Saturday, 26 July 2025

Pokemon Alola Title Defence: Rivalries of Ages

Our next leg of the adventure takes us back up here to Mount Lanakila. Sorry, Beth, but we're going to be hoofing it up and down this mountain several times before we're done today.

Before we actually deal with the League, let's address what this weirdo is doing here.

He is the replacement for the Hall of Fame function from past games, allowing us to check only two entries- our first one, and our most recent one. Of course, we only have one of those.

It really is literally just the species name. At least put it all in one text box.

There are just so many more Pokemon that deserved a mention... And also, use their names. Especially Keokeo.

Right. We have to refight the Elite Four. A lot. I'd tell you what Pokemon I'm packing, but since I'm doing this so many times, I can rather truthfully say the answer is all of them.

Just saying, guys, the dramatic opening animation wasn't in the older games. That was reserved for just the once, with the Badge Check.

Saturday, 19 July 2025

Pokemon Ultra Moon Postgame Bosses: Equal Measure

USUM has a few bosses with overlap, and also some entirely original ones. Although "entirely" might be an exaggeration.

First off, a rematch with Hala. With Molayne replacing him in the League, he would otherwise only be an early-game boss, and the devs weren't happy with that.

Saturday, 12 July 2025

Pokemon Sun Postgame Battles: Washed Up and Out

Now then, there's a lot of stuff we can fight for around Alola, and now we're going to work on getting our hands on them.

Saturday, 5 July 2025

Pokemon USUM Bonus: Rainbow Rocket

Ray's got a lot of battles to do, and we're starting in a bit of an unusual place: The Battle Agency battle.

Ray gets to skip past the opening spiel since he's been here before. He does, however, have to choose a new Pokemon.

I did a test run of the Battle Agency where I got Bethany to join in. Despite this, however, I did not get her to join in a second time.

We'll have to take comfort in the fact that we at least got Noah. I'm extra happy because of how miraculous this team lineup was.

Pokemon Ultra Moon Rainbow Rocket 3: Taking Down Tyrants

Anyway, a new day, it's time to check out these upstairs rooms. Turns out they've got Grunts in the foyers now!

Bold words for someone with one Pokemon.