So, one of the biggest changes in the series has been the removal of HMs, turning most of them into powerful TMs, while others simply disappeared. HMs were a staple of the Pokemon series since Generation 1, where you needed HMs to get through the region, gained from special NPCs as you went on your journey. Now though, as you progress through the game, you gain access to Ride Pokemon, which perform many of the same things as those old HMs did.
You can ride on a Tauros to smash rocks, surf on a Lapras, and fly from place to place while riding on a Charizard, which means that's at least one move slot per Pokemon on your team that is freed up by this change. Since the very beginning, Pokemon could only memorize four different moves, and while HMs were generally powerful attacks, they forced Trainers to give up one of those precious few slots so they could progress through the game.
With this change, players can finally teach their Pokemon whatever moves they want, without fear of being stuck behind a barrier somewhere. It's great news for me, because I've wanted to be able to train Pokemon after I'm done with the main story, but I worried about having to switch Pokemon around to get through the islands. Now I can just get around as I need to without teaching my new team certain moves or having to keep switching to old Pokemon with specific HMs.
There are other changes I'll talk about later, but I thought this was a big one to mention.
Sunday, September 3, 2017
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Changing things up
Hey everyone,
My schedule has changed recently due to a new position at work, and as such I have less free time during the week than I had before. This, combined with my focus on my writing, means that I have very little time for Pokemon updates outside the weekend.
The truth of the matter is, I started this blog mainly to force myself to keep going with my playthrough of the Pokemon series from Generation 3 and onward. I was determined to get as many Pokemon as I could through my own efforts, but I knew if I didn't have something to keep me going, I might give up due to annoyance at level grinding.
Now that I'm at the current generation, and transferring Pokemon is so simple, there's little need for me to blog about my progress on the current game. Still, that doesn't mean I'm going to stop blogging; instead, I'm going to put in entries here and there detailing my thoughts on aspects of the current game, and of the series as a whole. I could also talk about my efforts to train my Pokemon, what sorts of teams I'm working with and my difficulties with said training.
This blog will slow down, but I can assure you it's not going to stop. If anything, I'll be able to blog more freely, no longer being forced to talk about my progress, and I'll even be able to play the games more quickly, as I won't need to pause every few minutes to write. Overall, I think the blog is going to do even better, now that I'll get to talk about a wider variety of topics.
I hope you'll all stick around, and enjoy the new direction!
My schedule has changed recently due to a new position at work, and as such I have less free time during the week than I had before. This, combined with my focus on my writing, means that I have very little time for Pokemon updates outside the weekend.
The truth of the matter is, I started this blog mainly to force myself to keep going with my playthrough of the Pokemon series from Generation 3 and onward. I was determined to get as many Pokemon as I could through my own efforts, but I knew if I didn't have something to keep me going, I might give up due to annoyance at level grinding.
Now that I'm at the current generation, and transferring Pokemon is so simple, there's little need for me to blog about my progress on the current game. Still, that doesn't mean I'm going to stop blogging; instead, I'm going to put in entries here and there detailing my thoughts on aspects of the current game, and of the series as a whole. I could also talk about my efforts to train my Pokemon, what sorts of teams I'm working with and my difficulties with said training.
This blog will slow down, but I can assure you it's not going to stop. If anything, I'll be able to blog more freely, no longer being forced to talk about my progress, and I'll even be able to play the games more quickly, as I won't need to pause every few minutes to write. Overall, I think the blog is going to do even better, now that I'll get to talk about a wider variety of topics.
I hope you'll all stick around, and enjoy the new direction!
Saturday, February 4, 2017
Pokemon Y - Finished
It's been a long road, and I should have made this entry months ago, but I am now finished with Pokemon Y. It was fun, for the most part, and I enjoyed the changes to simplify training and make it easy to build up my whole team.
Originally I had meant to spend a while playing Pokemon Y, trying to train all my Pokemon to their final forms, somewhere around Level 50 or higher, but then Pokemon Sun and Moon were announced and came out a few months back, and I've waited until now to start it because I wanted to bring all my Pokemon over.
Pokemon Seen: 553
Pokemon Owned: 371
Time Spent: 91 Hours, 44 Minutes
I'm glad I got to play Pokemon Y. Except for the Looker Bureau stuff, I had a lot of fun, and I'm glad to have gone through all the effort to go through the series before then. Pokemon Moon sounds really different from most other Pokemon games, and I look forward to seeing what it's like.
Originally I had meant to spend a while playing Pokemon Y, trying to train all my Pokemon to their final forms, somewhere around Level 50 or higher, but then Pokemon Sun and Moon were announced and came out a few months back, and I've waited until now to start it because I wanted to bring all my Pokemon over.
Pokemon Seen: 553
Pokemon Owned: 371
Time Spent: 91 Hours, 44 Minutes
I'm glad I got to play Pokemon Y. Except for the Looker Bureau stuff, I had a lot of fun, and I'm glad to have gone through all the effort to go through the series before then. Pokemon Moon sounds really different from most other Pokemon games, and I look forward to seeing what it's like.
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