Since the two lead pokémon in my party are Po (a fighting type) and Glamdring (a ghost type), the fight doesn't take long, although one smeargle lands a Pursuit on Glamdring.

I then find the Battle Chateau and decide to go see what it is. Apparently nobility titles are a thing in this game? Except it's sort of merit-based? Viola the Bug Gym leader is there, and she endorses my pokémon battling skills. I get the title of "Baroness" (yay!). This whole thing seems a bit convoluted but a fun way to battle more NPCs. I'll probably come back later, but for now I decide to keep going since the whole idea of this journal entry was to finally progress the plot. I don't know if this is the intended game pacing or I'm just being slow, but I'm almost 20 hours into this save file at this point with only one Gym Badge. Although I am writing these entries largely as I go, so that adds time.

Outside the Battle Chateau, I find Artist Pierre and his smeargle. Like the other Artist fights on this route, it is over quickly since Po knocks the smeargle out in one turn, landing an unneccesary crit.

I'm guessing this is the first big rival fight.

Sort of.

A Double Battle ensues. Tierno has a level 16 corphish, while Trevor leads with a level 14 pikachu. On my side, Calem throws out a level 15 fletchling. And I have Po, who's level 23. I think I'm going a bit more slowly the game expects, so my pokémon are pretty powerful for this point in the game since I've spent more time leveling up. I feel like the pikachu is a bigger threat, so Po throws a Comet Punch at it while the fletchling Quick Attacks the corphish. Comet Punch takes out the pikachu, and the corphish throws a Vice Grip at the fletchling. Trevor then sends in a level 14 flabébé, so I decide to aim Comet Punch at the corphish this time. Calem's fletchling Quick Attacks the flabébé, and Po gets hit with a Fairy Wind from the flabébé and a Vice Grip from the corphish. I send another Comet Punch at the corphish to finish it off after the fletchling Quick Attacks it, getting hit again with Fairy Wind from the flabébé. But now it's 2v1, and another Quick Attack hits...and Comet Punch misses. The fletchling gets hit with Fairy Wind but stays in, and it wins the fight on the next turn with yet another Quick Attack. This was kind of just a few moves being spammed, huh.

I then enter the Connecting Cave, apparently known for its zubat population. Instead of finding zubat immediately, I find a trainer.

Mercy starts with a level 12 ducklett, which Po defeats with a Comet Punch. I realize at this point that Po is a bit low on health, so I swap to Volta to handle the incoming litleo. I heal Po with a Super Potion as Volta gets hit with Leer, and then swap back to Po since I want him to keep getting experience. Po gets hit with an Ember while swapping in, but then hits back with Arm Thrust, knocking the litleo out of the fight. Mercy's next pokémon is an oddish, and I decide to keep Po in. Two turns later, and the oddish is out too. A pikachu is next, which gets oneshot by Slash, and then the fight is over.

I like to think so.

Apparently, I went the wrong way somehow. I double back to Route 7 to try to find where to go next.

On the way back, though, I find and catch one of the cave's famous zubat. I name it "Jimbob". Look, I don't even know.

It turns out that there is more to Route 7, so I keep going, fighting wild pokémon along the way. After a bit, I find the other entrance to Connecting Cave and head in. A friendly NPC heals up my team, and I make it to the other side without any issues, encounters, or trainer battles.

Emerging on to Route 8, I find that it's raining. I immediately encounter two NPCs who add the Coastal Kalos Pokédex to my Pokédex. My first Route 8 encounter is a bagon (yay dragon types! have I mentioned that I love dragon types yet?). I name it "Smaug".

Wait there's rain on the lower screen too - nice touch.

The next encounter is a drifloon who I name "Fantome". I like these guys, so this was a nice find. Rising Star Paulette then challenges me with her axew (another dragon type I particularly like). Since I don't have any fairy, ice, or dragon type moves in my party yet, I decide to stick with Po. Dragon Rage does a lot of damage, however, and I take a turn to prep with Work Up, which leads to Po being knocked out. I send in Volta next, who paralyzes the axew with Nuzzle to hopefully reduce the likelihood of getting hit with another Dragon Rage, followed by an Electro Ball that turns out to be powerful enough to win the fight.

I take a quick trip back to the healing NPC in the cave, and then continue onwards, failing to catch a spoink who I was planning to catch. Po does level up and learn Circle Throw though.

Further down Route 8, I meet Rising Star Rhys. Rhys leads with a pancham, but I have the better one and Po wins in one turn with Arm Thrust. Next, Rhys sends out a goldeen, who manages to confuse Po with a Supersonic. I then switch to Volta, who gets hit by Water Pulse but then wins with Nuzzle. Po comes back out to deal with Rhys's last pokémon, a skiddo, winning the fight with one more Arm Thrust.

I then find an inkay, who I forgot were gen vi pokémon, and name it "Tomato". Right after that, I fight Black Belt Cadoc and his machop. Again, in a fighting-type matchup, Po wins, using Arm Thrust to knock out the machop in two turns. Next, I find another spoink and...accidentally click "Run" while trying to switch to Glamdring. ****. Luckily, it only takes two more encounters before I find another one, which this time I am able to catch. I name it "Bouncy".

After jumping on some rocks in a puzzle that wasn't super-obvious at first, I arrive at Ambrette Town (finally!).

Apparently you can learn about Fossils here. I do like gen vi's Fossil pokémon, but after healing my team at the Pokémon Center I decide to call it a night here.

Since I haven't been listing each level up as it occurs, here's a snapshot of my team as I wrap up this entry.

Stay safe everyone, and thanks for reading. See you next time.