Rainbow Chara X
Impossible to gauge!
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After a while I forget what a good game is like.
I'm not joking either - I'm still able to recognize that Dark Rising is a bad game but I genuinely forget what goes into making a good game.
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Something interesting I should mention now before I forget:
Dark Rising has a day/night system. I've never seen it myself, but apparently it exists.
Anyway... Last time on Dark Rising, we beat the Kyurem Double Trouble duo and spat at the level sine wave for the millionth time in this story.
AND WE DO IT AGAIN! OI!
Seriously, what the hell is going on here? Why are we fighting level 99 Unown out of nowhere? They're not tough due to being Unown, but the fact they're even this high-leveled make my repels useless.
[Battles Monica]
: "I've always been described as scary, but this is the first time someone's actually fought me for it."
Proof that the unedited text is vastly superior than what's in this hack.
There's a ton of items scattered around this place. The fact Pokemon get stat boosts from vitamins is hilarious in its own right, as if to demonstrate that being healthy can make you superhuman.
Oh yes. By virtue of being Pokemon Mansion, the diary entries here are edited to have stuff regarding Team Dark Rising and Darugis to be in them. They're not too interesting - all they talk about is how Monica's dad fucked up and released Darugis into the world for like a second time.
There's also some Pandora's Box stuff in there too, but it's not important.
: "Way too late for that, buddy."
[One smack-around later]
: "So has practically every person I've fought so far. What makes you so special?" [Monica scoffs as she walks past him]
To stop you from going somewhere where you shouldn't, Dark Rising Girl patched up the exits with these ugly window blinds.
^ Me after realizing how deep I've dug myself into this game.
You're serious. This is immediately after fighting two level 70 Kyurems!
Like alright, you're trying to be realistic by not having everybody be the same level... but that logic is immediately thrown out the window by giving two random kids both forms of Kyurem as seperate Pokemon.
I appreciate this, though. Especially since we can't buy them until the very end.
Screw what I said regarding the mapping before - this hurts me down to my soul.
There was a Blizzard TM in the spot in front of Monica, but nobody can use it.
In hindsight, this was surprisingly subtle foreshadowing regarding where we were going.
(Future Dan: Even if it was unintentional and that TM was in there in the vanilla game?)
Thank you, novice-level eventing. That thin gap warned me that there's a boss here and thus gave me time to prepare.
Oh yeah, due to this lady literally being Glacia (a character that doesn't move), she just slides around as if the floor was lubed with soap.
Ah, the majesty of no-effort hacking.
(summarized for a better cause)
: "You remind me of your dad."
: "You're Amaris, right?"
: "Yep. So you're ready to rescue Arceus with the Jewel of Life in hand, right? I know where his chamber is--"
[A tail grows on her body]
: "Oh lord, not again."
: ("It's me again. I have something very interesting to show you this time. I hope you're ready.")
: "Bring it on, I'm not scared of you."
While this LP dialogue is all well and good, the actual in-game text goes:
"Greetings, Monica. I AM DARUGIS!!!"
Followed by:
Yes, folks - we are officially in a circus. The level of cheese has reached that far. I just need to remind you that this is supposed to be a darker and more serious take on the Pokemon series's plot.
Not-Glacia has a strange team.
She starts off with Froslass, which is really stupid considering how Amaris is just Glacia with a different name.
The dangerous thing about her Froslass is that she knows Destiny Bond, so this beginning bit is a hell of a lot more risky due to how I limit myself by not losing a single Pokemon. (Sigurd's loss against Fiery's Heatmor is an exception)
Chandelure has godlike Special Attack but not much else. There's a lot of Pokemon I like in this game, come to think of it.
All it took was one Flamethrower, and I'm grateful for that. Bisharp are high on my list of "Pokemon to not fuck around with".
Funny thing - Milotic here knows Mirror Coat, a move that reflects any special damage you do but returns it with twice the strength.
A reflected Thunderbolt would kill Vera in one hit seeing as Milotic are bulky enough to properly utilize Mirror Coat, so I had to go use Sludge Bomb and poison her for a bit before using the big guns.
