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  1. Blessed Blade

    Goldeneye 007

    By Blessed Blade,

    I have it. And I'm playing it. And it is awesome.
     
    That is pretty much it. =P
     
    I haven't even touched Single Player yet; I went, as I said I would to Ddude, straight to multiplayer. Practiced a bit offline, and then went onto Wi-FI to get owned. =P
  2. Blessed Blade

    N64

    By Blessed Blade,

    So; I hooked it up so I could get a little Goldeneye practice in of some sorts(Mostly with the N64 controller; if you can get used to that, you can get used to just about anything =P). I did fairly well, considering I was facing myself.
     
    However... This is the first time I actually used the N64 on this TV, since I moved everything around. And it's like playing in Widescreen. And not the good way. ._.; It's definitely not like playing on my old TV, I'll say that much. =P And it took me a little while to get used to the screen, since a) I haven't played it since last year, and B) the screen's stretched, or pushed together or something.
     
    It was simply just weird. xP
  3. Blessed Blade

    Goldeneye

    By Blessed Blade,

    Hmm. I need to make a Gaming category in the future, I see.
     
    Anyway... Looks like I can rent Goldeneye 007 for the Wii.
     
    So. You know what that means? I'll be renting Goldeneye 007.
     

     
    It's not in yet, but as soon as it gets in, I'm so getting it.
  4. Blessed Blade
    Okay, this is more in general than anything.
     
    So, with a new generation, comes a ton of new HM changes, as normal. Three are made normal, and a few make some returns.
     
    But as with Generation 3; you cannot transfer Pokemon with HM Moves.
     
    My question? Why? Surely, Nintendo, with your fancy powers, and your fancy abilities to remove stuff most fans like(Vs Seeker anyone?), as well as add awesome new stuff at the same time; you can actually remove that limitation, and not allow people to somehow obtain a Surf/Flying Pikachu every single generation; and not make people suffer through the slowness of deleting moves in Generation 4, before transferring the Pokemon to Generation 5.
     
    And exactly why is it needed anyhow? It's not like the item removal, which was likely simply to prevent people from getting crafty with sending up obsolete TMs, as both the coding for what it teaches and the actual coding for the TMs was changed. No; the moves still exist. And the HGSS/DPPt dilemma shows that they can easily shift the HM Block flags between games, which they have, Defog, Rock Smash, and Whirlpool are able to be deleted at will. So why do we need to delete the moves before sending them up? >_> It can't be because of the ingame reason(Which has also been obsolete for the past few Generations, ever since you couldn't store the HMs in the PC) of getting stuck; if you have access to put Pokemon in the PC; you have access to the HMs and can easily teach a Pokemon new moves. And if it's because the HMs no longer exist; then exactly how are we able to send up Pokemon with moves from the old TMs?
     
    Generation 6 better not have an HM blocker, Nintendo. If you hand out a Surfing Pikachu or Flying one, I want to keep it. And if Generation 6 is somehow even faster than Generation 5... Then I don't wanna have to spend hours in a slower game just to transfer six Pokemon, like DPPt/HGSS. =P
  5. Blessed Blade
    Just a slight Entry Title reinvention for the entries now... You can't tell the number correctly from the front page. =P
     
    Anyway, this entry is gonna be about the PokeTransfer.
     
    So; once you beat the game, as with Gen 4, you have the ability to transfer all 493 of your Pokemon(Minus spiky eared Pichu for some strange reason) from your Generation 4 DS games, to Black and White. However, this is done slightly differently from the Generation 4 method.
     
    First of all, the option isn't on the menu. You have to head to the PokeTransfer Lab(I'll get to that in a second), and activate it there. You'll also need two DS systems, since they never made dual slotting a reality, even with the 3DS. Besides; it's obvious why here...
     
    First of all, assuming you've beaten the game, you have to go onto Route 16, past the Marvelous Bridge(If this is the first time here, you get the three orbs from Platinum(Adamant, Griseous and Lustrous) here), and onto the adjoining Route. It's a fairly short route in a way, but the biggest thing here, is the PokeTransfer Lab, up the stairs, next to the bridge. You can't miss it, literally. =P Go in there, and everyone starts to be amazed that you have 8 badges, and allow you access to the PokeTransfer machine; as long as you have a second DS. Once you start it up, you need to go to DS Download Play on your second DS, and click on the resulting option. Then, once it all loads, you have to select 6 Pokemon that don't have HM moves from HG/SS or D/P/Pt on them.(If you have Whirlpool in D/P/Pt, you can transfer it, and the same with Defog in HG/SS.) Don't worry about the no item clause; it auto-goes off when you accept.
     
    After that; flip fully over to the second DS. For some reason, the PokeTransfer Minigame plays on that DS, instead of the main one. Might have something to do with the fact that it's not fully transferred yet. Anyway; it's a fairly simple minigame, much faster than the Pal Park. And it's also a minigame that I really believe should have been available to play even without a second DS, as it's much better than the Pokemon Musical, which only serves to gain more accessories... Because even though it's simple, it's pretty fun.
     
    The objective is to use a bow to shoot PokeBalls(Looks more like Great Balls to me, though) at the six Pokemon you transferred. You have to hit them while they're moving from patch to patch, or you won't capture them. If you hit the bush while they're hiding, but looking out, you'll force the Pokemon to move from patch to patch. If you hit the bush while it's simply hiding, however, the ball will bounce off.
     
    The best thing, however, is that theoretically, you could migrate all 493 Pokemon in a single session, because it asks automatically after you finish if you want to transfer more.
     
