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Rate that creature! Through Pokemon, Monster Hunter, Kingdom Hearts, Temtem, and more, hosts Six and Allen turn a critical eye to creature design, and decide what designs are worth keeping around.
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Team Skull. The island challenge dropouts have hounded us since the beginning of the game, kidnapping pokemon, blocking public roads, harassing bystanders. Oh, and trying to beat us up, though their efforts have been pretty laughable. But this week, they go too far. And it's up to us to head to their hometown to bring justice to them where they live. ACAB includes Nanu, in fact it might include him more than most fictional cops.
Our playtime for this ep leaves us at the base of the Aether Foundation- next time, we're playing the rest of that, and onward til we hit the Kommo-o Trial on Poni Island!
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A haunting experience this week as we tool around Ula'ula, finally fighting the leader of Team Skull and challenging a throwback in the form of the Nugget Bridge, but it's all building to a shopping experience we won't soon forget. Sure, the Haunted Thrifty Mega Mart is spooky. But it's also really hard, with the Totem Mimikyu thrashing us within an inch of our lives. Past that inch, in some instances....
Next time, we challenge Team Skull on their home turf- Po Town! Then we'll knock out the Grand Trial, and hop on a boat to the Aether Foundation for some PLOT.
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New island, new us! Ok, I lied. Same us. Gardens, community centers, tile puzzles (???), even a gym ala Kanto, Ula'ula Island is immediately serving up some fresh and engaging spots for our tour guides. We get to the top of a nearby mountain at the end, but it's the rest of the island that's really proven so interesting. Plus: Six forgets what shape a Z is! All this and more.
We'll tackle the ghost trial next episode, continuing our Ula'ula Island Time!
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Leaving the volcano behind, we head for the coast and cooler climates. Then it's back into a hot and humid jungle to pick ingredients for a soup. We make some time for science and golf, head through tunnel taken over by an invasive species, meet the Ditto Five, fight Team Skull's strongest trainer yet, and triumph over Olivia. All in a day's work.
A lot waiting for us next time- the Aether Foundation's floating conservatory, Ula'ula Island, a gym?!? Should be interesting.
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A shorter piece of game gives us time to linger and explore, and we're all the better for it. Akala Island has a lot to offer, from ?evil? scientists to definitely deranged influencers to our main topic- a friggin' volcano with a dance contest at its peak! Boy howdy, lot to dig into there. Plus: Hapu! She's the best!
Next episode, we will CONCLUDE Akala Island with Mallow's Trial and the Grand Trial!
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We're leavinggggg! On a Mantine! Don't know why cuz I'm back again! ...Hold me like you'll never let me go? Or is that part BEFORE the chorus? I don't know the song that well. We finish our first island, leave, and then turn around and come back because hey we weren't actually done. But THEN it really is on to island number two, a watery trial, and a trailer full of infinite Pikachus. It's probably not cursed. Probably.
For our next episode, we're playing up through Kiawe's trial on Akala Island!
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An interesting theme of empty homes this week as our journey through the Trial and Grand Trial of Melemele Island sees us stopping by the homes of both Ilima and Guzma. We start sticker collecting, learn to do Z-Moves, and... have Metal Gear Solid 3 flashbacks? Alola means "hello," "goodbye," and "enemy spotted."
For our next episode, we're playing up through Lana's trial on Akala Island!
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We're picking starters. We're Deciding If We're A Boy Or A Girl (TM). We're walking into tall grass obliviously. Yes, it's time to start a new Pokémon game, and a new tour. As summer gets underway, we take things to the sunny side in Pokemon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, and the island chain of the Alola region. There are malasadas to eat, Kahunas to fight, trials to pass, and Mimikyu to fear. Let's get started.
For our next episode, we're playing up through the Grand Trial of Kahuna Hala to finish up Melemele Island!
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We've taken the League Challenge, and fought our way through eight gyms to the Elite Four, beaten them, and then the champion. (Kind of.) We've beaten N, and proved he should have more faith in humanity. We bonded with two ancient dragons of legend, and used their might to beat Team Plasma.
Then we started over. We took the League Challenge anew. We beat back a reformed Team Plasma. There was a third dragon, we got that friend too. Ghost houses. The return of N. The story of the rising champ Iris. So many caves. Getting lost. Pushing rocks. We've done it all, folks. And with this, we close the book. This is the end of the Unova Tourism Committee. We hope you've enjoyed it.
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Here we are- the reason Magellan encouraged us to pick up our watch pods of the Pokemon movies to begin with. Are you READY. To see LEGENDARY POKEMON LATIAS. Kiss a HUMAN BOY. We're heading to PokeVenice, we're shapeshifting, we're corrupting gems, we're solving ancient sliding tile puzzles. If you thought the last Pokemon movie was a bit of a whiff, don't worry. We're back on track.
