Before we begin, I want to remind you all that I will be spoiling this game. I would recommend playing this through yourself before reading this. If you want to download the game, you can do so here. Alright, let's go!
I've been doing some grinding, getting my new special Pokémon team ready to take on Gideon. So far, it hasn't been so bad. I've been able to grind up my Starly pretty quick, and I got to do the same with my Ponyta. The game is pretty generous with the experience points. At least, in my experience, ha ha!
Yeah, I'm sorry. That was a bad pun. I'll stop now. The Onega Gym, befitting a Grass-type expert, looks like a forest.
It also is filled with teleporters. I'm getting flashbacks of Sabrina in Pokémon Red/Blue.
Yeah, I've said this before, and I will say it again. I hated Sabrina in the first two Pokémon games. Psychic-types in those games were overpowered, and there wasn't much to counter them back then. It was no fun. Speaking of Psychic Pokémon, I have ran into a bit of a complication when grinding on Route 303: I tend to run into Abra quite a bit. Abra is annoying. Alakazam is worth it if you get an Abra, in my experience though. I wonder how I can evolve one in this game, as I can't exactly trade.
I'm getting off track here. Gideon's gym, like Sabrina's, uses teleporters to create a maze. You have to keep jumping in the teleporters to find your way through the gym. Unfortunately, there are no trainers to battle in this Gym. Just Gideon himself. It's kind of a shame, really. I like battling Trainers in a Gym. They're a great way to get in some extra experience for your Pokémon before fighting the Gym Leader. My guess is, it's because Gideon has the stereotypical Hollywood ego. Gotta have all the spotlight to himself.
Oh, yes! I just remembered something! Remember that house we found the Rotom in? Well, that house has another surprise. One of the potted plants contains an Ancient Tome.
The Ancient Tome. One of a series of old books that can eventually be used to summon a powerful Pokémon. Every town in this game that has a Gym or something called a Sigil Hall has one. Which means I have to go back to Superior City. It's not that big a deal, as I can literally walk there and back. In Superior City, the first Ancient Tome can be found in the IV Changer's house. Remember him from the second entry in this Text Play? Well, the Ancient Tome can be found in...a potted plant in his house.
I think whoever hid those things has a thing for potted plants. Did the IV Charger know this was in his house? I doubt he'd appreciate someone busting into his house just to hide some really old book. Also, I think now is a good time to talk about an issue I had here. I did suffer some confusion as to exactly how many Ancient Tomes I owned. The game's item menu didn't indicate how many I owned. I honestly thought I missed the one in Superior Town, but it turned out I did get it, so...yeah. I would have liked some indication of that. Ah, well. Back to the grind.
Gideon's Pokémon are Grass-type, and they're all about level 16-17. As such, I wanted to grind my Pokémon to be a little bit stronger, level-wise. An EXP Share would be very helpful right now. Hopefully, I can get one at some point in this game. Anyway, after some grinding, it's time to hit the Gym! But wait! Didn't I say there was a teleporter maze? Yes, there is! How do we get through it? Luckily, the solution is simple:
1. Take the teleporter on the left at the entrance.
2. Take the teleporter on the right and down.
3. Take the teleporter on the left and down.
4. Take the teleporter on the right (NOT THE ONE STRAIGHT DOWN).
And there you are! Gideon awaits with his Nuzleaf. Gideon remarks another kid from Zarivar was also here, yelling about "teenage things". Freakin' Jake... Let's do this!
1st Pokémon: Chikorita (Lv. 16) - Defeated by Staravia. Gideon used a Potion.
2nd Pokémon: Leafeon (Lv. 16) - Defeated by Staravia. Gideon used a Potion.
3rd Pokémon: Nuzleaf (Lv. 17) - Defeated by Staravia. One Wing Attack, critical hit.
