Are you playing the Japanese version? The names of your Pokemon are different from mine and it's throwing me a bit.
Your starters are very similar to mine, only I didn't keep the Dark cat or the Audino/Tabunne... I really wanted to, but I hate having more than one Normal type and the Audino has pretty useless attacks and is kinda hard to level up. And though I generally like Dark types, in the end, I decided a Rock Pokemon might be better. It's kinda ugly though.
Up until the point where Plasma was kicking the Munna, I actually sympathized with their goals and thought, maybe this time we'll have a team that's not really evil. But kicking a Pokemon that you're trying to "liberate" is pretty evil so there goes that idea...
Yeah, I'm playing the Japanese version, which throws me, too! Every time I go into a discussion about BW, I'm like BUT I RECOGNIZE NONE OF THESE NAMES?? WHAT POKEMON ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT??
Right now, half of my team is just there to be there, I know I'm not going to use them, but they're cute and I went to the trouble of capturing them, so they're staying in my party, dammit. I thought Tabunne/Audino was going to be useful because it double slapped the hell out of my party when I was up against it! But then... not so much on the enemies. orz But it was rare and I caught it, SO I AM KEEPING IT FOR AWHILE.
I thought that might have been really interesting if they went with an actual moral dilemma with whether or not humans were oppressing Pokemon, but then, nope, the usual evil bad guys. orz But I can't complain too much because they are HILARIOUSLY evil (STEALING POKEMON FROM A LITTLE GIRL, LOL, THAT'S HOW EVIL THEY ARE) and what's a Pokemon game without an OTT evil force?
Have you been playing for a while? PoleSmokers released the U version of Black and White pretty much the day of release so I was able to just use that version. Or do you just like the Japanese versions?
I want to keep my team together but in the end, it never happens. We'll see what I have in the end... If you look carefully, there are shaking grasses every once in a while and that's where the Audino/Tabunne are hiding. They're great in terms of leveling up which is what I basically use them for now.
I decided to wait until release day and I tried the U version, but something about it just sort of clawed at me. I think I'm just really cranky about the names for the Starters--I liked Smugleaf, Wotter (SERIOUSLY IT WAS SO PERFECT), and either Pignition or Hamlit. Plus, why would they change Bel's name to Bianca? So, it's not that I like the Japanese versions so much, but just that the opportunity came up and the person I usually talk with about the games plays them in the raw Japanese, so it works out well enough for me.
I never keep my team together, either. I mean, what about when you catch a legendary?? I LOVE THE LEGENDARIES. :D :D :D
I really do wish they hadn't gone the aliens route because it takes away a lot of the impact--even if I do have to admit that they are playing around with another trope of the genre. (And I'll forgive just about anything for that, because it's been so much fun to practically keep a scorecard of what they've done.)
I wouldn't necessarily say it's been the weakest for me, too much happened that I was genuinely satisfied with (like Kyouko's death was beautifully handled), even if it didn't match the intensity of the previous episode. Also, after getting kind of disappointed by AngelBeats! (which I keep mentally comparing, even if they're not actually that similar to each other), Madoka Magica is still doing way better.
Or maybe I'm just being really, really hopeful and doggedly sticking to the positive, because I want to believe this was a solid episode/a good sign. XD
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Of course! It's not my icon (it came from this post), so feel free! I kind of love it because it takes on a whole new meaning once you realize what the tone of the show REALLY is, yet it looks so cutesy from the beginning! (Also, it's hard to find non-fanart icons in this fandom, because there's so much incredible art. a;sldkfjalskj I have totally neglected Pixiv the last few days and it's crazy how fast it piles up, there has to be THOUSANDS of images by now. T__T)
Why is it always alienssss. 8( I had similar feelings on my Plurk reaction. Someone also brought up that, hey, Sailor Moon was technically magical aliens on all the planets... but here it feels really off on the tone yeah. If it's based on Faust, I'd rather have a more supernatural explanation.
It'd be really depressing if it's a time loop that will never end! I can see it going that way, wow. Nothing to do to change it and Homura's going to be stuck in this forever pretty much. It feels like a commentary on Haruhi's Endless Eight kinda, just in passing.
