On rebooting the game after defeating the Pokemon League, you are loaded in your bedroom. This is a tradition of all games, and it makes as much sense as any other, I suppose. This can really suck depending on the game, though.
I was hanging out in here doing Poke Pelago until I was ready to start. Since a few files actually got lucky, I should mention that Poke Pelago's Isle Abeens has postgame-locked encounters: Mismagius, Scyther, Lapras, and Emolga in SM, Snubbull, Tropius, Honchkrow, and Litleo in USUM. Nothing you can't obtain elsewhere, although some of those are new to us.
Mum still hasn't finished unpacking. To be fair, this is our stuff...
It turns out there's actually an event in our bed that I've missed... since we first put on our hat.
For all the beds I've slept in, surprising I missed mine.
Meowth crawls up, and starts staring at us judgementally.
He climbs up, meowing at us...
And apparently tries spraying us with an Awakening.
Hapu's bed was supposed to be a call back to this.
The normal message. Very fitting, of course.
Also, the USUM versions of the bed have Pokemon on the sheets. Ray gets Pinsir and Ailey gets Eevee, in one of the weirder gender differences I've seen. Really enforcing that "guys = cool, girls = cute" dynamic, huh?
This line reads a lot different now that Lillie is the thing in Kanto we are apart from.
There's an event in our house to kick off the postgame setpiece, although it differs between SM and USUM. The opening is pretty similar, though.
In both games, it's Hau who drops by and delivers the relevant revelations.
Well, first, he's gotta gush over our cat. Why yes, if it isn't adorable!
This part is original to SM. So was that the Grand Trial, or were you going for a battle to prove yourself to him? I suspect it's the latter, because Hau gets something other than the Fightinium Z from it.
This is where you get access to the starter Z-Crystals other than the ones that suit your starter. USUM has to fight Hala themselves for them.
This is where I will mention that, aside from two short, easy battles and getting some new "team members", this update will not obtain anything that requires me to fight someone.
All four kids possess the starters other than their own, for Pokedex completion reasons, but they have no real plans of using them. Still, options are nice.
At least Mum likes this one as much as she liked Lillie.
And then Hau asks us about Kanto. The narrative has finally noticed we lived there, too.
I don't think the narrative explicitly says, one way or the other, whether Hau has sent his care package that formed the credits to Lillie yet. I can't imagine it matters, but the answer does change how one reads this question.
...Mum, it's not that close.
You know what, kiddo? I'm behind you on that one. I want to see a product of Alola's traditions (Lillie, I love you, but you don't count) tackle the traditional League format, and see if Kukui's claims are backed up.
Hau just... drops what might otherwise be a major part of his character in this random line.
Honestly, I'm concerned by the implication that finding Lillie and finding his father are considered equally viable challenges to Hau.
Hey, game?
This could have been a valid foundation for Hau's characterisation. Just saying.
Hau mentions something that hasn't come up in the story yet, as part of his plan to really impress his dad when he finds him. I dunno, kid, I think you being a Champion would alienate him more...
Fortunately, Mum is around to ask Hau to explain himself.
The Battle Tree was advertised before release (like seemingly everything in this game, honestly), and its role is relatively low-key considering that fact. Unlike the marketers, I'll leave a little to the imagination- but I do intend to make that my first destination.
Fittingly, Hau will be your first opponent in Title Defence matches in SM. He'll be ready and waiting when we are.
There'll be plenty of chances to challenge some Trainers around the region. But for now, I'd rather focus on the finishing touches on my team.
Mum, it turns out, has three possible lines, with this one being the funniest. Even if you couldn't, I'm not 100% sure that's going to stop you.
Translation: "This game goes on until you get bored. When is that? That's for you to find out."
I'm not sure whether this one differs based on Lillie's different circumstances between versions. Lillie is still in Alola, you can ask her in USUM.
More lines that read much differently when Mum hasn't just moved in. Mum, have you been eating that takeout?
For all the beds we can sleep in, we can't sleep in Mum's.
As we leave the house, we are interrupted by some guy. This happens only in SM, and is part of SM's unique postgame story.
Despite the fact that saying "No" is the sensible plan for a child our age, the man scolds us for denying. Even Gladion knew telling strangers who you were was a bad idea.
This mostly exists to remind us the postgame story exists.
When you know who that man is, this entire conversation gets even weirder than it already is. I am not buying that this is a conversation with a child these devs, who normally shy away from imitable bad ideas, would include.
Anyway, if we want to start the postgame of SM, we will have to visit Route 8. I'll be back for it, but I want to check out the Battle Tree first, ultimately.
Anyway, USUM's version of this scene. I'm mostly showing this shot because of the frame I caught of Hau's "put hands behind head" animation.
Hau has a charming response to Meowth this time. He seems genuinely ready to be friendly with the cat.
The peculiar thing is that, while the people Hau is discussing are interesting, Hau has met them before.
What are you talking about? My experience with Champions is that this is their exclusive duty.
No Mum line. Considering the fact we're going to be challenged by everybody in Alola is less relevant, makes sense.
It's the Ultra Recon Squad! Their business will be short, and is mostly a prelude to the real postgame of USUM, but it must be completed first.
USUM writers: "Hey, do you think we could've sold tickets to these things?"
SwSh writers: "Write that down, write that down!"
This is a pretty short task, all told, and it's something that I would've considered doing now if it wasn't for the fact it kinda bottlenecks you into further progressing the USUM postgame than I want.
You may have noticed that Ultra Warp Ride does not allow the player to acquire the new UBs Burst and Assembly. This is how the player acquires those.
UB Assembly, especially, terrifies Poipole. UB Burst, less so by type chart, but in practice...
Hau coming along is largely irrelevant to the player's tasks, but he does tangibly contribute narratively.
The real annoying thing about this sequence is that they've gone and plonked themselves en route to the Battle Tree. I think the intended plot progression is that we do the postgame content first, then we do the Battle Tree. I am doing things the other way around because the Battle Tree gives us more options for battle.
Zossie: Oh, hey there, Ray! Congrats on becoming the Champion!
Dulse: I haven't quite figured out what a Champion is, but you're very strong, correct? I have a favor I must ask of you. Ultra Beasts have appeared on Poni Island. They must have come through the Ultra Wormhole created by Necrozma.
Zossie: And being the Champion means you're stronger than the island kahuna, right?
Hau: Me and Incineroar are gonna go, too!
