#sv trailer

[nashirasauce]

Indigo Disk

[torchvic]

i think im so fucking funny huh

[hamofjustice]

nemona's sync pair story in pokemon masters ex can be viewed anytime as soon as you recruit her, and in just a couple minutes of dialogue we scarlet/violet story analyzers get some great subtext-made-text and new subtext:

confirmation of one instance of nemona working herself really hard for the sake of others and seeing anything less as a display of her own weakness and letting them down (even if the others are her pokemon in this case). it's something that i thought always seemed likely to be a theme with her if we knew more about her, with stuff like her mostly un-commented-on arm brace / compression glove and perfectly clean room nearly devoid of personality outside of her meticulous schedule and displays of her achievements, and what that implied about her relationship with her family, teachers, and idol

recontextualization of why she wears sporty athletic wear and runs around everywhere, even though she's a straight-A nerd who has to take a break every 50 feet when she initially takes you to school and is still winded enough to be worthy of comment from arven by the time you're running around in area zero

the fact that penny, the otaku shut-in, did not get called out like this means either she performed exactly as arven expected her to based on how she looked, or that nemona was doing the worst out of all of the group and might actually have some kind of chronic condition / disability like some fans theorize. nemona's stamina now being revealed to be a long standing insecurity of hers despite shrugging it off with a joke in area zero implies the latter to me

if she shrugged off a long standing insecurity with a joke, that could potentially say a lot about any other things she didn't want to make a big deal about that fans are a little suspicious of, like saying her parents were "hands-off in a good way" with her while her sister got all the attention, which i definitely think was an deflective understatement or simply not realizing there's a problem

and if her low stamina and "bad throwing" are in fact due to some kind of condition and mostly out of her control, that also makes her calling herself weak that much more tragically unfair to herself. someone hug this kid please

i trust these folks to write a compelling nemona if they were given the chance to, not just a fun and cute one. they get it.

her 15 minute storyline from her debut event is mostly just good fun with her meeting a bunch of people and almost winning a big tournament with her new friends hilda and bede. it also, however, touches upon how sad she is that people mostly get jealous of her rather than feel inspired by her (which she actually comes up with a motivational speech to try and combat this time, with hilda's help). it even has her tell blue and bede that florian/juliana back home is "a precious treasure" to her, which made me melt into boiling taffy.

now i'm looking forward to whatever else they come up with when nemona's more plot-driving friends arrive. despite how cheesy and hit-or-miss pokemon masters tends to be, they're treating scarlet/violet with respect so far. it's canon to me. i kinda need that right now when we're not sure what the friend trio are gonna get in the DLC of the actual game.

[eev583]

Fun fact, when I first played Indigo Disk and saw Kieran with his knew hair style, it took me a few moments to even realize it was Kieran lol

[mawguai]

Pleased to meetcha poltchageist! 🍵

[adobe-outdesign]

nothing can even begin to describe the confusion I felt when I went to watch the new Scarlet and Violet trailer and an Ed Sheeran song started playing

[determinedowl23]

So obsessed with when a Nintendo game releases and the fans just go “nah…… I could do it better” and make some of the greatest aus known to mankind

[mausehold]

I love Tandemaus. They remind me of Sylvanian Families/Calico Critters, so maybe I’ll name them Hickery ♂️ and Imogen ♀️

Based off that Richard Scarry illustration.

[gabbertrapmix]

oh in honor of the DLC releasing. this thing I drew when the initial gameplay trailer came out idk

[toastplayspokemon]

We're gonna be able to transfer hisuian pokemon to scarlet/violet!

[grovylelover]

NOT MY WHITE ASS SUCCUMBING TO THE GREAT TUSK PREDATOR

[itsyaboi-ray]

Sneaky bastards tried to gloss over these

[owls-den]

I think Iono is absolutely adorable <3

[adobe-outdesign]

listen I love Pokemon. but there is nothing more frustrating to see them do full-on high-quality voice acting with lip syncing in a teaser trailer that’s a 3:30 influencer livestream and then watch them turn around and have the games be absolutely dead silent the entire time

[thebraveasagi]

finally found a higher-res image of the map of Paldea.

not described yet sorry.

[infizero]

grgrhgahahh i wanna read more pokespe but i cant do it on my phone and im not unpacking my stuff until the morning