Absolitetion
Deemed to be a demon, but an angel inside.
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Hiya, welcome to my first Journal written here!
Just to have a thing out of the way before we begin:
- Initially, this Journal was intended to be a Cap Pikachu Journal. But since Pok?mon Bank will support USUM only by the end of the month, I decided to do two Journals instead, and so this first one will be a regular run.
All right, enjoy.
Spoiler:
Pok?Journal Day 0 (I received my copy on Thursday and since I had no news on Pok?mon Bank that day I gave it #0)
Ahh? Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon has finally arrived. With that, I?d like to take the privilege to write my own Journal.
But not just an ordinary walkthrough of the game where I just write about my thoughts about everything.
No, I intend to make it more challenging. Not by means of a Nuzlocke? but by having a full Cap Pikachu Team!
(At least, that was the idea)
?that sounds like a completely and utterly dumb idea. Well, you are right. I?m most likely in for a bad time.
But eh, I like a challenge!
So, let?s dive in. To the introduction. Well, it is not much different from Sun/Moon, including the dialogue, apart from a new text box and additional Pok?mon passing by Prof. Kukui. A Cutiefly and a Pikipek.
And the intro clip of Lillie fleeing from Aether Paradise members? Yup, it?s inside it as well!
And near identical as well, apart from that we see some Ultra Recon Squad (which I?ll call U.R.C. because I cannot be bother to write it constantly in full).
Next we see our house. And we see some differences. The front of our house is decorated in pretty flowers and the garage door is open.
Inside our house, things also received a makeover. And overall, I?d say it looks better than its predecessor.
But let?s head outside through, towards Iki Town. We go there straight away without a cutscene of Prof. Kukui abruptly entering our home.
So we head towards the first patch of grass where we get attacked byDonald Tru- I mean a Yungoos. Luckily though, we get saved by the Starter Squad (not the Shippiddge one).
And at that point we see Prof. Kukui arrive and at this point, we get to choose our new Pok?mon.
So? since I?m going for the Cap Pikachu Army in the first place, the choice is going to be rather irrelevant, but nevertheless, my choice was?
Popplio!
Got to say, the new way of choosing your new Pok?mon is pretty interesting, though it doesn?t have the intensity factor when choosing one of the starters as in Sun/Moon.
Not that there was tension, because you?d know the Pok?mon you?d chose would be happy anyway.
Though it would be fun to imagine to see Litten go: ?Meh, go f**k yourself??
But moving on, we also battle a Yungoos as our first Pok?mon. Easy victory.
We climb further up to Iki Town, when close to the entrance we encounter Hau! He sees me with his Popplio, and predictably he chose Litten.
He mentioned he already knew he?d pick him in the first place. Riiiiight... And what happens next? Of course, our first battle! You can guess the result?
I lost.
Nah, of course not. Easy-peasy. It was at the battle I noticed how much smaller the HP-bar is compared to Sun/Moon.
I think I favour the predecessor on this instance? though I do like the modern style the bottom screen has.
All right, off to Iki Town! Quick side note, so far this game doesn?t as tutorial-ish, so that?s a positive.
But we head up to the Mahalo Trail, where we meet Lillie and Nebby, who gets assaulted by Spearow. So it is our job to try to save Nebby?
But now we get attacked by one Spearow ourselves!! So we fight against pesky bird and beat him at ease.
After this, the cutscene is largely the same. We cross the bridge towards Nebby, Nebby destroys the bridge, we get saved by Tapu Koko, get the Sparkling Stone, blablabla?..
We head back to Iki Town, where we meet Kahuna Hala, who was in the middle of a brwaling Rockruff.
I suppose Prof. Kukui?s body isn?t the only one that is ready.. ( ?? ?? ?? )
Anyway, we get our Pok?Dex and Trainer Passport. And with a little more dialogue ongoing, we head back home where we introduce Popplio to our mum.
Who probably won?t be seeing him (yes, it is a male) for a while.
The next day, Prof. Kukui abruptly enters our house after, to go the Iki Town festival. But beforehand I took a look at the menu.
It looks much nicer, I?d say. And with that, a look at the Pok?Dex and the Pok?mon Refresh. A few layout changes, but not much.
Anyway, here comes the first actual tutorial, for catching a Pok?mon. Afterwards we reach the stage where we get our first Trainer fights.
We encounter our first newly added Pok?mon in the game (I think?), which is Buneary.
Moving further, we see a new feature! Playing with Rockruff! It does not do much, but it is such an adorable feature to have! So I played with it for a bit. Just? n?aww!
But moving further, we see some U.R.C. members near the entrance of Iki Town.
They talk about the Blinding One. That?s ominous. Who?d that be? Well, whoever, it may be, there was no fuss or anything with ?em. We head to the festival.
We see an Alolan Exeggutor walk. Well, what I could see of the Exeggutor?
Anyway, we get our second battle with Hau. He again has a Pichu as his second Pok?mon. And again, I beat him. And I get my Z-Ring.
As we walk home, we see the two U.R.C. members again. It can be conluded one of them is serious, the other is more playful?
So, next day, on to the Professor?s Lab. Not much change, apart from that Lillie found it useful to learn how to JUMP A LEDGE. Like I frickin? need that.
Arriving at the Lab, Game Freak apparently left the innuendo in it (my mind is a little dirty, I know.) So our Pok?Dex gets Rotom inside it, and it has more character already.
He seeems more nervous now, and I think you get to bond him throughout the time the story progresses.
Unfortunately, we also get to Trainer?s School again.
Getting outside, things suddenly get dark?. a moon eclipse. Seems anti-climatic, but like we?d already jump into something hectic so early in the game.
So we are heading off, I discover you can actually sort of communicate with Rotom. You can reply to what he says by multiple choice. Pretty cool I think.
