Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Pokemon Y - Looker Bureau Part 1

I flew back to Lumiose City, and when I got there I received a message on my Holo Caster. The message I received simply told me to come to the Looker Bureau, close to Rouge Plaza. With so little information, all I could do was to go to the place and find out what was going on.

I went inside, and met up with Looker, the officer from the International Police I worked with back in the Unova Region to find and arrest the Seven Sages. I found that he had been investigating me, and he obviously  knew I was the newest Champion of the Kalos Region, and also that I was the one to stop Team Flare.

Looker told me that he opened up the Looker Bureau to stop trouble from happening in Lumiose City, and asked that I be his assistant to help him stop trouble from happening. I agreed to help him, but he pointed out that I'm just a novice when it comes to detective work, and so I would need to enroll in his class in detective and espionage skills, called "The Looker Method: Yes, even YOU can become a detective in five easy steps!"

He told me I would need to find five Looker Tickets that have been sprinkled about Lumiose City, and bring them back to him. He said I would spot the tickets with their glitter and sparkles, and told me that he left hints to their locations in his notebook. I read through it, and the locations were: Pokemon center next to Magenta Plaza, Centrico Plaza in Prism Tower, Vernal Avenue at shop selling medicine, North Boulevard, 1F, where people rest, and finally also on North Boulevard, 1F, in a place filled with art.

I left the building and instantly got a call on my Holo Caster, and it was Looker who gave me a rundown once again of the ticket locations. The first one I grabbed was at Prism Tower, easy enough to find and snag, then I left to find the Pokemon Center. I went south first, then when that was unsuccessful I went north, but I didn't see anything there either. I soon found out there was a THIRD Pokemon center near the center of the city, and snagged it there.

After a while I was able to find Vernal Avenue, and I went into the herbal shop where I found another ticket. After that I went north to reach North Boulevard, and went into the Lumiose Museum, where I found the fourth ticket. All that remained was the last ticket, and I found that at Hotel Richissime.

With the last ticket in hand, I headed out back to the Looker Bureau, and handed over the tickets. Looker declared me a fully fledged, completely boiled detective. With that done, he asked once more if I would become his crime-fighting partner, and I said yes once more. He told me he'd send me a message on the Holo Caster whenever he had a mission for me.

Before I could get too far, I received another Holo Caster message, and asked me to return to the Looker Bureau. I knew whatever I was in for, it was going to be interesting, but it would have to wait until later.

Current Team:

Jack (Greninja, Water/Dark, Lv. 74)
Gabriel (Talonflame, Fire/Flying, Lv. 74)
Axel (Raichu, Electric, Lv. 74)
Logan (Venusaur, Grass/Poison, Lv. 74)
Brody (Diggersby, Normal/Ground, Lv. 75)
Cadence (Florges, Fairy, Lv. 75)

Saturday, March 12, 2016

Pokemon Y - Upgrading the Mega Ring

I went to Anistar City to meet up with Professor Sycamore at the sundial. He told me that he found a way to power up the Mega Ring, but before that he wanted to talk about Mega Stones.

Professor Sycamore had a theory that the Mega Stones are special stones irradiated by the light, energy from Yveltal, fired from the ultimate weapon 3000 years ago. He thought it was possible that they were originally evolutionary stones like Fire Stones.

He didn't know what the Mega Ring was, besides a thing that transforms feelings felt toward Pokemon into some kind of wavelength. He said that the Mega Ring works in a similar way to the sundial, which changes sunlight into a mysterious light.

He said that for an hour starting at 8 PM, the sundial starts emitting light, though the relationship with the Mega Ring isn't understood. He told me to try touching the sundial, and when I did there was a flash of light.

Sycamore told me that I was exposed to the Legendary Pokemon's energy in Team Flare's secret HQ, and that the Mega Ring has absorbed the power of the sundial. He said those two powers combined to upgrade my Mega Ring. He told me it would react to underground Mega Stones, but only when the sundial is emitting light.

He left after that, and I was left alone, too late in the night to try looking for Mega Stones. I knew I'd have to look later though.

