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Okay, thanks to some data corruption that I had mentioned previously I lost several different game files (including an entire user). Still not sure what happened or why it happened but it happened. Thus after an extensive search through the surviving files I decided to do new files to make up for the lost ones. And thus a new Legends: Arceus playthrough has been born. And this time I intend to be more consistent (especially since there is very little to do in my life right now thanks to some car trouble). Anyway, on with the show.
Log #1: Big Trouble in Little Hisui
So after picking my PC it was time to begin our journey. After being sent through time and space our plucky protag ends up in the ancient land of Hisui. Greeted by none other than Professor Laventon and his trio of Starters my first task was set upon me by Arceus itself: Find all the Pokemon in Hisui and meet up with it again. But Laventon needs help corralling up his runaway starters. After showing him my natural talent as a Pokemon Trainer I was... "welcomed" into Jubilife Village. Beni certainly didn't think much of me, nor did my soon-to-be "rival", but Professor Laventon and Captain Cyllene think I have potential. Though I need to pass a trial. Otherwise I'm a goner at the... hands(?) of the wild Mons. But at least they were kind enough to give me a place to stay and a meal before being put to the test. At least Cyllene seems like a reasonable authority figure. During the night strange things happen with equally strange lightning firing around.
The next day it was time for my trial. After meeting up with Cyllene and given my task: catch Bidoof, Starly, and Shinx. Shouldn't be too difficult, right? Professor Laventon wants to help me further by giving me one of his Starters. In a change of pace I went with Oshawott, a female one that I named Ameri (a nod to Demon School), before being given some Poke Balls and started to head out. Only to run into Volo, who challenges me to a battle with his Togepi. Ameri takes care of business. Now it's off to prove my worth in the Obsidian Fieldlands. After getting some "tutorial" advice from my "rival" it was time to show what I could do. Caught Bidoof? Check. Caught Starly? Check. Caught Shinx? Checkaroony. Thus I passed my trial, to my "rival's" shock. After getting my picture taken we returned to Jubilife Village to report my success. Given Cyllene's perpetual frowner tendencies one could interoperate that she's disappointed I passed. Well, tough luck, I'm here to stay. After getting into my new uniform and getting thrown across the room by Kamado it was time to start the other "tutorial" phases of my adventure. Starting with crafting. Piece of cake. After taking up some requests it was time to head out to the Obsidian Fieldlands again to start my job proper.
After learning how to dodge roll (cue "Do a Barrel Roll!" line) it was time to start my research in creating the first Hisuian Pokedex. Caught several Mons and completed a fair few requests in the process (though the Buizel request I'm holding off on until Alphas spawn). After doing enough for now I got my first Rank Up. Reporting back to Cyllene I became a First Star member of the Survey Corps. Time to celebrate! I learn from Laventon and my "rival" about the Diamond Clan (and by extension the Pearl Clan) and a request Mai of said Diamond Clan wanted. My "rival" was tasked with it but feels inadequate for the job, saying it's more up my alley. The following day I battled my "rival", using the Shinx I caught in the trial to beat Pikachu (since only an idiot would send out an Oshawott, a Water type, against an Electric type), meeting Zizu in the process. After teaching Ameri some new moves it was time to head out (though I picked up a Springy Mushroom before leaving for a soon-to-be request). Before crossing the bridge to the next area I hunted around for some more Mons and ended up catching my first shiny: a Wurmple. Yay! A shiny in the first hour of gameplay! Afterward it was time to meet Mai.
Met Mai and her Munchlax and she challenged me to a battle. Ameri barely managed to scrape out a win thanks to a combo of Swords Dance, Aerial Ace, and Aqua Jet. But I proved my salt and Mai has me tasked to deal with a troublesome Alpha that is harassing Wyrdeer. But first it's time to explore. After catching several Mons and completing a bunch of research tasks and requests I made my way to Deertrack Heights. It was around this time that Ameri, my Shinx, and my Starly had evolved into Dewott, Luxio, and Staravia. I don't plan on keeping the latter two in my party, as they're just here for the ride for now. Also caught a Drifloon for a temporary member to deal with the Alpha. My real goal, however, was to catch a Chimchar, since even with a reduced movepool ol' Infernape is still a beast. And this is Sinnoh, just under a different name, so Fire types are rare. It took a bit but I caught two Chimchars, along with a couple of Stantlers, adding one of each to the team for now: Hotshot the Chimchar and Rudolph the Red-Nosed... er... I mean Stantler, both with decent natures. I don't know if I'll use Wyrdeer, as I've used one several times now, but at least I'll keep it around for now until I've decided. After doing what I wanted it was time to face the Alpha Mustachio Furioso (again, points if you get the reference). Ameri tenderized the Alpha with Aerial Ace and False Swipe before I swapped in Drifloon to use Hypnosis so I could catch the big bug. Got it on my first throw, ending the Alpha's De-de-de-woooping. Wyrdeer comes down and apparently has taken a liking to me. That'll help later on. One construction later we have our second base camp: Heights Camp (Really? Is that the best you can come up with, Laventon?).
