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I love Join Avenue, and agree that with Streetpass integration it could easily become even more awesome.

 

Personally, I don't totally mind not being able to grow berries, since they're so much easier to get in this game between the Entralink, Join Avenue, and people who give them away daily in bulk. Although I still haven't gotten any Tamato Berries from the girl on Route 5.

 

Anville Town remains largely the same (as a sleepy little town like that probably would over the course of two years). I did notice that there seems to be one new train that circulates through there daily. As a side note, learning about all the trains that come through is a fairly easy way to get a medal, even if it takes weeks to do.

 

Hidden Grottoes are hard to find, but not impossible. What you have to look out for is a spot between two trees that is darker than other spots. Still, I didn't find a single one without the help of either Bianca or the internet.

 

I assume when Yancy calls you, what she says are responses to the unspoken conversations from the player (similarly to how Copycat would "mimic" what you didn't really say in the Kanto games).

 

One last note: the area around Nimbasa City is perfect for trying out the new Entralink (at least once you've beaten most of the trainers on the surrounding routes). The Entralink has been vastly improved in these games, most significantly by making it possible for you to participate in missions on your own (although there's still an incentive to do them with other people, particularly for the higher-level Funfest missions). The new missions are also more rewarding, with many of them making it easy to find free items in addition to giving you Pass Orbs if you complete the mission within the time limit.

Nevermind Streetpass integration for just a future Join Avenue; Streetpass integration for the whole game. It's really too bad these games had to be on the DS, the Tag Log would've been much easier to use if it could make use of Streetpass. =/

 

I think it's because of the soil or something. I'm not sure; but that would be my guess, since that's why you couldn't plant stuff in FR/LG and HGSS. Though at least HGSS gave you the berry pots...

 

As for the trees, you can tell once you find a few of them; basically two trees have what seems like tall grass between them, though it's easy to miss(One spot on ROute 3 intrigued me, since it had an item in Black but not in Black 2, but I didn't pay it any mind. Only thinking back did I realize that there was a Hidden Grotto there. =P).

 

I'm almost positive that's the same backpacker. He says similar things about Zoroark and knew about the events from Black 1, which are apparently total Canon now.

 

You're telling her the stuff 'off-screen'(Aka, in ...s like Red); it becomes more apparent later on, when you can call her, instead of Vice Versa. I really hope that side-quest becomes canon if there's a sequel for Gen 6, it's my personal favourite sidequest in the series. Good rewards, too.

Alternate version of the first paragraph:

Sandy used Hurricane!

It's not very effective...

 

Good thing it didn't confuse you, either.

 

~B~

@Lyichir: Just want to clarified that my complains about berry thing had to do with Black 1, not Black 2. And really I only feel that way in Black 1 because I had a bad experience with my Pokemon getting put to sleep too much and running out Chesto Berries.

 

So yeah, it kind of rub me the wrong way that I couldn't grow more of them. Of course, I probably could of just brought a bunch of Awakening from a Pokemart, I imagine. *shrugs*

 

Hm...You got point about Anville Town. I was just hoping to maybe have more to explore is all. And thanks for tip for that medal. I'll be sure to take regular trips to Anville Town to try and get that.

 

As for your Hidden Grotto comment, I think I notice what you meant about it being a spot between two trees that is darker than other spots when I found Lostlorn Forest one. Of course, I technically did look that up. But I did notice the spot for it being slightly different than others.

 

As for Yancy business, I realize that my character is actually talking to her. But well, my problem is that I don't really see my character saying stuff like this in reply to her question, "Hi...is this JMJ?" "Yeah, it is. And I am a boy," "Wow, so you're a boy, JMJ? It's a little annoying that we can't see each other, right? Just so you know… I'm a girl. Tee hee. Oops! My colleague is calling me. I have to get back to work! Talk to you again. Good-bye."

 

I mean I don't really see how she wouldn't know I am boy from my voice alone. Although then again, my character's voice might not fully developed yet, so it is still higher in pitch. *shrugs* Or it is also possible that she heard me just say yeah, it is JMJ and then she concluded from my voice that I am boy. Hm...I guess that works.

 

Although I still don't see how hobby conversation make senses as I don't see what reason I have to tell her that since she called me in the first place. *shrugs* Really to be honest, I do like this side quest as it actually gives a use for Xtransceiver, which was mostly useless in the previous game. That and I am interested in seeing who exactly this Yancy person is and all. So yeah, I am just being nit-picky for no reason really.

 

Hm...Entralink? I can't say I am hugely familiar with how to use Entralink or what involves exactly (Again, I can't say I have many friends [Really I can't say I have many friends period.] with an interest in Pokemon, so I rarely get to use the cool local stuff.), but I have beaten all the trainers nearby, so I guess I could check it out. Thanks for the tip, Lyichir. I'll try to maybe check it out tomorrow.

