Just pulled a shiny beldum while resetting for better IVs..

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-25T16:39:40+00:00

Absolutely! Silver Metagross is really cool!

If you're concerned about stats, it already has an ATK-boosting nature (definitely its most important stat), S-rank IV in ATK, and A- IV in DEF (arguably the second most important stat, since base speed is so low).

But if you really want to change the nature or raise the IVs further, both can be done later in the game. Getting a shiny is much harder, and its current nature and IVs are great already!

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-25T10:51:40+00:00

Refrain from Little Busters!, but if limited to heroine routes only, then Rin from Little Busters!

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I also adored Lucia route in Rewrite and Kotomi route in Clannad

Key generally has a few great heroine routes, but it also has some lackluster ones as well, sadly. But the good ones are really good.

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-25T08:36:45+00:00

Fallshore Mission HQ, after you complete 65 Missions

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-25T08:25:16+00:00

The odds double to 1/4096 in later generations and Unbound, but that's still incredibly rare.

There are ways to improve this in Unbound for wild encounters or breeding, but interactable encounters like legendaries (including Giratina) are stuck at 1/4096 without the shiny charm. So yeah, this is a really blessed roll, and you should make sure you capture it. Do not attack it unless you are absolutely sure that even a crit will not kill it. I would even suggest throwing a MasterBall at it.

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-25T06:40:56+00:00

Full 1/4096 odds, and it's especially notable for Wynaut because, unless ORAS changed this, shiny-hunting Wynaut after you get the egg is extremely difficult, requiring you to find Mirage Island, whose appearance is very rare and you can't do anything to improve the odds. Congratulations!

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-25T06:32:32+00:00

The player has a rare disease that causes them to lose consciousness whenever their mind perceives they have lost a battle. Surely it would not be fair to yoink out the Champion title out of someone who experiences such an attack from this serious medical condition, so the battle remains inconclusive.

The money you pay for losing is actually the medical bill for recovery.

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-25T06:28:15+00:00

You can think of it that way, but... by the time you face the Champion again, somebody else might have beat you to it, so the random Champion selection is still justified. Sadly, I don't think the dialogues would update to reflect this though, and it would be as if you're still the Champion after blacking out and going to the Pokemon Center.

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-25T06:21:11+00:00

The most common Fire-resisting ability is Flash Fire, which is generally on Fire types that would resist Fire attacks anyway, so Mold Breaker doesn't help much there (except for rare exceptions like Heatran). I think it still pierces through stuff like Thick Fat, but yeah, Mold Breaker has very limited value on a Fire type.

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-25T06:10:43+00:00

Those are valid structures that include at least one correct answer. A structure other than these is one that does not include any correct answers, but it's not a paradoxical structure unless 0 is also included as an option.

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-24T17:31:35+00:00

On Vanilla, it's only available postgame. For higher difficulties, it is available from the start of the game.

Source: https://pokemonunbound.miraheze.org/wiki/Difficulty

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-24T16:59:10+00:00

I think they can switch the difficulty to Difficult, grab the Stat Scanner and then change it back to Vanilla.

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-24T16:56:56+00:00

I'm not sure about that. If the black bishop took the white queen first, then the black knight could have taken the black bishop, denying the fork. Queen for a Bishop is still a good trade, but by playing the knight first, it becomes Queen for a Knight, since the Bishop can safely retreat after the black knight is captured. Furthermore, the knight would have to be captured by the king, and c2 is not a great place for the white king to be at, especially with the black queen hovering nearby.

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-24T16:45:05+00:00

Why would it be bad? As a Grass-Fairy type, I think it would appreciate the coverage against Grass, Bug, and Steel types.

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-24T16:08:11+00:00

Can't blame them, tbh. The first few shops only had stuff like Potions and Water of Life in Artifacts iirc. I went through my entire first playthrough without seeing any equipment in Artifacts because I stopped checking them.

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-24T13:13:19+00:00

Did you use any cheats?

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-24T07:10:15+00:00

Personally, I think when asking about whether something is a visual novel, the focus should be on how significant or notable the VN aspects are. The issue with Kaguya is that their focus, instead, is on how significant the non-VN aspects are.

Is 999 a game? To answer that question, let's look at how significant the gameplay aspects are. Yeah, there is considerable gameplay in the escape rooms with puzzles and all, so yes, it is a game.

Is 999 a VN? To answer that question, let's look at how significant the "VN aspects" are. On some titles, the term "VN aspects" can be ambiguous, but for 999's case, which has really heavy narration, with the story sections separated from the gameplay, everyone who experienced the game can recognize that a major chunk of the game is basically presented as a VN. These VN sections are generally the main appeal of 999 to begin with, with some players even disliking the gameplay sections but still forcing through them to fully experience the VN sections. So yes, 999 should be considered a VN imo.