This is a real strategy you can use with Milotic, but it takes forever to give them Mirror Coat seeing as you have to go on a chain of breeding before they can get it.
Okay, this is getting really screwy. That's definitely not in the normal Dark Rising.
[Fafnir's battle theme: Battle Against Cool Ice]
: "What is that?!"
: ("She's the special surprise! Her name is Fafnir and... well, I'd rather let her introduce herself.")
: ("Thank you, Master. I'm here to stop you, Monica. But more importantly, I want to tear you and Sigurd apart. I'll do it even if I have nothing but my bare hands.")
: ("Well, you're very pleasant.")
: ("Who the hell are... Oh, you're that one Gardevoir that Master tried to torment. So you've joined with the rest of the weaklings! Good for you.")
: ("Why thank you. If joining Monica is a sign of weakness, then imagine if I tried to go over to your side.")
: ("DAMN!")
: "Tell her like it is."
: ("I can't even get offended at that... Cause she's technically right!")
: ("Okay, now you've crossed the line. I don't even care that Sigurd's not here - you're going to pay for that!")
Fafnir is a brand new Pokemon I created for the Let's Play and replaces Amaris's sixth slot. (Don't worry, the original Pokemon was just a Togekiss. Not much was lost.)
She is a
/
fusion between Lugia and Lucario "created" by Darugis and is named after the dragon that the Sigurd in Norse Mythology slays.
Her stats are as follows:
100 / 110 / 110 / 125 / 100 / 115
While slighty less powerful, she's bulkier and just as fast. Her moveset consists of Aeroblast, Psychic, Aura Sphere and Roost and has Synchronize as an ability.
The best way to deal with Fafnir is to put her to sleep, as she can nuke the team without much effort.
Due to
being physical, Aeroblast hurts a lot even though she doesn't get STAB from it.
In hindsight, having to fight the B-Team was a grave mistake.
: [Takes a deep breath] ("Haven't had to do this in a long time, but you deserve it.")
[Bellamine used Psychic!]
[Fafnir falls to her knees as her body bursts into cracks]
: ("Wh... what are you?!")
: ("Ahahaha! You don't even need Sigurd to be strong! That's amazing! But at the same time, I still need Fafnir... so this is where I make our exit.")
[As Darugis's shadow leaves Amaris's body, he and Fafnir disappear]
: "Man, what a snob. Anyway... That was freaking amazing, miss Bellamine!"
: ("Thank you, Monica. To be fair, you have the rest of the team to thank - they made it possible.")
: "You guys are the best, you know that?"
: "We weren't worried, though. We've done this before."
: "You can find the next item to progress on your journey on that table there. It's the only way HE can challenge you - a forgotten Gym leader that protects Arceus."
: "Kay. See you later."
You get the Puzzle Key and Solarbeam for defeating the Darugis-possessed Amaris, which is fine by me.
(I still can't get over how ugly this looks, help)
What's it to you, pal?
He tries to fight me with a team that's literally half my level. How cute.
Why did this guy exist? He's not a threat, he stops us from proceeding and generally has no reason to bother us... so what the hell?
Uh... I think this dude took the term treehugger a little too literally.
Is... is that unedited trainer dialogue but with a different sprite?
That's the only explanation why this guy that's about Monica's age is asking her about her chemistry grade.
The Frozen Dungeon is literally Icefall Cave from the original game.
I'm floored by the amount of thought put into these new areas, because it's like... does Dark Rising Girl not expect the player to recognize these places? I mean, really.
At the very least, she's kind enough to heal our team before we get to doing anything down here. (Also, what is with the really weird A? Why change this message?)
The map edits back in Cerulean Cave were bad, but this defies logic.
It would have made more sense to have stairs instead of a straight path through a waterfall going up.
Oh joy, an ice slide puzzle. Because people like those in games, right?
I'm sorry if I can't comment much regarding the places in this game, but how can I when they're 99% carbon copies of the areas from the original FireRed? Wasn't this hack made in 2012?
