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Part 6: Sights of Castelia City
Castelia City
Hope you like this music, cause we'll be hearing it for two full updates. There's a LOT to do in this city and some of it is worth your time!
F's in chat boys.
The world will be bigger! If you trade Pokemon with many people, you will be happy! Because I will give you something good! So, Trainer, have you traded Pokemon with many people? You've traded Pokemon with 1? The world is bigger than that!
So not so important now, but this guy gave you lots of cool items for obtaining Pokemon with other Trainer IDs. Since in-game trades count, we can get the first reward, a Wide Lens, but back in the day you could do this immediately if you wanted, depositing an easy trade made doing this very quick. In turn you'd get an Everstone for 10, Zoom Lens for 20, Choice Scarf for 30, PP Max for 40 and finally a Master Ball for 50! Yep, you could get a Master Ball pretty easily before the third Gym, ridiculous. Using fan servers makes it still possible with a bit of work, but Desmume has no such options so whatever.
Fuck yeah. Right, let's get lost.
Castelia City: A City of Grandeur
From castellanus clouds, which are long and have spaced puffs that resemble castle turrets.
Hiun City: Hiun is soaring clouds, auspicious clouds.
From 飛雲文 hiun-mon, a wiggly spiral pattern that resembles clouds and 飛雲 hiun, soaring clouds.
So, uh, Castelia City is kinda big, here's a map so you have an idea of where we are, we'll start by visiting the 5 piers and then zigzag through the different streets. It's not particularly difficult to navigate, but it can be a pain to remember where everything is. Thankfully I've played Gen 5 about 20 times so everything about these games is seared into my memories.
All right, so it's Pansage? Pansage... then, it's a Leaf Stone you need.
You might already know this, but I will give you some advice! When a Pokemon evolves, it will be more powerful, but it will be slower to learn a new move. This is especially true for Pokemon that evolve with stones. So, it's up to you: you can have it learn a good move and then evolve it with a stone, or evolve it with a stone fast and then have it learn a move with a TM!
Very important to pick this free stone if you're using a monkey, as aside from dust clouds, it'll be a bit before you can get another one, Fire Stone is the earliest, then Water Stone, then Leaf Stone.
I wonder what that Pokemon is, little high up to make out clearly, I'm sure we'll catch it later.
I mean it did pass us when we were on Skyarrow Bridge but okay.
Nice black boat, wonder where it's going? I know we won't be going there!
Ugh, battling is so lame and boring, let's put that off for a while.
It's a bit surprising that rules and ways of thinking are different just because the places we live in are different!
Maybe we need some unity. Too bad that closed down in 2013.
Have you ever wondered about these things? Welcome to Passerby Analytics HQ! This is where you can find all the answers. ...you have good eyes. Eyes full of curiosity. ...good! I will specially appoint you as a statistician! Statiticians have only one task! They conduct requested surveys. First, you'll receive survey requests from me. Then, with the Survey Radar, you'll choose the survey you want to conduct. Then, if you pass by a lot of people, the radar will collect the information. Of course, we've prepared compensation for the survey. Statistician Touya! I expect you to do a great job!
God another dead, pointless side mode to go over in excruciating detail... so remember the Tag Log in the C-Gear? No? Good, I won't explain it again anyway. So along with the general data you receive about other's characters, you'll also get questionaire data, filled with generic answers if they haven't specifically filled it out. You can find out what people have answered by choosing that specific questionaire and can complete it in two ways. Head count, which has a minimum amount of people to complete it and can be completed super fast if you somehow have enough people for it, or timed, where you can get at least your other DS game's answers and then wait a couple of hours to get the rewards. Anyway since this all relied on having your game on and being near someone who also has their game on, this is something most players either never bothered with, or couldn't complete it. There's 23 questionaires in total and the rewards are kinda worth it, but I won't do any of it! What fun.
Actually, I have a favor to ask you. I'm asking statisticians to answer a questionaire. OK, here we go! Let's get started. This questionaire... is about "Details about people."
This is a way to fill in answers for surveys we can then send to other players as well as receive their answers. I'll answer the first one here and the rest in another post if you want weird LP nerd trivia to doxx me. Anyway, I'm the only guy who knows how to LP Pokemon games the smart way. And against all odds I do it for free
Pandemic, motherfuckers! But also an English degree that gets me nowhere, hell yeah.