Dulse: Of course. You are two of the best Trainers in all of Alola. We are heading to Poni Island now. Would you like to accompany us?
Dulse and Zossie continue to feel like a cleaner version of the dialogue. I do like that they haven't entirely figured out this whole "Champion" thing.
Ray is going to go by Poni Grove, because it turns out you can get something from there that Ray wants without starting the quest.
Can you believe that, not only did I have to have these environmental details pointed out to me, I didn't even find out until after I got to the postgame? I'll put at least part of that on "they're not in SM", but still. I like to imagine that "..." on describing Dad's car was the realisation that cars are more trouble than they're worth in Hawai'i, because the island's small size and relative resource isolation means gas is expensive and driving takes too much effort.
I do like the fact Mum's got a hobby, at least. And one that'll fit in here.
One of the more annoying things about starting the game back up in your home town after defeating the Pokemon League is that, if you didn't pack a Pokemon that could use the Fly HM, you would have to hoof it back to a town with access to a PC in order to regain fast travel for postgame purposes. In many games, a trivial task, but XY made you go all the way through the first dungeon again because of how the Kalos map is laid out.
We had Charizard Glide regardless, but it is also a happy little coincidence that we spawn right next to a Pokemon Centre and can access our PC immediately anyway.
Our first order of business is with Professor Kukui, now that his role as a plot NPC has ended and he is able to distribute prizes. On the face of it, this is already an unfavourable observation, considering Professor Burnet was dropped from the plot to become a goodie dispenser before the plot should've been done with her.
You want to know what number Kukui is looking for?
50.
I suspect this prize was intended for when we acquired 50 Pokemon in our Pokedex regardless of plot progress, but Kukui's required presence in the plot prevented him from awarding it sooner.
Rotom gets surprisingly judgemental in SM when commenting on our success.
Then again, he goes to patronising in USUM, so perhaps there's no winners here.
Now then, what is the prize for this maybe-glitch that has been denied to us since, like, the end of Melemele?
Oh, nothing much, just the held item that boosts EXP. The Lucky Egg bestows a 1.5x multiplier on EXP to the holder, and while it was originally found exclusively as a rare item drop from Chansey (the name "Lucky Egg" comes from Chansey's JP name Lucky), BW gave out a free one during the story contemporary to roughly the sixth Gym. This late acquisition stands out like a sore thumb.
To add insult to injury, the Lucky Egg isn't even available from Chansey in this game.
Would've been handy to have when I still had evolutions to acquire. OK, I still do, but there's only one real special case.
One of the main reasons I have for thinking that the Lucky Egg is glitched is that, on reloading the room, Kukui appears somewhere else and has another, separate prize that is explicitly tied to defeating the Champion.
When I remember to use them. Which is only occasionally, but they're nice to have!
Yeah, uh, Ultra Recon was way ahead of you there. This line isn't even changed in USUM.
For defeating the Champion, Kukui also gives us the TM for the Normal Status move Substitute. Kukui is nice enough to explain the major effect of this move for us:
Using the move Substitute will sacrifice 1/4 of a Pokemon's maximum HP to create a Substitute doll that will be attacked in place of the user. This substitute doll will have the following effects:
It has only the HP bestowed to it- any overkill damage when it is broken is wasted.
It is immune to non-volatile status ailments, confusion, flinching, and trapping. There are also a few miscellaneous moves that do not fit under these umbrellas that are blocked by Susbtitute.
It is immune to stat stage debuffs.
It is immune to attempts to tamper with its hold item.
It can be passed to another team member with Baton Pass. Its HP will remain constant, but defence and type chart will be determined by the Pokemon for whom it is currently protecting.
It will not protect you from recoil, passive weather damage, or any pre-existing damage-over-time.
It will not protect you from sound-based moves and Pokemon with the Infiltrator Ability.
Substitute is a near-universal TM, and most Pokemon that can learn TMs can learn it.
In competitive, a correctly-timed Substitute is considered powerful even without these considerations. With? This move can be deadly in the right hands.
I'll freely admit those aren't necessarily mine.
I prefer other manipulative moves, personally.
There's nothing in Lillie's loft, but there are things worth seeing.
Like Bethany getting kinda nostalgic when she sleeps on her bed.
The real thing worth coming up here to look at is Lillie's diary, which did not go with her to Kanto. Possibly because of the busted lock.
...I mean, I have to.
I've finally decided. I have to leave Paradise so that I can protect Nebby. I told Wicke about my plans in secret, and she told me I should find someone named Professor Burnet and speak to her, that she might be able to help... Wicke thinks that this Professor Burnet woman is researching Ultra Wormholes. I wonder what kind of person she might be? And how will I ever find her? I don't even know where in Alola she might be right now...
Interestingly, the diary begins before the Lillie escape, which allows us to learn details about her plans that were hitherto left to implication. One major point is that Lillie went looking specifically for Burnet, and that her research is disconnected from the Aether Foundation's (although they are aware of it). This is a bit of a fascinating read, although I think having Wicke mention it while explicitly deconfirming an association does come off as the weakest way to handle this plot point.
Nebby shone brighter than anything... And before I knew what had happened, we had found our way to meet Professor Burnet. But how did we get there? Is it some strange power Nebby has? Did it do this? Professor Burnet called her husband at once, a man named Professor Kukui. He came to meet us- and he walk around half-naked all the time! I don't know about that... Is it some kind of Alolan fashion or something?
Time-skipping straight from the teleportation to Burnet's. This makes me suspect that Nebby was somehow able to tell what Lillie wanted and teleported to where she wanted to go. As per usual, much of Lillie's otherwise-insightful opinions on what level of risk she perceives Burnet and Kukui to offer are ignored in favour of throwing out odd jokes like this one about Kukui's disinterest in wearing a shirt. As per usual, Pokemon potentially hit on an interesting idea and then bypassed it entirely to focus on the least interesting point. It's kind of an easy target...
In the end, it was decided that Professor Kukui would let me stay in his research lab with him. He took me there on his boat. It didn't look like it could even survive the voyage but we arrived in one piece, and the sea breeze was delightful. When we arrived at the Marina, the kahuna of the island was there with his grandson. That is how I came to meet Kahuna Hala and Hau. I've since come to learn the Alola region has no Gym Leaders or Champions or any of that.
This tells us that Lillie washed up on Heahea Beach (...or possibly Hano Beach, since Heahea Beach wasn't in SM), and her previous experience at sea was making the reverse trip to Melemele. This implies she hasn't been to the other Alolan islands often.
