MarriPlays: Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

[Rex]

Spoiler: Week 4 Summary

So after beating Elesa last week, I took some time training up in the areas surrounding Nimbasa City, which evolved Boston into Excadrill. Bianca showed me a hidden grotto that contained a Mincinno... that I completely ignored. I fought the trainers on Route 5, including a certain heartbreaker. His name... Charles. With my primary team of 3 we quickly took care of his Triple Battle team. Jeff and I made our way over Driftveil Drawbridge into the city where we found a member of Team Plasma talking to someone who claims they used to be a member. He invited Jeff and I to learn more about Team Plasma's past. So I ignored him and made my way to Route 6.

My real goal was to make it to Chargestone Cave. On the way there, my Gemini evolved into Magneton. I had two goals in Chargestone Cave. Evolve Gemini, and catch the next member of my team. Neither was difficult as Gemini only needed one level in the Cave to evolve into Magnezone. I also quickly found a Klink, caught it and named it Metallica.

Having finished what I set out to do, I made my way back to Driftveil, spoke to the former Team Plasma, then had one last preparation for fighting the gym. I found the Move Tutor in town and taught Ice Punch to Squash (Lucario). Getting through the gym was easy, with Boston clearing out most of the trainers. I decided to be daring and fought Clay without going back to heal. Boston quickly went down to his Krokorok. Squash finished off Krokorok, got one hit off on Sandslash, then went down herself. Gemini came out and took out Sandslash. Finally, Clay's own Excadrill came out. Gemini missed Supersonic and went down to one Bulldoze. I sent out Klink and decided my best chance at winning was to revive Boston and try to outspeed. So that's what I did. Boston came out, outsped Excadrill and won the fight with a single hit.

I went with Clay and Jeff to the World Tournament where the team of Boston, Squash, and Gemini (but mostly just Boston) easily gave me the win.

Spoiler: Team

Squash
Lvl 32
Inner Focus
Amulet Coin
Return
Ice Punch
Bone Rush
Force Palm


Gemini
Lvl 31
Magnet Pull
Leftovers
Thunder Wave
Supersonic
ThunderShock
Mirror Shot


Boston
Lvl 32
Sand Force
Soft Sand
Rock Slide
Dig
Hone Claws
Metal Claw


Metallica
Lvl 29
Plus
Quiet, Strong willed
Exp. Share
ThunderShock
Gear Grind
Bind
Charge Beam

QOTW: My favorite Gym Leader in Unova is Elesa in BW and Roxie in B2W2, mostly due to design. I also like the way Elesa helps Bianca in the first game

 

[Felly]

Finished week 4!

• I forgot I have dupes clause on, so apparently, I could've redone my Route 6 encounter since I encountered Minccino twice (and also one of my older encounters too since I found two Patrat), but since I forgot my own rules to the nuzlocke, I'm just going to leave my encounters as is. In the future, I'll redo the encounter if it's a duplicate, but I don't really feel like backtracking to previous encounters at this point.
• I actually redid my Lostlorn Forest encounter because I got a male Combee on my first encounter, and after discussing with people on the Discord, I decided to go back and redo it. I guess it's a good thing I KO'd the male and didn't catch it. xD
• I got lost in Clay's gym and thought I wouldn't be able to finish this week before my mom got off work. Turns out as soon as I complained about not being able to find Clay on the Discord, I find him. Funny how that works out.
• My favorite gym leader is Skyla. I just really like her character design.

Spoiler: The Story

As I walked out of the Nimbasa City gym, Elesa and her friends stopped me to escort me out of the gym to cheers from the audience. It was actually really nice, and it made me wonder if she did that for all of her opponents! I hope she does!

It's gotten warmer outside, which is really nice. Spring is here, and I really appreciate the warmer temperatures. I really did not dress for the cold weather! As I was making my way towards Route 5 from the city, I saw Hugh with four Team Plasma grunts. We end up working together to challenge them, and Seri and I easily take down the two grunts that we took on. Hugh heals Seri, and then he walks off after the battle.

I progressed to Route 5, where I met up with Bianca again. She gave me HM Fly, not that I can really use it right now because I have no Flying type Pokemon, and she taught me about Hidden Grottos. She took me to one on Route 5, but I decided not to interact with the Pokemon there. Instead, I went out to the grassy area on the route itself, where I encountered a female Minccino. I caught her, but the mysterious voice reminded me that I couldn't use her. I nicknamed her T. Swift regardless though.

I encountered a motorcyclist named Charles on Route 5, who wanted to do a Triple Battle with me. Unfortunately, all I had was Seri, so I tried to go around him. Unfortunately, I was unable to do that either. I paused for a moment to think and consider what to do. I decided to go over to Route 6 and Lostlorn Forest to try and pick up a couple more Pokemon there. On Route 6, I encountered a second Minccino, this time male, but Seri knocked it out, so I was unable to catch it. In the Lostlorn Forest, I encountered a male Combee, which I wanted to catch, but Seri knocked that one out too.

I sighed. I still had just Seri, and I needed three Pokemon to progress forward to Driftveil City. The mysterious voice told me I could take two of my Pokemon that were knocked out in battle back out of the PC to progress forward, so I took Breeze and Alizeh out to challenge Charles with. The three of us won together, and I went back to put them back in the PC.

Finally able to progress forward, I made it to the Driftveil Drawbridge, where I picked up some shiny bird feathers and a new friend to the party, Pond the female Ducklett! When I got to Driftveil City, I ran into two Team Plasma grunts, one from the old Team Plasma and one from the new. Hugh chased the new grunt off, and I let the new one, who invited me to his house, go. I decide to go to the Plasma house, where I'm challenged by a man named Rood for entry into the house. I win, and Hugh arrives as well. We're both allowed inside, and Rood tells his story of reform following the events from two years ago. Hugh demands to know where his sister's Purrloin is, but Rood can't give him any answers. Hugh isn't forgiving, but I am. I was allowed to adopt N's Zorua, but the mysterious force told me to put him in the PC, so I did.

The mysterious voice also told me to go back to the Lostlorn Forest to try and catch a Pokemon there. I guess it was willing to forgive my earlier encounter of a male Combee, maybe because even if I had caught him, he wouldn't have been able to evolve since only the female Combee can evolve into Vespiquen. Ironically enough, I actually encountered a female Vespiquen, who I caught and nicknamed Honeybee.

After some training, I went and challenged Clay to a gym battle. I was able to defeat him, and I didn't lose any of my Pokemon in the process! I earned the Quake Badge and TM Bulldoze for my successful victory, and I'm able to rest easy tonight knowing I still have Seri, Pond, and Honeybee by my side.

Spoiler: The Team

Seri the Sandslash ♀

Pond the Ducklett ♀

Honeybee the Vespiquen ♀

Spoiler: The Defeated

Kai the Dewott ♂ (Defeated by Virbank City Gym Leader Roxie's Whirlipede.)

Breeze the Tranquill ♀ (Defeated by Nimbasa City Gym Leader Elesa's Emolga.)

Alizeh the Golbat ♀ (Defeated by Nimbasa City Gym Leader Elesa's Emolga.)

Alana the Roggenrola ♀ (Defeated by Nimbasa City Gym Leader Elesa's Emolga.)

Sandy the Sandile ♀ (Defeated by Nimbasa City Gym Leader Elesa's Emolga.)

 

[Pendraflare]

Alright, time for more! But I don't know what I'm gonna do about the "story" at this point, but I digress! Enjoy.

Spoiler: Update #4: Runaway Mine Trains!