Current Team:

Jack (Greninja, Water/Dark, Lv. 74)
Gabriel (Talonflame, Fire/Flying, Lv. 74)
Axel (Raichu, Electric, Lv. 74)
Logan (Venusaur, Grass/Poison, Lv. 74)
Brody (Diggersby, Normal/Ground, Lv. 75)
Cadence (Florges, Fairy, Lv. 75)

Sunday, March 6, 2016

Pokemon Y - Kiloude City

I left the Train Station at Kiloude City, and was immediately stopped by a man in a white suit. He recognized me from the parade, and gave me the VS. Recorder as thanks for defeating Team Flare. With the VS. Recorder, I could record Battle Videos of battles with friends or in special facilities. He told me I could also upload my Battle Videos to the internet, and that I could use codes to find videos uploaded by others.

I went to the Pokemon Center and picked up Celebi (Psychic/Grass, Lv. 100) from the 20th Anniversary Mystery Gift for March. I was so glad to have the opportunity to get all the Mythical Pokemon that were released in prior events through the years, including Mew (Psychic, Lv. 100) that was released in February. All the other Pokemon in the game could be found by trading, but who would want to give up the event-only Pokemon?

I decided to explore the town, and the first thing of note I found was the Friend Safari, which would allow me to go on the Safari of someone registered in my friend list. I decided to try my luck there with a Ghost-Type safari, where I found Pumpkaboo and Lamperts. I tried a Bug-Type safari next, where I found a Paras and an Illumise (Female, Bug, Lv. 30), the latter of which I caught.

I went through my friend list, going through the safari again and again, finding all the Pokemon that I could catch thanks to my friends. I didn't catch anymore Pokemon from there, all of them either Pokemon I already had or evolutions of them.

I left the safari and went to explore the city further, visiting homes of people who lived there. I received TM58 (Sky Drop) before I got into a battle with someone looking to get advice on dealing with Levitating/Flying-Type Pokemon. Through the battle both Axel and Logan grew to Level 74, and afterward I continued through the city to receive TM91 (Flash Cannon).

Eventually I found the main draw of the city, the Battle Maison, where I could get into special battles with a variety of different Trainers to earn Battle Points. With Battle Points I could buy unique and special items for battle and for evolution. I decided to try my luck with Single Battles, and I got through 10 battles for 10 BP before I decided to call it quits.

I left the Battle Maison and explored the town further, and met up with Serena, and she wanted to battle. I sent Jack out against her Meowstic, and it used Fake Out to make Jack flinch, but the next turn saw Jack take it down with Night Slash.

Jack grew to Level 74, and I kept him in the battle against Clefable. Jack struck with Waterfall for massive damage, but then it countered with Moonblast for massive damage, and Jack barely clung on. I sent Logan out, and Serena switched out to Vaporeon. I had Venusaur Mega Evolve, and then he struck with Energy Ball for massive damage, before Vaporeon countered with Aurora Beam for good damage. Another Energy Ball took it down though.

I kept Logan in the fight against Clefable, and his Sludge Bomb knocked it out. Altaria was sent out next, and I sent Cadence out against it. Cadence used Moonblast for massive damage, but Altaria clung on to use Confide to lower Cadence's special attack. That didn't matter though, because she struck with Dazzling Gleam next to knock it out, and after that Gabriel grew to Level 74.

I sent Gabriel out against Serena's next Pokemon, Chesnaught, and Gabriel struck with Brave Bird to deal massive damage and knock it out in a single blow. Cadence and Brody both grew to Level 75, and then Serena's last Pokemon, Absol, was sent out while I switched back to Cadence.

Serena's Absol Mega Evolved, but Cadence attacked with Moon Blast to knock it out in a single blow, and so the battle was won!

After the battle, Serena gave me Absolite, and then told me that she had a message from Professor Sycamore. It appeared that he had unraveled part of the secret of the Mega Ring and the Mega Stones, and that I was to meet him by the sundial in Anistar City.

I decided I would visit him later, after everything I had done in Kiloude City. I'm just glad to see how easy it is to earn BP so I can get those TMs and special items later on.

Current Team:

Jack (Greninja, Water/Dark, Lv. 74)
Gabriel (Talonflame, Fire/Flying, Lv. 74)
Axel (Raichu, Electric, Lv. 74)
Logan (Venusaur, Grass/Poison, Lv. 74)
Brody (Diggersby, Normal/Ground, Lv. 75)
Cadence (Florges, Fairy, Lv. 75)