Incidentally, Six writes these show notes and maybe some other people wouldn't quite say the same thing.
It's dungeon time, baby. A nothing town with a weak gym (though the inside is cool!) lasts as long as a Mento before we're off to a cave, then a floating fortress, then a cave, then a floating fortress, then a cave, then a cave. I hope you brought Surf. And a lot of patience. It's time for the Team Plasma Payoff, and... sorry Allen, it's a bit overhyped for what we got.
Victory Road lies before us, after which is the Elite Four. Unlike the first Black & White, we plan to some post-game content this time. We'll see how much, but at the very least it'll be part of next ep, if not another ep thereafter!
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The road to Opelucid City is paved with good intentions. And stones. And gravel. And clay! And grass. And sand. And interrupting legendaries (plural). And... well look, it's a long friggin' road. A pretty interesting one, too! We enjoy the small towns we missed in Black & White, relax on Village Bridge, mourn death in the Strange House, and much more in a really cool and exciting stretch of game.
Next time, Humilau City... and more? We haven't decided exactly where to draw the line. We're probably not doing the Elite Four. But we might do Victory Road. We're just not sure yet.
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Through caves, along balance beams, up a tower, through a wind tunnel... this leg of our tour takes us to some interesting places, though most are alarmingly familiar. Perhaps this is a calm downbeat to set up for some dramatic surprises next week? I can't be sure. For all its quality, Black 2 & White 2 have felt pretty inconsistent to me.
Next time, we're... well I would say we're headed to Icirrus City, but Allen tells me it won't go quite as I expect, so who knows!
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You know, I used to live in a former mining town. Carbondale, it was called. Gives away the game a bit, the "carbon" part. "Driftveil City" may not have any minerals in the name, but it's a former mining town through and through. Clay has turned this blue collar burg into a gentrified pocket of apartment buildings and fancy tourist attractions. But when one of those attractions is a big Pokemon trainer tournament, well... who's to say if gentrification is good or bad?
Next time: Mistralton City! I hear it basically hasn't changed!
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Last episode was our first time revisiting a city from Black & White now that we're in 2. It was a little underwhelming, to be honest. I began to think that maybe this was gonna be a bit of a letdown. But the Nimbasa City area? Hoppin', jumpin', bumpin'. The heck with Castelia, this is the REAL jewel of Unova.
On our next episode, we're headed west to Driftveil!
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Your first time in the Big City, you're wowed. Perhaps even blown away. But your second time? ...You're probably still blown away in a real city, I guess. In Pokemon, it's a bit... eh. We've already done Castelia City, and while there have been a few interesting changes, it mostly hasn't learned new tricks. It's got one hell of an underground scene, though!
this is a joke
about the sewers
Electric City is next on the docket- we're headed to Nimbasa City for our next episode!
P! O! M! E! M! O N! POMEMON! It's time to rock out in Virbank City, the town with kinda nothing to do! We'll pass back through Route 20 on the way there, swing by the ol' Virbank Complex, have our fifteen turns of fame at the Pokestar Studios, and of course enjoy the musical stylings of Roxie and her band. Flip a coin: if it's heads, she doesn't use a single poison attack on you, and the fight is mad easy. If it's tails, all she uses is Toxic, and it's a nightmare.
Next time, we're headed to the Big Leppa Berry itself: Castelia City, and the Insect Badge.
We've got a bit of a different one for you this time. We're joined by Magellan, Allen's best friend and cohost on Chatz: A Television Podcast for a special draft episode. We've got a whole menu of regions, a plethora of trainers, and a trio of visions to make real. Let's. Get. Snake Drafting!
Our podcast art is done by the wonderful Noelle (@noelleproblem on Twitter)!
It's time for round 2! Many Pokemon generations have an extra game that comes out after the initial two, but only Black & White got full-on sequels, aptly titled Black 2 & White 2. Two years have passed in game! The world has changed! Team Plasma hides in the shadows, and the cast of the first game have moved into a new stage of their lives. Let's pick the tour back up, coming at this from a different direction... literally.
Next episode, we're off to Virbank City, and the Toxic Badge!
And once again... we're caught up! The Paldea Pokedex is done, and we await a new challenger. Probably Legends XY, but I guess we'll see! On this episode of the Quorum: Archaludon, Gouging Fire, Raging Bolt, Iron Boulder, Iron Crown, Terapagos, and some pre-B2W2 Q&A.
Our podcast art is done by the wonderful Noelle (@noelleproblem on Twitter)!
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