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This week, Mars attempts to intimidate Dawn, but Zoey steps up to defend her despite an injury!

This episode was rewritten to better reflect the remixed Contests, which are based on the games. This means that coordinators do not battle in the remixed Pokeworld--instead, they have appeal competitions. This also reflects how the Hearthome Double Performance works--rather than Dawn trying to battle, she trains her team on appeals and dancing.

I did have to make a few minor...

This week's episode of Shine Diamond is delayed so I can have a little more time to plan it. The episode features some Pokemon I've never used before, and I want to make sure that Zoey and Mars' battle of appeals is as accurate as possible (up to the current gen).

We will resume regular releases next week.

This week, the gang watches Paul take on Cynthia, but Paul does not expect Cynthia to use Mega Evolution.

This was one of those episodes that worked very well without an evil team butting in. Originally, I was going to feature the admins, but the more I looked at the plot, the more I realized you could have a perfectly decent plot without an evil team butting in.

I also couldn't resist working in Mega Evolution, as a way to explore how someone like Paul would react...

This week, Brock makes the most of a stowaway traveling with him to inspire a Nurse Joy with low morale.

The big change was revealing who the stowaway traveling with Brock that replaces both Bonsly and Happini is--Tarina, a Pichu OC of mine that I initially created for a contest. While she didn't win, I felt she still had some potential to develop. From the beginning, I wanted to acknowledge Brock having some baby Pokemon, but at the same time allow him to have a goal of his own....

This week, Ash faces Gardenia for his second Badge!

The major changes here were cutting out Team Rocket (as per the competition rule) and shaking up Ash's team. Diddy replaced Turtwig (as per the starter shuffle), and he got Buizel to begin with, as Aipom was cut so Dawn could get a Mega Evolve-able Pokemon.

I did decide to give Tails some Contest flair, however--I figured that as part of getting so powerful, Tails battles with pizazz of his own that could also be used...