At the very least we get some neat items. One I'll never use, but it's still appreciated.
At first, I was like "why is Waterfall here?" But then I remembered that this was unchanged from the original game, items and all. Waterfall's not here because it's plot relevant - it's a leftover from the actual game this was pasted over.
My god. We're not even all the way through this game yet, too!
Speaking of blatantly recycled...
This is the same event from the original game, but replace Lorelei and Rocket grunts with Noah and Dark Goons.
Noah's here to help Sydney of all people, but the goons are in the way. Noah said he jumped the fence blocking Amaris's house but got hurt in the process, so... that was a thing.
: ("Oooooh! Bad call, man!")
: ("That was not wise of you.")
: ("... What are you--")
[Monica's blood boils]
[Monica screams bloody murder as she pounces at the goon who called her a twerp]
: "SHUT UP."
: ("... Oh, I see.")
More hilariously underpowered trainers.
I'm just trying to imagine how the workdays for this hack went, seeing as the only parts Dark Rising Girl cares about are the big plot fights.
The Goons run away, Noah and Monica realize that Sydney has a connection to Kyurem, the works.
Yeah, you're telling me. Anyway, let's go on ahead to...
[Theme I would use for this place: Sleeping Beast]
Roll credits. But no, seriously. I may not like Dark Rising or how it's designed, but I have to at least a few custom songs here and there so I don't lose my mind.
If anybody can tell me what Kyurem's Den is supposed to be, I'd appreciate it.
Oh ha-ha. It's not like we can actually get frozen down here.
We are rockblocked from going this way, much to my chagrin.
But hey, you can find some money down here. I'm not complaining.
... Uh. I didn't post the screenshots out of order, guys.
She... she forgot to code it so that the item disappears when you get it.
How do you fuck that up?!
Do you know what this means? We're sitting on a font of infinite money just because Dark Rising Girl was too lazy to properly erase this one item box.
... Oh well!
[Monica lets out a deep gasp as she notices a treasure trove of Big Pearls behind the one she just took]
: "No way! Guys, do you see this? We hit the jackpot!!"
[The team erupts into a frenzy of cheers]
Extreme coding incompetence aside, there's these items here. Their item boxes don't reappear once you get them, which makes me curious as to why the big money item is the only one that does.
What are you going to do to me if I don't leave, sign? Give me splinters?
: ("Oof. Close call.")
See, there was a hole on the floor above. I don't know why Dark Rising Girl couldn't just edit it out, because if you get off on land, you can't surf back.
At the very least the game knows what to do if you fall into water without a Pokemon that knows Surf... You know, instead of just breaking into a million pieces like this hack is known to do.
I love how even the game doesn't know how to process this.
Brace yourselves, guys. I am going to have a headache strong enough to break computer screens in half.
[Sydney screams in agony]
"Me and Keldeo put up a good fight... but she was too strong..."
How did you lose? Then again, you couldn't even touch the Kyurem duo from earlier while I had to do all the heavy lifting.
: "MONICA FOR THE LOVE OF GOD HELP ME."
:"Hmmm... I'll consider it."
: "I'M NOT JOKING, DUDE."
The actual in-game dialogue isn't much better, as Monica tells Sydney to control Kyurem despite the fact Darugis put it under a spell. You know what that means...
Noah, you goober. How could you not deal with this?
Vera and the Volcarona got locked in a tug of war for critical hits and it still did that much to her. It's amazing how powerful Volcarona is and I kind of regret not getting one.
... Nah, we have an Ignell. That's good enough for me.
Speaking of which, this happened. Even before his Mega Evolution in generation 6, Ignell is still the best dragon out there.
: ("Where is he?! Where's that red Lucario! I've gotten strong enough to beat him now!")
: ("I'm afraid he's out sick. I'll be more than glad to take his place for you, if you like.")
: ("What?!")
[Ignell incinerates the Lucario. He yells out expletives as his body is engulfed in flames]
What the f--
The original Kyurem is even weaker than the ones that Kaiden and Sakura had! How in the name of everything decent is this possible?
