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Michelaar

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  1. ''Thanks for your help, Jade. These brigands are a real annoyance.'' Feeling hurt from battle, Gabriela decided to fly back a little and heal up. Gabriela flies to 17-29, and uses a vulnerary on herself.
  2. Oh I know it's mentioned that they are stealing Pokemon, but the fact that they stole the Bike Shop owner's weak Pokémon for literally no explanation (If there is one, I must have missed it) and do a whole lot of nonsense just makes them so annoying. About the energy, that makes sense to me, thanks for that explanation. About your point about what happens after beating Cyrus, I would have appreciated that more if something actually comes of it, but it doesn't. The story practically ends there at Spear Pillar, with about 10 hours of more game with nearly no plot happening afterwards. And yeah, Cyrus does a lot of messed up stuff and is certainly evil alright. But to me, that is just part of what makes him so boring to me. He is just a saturday morning cartoon, evil no feelings villain with no motivations explained by the game until Platinum came along for damage control and even then, there is no strife in the Sinnoh region as he says that isn't directly caused by his team's work that we bore witness to.
  3. I'm worried about these games. Really worried. The main worry comes from the language used in the trailer, specifically, ''Faithful Remake''. I couldn't care less about the artstyle, it looks fine and i'll probably get used to it fast enough. But I'm worried about just HOW faithful they're staying to Diamond and Pearl. Diamond & Pearl were some of my least favourite Pokémon games period. They had a lot of problems and one thing I was hoping for in the remakes is to solve those, so i'm wondering how much is actually going to be improved in such a 'faithful' remake. First of all, the story. The pacing in this game is all over the place. When the game starts, nothing at all is happening and then in the middle everything is happening, and then at the end, nothing happens again. Team Galactic is to put it simply, pretty bad in Diamond and Pearl. Cyrus is honestly the worst character in the entire story. He is all ''I hate the world so I want it to start over'' even though the game had set up no reason for him to feel this way. He talks about strife this and strife that but the only strife we ever see in the game is what is caused by HIS team. Speaking of his team, a lot of things they do makes no sense. Why would Team Galactic want to steal the Bike Shop Owner's weak Pokémon? What exactly do they need the energy from Valley Windworks for? Nothing of it is ever explained, and once things are starting to be explained, shit has hit the fan and Cyrus is going over to Mount Coronet to summon Dialga/Palkia to destroy the world and start anew. Once we beat him and thwart his plans, he simply says ''Ohoho I lost to you but I will return!''. He has learned nothing, nothing is resolved and it felt like the worst conclusion possible. We did all that.. for what? It doesn't help that after this showdown, you never hear from Team Galactic again. Also, how exactly did Cyrus amass this huge following? Practically every other evil team leader has shown great charisma to get followers into their Mafia, Cult, whatever, but Cyrus? We never even see him talk to the regular grunts who just do his dirty work... apparently? A lot of issues that I have with Team Galactic are somewhat fixed in Platinum but honestly it's not quite enough. I wanted the remakes to expand on Team Galactic, but if it's just 'Faithful', i'm afraid they are just gonna copy the text over and call it a day. Unfortunately, Team Galactic isn't the only problem. Rowan and Lucas appear throughout the story.. I guess. They do literally almost nothing and might as well not even be there for how little they have to do. Most gym leaders you also only see once and never again, which is part of a wider problem but whatever, and even Cynthia whose battle is great, and very tough, is forgettable aside from her battle because she has literally nothing to do the entire story. Barry is the only one who actually does something in the entire story, but only so much because the plot itself is so empty. I'd almost prefer a plotless game like Gold and Silver if this is the story we are going to get, honestly. The other bad issue I have with D&P is just the bad design choices. Sinnoh as a region is quite badly designed imo, with lots of routes and towns that look practically the same, and lots, and LOTS of backtracking, often through areas you just traversed, a lot of those when Fly isn't available yet! If you're going to make such a big region like Sinnoh, at least make the routes fun to explore, and don't make me go back so many times when you could have used the space in such a region much better. Other design issues like the dex kind of sucking balls also plague the game. At least Pokémon should hopefully be learning better movesets, but that doesn't solve the issue of the Pokémon available being... bad? There are 2 fire types, and only one of those can be found in the wild, and Ponyta isn't a good earlygame Pokémon. Heck, it doesn't even evolve until level 40, and EVEN in Gen 8, it doesn't learn many good moves until then either! The strongest fire-type move it learns until it evolves is Flame Wheel, for goodness sake. Please, let this not be the only Fire type we have to work with if you didn't choose Chimchar. Overall, a lot of these problems were somewhat addressed in Platinum, but I honestly believe it can be done better, which is why i'm so worried about how this game is going to turn out. The fact that it looks like they are not gonna redesign any of the characters or locations of this game is NOT the sign of confidence i'm looking for.
  4. Being all juggled around like that by Marina and Taliyah wasn't a feeling she was used to, or particularly liked for that matter. Normally, it was her that moved people around. Oh well, it was time for more magic! Gabriela to 15-32, and blasts cavalier 15 with her magic!
  5. Is it time for the Great Ace Attorney to finally be revealed? I hope so! Also put Phoenix Wright in Smash please NINTENDO
  6. I really liked Dagr in this chapter. She's very different than I expected and I mean that in the best way possible. I wonder if we'll see Nótt next chapter? And I also wonder if we will see their mother Dagr mentioned. I would guess their mother is called Jörð, just by looking at Norse Mythology.
  7. ''Argh! You... barbarians! Is hitting a lady normal where you're from? Did you learn that from your mother? Well, let me teach you something she didn't teach you! To keep your distance from a siren, lest she lead you to your doom!'' Gabriela goes to 12,29 and uses Lightning on Sword Armor #3.