Time for a meal. I learned about the rampaging Kleavor and Laventon says I can figure something out, something that my "rival" snarks about. Hey, I don't see you volunteering to do something about it, you know. Yeah, sure, I got volunteered without even getting my 2 Poke-dollars in but when you're hot stuff like me it comes naturally that you'd be selected to take on a walking deathmoble. The next day I meet Adaman of the Diamond Clan and Irida of the Pearl Clan. Arguing. Again, apparently. They came to talk about Kleavor. After being introduced to them, Adaman seems to take an immediate liking to me. Good, I like you, too, Adaman. Don't worry, Irida, I'll come to like you, too, you just need some time to warm up to me, as Adaman made a much better first impression (argument with Irida aside, that is). So I've been tasked to deal with the walking deathmoble. After getting some insight from Adaman and Mai, both of whom feel I should quell Kleavor's frenzy, I got my next Rank Up and made my way back to the Obsidian Fieldlands to being my investigation.
My Team:
Dewott (Ameri, female, Lv18)
Chimchar (Hotshot, male, Lv12)
Stantler (Rudolph, male, Lv13)
Umbreon (male, Lv14)
Luxio (female, Lv15)
Staravia (male, Lv15)
The latter three teammates are temporary. Umbreon is mostly to act as a defensive wall for now, as since Ameri will eventually gain the Dark type, thus will make it redundant (though H-Samurott is more of a glass cannon compared to Umbreon's tank-y nature). Plus Umbreon's nature isn't great (Brave, and in a game where Speed is key, that's not ideal) so he'll eventually be swapped out. Again, I'm not sure if Rudolph will stick around, since I've used Wyrdeer a number of times, but he's in the squad for now. At least him having Hypnosis will make certain catches easier. And he's decently tank-y right now so there's that. Plan to play some more today since I don't have much else to do other than go celebrate the 4th of July with my folks, but that won't be for a while. Tune in next time to see how my adventures continue to play out.
Log #1: Big Trouble in Little Hisui
So after picking my PC it was time to begin our journey. After being sent through time and space our plucky protag ends up in the ancient land of Hisui. Greeted by none other than Professor Laventon and his trio of Starters my first task was set upon me by Arceus itself: Find all the Pokemon in Hisui and meet up with it again. But Laventon needs help corralling up his runaway starters. After showing him my natural talent as a Pokemon Trainer I was... "welcomed" into Jubilife Village. Beni certainly didn't think much of me, nor did my soon-to-be "rival", but Professor Laventon and Captain Cyllene think I have potential. Though I need to pass a trial. Otherwise I'm a goner at the... hands(?) of the wild Mons. But at least they were kind enough to give me a place to stay and a meal before being put to the test. At least Cyllene seems like a reasonable authority figure. During the night strange things happen with equally strange lightning firing around.
The next day it was time for my trial. After meeting up with Cyllene and given my task: catch Bidoof, Starly, and Shinx. Shouldn't be too difficult, right? Professor Laventon wants to help me further by giving me one of his Starters. In a change of pace I went with Oshawott, a female one that I named Ameri (a nod to Demon School), before being given some Poke Balls and started to head out. Only to run into Volo, who challenges me to a battle with his Togepi. Ameri takes care of business. Now it's off to prove my worth in the Obsidian Fieldlands. After getting some "tutorial" advice from my "rival" it was time to show what I could do. Caught Bidoof? Check. Caught Starly? Check. Caught Shinx? Checkaroony. Thus I passed my trial, to my "rival's" shock. After getting my picture taken we returned to Jubilife Village to report my success. Given Cyllene's perpetual frowner tendencies one could interoperate that she's disappointed I passed. Well, tough luck, I'm here to stay. After getting into my new uniform and getting thrown across the room by Kamado it was time to start the other "tutorial" phases of my adventure. Starting with crafting. Piece of cake. After taking up some requests it was time to head out to the Obsidian Fieldlands again to start my job proper.