    One thing awesome about Pokemon transferred from gen 3 to Gen 4 and then from Gen 4 to Gen 5, is that it has a special message on it's summary in Gen 5:
    "Apparently arrived at *Level* after a long travel through time."
     
    Party Status Update:
     
    Wottergun(Samurott) Level 55(Female) Naive
    Gothitelle(Gothitelle) Level 56(Female) Gentle
    Eelektross(Eelektross) Level 57(Female) Careful
    Katie(Zoroark) Level 55(Female) Hasty
    Lillil(Lilligant) Level 56(Female) Modest
    Darmanitan(Darmanitan) Level 56(Male) Jolly
     
    Time: 97:12
     
    Pokedex: Unova: Seen 141, Obtained 103. National: Seen 258, Obtained 160.
  6. Blessed Blade
    So, as I mentioned yesterday in the Champion Special entry; I beat the game. Therefore, the whole eastern half of Unova opened up. That includes Black City.
     
    Black City is a very large city, that is, as the name suggests, covered in black buildings with differently coloured neon lights. There are different trainers outside, who use Pokemon of varying levels. You can fight said people once every day. These people use pretty much exclusively old Pokemon, in their fully evolved forms. In the central building, there are different shops, where you can buy special items, like overpriced Star Pieces and Nuggets, or the different Shards from RSE and Gen 4. I believe there's Evo Stones too; but my city doesn't have those.
     
    In the central building, there are also Rotation Battles available. Would've liked one to have been a Triple Battle, but ah well.
     
    There's a mayor, who wishes you to battle a certain number of trainers outside. However, if you don't have access to the Entralink, you have to battle over multiple days to get enough battles to please him, since it works over different days.
     
    So, as I was just alluding to, you need to use the Entralink to get people to go to Black City. To do this, you need to visit White Forest over the Entralink, and talk to people there. Then they'll head to your City. However, that doesn't help people who don't know anyone with White, or doesn't have both versions and two DS systems. >_>
     
    That being said, Black City is interesting, and is a good source of EXP, as all the Pokemon are typically in the 40s or higher; but if you only have one game, you don't have access to many trainers or shop items. I myself have four trainers; which isn't all that bad. However, if I miss talking to them every day, I'll lose access to them apparently. And since I have no other game, and don't know anyone with White; I won't be able to replace them. So, Nintendo, next time you decide to make something in Pokemon that works like the Entralink and Underground... Make it accessible over Wi-Fi!
     
    Post-Game Team Status Update 1:
    Katie(Zoroark) Level 55(Female) Hasty
    Wottergun(Samurott) Level 55(Female) Naive
    Lillil(Lilligant) Level 56(Female) Modest
    Darmanitan(Darmanitan) Level 56(Male) Jolly
    Gothitelle(Gothitelle) Level 56(Female) Gentle
    Eelektross(Eelektross) Level 57(Female) Careful
     
    Time: 88:49
     
    Pokedex: Unova: 140 Seen, 102 Obtained. National: 206 Seen, 132 Obtained.
  7. Blessed Blade

    Name Change

    By Blessed Blade,

    I changed my name from Blade: Fade to Black, to Blade: Hero of Truth.
     
    I figure it fits better like this, since a) I beat Black's main story(One interpretation of the name, even though it was for Bleach Movie 3's english release. =P); and B) Well... It ties into a somehow. =P
  8. Blessed Blade
    WARNING! CONTAINS MASSIVE SPOILERS! DO NOT CLICK THE More LINK UNLESS YOU REALLY WISH TO LEARN ALL YOU CAN ABOUT THE ENDGAME. I'll spoiler all I can that's major; but seriously, this whole thing is technically a spoiler. xP
     
    /EDIT 8: I just realized that this way of posting the entry would work much better than the way I had it. >_>
     
    Update 9 now up, but contains spoilers of post battle.
     
    GAME COMPLETE. Update 10 covers the last bit before the Post-game; but obviously will contain spoilers.
     
     
    [Pokemon League]
     
    *Runs up stairs to Champion's room* ... Oh, this can't be good. N's there. And that's never a good sign. Yada, yada, yada, separate all Pokemon from People...
    » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «Looks like Alder lost. =/ Eh? What's that? Oh, you finally noticed me, did you N? Oh? Zekrom's reacting to the Light Stone? I wonder why... ... Wait; battle elsewhere? Where? ... Team Plasma Castle? What are you- *Ground starts shaking* 
    [outside]
     

    » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «*Ground starts to shake as a gigantic building appears from out of the ground* *Then, said castle impales the ground surrounding the Champion's Chamber with tons of stairs* ... Since when did N have the power to summon buildings? 0_o Especially from the ground like that... 
    [back inside]
     
    ... Oh; so that's the castle? ... And I'm supposed to go there? ._.;; Okay then... Oh hey, look, Cheren decided to join us. And beat the Pokemon League. Huh; for once I think I'm the rival, doing everything one step ahead of Cheren. =P Looks like Alder doesn't exactly care for N. =P
    » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «And is taking the loss hard on his pride. 
    The Champion's room music(At least, I think that's what it is.); that's pretty cool too. And fits the current mood as well.
     