Poor Kyouko and Sayaka there. Completely more tragic in that Sayaka couldn't be reached even a little.
That's an excellent point! Sailor Moon definitely had aliens and so I'm not exactly opposed to the idea, it just... felt like it never really connected with the story tone they've been using up to this point? Evil aliens are straight up trope, not a subversion of one!
I have to admit, I kind of talked myself into wanting an endless time loop, just because it would be the greatest trolling ever! But I don't think that's how it'll end--and yet how WILL it end? I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW.
And that whole discussion thread on Plurk was fantastic. *___*
I'm still only about five hours in! IT FEELS LIKE LONGER? AND YET I COULD KEEP PLAYING. I am undecided on a Bel ship, but I wouldn't be opposed to her doing girls. And N! I LOVE N SO MUCH IT'S RIDICULOUS.
NI IS LOLOLOLZ. Did you get the celebi and fight Giovanni in HG/SS? Speaking of needing a hug.
I'm going to breed the hell of it, that's my fav part of the game. :) I managed to get a female! No leaving it in day care and praying it pops a girl with a Ditto, yay. :D
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Your starters are very similar to mine, only I didn't keep the Dark cat or the Audino/Tabunne... I really wanted to, but I hate having more than one Normal type and the Audino has pretty useless attacks and is kinda hard to level up. And though I generally like Dark types, in the end, I decided a Rock Pokemon might be better. It's kinda ugly though.
Up until the point where Plasma was kicking the Munna, I actually sympathized with their goals and thought, maybe this time we'll have a team that's not really evil. But kicking a Pokemon that you're trying to "liberate" is pretty evil so there goes that idea...
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Right now, half of my team is just there to be there, I know I'm not going to use them, but they're cute and I went to the trouble of capturing them, so they're staying in my party, dammit. I thought Tabunne/Audino was going to be useful because it double slapped the hell out of my party when I was up against it! But then... not so much on the enemies. orz But it was rare and I caught it, SO I AM KEEPING IT FOR AWHILE.
I thought that might have been really interesting if they went with an actual moral dilemma with whether or not humans were oppressing Pokemon, but then, nope, the usual evil bad guys. orz But I can't complain too much because they are HILARIOUSLY evil (STEALING POKEMON FROM A LITTLE GIRL, LOL, THAT'S HOW EVIL THEY ARE) and what's a Pokemon game without an OTT evil force?
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I want to keep my team together but in the end, it never happens. We'll see what I have in the end... If you look carefully, there are shaking grasses every once in a while and that's where the Audino/Tabunne are hiding. They're great in terms of leveling up which is what I basically use them for now.
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I never keep my team together, either. I mean, what about when you catch a legendary?? I LOVE THE LEGENDARIES. :D :D :D
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I wouldn't necessarily say it's been the weakest for me, too much happened that I was genuinely satisfied with (like Kyouko's death was beautifully handled), even if it didn't match the intensity of the previous episode. Also, after getting kind of disappointed by AngelBeats! (which I keep mentally comparing, even if they're not actually that similar to each other), Madoka Magica is still doing way better.
Or maybe I'm just being really, really hopeful and doggedly sticking to the positive, because I want to believe this was a solid episode/a good sign. XD ( ... )
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It'd be really depressing if it's a time loop that will never end! I can see it going that way, wow. Nothing to do to change it and Homura's going to be stuck in this forever pretty much. It feels like a commentary on Haruhi's Endless Eight kinda, just in passing.
Poor Kyouko and Sayaka there. Completely more tragic in that Sayaka couldn't be reached even a little.
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I have to admit, I kind of talked myself into wanting an endless time loop, just because it would be the greatest trolling ever! But I don't think that's how it'll end--and yet how WILL it end? I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW.
And that whole discussion thread on Plurk was fantastic. *___*
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I have the water starter, here's my B/W FC - Midori, 3525 1346 1636
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Wait, don't you need your water starter??
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I'm going to breed the hell of it, that's my fav part of the game. :) I managed to get a female! No leaving it in day care and praying it pops a girl with a Ditto, yay. :D
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