Huh. I spend all that time training all these Pokémon to battle Gideon...and it turns out all I needed was Staravia to get a near-clean sweep. Wow. But then again, that tends to be what happens with battles like this in my case. After the battle, Gideon remarks that Erika wouldn't like this...That's interesting. For those not in the know, Erika was one of the Gym Leaders in the original Red and Blue Pokémon games. Like Gideon, she's a Grass-type specialist. Maybe when Gideon switched careers to become a Gym Leader, Erika was a mentor to him.
With Gideon defeated, I got the Nature Badge, as well as TM86 (Grass Knot). There's an additional benefit: I can now also enter the cave in town. It's the opening to the Shadow Path. The Shadow Path is a dark cave area, and Flash would ideally be used, but I'd just say go find a map instead. Flash is stupid. When you're in this path, I recommend capturing a Karrablast and Shelmet here. You're going to need them. When I put my regular Pokémon team back together again, I decided it was time to make an adjustment. I added Gible to my team.
If there's anything that my time playing Pokémon Mega Adventure taught me (besides how to hate Mt. Snarlet with a passion), is that the Gible line are some beastly Pokémon. I'll have to do a bit of grinding to catch her up to the others on my team, but that's okay. Also, look at Gible! Isn't it cute? It's an adorable little shark-dragon-dinosaur monster.
I did wonder whether I should hit the Safari Zone here as long as I'm in town. After all, it's the only thing left in town to do around here. I cleared the Museum of Team Olympus, and I beat Gideon. You know what? What the heck. Let's go on Safari!
The Onega Town Safari Zone is not very large, which makes sense. Keep in mind, this game has seven Safari Zones. Presumably, every major town or city in this game has one. As such, one can assume that each of the individual Zones are small places, presumably with their own unique Pokémon wandering around there. Clever way to add more to the game.
The first Pokémon I encountered in the Zone was Girafarig. And naturally, I failed to catch it. I would encounter several of these giraffe-esque Pokémon, but always fail to catch them. I never have any luck in the Safari Zones when it comes to catching the rarer Pokémon. All the Pokémon I encountered in the Zone, and all I could catch was one Venonat. One Venonat. ONE. VENONAT.
Even funnier...I did it again, because I am a stupid person. Did a little better the second time, caught a Rhyhorn and an Exeggcute. Encountered a Scyther a few times, but couldn't catch it. It's like it was the very same Scyther taunting me. God, I hate Safari Zones. Might as well just head out through the Shadow Path. I can always return to this Safari Zone at a later time. When you go part way through, you meet up with this...familiar green ponytail.
Is...is that N from Black and White? What is he doing here? Was he looking for something to do after the events of those games? In fact, what point in time is he at here? Is he between Black/White and Black 2/White 2 here? He wants himself a piece of Team Olympus, as he claims they're hurting Pokémon. That...makes sense, considering N's character. I can see him being angry these guys are trying to capture legendary Pokémon. He angrily pushes me aside, and wants me to give Team Olympus a message: He's coming for them, and he's going to make them pay for what they've done. Get in line, Saladhead. They attacked my hometown!
The Shadow Path is not too bad to traverse through if you have a map. Once you get through the path, you've arrived in the middle of Fianga City.
Like Superior City, Onega Town, and Zarivar Town before it, Fianga City is named after a lake. Lake Fianga is located in Africa, particularly in the countries of Chad and Cameroon. It's formed by the seasonal flooding of the Logone River. Who says you don't learn some cool stuff from video games? You want to see something neat? Also, I love the little detail of the Pidgeot flying overhead occasionally with a pair of Pidgeotto flanking it. It helps make the world feel a little more full, if that makes sense. Nearby the entrance, there is this nice blonde woman who gives me a Moon Stone.
What's a Moon Stone? Well, some Pokémon require certain stones to evolve into a stronger form. Moon Stones are one of these evolution-inducing stones. There are various other stones, introduced in various generations. Gen I introduced the Fire, Water, Leaf, Thunder, and Moon Stones. Gen II introduced the Sun Stone, Gen IV added the Shiny, Dusk, and Dawn Stones. Gen VII would add the Ice Stone to the batch.