    *Runs up the stairs through the giant hole in the wall* *Pauses* ... That's gonna make renovation costs go through the roof... *Continues running up stairs while not stopping to marvel at the awesome view from the camera angle, since, you know, that's a very high height to fall from*
     

    » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «*Runs into castle, and sees all six Plasma Sages* ._.; ... Uh; little help? Anyone? Uh-oh. Going on about morals, and other such stuff... ... Oh great; now I'm surrounded... ... Say what? Ghetsis's plan...!? Wait; who said that? ... Clay! =D That sure pushed them back. Oh sweet; the whole gang's here! ... Well; minus the three brothers. They mustn't've got the memo. Oh wow; Bianca actually did something awesome. Sweeeet. =D Hah; Brycen's pulling a Kopaka. Must be all the ice type people.  
    *Heads onward* ... On a side note; this is just awesome, this being the endgame. I'll edit more stuff in once there's more awesome things to note. =D
     
    /EDIT: Just something major; but one of the grunts confirms the fact that they actually used the Pokemon that they took. Guess she didn't realize that their Public Enemy Number 1 was standing right in front of her. =P
     
    /EDIT 2: Second room on the second floor; you can heal your Pokemon by talking to the person on the left. Now; the Triad guy I talked to said I could access my PC; but I haven't found it yet...
     
    /EDIT 3: Oh; found it. ... Oh; that's not good.
    » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «They have access to the PCs. Well; time to put my Pokemon in the PC, 'cept for Munna. =P 
    /EDIT 4:
    » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «Oh sweet; you can technically get unlimited balls, and go back to the Pokemon League. =O 
    /EDIT 5: Okay; we've got a little bit of a confirmation on timeline; it takes place sometime after HGSS and DPPt; since one of the grunts makes mention to both Team Rocket's and Team Galactic's plans failing. That means that both had happened, and while Team Rocket's could mean when Red owned them all; Team Galactic's plan happened three years later, as Gen 4 establishes with all the Johto references putting it around when GSC/HGSS took place.
     
    /EDIT 6: Alright; run out of staircases, so here we go... I'm gonna just spoiler the rest. Just to keep the rest from being spoiled for people just reading this.
     

    » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «[Team Plasma Castle] 
    *Goes to walk into room, but gets blocked by doorway, and pushed back by Ghetsis* He's... talking about change... ... And just wondered if I have what it takes to be a hero.
    » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «Though; something's fishy about Ghetsis... *Walks through door again* 
    *Runs through hall in room, and sees N* He's going on about how he's determined to do this...
     
    *Walks closer to N* He notices that Reshiram isn't responding... Now he believes that he was wrong about me. That I don't care for Pokemon... But he is wrong. I do care for my Pokemon. And I'll show him that... I will! ... Zekrom? Uh-oh. *Zekrom appears, blowing out the wall, and eliminating all the water in the room with a blast of lightning* ... Okay; that was just a really awesome cutscene. ... Eh? The Light Stone... Is trembling? It... it's reacting! It drew in the aura and became a force, which is now... Being released! *Another epic cutscene appears* ... Wow; I think that was the better of the two; and that other one was awesome too. =O
     
    Alright; time to catch Reshiram multiple times. I'll continue once I'm done.
     
    /EDIT 7: Just gotta say; this theme is awesome. It sounds like a remix of a RGBY song too at certain parts; but I forget which song is the one I recognize... Anyone know?
     
    /EDIT 9:
    » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «*Dust clears from battle against N* N... I won... It's... Over. It's finally over. Team Plasma's finished. I'm... Sorry that you had to have your dreams shattered like that, but... Separating people from Pokemon is not what should happen! ... Huh? You kinda agree? That's different. *Ghetsis walks up* Huh? ! Ghetsis? You... ... What!? You... You manipulated him!? You still believe there's a chance... And; wait; what? You're going to... Eliminate me? That doesn't sound good. *Cheren and Alder appear* Oh, hey guys, just in time to stop him. Looks like Ghetsis was the main guy all along. ... Eh? I have battle you, Ghetsis? ... Uh-oh. Well; hey; I just took down a legend, so... *Goes to battle* 
    /EDIT 10:
    » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «*Pants as I stand victorious* It's... All over. You're in denial, Ghetsis. You've lost. Your plans have been for nothing. You are no ruler, you never were. You relied on your son to do your dirty work for you; and that world never would have been 'perfect'. And now you're still trying to use him!? Alder's right; it's a waste of time. *Ghetsis is taken away by Cheren and Alder, leaving only N in the room* Huh? You want to talk? It said it wanted to be with me? I understand why... N... Yes. And goodbye. 
    The credits start as Zekrom is shown on the top screen, as this is Black version. After the credits end... Well.. You can watch for yourself; I don't want to spoil that part of it. =)
     
    POKEMON BLACK VERSION END.
  9. Blessed Blade
    Might be a little late for some; but this'll have spoilers, in terms of the E4's Pokemon. Just saying. =P
     
    Okaaaaay. So; at the Elite Four now. Tried last night; got three defeated; and lost to Shauntal. Sooo; I'm challenging her first this time. =P
     
    Anyway; first off. That Elite Four battle theme. IS AWESOME. I think it's easily the best Elite Four theme. Ever. I definitely would like them to release that officially on a sound track. I'm serious; that needs to happen. Not just for that either; this whole game would work well on a soundtrack. Also; am I the only one who thinks it sounds similarly to one of the Death Note opening themes? Mostly just that first part as the battle begins. Could be imagining it; but either way, I'll just sum this up, as: Elite Four music; awesome. =P
     
    Anyway; onto the actual Elite Four. I'll update this as I go on. First up is Shauntal.
     
