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The gameplay is kind of a mix between... oh, let's say FFT and LttP. Only worse, but you get the idea. There's the feeling of free movement and real time fights, but everything is actually turn based and on a grid.
You can recruit a bunch of different Pokemon to your team, however, you're stuck playing as the Pokemon you're assigned at the beginning and stuck with the partner you choose at the beginning. Any others only tag along for one mission and aren't important (I don't even use 'em =/). Speaking of partners, the selection is VERY limited. I ended up as Treecko, which I believe meant all Grass partners were ruled out. My choices were Squirtle, Charmander, Cyndaquil, Totodile, Mudkip, Torchic, and Pikachu, I believe. I chose Cyndaquil because with the exception of Mudkip and Torchic, the rest suck. <_< And Cyndaquil kicks ass.
Attacks are completely ridiculous and the gameplay seems to be devoid of much strategy, during battles at least. If you remember Bullet Seed from RuSaEm, it was a crappy little Fury Swipes knock-off. In this, though, Bullet Seed will down a legendary in like 4 attacks. <_<; Yeah, it's pretty much my main weapon right now.
Not being able to evolve until later is slightly annoying, and right now I seem to just be stuck doing random missions (think FFTA) until by some chance the plot advances. >_>
Speaking of the plot, it's actually quite entertaining, if a bit... well, it's Pokemon, you know what I'm getting at. Stuff like the myth of Ninetales' 1000 year curse and Absol's ability to predict disasters plays into the plot, which is cool, since before now it's just been random flavor that affected nothing.
There was also a really kickass fight scene where my Treecko went 1 vs 1 with an Alakazam. High point of the game so far. Low point is how my partner seems to have an almost unhealthy obsession with me. "I'll never leave your side! I trust you with all my heart! Together we can do anything! Let's go behind the Daycare so I can see your 'Bullet Seed'!"
I can't believe I just typed that.
Team: Mateys
Play Time: 13:46:41
Adventures: 50
Player: Treecko - "Frood" - Level 22 - Bullet Seed, Quick Attack, Pursuit, Absorb
Partner: Cyndaquil - "Loopy" - Level 24 - Tackle, Quick Attack, Ember, Smokescreen
NOTE TO SELF WHEN I'M MORE THAN HALF AWAKE LATER: Don't type stuff at 7:25 AM after staying up all night. It ends up looking like that. ^^^ GO THE FUCK TO BED.
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Message last edited by Kenri of the Yuri on 10/1/2006 at 12:26:05 AM
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Freaking Wobbuffet mission. I never realized the bulletin board had two pages. I'm gonna go kill something. -_-
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*slight spoilers follow*
"Hey, a new area! Buried Relic... Hmm, that sounds pleasant! I'm gonna go in there unprepared. It can't have more than 30 floors, no problem!"
"Oh, a Regi! But it's Regirock, so I'll just pwn it with Bullet Seed. That's gotta be the end of the dungeon, it WAS a boss, right?"
"...Hmm, another Regi. I'll kill it without too much trouble."
"Oh, the last Regi. ...I seriously hope this is the end of the dungeon."
"Floor 50 isn't the end? Gotta be 55 then."
"Okay, I'm running out of PP and assorted Apples, traps are raping my inventory, and my partners are completely useless. Floor 60. Let's check GameFAQs to see how much longer I'll be doing this..."
"NINETY-NINE FLOORS? You've gotta be ****ing kidding me. Sigh... Max Elixer, Bullet Seed, go pwn stuff."
"Floor 80. I'm getting close."
"Floor 90... Wait, I have absolutely no food. None. Not even berries. I am SO screwed."
"Floor 95. My 'heal the damage I take from hunger by slaughtering Golems with Absorb' plan seems to be working."
"Absorb and Mega Drain are out of PP. Floor 98. If I die here, I swear to god, I will KILL someone."
"WTF APPLES! YESYESYESYESYES! AND I ESCAPE! WHEEEEEE!"
"...Wait, you were supposed to recruit Mew in that dungeon?"
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Message last edited by Kenri of the Yuri on 10/1/2006 at 05:31:44 PM
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Level 4 Treecko (well, TECHNICALLY a Sceptile, but stats-wise, it's a Treecko) vs. Multiple Skarmory = NOT EFFING FAIR.
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So that makes:
Pokemon Snap
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
SSBM
Anything else?
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Those GBC Pokemon card games and the TCG itself. Every Mewtwo card sucks.
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For the record, Mewtwo Mulligan was:
Mewtwo (Base Set) x4
Psychic Energy x(Deck total - 4)
I forget whether Pokemon had a 60, 50, or 40 card limit. Regardless, that deck absolutely slaughtered until Jungle and Fossil were released.
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They changed the tiers?
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Maybe, last I remember the tiers were:
Top:
Fox
Falco
High:
Shiek
Marth
Peach
Middle:
Stuff
Low:
Stuff
Bottom:
Pichu
Bowser
Mewtwo
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Top Tier:
Fox
Falco
High Tier:
Sheik
Marth
Peach
Middle Tier:
Captain Falcon
Ice Climbers
Samus
Doctor Mario
Jigglypuff
Mario
Ganondorf
Low Tier:
Link
Luigi
Donkey Kong
Roy
Young Link
Pikachu
Bottom Tier:
Yoshi.
Zelda
Mr. Game and Watch
Ness
Bowser
Kirby
Pichu
Mewtwo
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Personal experience counts for exactly nothing when arguing tiers and statistics. <_<
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In short, without personal experience said tiers and statistics mean nothing.
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Similarly, tiers are not something that says "If X uses Bowser and Y uses Falco, Y will always win." It's "If X uses Bowser and X uses Falco, Falco has the advantage." It assumes people are of equal skill. Hence "I can beat my friends with Mewtwo" is the equivalent of saying "I can beat my friends with a Nerf football, why is the army still using guns?" I suppose if you were good enough with a Nerf football and fighting a 3 year old with an antique pistol, you could win, but a pistol is still a better weapon.
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Apart from that..
I forgot what my original point was even going to end up being. >_> I think it was something along the lines of the fact that tiers are still rather pointless to bring up to say a character sucks in a particular game, when that's by simply assuming everyone is a robot who plays the exact same way which nobody really does in a fighting game. About the only place a tier like that could hold any real meaning is in single player games like I said, and even then the computer will randomly throw out an uber "bottom tier" character just to fuck with you.
The sad thing is, I hardly cared coming into this, and now I somehow care even less, which I didn't think was possible. >_>
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But yeah, I don't care either, so I'll drop it.
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