After learning how to dodge roll (cue "Do a Barrel Roll!" line) it was time to start my research in creating the first Hisuian Pokedex. Caught several Mons and completed a fair few requests in the process (though the Buizel request I'm holding off on until Alphas spawn). After doing enough for now I got my first Rank Up. Reporting back to Cyllene I became a First Star member of the Survey Corps. Time to celebrate! I learn from Laventon and my "rival" about the Diamond Clan (and by extension the Pearl Clan) and a request Mai of said Diamond Clan wanted. My "rival" was tasked with it but feels inadequate for the job, saying it's more up my alley. The following day I battled my "rival", using the Shinx I caught in the trial to beat Pikachu (since only an idiot would send out an Oshawott, a Water type, against an Electric type), meeting Zizu in the process. After teaching Ameri some new moves it was time to head out (though I picked up a Springy Mushroom before leaving for a soon-to-be request). Before crossing the bridge to the next area I hunted around for some more Mons and ended up catching my first shiny: a Wurmple. Yay! A shiny in the first hour of gameplay! Afterward it was time to meet Mai.
Met Mai and her Munchlax and she challenged me to a battle. Ameri barely managed to scrape out a win thanks to a combo of Swords Dance, Aerial Ace, and Aqua Jet. But I proved my salt and Mai has me tasked to deal with a troublesome Alpha that is harassing Wyrdeer. But first it's time to explore. After catching several Mons and completing a bunch of research tasks and requests I made my way to Deertrack Heights. It was around this time that Ameri, my Shinx, and my Starly had evolved into Dewott, Luxio, and Staravia. I don't plan on keeping the latter two in my party, as they're just here for the ride for now. Also caught a Drifloon for a temporary member to deal with the Alpha. My real goal, however, was to catch a Chimchar, since even with a reduced movepool ol' Infernape is still a beast. And this is Sinnoh, just under a different name, so Fire types are rare. It took a bit but I caught two Chimchars, along with a couple of Stantlers, adding one of each to the team for now: Hotshot the Chimchar and Rudolph the Red-Nosed... er... I mean Stantler, both with decent natures. I don't know if I'll use Wyrdeer, as I've used one several times now, but at least I'll keep it around for now until I've decided. After doing what I wanted it was time to face the Alpha Mustachio Furioso (again, points if you get the reference). Ameri tenderized the Alpha with Aerial Ace and False Swipe before I swapped in Drifloon to use Hypnosis so I could catch the big bug. Got it on my first throw, ending the Alpha's De-de-de-woooping. Wyrdeer comes down and apparently has taken a liking to me. That'll help later on. One construction later we have our second base camp: Heights Camp (Really? Is that the best you can come up with, Laventon?).
Time for a meal. I learned about the rampaging Kleavor and Laventon says I can figure something out, something that my "rival" snarks about. Hey, I don't see you volunteering to do something about it, you know. Yeah, sure, I got volunteered without even getting my 2 Poke-dollars in but when you're hot stuff like me it comes naturally that you'd be selected to take on a walking deathmoble. The next day I meet Adaman of the Diamond Clan and Irida of the Pearl Clan. Arguing. Again, apparently. They came to talk about Kleavor. After being introduced to them, Adaman seems to take an immediate liking to me. Good, I like you, too, Adaman. Don't worry, Irida, I'll come to like you, too, you just need some time to warm up to me, as Adaman made a much better first impression (argument with Irida aside, that is). So I've been tasked to deal with the walking deathmoble. After getting some insight from Adaman and Mai, both of whom feel I should quell Kleavor's frenzy, I got my next Rank Up and made my way back to the Obsidian Fieldlands to being my investigation.
My Team:
Dewott (Ameri, female, Lv18)
Chimchar (Hotshot, male, Lv12)
Stantler (Rudolph, male, Lv13)
Umbreon (male, Lv14)
Luxio (female, Lv15)
Staravia (male, Lv15)
The latter three teammates are temporary. Umbreon is mostly to act as a defensive wall for now, as since Ameri will eventually gain the Dark type, thus will make it redundant (though H-Samurott is more of a glass cannon compared to Umbreon's tank-y nature). Plus Umbreon's nature isn't great (Brave, and in a game where Speed is key, that's not ideal) so he'll eventually be swapped out. Again, I'm not sure if Rudolph will stick around, since I've used Wyrdeer a number of times, but he's in the squad for now. At least him having Hypnosis will make certain catches easier. And he's decently tank-y right now so there's that. Plan to play some more today since I don't have much else to do other than go celebrate the 4th of July with my folks, but that won't be for a while. Tune in next time to see how my adventures continue to play out.
