Pokemon Z and Pokemon in real life?

     So I was a little worried that I would miss the bus so to speak on Pokemon Go but today I also learned about the leaks for Zygade so I guess I get to talk about two big bits of Pokemon news.

     First up is Pokemon Go. I'm sure most of you already know about it but to refresh: it is an app currently in production that works kind of like the game Ingress in terms of how game-play is handled. One thing I noticed about the trailer is that with the exception of one girl all the actors are in their 20s and 30s, so Pokemon Co is probably aiming at the older Pokemon audience (a claim further supported when you realize that all the Pokemon shown in the trailer are from Gen. 1.) With that and the fact that at least one senior Pokemon staffer will help out with the game, makes me definitely interested in the game. I do want to caution everybody, including myself, to not get too excited over the visuals shown since while it would be EXTREMELY cool if the game played like that it probably won't.

     The other thing I want to touch on is the fact that, accounting to a recent leak:

That's right guys that legendary from X and Y that most if not everybody ignored isn't even fully formed, 50% formed actually. With 10% form preceding it and 100% form following it. If these rumors are true it could mean both the first evolving legendary (yes I know Raquaza got a Mega but that's a different type of evolution even by Pokemon standards) and could also mean Pokemon Z is coming out. Over all I am super stoked to see what this rumor has in store for us.

Why Pokemon Amie is a great feature (rant)

   

     OK I'm going to get a lot of hate for this but I love Pokemon Amie. While I never what to see a game built solely around this type of gameplay I don't love it for its gameplay of simple mini-games and petting and feeding Pokemon, but rather its whole concept.

     You see I play Pokemon differently from most people in that I don't make my team around whose has the most stats or even who looks the coolest but rather who feels right for the team. For example in the Glistening Cave in Pokemon X I caught a Cubone because... because it seemed lonely. I know that seems ridiculous since its a video game character but something just made me think "this is a Pokemon that needs me." And I can go back in my past and bring up some sob story about how Pokemon helped me and I was just returning the favor or something but I won't.

     So let us look at Pokemon Amie. What is it? Well it is a feature in Pokemon X, Y, Alpha Sapphire, and Omega Ruby that lets you play with your Pokemon and just love on one another. So this is right up my alley. And lets look at the some of the battle quotes when you increase a Pokemon's affection

Being sent out:

• <Pokémon> trusts <Trainer> to come up with the best strategy!
• <Pokémon> turned back toward <Trainer> and nodded in understanding!
• <Pokémon> and <Trainer> are breathing in perfect sync with one another!
• <Pokémon> trusts <Trainer> to come up with the best strategy!

Come on guys these all show how much the Pokemon trusts you. Even if you've never won a battle they still know that you both will try your best.

Recovering from a status condition

• <Pokémon> managed to expel the poison so that <Trainer> wouldn't worry!

All of them end like that: So that <Trainer> wouldn't worry. Even in the middle of a battle the Pokemon is less concerned about the poison actually hurting or being frozen but more about not letting you worry.

And come on guys, every Pokemon essentially getting Natural Cure, getting increased chance to dodge moves even those with 100% accuracy and getting an increased change of critical hitting. Even if that last one occasionally comes at bad times but it comes in handy more often then not. 

What I want to say is that I play Pokemon with sentiment and Pokemon Amie has definitely helped with that and is why I think it is now a necessary Pokemon feature now.

Picture from bulbipedia.com
   

The Fireflies and the Stars

   How similar they are,

the firefly and the star

Both give us light

from here or from afar.

How much like the storyteller are

none seek fame,

but all give light.

And how silly a thing:

to give in a world of take

But the beacons of light care not

it is after all,

their duty to answer the call,

and give light to this dark and greedy world

“In hope that one day,”

All three say.

“Our light will be outshone

by the One who created this Stone

that we call Earth.”

Picture from germanshepherdadventures.wordpress.com

Here's to... A poem about Robin Williams, Mr Iwata, Lenard Nimoy, and Sir Christopher Lee

Here's to the Dreamer,

who could play a soldier or an old crone,

a salesmen or a schemer,

and could put a smile on any face.

except of course his own

Here's to the Innovator

who was the first not of kin

but without him Nintendo would fall
but thanks to his ability

it will always stand tall

Here's to the Actor

who played a scientist its true

and was an example for all of us

scared of a feeling or two

Here's to the Legend

who fought Nazis in a war.
He was descended from a king

and became the king of Mordor

and could play both the Devil and his foul Sting

Here's to them
and the stories they left behind
and praying for their families would surely be kind.

Camp Stuff

     As I said in my update post I'm working a summer job at Windermere Bible Camp, and with Nintendo's lackluster E3 announcement I don't have a lot to talk about in that sense so I guess I'll talk about this camp.

     What I do here is mostly clean up the dinning hall and making sure none of the food runs out on the buffet lines. Its tiring but its fun and as you will hopefully see, leads to come interesting stories.

     One week the campers numbered in the thousands so some volunteers from local churches helped out and were a great help but one time a group of them were standing around the buffet lines talking and I could tell that they were blocking it if anymore guests show up. I ask them to move and they ignore me, this continues for at least ten minutes until I decide to weird them away from buffet lines. So I walk down the line and when I get to the volunteers I shout: "spontaneous acid test!" And of course they just look at me weird so I just go "you failed," and saying nothing else walk away. And it worked. :)

During our off hours the staff is playing Assassin and the weapon of this round is notes. So the first night I get a knock at the door of my room on campus and I open it to see a mattress with a note taped to it. Luckily though I wasn't wearing my glasses at the time so I couldn't read the note so I just go "LOL nope," and shut the door.

It rains a lot. I don't have anything clever to say 'bout this, it just rains a lot. Its raining right now, I'm done. I'm done with this weather. I'm out/


     

Captain America is Awesome (Rant)

     OK I am sick of people making fun of Captain America because he got his powers by "cheating." Guys, Steve Rogers tried multiple times to enlist in the Army despite having so many things wrong with him that a walk around the block would leave him winded. 
     But he kept trying. And that is the point of people like me getting inspired by Cap: he was told time and time again that he couldn't help in the war, he may have even believed it himself sometimes but he never gave up. And that belief payed off since Dr Erskine was looking for someone just like Steve. A person that new his own faults but tried to get over them.
 
     I would also like to add that a personal reason that I like Cap is because he didn't change after the super soldier serum made him strong enough to support a block that knocked a god on his back from the recoil, quick enough to literally run circles around an ex paratrooper, and had the brain capacity to memorize a Hydra map after only a few seconds of seeing it, not to mention being able to survive frozen in ice for 75 years. No the serum only gave him the physical capabilities to do what his heart was telling him to do all along.

     And that is what everyone finds inspiring about Cap: that he never gave up, that he stays true to himself, and that all that awesome, that ripping logs apart with his bear hands and the muscle coordination to throw a shield like a Frisbee, was always inside him he just needed a little help from science.

Update on Myself

• Schools finally out for me so I can start getting my news articles out a bit more frequently.
• I have a summer job starting on May the 18th at a summer camp. Thankfully I'll be able to bring my laptop down so I can keep posting.
• My 3ds broke :( so unfortunately I'm not going to be able to talk about those games for a while. 
• I'd like to blog about other stuff I like in addition to video games so be prepared for that.
• I also have an about page now.