This also pretty concretely tells us Lillie isn't from Alola, and knows regions more for the League Challenge. Which one? No real clue, but it's probably Kanto. It would justify the decision to go there more.
Today was certainly an eventful day! Nebby kept acting like it wanted to go see the Ruins of Conflict, but when we did try to visit them, it was attacked by Spearow! It was just terrible. All I could do was stand by and watch. But then a stranger appeared and helped us. At first I thought it had to be someone from Aether- that they had tracked us down at last. But it was actually a girl that the professor knows. Bethany... I won't forget her.
...She really did see us as a threat the first time, huh? The diary has no more entries beyond this one, so we don't get to see her morphing opinions on us as the game proceeds, nor are there any entries that discuss her opinion on her mother. Ultimately, the stuff in here is neat, but there remains ways it could've been much neater.
The lock remains intact in USUM. Lillie will be back here once she's done with... actually, where is she?
Did you notice that SM Lillie brings her Lens Case and Makeup Bag with her to Kanto? The Poke Doll, of course, wound its way into our bag, but it's neat they actually removed stuff from here to reflect Lillie's absence.
...Peers closely at that framed photo Is that the one of us, Hau, and her in Hau'oli? That's adorable, I wonder when it got there!
In SM, Hau will hang around in Iki Town, rehabilitating some Skull Grunts.
Whether they like it or not.
You show them, Hau?
For what it's worth, this is Hala's idea.
Hala is kind of crazy, it seems. It didn't seem to be too inherited, thankfully, although Hau's ADHD isn't for nothing.
That's not a bad pun, all told. A bit of a funny series history note about specifically the name "Team Skull"- the name was first used as a villain team's name in the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers games, where Team Skull was an exploration team in it for the money and not helping Pokemon. Looks like this one is going to actually going to do that job this time.
...Hopefully.
Hala has no comments to make on the matter, and is still repeating his same line.
Despite the fact we have visited the Ruins of Conflict, we have not unlocked the Glide point, so we have to manually walk up there if we want the prizes.
Just an Electric Seed and a Zygarde Cell for Bethany. Noah, Ray, and Ailey will be back to acquire Tapu Koko off-screen for their Pokedex entries.
Next up on the list, Paniola Town. A few of these visits will have items of little gameplay value to us, but the value is not non-existent. There may be more events that don't give items, but I'd rather explore carefully when I'm not concerned about battling more than necessary.
If you say you're Kiawe's friend to this man, he does ask a few questions, but doesn't seem too put out by the claim.
Now, whether I'm Kiawe's friend is another matter. I know about his dream and his employment troubles, but I'm not sure that alone qualifies me.
It's nothing special, Kukui invented a league to fulfill his own fantasies and hired the first kid who showed up for Champion.
The Protector is the evolutionary hold item for Rhydon, and is necessary to acquire the Pokemon Rhyperior. It is possible to acquire most, if not all, of the evolutionary items infinitely later, but they do like to make sure the freebies are available somewhere.
Rhyhorn may be acquired with Island Scan in both games. Of course, locking the Protector to postgame limits you to Rhydon, but there are worse fates than being an Eviolite Rhydon.
I'm more hopeful he achieves his dreams than I am supportive. Like, yeah, I support him achieving his dreams, but there's not much I can do for him. Well, I can give him some of the infinity money I'm mining out of Poke Pelago, but I don't think that's canon.
There's an event on Route 8 that isn't starting the postgame. I, uh, didn't realise it was an actual event, complete with proximity trigger and special camera angle.
Genesect is a Mythical Pokemon introduced in BW. Colress is a natural fit to discuss the Pokemon, considering its origins.
If you say you know what Genesect is, Colress praises you and skips his short spiel.
With that said, his dialogue clearly follows on from the version of his speech where you don't know what he's on about.
Genesect is a Pokemon that lived 300 million years ago. Then an organisation called Team Plasma modified it, attaching a cannon to its back.
His explanation is a paraphrased version of its standard Pokedex entries. Most entries use the word "altered" instead of "modified", with the exception of its original BW entry (which goes into more detail) and, weirdly, it's X/Omega Ruby entry (which uses the word "upgraded", which has fascinating implications as to the nature of the Carboniferous era in the Pokemon world).
Genesect is a Bug/Steel type that is technically a fossil Pokemon (often assumed to be a mutated Kabutops, but never officially stated as such), and was a science experiment of Team Plasma's. It is often associated with Colress, despite the fact he presumably joined Team Plasma after Genesect's creation, largely because Colress is the only named character to occupy the P2 Laboratory in which it was designed. As a Mythical Pokemon, Genesect has absolutely nothing to do with the story of BW, another crying shame, although it's worth observing that it was probably pretty terrible at dealing with the Tao dragons Team Plasma wanted to control.
This entire scene, of course, is just an excuse to give us Genesect's inventory cruft items.
He gives us each Drive individually, complete with handover animation. Later in this update, a character who wants to give us multiple items will give them to us in a single bundle.
Genesect's Drives will change the colour of a single part of Genesect's model, and will change its signature move Techno Blast into a type matching the type of its Drive. Genesect is unable to gain STAB on Techno Blast no matter what it does, but the Douse Drive is usually considered the best one- mostly because Genesect doesn't really learn a good Water move, and Water is SE on Genesect's sole weakness.
Colress had a potentially interesting characterisation that didn't properly come out in B2W2's plot (what else is new), and this actually supports said direction. Colress's reasons for joining Team Plasma largely amounted to "I wanted to know how Team Plasma's power worked, if they're not using the power of friendship". Being defeated by Rosa more or less tells him the answer was "it doesn't". As such, Colress post-Plasma isn't so much "reformed villain" as he is "I'm keeping the keys to this thing safe."
Colress will actually participate in the Battle Tree. From the way this line is framed, I suspect collecting the Drives is a prerequisite to getting him to appear, but my resources mostly tell me there's only one major unlockable Trainer there.
Next up, in Konikoni City, we can find a former Skull Grunt- this one actually using a Punk Girl's costume- who got recruited to help in Mallow's family's kitchen.
No matter your response, she quickly explains her odd turn of phrase. If you're confused by "Sis", it turns out she means Mallow.
If you're confused by "Crew", she realises that was more of a Team Skull lingo term and not something I recognise myself to be a part of.
