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Last time we left off, we were still in the Waters Cavern.
Seriously, if you're gonna name something, at least be creative about it. Doubly so if it's a person.
'Kay. I don't need to move to beat you up.
Proof.
Oh wow, that's a lot of EXP... and she's poisoned again. Good thing this isn't like the earlier part of the game where I had nothing to alleviate that.
This man speaks the truth. Monica would be wise to listen to him even if she is on the opposite side.
... Huh. I don't know why I gave Sigurd Confuse Ray. Maybe it was to make fights less obnoxious, but it also means less space for moves that actually matter.
More money is never a bad thing. Although I have noticed our funds aren't building up as quickly as they were in Snakewood. That could be a bad thing if we need to go on a shopping spree.
(Future Dan: Spoiler alert, we never get into a situation where money becomes a problem.)
Oh hey, our first electric type and it's one of the Tynamo. She doesn't have any spots, so I assume she's fine.
: ("Thank you. Things were getting a bit weird around here.")
[One quick battle later]
"You can't stop us or beat us!"
Okay, you know what? Whatever you say, faceless goon. It's not like Monica is the main character or anything, no.
: "Huh? What's the matter with you?"
Well said.
: ("Wait, I know that voice! It's him!")
: "What?! This guy is Darugis?!"
: ("No. It's someone that's being possessed by him. Still, this can't be good.")
[Theme I would use here: Demon King Odio]
: ("Heh... You're as sharp as ever.")
: "Who was that?!"
: ("I assume this girl is your most recent puppet. You could have done better, Sigurd.")
[A silhouette in the shape of a Darkrai manifests behind the man]
: ("That's a laugh coming from you. Who's the one who has an army of thugs ready to take over entire towns?")
: ("It's not my fault the charisma I command can sway people to my side with ease. You, on the other hand, begged Monica to take you in like a stray dog. That's adorable.")
: "B-but I don't get it. You sounded like a monster a second ago, but now your voice is... eerily calm."
: ("Heh. You'd be amazed at how far presentation can go. Granted, I would have kept up the act if you were a normal human being. However, seeing as you're Sigurd's "trainer", I couldn't help but intervene. Try to live longer than the ones who came before you.")
: "... Excuse me? What's that all abou--"
: ("Watch out, Monica!")
[He pushes her out of the way of a charging Bastiodon]
[Megalomania]
Miguel here has two Pokemon that are a bit overleveled when you consider that the rest of the team is barely level 20.
Bastiodon is tedious due to how much of a wall he is, but a good Water type (the rain boost helps out a lot here) or Gabite is invaluable here.
Surprisingly enough, my method of success involved neither of those, as Sigurd killed him in two non-critical hits with Aura Sphere. I wish I were kidding. His friend, on the other hand?
SWEET! WE'RE SCREWED!
You do not fuck with Rampardos.
He can rip you apart with the same consistency as a machete to wet toilet paper thanks to his absolutely disgusting 165 base Attack. That's as high than some of the enemies in late game.
Not only that, he has Intimidate and appears to outspeed all of my Pokemon for some reason. It'd take a ridiculous amount of grinding to get past him... or you could just rush into it with zero concern like me.
: ("Good thing that's over with...")
: ("I'm impressed. You're doing better than I expected with your reduced form... But can you keep it up?")
: ("I've had enough out of you. Get out of here!")
: ("As you wish. I have better things to do than bother you anyway. Don't disappoint me, underdogs.")
[The shadow of Darugis vanishes]
"Where am I?"
Thankfully, you can exorcise the devil out of someone by beating the piss out of them. It works every time - just ask my neighbor.
"Sorry if I did anything to you."
: "It's okay."
It's all cool, man.
Miguel: "See those fossils? You can have one of them. Just pick what you like and I'll take what's left!"
: "Hey, thanks."
Huh. The fossils here have nothing to do with Bastiodon and Rampardos, which is kind of weird.
The Plume Fossil gives you Archen and the one next to it, the Cover Fossil, gives you Tirtouga. I would recommend Archen over Tirtouga due to being far more powerful (140 attack - mind, that's 10 more than fully evolved Garchomp Corin) and not having the hilariously awful Defeatist ability. (Halves stats if health is below half)
Hey, it's the perfect thing to get rid of Gale's poison.