First you have these uber overpowered legendaries that are level 70 and shouldn't even exist given the circumstances, but then you throw this at me?
What is this game's logic?
: ("What a tortured soul... it's that tinge of melodrama that makes it so delicious...")
If Lumis could tank through the one that was way stronger, then it's no surprise that she could get the one that's ten levels lower.
Understandably so - it realized what game it was in!
Excellent. That removes Sydney from the ever-growing hitlist.
Noah says that Keldeo is calmer now that Kyurem is under Sydney's control, which is nice. I think this entire sequence was supposed to be a reference to the Kyurem movie, but who knows.
Noah congratulates us on a job well done and says that we're becoming stronger than him.
If only he knew how wrong he was.
I can't recognize the Blizzard Route as anything that actually existed in the original game, so good on DRG. I like the little snow effect they have going on here, too.
Okay, I revoke my previous compliments now that the ground is trying to eat Monica's head.
"If it weren't for the restaurant and the hotel, this place would be a ghost town."
Interesting town. Too bad we visit this place for about 10 minutes.
This fellow gives you the Coin Case despite the fact you can't use it anywhere, much like Waterfall from the Not-Icefall Cave.
Edit: You can use it somewhere else. I just didn't know at the time of writing.
: "Hah..."
[Monica gets slapped on the back of the head by Bellamine]
: "Oi! What's the deal!"
: ("Behave.")
Scott is being a creep as usual. Also, his Emerald sprite sticks out like a sore thumb when compared to the more refined FireRed sprites.
Nice. Lucky Eggs give you more experience if you equip them on a Pokemon, so that's nice.
... But remember the Big Pearl thing from before? Same deal, only this kid is the reason why the present box keeps respawning. I... appreciate it?
Taunt is pretty useless even in vanilla Pokemon, seeing as it'd be more pragmatic to make sure you murder everything in your path.
Also, don't think I don't see the map border tiles. Like christ, could you at least make the map bigger so it's not as blatant?
We meet this kid who is transparently sharing Dark Rising Girl's preferred anime choices to the world.
(To be fair, I like Inuyasha and Bleach to a lesser degree. I'm a weeb - sue me.)
Alright, not-Steven. I'll come back later. Although, to be fair, he is driving away a Dark Thug.
To be fair, if you lived in a super cold Alaska-esque town and there was a warm underground city right next to it... I can't blame you if you decide to live here.
: "I'm surprised you guys haven't just figured out to leave me alone and take me straight to your boss. We'd certainly waste less time that way."
[One pimp-slapping later]
: "That's why everybody loves me, babe."
As much as I'd love to continue, I have to cut it off here. Next time on Dark Rising, we deal with some nasty kids.
See you then.
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Team setup:
(Bellamine, level 81, has Sand Cloak,
,
) - "Monica is a good trainer, but the inexplicable nature of our opponents has me incredibly worried."
(Hel, level 74,
,
/
) - "To be fair, she has a point. With people like Fafnir and the fact Darugis can possess whoever he wants, you'd have to be a maniac to not be worried."
(Lumis, level 71,
,
) - "Understandable... but I have faith in us as a team."
(Ignell, level 74,
,
/
) - "Don't fret, madam. You don't seem like the kind of woman that should be clouded by doubt."
(Sathala, level 73,
,
) - "Fafnir looked super strong. I'm still amazed Bellamine beat her up like that..." [Shiver]
(Vera, level 75,
,
) - "Would it be alright to go to the restaurant? I'm game for some pizza, actually."
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Back up team:
(Corin, level 95, has Dragon Fang,
,
/
) - "Did you guys see that...?"
(Sigurd, level 96,
,
/
) - [Is huddled next to Siegfried. He has a dream involving himself, three other Pokemon and Alberich]
(Siegfried, level 93,
,
/
) - [Is huddled next to Sigurd and groans in his sleep]
(Gale, level 90,
,
/
) - "Yeah... Fafnir, huh? Looked like a real tough customer. Should we tell Sigurd when he wakes up?"
