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Author Topic: Mostly Freeform Pokemon Game interest OOC 6/6  (Read 18119 times)

TheBiggerFish

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Wellp.

I don't pokemans.

But this looks interesting.
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While I have opinions about the argument, I shall elect to keep them to myself and maybe PMs if I feel the need to pursue the argument.

Anyway, totally joining.


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Feel free to PM if you wish.
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Nah. I'm not the argumentative type, really.

Now then, The initial region for the game that I have in mind is the Hoenn region. I chose it mostly because I was dissatisfied by the lack of an Emerald version remake because it's the best of the three.  :P
My initial idea for the plot is that the players are new trainers, obviously or else I wouldn't be giving you starter pokemon. :P You guys would quickly be recruited as informants for the local police force because new trainers are being approached by the three criminal organizations that recently rose up. Of course, since you're protagonists you're going to be taking them down by the end of the game. Anyways, that's the basic gist of the start of the overarching plot. But I'm not going to stop you from entering contests or fighting in the gyms. That'd be suspicious. :P
Anyway, opinions about this since it's an interest check so you probably want feedback/questions:

Setting:
Pokémon Emerald was my favorite game until X and Y (and they only beat it because I love character appearance customization), so I'm quite content with the region. Although, question: Are we going to visit multiple regions, or is it all in Hoenn?

Plot:
Interesting.
Do we all start in the same town? Are we expected to stick together? Did we know each other before the start? Are we supposed to infiltrate the organization, or just inform on their activities as we progress through the region?

And more general question:

How many players?
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In order:
I don't know yet.
Yes, yes, you probably would since it's a small town, and either one is fine and they'd both have perks including getting a uniform depending upon the organization you join or even if you join none.
Don't know about that last one beyond it's going to be under 10 at one time.

Also, kind of surprised no one has noted the little hint at a plot divergence I inserted.
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Twinwolf

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Are we all getting standard regional starters or are we getting different things?
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I'm still deciding on that. Feel free to give me reasons for or against either option though.
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SOLDIER First

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Newer versions of the games have un-region-locked certain Pokemon so it wouldn't be out of the ordinary, although how much you take from the games is purely up to you, so importation is also a thing.
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I'm still deciding on that. Feel free to give me reasons for or against either option though.
Well, I recommend against keeping it to just the starters for the region you're in. Then everyone would have one of 3 different Pokémon, and that's boring. So, I'd say either open it up to anything with 3 evolutions, or any starter if you still want some tradition. Maybe allow characters who are from different regions to bring a regional starter from there (say, someone from Unova could bring Oshawott, or someone from Johto could bring Cyndiquil or however you spelled them.)
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Perhaps you could take inspiration from the starters in the Mystery Dungeon games?

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Or from rom hacks and make them groups of three completely unrelated Pokemon?
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Or from rom hacks and make them groups of three completely unrelated Pokemon?
I like this idea a lot. Assuming we've all played the originals, we already know what it's like starting with those pokemon. Giving us options from beyond typical starters in some ways makes it more interesting.
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...So it seems people ignored the first half of my post, wherin one of my suggestions was "anything with 3 evolutions".
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I didn't, I was suggesting something else in a joking fashion. Romhack starter choices are stupid

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I would be in for it.

Reading from what you said about freeform, did you read the Pokemon Adventures/Special manga ?

Perhaps you could take inspiration from the starters in the Mystery Dungeon games?
Oh. We need a Mystery Dungeon RP game. I love PMD !
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