: "... Hey, Sigurd. What's this about 'the ones before me?'"
: ("He... wasn't lying, as much as I hate to admit it. Monica, you're not the first trainer I've come across.")
: "I figured, but did they really... die like he said?"
: ("... Not all of them. But at the same time...")
: ("What have I gotten myself into? It might not be worth it to go on this adventure...")
: ("Listen, Monica. You have incredible potential as a trainer if I'm already this strong again. You have nothing to fear.")
: "Really? I hope you're right."
: ("We can get through this.")
What do you want, red-haired stepchild?
: "What? Wait, I've seen you before... Aren't you a part of those thugs in the cave?"
Mystery Person: "What a typical thing to ask. I will dispose of you here and now."
Your Bad Guy Banter needs some work, dude.
: "Just as I thought. Let's go!"
Hello, Silver. Glad to see you're here too.
What is it with Dark Rising using unedited sprites and saying that they're completely new characters? It reeks of bottom of the barrel design, and I don't care if it was Dark Rising Girl's first game - you need to be more creative than palette swaps of existing characters.
That said, Not-Silver has a pretty unique team. Ferroseed is extremely vulnerable to Fire and Fighting, but we only have one of those on hand.
I love Aura Sphere, okay? It's so spammable.
... It also claims to never miss yet it only has 100 accuracy. Oops. This one is on me too, because I could have changed that to be always accurate any time I wanted.
Another victim. I'm not apologizing for how strong he is.
Since Sigurd was getting too much of the spotlight, Arthur gets to beat up this Solosis.
: ("You can't slow me down, boyo!")
Oooh, a Zorua! If Sigurd didn't exist, I'd totally get one.
... Hell, I'd still get one anyway.
(Future Dan: Have I got news for you, son.)
He goes straight for the scumbag strategy and tries to buff himself up to unreasonable levels, but it doesn't work thanks to Gale being a beast.
[Gale used Take Down!]
: ("Get roasted.")
Not-Silver's final Pokemon is this Deino who has no chance of defeating Corin.
Where's your game at, son?
: "What."
... Who says "noob" unironically? I would refrain from using internet lingo for your "serious story". It might be a smart thing to do.
: "Hey. If you see a girl with blue hair, tell her Kayo said hello, will you?"
: "Huh?"
Poor Monica, you just had to get sucked into this.
: "We'll see each other again, Monica."
"Are these guys ghosts?!"
I'll admit, that made me chuckle a bit. But yeah, thank god for the Pokemon Center being here.
Excellent.
But wait, what's this?
"Take this and use it on Sathala. I'm rooting for you. - anonymous"
Nice! Someone's looking out for Monica, it seems. We definitely need all the help we can get.
: ("Oh, is that for me?! Slap it on me, sister!")
: ("Aw man, this feels great. Thanks, Monica! You're the best.")
: "Aww, stop."
Sathala no longer has to wait to be good, so hallelujah. That said, her abilities are still support more than anything else.
One interesting thing about Stone Evolutions that Dark Rising Girl changed for this game is that they are still able to learn new moves, as evidenced by the crazy spread that Whimsicott is bound to get.
: ("Finally...")
; ("I-I mean... Thank you, Monica. I appreciate it.")
: ("I'll keep you safe no matter what. I promise you.")
Musharna is an awesome default name for a Pokemon. Lumis will also get to see more use as this grinding session is specifically for her and Sathala.
Oh yes, I forgot this was a thing. Apparently, you have a 10% chance of finding every starter in certain locations.
That's really neat and gives more credibility to the Core Region being an excellent place to catch Pokemon.
[Theme I would use for the Dread Swamp: Peaceful Rest Valley]
These two karate studs will teach you Drain Punch or Mega Kick depending on which one you talk to. Drain Punch actually heals you and is a
move, whereas Mega Kick is just a flashy
attack.
If anybody was capable of learning Drain Punch, I'd definitely give it to them.
Lumis steadily grows in power...
I originally thought Moonlight would be super useful, but there's something coming up that will almost immediately replace it.
I'm not one to diss Roar due to how it removes buffs and pierces through Protect... but it's useless here.
"You must be tough to come out of the Caverns alive."
Excuse me, what?
