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NOTE TO SELF: do a little bit of research into designation <783-647225393-78669>, the friend that I call Sunny.
Icelandic Water Dragon: “YouTube just broke so badly that it loaded an advertisement as the video. I don't think that Google should stop us from using adblockers if they can't even get their own adverts to work properly…”
Icelandic Waters: “Hey, what if we used an internal HTTP request redirector to make a certain video load as an advertisement? That would be fun.”
Just got home from my holiday vacation. I cleaned up the objectives in a special Water-type hyperspace wild zone real quick, so I did a little fly-spamming and got this shiny Mudkip.
Y'know what? I'm gonna commit myself to this challenge. I'll see if I can catch a shiny Pokémon every day for the rest of the year. Considering that a Pokémon Storage System box can hold 30 Pokémon, I'll quite literally be making a shiny advent calendar! Maybe I'll make a separate account to share them on.
𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝'𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐
𝚒𝚝, 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘
𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚎. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚢, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏
𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚐𝚎; 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚛
𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚜𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚙 𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎
𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔.Today is the last full day of my holiday vacation, and I haven’t really done anything too productive with all that time. I really wanted to work on something big across all nine days, but my on-and-off motivation has made it difficult. I’ve had multiple ideas for Rhythm Doctor levels and small drawings, but none of them have come into full actualization. In the words of a certain song, I’m 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦.
I think that I just discovered a new meta for Pokémon Legends: Z-A. Tatsugiri and Dondozo retain their special interaction with each other. When a Dondozo is switched in with a Tatsugiri on the team, it gains a boost to all five stats. The OHKO move Fissure, which Dondozo can learn, has been changed to a 250 base power physical move for the Legends format. However, it’s still absolutely lethal.
My setup is to train a Dondozo in Attack and Speed, have it hold Soft Sand, teach it the moves Fissure and Order Up, and put a curly Tatsugiri in the team. With this setup, you’ll be able to target preoccupied competitors and fire off at least one super-lethal Fissure with 240 effective base power. Dondozo is more than tanky enough to survive any blows while it charges up, and Order Up can be used to regain the attack boost. I tell you, don’t doze on Dondozo!
𝙰𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎-𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛, 𝚜𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎
𝙱𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚙, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎
𝙽𝚎𝚠𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚙 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚐, 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎-𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛
𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛
𝙿𝚘𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎
𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎
𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚏𝚊𝚛, 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝
𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝
𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚠
𝚃𝚘 𝚗𝚊𝚒𝚟𝚎, 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚠I’m starting to understand how unbalanced shiny hunting truly is in Pokémon Legends: Z-A. It always has been, considering its shiny retention system and a multitude of spots for AFK hunting, both scripted and rubber band-based. However, the Mega Dimension DLC has an unprecedented new mechanic; something that can put even the 7% shiny rate of USUM’s Ultra Wormholes to shame. With the right distortions and the right donuts, you can cut out the hunting process and get yourself a guaranteed shiny.
If you enter a distortion using a donut with a Lv. 3 Shining Power, it will force one random Pokémon that matches the donut’s type to be shiny. This will be signified by a “Catch shiny Pokémon“ objective appearing on your research tasks. Because I went into this distortion using a Psychic Shining Power donut, and there are no other Psychic-type Pokémon in the distortion, this would force the presence of a shiny Alolan Raichu.
Of course, if the Pokémon you’re after can’t be singled out through its typing, you can still play the chance game. If the guaranteed shiny you get isn’t the species you’re looking for, you can quit out and press X-B-↑ on the title screen to safely save-scum out and try your luck again. Considering how easy this method is, I wonder what bounties the professional shiny hunters are pursuing . . .
I just witnessed the absolute cinema that is the finale of Rhythm Doctor. All that I can say without spoiling anything is . . . they absolutely did not have to cook that hard. They quite literally used every resource as a canvas for the story, even doing some things that I didn't even know were possible with the technology at their disposal. They also polished up some rough gameplay mechanics that functioned inelegantly or were locked behind the Call Custom Method event. Think about it this way: if the act 5 update was equivalent to Rain World’s More Slugcats Expansion, the full release is equivalent to The Watcher.
. . . I don't think I'm going to be sleeping tonight.
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-=-=-=-I’ve written several of these system logs with the intent of posting them, but I always ended up chickening out and pulling them. I feel like, with Mef gone, someone else needs to be acting weird and cryptic . . .
Icelandic Water Dragon: *10:21pm, getting ready to go to sleep*
Icelandic Waters: “Dude. Diglett and Magnemite both evolve by clustering up into triplets. And thanks to the Mystery Dungeon games, that connection has been officially endorsed. However, Magneton can evolve a second time, into Magnezone. Have you ever thought about what a Magnezone-style Dugtrio evolution would look like?”
Icelandic Water Dragon: “. . . Evolutionary horror aside, I doubt that this would happen, considering that it would likely involve updating both the Alolan Diglett and Wiglett lines. Now shut up and let me sleep.”