(Arthur, level 91,
,
/
) - "Of course we should. I mean, it's obvious that they're brother and sister. But... hmm. Yo, Cinder! Get me some water! And don't heat it up this time!"
(Wave, level 91,
,
) - "At the very least the B-Team is doing really well without us. Miss Bellamine looked... kind of pretty when she beat up that weird Sigurd clone."
(Cinder, level 40,
,
) -[Brings a cup of cold water to Arthur but accidentally drops it on his helmet. He yells out in agony while Cinder flinches]
I'm not joking either - I'm still able to recognize that Dark Rising is a bad game but I genuinely forget what goes into making a good game.
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Spoiler:
Something interesting I should mention now before I forget:
Dark Rising has a day/night system. I've never seen it myself, but apparently it exists.
Anyway... Last time on Dark Rising, we beat the Kyurem Double Trouble duo and spat at the level sine wave for the millionth time in this story.
AND WE DO IT AGAIN! OI!
Seriously, what the hell is going on here? Why are we fighting level 99 Unown out of nowhere? They're not tough due to being Unown, but the fact they're even this high-leveled make my repels useless.
[Battles Monica]
Proof that the unedited text is vastly superior than what's in this hack.
There's a ton of items scattered around this place. The fact Pokemon get stat boosts from vitamins is hilarious in its own right, as if to demonstrate that being healthy can make you superhuman.
Oh yes. By virtue of being Pokemon Mansion, the diary entries here are edited to have stuff regarding Team Dark Rising and Darugis to be in them. They're not too interesting - all they talk about is how Monica's dad fucked up and released Darugis into the world for like a second time.
There's also some Pandora's Box stuff in there too, but it's not important.
[One smack-around later]
To stop you from going somewhere where you shouldn't, Dark Rising Girl patched up the exits with these ugly window blinds.
^ Me after realizing how deep I've dug myself into this game.
You're serious. This is immediately after fighting two level 70 Kyurems!
Like alright, you're trying to be realistic by not having everybody be the same level... but that logic is immediately thrown out the window by giving two random kids both forms of Kyurem as seperate Pokemon.
I appreciate this, though. Especially since we can't buy them until the very end.
Screw what I said regarding the mapping before - this hurts me down to my soul.
There was a Blizzard TM in the spot in front of Monica, but nobody can use it.
In hindsight, this was surprisingly subtle foreshadowing regarding where we were going.
(Future Dan: Even if it was unintentional and that TM was in there in the vanilla game?)
Thank you, novice-level eventing. That thin gap warned me that there's a boss here and thus gave me time to prepare.
Oh yeah, due to this lady literally being Glacia (a character that doesn't move), she just slides around as if the floor was lubed with soap.
Ah, the majesty of no-effort hacking.
(summarized for a better cause)
[A tail grows on her body]
While this LP dialogue is all well and good, the actual in-game text goes:
"Greetings, Monica. I AM DARUGIS!!!"
Followed by:
Yes, folks - we are officially in a circus. The level of cheese has reached that far. I just need to remind you that this is supposed to be a darker and more serious take on the Pokemon series's plot.
Not-Glacia has a strange team.
She starts off with Froslass, which is really stupid considering how Amaris is just Glacia with a different name.
The dangerous thing about her Froslass is that she knows Destiny Bond, so this beginning bit is a hell of a lot more risky due to how I limit myself by not losing a single Pokemon. (Sigurd's loss against Fiery's Heatmor is an exception)
Chandelure has godlike Special Attack but not much else. There's a lot of Pokemon I like in this game, come to think of it.
All it took was one Flamethrower, and I'm grateful for that. Bisharp are high on my list of "Pokemon to not fuck around with".
Funny thing - Milotic here knows Mirror Coat, a move that reflects any special damage you do but returns it with twice the strength.
A reflected Thunderbolt would kill Vera in one hit seeing as Milotic are bulky enough to properly utilize Mirror Coat, so I had to go use Sludge Bomb and poison her for a bit before using the big guns.
