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Well, the only damaging move the Riolu knows is Quick Attack, which... Isn't very damaging. xD

As far as I can tell, neither Riolu nor Lucario learn scrappy.

We'll see.

Sighs

"I didn't want to do this... Sorry Kūnokū..."

"I guess this will teach us that some battles are impossible to win, though I'd much rather I take the fall in your stead.

Send out Kūnokū

My guy seemed to perform quite well on this mission, which is nice.

Unfortunately, we lost a good operative.

Probably the best we could hope for we be a Divinity: Original Sin or XCOM-like combat system.

Unfortunately though, Pokemon doing real time in a massive real-time open world RPG with meaningful choices, actual plotlines and death as a real danger is unfortunately practically impossible now. There are too many different Pokemon and of too many different shapes and sizes to properly model all of them in good quality. Too many different moves to animate. It just isn't really possible from a technical standpoint (if they want to include every single Pokemon.)

Still, something with full 3D world exploration would be pretty neat, even if the battles were turn based. (By full 3D I mean over-the-shoulder as opposed to the kind of isometric-ish thing they have at the moment.)

Quote from: UXLZ on December 20, 2014, 12:49:14 am

Man, thanks for giving me the opponent with the GHOST-TYPE. >_>
At least my Riolu has foresight, but he can only activate that twice...

Yeah.... Mudkip vs Torchic is just, I don't even.

Just like in the games, the rival 'coincidentally' always has the perfect counter-type to your own. xD

Actually, we should have seen the foreshadowing. Mudkip is the counter-starter to Torchic! If you had a Mudkip, he'd probably have a Treecko.

Man, thanks for giving me the opponent with the GHOST-TYPE when I only have Fighting and Normal moves. >_> (At least I'm assuming that's a Ghastly)

At least my Riolu has foresight, but he can only activate that twice...

"On the other side of the coin, sticking together in a massive group could risk scaring away wild Pokemon, as Drag noted. We also won't be able to cover as much ground making the challenge take longer. Keeping contact with everyone else is important though, so do you think we'd be able to acquire radios or a similar communication device before we head out? That way we'll be able to split up and still be able to call for help if necessary."

Looks at Drag holding out Queen

"We should probably take the time out to acquaint ourselves with each other's Pokemon and abilities, anyway.

OOC: Well, I think we're missing a GM at the moment, so now's the time for some idle talk between us. Hopefully the others will be able to catch up soon enough.