first of all /puts on pirate eyepatch

secondly, I've only gotten to the first Pokemon Centre and THIS GAME IS AWESOME ALREADY?? That Pokemon centre/mart is just GENIUS

also was wondering about the Pokemon materials I've been getting but it turns out they're for making TMS??? WOAH

have to stop because I want to do other stuff but I can't wait to get exploring

good god the titan Pokemon

cute??? The Sunflora dropped to 15FPS after a while though hahaha

you tell 'em Arven haha

Arven too is a gem and a giant Klawf is terrifying

minor graphical glitches aside, it's been a good time for me so far. I think if GF had had more time to polish this, SV would have been even more incredible than it has been so far

hello star barrage is the best mechanism yet???

that dekotora Mela is on is a POKEMON???

this is uncanny because one of my OCs sorta has the hair curls and is also surly towards people and also uses fire-types |D

Mela is awesome

spent way too long trying to catch a Dreepy because my team kept beating them :')

sauceky..

..and makochan

sunrise

Iono's okay but the gym test was great hahaha

what on earth

this design looks like it comes from another non-pkmn game LMAO

it's even funnier that the normal-sized orthworms are pretty small

Arven!!!

my team so far. I only have two gym badges so far 😂

I'm surprised by how easily available early on the pseudo-legendaries are in SV. I caught Dreepy early on and I've already seen Goomy, Bagon and Axew out in the wild

I love what they come up with for gym tests hahaha

because I was so overlevelled I downed her Pokemon in one shot OTL I love that her last Pokemon is a Teddiursa

Geeta's hair is enormous but I love her character design

the giant bird Titan raining rocks on everything was pretty funny lmao

I really like this guy's design and the fact that he used to be an incredibly anal student council prez hahaha. Team Star is awesome. Dark-type Pokemon trainers are the coolest

T__T him calling Team Star his greatest treasure feels extra special given the Treasure Hunt that all students in the academy undertake to find that special treasure they can call their own

I love the desolateness of Asado Desert's BGM

cool there's a scarab beetle Pokemon now!!!

Kofu is so precious hahaha

hello the Medali Gym Test is the best so far

I'm sad that Larry isn't the last gym leader |D

Larry is a whole mood LMAO

Larry: Here's a TM, though I hope a child like you won't have to put on its namesake

and the TM is Facade T__T

Nemona is actually really endearing to me because she's so straightforward

oh wow Ms Raiford's not-so-fairy tale... I got the chills when she explained that the 4 items were actually 4 Pokemon. Plus the sound effect that came on... brrr

Lvl 50 and Draklock get aaa, I'm so glad levelling Pokemon is so much less tedious now. Onward to lvl 60 for Dragapult!!!

and turns out I had to get to the Ghost gym first before taking on the Ice Gym haha. The Gym tests in SV are so good

HER IS SO COOL MAN

Ortega, the kind of dumbass you can't hate hahaha

when he was stomping his staff on the ground out of frustration, that was so funny

Ms Raifort: You can pull out the stakes and free these possibly-very-dangerous Pokemon that have been called harbingers of doom in a fairy tale from their confined state, isn't that great!
Me: yeah!
Ms Raifort: haha you're so kind

I love that Mr Salvatore the language teacher gives you a Meowth - the only Pokemon that verbally speaks human language in anime - as a gift

OPERATION STARFALL

Cassiopeia and Team Star's big boss weren't really meant to be huge secrets and the way their story unfolded was so satisfying. True nakama q___q

all the mini-bosses are so memorable too. Surly spitfire, former-student-council-prez turned DJ, the antiquated one, the ill-tempered bocchama, and a JP PRO WRESTLER!!!!! They might just be my favourite team of antagonists

also the significance of Penny using a Sylveon at the end - complete with the heart-shaped Tera Jewel

AHHH This is so good

their themes are the best too. Penny's is straight up eurobeat even

tomorrow I finish Path of Legends and then I'll see if the game wants to drag me into Area Zero or let me finish the last gym

hol' up Penny's theme isn't eurobeat, it's EDM hahaha

briiiiilliant stars

on the false dragon titan island and I don't see anything.. which probably means the island I'm standing on is the Titan??!! hahahaha

it wasn't but I ended up having to fight 2 Titans in an unexpected way |D lol'd at the way Arven called tatsugiri the little sushi guy. I never even noticed it looked like sushi lmaoooo

Arveeeen... what a good lad. And I love how much care they put into his animation, from the way he stood aside desolately to how he scrambled to get to his buddy

the short conversation between him and his very distant dad and how he opened up later that they're not close because Professor Turo was constantly buried in work is great story telling too

Titans down but the path of legends continues!

for now, I'm gonna get the last gym badge first

haha with Alfonardo's South Asian aesthetic, I'd hoped Tulip had darker skin colour. She's still really pretty

I was so stressed about the E4 LMAO but it turned out okay in the end. Geeta is super cool and Nemona is so cute

the Area Zero music is BANGING. Reminds me of Nier

OH NO I FORGOT ABOUT THE ED SHEERAN ENDING SONG LMAO

this game is SO GOOD

the story is so good, and the cutscenes are great

the human animation in this game is something else

Area Zero is me running the last dungeon with my trust NPCs LOL

this is also the second time an AI character breaks my heart q_q

I'm really satisfied

I was totally convinced that Geeta was gonna be a villain lmao I'm really pleased they did not go with that

Turo's role being the way it is in the story is A+

ahhhh I'm happy I got to binge this game haha

now I have the 4 disasters to find lol