UPDATE 02: ASSEMBLE TEAM STUDY BUDDIES!
Scene: Mom walking out from behind the counter to go watch her Contests on TV. Presumably she didn’t ask the obvious questions about why Spamgio came home carrying an electric sheep.
“ Well Barry thought it was going to be a good idea to try to run through the grass at full speed to get to the other town before Pokemon could get us but before he got the grass Rowan showed up and told us off for being dumb but then he gave us Pokemon anyway so me and Barry battled and uh.
“ I lost.”
Gamefreak this is still a really weird thing to try to call attention to.
So receiving a Pokemon is an in-person thanks thing? You can’t just send a thank-you card? I’ve never understood thank-you card etiquette.
GET EQUIPPED
WITH
RUNNING SHOES
GET EQUIPPED
WITH
VISUAL GLITCH IN THE TRANSITION SHOT
oh no Barry I don’t want to rematch right now
Well the last idea worked great for you .
“ Barry… there’s not actually a legendary Pokemon in the lake. There was the big special where they did the ground scan on the island and there’s no cave inside. Josh Gates was even in town and everything.”
“ Barry the tourism board put the sign up.”
Look.
Just because there was a blue-haired guy talking about time and space and the Legendary Pokemon that doesn’t exist and dropping his name does not mean you need to jump to conclusions about how he’s plot relevant. I’m sure this is just some early game flavor and that’s it.
“ B-but they said there was nothing in the lake!”
Let’s see… jacket, cap, sheep…
This is my favorite text box in this game, and probably in any Pokemon game.
“ I really don’t think he meant we needed to drop in every time we needed something.”
And then Barry runs off again.
Is there an NPC like this in every Pokemon game?
I’m not showing you this because it’s tutorial text that deserves to be shown.
It’s because I feel guilty.
Seriously though I feel like there’s always been a Potion Guy in every first route.
I assume it’s more science-y on the inside.
Suddenly a sixth sense intuition stopped Spamigo in his tracks and led him to keep Dawn from opening the door.
Thus avoiding another head-on Barry collision.
“ Usually if you wait for him to finish talking you can add in the spaces between words and figure out what he was trying to get at.”
Look but don’t pet her and then try to touch a doorknob or something. The static will knock you off your feet.
I, uh, missed the screenshot. I named her Wilhelmina. I was going to name her Woolhelmina but that’s one character too long but by that point I’d already gotten attached to nicknaming her Mina.
Weirdly enough this is not the only time this happens in this run.
It may not do much for his confidence but maybe it assuages Spamigo’s Spammy’s Spamigo’s guilt at losing so badly.
As an aside when I reread this line for some reason my brain jumped to “Finger across the throat means death” and then I spent five minutes giggling to myself at Dawn the Destroyer.
“ This is a Pokedex,” The Professor said as he handed Spamigo the device. “It’s a tool to record data on all the Pokemon that you could encounter in the Sinnoh region. If it is your aim to go on an adventure with your Pokemon I would ask you to record those Pokemon you meet for me.”
Spamigo didn’t respond immediately. The hesitation was plain on his face. Maybe, on some level, he’d thought about returning the Mareep. Maybe he was never cut out to be a Trainer. “But… I was just going along with this… and when me and Barry battled I… I lost.”
Rowan was silent for a time, and some of the sternness left his expression. “A journey won’t always be easy, or simple. And even if you lost, you’ve shown no shortage of care towards that Mareep. Never forget that, young man. In fact… I have several more Pokemon that I’ve acquired in my studies that I have no need for now, and deserve more than to spend their days in a laboratory. And I can think of no one would rather trust with them right now. Would you care for them as well?”
He didn’t answer immediately, but Spamigo accepted.
It’s Return. When you just need a bunch of Physical Normal damage, think TM27! Think Return.
Dawn explains about Pokecenter and Pokemarts.
Heal your Pokemon and buy things.
“ Oh, right… guess I should tell mom she doesn’t need to worry about Mina shorting out the TV in the middle of a Contest.”
NEXT TIME: MEET THE TEAM!
It’s right below this post.