• So after beating Elesa, we made our way to the upper area of the city, where Hugh was dealing with Team Plasma. As we got them out of the way, he talked about his sister's Purrloin that was stolen many years ago. But he knew I had good instincts and was counting on me!
• I decided to bring back Neuronette for now, and with that, we made way to Route 5, where there were some trainers. Most of them were pretty easy, but eventually we got to the heartbreaker, Charles. I had two Electric-types and a Water-type, so most of his team was simple enough, though his Sigilyph's Light Screen made it a little harder and set Neuronetta back a bit of EXP. And we dealt with a Pokémon Ranger who said she was gonna give us an "electrifying" battle but used Grass-types. Huh. Faints: Neuronetta (Charles' Sigilyph)
• After finding some wings on the Driftveil Drawbridge, we entered Driftveil City. It wasn't long before an old Team Plasma grunt and a Neo Team Plasma grunt were quarrelling and trying to convince each other to change, but Hugh interrupted the fight with a pimp-slap! He then chased them on.
• So I followed them to their home, where Rood wanted to see what kind of trainer I was. Heatwaver handled his Herdier, but was weakened and Swoobat finished it. Neuronetta handled it and gained some EXP. Then they tried to cover themselves and apologize, but Hugh refused to buy it, only caring about his sister's Pokémon.
• Then we explored the emerald city. There were some cool items to be spread around, like the Air Balloon, getting some Incense, and the Shell Bell. We also took on Charles again, significantly easier in Rotation format, especially when his entire team is weak to Electric.
• I also took to Pokéstar Studios where I did a movie about a red fog… But it took a second take because the idiot co-actor dealt a critical hit on the last hit. The director got annoyed with that one, hey, blame it on him, not me! But we got it right the second time and we made through the fog.
• With the Gym Leader up ahead, I thought, hey, Clay may be the last battle I use Resonation in, so I got him some EXP along with a few of my other team members by going through Pokémon Breeder Galen a couple times.
• As for the Gym trainers, this was all about Scalfi, Philly and Mambo, and a little bit of Resonation. We soon made our way to Clay, where he was ready to see what I was made of!

As he began with Krokorok, I opened with Philly, who was met with an Intimidate… But I had Defiant, which made my Attack +1!!! But he was still faster and used Torment, and I used Fly to OHKO him, but not before he used Sandstorm.
Onix was next, and I used Scary Face… But he used Rock Polish as I took another round of Sandstorm damage. I used Return to bust his Sturdy, as he used another Rock Polish. I was then out another outing of Sandstorm, as he used Explosion and got me to 1/3. Sandstorm got me into the red…
And then he brought in Sandslash, who was faster. Fly did over half before the sandstorm subsided. Or we were speed tied. I got him into the red with Aerial Ace before Rock Slide finished me. I brought in Heatwaver as he used his Hyper Potion and I lowered his Speed with Scary Face. Fire Fang did around 1/4 before Bulldoze got the OHKO. Mambo came in and Giga Drain slammed him for the KO as Mambo grew to Level 29.
Excadrill was last, and immediately hit with a Metal Claw for over half before I used Cotton Spore. Needle Arm dealt light before Bulldoze scored a critical hit for the KO. I brought in Resonation and used Reflect before he used Bulldoze for 1/4. But Leftovers was propping me alive, and I took a Slash for a moderate hit before he used Growl. I brought in Neuronetta to take a weak Metal Claw, then switched Scalfi into…a BULLDOZE?!?! That did 1/4 my health and got the Speed drop. He then missed a Slash before Razor Shell got him near 1/4, lowered his Defense, and propped his Sitrus Berry. I brought in Resonation again, and Metal Claw did 1/3 before Leftovers. I got in the Reflect again before Bulldoze was light. I sacked off Neuronetta to a Rock Slide, and Scalfi used Razor Shell for the win.

So with that, I received the Quake Badge and TM78 for Bulldoze, which is cool. He then used his lift to get me back to the entrance quickly, and then after a persuasive conversation with Hugh, invited us to the PWT. Before closing this part out, I did another Pokéstar Studios film, one that had me playing as a scientist girl who has to save some snazzy glasses from a time machine to save it. Fascinating. Anyway, we'll take care of the PWT next time!

Spoiler: Team

(M) "Scalfi", Level 29
Stats: 90, 51, 43, 68, 43, 40
Moves: Razor Shell, Revenge, Tail Whip, Water Pulse
Number of times fainted: 1

(M) "Resonation", Level 29
Ability: Regenerator
Stats: 100, 42, 57, 44, 63, 41
Moves: Growl, Reflect, Refresh, Return
Number of times fainted: 1

(M) "Heatwaver", Level 29
Stats: 77, 88, 50, 71, 77, 49
Moves: Bite, Fire Fang, Quick Attack, Scary Face
Number of times fainted: 2

(M) "Mambo", Level 29
Ability: Chlorophyll
Stats: 88, 56, 45, 67, 46, 47
Moves: Cotton Spore, Giga Drain, Needle Arm, Synthesis
Number of times fainted: 1

(M) "Philly", Level 28
Ability: Defiant
Stats: 97, 77, 52, 45, 55, 54
Moves: Aerial Ace, Fly, Return, Scary Face
Number of times fainted: 1

(F) "Neuronetta", Level 28
Stats: 69, 47, 40, 52, 43, 66
Moves: Double Team, Electro Ball, Spark, Thunder Wave
Number of times fainted: 1

Other Pokemon used:
(M) "Birdman", Level 23 (Number of times fainted: 2)
(F) "Jupiter", Level 27 (Number of times fainted: 5)
(F) "Pogo", Level 20 (Number of times fainted: 2)
(F) "Felicia", Level 20 (Number of times fainted: 1)

Spoiler: My Trainer Card

Time: 12:08
Money: 132973P
Pokédex: 85

Basic Badge - Obtained in Week 1 / Pokémon used:

Toxic Badge - Obtained in Week 2 / Pokémon used:

Insect Badge - Obtained in Week 3 / Pokémon used:

Bolt Badge - Obtained in Week 3 / Pokémon used:

Quake Badge - Obtained in Week 4 / Pokémon used:

Spoiler: Extra notes

So, that was the next Gym. I found it odd when that Onix doubled its Speed only to blow up instead of hitting with a super-effective Rock Slide. And then Sandslash went over alright, but Excadrill was something to have to handle. Kinda funny when the foe uses a not very effective move (that's Pokemon AI for you) and yet scores a critical hit to finish you. There were some things that helped in that one, like the Reflect and Growl, but I couldn't stay in with Scalfi after being hit by an unexpected Bulldoze when I had a Flying-type out. WUT. But overall, fun fight, considering again this may be the last fight Resonation is on the team for.
One thing that I can't help but like is the bit where two Team Plasma grunts are quelling and Hugh just jumps in and slaps out of nowhere. Making a statement in that situation is one thing I like about him. The renovations that Driftveil City went through in 2 are a cool touch as well. Shows how much of a businessman Clay is! But that'll do it for right now.

As for my favorite Unova Gym Leader, that would be the one I just faced here. Clay was always one that entertained me not only with how much fun his cowboy style dialogue was but the fact that he was an extravagant excavator. He transformed the city big time over the course of the two years between games. And he usually provides a fun fight.

 

[shhmew]

week THREE!!!!!!!!!!!!

i FINALLY finished last week's goal lol. I beat elesa!! i was afraid cuz i dont have much for her and defeating electric leaders is always unnerving.

that's about all i have to say. except, how did a whale get on my team? hmmmmm. and there are a few pokes in my PC i'm not entirely sure if i'll leave behind yet. also Caw is an HM buddy, i'm not actually using him.

just gonna rush to driftveil now.

Spoiler

edit: I FORGOT QOTW!!!!! I love join avenue. I have spent way more time on it than i'd like to admit. already have a good start on my avenue for this file.

 

[Calaf]

Alright, here's week 4 as well! I even managed to do it before the next week starts this time pats self on shoulder

Spoiler: Week 4 - Update

• After deliberating for a while, I decided to catch a Trapinch after all. After about 45 minutes of searching for one, I finally encounter a male Trapinch and catch the little guy with a Quick Ball. Now what to to name him?
  
  Me: 'I should name him after one of my favorite artists/bands.'
  My inner memelord: 'Name him Darude instead.'
  
  And so it happened. Welcome Darude the Trapinch to the team.
• And with that, Rocket the Lillipup is retired from the active roster. Thanks for your help in battle and the supplies you gathered, little pupper!
• We beat a heartbreaker... whose name... Charles.
• We met the former Team Plasma in Driftveil City. Hugh made a scene. (man I dislike Hugh so much)
• We beat the trainers in Clay's gym. After that, I was a bit underleveled still, so I wanted to train up against the Audino on Route 6. Apparently, those Audino were only level 23 though, which made training take forever. Screw it, I'll fight Clay now. We challenge Clay with our team between level 29 (Caelum) and 32 (Asparagus).