I thought the Water Cavern was how people got from Flamen to the town coming up? This guy is implying that people have actually died in that cave, despite the fact there's no ghosts and no creepy old hooded man asking me to go on a boat to the underworld with him.
Lumis embarasses another Geodude by spitting stars at him.
Huh. Neat little side area... What's down here?
WHOA! HELLO! The asshole-o-meter is back with a vengeance!
I think we'll just... ignore this place and move on.
... Who's this finely dressed chap?
: "What the-? Is this Eon? He must be under Darugis's control..."
Excuse me, Monica. Who the hell is this? How do you know his name?
Eon: "Must eliminate...!"
: "It's time to wake up, Eon!"
[Megalomania again]
Who is this guy and why is he a yellow Falkner?!
Like damn, at least have the courtesy to introduce us to him before you make him fight us.
Yellow Falkner here has a team of primarily Electric type Pokemon.
Joltik is as threatening as they look. Don't let the halved health fool you - this thing was a pushover.
Corin goes savage on his Jolteon. Poor bastard didn't stand a snowball's chance in hell.
This is so out of the ordinary for so many reasons that I'm just basking it in.
They were really desperate to get a hit on Corin, the killdozer that she is.
Unfortunately, he had the last laugh.
: ("Ugh! How did I know that would happen?")
There's so many stupidly powerful Pokemon stuffed in just this one part, it's amazing.
Obviously, Sathala doesn't face him in straight combat.
That's what Sigurd is for. Knock him dead, baby.
: ("Whoof... Are you alright, Sigurd?")
: ("Never better.")
Team:
Monica:
Me:
Eon snaps to his senses because that exorcism thing always works.
: "You were under a spell."
Eon: "A spell?"
: "Yeah, about that... See, there's this monster that can control people's minds. I'm still trying to figure out the whole thing myself."
: ("To be more precise, it's not just mind control. They're realistic illusions that Darugis creates and I'm able to break them whenever we fight someone that's possessed.")
Eon: "... Ah, I see."
: "Heh, I already knew that... I watch your battles on Poketime."
... Ignoring the fact that the actual series would use Poketime as a pun unironically, this explains a bit. But... I dunno, why was there no foreshadowing to Eon whatsoever? His presence here is practically irrelevant. I don't think he even comes back after this scene.
Eon: "Oh, I see. You're a fan, eh? It's my first time here in the Core Region. I don't think I'll be coming back here after all of this tragedy."
: "I don't blame you."
Eon: "Well... Young trainer, if you have time, you should travel to the Omni Region and challenge the Omni League."
Now watch the Omni Region become the main setting of Dark Rising 2.
I am 100% convinced that this is the case and I haven't even seen the stuff for Dark Rising 2 yet.
Long story short, we say goodbye to Eon (who's very confused, apparently, given how he abuses question marks) and that's about it for him.
[Theme I would use for Atlantic City: Remains]
I can imagine this place being nice and quiet.
Wow, that makes all of the water around here take a darker turn.
Although it's kind of... weird. Flamen City had an eruption and this place had a flood. They're right next to each other, so how did they... not cancel each other out...?
Fangame logic gets really weird sometimes. That or I'm reading it incorrectly.
"Our gym Leader Typhoon has a very playful, yet mature view on things."
Atlantic City and Typhoon are better than Flamen City and Fiery by a long shot.
Much like Flamen City, they sell elemental stones here too. That'd be pretty rad if we had any Water Stone Pokemon.
"My cousin Paul used to have great battles with him."
I think the worst part about not watching the anime except for the movies is that I wouldn't have context as to who Paul is. But even then, REALLY?
Why even shove in elements of the anime? This isn't Ashgray!
"Long time no see. I'm guessing you're becoming an awesome trainer."
: "Thanks..."
: ("I can't tell him that my Father's gone missing. He might go back to Fells and tell mom.")
Ooof, we wouldn't want that. It's bad enough Monica knows it. Our mom freaked out when we got slightly bruised from the Tornadus fight.
Pete's Dad: "Well, keep up the good work. You're making all of the people of Fells Town feel honored."
How did he beat us here? Did he learn the magic teleporting trick that all of the villains seem to know for some reason?
Pete says that he's here with his pops to do some research and challenged the Gym Leader. Predictably, he lost. He's not feeling beat up about it though. so that's good.