Thank you. I got a useful questionnaire. Oh, I will give you this questionnaire sheet to you, too. Now, you have... this many questionaires left: 8.
This is the end of all the questionnaires. It was fun to get to know you! And... this is a thank-you gift for answering the questionnaire.
You can answer the questionnaires as many times as you want, so please let me know.
Oh, you dropped your Pokeball. Here you are.
Please remember to thank someone who helps you! It may sound trivial, but it's important. Now, will you tell me your feeling of gratitude?
What a wonderful phrase! It warms my heart. If somebody helps you, show your feelings of gratitude. I am sure they will appreciate your feelings.
If you don't mind, would you tell me your favorite greeting?
Yes, it's a good greeting! It cheers me up! Please feel free to come and say hi again! I look forward to seeing you again!
Let's never go back there for at least 2 years.
That's quite the liberty. Not that we can ever get that anymore.
First street is the far left one, let's take on the Gym!
He's a seasoned Gym Leader. He made me work for that Gym Badge! But for me, Bug-type Pokemon aren't much of a challenge. I'm going to keep winning like this against all of the Unova region's Gym Leaders! Then, I'll head for the Pokemon League and outperform the Champion! If I do that, everyone will admit what a strong Trainer I am... that will make me feel truly alive...
You're the one who fought Team Plasma in Pinwheel Forest... if I remember right, your name is... Touya! Come to challenge the Gym, I suppose? Aww. Sorry, but could you wait a bit? I was informed Team Plasma has shown up! In fact... come with me! I'm going to the dock at Prime Pier!
Sounds fun, but there's still plenty to explore like this... empty building. Okay.
Show me your paces! Give me a whirl! All riiight! A fight is like a dance!
Not only are there important black characters but also generic ones too! They do fall into stereotypes annoyingly, but later games are much better about it. Also, shit, this guy only has one monkey.
All riiight! Let's get down! How 'bout that! Those were some smooth moves, no doubt! But it'd be even tighter if I had a group. Hey, you! Would you talk to the other Dancers? If you invite both of them, the three of us can groove as a team! Same outfit as me! That guy's a Dancer!
Hmm, no Moomoo Milk, but the other American location had those...
We'll quickly head up the street that leads north, onto a bustling place with endlessly respawning NPCs. No we can't jump on their heads and then later drive down here on a scooter while being chased by a dinosaur. Haha, references, the internet has poisoned my mind!
Wait, is that...?
Oh, my mistake, guess we'll catch this new Pokemon later.
Oh for fuck's sake... eventually Game Freak will stop doing this bullshit.
This is the password that will enable you to use the Relocator I invented! It's a superb machine that will swiftly fetch a special Pokemon or item by connecting to a special network.
I'm a magical clown who can open anything. Your name is Touya. I'll see you again, I'm sure.
A floor of mysterious bullshit, no doubt. The Relocator is another dumb arcane method to do event related, uh, events that are so obscure you wondered how they expected people to figure it out. The Relocator is a new menu option that lets you move up 5 specific things from Gen 4, though HGSS is where you're likely to have them, 1 of which was unreleased, 3 of which unlock the same thing and the last one is something you might be tempted to transfer up using the postgame facility. If you do that though, you can't active their events, which is fucking stupid and none of the five will ever be obtainable again, so we can't do them, oh well!
Oh, look! You have a Pokedex! Well, how many Pokemon have you found so far? ... 28 Pokemon! This is quite a Pokedex! I am quite impressed, so I will give this to you!
Eviolite is great! Both Defense and Special Defense of the Pokemon who holds it will increase! However, it's a peculiar stone because it's only effective on Pokemon that can still evolve.
Man have I missed this item, the Eviolite is great to help fragile team member become much bulkier and let you evolve them more easily. Some Pokemon can use it to become even more defensively bulky than their evolutions! Especially because I'll be using a rotating team this time around, we'll be using this for a long time.
Riveting, we'll see this later, but HMs are no longer tied to Gym Badges, meaning if you traded a Pokemon over that knows the move, you can use that HM! To counter this however, you can complete the game by only using one HM move, Cut, to get into the Dreamyard, so there's no sequence breaking!
I need to check you. Frisk, frisk... frisk, frisk... and one more frisk... you don't seem to have anything suspicious. OK! You can go.
Time to party like it's 2010.
Damit ist die nächste Stadt auch ganz ohne Orden zum Greifun nah! Es sei denn, ich rassele durch meine Führerscheinprüfung...