Another evolution item this time:
Well, actually, two of them. The Whipped Dream and Sachet will evolve the Fairy type Pokemon Swirlix and Spritzee, respectively, if said Pokemon hold them while being traded. Neither of these Pokemon is available in the Alola region directly, but if you import one, the items are still around.
Most hold item trades were originally designed to be a "this is why these Pokemon couldn't evolve before" (like Electabuzz, Magmar, and Rhydon), but these two seem to have been added just to make the Swirlix and Spritzee evolutions more annoying. On a list of items that need to be trimmed in future games, these are fast tracked to the top of that list. Either that or make them use items, at least!
Come to think of it, assuming my notes are accurate to what items are scattered around, I think Mallow is the only Trial Captain who actually rewards us directly.
This is more of Mallow being a bit of a useless lesbian, or at least it is when you're playing as the female protagonist. I can't imagine it's too much different of a response for men.
That line has some... troubling implications about Team Skull's capacity to support its own, but let's be honest with ourselves: that was never their strength.
I think I was wrong about Mallow. She has a promising career prospects within this restaurant. It's just not as a chef.
Pro tip: Don't trust anything Mallow teaches you about cooking.
This is also a postgame item, strangely. I'd probably have made it (and possibly the Protector) associated with the Kiawe and Mallow battles, but that would make more sense if they weren't version exclusive.
Stock is made by simmering animal bones, but apparently Mallow's brother uses a process where the bones are still usable? The Dragon Fang is the 20% item for Dragon type moves, and it's certainly an item to give us in the postgame.
Glad to see Mallow's not the only one that uses Pokemon hold items as cooking ingredients. That was never the issue with her talents.
Yeah, reading this line, too, I feel like the Protector and Dragon Fang were originally associated with the Kiawe and Mallow fights. It's such a shame that is no longer the case.
In the Hano Grand Resort, you can find Kahili hanging around near the front desk. This event does have a good excuse to be post-game locked, although the reward is kind of amusing as such.
Well, that explains her passion for golf and her basis for success.
I love that second response option. I also kinda get a bit of a Nemona vibe from this specific combination of "wealthy parents" and "dedicated training regimen".
Uhhh...what?: You're the Champion, aren't you?
She's so judgemental if you say you don't.
Kahili does claim to support training only as much to keep your muscle memory in tip-top shape, although it turns out she doesn't practice this variety of training.
Kahili's prize is the TM for the Psychic Status move Trick Room, the only "Room" to have a dedicated TM- and not-coincidentally, the best one of the bunch.
This is a fairly large trend, although it's worth noting that Kahili's team does not necessarily reflect that fact. With that said, every Pokemon she uses across both SM and USUM except Mandibuzz has 252 EVs in Speed, so even if Toucannon and Skarmory aren't exactly known for being speedy, she does consider them such.
Really advertising the move by discussing a Trainer using it to play to her disadvantages, huh? Trick Room will create a "Trick Room" field effect that lasts for five turns (or until another Room move is used). During this time, the speed check is reversed: When two Pokemon's speed scores are compared, the Pokemon with the lowest score moves first. Note that priority brackets remain as they are in standard play- if you use Quick Attack and your opponent doesn't, you will still move first. Trick Room itself is a -7 priority move, meaning that it is always the last move used unless someone else is also using a -7 priority move. Worth keeping in mind, but most things that want to use Trick Room are not surprised to be moving last- that's kind of why they're using Trick Room to begin with!
Under the hood, the way Trick Room handles the supposedly simple process of reversing turn order is actually slightly broken- If you have a Speed score of 1809 or higher, you will still move first in Trick Room. Functionally, only a handful of Pokemon have base Speed stats high enough to get that fast, but it does highlight Pokemon once again being programmed with duct tape and dreams.
Yeah, that's not training to maintain your muscle memory. That's Nemonan training.
Actually, no, Nemona doesn't train for over ten hours a day. Admittedly, that's because she doesn't have someone to indulge her.
This one's an event I missed earlier, and is available after defeating Nanu. A little girl who doesn't realise that Mimikyu's attachment to its costume is part of its identity, and it is not necessarily amiable to playing dress-up with other fabrics.
This could probably be worked around with time- a Mimikyu that is already loved might like to make its Trainer happy- but I can understand reticence.
The Reaper Cloth is the evolutionary hold item for Dusclops. I believe Dusclops is absent from SM entirely, so this is just here to be here.
And I think that is by design. Mimikyu without its clothes is said to not be something you want to see.
There is no popup text associated with it, but we have actually found another battle style at some point in the game! The acquisition condition is hilarious, though.
The smug style, when used in Wi-Fi battles, gives the player Gladion's starting pose, and thus, it is unlocked by defeating Gladion on Mount Lanakila. It is available in both SM and USUM (and is thus the first unlockable style USUM can get), and the fact that this specifically warranted a battle style is amusing. This whole mechanic felt like it could use more baking.
Acerola's back with her kids when she's not doing the Elite Four! Good for her.
She's also doing her best for her charges. Whatever that looks like.
I think they were already saying these lines in USUM, but they remain just as adorable.
In what is surprisingly SM only for now, there is an Aether R&D hanging out in the kid's bedrooms.
USUM's postgame sequence will cause some trouble with the Aether Foundation, so I assume this guy is delayed until after USUM's postgame for compatibility with that. But still. This could've been a post-Lusamine 1 event. Or post-Altar.
This is the only place to acquire the artificial Pokemon Porygon for ourselves. Porygon is required for our Ula'ula Pokedex, and also happens to require two different trades with held items to achieve its final form. In battle, it is a fantastic wall of both defences in its second stage, particularly with Eviolite, and a gigantic magic cannon in third stage. Pure Normal the whole way, but its movepool is versatile enough that this isn't the worst. I want to use this on Ray's team. I may actually have Bethany send Ray a copy of hers just to use it. But I feel so bothered by the fact it's not available to Ray directly.
Porygon's Ability options are Trace (copies opponent's Ability), which turns into Adaptability (increases the power of STAB to x2) on final stage, or Download, which gives you a +1 to either Atk or Sp. Atk on sendout, based on which of your opponent's defences are lower. Download is the way to go if you're planning on using Porygon2, while Adaptability is the Ability of choice for the final stage. Its HA is Analytic (+30% attack power if it is the last to move)- much better for Porygon2 than Download, but not available to us.