Another unchanged area from the original game? Chalk it up to the infinitely growing list.
Guys, I honest to god forgot Noah was a thing.
Did anybody remember that he existed before this screenshot? Pete was more relevant than him, and that's saying something.
I like to imagine this dude actually yelling out loud "SPLASH!" instead of it just being the noise he makes.
[Sathala scoffs before draining the Horsea dry]
She's kind of scary now that she evolved.
Blue Brawly is guarded by his favorite fangirl.
... To which Sathala immediately destroys.
Gyarados here had to force Sathala to work with Lumis, but damn. When Gyarados is one of the fodder Pokemon they throw at you, you need to start worrying.
Okay, I take it back. Lumis is now one of the most terrifying Pokemon I've ever had on the crew.
: ("Oh ho, this is bound to be entertaining. I thought I was just going to sit in the box forever.")
"You said I'm next, huh? Riiiight."
: "That's right, Typhoon. I'm gonna take you down."
Typhoon: "You sound like one of them anime dudes, pal. Alright, prepare to get washed away by my tidal wave!"
Can I just say I love how this dude talks?
: "Let's do this!"
[Great Battlers]
At the very least he was changed instead of just being an unedited sprite.
Typhoon, much like Fiery, is the Gym Leader for a reason. Despite this, he's actually less tough.
His strategy is basically the same as Fiery's but with Water types instead. It is just as effective and fiendish, as Typhoon has Swift Swim guys on his team. Poliwhirl is another fodder mon whose only purpose is to buff the rest of the team.
Lanturn is a good choice for a Water Gym Leader due to how it nullifies an electric weakness. I'll give Dark Rising Girl crap for some of the more obtuse bullshit in the game, but some of the Gym Leader fights are genuinely well thought out.
Great Battlers is in full force here, because despite Sathala being underleveled... she's going to take on the challenge of sweeping through this guy's entire team by herself. This is her moment.
We have a Marshtomp here who thinks Facade without any status effects on him is a good idea. Despite this, it manages to take out half of Sathala's health in one hit, which is proof that the Swampert family is buff as fuck.
That said, he made a delicious meal thanks to a four times weakness to grass.
There he is.
Seismitoad is much like Heatmor in that he's tough, he's fast and has a buff that makes him even stronger. Even a four times weakness to Grass can't slow him down as he's surprisingly very resilient.
The worst thing about him is that unlike Heatmor, who was primarily brawn and not much else, Seismitoad tries to fake you out with Substitute too.
The amount of cold sweats I had during this fight were innumerable.
You can do it, babe!
[Sathala used Mega Drain!]
Holy shit. She actually did it.
... Albeit the same way as a vampire but she still did it!
: [Slaps her tiny hands against her chest] ("What?! What?! I'd like to see you mess with me now! Hahahaha!")
That's my girl.
"You're too much! Alright! You can have the Tsunami Badge to show that you've defeated me."
You got that right, son.
That's cool, but we don't trade with anybody in this game. It's a fan hack, after all...
We can use Cut outside of battle now, but I've always found that weird. Why can't Pokemon with claws or blades do that naturally?
This, on the other hand, is a bit more useful because we won't have Wave forever.
"Arceus chose the right one."
: "... Uh. Excuse me?"
... How the hell does Not-Lorelei know that we're associated with Arceus? But with that said...
That's all the time we have for this chapter. Next time on Pokemon Dark Rising, we go foraging into parts unknown and face someone very familiar. See you then.
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Team setup:
(Corin, level 27,
,
/
) - "Sathala, that was amazing. You didn't need our help at all!"
(Sigurd, level 28,
,
/
) - "Whoa... Sure, it was awesome, but it was kinda freaky, man."
(Sathala, level 23,
,
) - [Parades around the Pokemon Center wearing the Tsunami Badge]
(Gale, level 26,
,
/
) - "Impressive. I actually didn't expect the cuddly one to be such a fierce competitor."
(Lumis, level 21,
,
) - "She has a lot to be proud of. This team is really coming around, wouldn't you say?"
(Wave, level 23,
,
) - "I'm with Sigurd. Is... is this a normal day for y'all?"
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Back up team:
(Arthur, level 22,
,
) - "She really showed 'em! She's a girl after my own heart!"
