Lord_Brand Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 (edited) This is an idea for a racing spinoff akin to Mario Kart where you play as a human who races on bikes and picks up Pokeballs that contain Pokemon which function as powerups. You can even evolve these Pokemon to make their effects stronger. For example, Pichu releases a weak Thundershock, but when evolved to a Pikachu, the attack becomes a much stronger Thunderbolt, and as a Raichu, a mighty Thunder! The game features a variety of existing characters as racers, and you also get to create your own custom racers. For a base roster, I'm thinking something like this... Spoiler Starting Red, Leaf Ethan, Lyra Brendan, May Lucas, Dawn Hilbert, Hilda Calem, Serena Elio, Selene Victor, Gloria Florian, Juliana Unlockable Blue, Green, Brock, Misty Silver, Kris Wally, Flannery, Zinnia Barry, Candice, Cynthia Bianca, Cheren, Skyla, Elesa, Iris Shauna, Korrina Hau, Lillie, Gladion, Mallow Hop, Marnie, Bede Nemona, Arven, Penny Tracks Spoiler Poke Cup Starter Route - A beginner's track featuring the likeness of various starter Pokemon. Saffron City Ecruteak City ??? Great Cup Lavaridge Town Snowpoint City ??? ??? Ultra Cup Nimbasa City Lumiose City ??? ??? Master Cup ??? Wyndon Mesagoza ??? As for the Pokemon themselves, Pokemon are divided into two categories, Attack and Defense, across four levels: Pokeball, Great Ball, Ultra Ball, and Master Ball. Spoiler Pokeball - Pokemon in this category can evolve twice. Pichu: Thundershock - Fires a homing electric spark that paralyzes the target for a couple seconds. Pikachu: Thunderbolt - Automatically hits the next opponent in front of you with Thunderbolt, paralyzing them for a few seconds. Raichu: Thunder - Zaps and paralyzes all opponents for several seconds. Geodude: Rock Throw - Throws a rock forward or behind you. Graveler: Rock Slide - Throws a large boulder forward or behind you. Golem: Rock Blast - Throws multiple rocks forward or behind you. Abra - Teleport: You teleport forward a short distance. Kadabra - Teleports you forward a medium distance. Alakazam - Teleports you forward a long distance. Ralts - Light Screen: Protects you with a short-duration barrier that can absorb a single hit. Kirlia - Protect: Protects you with a medium-duration barrier. Gardevoir - Reflect: Protects you with a long-duration barrier that reflects attacks. Great Ball - Pokemon in this category can evolve once. Voltorb: Self Destruct - Causes a medium explosion. Electrode: Explosion - Causes a large explosion. Drowzee: Hypnosis - Makes the nearest opponent drowsy. Hypno Buneary Lopunny Riolu - Lucario: Aura Sphere - Launches a homing projectile that seeks out the nearest target. Ultra Ball - Pokemon in this category don't evolve at all. Master Ball - Pokemon in this category are legendary or mythical. Articuno - Carries you through the air for several seconds and freezes nearby opponents with Blizzard. Zapdos - Carries you through the air for several seconds and paralyzes nearby opponents with Thunder. Moltres - Carries you through the air for several seconds while leaving behind a trail of flame. Mewtwo - Teleports you forward a long distance and confuses your opponents for a while. Mew - Raikou - Provides you with a speed boost and paralyzes any opponents you hit. Entei - Provides you with a speed boost and leaves a trail of flame along the ground. Suicune - Provides you with a speed boost and Ho-oh - Lugia - Regirock - Encases you in a rolling rock Regice - Encases you in a ball of ice. Registeel - Encases you in a steel ball. Groudon - Causes volcanos to erupt in multiple places around the track, scattering lava. Kyogre - Causes heavy rain that floods portions of the track and reduces traction. Dialga - Roar of Time: Pauses time for a few seconds. Palkia - Spatial Rend: Creates a spatial distortion that allows you to warp a long distance forward. Reshiram - Blue Flare: Zekrom - Bolt Strike: Xerneas - Increases your speed and renders you temporarily invincible. Yveltal - Carries you through the air and drains speed from your opponents. Solgaleo - Provides you with a speed boost and encases you in metal. Lunala - Fires out a beam for several seconds. Zacian - Equips you with a large sword that slashes nearby foes. Zamazenta - Equips you with a large shield that protects you. Koraidon - Miraidon - Lists are WIP. Edited December 16, 2022 by Lord_Brand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrymidfields Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 We could add a few of the starters: Bulbasaur Line: Poisons nearby opponents with Poison Powder. Poison here reduces your speed to, say, half. Squirtle Line: Water or Ice attack that makes you slip, fall off the bike, and slide straight off without any control. Charmander Line: Leaves a trail or line (if Charizard) of flame(s). I'll probably make the Pikachu line as the speed boost instead of Abra. Basically Pikachu can charge/power up the bike in a similar manner to how Ash busted up Misty's bike in the beginning of the Pokemon Anime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Brand Posted December 17, 2022 Author Share Posted December 17, 2022 I'm thinking of moving a lot of the legendary Pokemon to the Ultra category, mainly the trios and other "secondary legendaries". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanty Pete's 1st Mate Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 I think there's potential here. But rather than the Pokemon you get being random, why not pair each potential trainer with a certain "starter" Pokemon? Such as: Red: Charmander Blue: Squirtle Green: Bulbasaur Brock: Geodude Morty: Gastly Cynthia: Gible So on, and so forth. That way, rather than leaving the Pokemon (and attacks) you get up to chance, it would be something you could determine as a function of the character selection. By collecting Rare Candies, you can get them to evolve. Other Pokemon would still be available through Poke Balls found while racing (and I like having legendaries in Master Balls), but they would only offer a temporary effect, whereas your starter is with you for the long haul. On 12/16/2022 at 8:54 AM, Lord_Brand said: Geodude: Rock Throw - Throws a rock forward or behind you. Graveler: Rock Slide - Throws a large boulder forward or behind you. Golem: Rock Blast - Throws multiple rocks forward or behind you. Abra - Teleport: You teleport forward a short distance. Kadabra - Teleports you forward a medium distance. Alakazam - Teleports you forward a long distance. Definitely a fan of these attack ideas! I think one question, though, is how often you're able to use these techniques. Perhaps we'd have a "PP meter", that's renewed either by completing a lap, or by picking up certain power-ups (say, Leppa Berries). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Brand Posted January 2, 2023 Author Share Posted January 2, 2023 The concept of "starter" Pokemon is an interesting one. That could be a good place to implement PP or an equivalent thereof. Although, if different racers got unique "specials", that's a good place to implement "partner" Pokemon as well. Like, say, Brock with a Geodude that performs Rollout. Could be possible to evolve those during a race as well, like Brock's Geodude evolving into Graveler and later Golem to power-up the effect. Another possibility is that the unique Pokemon behave a bit like specials in Mario Kart Double Dash, where you pick them up like any other power-up but they change from racer to racer. I was thinking the pickup Pokemon would be mostly be "one and done" deals, as is typical of kart racer powerups. You get the Poke Ball, you release the Pokemon, it does its thing, then poof. Some powerups do have multiple uses though, so that is one consideration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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