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In early-mid October Pokemon Legends: Z-A came out. I bought it pretty much day one and have been loving it. I've beaten the main and post game. I've completed the PokeDex, Mable's Research, Colorful Screws, and all the side missions. It's been an absolute blast. The opening is pretty snoozer with how long they railroad you but once you're let free it feels so good. Running around the city, climbing stuff, finding things. The city like a huge playground just to play around in. There is always something to get distracted with.
The game isn't without faults, but nothing negative I could say about the game would be enough to spoil the fun I had. The new battle system is really interesting and makes you reconsider your priorities in the middle of a fight. On top of that, the battle zones that appear during night time end up giving this almost arcade-y feel to battles. It's fun to blitz through a battle zone and see how many wins or how much money you can make in a single night. My high score for wins is currently 40 in a single night and I doubt I'm gonna get more than that.
It's so nice to have a Pokemon game where you can play dress up again. There isn't as many clothing as I'd like but I'm always greedy for more character customization. First time in a long time where I felt like I was always refining my character's look throughout the game. Every promotion match I got I'd make sure to snap a picture so it's a nice timeline of how my character evolved over time. I'm mixed on side missions locking stuff like hair colors behind them since I'd like that stuff from the start but unlocking more options is a great reason to rethink your style.
Quick opinion rapid fire. Story? Pretty good. Like most Pokemon games there are bits I'm way more interested in than others. I'm glad the one main bit I wanted (AZ stuff) is delivered. Gameplay? Very fun, the new combat is interesting and makes fights more engaging. Visuals and Music? They're Pokemon. Now what that means to you might vary. Graphics have never been my priority and Pokemon music has always been at least enjoyable. Overall, I really like the game. I've already started shiny hunting and doing a second playthrough.
Thanks to a very kind stranger, I've finally finished my Pokemon Home Pokedex. The three problem Pokemon I was missing, Deoxys, Diancy, and Magearna, have been traded to me via a random person I met in some youtube comments. lmao. I left a commend how I was only missing these Pokemon and someone just offered to play through the 3DS games where you could get them and send them to me. Very lucky for me! I gave them some extra shinies of some of my favorite Pokemon for their help. (including Porygon which I have like 15 of or something. Lmao, I went a little wild with that outbreak event when the Switch 2 launched.)
My history with Pokemon has been a bit of a rocky one! You wouldn't guess that given how much I talk about it and how much I play the games nowadays. I started with Red, got Silver, Emerald, and Firered... but when it came to Gen 4 and Diamond, I really lost interest. Maybe it was my age. Maybe I was just interested in other things at the time but Pokemon Diamond really killed a lot of interest I had in the series. I would end up trying every game either through emulation or the actual physical game but I couldn't stick with any of them. Black and White had somewhat slow starts and the multiple rivals kinda bogged things down. X and Y made that even worse with the whole gaggle of friends you have. Sun and Moon's intro section was so slow that I didn't even make it past the school before giving up. (Note: I don't think any of these games are bad, just not to my tastes. If I had a 3DS I would probably try going back to them) Then came Sword and Shield for the Switch.
Sword and Shield really changed the game for me. The intro, while still a bit slow really caught my interest. Meeting the Champion right away and how your rival is related to them. Going into the woods and seeing the legendary. Hop's story as your rival was way more interesting then what I thought it'd be. The story while nothing shocking was still engaging enough that it kept me playing. The Wild Area was a huge deal. It felt so magical to have this wide open space to just roam around and see a multitude of Pokemon. The DLCs only added onto that by being completely "wild areas." I enjoyed the story of the Isle of Armor and the Dynamax Adventures of the Crown Tundra offered to much to do. I was very happy with the Dynamax Adventures because it allowed me to get a bunch of legendaries I didn't have from previous games. Shield will always hold a special place in my heart for getting me back into the series.
With Legends: Arceus alongside Scarlet and Violet I'm now fully back into my Pokemon obsession as if I were a kid again. As is obvious by a bunch of my silly pages being Pokemon themed. lmao. I've even been shiny hunting! That was something I never did in previous games. It wasn't until Shield that I found my first shiny. No surprise it was a shiny Wooloo. Needless to say, I'm very happy about having a complete Pokedex in Pokemon Home. Not only does this mean having that special Magearna but it means I can finally start putting the finishing touches on my living dex. Filling in missing spaces left by evolutions and whatnot. Very much looking forward to Pokemon Legends: Z-A. >w<
Thought I should leave my thoughts about my first year doing Art Fight here.