(Vera, level 20,
,
) - "I think I'm going to like it here."
(Cinder, level 18,
,
) - "Awww man! I didn't get to see all of the cool stuff happen!" [Pouts]
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Spoiler:
Last time we left off, we were still in the Waters Cavern.
Seriously, if you're gonna name something, at least be creative about it. Doubly so if it's a person.
'Kay. I don't need to move to beat you up.
Proof.
Oh wow, that's a lot of EXP... and she's poisoned again. Good thing this isn't like the earlier part of the game where I had nothing to alleviate that.
This man speaks the truth. Monica would be wise to listen to him even if she is on the opposite side.
... Huh. I don't know why I gave Sigurd Confuse Ray. Maybe it was to make fights less obnoxious, but it also means less space for moves that actually matter.
More money is never a bad thing. Although I have noticed our funds aren't building up as quickly as they were in Snakewood. That could be a bad thing if we need to go on a shopping spree.
(Future Dan: Spoiler alert, we never get into a situation where money becomes a problem.)
Oh hey, our first electric type and it's one of the Tynamo. She doesn't have any spots, so I assume she's fine.
[One quick battle later]
"You can't stop us or beat us!"
Okay, you know what? Whatever you say, faceless goon. It's not like Monica is the main character or anything, no.
Well said.
[Theme I would use here: Demon King Odio]
[A silhouette in the shape of a Darkrai manifests behind the man]
[He pushes her out of the way of a charging Bastiodon]
[Megalomania]
Miguel here has two Pokemon that are a bit overleveled when you consider that the rest of the team is barely level 20.
Bastiodon is tedious due to how much of a wall he is, but a good Water type (the rain boost helps out a lot here) or Gabite is invaluable here.
Surprisingly enough, my method of success involved neither of those, as Sigurd killed him in two non-critical hits with Aura Sphere. I wish I were kidding. His friend, on the other hand?
You do not fuck with Rampardos.
He can rip you apart with the same consistency as a machete to wet toilet paper thanks to his absolutely disgusting 165 base Attack. That's as high than some of the enemies in late game.
Not only that, he has Intimidate and appears to outspeed all of my Pokemon for some reason. It'd take a ridiculous amount of grinding to get past him... or you could just rush into it with zero concern like me.
[The shadow of Darugis vanishes]
"Where am I?"
Thankfully, you can exorcise the devil out of someone by beating the piss out of them. It works every time - just ask my neighbor.
"Sorry if I did anything to you."
It's all cool, man.
Miguel: "See those fossils? You can have one of them. Just pick what you like and I'll take what's left!"
Huh. The fossils here have nothing to do with Bastiodon and Rampardos, which is kind of weird.
The Plume Fossil gives you Archen and the one next to it, the Cover Fossil, gives you Tirtouga. I would recommend Archen over Tirtouga due to being far more powerful (140 attack - mind, that's 10 more than fully evolved Garchomp Corin) and not having the hilariously awful Defeatist ability. (Halves stats if health is below half)
Hey, it's the perfect thing to get rid of Gale's poison.
What do you want, red-haired stepchild?
Mystery Person: "What a typical thing to ask. I will dispose of you here and now."
Your Bad Guy Banter needs some work, dude.
Hello, Silver. Glad to see you're here too.
What is it with Dark Rising using unedited sprites and saying that they're completely new characters? It reeks of bottom of the barrel design, and I don't care if it was Dark Rising Girl's first game - you need to be more creative than palette swaps of existing characters.
That said, Not-Silver has a pretty unique team. Ferroseed is extremely vulnerable to Fire and Fighting, but we only have one of those on hand.
I love Aura Sphere, okay? It's so spammable.
... It also claims to never miss yet it only has 100 accuracy. Oops. This one is on me too, because I could have changed that to be always accurate any time I wanted.
Another victim. I'm not apologizing for how strong he is.
Since Sigurd was getting too much of the spotlight, Arthur gets to beat up this Solosis.
Oooh, a Zorua! If Sigurd didn't exist, I'd totally get one.
... Hell, I'd still get one anyway.
(Future Dan: Have I got news for you, son.)
He goes straight for the scumbag strategy and tries to buff himself up to unreasonable levels, but it doesn't work thanks to Gale being a beast.