    /EDIT1: Shauntal has been defeated! She led off with her Confagrigus. I KO'd it in two hits, due to leading with Zoroark and using Shadow Ball. She followed with Golurk; and Golurk followed Confagrigus in three hits, since she used a Full Restore. She sent out Chandelure after that, and I switched out Zoroark for Samurott. Used Surf on her twice, and that was the end of that. She sent out Jellicent, and for some reason I switched to Gothitelle. Shadow Ball, while still Super Effective, barely did anything, however. So, I switched to Samurott, took her to red, and got fainted. So, then I revived her, but sent out Zoroark. One Shadow Ball, and the battle was over!
     
    Onto Caitlin now. =P
     
    /EDIT 2: And that was as easy as it was last night. xP She led with Reuniclus, I fainted it in two hits, one to send her to red, one to faint her from full health after she full-restored it. =P She sent out Sigilyph; I one-hit it. She sent out Gothitelle; I two-hit it. She send out Musharna? Guess what; I two-hit it. =P She just kept using Psychic or other such moves, and in the case of Sigilyph; never even got to attack.
     
    Onto Marshal now.
     
    /EDIT 3: Before I start the summary of the battle... have I ever said just how much I hate Sturdy? It's awesome; but works too well now.
     
    Alright; so. Marshal led off with Throh; me with Gothitelle. Gothitelle emerged unscratched, as Psychic one-hit Throh. Next off, Marshal sent out Mienshao. That Pokemon gave me trouble last night with U-Turn, but thankfully didn't use it here, and Psychic one-hit him as well, with slight damage to Gothitelle. That's where things went wrong. Marshal sent out Sawk next. Not a bad choice; but it has Sturdy. I hit it 3 times with Psychic, taking it down from full health to 1 HP; healed it off twice; and fainted me with Karate Chop before I could attack the fourth time, since it had critical'd the first round against Sawk. Gothitelle fainted, I sent out Darmanitan. Fire Punch fainted it instantly. Finally, Marshal sent out Conkeldurr the clown. Flare Blitz got it to a little bit of HP, but Conkeldurr proceeded to faint Darmanitan in one hit(Thanks to the recoil). So, I sent out Samurott to clean up. =P Won it, by that much.
     
    Onto Grimsley now.
     
    /EDIT 4: That was quick. Grimsley led with Scrafty, I had him finish off my last two non-essential Pokemon, Gonzo and Katie(Though I didn't really want him to, it was needed. I hope.). Then, I sent out Darmanitan. One-hit him with Hammer Arm, since I had been taking shots at him with the other two while waiting to be fainted. Then, he sent out Krookodile. I switched for Samurott; nearly got fainted since he out-sped me, but barely hung on for a Surf, which one-hit him. I switched for Darmanitan again for Bisharp; and then Fire Punched him to faintedness. Then, he sent out Liepard, which, though he got in a Fake Out, I one-hit with Hammer Arm. =P
     
    Now; I'm going to go onto the Champion's room. Strange though; they've been mentioning about a Challenger, and N... Hmm... I'm sure it's nothing; just gotta beat Alder, and I'm done! ... Right?
     
    (To be continued in next entry...)
     
    Elite Four My Pokemon Party Status (Final Update):
    Katie(Zoroark) Level 55(Female) Hasty
    Gothitelle(Gothitelle) Level 53(Female) Gentle
    Darmanitan(Darmanitan) Level 53(Male) Jolly
    Wottergun(Samurott) Level 53(Female) Naive
    Gonzo(Sawk) Level 40(Male) Careful1
    Sakura(Munna) Level 1(Female) Modest2
     
    1: Used for Illusion tricks against Caitlin
    2: Synchronizer for getting Modest Reshiram.
  10. Blessed Blade
    So; day 8. I now have all 8 badges. The Pokemon League is looming ahead. So; while the rest of the Pokemon world is in peril; I'll take a slight rest to blog. =P
     
    First off. Dragonspiral Tower. It's amazing. Seriously. I kinda wish it had've been expanded, and had some twists to the puzzles like you'd see in a Zelda game; but Pokemon was never supposed to be Zelda, so I don't care about that. =P But it's a really awesome area. And as you're kicking Plasmaaaaaaaaaaa off the Tower, you think of how it opens up awesome opportunities in that way. =P But what's really amazing are two things.
     
    First off...
    » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «Did the player character just think something?! That's big, so I'm keeping it spoilered for now. But really; if that happened like I think it did... That's a major step forward, all on it's own. 
    And secondly... That cutscene at the end was amazing. We get to see Red Eyes in all his glory. =P ... Oh? What's that? It was Zekrom? Oh, whoops, wrong series. =P But seriously; that scene was awesome. And that was only a one or two second one. If we actually get RS remakes; I definitely want to see some of the Kyogre/Groudon scenes like that. And if it incorporates some of the Emerald things into it; then the awakening/fleeing scenes could be just like the one from Dragonspiral; and there's no reason it couldn't be. And while I really would like the Player Character to be shown in said scenes as well, it still works, because it could be from the PC's perspective.
     
    Second, the story. It's one of the best storylines in the Pokemon series, period. I have to say, it even rivals the first Mystery Dungeon game, though technically that's not all that had to do. =P
     
    Third... Opelucid. I like how it looks; and the fact that it's got two separate variants to it. Kinda small though. =/ The Gym's awesome though; they really went all out on it's design. =D
     
    Anyway; that's it, for now. But I'm reaching the endgame soon, so we'll see. =D
     
    Party Status Update:
     
    Gothitelle(Gothitelle) Level 49(Female) Gentle
    Eelektross(Eelektross) Level 49(Female) Careful
    Darmanitan(Darmanitan) Level 49(Male) Jolly
    Lillil(Lilligant) Level 50(Female) Modest
    Wottergun(Samurott) Level 50(Female) Naive
    Katie(Zoroark) Level 50(Female) Hasty
     
    Badge Status: All 8 Badges obtained.(Trio Badge, Basic Badge, Insect Badge, Bolt Badge, Quake Badge, Jet Badge, Freeze Badge, Legend Badge)
     
    Game Status: Right outside of the Badge Check Gates.
     