This is a real strategy you can use with Milotic, but it takes forever to give them Mirror Coat seeing as you have to go on a chain of breeding before they can get it.
Okay, this is getting really screwy. That's definitely not in the normal Dark Rising.
[Fafnir's battle theme: Battle Against Cool Ice]
Fafnir is a brand new Pokemon I created for the Let's Play and replaces Amaris's sixth slot. (Don't worry, the original Pokemon was just a Togekiss. Not much was lost.)
She is a
Her stats are as follows:
100 / 110 / 110 / 125 / 100 / 115
While slighty less powerful, she's bulkier and just as fast. Her moveset consists of Aeroblast, Psychic, Aura Sphere and Roost and has Synchronize as an ability.
The best way to deal with Fafnir is to put her to sleep, as she can nuke the team without much effort.
Due to
In hindsight, having to fight the B-Team was a grave mistake.
[Bellamine used Psychic!]
[Fafnir falls to her knees as her body bursts into cracks]
[As Darugis's shadow leaves Amaris's body, he and Fafnir disappear]
You get the Puzzle Key and Solarbeam for defeating the Darugis-possessed Amaris, which is fine by me.
(I still can't get over how ugly this looks, help)
What's it to you, pal?
He tries to fight me with a team that's literally half my level. How cute.
Why did this guy exist? He's not a threat, he stops us from proceeding and generally has no reason to bother us... so what the hell?
Uh... I think this dude took the term treehugger a little too literally.
Is... is that unedited trainer dialogue but with a different sprite?
That's the only explanation why this guy that's about Monica's age is asking her about her chemistry grade.
The Frozen Dungeon is literally Icefall Cave from the original game.
I'm floored by the amount of thought put into these new areas, because it's like... does Dark Rising Girl not expect the player to recognize these places? I mean, really.
At the very least, she's kind enough to heal our team before we get to doing anything down here. (Also, what is with the really weird A? Why change this message?)
The map edits back in Cerulean Cave were bad, but this defies logic.
It would have made more sense to have stairs instead of a straight path through a waterfall going up.
Oh joy, an ice slide puzzle. Because people like those in games, right?
I'm sorry if I can't comment much regarding the places in this game, but how can I when they're 99% carbon copies of the areas from the original FireRed? Wasn't this hack made in 2012?
At the very least we get some neat items. One I'll never use, but it's still appreciated.
At first, I was like "why is Waterfall here?" But then I remembered that this was unchanged from the original game, items and all. Waterfall's not here because it's plot relevant - it's a leftover from the actual game this was pasted over.
My god. We're not even all the way through this game yet, too!
Speaking of blatantly recycled...
This is the same event from the original game, but replace Lorelei and Rocket grunts with Noah and Dark Goons.
Noah's here to help Sydney of all people, but the goons are in the way. Noah said he jumped the fence blocking Amaris's house but got hurt in the process, so... that was a thing.
[Monica's blood boils]
[Monica screams bloody murder as she pounces at the goon who called her a twerp]
More hilariously underpowered trainers.
I'm just trying to imagine how the workdays for this hack went, seeing as the only parts Dark Rising Girl cares about are the big plot fights.
The Goons run away, Noah and Monica realize that Sydney has a connection to Kyurem, the works.
Yeah, you're telling me. Anyway, let's go on ahead to...
[Theme I would use for this place: Sleeping Beast]
Roll credits. But no, seriously. I may not like Dark Rising or how it's designed, but I have to at least a few custom songs here and there so I don't lose my mind.
If anybody can tell me what Kyurem's Den is supposed to be, I'd appreciate it.
Oh ha-ha. It's not like we can actually get frozen down here.
We are rockblocked from going this way, much to my chagrin.
But hey, you can find some money down here. I'm not complaining.
... Uh. I didn't post the screenshots out of order, guys.
She... she forgot to code it so that the item disappears when you get it.
How do you fuck that up?!
Do you know what this means? We're sitting on a font of infinite money just because Dark Rising Girl was too lazy to properly erase this one item box.
... Oh well!