[Gale used Take Down!]
Not-Silver's final Pokemon is this Deino who has no chance of defeating Corin.
Where's your game at, son?
... Who says "noob" unironically? I would refrain from using internet lingo for your "serious story". It might be a smart thing to do.
Poor Monica, you just had to get sucked into this.
"Are these guys ghosts?!"
I'll admit, that made me chuckle a bit. But yeah, thank god for the Pokemon Center being here.
Excellent.
But wait, what's this?
"Take this and use it on Sathala. I'm rooting for you. - anonymous"
Nice! Someone's looking out for Monica, it seems. We definitely need all the help we can get.
Sathala no longer has to wait to be good, so hallelujah. That said, her abilities are still support more than anything else.
One interesting thing about Stone Evolutions that Dark Rising Girl changed for this game is that they are still able to learn new moves, as evidenced by the crazy spread that Whimsicott is bound to get.
Musharna is an awesome default name for a Pokemon. Lumis will also get to see more use as this grinding session is specifically for her and Sathala.
Oh yes, I forgot this was a thing. Apparently, you have a 10% chance of finding every starter in certain locations.
That's really neat and gives more credibility to the Core Region being an excellent place to catch Pokemon.
[Theme I would use for the Dread Swamp: Peaceful Rest Valley]
These two karate studs will teach you Drain Punch or Mega Kick depending on which one you talk to. Drain Punch actually heals you and is a
If anybody was capable of learning Drain Punch, I'd definitely give it to them.
Lumis steadily grows in power...
I originally thought Moonlight would be super useful, but there's something coming up that will almost immediately replace it.
I'm not one to diss Roar due to how it removes buffs and pierces through Protect... but it's useless here.
"You must be tough to come out of the Caverns alive."
Excuse me, what?
I thought the Water Cavern was how people got from Flamen to the town coming up? This guy is implying that people have actually died in that cave, despite the fact there's no ghosts and no creepy old hooded man asking me to go on a boat to the underworld with him.
Lumis embarasses another Geodude by spitting stars at him.
Huh. Neat little side area... What's down here?
WHOA! HELLO! The asshole-o-meter is back with a vengeance!
I think we'll just... ignore this place and move on.
... Who's this finely dressed chap?
Excuse me, Monica. Who the hell is this? How do you know his name?
Eon: "Must eliminate...!"
[Megalomania again]
Who is this guy and why is he a yellow Falkner?!
Like damn, at least have the courtesy to introduce us to him before you make him fight us.
Yellow Falkner here has a team of primarily Electric type Pokemon.
Joltik is as threatening as they look. Don't let the halved health fool you - this thing was a pushover.
Corin goes savage on his Jolteon. Poor bastard didn't stand a snowball's chance in hell.
This is so out of the ordinary for so many reasons that I'm just basking it in.
They were really desperate to get a hit on Corin, the killdozer that she is.
Unfortunately, he had the last laugh.
There's so many stupidly powerful Pokemon stuffed in just this one part, it's amazing.
Obviously, Sathala doesn't face him in straight combat.
That's what Sigurd is for. Knock him dead, baby.
Team:
Monica:
Me:
Eon snaps to his senses because that exorcism thing always works.
Eon: "A spell?"
Eon: "... Ah, I see."
... Ignoring the fact that the actual series would use Poketime as a pun unironically, this explains a bit. But... I dunno, why was there no foreshadowing to Eon whatsoever? His presence here is practically irrelevant. I don't think he even comes back after this scene.
Eon: "Oh, I see. You're a fan, eh? It's my first time here in the Core Region. I don't think I'll be coming back here after all of this tragedy."
Eon: "Well... Young trainer, if you have time, you should travel to the Omni Region and challenge the Omni League."
Now watch the Omni Region become the main setting of Dark Rising 2.
I am 100% convinced that this is the case and I haven't even seen the stuff for Dark Rising 2 yet.
Long story short, we say goodbye to Eon (who's very confused, apparently, given how he abuses question marks) and that's about it for him.
[Theme I would use for Atlantic City: Remains]
I can imagine this place being nice and quiet.
Wow, that makes all of the water around here take a darker turn.
Although it's kind of... weird. Flamen City had an eruption and this place had a flood. They're right next to each other, so how did they... not cancel each other out...?