With this being my first year doing Art Fight, I went in with very tempered expectations. I didn't expect revenges, I didn't even expect anyone I didn't already know to draw my characters While the first happened (which again, not upset by, I understand) I'm happy the second happened at least. I got some burn-out half-way into the month. I definitely wanted to draw some more characters but that just how it be sometimes. I had fun. I'd probably do it next year. I need to make more little reference images. Sad the one character I really wanted art of didn't get any though lmao. Oh well xP
I'm proud of all of the pieces I created this year. I like to think I had some very creative ideas and executed them to a degree I'm happy with. It was really fun just looking at random user's profiles and finding characters I really liked the designs of. I can only hope any piece I did was enough to put a smile on the faces of the creators of these characters. That's all I need. Even if some of them were goofy pictures I made for the sole purpose of making people laugh. I tried to make sure everyone who attacked me got some piece of art in return. It's the least I could do for anyone taking the time to draw my silly characters. if I felt like an image was too simple, I tried anything to spice it up even just a bit. I never drew for points. It's nice to be rewarded for your effort but this was all about having fun and drawing. Sometime I haven't done in a while I gotta admit.
It was a grand ol' time. I went in with some worries about my abilities being subpar but this experience has shown that even it doesn't matter. As long as you have fun, that's what counts... and I did! I had tons of fun!
Thank you Art Fight! Team Crystals 2025 :p
I'm not much of an artist I must admit. I only really draw for fun but lately I've been having a lot of fun drawing so I decided to join this year's Art Fight! I know this blog entry is coming in a bit late given Art Fight goes throughout the entire month of July. I had to make sure I actually still felt motivated after starting. This is a common issue for me. It seems to be going good for far. I've already done six attacks and I still have a few more planned. Most of my attacks are on random users who's characters I found interesting.
Any attacks on my characters is for sure going to get a revenge! (Even if your characters are complex, I'll try my hardest!) So I do encourage anyone who is also fighting this year to check out my profile. The link will be my profile card. I absolutely love looking at and learning about other people's OCs so this has been a great time for me. I can only hope people think the same about my funky little animal people.
Aside from Art Fight, my brithday was a few days ago on the 5th. It's been a bit of a weird time. Recently turned 30. Time is fake so I don't magically feel different but it's still a weird time. Not gonna lie, when I was younger I thought I'd be dead by now. It's strange, but like in a good way. I don't exactly know what I'm doing in life but that's the fun part I guess. Gotta keep living, no matter what. I can't let myself fall back into how I was a decade ago. I want to live and I can't forget that.
Thought it'd be fun to just a blog post about what I've been playing recently and my thought on them. I've mainly been replaying games I haven't played in a long time.
Starting with Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak for the GBA. I've always been worried about replaying this game. I thought that maybe the slower paced gameplay may clash with my current taste in games. Luckily I still really enjoyed it! There are some puzzles I forgot completely, and I did get stuck a couple of times. Some of the puzzles are very "adventure game" if you know what I mean. I've been into "RetroAchievements" and I ended up 100%'ing the game. Would genuinely recommend it to anyone who enjoys cozy little adventure games.
Next up was Sonic Battle. I've been on a bit of a GBA kick and I had to revisit one of my favorite Sonic games. Sonic Battle is one of those games that has invaded my mind palace ever since I played it all those years ago. I made my through it and let me tell you, a 20 year difference in a person matters a lot. I remember this being a much harder game when I was younger. It was still a great time. Just, even with its flaws I can't hate this game. The style, the presentation, the vibe. It's all so good. I love how it's like this mix of Adventure 1 and 2 in terms of characters. Once again I ended up 100%'ing it via RetroAchievements and it was pretty painless. One achievement was kinda grindy but nothing too bad. If you've never played it. Give it a shot.
Lastly I replayed classic Doom and Doom 2, albiet via a multiworld randomizer. I'm kind of shocked just how much I forgot about Doom 2. It felt like a new game with how little I remembered of it. Doom is always a fun time, even if Icon of Sin is such a garbage boss fight. I probably don't have to tell you, but if you haven't played them, then you really should if you enjoy fast first person shooters. These replays got me in a real Doom mooD and I looked for some total conversion mods and found a really cool one. I really love Splatterhouse so imagine my excitement when I saw a Splatterhouse TC! I haven't played far but it's been pretty fun so far. If you plan on giving it a try, make sure to have GZDoom 4.3.3 or older. That's what the dev says at least. That's been it for the most part aside from the usual suspects. Tetris 99, Pokemon, Stepmania, the regulars. You can typically find what I'm playing on my Retro Achievements or Backloggd.