Spoiler: Gym Leader Clay

The battle against Clay was actually the first one to give us some difficulties. I led with Asparagus against Krokorok . My initial plan was to set up Leech Seed, get 6 Growths and then sweep everything. However, the Krokorok used Torment and gave Asparagus a drop in both Speed and Defense with Bulldoze and Crunch, so I couldn't get in more than one Growth before knocking Krokorok out.
Sandslash was next and hit Asparagus down to half health with Crush Claw, with Asparagus getting it to half in return with Leaf Tornado. I switched to Caelum and paralyzed Sandslash with Glare. Even thought I used Roost once, Caelum only got Sandslash to its red HP with Return before being knocked out by a crit Bulldoze. After a Hyper Potion from Clay, Asparagus took it out in round 2, but got knocked to his red health region in return.
Next was Excadrill , so I sent out Napoleon , who had the Expert Belt equipped. After some deliberation, I chose Flame Burst over Fire Punch, which may have been a mistake, as Excadrill lived the attack by a sliver and OHKOed Napoleon with Bulldoze. I figured Asparagus could take it out, as Magmar had outsped Excadrill and Servine only had 3 speed points less. I was wrong. Because I hadn't healed Asparagus, he fell to a Rock Slide from Excadrill.
Finally, I sent out Pyxis and partly because Clay's AI derped and didn't use Bulldoze, she knocked Excadrill out with one Dig. Quake badge get!

Spoiler: The Team!

Asparagus the Servine (♂)
Level: 32
Nature: Gentle
Ability: Overgrow
Item: Eviolite
Moveset:

• Leaf Blade
• Growth
• Leech Seed
• Leaf Tornado

Caelum the Dunsparce (♂)
Level: 29
Nature: Lonely
Ability: Serene Grace
Item: Leftovers
Moveset:

• Roost
• Glare
• Return
• Dig

Napoleon the Magmar (♂)
Level: 31
Nature: Calm
Ability: Flame Body
Moveset:

• Clear Smog
• Flame Burst
• Confuse Ray
• Fire Punch

Pyxis the Steelix (♀)
Level: 31
Nature: Naughty
Ability: Rock Head
Item: Soft Sand
Moveset:

• Smack Down
• Slam
• Dig
• Stealth Rock

Sevilla the Flareon (♀)
Level: 30
Nature: Serious
Ability: Flash Fire
Item: Wide Lens
Moveset:

• Dig
• Fire Fang
• Quick Attack
• Bite

Darude the Trapinch (♂)
Level: 30
Nature: Brave
Ability: Arena Trap
Item: Exp. Share
Moveset:

• Dig
• Mud Slap
• Rock Slide
• Bulldoze

Spoiler: On Standby

London the Darumaka, level 18 (♀)
Rocket the Lillipup, level 21 (♂)

EDIT: Oops, I forgot the QOTW. My favorite Gym Leader from Unova is definitely Clay. I like his no-nonsense approach to things. Plus, out of all Gym Leaders, I feel like he's the most like a mayor, developing Driftveil City into a luxury touristic destination from scratch in the span of only two years. Tell me, which other Gym Leader can say they did the same?

 

[seaturtle]

Week 5 — Flying High!
I'm a little late, but we've started Week 5! With that, we're officially halfway through. The goal this time is going to beat the Gym Leader of Mistralton City, Skyla!

Question of the week:
In Black 2 and White 2, there are a bunch of changes from their prequels. What's your favorite new mechanic, element, or feature? What things do you miss?

This week's nicknaming theme:
Characters from TV shows, movies, or anime

 

[SAF]

Oh, snap, I'm late for this one.

Spoiler: Chitose's Journey in a Nutshell (Part 4)

• Yancy called him at Route 16
• Got Repvblik (with "v" instead of "u") the violinist boy in Lostlorn Forest
• Helped Ryuji confronting some more Plasma grunts back in Nimbasa
• Listened to Ryuji's story about Erika's his sister's which was stolen by Team Plasma 5 years ago
• Trained up Repvblik to catch up with everyone else
• Made a side trip to Anville Town
• Fought Charles the self-proclaimed heartbreaker in a rotation battle at Route 5
• Manado evolved into on the road
• Got Dewa 19 the violist boy at Driftveil Drawbridge and trained him while Chitose's at it
• Saw some grunts of the "black" and "white" factions of Team Plasma arguing about stuffs (I'll call the factions "black Plasma" and "white Plasma" respectively from this point onward)
• Visited the white Plasma's home where one of the "white" sages, Rood, gave him N's (this cellist boy can't be nicknamed though, so I'll roll with a codename: "Saykoji")
• Got JKT48 the violist girl at Route 6
• Went through the mine-gym (yes, the Driftveil gym is a mining site) just to reach Clay, Driftveil's gym leader

Spoiler: vs "Violinist" Clay

Clay | Chitose
| Dewa 19

• Torment | Water Pulse
• Crunch (broke the violin) | Bubble Beam

| Pontianak

• Slash (ate the Sitrus Berry) | Magnitude 8
• Slash (broke the violin) | Magnitude 7

| Repvblik

• Crush Claw | Poison Powder (missed)
• Crush Claw | Giga Drain
• - (broke the violin) | Giga Drain

• Got the Quake Badge and TM Bulldoze from Clay
• Did the Driftveil Tournament at the PWT for the first time

Spoiler: vs Ryuji (3rd time)

Ryuji | Chitose
| Cepheus

• - (broke the violin) | Flame Burst

| Cepheus

• Detect | Fire Punch (missed)
• Air Cutter | Fire Punch
• - (broke the viola) | Flame Burst

| Cepheus

• Flame Burst | Switch to Dewa 19

| Dewa 19

• Flame Burst | Water Pulse
• Flame Burst (broke the violin) | Water Pulse

Spoiler: vs "Violist" Cheren (2nd time)

Cheren | Chitose
| Cepheus

• Tackle (gotten burned via Flame Body) | Flame Burst
• Tackle | Faint Attack
• - (broke the viola) | Fire Punch

| Cepheus

• Sing (missed) | Flame Burst
• - (broke the viola) | Flame Burst

| Cepheus

• Work Up | Flame Burst
• - (broke the viola) | Flame Burst

Spoiler: vs Colress (2nd time)

Colress | Chitose
| Cepheus

• - (broke the violin) | Flame Burst

| Cepheus

• Psybeam | Switch to Medan

| Medan

• - (broke the cello) | Ominous Wind

| Medan

• Gear Grind (gotten burned via Flame Body) | Switch to Cepheus

| Cepheus

• - (broke the cello) | Flame Burst

• Chased after a black Plasma grunt all the way to the Plasma Frigate
• Fought a whole lot of black Plasma grunts with Cheren's and Ryuji's help only to be kicked out by one of the "black" sages, Zinzolin
• Trod his way through Route 6

Spoiler: The Players

Violin
Cepheus (Boy)
Level: 32
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Calm
Moves: Flame Burst, Faint Attack, Strength, Fire Punch

Repvblik (Boy)
Level: 32
Ability: Infiltrator
Nature: Serious
Moves: Mega Drain, Giga Drain, Razor Leaf, Poison Powder

Viola
Merauke (Boy)
Level: 33
Ability: Skill Link
Nature: Lax
Moves: Tail Slap, Echoed Voice, Wake-Up Slap, Swift

Dewa 19 (Boy)
Level: 34
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Calm
Moves: Water Pulse, Aerial Ace, Bubble Beam, Air Slash

Cello
Manado (Girl)
Level: 32
Ability: Frisk
Nature: Timid
Moves: Psyshock, Double Slap, Psybeam, Faint Attack

Medan (Boy)
Level: 32
Ability: Mummy
Nature: Hardy
Moves: Ominous Wind, Will-O-Wisp, Night Shade, Hex

Spoiler: The Backup Players

Violin
Pontianak (Girl)

Viola
JKT48 (Girl)

Cello
Saykoji (Boy)

Spoiler: Broken Instruments

Violin
Taro (Boy)
Surabaya (Girl)

Viola
Bok Choy (Boy)
Scallion (Boy)
Corvus (Boy)

Cello
Virgo (Girl)

QOTW: Favorite gym leader, huh? I gotta say Cheren, especially due to his transformation from a rival to a gym leader.