Fianga City is regarded as a progressive city, a city of science. Mainly because it's home to the Pokéhadron Collider, a place where scientists do a lot of research on Pokémon. It seems these incredible creatures are a never-ending source of scientific discovery. It's also the home of the Wireless Depot, where you can supposedly battle and trade online with people all over the world.
The Depot is also where you can find the Name Rater and Move Deleter. Basically, if you want to adjust your Pokémon's name or moveset, they can be done here. Funny enough, the Move Deleter claims he's licensed. Yeah, sure. The Depot also has everything you could need, like a Pokémon Center and a small shop. There's a reason these are all here, despite there also being separate Pokémon Centers and Poké Marts in town. That's because this building has the Simulation Beta lobby on the second floor.
Here, you can engage in simulated battles with virtual trainers. You can add more trainers by collecting Trainer IDs. How do you get these IDs? Well, by interacting with characters in the game. There's an old rule when it comes to JRPGs: Talk to everyone. What I love is that this game actually gives the player a reason to do so, besides just hearing some dialogue that might do a little world-building. The more people you talk to, the more virtual Trainers you can unlock and battle. That's pretty cool. According to a lady with a Porygon2 in the main lobby, there are 10 challenges. They naturally start easy, but get more difficult. If you win all 10, you get a rare item. I wonder what that item could be. Maybe it's how you get the Master Ball in this game? Who knows?
Next to the Depot is a house with two people inside.
That's very nice of that kid to say. That made my day. I believe I have talked about this before, but I really like the non-playable character dialogue in this game.
If you need another whuppin' pal, let me know. We'll exchange Pokégear numbers. Anyway, there's also a Bellsprout in the house. This is great. Remember, Bellsprout was one of the starter Pokémon in this game. I got Magby and Horsea already, and here's a chance to complete the set. Well, there's a Bellsprout here because I chose a Magby. If I had chosen a Horsea, there would have been a Magby there. If I had chosen a Bellsprout, there would have been a Horsea.
I love that this game makes it possible to obtain all three starters. Bellsprout was easy to catch. I have all three starters on my team now! Yay!
I am very happy with this. I love having all the starters. Gotta Catch 'Em All, and all that. I'll have to train the little guy up to match his new teammates, but that's not a big deal. I named him Nepenthes, after the genus of carnivorous plants. The Bellsprout line is inspired by pitcher plants, which are part of that genus. Pretty clever, huh? The Shadow Path has been a good place to grind up Bellsprout and Gible. The path has some Rock-type Pokémon there, and Bellsprout is a Grass/Poison dual-type. Rock is weak against Grass. It was a bit more difficult than I expected to grind Nepenthes up, despite the type advantage it had over several Pokémon native to the Shadow Path. Still, I was able to grind up Nepenthes and Moguera the Gible pretty well. Moguera's Dragon Rage was very useful there.
Besides the grinding, I wanted to check out some of the sights here. One of the houses contains a man known as the Cut Master.
Yeah, he has dedicated his life to mastering the Pokémon technique known as Cut.
I can imagine that in the Pokémon world, there are eccentrics like this. There's a kid in the house who claims he's going to beat all eight Gyms, take on the League, then hit the Sigil Halls. There are five of them, one is inaccessible. I'm presuming you have to beat the other four to access the fifth. I'm getting nervous about these Halls. I'm hoping it doesn't end up like Mega Adventure.
What are the Sigil Halls? Well, the kid is happy to tell you. They're unique to the Vesryn region. The Halls are located in the landmass in the far east of the region known as...the Vesryn Spear. There are four Halls operating: The Hall of Victors, The Hall of Heroes, The Hall of Champions, and the Hall of Masters. The Halls can be entered by defeating the Elite Four. Each of the Four has their own Hall.