[Monica lets out a deep gasp as she notices a treasure trove of Big Pearls behind the one she just took]
[The team erupts into a frenzy of cheers]
Extreme coding incompetence aside, there's these items here. Their item boxes don't reappear once you get them, which makes me curious as to why the big money item is the only one that does.
What are you going to do to me if I don't leave, sign? Give me splinters?
See, there was a hole on the floor above. I don't know why Dark Rising Girl couldn't just edit it out, because if you get off on land, you can't surf back.
At the very least the game knows what to do if you fall into water without a Pokemon that knows Surf... You know, instead of just breaking into a million pieces like this hack is known to do.
I love how even the game doesn't know how to process this.
Brace yourselves, guys. I am going to have a headache strong enough to break computer screens in half.
[Sydney screams in agony]
"Me and Keldeo put up a good fight... but she was too strong..."
How did you lose? Then again, you couldn't even touch the Kyurem duo from earlier while I had to do all the heavy lifting.
The actual in-game dialogue isn't much better, as Monica tells Sydney to control Kyurem despite the fact Darugis put it under a spell. You know what that means...
Noah, you goober. How could you not deal with this?
Vera and the Volcarona got locked in a tug of war for critical hits and it still did that much to her. It's amazing how powerful Volcarona is and I kind of regret not getting one.
... Nah, we have an Ignell. That's good enough for me.
Speaking of which, this happened. Even before his Mega Evolution in generation 6, Ignell is still the best dragon out there.
[Ignell incinerates the Lucario. He yells out expletives as his body is engulfed in flames]
What the f--
The original Kyurem is even weaker than the ones that Kaiden and Sakura had! How in the name of everything decent is this possible?
First you have these uber overpowered legendaries that are level 70 and shouldn't even exist given the circumstances, but then you throw this at me?
What is this game's logic?
If Lumis could tank through the one that was way stronger, then it's no surprise that she could get the one that's ten levels lower.
Understandably so - it realized what game it was in!
Excellent. That removes Sydney from the ever-growing hitlist.
Noah says that Keldeo is calmer now that Kyurem is under Sydney's control, which is nice. I think this entire sequence was supposed to be a reference to the Kyurem movie, but who knows.
Noah congratulates us on a job well done and says that we're becoming stronger than him.
If only he knew how wrong he was.
I can't recognize the Blizzard Route as anything that actually existed in the original game, so good on DRG. I like the little snow effect they have going on here, too.
Okay, I revoke my previous compliments now that the ground is trying to eat Monica's head.
"If it weren't for the restaurant and the hotel, this place would be a ghost town."
Interesting town. Too bad we visit this place for about 10 minutes.
This fellow gives you the Coin Case despite the fact you can't use it anywhere, much like Waterfall from the Not-Icefall Cave.
Edit: You can use it somewhere else. I just didn't know at the time of writing.
[Monica gets slapped on the back of the head by Bellamine]
Scott is being a creep as usual. Also, his Emerald sprite sticks out like a sore thumb when compared to the more refined FireRed sprites.
Nice. Lucky Eggs give you more experience if you equip them on a Pokemon, so that's nice.
... But remember the Big Pearl thing from before? Same deal, only this kid is the reason why the present box keeps respawning. I... appreciate it?
Taunt is pretty useless even in vanilla Pokemon, seeing as it'd be more pragmatic to make sure you murder everything in your path.
Also, don't think I don't see the map border tiles. Like christ, could you at least make the map bigger so it's not as blatant?
We meet this kid who is transparently sharing Dark Rising Girl's preferred anime choices to the world.
(To be fair, I like Inuyasha and Bleach to a lesser degree. I'm a weeb - sue me.)
Alright, not-Steven. I'll come back later. Although, to be fair, he is driving away a Dark Thug.
To be fair, if you lived in a super cold Alaska-esque town and there was a warm underground city right next to it... I can't blame you if you decide to live here.
[One pimp-slapping later]
As much as I'd love to continue, I have to cut it off here. Next time on Dark Rising, we deal with some nasty kids.
See you then.
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