    Time: 71:23
     
    Pokedex: Seen: 119, Obtained: 94
  11. Blessed Blade
    Alright, so, time for Day 7's installment. Problem is; I'm not sure of what to write about. >>;
     
    SO! I'll just go on some more about Twist Mountain.
     
    Great design, Twist Mountain. Really helps show off everything, while also providing a challenge.
     
    However; could you have provided that challenge without it being from the really annoying Boldore, with their sturdy preventing one hit kills? There's nothing worse than running into it a hundred times through a trek around Twist Mountain; each requiring two hits compared to the one hit KOs of the rest of the Pokemon. xP
     
    On the bright side; I caught a Cryogonal while searching for that missing entry point! 1% chance of running into it; and I definitely didn't pass that up. =P Was hard to catch, however. Ate through my Ultra Balls.
     
    Party Status Update:
     
    Eelektrik(Eelektrik) Level 42(Female) Careful
    Darmanitan(Darmanitan) Level 42(Male) Jolly
    Kate(???) Level 42(Female) Hasty
    Wottergun(Samurott) Level 42(Female) Naive
    Gothitelle(Gothitelle) Level 43(Female) Gentle
    Lillil(Lilligant) Level 44(Female) Modest
     
    Badge Status: 6 Badges obtained.(Trio Badge, Basic Badge, Insect Badge, Bolt Badge, Quake Badge, Jet Badge)
     
    Game Status: I've reached Icirrus City, but I've only caught the Pokemon there, and headed back to Twist Mountain. I haven't gone to the Gym yet.
     
    Time: 58:29
     
    Pokedex: Seen: 96, Obtained: 80
  12. Blessed Blade
    So, after much procrastinating, I may as well get down to the Dowsing Machine's entry. =P
     
    Simply put? This variant of the Dowsing Machine/Item Finder, by far, is the best. Gone are the days of having to activate it multiple times! Gone are also the days of having to constantly tap it, or hold the stylus down on the screen while you move around!
     
    No; now, all you have to do is activate it, and move around as you find items left, right, up, down, and center. =P Yes, it tracks items automatically. It may take a little getting used to, but it's by far the most convenient version yet. Even better than HGSS's version; and that's saying something. What this version does, is as you walk around, the two item finder 'antenna' things point in the direction of the item.
     
    "What's so different about that?" You ask? Well, for one, it updates automatically. No need to tap it, or activate it each time you wish to get an update on the position. Just walk around. As you do so, it'll automatically turn it's position to reflect where you are compared to the item. Like, say you're south east, in comparison with the item. If you walk up, then it'll slowly turn from facing Northeast, then the the east, and then southeast. If you, however, walk over to that spot, and move on top of it, it will also let you know about that, by having both antennae facing each other, and displaying a symbol in the middle. Then, you simply have to walk one square off as usual, and then pick it up.
     
    Simply put; this Dowsing Machine is extremely useful. Plus; it doesn't even get turned off automatically. The only things that do that is, say, when you go on Wi-Fi. You also have to disable it manually when you go to switch Pokemon, or save, but as I mentioned the other day, the rest can be handled by the Registration Menu. =)
     
    Party Status update:
     
    Tynamo(Tynamo) Level 27(Female) Careful
    Lillil(Lilligant) Level 39(Female) Modest
    Gothorita(Gothorita) Level 39(Female) Gentle
    Darmanitan(Darmanitan) Level 39(Male) Jolly
    Gonzo(Sawk) Level 39(Male) Careful
    Wottergun(Samurott) Level 40(Female) Naive
     
    Badge Status: 6 Badges obtained.(Trio Badge, Basic Badge, Insect Badge, Bolt Badge, Quake Badge, Jet Badge)
     
    Game Status: Just reaching Twist Mountain.
     
    Time: 48:15
     
    Pokedex: Seen 88, Obtained 67.
  13. Blessed Blade
    So; day 5 of playing Pokemon Black. May have to step up my pace to have another entree today. =P
     
    Now then; I said I'd do the Dowsing Machine today; but I wanna talk about Critical Captures right now.
     
    So, if you've heard anything about it, it's a new feature in Pokemon Black and White. It's a difference to normal captures, but is random, and fairly rare; I've only encountered it maybe three times?(... Including last night. When the Lillipup broke out of it. With an Ultra Ball as the usage. ; ) But let me tell you what it is:
     
    Critical Capturing is like Critical Hits. Extremely rare; but extremely powerful. With a critical Capture, you can(Normally) capture a Pokemon with only one twitch, instead of three. And normally, it captures it, period. No Breakings(again, normally.); simply, it's caught. You can tell if your capture is a Critical Capture, because it sounds like the Pokeball was thrown at a very high velocity; it hits the Pokemon in midair, and then 'locks' the Pokemon in with a click, and then falls to the ground, shakes once, and clicks to signify it's been caught.
     
    However... Has anyone wondered how it all works? I think I've found it. Let's use Red as an example.
     