 

[LRachelR5]

So I haven't played more cause I have my last two exams for my degree from last Wednesday and my last one is on Monday, so I should be able to update after that

 

[Rockie]

Yeehaw week 5 we making progress now

I spent a lot of time trying to get everyone to level 30 because Stunky was only level like 20 and the only ones OVER 30 were Sealeo and Jumpluff. Eventually I managed to get everyone up to 32, meaning Steel Spud evolved into Lairon, and Larry Butz up to level 30. Having Toxic and Venoshock made him actually able to damage things now.
Had to do the PWT again because I did it then exited without saving so that's fun but it was easy enough. I also had to rename Larry to Larry Butz again because of the same mistake.
Fight some plasma goons on the frigate, nothing too bothersome, Narky finally learned Flame Burst thank GOD because Incinerate and Fire Spin are NOT STRONG.
Chargestone Cave was no bother either, I love Chargestone and its pretty crystals so it never is a bother anyway. Somewhere during the cave Flump learned Acrobatics too which is more excellent news! We get through, get a master ball from Juniper, go and do all of the route up to Twist Mountain and the creepy cool tower. Get some more TMs too! I end up teaching Narky shadow claw so it doesnt have to use Lick anymore.
Oh Juniper also gives us the lucky egg, FANTASTIC because I want my team to hurry up and evolve. I give it to Boris since he'll be my ace in the hole for this flying gym. Oh speaking of, Larry Butz does evolve into Skuntank and learns Flamethrower, top notch.
I was right and Boris Aurora Beams most of the Pokemon in there, got Steel Spud Rock Tombing and Iron Heading some binches as well.
Skyla was the first Gym Leader I didn't feel like I had to cheese. Boris took care of Unfezant, I had to get Larry Butz to help with Swanna but Venoshock is strong as hell and Narky flame bursted Skarmory so it went well.
Got the rest of the TMs from Mistralton and that's about it! Because of how long it'll take to level up my last team member I'm going to just add it to my party now. I really should've chose something that resists rock since it destroys my team but nah I wanted to use a Salamence so I'm adding Shelgon to the team. For some god forsaken reason I caught it and named it Loaf so maybe I'll change that at some point but for now ehh whatever.

Spoiler: Sealeo Team 6

"Flump" - - Level 35 - Chlorophyll - Lax Nature
-Leech Seed
-Return
-Mega Drain
-Acrobatics

"Boris" - - Level 39 - Thick Fat - Gentle Nature
-Body Slam
-Aurora Beam
-Ice Ball
-Surf

"Steel Spud" - - Level 36 - Rock Head - Gentle Nature
-Iron Head
-Rock Tomb
-Dig
-Take Down

"Narky" - - Level 35 - Gluttony - Naive Nature
-Flame Burst
-Shadow Claw
-Fire Spin
-Dig

"Larry Butz" - - Level 36 - Aftermath - Gentle Nature
-Venoshock
-Thief
-Toxic
-Flamethrower

"Loaf" - - Level 26 - Rock Head - Calm Nature
-Leer
-Headbutt
-Focus Energy
-Ember

QOTW: I love all the new locations, Lentimas Town, Reversal Mountain and Humilau City are so stylish and cultured

 

[Biohazard]

Spoiler: Update 4

• After getting the badge, I went to Route 16 again to level up my Pokemon. Both my Sandile and Flaffy evolved.
• I and Hugh battled some Team Plasma grunts.
• I went to Route 5 and battled some trainers there. I also battled a certain Motorcyclist named Charles and had a rotation battle with him.
• I went straight to Driftveil City through the Driftveil Drawbridge.
• On my way to Driftveil City I encountered former Team Plasma members.
• I went to Route 6 to level up my Pokemon before the Gym battle. I also went to the Chargestone Cave and found a Water Stone for my Eevee. He evolved into Vaporeon.
• So I went to the Gym to battle Clay. The battle was rather a bit tougher than the previous ones, but it was still easy.
• I got the Quake Badge.
• I put Kyzylkum in the PC as he was a temporary Pokemon on my team.

Spoiler: Team

Amaranth ♂ @Miracle Seed
Level: 33
Ability: Overgrow
Quirky nature
Highly curious

Moves
Cut
Return
Leaf Blade
Leech Seed


Pumpkin ♀
Level: 33
Ability: Static
Sassy nature
Quick tempered

Moves
Strength
Rock Smash
Thunder Wave
Electro Ball


Karakum ♂ @Soft Sand
Level: 33
Ability: Intimidate
Timid nature
Often dozes off

Moves
Swagger
Rock Tomb
Bulldoze
Crunch


Ocean Man ♂ @Mystic Water
Level: 32
Ability: Water Absorb
Naive nature
Somewhat of a clown

Moves
Covet
Take Down
Quick Attack
Bite

QOTW: My favorite Unova Gym Leader is Roxie because I like Poison-type Pokemon and rock music. :P

 

[Felly]

Completed week 5!

• Attract sucks. Thanks, Skyla's Swoobat for giving me a newfound hatred of it.
• New boxed friends include a female Deerling nicknamed Hinata, a Klink nicknamed Uryuu, a female Axew nicknamed Mao, and a male Zangoose nicknamed Akise. All names from Mirai Nikki because I've been watching that this month. Axew is a cutie btw.
• Also encountered a Basculin in Aspertia City, tried to catch it, failed because Toxic is a great 10/10 move to use against Pokemon that are about 20 levels lower than yours that you're also trying to catch and train up, and also it broke out of all my balls. Ironically, the Frillish I caught stayed in the first ball I threw, so y'know, RNG hates me or something, I guess.
• I forgot to make note of Frillish's nickname, so it may be wrong here, and I'll change it next week if it is tbh. I don't feel like turning my 3DS back on just to find out a nickname.
• I totally didn't have to look anything up to answer this week's QOTW. A couple of things I liked were being able to get a Zorua without events, like in BW, and also being able to rechallenge the Breeders on routes when you exited and reentered. It really helped with grinding! One of the things I miss is Striaton's gym because I really liked the concept of it.

Spoiler: The Story

When I left the gym, Clay invited Hugh and me to the Pokemon World Tournament to the south of the city. There, he has me, Hugh, and Cheren participate in the Driftveil Tournament. I only had three Pokemon, but I shrugged and entered anyways. I was against Hugh first, who I beat, followed by Cheren, who I also beat, and finally Colress, who also got beat by me. I became the tourney winner, and for my efforts, I earned 1 BP. That... really wasn't a lot for 3 battles, and it wasn't very rewarding for the effort put in.

Outside, Team Plasma shows up, and Hugh, Cheren, and I follow them to their base to fight them. Total, I battled six grunts, two with Cheren and two with Hugh. We defeat all of the grunts easily. A man that Cheren recognized as Zinzolan and his Shadow Triad arrive, and they kick us off the ship, which disappears shortly after. Hugh is frustrated by this and chases after them, and Cheren and I go our separate ways.

I travel to Route 6, where I encounter a female Deerling. I caught her, of course being reminded that I can't use her, but I nicknamed her Hinata anyways. I run into Cheren again, who takes me into a building to tell me about strange weather changes happening in Unova. He gives me HM Surf and apologizes for pulling me away from my journey.

As I traveled along Route 6, a Pokemon appears in front of me for a moment before hopping off. Rood and an old man show up shortly after. The old man called the Pokemon a Cobalion, and Rood recommended I become friends with it. Not sure how I'll manage that when it disappeared just as quickly as it came, but I guess I could try.

There was a lady in a house along the route who allowed me to rest and heal my Pokemon, which I appreciated. Chargestone Cave was a tedious struggle. I ran into Bianca upon entering, and she told me I could push the floating stones to move them. That was a nice tidbit of advice that I appreciated. Inside the cave, I encountered a Klink that I caught (and was again unable to use) and nicknamed Uryuu.

Once I made it to Mistralton City, I taught Pond Fly and Surf so I could go back and try to catch some new friends. The voice in my head reminded me that I could pick up a Pokemon in Aspertia City and Virbank City now that I had Surf, and I figured now was a good a time as any to catch them. After all, I only had three Pokemon on my team, and my next gym battle with Mistralton City's gym leader was fast approaching. Having another Pokemon or two on my team would really be helpful. In Aspertia City, I encountered a female Basculin that I really tried to catch, but Honeybee's Toxic KO'd it before the Poke Balls I threw clicked shut. It was a little disappointing, but I ran into a male Frillish in Virbank City that I was able to catch. I nicknamed him Spiky.