Damn moonspeak!
I want cute Pokemon, too, so I can use this!
This move makes your Pokemon unbearably charming! All Pokemon of the opposite gender will fall in love!
Non sentirti in imbarazzo. Parla pure con chi vuoi.
Is that a motherfucking Jojo reference???
¡Pero este precioso paisaje hace que me sienta como en casa! ¡La próxima vez traeré a mis amigos!
¿Qué?
Alright let's go back to the streets. We can go to Route 4 now and even catch some new Pokemon, but adding in even more to this lengthy city exploration is a bit much.
What...? You're looking for Dancers for a team? It sounds very interesting, but I don't want to do a favor for someone who isn't stronger than me. Hey! Let's have a battle! OK! Let's begin!
Now this seems familiar...
You're going to create a dance team, aren't you? It sounds very interesting. I'd like to join up!
That's the power of melodies...
Cool place, too bad there's nothing else here. And never will be.
And you've really got to have more light to see your way by. Take this--it'll help you see in dark places.
When you use it twice, the rate to get hit by a move will be about half. 'Cause it means more light!
Correct! In Gen 1, where -2 accuracy was a 50% reduction. It's been a 40% reduction since Gen 2, tsk tsk.
It actually happened to be a Tuesday when I was recording this, so we can get some ice cream at 10pm. You know, like I used to do at uni, sitting in my room alone, watching LPs of games I've already played... that was the life.
"is talking about!"
Are you going to get in line? I see! The line gets really long! But it's definitely delicious. It's worth lining up!
Only available on Tuesday in all seasons except Winter. Since the game is basically split into Winter and not-Winter, because game design is hard!
It's $100. Would you like to buy one? Thank you very much! We hope you enjoy the cute appearance and the naive flavor!
Just like a Lava Cookie they fully heal status. Though like the Old Gateau they're a pain to get so I guess we'll use Full Heals all game.
Let me see. Today, I'd like to paint a Bug-type Pokemon! Will you show me what kinds of Pokemon you have? Oh! You have that type! I'm inspired!
Aww. You are the best! Please come back tomorrow, too!
Absolutely inspiring, though are there some ancient Egyptian royalty in the background? Nah, that'd be stupid.
If you'd like, I will massage your Pokemon. All right! Let me get started! There. All done! The massage has made your Pokemon a little bit more friendly to you!
Free happiness points per day, I got the most likely outcome, which boosts happiness by 5, but she can also increase by 10 or 30.
Yes, if a Pokemon uses the move Rest, the Pokemon will fall asleep and recover! I already taught the move to my Pokemon, so I will give this to you!
Even if a Pokemon falls asleep, I heard there is a Berry to wake it up instantly. If a Pokemon holds that Berry and uses Rest, the Pokemon will fall asleep, then wake up instantly! It's a great combination!
I will read it to you, too! Here, I'll keep reading! ... Zorua, who was left alone, wandered around looking for its mother... have you seen Zorua? See, it's a Pokemon that looks like this!
They say Zorua has the power to bewitch people! It would be scary if I were bewitched, but I like Zorua! 'Cause it's cute! ...huh? Why are you blushing?
Hmm... well this is the only way to see Zorua in the Pokedex, indeed, there's a fair few mons you can't see in a particular version, or no trainer will have them. It's not like DPP where you need to see every Pokemon for the dex, even if we are being rated on number seen. I'm sure we'll find Zorua later, they wouldn't make it event exclusive and have that event tied to the obscure and arcane Relocator that requires event Pokemon that haven't been available for over a decade. R-Right?!
Let me see. I guess the most important thing is... having a lot of battles! If you become very strong, come back and have a Pokemon battle with me!
No, no. I'm the Planner! I don't mean to butt in, but the Leftovers item is important, isn't it?
Oh! You are working on your Pokedex! If you fill it up a lot, please let me see!
Oh! The dance team! You're going to introduce me to the team! Oh! Then, before that, let's have a Pokemon battle! I was great in Pokemon lessons!
Hopefully we can move out of the Bite phase soon. This is even with the Eviolite, man does Corazon need it the most.
What was that? Oh! The dance team! I will join the team!
"That's how I feel."
It's how we say happy things, sad things... how we say the world shines brightly!
I've got what I needed to find my dance! A team! Fantastic!