Walking through the grass, we encounter Inkay, one I haven?t seen earlier in Sun/Moon. And Rotom also tells me when he sees a new Pok?mon. Cool feature, but I don?t think it is that much needed.
Now we have reached the Pok?mon Center, I?m going to leave this chapter as it is.
See you next time.
Ahh? Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon has finally arrived. With that, I?d like to take the privilege to write my own Journal.
But not just an ordinary walkthrough of the game where I just write about my thoughts about everything.
No, I intend to make it more challenging. Not by means of a Nuzlocke? but by having a full Cap Pikachu Team!
(At least, that was the idea)
?that sounds like a completely and utterly dumb idea. Well, you are right. I?m most likely in for a bad time.
But eh, I like a challenge!
So, let?s dive in. To the introduction. Well, it is not much different from Sun/Moon, including the dialogue, apart from a new text box and additional Pok?mon passing by Prof. Kukui. A Cutiefly and a Pikipek.
And the intro clip of Lillie fleeing from Aether Paradise members? Yup, it?s inside it as well!
And near identical as well, apart from that we see some Ultra Recon Squad (which I?ll call U.R.C. because I cannot be bother to write it constantly in full).
Next we see our house. And we see some differences. The front of our house is decorated in pretty flowers and the garage door is open.
Inside our house, things also received a makeover. And overall, I?d say it looks better than its predecessor.
But let?s head outside through, towards Iki Town. We go there straight away without a cutscene of Prof. Kukui abruptly entering our home.
So we head towards the first patch of grass where we get attacked by
And at that point we see Prof. Kukui arrive and at this point, we get to choose our new Pok?mon.
So? since I?m going for the Cap Pikachu Army in the first place, the choice is going to be rather irrelevant, but nevertheless, my choice was?
Popplio!
Got to say, the new way of choosing your new Pok?mon is pretty interesting, though it doesn?t have the intensity factor when choosing one of the starters as in Sun/Moon.
Not that there was tension, because you?d know the Pok?mon you?d chose would be happy anyway.
Though it would be fun to imagine to see Litten go: ?Meh, go f**k yourself??
But moving on, we also battle a Yungoos as our first Pok?mon. Easy victory.
We climb further up to Iki Town, when close to the entrance we encounter Hau! He sees me with his Popplio, and predictably he chose Litten.
He mentioned he already knew he?d pick him in the first place. Riiiiight... And what happens next? Of course, our first battle! You can guess the result?
I lost.
Nah, of course not. Easy-peasy. It was at the battle I noticed how much smaller the HP-bar is compared to Sun/Moon.
I think I favour the predecessor on this instance? though I do like the modern style the bottom screen has.
All right, off to Iki Town! Quick side note, so far this game doesn?t as tutorial-ish, so that?s a positive.
But we head up to the Mahalo Trail, where we meet Lillie and Nebby, who gets assaulted by Spearow. So it is our job to try to save Nebby?
But now we get attacked by one Spearow ourselves!! So we fight against pesky bird and beat him at ease.
After this, the cutscene is largely the same. We cross the bridge towards Nebby, Nebby destroys the bridge, we get saved by Tapu Koko, get the Sparkling Stone, blablabla?..
We head back to Iki Town, where we meet Kahuna Hala, who was in the middle of a brwaling Rockruff.
I suppose Prof. Kukui?s body isn?t the only one that is ready.. ( ?? ?? ?? )
Anyway, we get our Pok?Dex and Trainer Passport. And with a little more dialogue ongoing, we head back home where we introduce Popplio to our mum.
Who probably won?t be seeing him (yes, it is a male) for a while.
The next day, Prof. Kukui abruptly enters our house after, to go the Iki Town festival. But beforehand I took a look at the menu.
It looks much nicer, I?d say. And with that, a look at the Pok?Dex and the Pok?mon Refresh. A few layout changes, but not much.
Anyway, here comes the first actual tutorial, for catching a Pok?mon. Afterwards we reach the stage where we get our first Trainer fights.
We encounter our first newly added Pok?mon in the game (I think?), which is Buneary.
Moving further, we see a new feature! Playing with Rockruff! It does not do much, but it is such an adorable feature to have! So I played with it for a bit. Just? n?aww!
But moving further, we see some U.R.C. members near the entrance of Iki Town.
They talk about the Blinding One. That?s ominous. Who?d that be? Well, whoever, it may be, there was no fuss or anything with ?em. We head to the festival.
We see an Alolan Exeggutor walk. Well, what I could see of the Exeggutor?
Anyway, we get our second battle with Hau. He again has a Pichu as his second Pok?mon. And again, I beat him. And I get my Z-Ring.
As we walk home, we see the two U.R.C. members again. It can be conluded one of them is serious, the other is more playful?
So, next day, on to the Professor?s Lab. Not much change, apart from that Lillie found it useful to learn how to JUMP A LEDGE. Like I frickin? need that.
Arriving at the Lab, Game Freak apparently left the innuendo in it (my mind is a little dirty, I know.) So our Pok?Dex gets Rotom inside it, and it has more character already.
He seeems more nervous now, and I think you get to bond him throughout the time the story progresses.
Unfortunately, we also get to Trainer?s School again.
Getting outside, things suddenly get dark?. a moon eclipse. Seems anti-climatic, but like we?d already jump into something hectic so early in the game.
So we are heading off, I discover you can actually sort of communicate with Rotom. You can reply to what he says by multiple choice. Pretty cool I think.
Walking through the grass, we encounter Inkay, one I haven?t seen earlier in Sun/Moon. And Rotom also tells me when he sees a new Pok?mon. Cool feature, but I don?t think it is that much needed.
Now we have reached the Pok?mon Center, I?m going to leave this chapter as it is.
See you next time.
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