I decided to backtrack to Mistralton Cave after that, but it was too dark for me to really explore. I was able to encounter a female Axew though, and cute as she was, I was unable to use her after capturing her. I nicknamed her Mao and deposited her in the PC with the other Pokemon I'm unable to use on my journey.

Back in Mistralton City, I ran into Professor Juniper for the first time. She evaluated my Pokedex, and she also gave me a Master Ball. After speaking with Skyla for a moment, she went off to the Celestial Tower. I decided to follow her because I figured it was worth a chance to get another Pokemon or two on my team. There was a lady in a house on Route 7 as well who allowed me to rest in her house, which I really appreciated, especially since I spent a lot of time here training before my battle with Skyla. Mom also called to remind me to take my Pokemon to a Pokemon Center if they needed healing. I told her I would, but she didn't have to tell me that twice. I also encountered a male Zangoose on Route 7, who I caught, was reminded that I couldn't use, and nicknamed Akise. I had my first rotation battle with Youngster Joey too, which I won.

I tried to enter Twist Mountain, but an Elite Four member by the name of Marshal told me I couldn't enter because it was unsafe. I was a little bummed out, but I turned around and made my way to the Celestial Tower. At least there, I could still get another Pokemon. Inside, I met up with Professor Juniper, who gave me a Lucky Egg, which also really helped as I trained my Pokemon in preparation for Skyla. I also found a male Litwick inside that I caught and nicknamed Blaze. I made my way to the top of the tower, where I rang the bell in honor of all of the Pokemon that have left this world.

On my way back to Mistralton City, Pond evolved into a Swanna! I challenged Skyla's gym and it was a rough battle! Her Swoobat was a toughie, but my Pokemon were tougher and we stuck it out to win the battle! No Pokemon lost either, though there were admittedly some close calls. I didn't want to lose another friend though, and especially not either of the two friends I'd just caught, so I played things a little more carefully this time so I could keep all my friends. I earned the Jet Badge and TM Acrobatics for my efforts! Skyla wondered what Professor Juniper was up to... I wonder if she made it back to Mistralton City yet. It's been a while since I was at the Celestial Tower, after all.

Spoiler: The Team

Seri the Sandslash ♀

Pond the Frillish ♀

Honeybee the Vespiquen ♀

Blaze the Litwick ♂

Spiky the Frillish ♂

Spoiler: The Defeated

Kai the Dewott ♂ (Defeated by Virbank City Gym Leader Roxie's Whirlipede.)

Breeze the Tranquill ♀ (Defeated by Nimbasa City Gym Leader Elesa's Emolga.)

Alizeh the Golbat ♀ (Defeated by Nimbasa City Gym Leader Elesa's Emolga.)

Alana the Roggenrola ♀ (Defeated by Nimbasa City Gym Leader Elesa's Emolga.)

Sandy the Sandile ♀ (Defeated by Nimbasa City Gym Leader Elesa's Emolga.)

 

[Mystical]

Spoiler: Weeks 3-4

Beating Burgh was easyish. I leveled Foxglove, up, and she helped me beat that bug gym leader, though I also used Goofy . His Force Palm helped me a lot, paralyzing the bugs. I think the cocoon thing was cool.

Beating Elesa was harder. Also, before facing her I tried the bumper car ride. It was nice. I think I lost once or twice against Elesa, but then I caught a Sandile (named him Louis after the Princess and the Frog's crocodile) though I didn't level him up much. He was mostly there to counter the Volt Switch. Then I also leveled Goofy up, and he learned Bone Rush, which was also a big help against Elesa's electric Pokemon.

This is a screenshot of my team after beating Elesa

I thought the battle against Clay could be a little bit easier, but no, of course not. He managed to knock both Goofy and Pudge out, before I switched to Gus . He was stronger than I thought and managed to knock Clay's last Pokemon out. Didn't really bother to record those battles, though.

Extra notes:

• Gus evolved into an Azumarill . I decided that I'm now going to let both Foxglove and Pudge too.
• I'm happy Pokemon don't lose HP when they're poisoned while walking like other gens did.
• I was given N's Zorua to hold onto, though I'm assuming it in't permanent and at some point I'll return him. Zorua doesn't have a name, but maybe if it had been up to me I would have named him Nick after Nick Wilde from Zootopia.
• I'm really enjoying this gen, have to admit.
• I haven't used Join Avenue. Maybe I wuld have been interested in another circumstance, but for now it's all right.
• I'll answer the question about my favorite gym leader at the end, but for now it may either be Elesa or Clay.

 

[Biohazard]

Spoiler: Update 5

• I went to Pokemon World Tourtament and did stuff there.
• I met Team Plasma again and together with Cheren and Hugh, I battled them again.
• I go through the Relic Passage to get into the Relic Castle to catch Volcarona.
• I catched Volcarona and nicknamed her Azula.
• I went to the Chargestone Cave. My Servine evolved there.
• I arrived in Mistralton City.
• Before the Gym battle, I went to Route 7 to level up my Pokemon.
• I went to the Celestial Tower and do the same thing as well.
• I went to the Gym and battled Skyla. I got the Jet Badge.

Spoiler: Team

Amaranth ♂ @Miracle Seed
Level: 38
Ability: Overgrow
Quirky nature
Highly curious

Moves
Cut
Return
Leaf Blade
Leech Seed


Pumpkin ♀ @Magnet
Level: 38
Ability: Static
Sassy nature
Quick tempered

Moves
Strength
Power Gem
Thunder Wave
Electro Ball


Karakum ♂ @Soft Sand
Level: 38
Ability: Intimidate
Timid nature
Often dozes off

Moves
Shadow Claw
Rock Tomb
Bulldoze
Crunch


Ocean Man ♂ @Mystic Water
Level: 38
Ability: Water Absorb
Naive nature
Somewhat of a clown

Moves
Surf
Take Down
Quick Attack
Bite


Azula ♀ @SilverPowder
Level: 38
Ability: Flame Body
Naughty nature
Loves to eat

Moves
String Shot
Signal Beam
Gust
Fire Spin

 

[Bones Barlow]

Week 5

Spoiler: Summary

Alright, that's 6 badges in my case! The PWT continues to be a lot of fun, even if I can't do a lot there quite yet. Chargestone Cave is about the same as it ever was. I also went ahead and explored previous areas a bit more now that I have Surf, so that was neat.

What I do have to report on is the status of my team. Between Chargestone Cave and exploring east of Mistralton and Celestial Tower, I had a whopping 4 members of my team evolve! Pepper has become an Emboar, Gemini has become a Weezing, Cairo has become a Vibrava, and DearHunter has become a Sawsbuck! No more baby school for this skeleton!

Skyla and her Gym were a bit tough, but nothing my newly beefed-up team couldn't handle. More tedious than anything, really.

As for this week's question, I like the new areas to explore. Wandering through new places is one of my favorite parts of a Pokemon game, and I'm glad there was some of that in B2W2.

Spoiler: Team

Pepper
Female
Level 37
Blaze
Gentle Nature
Heat Crash|Arm Thrust|Strength|Rock Tomb

Gemini
Male
Level 37
Levitate
Impish Nature
Sludge Bomb|Payback|Gyro Ball|Venoshock

Seattle
Male
Level 37
Water Absorb
Serious Nature
Surf|Signal Beam|Aurora Beam|Bite

Cairo
Male
Level 36
Levitate
Serious Nature
Bulldoze|DragonBreath|Crunch|Rock Slide

Dear Hunter
Male
Level 36
Sap Sipper
Gentle Nature
Take Down|Feint Attack|Jump Kick|Energy Ball

 

[Pendraflare]

Alright, time for this week! Got it out just in time for the deadline, I think... Either way, enjoy.

Spoiler: Update #5: Taking Ceramic Flight!