Porygon is an artificial Pokemon designed for use in spaces hostile to other forms of life, like outer space. Now, it's success in those fields is mixed, but it is an artificial Pokemon that they made on purpose. That does what is expected of it. When it comes to making an artificial creature, that's worth the accolades.
You considered taking off the R&D suit? It's mildly unnerving.
This is not at all obvious when you enter the room, and it took me way too long to find her, but there's also a female Aether Grunt in the back corner, too.
Glad Wicke is working on accountability, but I think there's someone you've wronged more than me.
Anyway, she hands over the Up-Grade, Porygon's first evolutionary item. This is necessary to evolve Porygon into Porygon2. The freebie copy of the item needed to evolve Porygon2 into its final stage will require us to do a battle.
On what basis? The entire thing was built from the ground up to support a madwoman's desire for more, and nobody is really telling her off for doing this. This is one of those things where I feel like the dev's slightly-dodgy views are showing.
The Aether House works as intended, and that is a miracle unto itself.
This is a minor USUM event I missed, and it can be found after defeating Hapu. Presumably because it involves a character who might participate in Mina's Trial.
The kid has gone and made a mess in the playroom.
I'm not entirely sure why he had the Stardust to begin with, but considering this conversation, it sounds like a cleaning reagent of some description.
This line happens regardless of which option you select, which is really showing off that kid's attention spectrum.
I love how you can just tell him "good luck". There's an item in it for us, though.
This makes me wonder if Ailey does actually have stronger vision than others, and she is pointing out something the kid genuinely couldn't spot on his own.
There are four spots to click on and draw his attention to the dust. Nothing really to it.
Although he does have some decent comments based on what exactly he needs to clean and how.
Of course we can be looking away from the window...
At least the sound effects are unique depending on what is being wiped.
And this one's just dust on the floor.
Did that teach us anything about being careful? Or was that not how the accident played out?
Headmaster enters the room, and is immediately aware we contributed to cleaning up this mess. I mean, he probably saw us enter, but still.
Free PP Up. Methinks it's not the cleaning up the Stardust he's giving it to me for.
Although I'm not sure what to make of that cry.
The USUM kids have brand new lines now, although Acerola doesn't seem to be here. Probably because of the cleaning event having priority.
Seen it done enough for your liking?
Po Town has its own events, although some of the Skull Grunts are still carrying on like we just beat them.
Our destination is over in Team Skull's Pokemon Centre- they're going to offer a payoff for these kids.
They'll need a bit more cash to leave.
And also just doing a lot of singing in general. I think they're more just making lyrics than sense at this point.
Eventually, they get to the point- they're going to give us some fashion items!
Specifically, Team Skull's own distinct tanks!
And hey, it's at a surprisingly affordable cost of 10K Poke. Could've done far worse.
With that sale made, they clear out and onto greener pastures. The Pokemon Centre is now no longer usable, not that it ever really had
In USUM, you also get a Skull Cap to go with the Tank.
Here's Ailey in the set. You'll have to bring your own pants, though.
No, the other Skull Grunts don't seem to follow their lead.
Anyway, next on the agenda, we have this tourist that's just shown up in Seafolk Village's Pokemon Centre.
He is in possession of something unique thus far in the series: A Trainer with a guaranteed chance of having a Shiny Pokemon. There are some instances in series history where a Pokemon possessed by a Trainer can roll Shiny odds for... some reason, and B2W2 allows you to fight Trainers using Pokemon that you traded to them in an IGT that can be Shiny if you traded them a Shiny. But there are no shenanigans involved in seeing this one: This Shiny is always a Shiny.
...And it's actually very high level compared to the Pokemon who didn't get to go the League.
Fortunately, this Exeggcute is not significant in any other way, and Razzly can defeat it handily with x4 SE.
Amazingly, all four kids wound up using a different Bug move to deal with this guy! I am amazed and slightly concerned.
Shinies are cool, but that's all they are. And poor Exeggcute's staring down the wrong end of a x4 weakness.
They almost look like the delicious kind of golden eggs to me.
Gary is enough Exeggcute to me.
Looks up He may even be too much.
His idea of sharing his Exeggcute with us is to give us six golden Nuggets. One at a time.
I suspect this is a joke, but considering the Genesect Drives earlier, I'm not sure I believe that.
Exeggcute evolve when exposed to Leaf Stones even outside Alola, Marcus. Nuggets, I think they evolve when exposed to pressure underground.
...Or maybe that's diamonds.
Out near the Ruins of Hope, we can find these swimmers hanging around. USUM moves them to the other side of the Ruins, but still roughly in the same place.
This seems like a particularly poor plan if you're actually planning on getting something usable out of this. There's a reason "camera operator" is non-negotiable.
That explains your lack of camera, but it doesn't stop the issues provided.
Something a little weird here, and apparently somethin that's still different in the JP version, is that these ladies are later revealed to have lived in the Kalos region, and XY had a feature that allowed you to shoot promotional videos. They called them PR Videos, not PVs.
I'd expect the consistent terminology, that strikes me as more Pokemon's style.
If you're asking for a Multi Battle, I'm down.
"Oh no, a scary... single kid up against... two adult women"? That sounds like either Pokemon has different ideas about what "scary" looks like, or you girls have a bad idea. Something's telling me the latter is pretty likely.
Regardless of the sense of the suggestion, or lack thereof, I'm still down.
...Maybe less so now, but still.
Um... Rawr?
Kylie and Ashlyn have a gimmick of sorts, and their team is invested to make use of it. Both have flat 15 IVs but for two stats, which are 31 (SM) and 30 (USUM). They also have 252 EVs in these same stats. For Lumineon, it is Sp. Atk and Spd, while for Lanturn, it is Atk/Spd. They both only know one move each.
I see Water types, I know what's what. Although a Grass type might've been better- that's for runs that didn't bring one to the League.
I also clearly needed a better plan for the Lanturn. Pity Murphy had no chance here.
Lumineon's sole move is Surf, a 95 BP Special Water move that hits all Pokemon on the field in a Doubles match. Paired with a HA Lanturn, the Lanturn gets a tidy 25% HP heal with each click. USUM has already seen this strategy, as it happens, but there's a reason this fight is using it.
Dottie, happily, oneshots that Lumineon with Revelation Dance. She doesn't have much for Lanturn, I've got to admit.