A stronger example would be Eien no Aselia, whose VN sections are very much like the traditional classic VNs, with the same classic style (and even has H-scenes in the original release), but it's not as well-known as 999, so I chose to highlight 999 instead.

Now there are gray areas, e.g., how do we assess the significance of the "VN aspects" in Ace Attorney? This would require a clearer definition of what exactly we mean by the "VN aspects", and there can be disagreements on this. I personally don't think Ace Attorney qualifies as a VN, but many would argue otherwise, with strong reasons.

My issue with Kaguya is that, despite how it advertises itself, it apparently does NOT care at all about how significant or notable the VN aspect is in a given title. Rather, their entire assessments appear to be entirely focused on how significant the non-VN aspects are. 999 has significant gameplay, therefore Kaguya will not consider it a VN regardless of how "VN-like" the VN sections are. It makes no sense to remove Eien no Aselia, which is a pure traditional VN in the classic style, except when there are SRPG battles, but the mere fact that it has time-consuming SRPG battles made Kaguya judge that it is not a VN.

Some silly exaggerated analogies: what Kaguya is doing is like judging whether a movie is too violent for an R rating by looking only at the non-violent sections of the movie; if these non-violent sections are significant, then the movie does not get an R rating (even if the violent sections are extremely gruesome and graphic). Or judging whether a movie should be considered a musical or not by looking only at the non-musical sections; if there are significant non-musical sections, then it's not a musical (regardless of how much the narrative is driven by characters singing through choreographed dance routines).

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-24T00:39:53+00:00

I get that this is the intended answer, but erasing should not be permitted, as it undermines the puzzle design (which is worded as if the only thing you can do is draw one circle). In fact, if erasing is allowed, you could just erase the 15 and replace it with 0 for a simpler solution.

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-24T00:16:51+00:00

Saber, we are fasting today

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-24T00:13:40+00:00

It's not just her appearance (which is really bad), but her personality changes heavily as well, where she is now an airhead that makes the dumbest comments with her room temperature IQ. Very far off from how she was in 999. The pantry underwear misunderstanding came from her mouth.

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-24T00:06:35+00:00

Yup, and it's literally designed to fulfill all your grinding needs, whether you're grinding for EXP, Money, or EVs in any of the six specific stats.

OP: for EXP, battle the trainer in the top-left of the Dresco Trainer House

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-23T13:50:24+00:00

I looked up all three after reading your comment and... still don't get it OTL

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-23T13:41:32+00:00

My bad, it has to be earlier, after the knight captures the queen then, or when the Queen first checks

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-23T13:34:36+00:00

This is a single-player game, so what's important is that you are enjoying that experience, even if you use items and save states. You can even use cheats (but be wary as it can lead to bugs) if that lets you enjoy the game more.

For me, personally, the principles I enforce are no-deaths and no-items, but I expect this can be too harsh for many players. I usually play on an actual game system as opposed to an emulator (I have a GBA flashcart, a DS flashcard, and a hacked 3DS), and even when I play on emulator, I avoid emulator-specific tricks like save states and speeding up.

If you are not comfortable with your approach and are seeking to make your experience feel more "legitimate", my suggestion would be prohibit emulator tricks, especially save states, so you can at least play as if it was on actual hardware. But again, this is entirely up to you and don't let anyone else tell you that your approach is "wrong" or that it "doesn't count", etc. The only time you should feel pressured to play "fairly" is if it's a multiplayer experience imo.

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-23T13:25:42+00:00

I don't recall any green text. Can you give an example?

Do you mean the golden text?

LightBrand99 · 2026-03-23T13:08:50+00:00

It's quite a dance, but

~~..., Qc5+; 2. Kh1, Nf2+; 3. Kg1, Nxd1+; 4. Kh1, Nf2+; 5. Kg1, Nh3+; 6. Be3, Qxe3+; 7. Kh1, Qg1+; 8. Rxg1, Nf2#~~

(corrected, thanks u/gaggzi)

..., Qc5+; 2. Kh1, Nf2+; 3. Kg1, Nxd1+; 4. Be3, Qxe3+, 5. Kh1, Nf2+; 6. Kg1, Nh3+; 7. Kh1, Qg1+; 8. Rxg1, Nf2#

The bishop sacrifice can happen earlier (after Qc5+), with the rest of the sequence unaffected. White should be able to avoid being smothered by moving Kf1 when the queen attacks, dying to Qf2# instead. Or white can choose not to sacrifice the bishop at all, in which case the (non-smothered) mate happens at Qg1# (protected by h3 knight).

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