• With access to the PWT, I wasted no time in going to the second area in the Relic Passage so I could after dealing with a couple trainers get to the Relic Castle, where I caught myself a Baltoy that I named Ceramic. I wasted no time in adding it to the team. Unfortunately, I had to teach Strength to Braviary so I could even get to the Relic Castle…
• I also decided to change Braviary's nickname to Swoop. Just felt it had a better fit to it.
• And with that, we took to the Pokémon World Tournament! There wasn't too much to discuss but there were some annoyances. Faints: Heatwaver (Hugh's Servine)
• With that, we had to chase Team Plasma to the dock! It was a chance to let Ceramic gain some EXP, but not all was in that stead. There was quite a bit to gain, though. We then cleaned house in the Relic Passage and dealt with the rest of the trainers.
• Afterwards we took to Route 6 and dealt with a few more trainers, and along the way met with Cheren, who spoke of some super cold weather and gave me HM03 for Surf, which I immediately gave to Scalfi. I then went back to a few areas and got some items that require Surf, like TM53 for Energy Ball, and a Rare Candy in Virbank City.
• And after going through the rest of Route 6 and witnessing Cobalion, I took to Mistralton Cave. There were a few tough Ace Trainers, though, thanks to their usage of fossils and Axew's Dragon Dance. Oh yeah, and while on Route 6, Jupiter evolved into Ampharos! But I decided to leave it behind for the time being and let Neuronetta do some work for now.
• As for Chargestone Cave, yeah, this area was also quite annoying. There were a lot of tough opponents in this outing. I was pretty under-leveled, because Challenge Mode, and let's just say that there were a lot of faints here. ESPECIALLY Ceramic. Even with the Eviolite.
• But we made our way into Mistralton City, where we met face to face with Professor Juniper, and she gave me a Master Ball. Skyla wasn't far behind her, though! She invited me to her Gym. But first, we had other orders of business to deal with…
• …Like going through Route 7! Throughout these last few areas I swapped between Mambo and my two Electric-types. This route wasn't too bad, but the worst thing to deal with was by far a Nursery Aide with a Cinccino. Tail Slap and Sing is very not fun.
• Celestial Tower, on the other hand, was twice as annoying. I left There were quite a few obnoxious fights here, multiple times my team members got confused, and really just an unpleasant time. At least we reached the top of the tower. And did our duty. #RingTheBell Shameless Philly advertising, everybody!
• We then had the Mistralton Gym to do. I left Mambo behind for this one. There were some strong trainers, but at least they gave a lot of EXP! And then after some adjustments, it was time for the Gym Leader, Skyla, who was ready to see me take her after not getting swept off my feet.

This took a second try. First try I wasted Liberty and Ceramic against Swoobat for literally no reason, and it came down to just Scalfi against Sigilyph, with Skarmory still to go, who was knocked into the red and about to be KO'd, so I reset.
As she began with Swoobat, I opened with Jupiter. Psychic did under half as I used Charge and gained some Leftovers, and after another Psychic I was barely hanging on but ThunderPunch got the OHKO.
Swanna was next and got the KO with Surf. I brought in Neuronetta, and she used Feather Dance, which is all fine and dandy with me. I paralyzed her with Thunder Wave and slammed her with Electro Ball, and Neuronetta grew to Level 36.
Sigilyph was next and missed with Hypnosis, and promptly got paralyzed. Electro Ball… OHKO'd with a critical hit. A well deserved critical hit, no less.
Skarmory was last. I paralyzed it with Thunder Wave as she used Agility. I tried to let Scalfi in on it as she used Agility once again. Aerial Ace did under half, and my Surf did decently. She was fully paralyzed, and Surf got her into the range where her Sitrus Berry propped her up. She got fully paralyzed again. Surf. For the win. GG.

So I received the Jet Badge and TM62 for Acrobatics, which is pretty cool. I then made my way back outside and got TM40 for Aerial Ace thanks to two crafty kids. And I brought back Mambo, as I left Neuronetta behind because she was higher leveled than everyone else. We'll take to the skies next time!

Spoiler: Team

(M) "Scalfi", Level 35
Stats: 107, 62, 52, 80, 51, 47
Moves: Razor Shell, Revenge, Surf, Water Pulse
Number of times fainted: 3

(F) "Jupiter", Level 35
Stats: 117, 70, 58, 93, 68, 48
Moves: Charge, Electro Ball, Growl, ThunderPunch
Number of times fainted: 6

(M) "Heatwaver", Level 35
Stats: 91, 106, 60, 73, 92, 58
Moves: Bite, Dig, Fire Fang, Quick Attack
Number of times fainted: 4

(M) "Mambo", Level 34
Ability: Chlorophyll
Stats: 102, 65, 53, 79, 53, 54
Moves: Cotton Spore, Giga Drain, Needle Arm, Synthesis
Number of times fainted: 5

(M) "Swoop", Level 34
Ability: Defiant
Stats: 116, 94, 62, 54, 66, 64
Moves: Aerial Ace, Fly, Scary Face, Strength
Number of times fainted: 6

"Ceramic", Level 34
Stats: 73, 32, 44, 35, 63, 51
Moves: Cosmic Power, Extrasensory, Rest, Rock Tomb
Number of times fainted: 8

Other Pokemon used:
(M) "Birdman", Level 23 (Number of times fainted: 2)
(F) "Pogo", Level 20 (Number of times fainted: 2)
(F) "Felicia", Level 20 (Number of times fainted: 1)
(F) "Neuronetta", Level 36 (Number of times fainted: 4)

Spoiler: My Trainer Card

Time: 16:06
Money: 206543P
Pokédex: 115

Basic Badge - Obtained in Week 1 / Pokémon used:

Toxic Badge - Obtained in Week 2 / Pokémon used:

Insect Badge - Obtained in Week 3 / Pokémon used:

Bolt Badge - Obtained in Week 3 / Pokémon used:

Quake Badge - Obtained in Week 4 / Pokémon used:

Jet Badge - Obtained in Week 5 / Pokémon used:

I swear, one day I am gonna have to straighten out all the updates I have here and not even bother with the "story"... I have been so unorganized this time around.

But anyway, for the QotW, I just really liked what was added to the Unova region, including the new locations, characters and even some of the layouts. The new music in said new locations, too. And a certain story element that we'll get to later... And being able to use old Pokemon. There really isn't that much that I miss, honestly.

 

[seaturtle]

Week 6 — A Feat of Legends
The goal for this week is gonna be a little longer because of story, but we're gonna keep on pace to beat the Elite 4 This time we'll be playing until we defeat gym leader Drayden!

Question of the week:
In Unova, parts of the region change depending on which version you're playing. Which areas do you prefer?

This week's nicknaming theme:
Endangered animals

 

[SAF]

Again, I missed last week's part

Spoiler: Chitose's Journey in a Nutshell (Part 5)

• Got HM Surf from Cheren and Emi the violinist girl from a scientist in the Season Research Lab
• Met on the road who fled immediately
• Got a Shiny Stone which he used to evolve Merauke into
• Sidetracked to Mistralton Cave where he got Kanade the cellist girl
• Got Sora the violinist girl in Chargestone Cave
• While navigating through the cave:
  • Emi broke her violin
  • Medan evolved into
  • Dewa 19 evolved into
• Met Professor Juniper and Skyla, Mistralton's gym leader, at Mistralton City
• Flew back to Virbank City to catch Sasuke the cellist boy
• Also got Eosinophil the violist girl at Route 7
• Caught up with Professor Juniper at Celestial Tower where he caught Len the cellist boy
• Pontianak broke her violin at the tower
• Had a training session at Route 7 where Sora evolved into
• Went into Mistralton gym only to feel such a strong breeze coming from there

Spoiler: vs "Violist" Skyla

Skyla | Chitose
| Sora

• Acrobatics | Shadow Claw
• Hyper Potion to | Shadow Claw
• Acrobatics (broke the viola) | Shadow Claw

| Merauke

• Air Slash (ate the Sitrus Berry) | Rock Blast
• - (broke the viola) | Rock Blast

| Cepheus

• Agility | Fire Punch
• Steel Wing (critical hit, broke the viola) | Lava Plume

• Got the Jet Badge and TM Acrobatics from Skyla
• Flew to Lentimas Town by Skyla's plane

Spoiler: The Players

Violin
Cepheus (Boy)
Level: 41
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Calm
Moves: Lava Plume, Faint Attack, Strength, Fire Punch