Dancers dance! The audience smiles! Hearts beat with joy! Enough happiness to share!
Nice happy ending, Amulet Coin is real good to get early, but that's the perlimenery sweep of the city done, of course there's a few things I'm being coy about, but wasn't there some plot happening like always?
Touya, is there anything we can do? My Munna... Team Plasma took it...
I heard this lady's scream and ran after the thief as fast as I could. Bu this city is so big and so crowded... I'm afraid I lost them.
Iris... you did everything you could.
But that's so bad! Taking people's Pokemon is really bad! 'Cause it's really nice when people and Pokemon are together! They each have something the other doesn't, and they help each other!
Iris...
Agreed! No fear--we will get that Pokemon back. Right, Touya? Having said that, finding a person or a Pokemon here in Castelia City will be like finding a needle in a haystack.
I spy a Gym Leader?! Last time went so well, I though I'd grab another Pokemon... rethinking... I need to get out of here!
Touya, let's go! Iris! You stay by that young lady's side.
I'm gonna be Bianca's bodyguard. So you go after those bad guys, OK?
Oh, Munna, I can't believe it. Here I am, a Trainer, and I can't even protect my own Pokemon... I'm sorry...
The whole chase thing can wait until next update, right? We've got some training to do!
ok boomer
I won't take no for an answer!
Trainer Battle
This is gonna be a little tough, but I wanna be prepared for the Gym, after all my team only has 3 team members stack really well against what we'll face in there.
In the Battle Company, the stronger you are, the higher the floor you work on.
Either way, I'm glad you came. I'm happy, so I'll give you these!
I'm very happy, so I will give you another present!
A Quick Ball makes it easier to catch a Pokemon if you use it at the very beginning of a battle. And a Timer Ball makes it easier to catch a Pokemon you've been battling for a long time!
Timer Balls got buffed to form the holy trifecta of amazing Pokeballs along with Dusk and Quick Balls, since they now reach 4x catch rate after only 10 turns, a massive improvement from before.
Please allow me to introduce you to my Pokemon.
Thankfully we can knock out Pokemon before they get Bide off now.
Well, well, you are strong! I admire you. I would like to learn by watching you!
To turn a ridiculous idea into a reality... science can make much more happen than everyone thinks!
Gurl, same.
Yo Milli is really coming into his own, though he'll need a better Poison move eventually.
A competent women is as good as Pokemon battles as she is at her work.
Trainers, of course, greet each other with a Pokemon battle!
Ah damn, Basculin hurt like hell, but they give off a lot of exp. Will be a fair while before we can find them though, so no analysis just yet.
When I was a child, I traveled with Pokemon... of course, I am still raising Pokemon! 'Cause Pokemon are my friends for life!
Milli could use this if he gets a little faster, cause the Quick Claw is too good to pass up.
Time to beat up upper management.
Hey only I can do that!
Our company develops goods for Pokemon and Trainers. So, Pokemon battles are also an important part of my work!
Even Hamlet struggles to get through this damn Moonlight spammer.
It is very exciting to unlock the secrets of Pokemon and their Trainers.
To help scientific progress, please lend a hand!
That Sewaddle is fuckin dead dude.
I don't know if science will make everyone happy, but if I believe it will, that helps me do my best. That's a fact.
Ah, bold move to make the Clerk class into the Burgular class as they got older.
I met my Pokemon more than ten years ago. I trust them.
You've come this far. That means you must be quite strong. Are you prepared to face the strongest person in this building? Are you prepared to face the chairman? Then, the time has come. I am the one! I accept your challenge!
While we can't catch this for a bit, I'll still give it a big kiss! Also what a twist, having someone we perceive as low class and expendable is actually so rich and powerful he can goof off in disguises and still make more money in a year than you will in an entire lifetime! Also lets him spy on his low tier workforce who've never been to his floor so he can fire them for the slightest perceived slight!
Encore isn't too useful this early when I tend to use my strongest move anyway. But hey it's that thing from the start of the game, least this one can't be shiny!
I disguise myself as a janitor because I like to know what kinds of Trainers come here. I had a good time battling you. This is a token of my esteem. Please accept this!
A Pokemon holding an Exp. Share gets some of the Exp. Points from every battle, even if it's not involved. That's right! It may be useful for raising weak Pokemon.
Makes Audino grinding even faster, but let's continue with... whatever we were doing, really need to stop getting sidetracked so excessively during important moments.