    [Route 16]
     
    Red: *Walks along silently* *A wild Emolga pops out*
    [A wild Emolga appears!]
    Red: ... *Sends out Pikachu* ...! (Go, Pikachu!)
    Pikachu: *Uses Thunderbolt on Emolga* *Emolga's sent to 1 HP because Red's just that good.*
    Emolga: *Valiantly uses Volt Change to attack, but does a total of one HP damage, and doesn't switch*
    Red: ... (Ah; it's ready for capture.)
    Red: ...? (What should I use?)
    Red: ... (Obviously a Pokeball, but...) *Looks around* *Spots a Wonder launcher*
    Red: ...! (Aha!)
    Red: ... (I'll use that to shoot the Pokeball out at the Emolga.) *Attaches Pokeball to Wonder Launcher* *Shoots it out at the Emolga, which sends it flying at a very high speed*
    Emolga: Emolga? Emolga mo? Emolga mo Emolga ga... (What? What's that? It's coming toward me at an unusual speed...) *The Pokeball hits Emolga hard on the head, and then transfers the now-unconscious Emolga into the Pokeball* *Since there's no resistance, the Pokeball only rocks once, to settle into a small hold in the ground*
    Red: ...! (Yes!)
    Red: ...! (Emolga was caught!)
    Red: ... (That Critical Capture worked perfectly.)
     

     
    =P Thank you, Red, for being our very nice example. Even if you don't say much. Say; have you ever met Kopaka? I think you two would be very good friends. =P
  14. Blessed Blade
    So, today, I'll focus on the menu systems in this.
     
    First of all, the main in-game menu. It's pretty much a revision of HGSS's touch screen menu; except, due to the C-Gear being on the screen at all times when on the normal overfield screens(Aka, not in a menu, battle, Musical thing, dressing up, or the GTS), it's been reassigned to popping up with X, like in D/P/Pt. However; this somehow works perfectly. I'm not sure if it's because the Running Shoes doesn't have an auto-on feature, or what; but it works very nicely. However, the main thing is the new global option for the menus...
     
    You can now exit the entire menu, from nearly any screen, by either hitting the button X, or tapping the red X on the touch screen. I cannot express how awesome this feature is to use; as it cuts down on a lot of unnecessary time wasted by having to B out of every single menu. Now, if you're done something, or just want to cut down on a couple steps, and you're not at the couple exceptions, you can hit X, and return to the overfield. This even works on the PC! That's a very nice touch they add; and they better keep it in in future installments.
     
    Also; since there's no space on the touch screen, either on the C-Gear screen or the Touch Menu, for the registered item spaces from HGSS... What did they do? Return it to only having 1 registered item?
     
    No; they instead give you 23 more spots that you can register stuff with, accessible through Y! And the best thing? That's not even limited to items anymore. If you've seen pictures of Black and White; even the Japanese pictures; you may have wondered about those icons at the bottom. Well, one's obviously return, and I've mentioned that another is the awesome new exit button... But what's that checkbox? Well, that's the new select/register option. If you hit that; you can instantly register an item to the Y menu... or; if you hit the check box on the menus, you can instantly return to that menu! Doesn't work on the PC for obvious reasons, but even still, that helps very much with things. So, now, you can have the Dowsing Machine up(I'll go over that tomorrow; it deserves it's own entree. xP), flip between the bike quickly, check the status of your Pokemon, use an item(Your bag's pockets can be registered, and as you can flip between them easily, you pretty much can register your whole back with one spot, though multiple spots allow ease of use), change settings in the options menu, and check your Pokedex, without even closing the Dowsing Machine, since you need to do that to normally access the menu, like in HGSS. However, you have to close the Dowsing Machine to save or switch Pokemon, since they didn't include registration options for either of them, even though registering the Pokemon menu makes infinite sense. =/
     
    Do you see how that opens up a lot of possibilities? This new registration system is extremely handy, and I hope it stays in the next Generation and onward, and even any remakes they make in the future.
     
    Not gonna talk 'bout the C-gear or PC here; I'll leave that for future entries; as it's got massive amounts of information. And when Global Link and the Dream World open, I'll go over those as well, since I'll actually have access to info. That'll only be from 22 days and onward though, since it's not open yet. =P
     
    Party Status:
     
    Gothita(Gothita) Level 24(Female) Gentle
    Gonzo(Sawk) Level 28(Male) Careful
    Zebstrika(Zebstrika) Level 28(Female) Lax
    Lillil(Lilligant) Level 28(Female) Modest
    Darumaka(Darumaka) Level 28(Male) Jolly
    Wottergun(Dewott) Level 29(Female) Naive
     
    Badge Status: 4 Badges obtained.(Trio Badge, Basic Badge, Insect Badge, Bolt Badge)
     
    Game Status: Up to Nimbasa City, need to move on in near future.
     
    Time: 29:41
     
    Pokedex: 55 Seen, 43 Obtained.
  15. Blessed Blade
    This is dedicated to the GTS. Ah, the GTS, and your extremely weird trades. Where seeing a Dialga getting traded for a Bidoof is a normal day. You have fair trades at times; but they get traded so quickly most people don't know about it.
     
    Now why couldn't you have fixed it this time, or at least added more options to search? I mean, the Negotiation feature is fine(Even if I haven't tried it just yet); but that doesn't mean you should just ignore the normal part of it. And since Gen 5 is locked off from Gen 4 in terms of trades; there's no excuse for having it be the exact same as before.
     
    I must say; however; it is a very good thing they left out the 'trade time lockout' thing from searching this time. Where you had to trade like 100 things in two minutes to access the full listings of trades. Now all 7 or under are available from the start.
     
