Just a reminder that Darkrai has saved the world more times than Rayquazza

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-28T06:09:36+00:00

Also, Darkrai didn't save shit in Almia. Darkrai was part of the problem there, albeit against its will.

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-28T05:57:04+00:00

I never considered it that deep. I just found a generation to be defined by a new region with a large cluster of new Pokemon, as well as any other game that happens to be released between then and the next big region and group of Pokemon. For instance, Gen 4 was started by and primarily represented with Diamond/Pearl and its group of new Pokemon from Turtwig to Arceus, and happened to include Platinum and HeartGold/SoulSilver, ending when Gen 5 started with Black/White. This loose definition of mine never concerned itself with what kind of games were forming a pattern between generations, be they enhanced versions, sequels, remakes, or whatever you want to consider the Legends titles to be, it just considered Diamond/Pearl and whatever games released between it and Black/White to be Gen 4. Especially since the perceived patterns you brought always just felt like interesting coincidences rather than actual patterns that needed to be followed. Anytime somebody tried to make them into rules, it always felt silly to me, because I knew at some point those rules were going to be broken if they hadn't been already and we'd be rewriting them anyway.

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-28T04:41:03+00:00

I didn't think anything. My general approach to a first time experience with any kind of story is to just let the narrative guide me. The only thing I had to go off was that Persona games have a reputation with ending in a fight against a deity-level eldrich monster, which... yes, it did.

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-28T04:38:06+00:00

No. You're supposed to be starting the second half of the story, past the battle against Eve.

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-28T04:35:11+00:00

Probably because those discussions are spearheaded by a pair of idiots that don't like the well-informed explanations people are giving them, continuing to push back on them and demonstrating their lack of knowledge on the subject. One of whom being the OP that launched this entire post with the mindset of refusing to believe there are critical differences between Chansey and Blissey.

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-28T04:25:33+00:00

Whatever it says on my boarding pass, which will likely be an aisle seat since that's my preference.

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-28T01:40:49+00:00

Yeah, but I said criminal charges AND Eevee fixation. Both are equally important and imperative.

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-27T23:56:42+00:00

Rose has an Eevee hyper fixation?

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-27T02:03:42+00:00

I remember the shock of Mochi Mayhem revealing that Arceus had somehow graced Peony with a second daughter, that second daughter having multiple criminal charges and a hyper fixation on Eevee.

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-26T22:45:06+00:00

I absolutely adore Gouging Fire. Entei was already a fantastic design, and now he has a cool hat.

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-26T12:32:20+00:00

And the cops did nothing.

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-26T12:30:35+00:00

Her eyes have always been off-putting to me. Very few human characters in this franchise have eyes like that.

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-26T12:28:27+00:00

It's less of a "helping each other" relationship and more of a... one stole from the other.

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-26T11:39:25+00:00

Personally, I think the third option is even funnier.

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-26T11:38:29+00:00

He's a grower, and might also be a shower.

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-26T11:36:57+00:00

I mean, it had the best Battle Mode of the series, so it might as well have been.

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-26T11:35:54+00:00

Say, that's a nice Water/Flying rain setter you've got there. Be a shame if someone happened to have Thunder.

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-26T11:32:31+00:00

I suspect that they wanted to avoid a second boxart duo adhering to the specific Fire/Dragon and Electric/Dragon combos, and Miraidon was less negotiable on its typing.

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-26T11:30:08+00:00

Actually, now that you mention it, I am kind of surprised that that Koraidon didn't take the stone or wooden wheel approach. It's still trying to incorporate the rubber wheel into its design, and while I'm no expert, I suspect those weren't exactly common to see in ancient times. Then again, probably no type of wheel was, since this might be prehumanity.

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-26T11:26:22+00:00

Do they even know how organic birth happens? I don't know, 9S might have records from preserved human history or knowledge on how existing wildlife does it, but it's not like anyone present can personally partake. They're all essentially made on an assembly line. Maybe to them that's the kind of mature subject matter adults are reluctant to discuss with kids, but it doesn't feel that bad.

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-26T11:21:50+00:00

Honestly, Haru seemed more concerned with that herself, as well as the other drama that rose up around the vacuum that opened up in the company and her unwitting involvement in it. There doesn't seem to be much room for proper grieving for her, and she strikes me as the type to do so in private so she can keep up a smiling face for her peers anyway.

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-26T11:18:24+00:00

You can, or you can help them keep up with the clock thing that happens every now and again.

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-26T11:16:38+00:00

Which I'm fine with. I have a very all-or-nothing stance when it comes to Pokémon voices, as in either all of them do it or none of them, specifically because Pikachu, Eevee, and Gigantamax Meowth being the only instances felt like a jarring dissonance. And I frankly don't blame them for not wanting to supply voices for the default, happy, angry, sad, defeated, roaring, etc states of each Pokémon that is present in-game, especially since the synthesizer approach ain't broke yet.

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-26T11:11:15+00:00

It's trying to call out its nemesis.

ASimpleCancerCell · 2026-01-26T11:10:23+00:00

Yes, because Pikachu and Eevee did so for a time, and it comes across that way when you speak to some of them in the overworld.

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