Lanturn's sole move is Waterfall, an 80 BP Physical Water move with a 20% flinch chance. This used to be the Physical Water move of choice, and it is only in this generation was it made redundant. Not sure what Lanturn's doing it with 58 base Atk and 67 base Speed, but the effort is there.
...Oh. Well then.
Maybe I should've used Ribombee the whole time. Not that she's exactly any better on the physical bulk, admittedly...
So that's when Jigsaw tries to get that. I do wind up springing for it, in the end, mostly because I have an opponent in mind.
I do like the fact that their respective defeat quotes reference the move their Pokemon uses.
I'd look at them on the camera first.
...You can do that, right?
That is an incredibly strange time to make that particular contraction-
Oh, I understand immediately.
Surf and Waterfall are HM moves in older Pokemon games, with Surf being around since RBY and Waterfall being made a HM in GSC. The fact they are such powerful moves in addition to their utility played a key part in making the Water type so prominent even before they added Scald. They make excellent TM prizes, although I do wonder why they were deemed so good they were postgame-locked. Poor Physical Waters, denied Waterfall in time to make a difference.
Honestly, I've never really contemplated the fact that there are presumably HM makers. Someone has to do it, but I've never seen who. Or how.
...I mean, we haven't even seen how they are used!
This is where they mention they're Kalosian. Both HM03 Surf and HM05 Waterfall were gifts from your friends in that game, but who they got it from is anyone's guess.
The player can't sell them. Why people in-universe might not be able to is another matter.
They're certainly treated as TMs here. Although they don't have that permanence of regular HM moves.
Well, that explains why you were spamming Surf and Waterfall as attacks. I guess you did manage to KO one of my Pokemon, so... I guess there's that?
Waterfall will make a good choice for Jaws and Chip, but the Burn chance of Scald is typically preferred over the extra 15 BP of Surf for the Special attackers.
I've already forgotten your names!
While going to buy some supplies after that battle, I found out the Pokemon Centre guys actually have dialogue acknowledging you're the Champion. No new goods, though.
In SM only, Gladion can be encountered on the conservatory of Aether Foundation. Remember, in USUM, Gladion's the one that skipped town, although his prize is available elsewhere.
I only wish I could've done more.
This is a nice payoff line considering the scene of him watching Lillie at the festival in the credits, although it does make me more eager to pull Lillie away from Lusamine. It's not normal for a boy to have never seen his sister smile.
Understanding is different from acceptance. You should know that better than anyone.
Ah yes, your errant father. How is he doing, by the way?
Ah. So, uh, didn't think to warn Burnet of the possibility that this is where her research goes?
Huh. Nebby used to be your father's? I guess I'm no closer to finding out where he came from, though.
Can't even give the female villain her own motivation, can we? Her obsession with beauty and order might be in part because she was denied this in her life. It's similar childhood experiences that bring out the worst in hoarders, after all.
Gladion then couches that argument in the lens of "I'm pretending that's true because that's how I'm coping". Which kinda shows Lusamine in yet another bad light, along with implying that's not quite as true as he suggests. I hate net zero information.
Remember that claim that there were three Type: Nulls created by the Aether Paradise? One of them is Gladion's, one of them is this one, and the third one is going to be in a quantum superposition of "in any game we want Type: Null to reappear in". Right now, it's in Galar.
Type: Null joins at level 40, and evolves when it has been raised to a high friendship. Poke Pelago is the way to go for that, and once you do, you have Gladion's Silvally, a Pokemon with base 95s, a large spread of strong physical moves, and even a surprising amount of Special options if you want to go that way. The problem is, base 95 just isn't enough to really carry it to it's claim. The green Pokedex entry implies it to be a Legendary Pokemon on the level on the level of the UBs, but it is only so capable at that job. Nevertheless, this will be Ray's Legendary slot. I'm sure he's thrilled to have another Physical attacker.
Type: Null only has the Battle Armour Ability (immune to crits), turning into RKS System on evolution. Few Legendaries get Hidden Abilities, especially when their regular Ability defines what makes them Legendary. Somewhat ironically, Battle Armour gives Type: Null a good niche as an Eviolite user.
Hey, Colress, are you watching? This is how you give the player multiple semi-identical items at once! There are seventeen items in this stack, each one giving Silvally a new type and form. Fortunately, the only Forms recognised by the Pokedex are "base" form and "has a Drive of any type" form.
Silvally (Moon): Although its name was Type: Null at first, the boy who evolved it into this form gave it the name by which it is now known.
Silvally's plain form. We'll technically never see it for ourselves from Gladion, since he always uses a Memory when he battles us.
This does make me wonder if us being able to go into Secret Lab A before postgame is a mistake. It feels like this should be more of a reveal than it is.
Ray's the only one who'll be doing any of that. I have a limit.
Wow, Gladion going out on his own is more founded than I had assumed. I do think this is the way to go, rather than forcing him to clean up his mother's messes here at a young age. Leave the Aether Foundation to someone who cares.
Gladion is a possible opponent in the Pokemon League. We'll get into that when the time comes, though.
Still can't go back to Lusamine's secret room. I'm starting to think we never will.
I believe this event is exclusive to SM, although one thing worth mentioning about the postgame events- the USUM postgame heavily involves the Paradise, so most of the things that exist here for the player to do after beating the Champion require completing said postgame before unlocking.
Wicke is also involved with the SM postgame, so I feel like this particular one is more attached to that.
Especially since she talks about Lillie being gone.
Oh hey, that's where they talk about it.
The real question is, frankly, what state you're trying to reset her to. Those neurotoxins might've done some damage, but it's not like the old Lusamine was exactly how you remember her.
Wicke, my observations remain the same. The only commonality between Bill and Lusamine's experiences is that they were far closer to their Pokemon than most people. It wasn't until the Let's Go games that Bill's fusion was with a Poison type! Nihilego's fusion was something it could do, and not one that required external technological assistance like Bill's.
Bethany asked why Bill would do it. Wicke is under the impression that Bill's fusion with his Pokemon was on purpose. No, it was an accident. Which is probably another reason Bill's experiences aren't transferable.
Hiya! I'm a Pokémon... ...No I'm not! Call me Bill! I'm a true-blue Pokémaniac! Hey! What's with that skeptical look? I'm not joshing you, lady. I screwed up an experiment and got combined with a Pokémon! So, how about it? Help me out there!
Not really. You do not understand the cosmic coincidence that offered you one example, as tenuous as it is.