Sora (Girl)
Level: 40
Ability: Iron Barbs
Nature: Adamant
Moves: Metal Claw, Pin Missile, Power Whip, Shadow Claw

Viola
Merauke (Boy)
Level: 41
Ability: Skill Link
Nature: Lax
Moves: Tail Slap, Bullet Seed, Wake-Up Slap, Rock Blast

Dewa 19 (Boy)
Level: 40
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Calm
Moves: Surf, Fly, Bubble Beam, Air Slash

Cello
Manado (Girl)
Level: 40
Ability: Frisk
Nature: Timid
Moves: Psyshock, Psychic, Psybeam, Faint Attack

Medan (Boy)
Level: 41
Ability: Mummy
Nature: Hardy
Moves: Ominous Wind, Will-O-Wisp, Shadow Ball, Hex

Spoiler: The Backup Players

Violin
Repvblik (Boy)

Viola
JKT48 (Girl)
Eosinophil (Girl)

Cello
Saykoji (Boy)
Kanade (Girl)
Sasuke (Boy)
Len (Boy)

Spoiler: Broken Instruments

Violin
Taro (Boy)
Surabaya (Girl)
Emi (Girl)
Pontianak (Girl)

Viola
Bok Choy (Boy)
Scallion (Boy)
Corvus (Boy)

Cello
Virgo (Girl)

Spoiler: Trivia

Okay, I'd say that I ended up using anime characters for all my recruits in this part. Here's the who-from-what list:

• Kanade Tachibana from Angel Beats
• Emi Igawa from Your Lie in April
• Sora Takenouchi from Digimon Adventure series
• Sasuke Tsubaki from Sket Dance
• Sasuke Uchiha from Naruto series
• Eosinophil from Cells at Work
• Len Tsukimori from La Corda d'Oro (or should I say Kiniro no Corda?)

QOTW: I'd say that the Memory Link is quite interesting, for having flashbacks and stuffs. But still, I also miss Route 10 here, especially thanks to its catchy BGM.

 

[Felly]

Whew has it been a week, but here I am for the week 6 update!

• In addition to Attract, Perish Song also sucks. Thanks Lapras.
• I actually don't remember too much about this week other than I spent quite a bit of time trying to catch a Lapras at the Village Bridge only for it to use Perish Song round 1 and break out of the 2 balls I threw at it. So much for having an actual Ice type for Drayden, amirite. Oh, and I remembered dupes clause is a thing I set for this.
• I also don't really remember too many area differences between BW and BW2, but I did like how the events of BW had an effect on BW2's environment. It was nice to see that Game Freak was doing something different by giving us sequels instead of just a third game, and I really appreciate that.
• Also, Lacunosa Town's lore with the monster at night thing gave me a story idea that I may one day write and publish here!!
• I also forgot to double check my Frillish's nickname, but it's okay because he's KO'd now. :c
• I'm not going to add a spoiler for my box in this post because I'm pretty sure Stormy the Marill is the only one in it, and even if he's not, I'm pretty sure I have less than 4 boxed Pokemon anyways. I'll be taking out Pokemon at the start of my next post when I can get to the Pokemon Center.

Spoiler: The Story

After my gym battle with Skyla, Professor Juniper invited me on the plane too. I agreed since it would get me past Twist Mountain as it was inaccessible to me right now. Bianca also joined us, and after a brief plane ride, we arrived in Lentimas Town. Once there, Professor Juniper sends me to Opelucid City to meet with Drayden and get more help in the fight against Team Plasma. I agreed. I had to go to Opelucid City anyways to get my next gym badge, so I wasn't really going out of my way to do it.

At Reversal Mountain, I ran into Bianca, who needed some help getting around, so I agreed to help her out. I was also able to add another Pokemon to my team there! I caught Cotton the Woobat there. We also found the spot where Heatran possibly lived, which was pretty cool. I feel like I've seen so many legendary Pokemon on my journal, but this is the first time where I've really seen where one lived, or at least possibly lived.

I arrived at Undella Town, where I encountered a Staryu that I caught and nicknamed Estella. I also ran into Hugh, who challenged me to a battle. He didn't really give me too much of a choice, but that was okay, I suppose. I did lose Seri to his Unfezant and Pond to his Serperior, but I still won the battle. It was a little bit of a bummer losing Seri and Pond, but it could've been worse. I could've lost all of my Pokemon but one. That's not a fun situation at all, and I'm glad it didn't become a reality again.

I traveled to Undella Bay and picked up a Mantyke that I nicknamed Stingray. It took a little bit to find her because I found some Frillish and Jellicent that the voice told me to ignore. It wasn't until I found the Mantyke that I heard it say "catch it or lose your encounter for this route." I didn't want to lose an encounter, especially after losing Seri and Pond in my fight with Hugh, so I took the Mantyke.

On Route 13, I encountered a Tangela, but I knocked it out before I even had an opportunity to catch it. It was okay, I suppose. I wouldn't have been able to use her anyways. The mysterious voice wouldn't have let me. I arrived in Lacunosa Town shortly after I encountered the Tangela, and I met up with Professor Juniper and Bianca there. Professor Juniper takes us to an old lady's house, where we're told the story about Lacunosa Town and how the town's residents fear going out at night because of a monster that would eat them if they did. It sounded almost like one of those folk tales, but from talking to people around town, it seemed like people really believed it.

Oh well. I made my way out of the town and ran into Zinzolan and Hugh on my way out. I fought alongside Hugh to challenge Zinzolan and a Team Plasma grunt, where we easily won. I continued forward to Route 12, where I encountered a male Combee that I was able to ignore and then a female Roselia that I caught and nicknamed Roselia. I would've loved to use her, but the voice reminded me that I couldn't. I feel like I've caught so many Pokemon that would be cool to use, and I just can't use them. It's a little disappointing.

I arrived at the Village Bridge, where I'm met by a cocky old man who claimed he had a 999 win streak. Must've been nice, but I beat him and ended his streak. I pressed forward to Route 11, where I encountered a Marill that I caught and nicknamed Stormy. He was nice to have as a back up in case I lost one of my other six Pokemon. It was nice to finally have a team of six Pokemon, and it was nice to finally be able to start collecting Pokemon to hang onto in case I needed them as back up. I also saw a Virizion on Route 11, and the voice told me I could try to catch it, but I ended up KOing it instead. I did try to catch it, but it was just too much of a struggle to actually go through with it.

I arrived at Opelucid City, where I ran into Iris. She suggested I go to Route 9, so I did. I met a female Muk there, but I KO'd it. I wasn't particularly interested in trying to catch it, so I just used it to train up my Pokemon a little more. I went back to the Village Bridge and spent quite a bit of time there trying to catch a Lapras. I heard it was possible to find one there if I just searched for the pools of rippling water. I found a lot of Marill and a few Basculin that was able to ignore before I finally found the Lapras.

And then it used Perish Song as soon as the battle started.

I knew I was on a timer, so Cotton, Spiky, and I tried to whittle down her HP enough to where I could throw a ball and catch it. Unfortunately, she broke out of the two balls I did get a chance to throw, and she KO'd herself. I sat in the water on Estella's back for a moment, just staring off into space. I sighed. All that time wasted on a Lapras that got away from me. I guess I had to be lucky that I didn't lose any Pokemon though. Good thing I wasn't locked into Cotton, or that would've been unfortunate.

I returned to Opelucid City and challenged Drayden to a gym battle. I was nervous going into this. The reason why I wanted a Lapras was because of its type advantage against Dragon types, which Drayden used in his battles. Without the Lapras though, I was counting on Estella and the Blizzard TM I used on her to serve me well in this battle. If anything went wrong in this battle, I risked losing all of my Pokemon and also my adventure. I was so close to the end. This badge and another, and I'd be able to challenge the Elite Four and the Unova Champion.

Luck was on my side today.

Estella's Blizzard froze Drayden's Druddigon, and I was able to force him to use his Hyper Potion. Estella was able to KO the Druddigon without taking any damage as it remained frozen for the duration of its time out on the field. His Flygon was one shot by Blizzard, which was very nice. It wasn't until his Haxorus came in that I started to have trouble. Haxorus' Dragon Tail did a number on my team, but with some teamwork, we were able to defeat it. It was Blaze's lucky Flame Burst on the Haxorus that sealed the victory for me. I was worried because Haxorus used Dragon Dance, and it was wiping the floor with my team, but Blaze managed to outspeed it and win! I earned the Legend Badge and TM Dragon Tail at the cost of Stingray, Spiky, Honeybee, and Cotton, but it was worth it. Stormy is in the box, so I'll just swap him into the team and start training him up on my way to the eighth and final badge. Blaze also evolved into Lampent!

