6th Gen The Abandoned Ship

[Dragon]

The abandoned ship on ORAS was something else. At least in my opinion! You see, before, I don't think many people paid much mind to it back in R/S/E, or rather, it was forgotten about in many cases but this time, the abandoned ship served more purposes: to find more treasure, and to learn about certain characters in detail.

According to what's been said, it was a facility led by Wattson to extract the natural resources of the ocean. Unfortunately, in a nutshell, there were many incidents, and thus, the facility was closed. On the plus side, the ruins had created a unique habitat for Pokémon and plants, and so, the ruin was revived as a natural preserve. There were many letters, and other documents that explained the situation, as well as other tidbits about the characters.

Oh and! A great part about this place is, there are treasures to be found! You could find 8 Big Nuggets, 4 regular nuggets, a Beedrillite, a TM for Ice Beam, and so on. Another great thing about this place is, this is where you could find Ho-oh and Lugia, depending on which game you have (OR for Ho-oh, AS for Lugia). You can even find a Spiritomb though some measures!

Now for discussion questions:
• What did you think of Sea Mauville when you explored or heard about it?
• What did you think of the events that took place in this place, as well as the people involved?
• Any other thoughts? Feel free to share! (you don't have to put this all into lists)


I mean, personally, I have to say that they did a great job fleshing out the characters in this, as well as the place in general. It felt totally new to explore, and all the while, I was quite intrigued by everything!

 

[Sopheria]

Ahhh Sea Mauville! I remember not paying much attention to it the first time I heard about it, since I never did much in the abandoned ship in the originals. In fact, I don't even think I went back there until I went on my quest to catch Ho-oh. I have to say though, I was kinda confused for a while when I tried to find the Scanner. In the underwater corridor area, I didn't even realize there was a doorway there--it's a little hard to tell with the lighting, imo ~_~

I just kept going between C and E like "derp, where's the door?"

 

[Drayton]

Looking for the scanner is confusing I try to find on possible spots and I decide to look for answers on the net on the scanner whereabouts. I think there's bit of history on the abandoned ship thing

 

[Hikamaru]

I found Sea Mauville much better to explore than the Abandoned Ship in the original games, and while there's still some rematchable trainers here, the fact you can get Nuggets, a TM and a Mega Stone gives more incentive to want to come here. And it was only very recently that I finally picked up that Scanner, but it was because I had to watch a Let's Play to see how to get it.

 

[Sopheria]

Whew, so I'm not the only one who had trouble finding it.

Also, that Spiritomb encounter is so odd...who would guess that you have to read a book on the book shelf, then open up a menu option immediately afterwards in order to make it appear? That seems like the kind of thing you'd only figure out if you looked it up (which I'm sure most of us had to haha). Walking into the room and "feeling a presence" was a little creepy though haha

 

[Kaiyu]

I had a strange feeling of nostalgia while I was there. Finding the scanner gave me a pretty big headache but I managed to find it. @_@