    Also, it's funny... Trades like version exclusive trades are traded with the snap of a finger. But a male Oshawott for a Female Tepig or Snivy(I tried both); stay pending for hours. I don't have time to breed yet, since I haven't got any hatching helpers yet(Waiting on Flame Body Pokemon... Still waiting...), but people assume that others can get Female Starters with the snap of a finger apparently. ... Granted, I'm doing the same, but...
     
    Current Party:
    Musharna(Musharna) Level 24(Male) Modest
    Gonzo(Sawk) Level 25(Male) Careful3
    Wottergun(Dewott) Level 25(Female)Naive1
    Darumaka(Darumaka) Level 15(Male) Jolly
    Blitzle(Blitzle) Level 25(Female) Lax
    Lillil(Petitlil) Level 25(Female) Modest2
     
    Side Notes:
    1: I used your suggestion, Nero. xP
    2: Thank you Black, for having this trade built into the game. This is the reason I actually went with Black, because the rest of the version exclusives I really wanted were in White. =P
    3: ... 0_o Gonzo's in Firefox's dictionary? Wow. =P
  16. Blessed Blade
    So; yesterday; March 6th... The release date of Black and White.
     
    And I got it yesterday; around noon.
     
    The game. Is. Awesome.
     
    It's long, very long. If you play it, you'll see what I mean. I like the fact that the story has been very much expanded.
     
    For now; that's all I'll say, as I'm only up to Castelia City so far. xP
     
    Oh... And the GTS is standard fare. =P Ridiculous trades like usual.
  17. Blessed Blade

    Pokemon Black

    By Blessed Blade,

    First of all, let me say that it's awesome that BZP's back, even if I didn't get to blog while I still had Tri that second week. =P
     
    So; we're nearly there. Black's only two days away from releasing; and it's the one I'll be getting. It sounds awesome, even though I just found out they removed a very useful training tool; the Vs. Seeker. Why they did that, I have no clue, but it doesn't sound like it's entirely needed for this game at least.
     
    Also, the Global Link site sounds sweet. Too bad it's not gonna be released 'til the end of the month... =/ The new layout it'll be getting looks great, though. =)
  18. Blessed Blade

    Blog Theme

    By Blessed Blade,

    Okay; so it's pretty obvious I don't have a blog theme. I want to change that. What do you guys think my next, err... first theme should be? I had been thinking something Monster Hunter related, though I may do something related to Black and White or something else... Any ideas?
  19. Blessed Blade
    So. Today, I finally did what I've been trying to do for the last, oh, two days or so?
     
    I beat Alatreon. Not by myself of course, that'd just be suicide. However, I beat Alatreon with the help of others.(Or... Maybe the other way around. xP)
     
    And this is interesting... Each time the quest was won; I got a Skypiercer. Each time. And not just broken ones(I have 5 of those as well); I got an actual, non-broken, Skypiercer. =O
     
    ... And the Azure DragonGem.
     
    So... I think I did pretty well. =P
  20. Blessed Blade
    Ballom can probably guess what this is about. =P
     
    Sooo... I'm in the middle of fighting Alatreon. And winning(Well; two deaths down, but that's not too big a deal). Then, one of our gunners gets DCed. I don't think anything of it; we've still got three people including me. I run after Ala, going for the tail, since it wasn't cut yet. Ala stops for a moment, and I take the opportunity to slice at it.
     
    ... Then I get the notice:
     
    "A communication error has occurred."
     
    ... AAAAAAAAAAARGH!! >_< >=O and the like. I was none too impressed at that. However; thinking back, I should've seen the first warning sign: Ala stopped. xD Ala never stops. When monsters suddenly stop for no reason, it tends to be a sign of communication lag or errors. I was hoping it was lag. =P
     
    No status update yet. Haven't got much to report. =P
  22. Blessed Blade
    Yes; Alatreon. So; I fight him just now; with a party of four. Not even two minutes in; it's down to just me, against the huge dragon. My reaction: ._.;
     
    The thing is; it all happened because one person died early on; and it wasn't even me! I forgot Cool Drinks, however, as I didn't know the battle was fought in a volcano. So this person dies, everyone's going 'uh-oh'; and as I finally get my bearings, everyone abandons the quest in like two seconds. Now, like any self respecting Hunter, I continued on. =P ... But I finally got owned by the wyvern approximately two minutes later. Twice. >_>; But hey; I never really expected to win, by myself at least. But still; these people were like HR 90 or so; and they just abandoned. Whereas I never even got killed until they abandoned. Funny, that. =P
     
    /addendum: Second group was better. We simply got owned without abandons. =P
     
    Now then, Status update.
     
    HR 47(High Rank)
    Equipment: (Armour, Charm) Same as earlier.
    (Weapon) Reaver "Cruelty" Longsword, Thunderclap+ Longsword, Wyvern Blade "Flare" Longsword.
     