Fangame logic gets really weird sometimes. That or I'm reading it incorrectly.
"Our gym Leader Typhoon has a very playful, yet mature view on things."
Atlantic City and Typhoon are better than Flamen City and Fiery by a long shot.
Much like Flamen City, they sell elemental stones here too. That'd be pretty rad if we had any Water Stone Pokemon.
"My cousin Paul used to have great battles with him."
I think the worst part about not watching the anime except for the movies is that I wouldn't have context as to who Paul is. But even then, REALLY?
Why even shove in elements of the anime? This isn't Ashgray!
"Long time no see. I'm guessing you're becoming an awesome trainer."
Ooof, we wouldn't want that. It's bad enough Monica knows it. Our mom freaked out when we got slightly bruised from the Tornadus fight.
Pete's Dad: "Well, keep up the good work. You're making all of the people of Fells Town feel honored."
How did he beat us here? Did he learn the magic teleporting trick that all of the villains seem to know for some reason?
Pete says that he's here with his pops to do some research and challenged the Gym Leader. Predictably, he lost. He's not feeling beat up about it though. so that's good.
Another unchanged area from the original game? Chalk it up to the infinitely growing list.
Guys, I honest to god forgot Noah was a thing.
Did anybody remember that he existed before this screenshot? Pete was more relevant than him, and that's saying something.
I like to imagine this dude actually yelling out loud "SPLASH!" instead of it just being the noise he makes.
[Sathala scoffs before draining the Horsea dry]
She's kind of scary now that she evolved.
Blue Brawly is guarded by his favorite fangirl.
... To which Sathala immediately destroys.
Gyarados here had to force Sathala to work with Lumis, but damn. When Gyarados is one of the fodder Pokemon they throw at you, you need to start worrying.
Okay, I take it back. Lumis is now one of the most terrifying Pokemon I've ever had on the crew.
"You said I'm next, huh? Riiiight."
Typhoon: "You sound like one of them anime dudes, pal. Alright, prepare to get washed away by my tidal wave!"
Can I just say I love how this dude talks?
[Great Battlers]
At the very least he was changed instead of just being an unedited sprite.
Typhoon, much like Fiery, is the Gym Leader for a reason. Despite this, he's actually less tough.
His strategy is basically the same as Fiery's but with Water types instead. It is just as effective and fiendish, as Typhoon has Swift Swim guys on his team. Poliwhirl is another fodder mon whose only purpose is to buff the rest of the team.
Lanturn is a good choice for a Water Gym Leader due to how it nullifies an electric weakness. I'll give Dark Rising Girl crap for some of the more obtuse bullshit in the game, but some of the Gym Leader fights are genuinely well thought out.
Great Battlers is in full force here, because despite Sathala being underleveled... she's going to take on the challenge of sweeping through this guy's entire team by herself. This is her moment.
We have a Marshtomp here who thinks Facade without any status effects on him is a good idea. Despite this, it manages to take out half of Sathala's health in one hit, which is proof that the Swampert family is buff as fuck.
That said, he made a delicious meal thanks to a four times weakness to grass.
There he is.
Seismitoad is much like Heatmor in that he's tough, he's fast and has a buff that makes him even stronger. Even a four times weakness to Grass can't slow him down as he's surprisingly very resilient.
The worst thing about him is that unlike Heatmor, who was primarily brawn and not much else, Seismitoad tries to fake you out with Substitute too.
The amount of cold sweats I had during this fight were innumerable.
You can do it, babe!
[Sathala used Mega Drain!]
Holy shit. She actually did it.
... Albeit the same way as a vampire but she still did it!
That's my girl.
"You're too much! Alright! You can have the Tsunami Badge to show that you've defeated me."
You got that right, son.
That's cool, but we don't trade with anybody in this game. It's a fan hack, after all...
We can use Cut outside of battle now, but I've always found that weird. Why can't Pokemon with claws or blades do that naturally?
This, on the other hand, is a bit more useful because we won't have Wave forever.
"Arceus chose the right one."
... How the hell does Not-Lorelei know that we're associated with Arceus? But with that said...
That's all the time we have for this chapter. Next time on Pokemon Dark Rising, we go foraging into parts unknown and face someone very familiar. See you then.
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Team setup:
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Back up team: