Weekly Gaming Blog · 1:31am Jan 20th, 2017

Welcome to my Weekly Gaming Blog!

This week's coverage: Dark Cloud 2 (final entry), Pokemon Sun, and Pokemon Shuffle.

Newly acquired games this week:
None

Dark Cloud 2

GAME CLEAR
Total Time: 69 hours
Georama Completion:
- Sindain: 100%
- Balance Valley: 100%
- Veniccio: 100%
- Heim Rada: 100%
- Moon Flower Palace: 100%
Medals earned: 158 total (125 spent)
Current medals: 33

WEAPONS/MAX: Grade Zero, Steal Gun
(Alternate weapons: Heavy Hammer, Wild Cat, Dark Viper)
WEAPONS/MONICA: Dark Cloud, Satan Brassard
(Alternate weapon: Cross Heinder)
RIDEPOD: Master Grade Core
Energy Pack (Urn)
Sun & Moon Armor
Nova Cannon III/Samurai Arm III
Jet Hover

And so the journey comes to an end. The final boss rush is kind of a slog, even though all the minibosses leading up to the True Final Boss are easy to kill with the Ridepod. The biggest problem with Dark Element is that once the final battle begins, a timer counts down, and you have to beat him before time runs out. It's tricky because he's only vulnerable to either Max or Monica at any given time, you have to pay attention to know who can damage him, his attacks are FIERCE, and he has one attack that makes him unreachable AND takes off at least half your HP in one go. I beat him with 15 seconds to spare.

Around June or July, I'll start the promised Let's Play of this game. For now, at least as far as console games are concerned, I'm moving on to Shantitty--err, Shantae.

Pokemon Sun

So I made mad progress this week, making up for lost time in a big way. Here are some thoughts on the various things I ran into/did this week, and Pokemon in general:

- A haunted sand castle. Really. It was silly enough when we had living garbage and living ice cream, but now we have haunted sand castles.

- The Aether Foundation creeps me out. Something about them is just...off. Especially their leader Lusamine.

- In past games, I've gone out of my way to evolve every trashmon I catch instead of just catching their evolved forms later to pad out the Pokedex. I'm not doing that anymore, it's a waste of time. Any Pokemon I don't plan to use (like Yungoos and Gumshoos), I'm just catching both forms then trading them through Wonder Trade. Speaking of which, got two level 1 Rowlets this week in Wonder Trade! Traded one for a Popplio, so now I have all the Alola starters and that takes care of that.

- I've started using Island Scan now that I've mapped out two whole islands and bothered to look up a site with all the Alola QR codes.

- Cool thing that happened this week: Encountered a Cleffa on Mount Hokulani. Decided to throw a Quick Ball at it just to see what'd happen. Rolled a critical catch--ball shook once and sealed.
-- Since this happened I've had repeats of the critical catch with Quick Balls on at least three other Island Scan Pokemon. Yay?

- Sophocles' Classic Game Boy T-shirt amuses me. XD

-o-

Trainer: Marinette / Official Pokemon Trainer
Starter: Litten
Trials completed: 7
Kahunas defeated: Hala, Olivia
Current Party: Barboach, Cleffa, Gabite, Goomy, Metang, Staravia
Current Location: Ula'ula Island/Route 13

PokeFinder V2
Total Thumbs-Up: 6,064
Record Thumbs-Up: 3,568

===============Pokedex===============
Completion percentages:
Alola: 54%
-o- Melemele: 74%
-o- Akala: 68%
-o- Ula'ula: 56%
-o-
Seen: 211 (197 Alola, 14 National)
Caught: 179 (165 Alola, 14 National)
Shinies: 0
Legendaries: 0
Mythicals: 0

New Pokemon obtained this week: (Does not include extras caught for trading)
Ariados (nickname: Garyados)
Barboach (nickname: Foosh)
Bellsprout (nickname: Bellator)
--E--> Weepinbell
Blissey (evolved from Chansey)
Bruxish (nickname: M. Garayan)
Charjabug (nickname: 9-Volt)
Cleffa (nickname: Treble)
Corsola (nickname: Coraline)
Cyndaquil (nickname: Blastbottom)
--E--> Quilava
----E----> Typhlosion
Ditto (nickname: Silly Putty)
Dratini (nickname: Draqueenie)(hatched from an Egg)
Elekid (nickname: Tony)
Fearow (nickname: Beerow)
Geodude (nickname: Alola, Dude!)
Gumshoos (nickname: Numbuh Four)
Honedge (nickname: Excalipoor)
Komala (nickname: Snoozanna)
Lanturn (evolved from Chinchou)
Ledian (nickname: Tikki)
Lumineon (evolved from Finneon)
Lurantis (evolved from Fomantis)
Luvdisc (nickname: Pucker)
Luxio (nickname: Luxuria)
--E--> Luxray
Mareanie (nickname: Benedict*)
Marill (nickname: Bubbles)
Metang (evolved from Beldum)
Minior (nickname: Xenolith)
Persian (evolved from Meowth)
Popplio (GTS - traded for Rowlet)
Pyukumuku (nickname: Pookie)
Rowlet (received in a Wonder Trade)
--E--> Dartrix
----E----> Decidueye
Sandile (received in a Wonder Trade)
Sandygast (nickname: Sunako)
Seaking (evolved from Goldeen)
Shellder (nickname: Between'er)
Shinx (nickname: Wilykatt) (hatched from an Egg)
Skarmory (received in a Wonder Trade)
Snorunt (received in a Wonder Trade)
Staravia (nickname: Starbird)
Starly (nickname: Quilla) (hatched from an Egg)
Talonflame** (evolved from Fletchinder)
Togedemaru*** (nickname: Brillo Rat)
Torkoal (nickname: Loretta)
Totodile (nickname: Louie)
Turtonator (nickname: Bowser)
Vulpix (received in a Wonder Trade)

*So named because it attacked the Corsola that summoned it.
**Aww yeah, I got my BIRD OF DESTRUCTION back, bitches!!
***ANOTHER goddamn electric mouse?! Seriously?!

Z-Crystals Obtained (throughout game to date):
Electrium Z, Fightinium Z, Firium Z, Grassium Z, Incinium Z, Normalium Z, Rockium Z, Snorlium Z, Steelium Z, Waterium Z

Pokemon Shuffle

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK...

I keep falling ONE. MOVE. SHORT. of S-ranking Mega Salamence!!

Pokemon caught: 704
Pokemon at level 10 or higher: 146
* Main stage Pokemon caught: 510/510
* EX Stage Pokemon caught: 45/46
* Special Stage Pokemon caught:
=All Special Stage Pokemon released through 1/17/17=
* Safari: All Pokemon caught through 1/10/17

Main stages cleared: 1-530
Main stage S-ranks: 529

EX stages cleared: 1-45
EX stage S-ranks: 20

Survival Mode best record: SM16
Max combo: 166
Meowth's Coin Mania Record: 7200 coins

Escalation Battle #1 highest level reached: 200
Giratina caught at: level 12 (12% catch rate)

Escalation Battle #2 highest level reached: 96
Cresselia caught at: level 4 (4% catch rate)

Escalation Battle #3 highest level reached: 101
Darkrai caught at: level 13 (13% catch rate)

Escalation Battle #4 highest level reached: 71
Latias caught at: level 16 (16% catch rate)

Escalation Battle #5 highest level reached: 101
Latios caught at: level 42 (42% catch rate)

Escalation Battle #6 highest level reached: 92
Keldeo (Resolute Form) caught at: level 11 (11% catch rate)

Escalation Battle #7 highest level reached: 239
Kyurem caught at: level 8 (8% catch rate)

Escalation Battle #8 highest level reached: 151
Diancie caught at: N/A (Diancie obtained prior to this event)

Escalation Battle #9 highest level reached: 247
Zygarde (50% Forme) caught at: level 9 (9% catch rate)

Escalation Battle #10 highest level reached: 246
Giratina (Origin Forme) caught at: level 14 (14% catch rate)

Escalation Battle #11 highest level reached: 100
Meloetta (Aria Forme) caught at: level 15 (15% catch rate)

Escalation Battle #12 highest level reached: 200
Mew caught at: N/A (Mew obtained prior to this event)

Escalation Battle #13 highest level reached: 46
Celebi caught at: N/A (Celebi obtained prior to this event)

Best Competition Ranking Score:
Mega Camerupt Challenge
Score: 55288
Final rank: #4939

Best Competition Ranking Placement:
Mega Absol Challenge
Score: 49386
Final rank: #1539

Ranking Event awards won:
Abomasite, Absolite, Alakazamite, Banetteite, Beedrillite, Blastoisinite, Blazikenite, Cameruptite, Charizardite X, Charizardite Y, Garchompite, Gardevoirite, Lucarionite, Manectite, Sceptilite, Sharpedonite, Steelixite, Swampertite, Venusaurite

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