    Awards: All from before
    Bionomical Report(Capture lots of Pocket Monsters.)
  23. Blessed Blade
    So; as I said a couple days ago, the next entry, this one, is of my Monster list as it current is. First; however; a list of terms:
    (G) = Gold Crown
    (S) = Silver Crown
     
    Also; there won't be any status updates this entry, I don't want to overload the entry. =P

    -=Great Jaggi=-
    Slain 48, Captured 2
    Longest: 1167.9 cm (G)
    Shortest: 850.2 cm
    Titles: 2
    Total: 50
     
    -=Great Baggi=-
    Slain 8, Captured 3
    Longest: 1426.5 cm (S)
    Shortest: 1038.4 cm
    Total: 11
     
    -=Barroth=-
    Slain 12, Captured 6
    Longest: 1603.6 cm
    Shortest: 1308.2 cm
    Total: 18
     
    -=Uragaan=-
    Slain 4, Captured 3
    Longest: 2403.8 cm (S)
    Shortest: 1985.8 cm
    Total: 7
     
    -=Qurupeco=-
    Slain 10, Captured 9
    Longest: 1076.7 cm (G)
    Shortest: 807.5 cm
    Total: 19
     
    -=Rathian=-
    Slain 14, Captured 8
    Longest: 1885.2 cm
    Shortest: 1537.9 cm
    Titles: 1
    Total: 22
     
    -=Rathalos=-
    Slain 10, Captured 7
    Longest: 2074.8 cm (S)
    Shortest: 1526.1 cm (G)
    Total: 17
     
    -=Diablos=-
    Slain 3, Captured 1
    Longest: 2164.8 cm
    Shortest: 1940.2 cm
    Total: 4
     
    -=Gigginox=-
    Slain 6, Captured 9
    Longest: 1223.0 cm (S)
    Shortest: 982.8 cm (G)
    Total: 15
     
    -=Barioth=-
    Slain 3, Captured 9
    Longest: 2095.0 cm (S)
    Shortest: 1657.7 cm (G)
    Total: 12
     
    -=Royal Ludroth=-
    Slain 31, Captured 10
    Longest: 1807.9 cm (S)
    Shortest: 1406.1 cm
    Titles: 1
    Total: 41
     
    -=Gobul=-
    Slain 14, Captured 2
    Longest: 2844.8 cm (G)
    Shortest: 1801.7 cm
    Total: 16
     
    -=Lagiacrus=-
    Slain 15, Captured 9
    Longest: 3045.8 cm (S)
    Shortest: 2463.1 cm
    Titles: 1
    Total: 24
     
    -=Agnaktor=-
    Slain 0, Captured 1
    Longest/Shortest: 3067.6 cm
    Total: 1
     
    -=Ceadeus=-
    Slain: 1
     
    -=Deviljho=-
    Slain 0, Captured 5
    Longest: 2458.7 cm (S)
    Shortest: 2089.9 cm
    Total: 5
     
    -=Jhen Mohran=-
    Slain: 3
  24. Blessed Blade
    Two entries in a day? *Gasp*
     
    Alright. So. First of all, next entry, whenever I make that, I'll list the different types of monsters I've slayed, how many, and the sizes of each.
     
    So, first things first. Why, do people on recruiting servers, sometimes join up to do quests other than what's listed? Like, the city's a Lagi city, but people want to do Rathalos. It doesn't make much sense. Or; even better; the person joins the Lagi city, and they're only HR 32 or something. High Rank Lagiacrus is 40+. Sure, you help the person, but it take away from Lagi fighting. =/
     
    Second, more a note, and something I noticed about myself. I had horrible trouble with LR and Offline Barioth. Yet, I get on the first HR Barioth quest I find; and win easily. And then proceed to do it again one or two more times. It makes no sense. 0_o Yet I can't destroy a Diablos.
     
    Third, something that's just... weird. An observant eye will note that the Ala longsword has inherent Dragon properties; right? Well the Ala armour set has... Awakening. Yet Awakening's useless on the longsword, since it already has an element. 0_o But what's even weirder; is the Jho Longsword needs Awakening for it's Dragon Element. What did Capcom do; accidentally switch Jho and Ala's armour set properties? 0_o It would make more sense to have Awakening on the Jho set, since it can be used without mixing weapons, though everyone does that anyway.
     
    Status Update:
     
    HR 42(High Rank)
     
    Equipment and Awards unchanged.
  25. Blessed Blade
    ... Dangit, now I'll need to get a new category for this. >_>
     
    So, anyway. I'm really liking that new Jho Capture mission. Why? Because I've already captured him approximately five times. Got the first form of his Longsword, which is awesome, even if it needs Awakening to actually get it's Dragon Element.
     
    The next thing, is that I just got to HR 40 last night. I've been authorized to embark on 5* Missions!
     
    That means that all I have to do is get to HR 45 or 46 in the next little while, and I'll be able to get every single High Rank item in one way or another; barring those stupid Conqueror's Seals. >_> I do need to own HR Lagi a few times though; getting either Lagi + Armour, or just plain upgrading my Lagi armour is a very good idea to do... And it means I get a head start on upgrading my Helios Armour once I start getting those Seals.
     
    Also; I'm not good at all against Diablos +. Found that out last night. =P
     
    Updated Stats:
     
    HR 40(High Rank)
    Equipment: (Armour)Rathian Helm(Upgraded)
    Rathian Mail(Upgraded)
    Rathian+ Gauntlet(I don't remember the exact name)
    Helios Coil(Ceadeus item, not upgraded)
    Rathian Greaves(Upgraded)
    (Charm)Perception+8, Pellet S -10 Talisman(For Cap Guru)
    (Weapon)Reaver "Cruelty" Longsword, Thunderclap+ Longsword, or Wyvern Blade "Fire" Longsword
     
    Awards: Chief's Garb(Complete 1-3* quests)
    Tidal Necklace(Defeat Lagiacrus)
    Gem of the Depths(Defeat Ceadeus)
    Scroll of the Sage(Complete over 10(?) pages of combination list)
    Farm Certificate(Max out Farm)
     
    Copper Medal(Complete 1-3* online quests)
    Jhen Crystal(Defeat Jhen Mohran)
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