 

@Blade: What's Tag Log? Is that related to survey thing? If so, then yeah, I agreed with you on that.

 

Yeah, it is more than likely that issue with berry growth in Unova is soil related like it was in Kanto. Although it also could be climate issue as Unova isn't exactly close by to other Pokemon location that we know about, so it likely has a different climate. I do have to wonder though why they didn't just give us the berry pots like in HG/SS. *shrugs*

 

Hm...Thanks for tip on finding Hidden Grottoes, Blade. I'll be sure to keep that in mind the next time that I am searching for one.

 

Yeah, I think it would make sense that it was the same backpacker and the fact that he is actually a Zoroark makes me think that he might of been maybe been the mate of that female Zoroark from two years ago. *shrugs*

 

As for Yancy stuff, like I say above, I realize that my character is talking to her (Exactly how much is the question, but that is clearly not going to get answer since we are "silent" player.). And yeah, I can understand why you liked it since it seem like a pretty interesting quest so far and I am looking forward to seeing where it goes exactly.

 

@Ballom: XD Good one, Ballom.

 

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Thank you all for commenting.

-JMJ 2012

The tag log is kinda related; it's what keeps track of the amount of times you have met passer-bys(Not sure of the plural here, but whatever). But yeah, that survey could've been handled better too. Why you can't have Black and White register the 'what version are you playing' question is beyond me. >>'

 

Yeah; that's just odd. I guess it was to promote the Dream World, since you could grow berries there(And a lot more than in-game, if you've noticed), but people like to have their berry growing in-game, not out of game. xD

 

Another tip; they're always located in a 'clump' of trees; basically, if there are trees in a bunch, and there are trees behind two trees, then it is possible to appear there. You won't find a Hidden Grotto if you find only a single row of trees, for example.

 

That's a good point... Since maybe he was attempting to warn H off, but they continued anyway. Though why he stayed is the question...

 

It gets much better. =D Your nearest end point is around the seventh gym, though; but just keep checking different spots. Also; something I thought of; all those questions are related to what you input for the surveys... So maybe it registered to the Cross Transceiver? I still like the fact that you're telling her the info, but that's a possibility too.

The tag log is kinda related; it's what keeps track of the amount of times you have met passer-bys(Not sure of the plural here, but whatever). But yeah, that survey could've been handled better too. Why you can't have Black and White register the 'what version are you playing' question is beyond me. >>'

 

Yeah; that's just odd. I guess it was to promote the Dream World, since you could grow berries there(And a lot more than in-game, if you've noticed), but people like to have their berry growing in-game, not out of game. xD

 

Another tip; they're always located in a 'clump' of trees; basically, if there are trees in a bunch, and there are trees behind two trees, then it is possible to appear there. You won't find a Hidden Grotto if you find only a single row of trees, for example.

 

That's a good point... Since maybe he was attempting to warn H off, but they continued anyway. Though why he stayed is the question...

 

It gets much better. =D Your nearest end point is around the seventh gym, though; but just keep checking different spots. Also; something I thought of; all those questions are related to what you input for the surveys... So maybe it registered to the Cross Transceiver? I still like the fact that you're telling her the info, but that's a possibility too.

 

The XTranceiver point is a good one, particularly because I think the X-Tranceiver is a function of the C-Gear (or vice-versa). It'd explain how you can use the X-Tranceiver within the C-Gear to chat with friends wirelessly. And since the Tag Log is also a function of the C-Gear, it's not inconceivable that the X-Tranceiver "app" might be able to access data from other parts of the C-Gear.

@Blade: Ah, I see. Yeah, streetpass integration would definitely have been great for that stuff. Here's to hoping they do that in the next game, if it is on the 3DS.

 

Hm...I imagine you are right about their reasoning for not having the berry pots in this generation. And well, I guess that's just another reason why I should probably check out the Dream World at some point since I actually have yet to make use of it. So yeah, I am not really aware of all it has to offer such as growing berries feature that you mention here.

 

Thanks for the tip, Blade. I'll be sure to keep what you say in mind next time I visit a route or a forest with trees.

 

Ah, I see. Well, that's good to hear. I look to forward to doing more with that questline then. And yeah, that's what I assume she got the information about me from since the hobby thing did feel like she pull it from the survey, I filled out in the previous city.

 

So yeah, I think you are right on money with that theory. Although really it doesn't hurt thinking you just told her that yourself. I mean it is left open enough that really could be either view of the situation. Of course, I would much prefer thinking that she just read my answers to surveys though. To keep his own.

 

@Lyichir: Yeah, like I said above that was actually my original assumption of how she got that information about me, which is actually why I say jokingly that she was my stalker or something because she seem be putting a lot of effort in getting to know some random dude that found her "cell phone".

 

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Thanks for commenting, Blade and Lyichir.

 

-JMJ 2012