[Review] TeniPuri manga

[oriaon]

Well, it took me two weeks to get through the entire manga, but I've done it \o/ And I'm so glad I did, you know, not only to refresh myself on characterization and plot, but to relive the entire experience again. And what an experience it was :'D Refueling old loves, not only the series as a whole, but characters I had forgotten how much I used to

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[oriaon]

Sanada wasn't very happy with his 'win' either; he had to give up his head to head challenge. I was very happy that Tezuka was finally freed from the responsibility of leading a team in Shin Tenipuri and that he was able to play for himself instead. But then he leaves and it's going to be like the original series all over again where he's never there ):
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Oh, I see you've added more info since this afternoon. I had some questions but most seem to be covered now \o/

I'm planning on Hiyoshi being a new trainer originally from Ecruteak but starting his journey in Kanto because his older brother is aiming for Johto conquest and he wanted to be separate from that. His companion Pokemon would be a Gengar, OT being his brother, that's too high a level for him to use in battle-- my question for this would be whether companion Pokemon are set, or can be switched around with the main battling team? E.g. Sometime along the way, Hiyoshi may earn enough badges that Gengar will start listening to him, or say a companion Pokemon is an egg and it hatches.

There's that, and even though he won't have any other Pokemon so far to report on the app besides Gengar and his starter, I was looking through a list of Pokemon I think might be good for his main team later down the road. Some of these Pokemon require stones to evolve; will these and other evolutionary items be freely available, distributed through events, bought from department stores, extremely rare and hard to obtain like they're supposed to be, etc?

In terms of an actual app, so far all I've got written down is: Boy. xD;

[link621]

I know, I can't read ShinTen anymore. :(

I'm gonna keep updating everything. Getting there slowly but surely, it's taken a while.

That sounds awesome! And, no, companion pokemon aren't set by any means. Nothing in your team is, so long as you are able to either deposit a pokemon, release a pokemon, or have an open spot on your team. Basically, the "companion" pokemon is a seventh spot that prevents you from having to leave an awesome pokemon out of your team just because they couldn't be a battle pokemon. (For example, my Tezuka carries around a Cleffa.) I love the idea of a Gengar who follows him around but won't listen to him in battle, haha. ♥

Yes - and I will remember to cover that in the community, thank you. All evolutions will be possible, but will be similarly difficult. Really, I don't want people going, "WEEEEEEEEEee, ALL THE DRAGONITES!!!!" because that's really hard to accomplish. But, on the flipside, I want everyone to have an honest chance at creating the team they want. :3

Well, glad we figured that out.

[oriaon]

Oh, good, because I had another idea for a companion Pokemon Hiyoshi'd have later on too. Gengar's pretty much his brother's way of making sure Hiyo won't pass out in the middle of nowhere without help xD Since his entire family'd be in Johto instead of Kanto. Will Hiyoshi be able to get a Kanto starter even though he's born in Johto, and Gengar is technically his first Pokemon? Or I can rework it so that his brother comes with him to Kanto to receive a starter and then give him Gengar after that.

All right, that's great! Haha, I have to admit I've never gotten a Dragonite in any of my games. Wasted too many balls trying to catch the things, and then never had the patience to raise it that many levels xD;;;;;;;

[link621]

Yep! Another example of how that might work for someone else is that they might have a loyal family pet (think James in the anime) who they bring with them on their journey. Technically, you could go out on your own without a starter at all, but you wouldn't receive your pokegear as a result. :) The other upshot, as you mentioned, is that your starter is loyal to you from the get-go whereas that might not be the case of other pokemon with a newbie trainer. So, really, why your starter always ends up as your first entry in your 'Dex is because it is the first thing you get from the professor.

XD; I did in Red and Pearl because I finished the Dex, but holy hell did it ever require patience. XD