  8. Gabriela saw the forces approaching and infiltrating the town. Things were getting bad. She saw that the hero, as well as her good friend Taliyah needed some help, so she flew right over. ''Hello, ladies. Let's take these thugs down together, shall we?'' Gabriela flies to 13,28.
  9. Gabriela received the staff, which she would simply hold for the time being until she found someone who could make use of it. She then flew over for some moral support. Gabriela flies to (10,30).
  10. I got Ingrid. -Spd, but still very decent. Ill absolutely take it.
  11. While most people would spend lunch eating, Gabriela instead decided to spread her wings and fly around the village a little, resting on some of the roofs along the way. Unfortunately, it appears her fun was cut short... like it always is. It appeared like an attack has been fired upon the village... and her group was supposed to defend, like the bleeding hearts they were. Well, it was just as well, since she grew more and more attached to the group. She grabbed her tomes and prepared for the fight. Gabriela paid a visit to the house at 12,33.
  12. Do you deny that some people actually like Gatekeeper because of his character though? He is a delight to talk to when you need something lighthearted, imo. Especially when a lot of the monastery is sad or upset about something.
  13. I voted for Shadow Dragon Hardin today. He is a long time coming if you ask me.
  14. Second day, and I voted for Skrimir this time! It's kinda surprising to me he's not in yet, he's a pretty notable Laguz I'd say.
  15. I voted for Elincia today, I do want her to get legendary alt eventually even though I really don't think she will win.
  16. I will put at least one vote for Marth, and one for Itsuki. The rest is still up for consideration.
  17. Jade looked thankful for Gabriela's assistance, but she also looked as if she was a little... disappointed? Perhaps a feeling of guilt? No matter the case, they would have plenty of time to discuss that later. Not that Gabby had any plans to back off. Any chance to help out was one she was going to take. Helping out Jade was something which made her feel good, and Gabriela was not one for owing debts to friends. But that was all for tomorrow. Tonight would be a little chance to hopefully relax together with Jade, Lavinia and of course, Ren.
  18. I wanted Asbel and Ronan in for a while! Good to see they both look like good units as well! Miranda looks alright for a demote, 2 skills in her weapon and Spd/Res Gap 3 that were only on 5* units, a new skill, which is not good but at least it exists now in Seal Atk/Res 2 and Ardent Sacrifice which is meh. I like Sara but I don't really think I need her right now. Veld as a colorless tome would be cool but let's be real he'll probably be red tome dark sorcerer #444400
  19. While Gabriela had no knowledge of firearms at all, the gun looked quite intriguing, and the shopkeeper seemed to agree. She looked like a child at a toy store at the pistol, and Gabriela could tell that she wanted to do some work on it. However... the price for it didn't sound great. Four thousand gold is not something most people can afford, let alone spend on a gun... but Jade wasn't like most people, and she clearly wanted it fixed, not to mention it would be a valuable asset in battle. Quickly, Jade offered to help with the construction. She probably wanted a discount on the product by helping with it's construction. Lots of questions were being asked, and Gabriela couldn't help but follow the conversation intently. Perhaps she could help Jade? She was given a fortune telling session by Jade after all. It's only natural to want to return the favor. It wasn't difficult to hear the disappointment in Jade's voice when she mentioned that she most likely wouldn't be able to afford such a luxury. And well, Gabriela felt a little bad, especially after freeloading on her fortune telling fiasco earlier. ''How about this.'' Gabriela spoke up. ''I'll put some of my own money in as well. It's the least I could do. I don't have much on me, but I do have some knowledge on the subject of magic. I'd be glad to help out.''
  20. Book V seems very promising to me but I can't rate it yet according to the other books. I also dislike when people say ''Book x is the worst by far'' because it's such an extreme statement and would suggest that others are wrong for thinking that it could be better. For me it would be 4 > 3 > 2 > 1. I'm really curious to hear from people who think 1 is the best to hear why they think so because in my eyes nothing really constructive happened until the very end and even then the book didn't really get a satisfying ending, or really much of an ending at all.
  21. Stepping into the forge was a bit of a strange feeling for Gabriela. While Jade had probably gone into forges lots of times, Gabriela never had much reason to step into one. She uses magic of light, after all. Any of those weapons look like they would break her arms. That's the same reason she doesn't go into any armories. But helping a friend goes a long way, that includes going places you don't normally go. The owner still seemed to remember them from outside, but appeared to be a little busy with whatever she was doing. She appeared to be listening though, and that was enough for Jade. Leaving out the fortune teller's name might have been the best idea, and Jade most likely thought the same. Who knows what kind of drama was playing between the citizens of this town? Getting in the middle of it just wasn't a good idea. While Jade went around doing her business, Gabriela looked around the place, waiting for her to be finished.
  22. We technically already got them in some way in the FEH channel so i'm thinking we'll probably don't get them at all.
  23. Not exactly sure about the hours, but I was able to do the Blue Lions route in the entire weekend, and I would guess that I definitely didn't take 40 hours for me. Admittedly I chose the easy difficulty to get a feel for the game and experience the story without me getting frustrated, so I might have taken a bit shorter than others.
  24. IS doesn't care one bit whether you or anyone consider TMS a fire emblem game. They themselves consider it one, so it is one.
  25. I hope the DGS (The Great Ace Attorney) rumors are true. I hope Ace Attorney 7 gets announced. I hope the next Fire Emblem gets announced. Will we get any news on BOTW 2 and Bayonetta 3? I hope so!
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