Recent content by Esserise

I think these points sort of go hand-in-hand, as his long-term indoctrination of N is itself yet another illustration of him being an evil mastermind. He knew he wouldn’t be able to awaken the dragons himself, so he spent over a decade molding someone for that purpose. Though, within that, I...

I remember Hisuian Goodra not being part of the original announcement; was it mentioned later?

A sputtering rant in which he vents his frustration and is self-aware enough to acknowledge that he himself is an inescapably flawed being according to his own ideals. If spirit is a fundamental component of the universe, which is why he wishes to dismantle the universe as it is, then he himself...

Either do what Pikachu315111 said and have her team up with you as you go through the Gym — Gym gimmicks can be whatever the developers need them to be, so there’s nothing saying a Gym can’t be designed to revolve around a series of Multi Battles (maybe Piers, being a musician, wants to...

Yeah, to me it seems like a pretty straightforward structure. In Galar, the Pokémon League is a massive, seasonal event with competitors coming from all over the region to hopefully participate in the finals. That just inherently creates an organic point in the narrative at which the various...

I’m gonna push back on this a bit because while Platinum makes it clear that he’s just conning Team Galactic, it’s not in the sense that he doesn’t genuinely believe in what he says — he’s conning them in the sense that he’s allowing them think they will have any part in the world he plans to...

The statements that stand out to me are these: Phyco: Our Ultra Megalopolis was once a world filled with light… Necrozma was called the Blinding One, and it gave us all the energy we needed. And in fact, we were not the only ones who basked in its light. It traveled even to the distant world of...

It’s deep in headcanon city but I tend to think Cosmog and Necrozma are like evolutionary cousins of some sort*. They both have the unique ability to open Ultra Wormholes at will, so I figure that they both have some innate control over Z-Power, and thus can also do things like create...

I guess it could be, but that would only be the case if you for some reason want to buy the Switch 2 version as a separate, discrete new item rather than just purchasing the $10 digital upgrade path or getting it bundled with an NSO subscription. And if it’s your first time buying either game...

Loud Zelda fans are plenty obnoxious, but I don’t think this “gotcha” really holds up. Like… look, I love Pokémon games more than any other kind of game, and I even tend to prefer the newer ones over the older ones, so I’m probably the last person who’s gonna join in on a weekly dogpile about...

I wouldn’t want everyone to be like this because that’d be boring, but I’m happy to fall into the rare category of “I just like every Pokémon.” I’ve got my favorites, of course, but each one is like a fun, unique little art project. They all add something to the world.

Me, a westerner, being gravely disappointed that Pokémon TCG Pocket didn’t have a “I like weird Pokémon” display message option: :psygrump:

I put Keldeo alongside Celebi in HGSS and Hoopa in ORAS, ‘cause they all at least kinda illustrate their lore. In this regard, I think Keldeo benefits from its lore being relatively simple: It’s an orphaned successor to the Musketeers, which is shown by them teaching it a special, upgraded...

Well… kinda, I suppose, but my point is more that I feel like Game Freak don’t really do a good job of portraying the qualities of individual Mythical Pokémon that are supposed to be what makes them unique. Like, Jirachi is a wish-granter, which is an ability with incredibly potency (both...