Wait, wasn't there a fifth? Well, yes. It's not really a Hall, per se. They say it's become the home of a powerful Pokémon trainer, one who has meditated there for years. Literally years. I originally thought this guy is this game's version of the Champion, but it turns out that you already can battle a Champion. So I'm guessing he's like fighting Red in Gold and Silver, a bit of post-game content.
Anyway the Cut Master himself gives out copies of the Hidden Machine known as Cut. Unfortunately, he doesn't have any more Cut HMs today. The last one he had was taken by some kid who kept bragging about having "swag". DARN YOU JAAAAAAAAAAKE!
The visit to his house wasn't a complete loss. You see, his family has some Bonsly to spare. The Cut Master got a bunch of Bonsly, as they're his favorite Pokémon...not realizing that Bonsly cannot use Cut.
Some "Cut Master" he is. You'd think that with his obsession with this technique, he'd learn which Pokémon can and cannot use it. So now I have a Bonsly. Yay. I know have nearly 70 filled entries in my Pokédex.
Ther are some other interesting things about this place. Evidently, the father of the Blackfist City Gym lives here. There's also an opportunity to get a Smeargle here, but I'll have to get an extra Clefairy to trade for it.
The funny part is, if you say no, the artist here throws a fit and starts ranting about his art not needing your validation. Yeah, whatever, Mr. Famous Artist. But speaking of trading, Fianga also has opportunities for trading Shelmet and Karrablast. Back in the third entry of this Text Play, I pointed out the unique relationship between these two Pokémon. And once I traded them, I got Escavalier and Accelgor.
The Pokehadron Collider is the main sight in this city, and it's a good thing we're in town. You see, Team Olympus has taken over the Collider. Considering what my past encounter with them was like, I think it can be assumed it has something to do with a Legendary Pokémon. Which is confirmed by a Team Olympus grunt standing right in the front of the main door.
Yeah, you can tell these guys will take anyone for grunts, ha ha. Well, considering there's another Team Olympus infestation, guess we'll have to clear them out. And since that dumb grunt was so kind to tell us how we can sneak into the Pokehadron Collider, we can go inside. Another grunt in the city states that they're going to use the Collider to summon a powerful Pokémon. Yeah, just as I figured. Near the Collider is a man just hanging out in the back.
He's got an extra Pokémon egg that he needs to get rid of, and he's hoping I'll take it off his hands. He seems shady, but I'll take it anyway. Who knows? It could turn out to hatch into an awesome Pokémon. So how do you hatch a Pokémon egg? Easy. Put it in your team, and just start walking around. Eventually, the egg hatches.
Huh. Well, that makes sense. Togepi tends to be...not easy to find in the wild. And I think here is where we're going to stop for now. Next time, we're going to sneak into the Pokéhadron Collider and kick some Team Olympus butt. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to get ready for that! Wish me luck!
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Pokémon Obtained:
(Route 303)
- Spearow
- Staravia (evolved from Starly)
- Pidgeotto (evolved from Pidgey)
(Onega Town Safari Zone)
- Girafarig (Encountered, couldn't catch)
- Venonat
- Rhyhorn
- Cottonee (Encountered, couldn't catch)
- Pinsir (Encountered, couldn't catch)
- Exeggcute
- Aipom (Encountered, couldn't catch)
- Heracross (Encountered, couldn't catch)
- Kangaskhan (Encountered, couldn't catch)
- Tauros (Encountered, couldn't catch)
- Chansey (Encountered, couldn't catch)
(Shadow Path)
- Dwebble
- Karrablast
- Pawniard
- Diglett
- Shelmet
- Weepinbell (evolved from Bellsprout)
(Fianga City)
- Bellsprout
- Accelgor (evolved from traded Shelmet)
- Escavalier (evolved from traded Karrablast)
- Togepi (75th Pokémon)
(Route 306)
- Poliwag (70th Pokémon!)
- Minun
- Aipom
- Plusle
- Pikachu
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