4. Down. "Badly prepared, yet still tasty." Is there like a burned Malasada or something....
*checks word length* Oh, just Malasada ?
Is 4 Down "Malasada" ?
12. "A returning character from another game...or was that just a dream?" - 15 letters.
Returning characters that come to mind: Grimsley. Too short.
The Rainbow Rocket villains: Giovanni, Maxie, Archie, Cyrus, Ghetsis, Lysandre. All too short.
What else. Looker and Annabelle/Anabel/whatever her name was. Too short.
Blue & Red. Too short. The science dude... Colress? Colresse? something like that. Still way too short.
Sina and Dexio. Too short once more.
Potentially every Sun/Moon character if we count the ones that return in USUM.
Feels like some sort of title needs to be incorporated to hit that 15 letter limit. Not even getting close to it so far.
What's some lengthy titles...
... Pokémon Trainer? that's what red & blue get right. Too long though, lol. Pokemon trainer is already 14, leaving 1 letter. Not Hau either then I guess.
... Elite Four (9 letters) + Molayne (too long) / Olivia (fits) / Acerola (too long) / Kahili (fits) in USUM & Hala/Olivia/Acerola/Kahili. I can scrap Molayne and Hala since they're not returning e4 members... but they wouldn't have fit length wise anyway =P
Not really sure how they tie in with the dream part of the hint though.
... Professor. Samson Oak/Professor Samson Oak - too short/too long.
Professor Kukui. 1 letter short. What's his wife's name again... was a professor too iirc.... Gonna need to look up the name as I can't remember it lol
Burnet, apparently. Professor Burnet. Actually long enough. Wth did she research again... other dimensions? Right? Do dreams count as another dimension in the Pokemon world? *shrugs*
... what titles did the returning evil team leaders have when you fight them? Gonna need to look it up as well I guess. Oh, is just the team name?
Team Flare Lysandre (too long), Team Plasma Ghetsis (too long), Team Magma Maxie (too short), Team Aqua Archie (too short), Team Galactic Cyrus (too long).
What about Giovanni though... oh Team Rainbow Rocket Giovanni... well that's definitely too long lol
... Trial Captain (12) ... gonna need a 3 letter name then lol Ilima, nope. Lana, nope. Kiawe, Mallow, Sophocles, Acerola, Mina. Nope.
... Kahuna (6)... no wait. I double checked and apparently it's Island Kahuna as their title, not just Kahuna. Island Kahuna (12). Hala, Olivia, Nanu, Hapu. Despite short names on 3 of them, they're still too long lol.
... not sure what else to go with atm.
Candidates so far:
-Elite Four Olivia
-Elite Four Kahili
-Professor Burnet
Is 12 across "Professor Burnet" ?
11. "Creates kitchenware from materials off this Pokemon. Try not to tangle with the one surrounded by an aura, though."
Feels like a PokeDex Entry related hint... can't think of any Alolan Pokemon that have materials of theirs used as kitchenware though....
.... wait aura? Like a Totem's aura? So a Pokemon that has a Totem version... potentially. Which would be:
Gumshoos/Alolan Raticate. Wishiwashi/Araquanid. Salazzle/Alolan Marowak. Lurantis. Vikavolt/Togedemaru. Mimikyu. Kommo-o. Ribombee. Feel like I'm forgetting someone. Oh well. Let's see if any of these fit first. Needs to be 7 letters. Not Gumshoos, Raticate, Wishiwashi, Araquanid, Salazzle, Lurantis, Vikavolt, Togedemaru, gonna assume the dash would be left out for Kommo-o, which makes it 1 letter short. Not Ribombee.
Marowak & Mimikyu potentially. Kitchenware made out of Marowak's bones perhaps? Not sure how you'd make kitchenware out of Mimikyu's... cloth?
Unless Aura refers to something else and I went off on a completely unrelated path lol
Is 11 down "Marowak"?