The cell separation got rid of the fusion. Hoping for the removal of the after-effects is a vain hope.
...Now I think of it, maybe you should've sent her to Ryme City. No Pokemon League for her to participate in herself, but if you're asking around about Pokemon and human fusion, there's nowhere else that comes close.
Yeah, it says a lot that Gladion and Lillie have better morals from Guzma and Kukui than they do from Lusamine. The worst part is, they can do loads better.
Part of me wonders if Gladion wasn't chafing against Lusamine's sheltered nature sooner than that. I get the impression they weren't able to do things for themselves under Lusamine, rather than not needing to.
Oh no, I'm interested in those two's childhoods. Now, whether they're interested in you blabbing them to me is another matter.
...Wicke, I'm not Hau. This isn't going to distract me.
And to think you're the best parental figure those two had...
We'll be able to check in on her during the SM postgame plot. I'll be spending a lot of time not doing that for now.
However, if you go into Secret Lab A, you get one of the funnier cases of the game dealing with inventory cruft. This NPC has three different items necessary for specific legendary Pokemon.
The DNA Splicers are a real Pokemon item, although if you're familiar with them from fangames like Pokemon Infinite Fusion, you might be a little disappointed with what they do. This is the equivalent to the N-Solariser and N-Lunariser for Kyurem, allowing it to fuse with Reshiram or Zekrom.
The Prison Bottle is a Mythical Pokemon's item, this time for XY's Hoopa. Using this will allow Hoopa to transform into its Unbound form, changing type from Psychic/Ghost to Psychic/Dark and increasing its stats. This one's a Use item, rather than a Hold item. The effect only lasts three days, presumably as a lore thing.
The Soul Dew is an item associated with Latias and Latios, and probably a remnant of their role in the Pokemon Heroes movie. Since it's introduction, it was a held item for Latias and Latios that boosted both their Sp. Atk and Sp. Def by 50% each- this effect was so good that it was banned alongside Special Pokemon in postgame battling facilities. SM has finally nerfed it, making it a 20% item for both Dragon and Psychic moves. This is the same effect as the Adamant and Lustrous Orbs, and these effects have never found themselves being useful for many competitive players.
The in-game explanation for this dump is that Lusamine had gathered the items to expand her collection. Whether she had her eyes on the matching Legendary Pokemon or just hoped their effects were transferable to UBs is its own question, but I'm satisfied with the explanation. But it was probably the loudest warning siren that trying to keep all of these such items available in custom locations was a dying job.
Since she's dumping multiple items on us, she asks us if we need to read any of her spiels. They're pretty short and don't really go into any of the specifics.
...I don't think that statement requires nearly the amount of couching in "but" that you are making use of. Freezing Pokemon in cryogenic sleep for no reason other than you want to keep possession of them is wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
The Pokemon in question haven't yet been defrosted, but this is in their interests rather than out of laziness or continued malice. A sudden defrosting is likely to deal permanent damage. This is probably related to the reason we can't go back to that room.
Anyway, as one more set of fights, all four kids need to acquire the Island guardians for their Pokedexes, and three of the kids needs one for their "teams".
Ailey will be claiming Poni Island's guardian, the one Hapu was praying to earlier.
Tapu Fini (Ultra Moon): Although it’s called a guardian deity, terrible calamities sometimes befall those who recklessly approach Tapu Fini.
Tapu Fini is a Water/Fairy type, and one that leans heavily into the bulky side of its statline. Despite having an extra 40 BST over Primarina, I'm not even 100% sure it does Primarina's job better. Tapu Fini has a bit of an issue with being "the worst Tapu" (poor Ailey), but I do kinda feel like this is mostly because the other three are so much better. Not helping matters is a relatively shallow selection of coverage moves to work with. Not that it necessarily needs them, but you're probably using this as a defensive Pokemon.
Misty Surge sets the Misty Terrain effect, the only Terrain that does not buff Tapu Fini's non-Fairy STAB- or any STAB, Misty Terrain instead halves the power of Dragon moves. This makes it a pretty terrible Terrain, although its bonus effect of protecting all Grounded Pokemon from being inflicted with non-volatile status conditions helps to make up for that. Tapu Fini honestly feels like it drew the short straw being themed around the Misty Terrain effect, and is making do.
All Tapus get the Telepathy HA, not that you can acquire them, and the same theme Tapu Koko used.
Tapu Fini comes with the move Aqua Ring, which heals it for 1/16th of its HP every turn, and there is no way to disable it outside of the (temporary) Heal Block. And even then, the Pokemon that know that can be counted on one hand, especially if you require that they exist within SM.
Fortunately, once Misty Terrain goes away, that will never come back, so Paralysis is free to go. Beats Tapu Koko's immunity to paralysis.
...What? Tapu Fini's Water type is perfectly valid for Net Balls! This is a lovely way to make up for the Aqua Ring annoyance (once Aqua Ring is set up, you can never throw a Poke Ball at 1 HP), and it's important to make sure you've got enough to try it.
I've been told that, of the Hawai'ian gods, Tapu Fini's association is with Kanaloa, god of the underworld and teacher of magic. Kanaloa is one of the nastier ones, and none of her lore seems to have translated to Tapu Fini's lore other than its Ultra Moon entry. Also, its design reminds me of this statue of Lono. The Tapus = Hawai'ian Gods connections can feel annoyingly tenuous with the non-Koko set.
Since Ray and Ailey do not necessarily battle Tapu Koko first, they receive the Tapunium Z from whichever Tapu they happen to fight first. In this case, both kids will get it after they acquire their personal use Totems.
Noah wound up with the guardian of Ula'ula Island. As choices go, one that feels surprisingly fitting, given Noah's background in XC3. I think Tapu Bulu and Noah's respective issues could give them some common ground to work with to try and deal with this mechanical shenanigans.
Tapu Bulu (Ultra Moon): It makes ringing sounds with its tail to let others know where it is, avoiding unneeded conflicts. This guardian deity of Ula’ula controls plants.
Tapu Bulu got some pretty raw Pokedex entries- its Moon entry calls it lazy even as it describes it creating plants to trap its opponents before savaging them with its horns. Maybe its hatred of humans was warranted after all. Tapu Bulu is a Grass/Fairy type, carrying a high Atk bulky set that combines design decisions of Tapu Koko and Tapu Fini. It has a better movepool than Tapu Koko's, particularly Horn Leech for its STAB, but it ultimate suffers from the same issues. While Tapu Fini is the worst Totem in this game, Tapu Bulu would later claim that title in SwSh- admittedly, this is because, when they started giving out the Surges again, Tapu Bulu's Surge got the best new user.
Tapu Bulu gets Grassy Surge, setting Grassy Terrain. This boosts the power of Grass-type moves by 50%, heals every grounded Pokemon for 1/16th HP, and halves the power of Earthquake, Magnitude, and Bulldoze. What flaws Tapu Bulu has in common with Koko and Fini are more than made up for with the awesome Terrain it gets. It really took a replacement to make this thing look bad.
It feels so good to be able to set status Turn 1 against a Legendary. Koko and Fini are the only ones that have problems with this.
Tapu Bulu is considered the Tapu based on Lono, god of fertility, rainfall, music and peace. Quite the turn, going to the most hostile to humanity in Alola! If it wasn't for Kanaloa having assocations with creatures of the deep and Bulu being a Grass type, I'd think Bulu was supposed to be Kanaloa and Fini Lono. This whole layer of confusion contributes to my mixed feelings on the subject of these things.
Ray kinda lucked out with his Tapu- even more so, since he didn't naturally gravitate to being associated with pink like Bethany, Ailey, and Noah got yellow, purple, and red respectively. Ray actually kinda likes the niche on offer here.
Tapu Lele (Ultra Moon): Although called a guardian deity, Tapu Lele is devoid of guilt about its cruel disposition and can be described as nature incarnate.
Tapu Lele is a Psychic/Fairy type, and drew the lucky combination of high Sp. Atk and decent Speed. It's no Tapu Koko, but it's fast enough for its liking. The Psychic and Fairy types have decent synergy, and Lele's coverage works well enough at filling in the gaps. Tapu Lele is a direct improvement on Gardevoir in all stats, and something Ray wants is a Pokemon that can hit hard Specially.
To make things even sweeter, Tapu Lele gets Psychic Surge, buffing the power of Psychic type moves by 50% and rendering all grounded Pokemon immune to priority moves. For a Psychic type, immunity to Sucker Punch is fantastic even if it wasn't worried about SE to begin with, and in general this helps it to manifest its Speed. We will have to be careful not to click Ice Shard on Ivy or anything while it's up, but that should be easy.
Tapu Lele doesn't have any shenanigans when it comes to catching it, like the other three, but it does start knowing powerful STAB moves. You could say its shenanigans is its ability to threaten you with its base kit. Takes more than that to avoid me, though.
Tapu Lele's basis is Kane, highest of the deities, ancestor of chiefs, and god of procreation. Or so I am told. I am starting to feel highly dubious of the idea any effort was put in at all to match up more than Tapu Koko. That may or may not have been for the better, honestly...
Tapu Lele was also the last Pokedex entry needed to complete the Akala listing. We cannot complete Ula'ula's until we find a Dubious Disc for Porygon, or Poni's until we start exploring that back area of the island.
And this is what the Pokedex looks like if you've caught all four Island Guardians. You can tell Tapu Koko was the favourite.
The last major thing we need to get done here is check out this dimensional rift that just showed up. Well, just showed up in SM. USUM had one here the whole time. Not to worry, though, this event is available in both.
To make things a little inconvenient, we are not able to benefit from what's going on here during the time of day associated with our version.
In order to cross the distortion into another world, you require Solgaleo or Lunala. Solgaleo is able to pierce the barrier at night, while Lunala can do it during the day.
Incidentally, USUM will find the option to do this by going to the wormhole it already has and selecting a new option.
Going into the wormhole, we find...
...The Altar of the Moone?
Crossing the barrier into the Reverse World takes you to an alternate version of Alola, taking place at the opposite time of day. I've heard conflicting information on whether it applies a twelve-hour offset to your current time or starts you off at the beginning of the day/night period, but you may freely use this in order to access the time of day Pokemon and events not currently open to you.
Note that we haven't actually put Bethany into a Pokemon Moon file, and anything version-exclusive like Petilil and Vullaby is still off the table.
Visiting the Reverse World is mostly optional, but there's one thing we need to do here.
And that thing is finally visit the Lake of the Sunne. Turns out the Lake of the Moone wasn't that useful to Bethany after all- she wants the alternate version.
Our destination is the altar at the end of the Lake. Now remember, we need Nebby here.
Once we get to the Lake of the Sunne with Solgaleo, or Moone with Lunala, we start the event we came for.
The call is answered by a beast of the opposite form.
At this point, the camera pans away. The obvious implications are obvious.
Not the least because, when the event is over, we're left with none other but a new Nebby!
This event is none other than the way to register Solgaleo's pre-evolutions, Cosmog and Cosmoem, into the Pokedex!
Cosmog (Moon): In ages past, it was called the child of the stars. It’s said to be a Pokémon from another world, but no specific details are known.
The freebie Cosmog is almost entirely dex fodder, as it happens, and it has two high evolution requirements: Level 43 and Level 53. If you're curious about its stats, they're all prime numbers, like a UB, but not one stat is above 40 except its HP (43).
It comes at level 5. You've got a lot of switch-training in your future. Or Poke Pelago.
And yes, its Ability is Unaware. They knew what they were doing.
Huh. I feel like you should be able to see the open wormhole from here.
But yeah, we're returning to the normal clocks. I don't think I'll have any need for the other end of the wormhole, but you never know.
The camera angles on the Lunala version of the event are actually different, to account for Lunala's position.
Ray and Ailey will also acquire the opposite version's Z-Crystal here. Despite the claims, the Cosmog they get doesn't have it in their kit.
Cosmog starts with only Splash, learning Teleport at level 23, Cosmic Power on evolution to its second stage, and the Legendary's signature move (Sunsteel Strike/Moongeist Beam) on evolution to its third stage. It will, of course, evolve into Solgaleo while it's in Pokemon Sun and Lunala when it's in Pokemon Moon.
Cosmoem (Ultra Sun): The king who ruled Alola in times of antiquity called it the “cocoon of the stars” and built an altar to worship it.
Remember how Nebby got changed by Lusamine exerting it in Aether Paradise? Turns out that wasn't a problem at all- that was Nebby evolving! Cosmoem is Nebby's middle stage, no more useful in battle, but it has the Sturdy Ability and its Defences have been raised to 131. Also, it's 9999 kilograms. Lillie had this in her bag.
Next time: A mega pain in the rear.
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