I've got to meet Drayden outside though. He said he'd talk to me now that I've beaten him, so I guess now's the time for me to do what Professor Juniper asked of me.

Spoiler: The Team

Blaze the Lampent ♂

Estella the Staryu

Spoiler: The Defeated

Kai the Dewott ♂ (Defeated by Virbank City Gym Leader Roxie's Whirlipede.)

Breeze the Tranquill ♀ (Defeated by Nimbasa City Gym Leader Elesa's Emolga.)

Alizeh the Golbat ♀ (Defeated by Nimbasa City Gym Leader Elesa's Emolga.)

Alana the Roggenrola ♀ (Defeated by Nimbasa City Gym Leader Elesa's Emolga.)

Sandy the Sandile ♀ (Defeated by Nimbasa City Gym Leader Elesa's Emolga.)

Seri the Sandslash ♀ (Defeated by Hugh's Unfezant.)

Pond the Swanna ♀ (Defeated by Hugh's Serperior.)

Honeybee the Vespiquen ♀ (Defeated by Opelucid City Gym Leader Drayden's Haxorus.)

Spiky the Frillish ♂ (Defeated by Opelucid City Gym Leader Drayden's Haxorus.)

Stingray the Mantyke ♀ (Defeated by Opelucid City Gym Leader Drayden's Haxorus.)

 

[Calaf]

Alright, I've been slacking a little on my playthrough, but I managed to beat Skyla! Here's my update for week 5:

Spoiler: Week 5 - Update

• After beating Clay in the previous update, he invites us to the PWT.
• We defeat Cheren, Hugh and Colress in the PWT fairly easily.
• I catch a female Drilbur because I need a Pokemon that can learn Cut to obtain a Heart Scale. I name her Toph.
• We head over to Route 6 towards Mistralton City. At the weather institute on this route, Cheren gives us the HM for Surf.
• There's not too many Pokemon with my allowed types that can learn Surf, so I evolve Rocket into a Herdier and teach him Surf and Strength. I like that the little guy gets to play another role on my team.
• We head through Mistralton Cave. I allow Darude to gain a bit of a lead in training, so he can evolve into a Vibrava . The increase in his Speed and defensive stats is a welcome boost and really makes up for the Attack drop.
• We reach Mistralton City and head up to the Celestic Tower. While scaling the tower, Asparagus evolves into Serperior .
• We ring the bell at the top of the tower.
• Once we are back down on the ground, I catch a male Tranquill to teach him Fly. Because I caught him pretty late, I decided to go with the new nicknaming theme (endangered animals) and named him Cockatoo.
• We backtrack a little to get a few TMs, such as Energy Ball, which I teach to Asparagus.
• I teach Thunder Fang and Autotomize to Pyxis at the Move Relearner.
• We beat the gym trainers and then head on to challenge Skyla.

I lead against her Swoobat with Pyxis . I set up Autotomize three times while Swoobat goes for Heart Stamp and Acrobatics, dealing more damage to herself than to me thanks to the Rocky Helmet held by Pyxis. Pyxis then easily outspeeds and takes out all of Skyla's Pokemon with Thunder Fang and Rocky Helmet damage, earning us the Jet Badge!

Spoiler: The Team!

Asparagus the Serperior (♂)
Level: 39
Nature: Gentle
Ability: Overgrow
Item: Eviolite
Moveset:

• Leaf Blade
• Coil
• Leech Seed
• Energy Ball

Caelum the Dunsparce (♂)
Level: 38
Nature: Lonely
Ability: Serene Grace
Item: Leftovers
Moveset:

• Roost
• Glare
• Double Edge
• Coil

Napoleon the Magmar (♂)
Level: 39
Nature: Calm
Ability: Flame Body
Moveset:

• Clear Smog
• Lava Plume
• Confuse Ray
• Fire Punch

Pyxis the Steelix (♀)
Level: 40
Nature: Naughty
Ability: Rock Head
Item: Soft Sand
Moveset:

• Rock Slide
• Thunder Fang
• Autotomize
• Bulldoze

Sevilla the Flareon (♀)
Level: 39
Nature: Serious
Ability: Flash Fire
Item: Wide Lens
Moveset:

• Dig
• Fire Fang
• Quick Attack
• Bite

Darude the Vibrava (♂)
Level: 37
Nature: Brave
Ability: Arena Trap
Item: Exp. Share
Moveset:

• Dragonbreath
• Crunch
• Rock Slide
• Bulldoze

Spoiler: On Standby

London the Darumaka, level 18 (♀)
Rocket the Herdier, level 22 (♂)
Toph the Drilbur, level 27 (♀)
Cockatoo the Tranquill, level 30 (♂)

QOTW: Aside from the amazing new features that were already mentioned, can we just talk about being able to use multiple Repels in row without having to reach into the bag each time? That was such a solid addition.

 

[Feather32]

I know I'm signing up like super late, but I generally play a lot at a time. Also I really wanted to do one of these.

Username: Feather32
In-game name: Alisha
Willing to battle using Pokémon Showdown: No
Which game you're playing: White 2 Randomizer (For More Fun/Surprises)

Here is Week One at the same time.

Spoiler: Week 1 Update

-Okay so I randomized the game moves/pokemon/trainers/starters/field items
-To start off my starter choices were pretty good Magnemite, Moltres, and Omanyte. I of course went with Moltres and named it Pepper.
-Fought and lost to Hugh's Omanyte, but that is okay hopefully I get something to counter it soon.
-I'm only going to catch one/two Pokemon per area/route so kind of like a nuzlocke, but not completely since this is randomized I wanted to be somewhat limited instead of getting everything I would want etc.
-I lost a Dexoys on the Route 19, but caught a Pupitar who I named Onion.
-Headed to Floccesy Ranch to give Hugh his Town Map.
-Battled a couple of trainers on Route 20.
-Caught a Scrafty on Route 20 named him Carrot.
-Headed into the Ranch and fought Hugh and his Omanyte, Carrot took care of him with some Karate Chops and gave him his Map.
-Off to find the missing Herdier
-Caught Ferroseed in the ranch and named him Lettuce as I don't like Lettuce and I don't think I'll be using him later either just not a fan of his design.
-Also decided to catch a Munna as my second for the area, since I love her so much, but then she used Explosion and I lost her. :(
-None of the trainers have anything special or really hard to beat with my team I got TM21 Overheat from the the Grunt though. :)
-One of Alder's students has a Hippowdon which is a bit difficult for me to beat. Couple of my team members fainted, but still managed to finish the job with Onion.
-Into the Gym where the two trainers fell easily to Lettuce and Pepper.
-Cheren's team was Lvl.11 Mareep and Lvl.13 Gothitelle, Carrot makes short work of Mareep and almost takes out Gothitelle until it crits a Judgement and knocks him out. Pepper finishes the job though with Lava Plume.
-With that first badge is recieved with TM83 Snatch.

Spoiler: Team

Name: Pepper (Moltres)
Gender: Genderless
Lvl. 12
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Hasty
Moves:
-Chip Away
-Peck
-Blue Flare
-Lava Plume

Name: Onion (Pupitar)
Gender: Male
Lvl. 10
Ability: Shed Skin
Nature: Lax
Moves:
-Rock Slide
-Earth Power
-Fake Out
-Stone Edge

Name: Carrot (Scrafty)
Gender: Male
Lvl. 10
Ability: Moxie
Nature: Bold
Moves:
-Karate Chop
-Crunch
-Take Down
-Night Slash

Name: Lettuce (Ferroseed)
Gender: Male
Lvl. 19
Ability: Iron Barbs
Nature: Brave
Moves:
-Horn Leech
-Mega Drain
-Grass Knot
-Seed Flare

Spoiler

Spoiler: QOTW

Well mine is a toss up between Zorua, Keldeo, and the Snivy line all of them are awesome though Zorua/Zoroark, and Snivy's line are the only ones I've used a bunch.