Official games: I'm still grinding to eventually beat the Master Trainers in Let's Go Pikachu. Today Surge surprised me by not having his Electrode go BOOOOOM when my Raichu was underground - rather, once she had already used Dig. Still didn't manage to take her down, but points for the smarter move. The other Leaders I rematched were Koga and Sabrina, mostly because those two and Surge are a Team Rocket triad in the Pokémon Adventures manga. Actually, I was originally going to challenge just Koga and Surge, but I felt kinda guilty leaving Sabrina out for the reason above. 😆
Fan games: I'm replaying Pokémon Xenoverse. Mainly for spoiler reasons, although I also want to see if my negative opinion of the plot changes. I'm also running with the exact same team I had in my first playthrough sans the starter - in my first playthrough it was Trishout, in my second it's Shulong. Needless to say, I'm even less okay with the plot than I was in my first playthrough, but to my surprise, Shulong has been far more enjoyable to use than Trishout ever was, and at least having some hindsight as regards my team is making things easier to stomach (and sometimes laugh at).
