The New Normal – OMAKE – Ingame Snippet – Tri-Regional Tournament
[New FREE DLC: THE TRI-REGIONAL TOURNAMENT, HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE GAME! FIRST PLAYTHROUGH AND THOUGHTS!] by Earlier Access
So I know there were a few players complaining about the lack of endgame for the latest Pokémon game (which is insane, btw. This game has more endgame than the others by far], so I guess the Pokémon company listened and dropped this banger for us.
Yes, the battle frontier might still be under construction for god knows how long, but at least we have this new tournament to play around with.
So for those of you who have yet to download the DLC (go do it now! It's FREE!), it's basically a single elimination style tournament where you get matched up against all your favourite Gym Leaders, Elite Four members, and potentially Champions. And yes, they've all been scaled to endgame level, so don't expect your Brock and Roxanne fights to be complete pushovers.
Oh, and these fights aren't your typical 1v1 matches that you're used to from playing the base game. No, these are 2v2 battles that force you to have to babysit your useless partner (I'm looking at you, Fantina, you useless shit). I can guarantee you that having a partner does not make things any easier, and get ready for your Pokémon to be double teamed into oblivion.
Also, your partners are chosen at random each time, and so are your opponents. So in one battle you might get Blaine and Byron together, which is super easy because you just Earthquake them to death. And in another battle you might get Lucian and Agatha, in which case you just lose.
That Gallade and Gengar really kicked my ass.
The game only came out a few hours ago, and I haven't made it past the quarter finals despite my best efforts. I keep getting matched up against difficult opponents and end up losing. Skill issue, I know. But what are your thoughts? Has anyone made it to the end? There's supposed to be a 'grand prize' so I want to know what it is!
Comments
GitGud
Skill issue. I got to the Semi-finals.
SpeedRunner
I've not stopped playing the new DLC ever since it came out; not even to use the bathroom. But I haven't managed to beat the event yet.
The most annoying thing about this is that you're only allowed to bring in six Pokémon and aren't able to switch your teams in-between fights. Sure, you're allowed to heal, but certain Pokémon are only good against certain trainers.
I had this one run where I made it to quarter finals with this stall team, only to get completely shut down by a Sidney and Phoebe combination that destroyed my entire strategy. Then later, I was in the quarter finals again with this full bruiser team before Drake and Bertha neutered me with their Gyarados and Hippowdon.
This is a hard DLC. Equally frustrating as it is fun.
GitGud
Git gud.
EDIT: Joking aside, I'm glad we got something difficult for once. I know there's a whole bunch of people whining about not being able to beat it, but grow up. This DLC was meant to be difficult, since those same people who are whining now used to complain about the game being too easy.
LocalEGirl
I swear they gave the 'powerful' trainers even more buffs than usual. I know everyone's Pokémon is supposed to be level 100, but I swear that John, Drake, Agatha's team etc. are all much more powerful than your usual level 100.
Also, you never get them as partners. I reset my run dozens of times and I've never gotten them.
NoGameNoLife
Probably a balancing thing. I think you're supposed to work with your partner, but that's not required if your partner is someone like John who can steamroll his opponents.
His Slaking was already hard enough in the base Elite Four. Now with a partner? No thank you. I choose life. I hope I don't get matched up against him.
EDIT: I did. I lost in the quarter finals. FUCK!
PokeFan289
Actually, one of my favourite parts of the DLC is that it allows you to really interact with all the Gym Leaders and Elite Four members. It's something that doesn't really come up in your usual Pokémon game, and I've really come to enjoy it. Really adds to their personality.
Anyone catch Volkner and Jasmine blatantly trying to not be attracted to each other? Very cute.
MadCuzBad
Too bad you can't tell John and his Moomoo milk selling ass to go fuck himself.
[SECRET GAME MODE: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU COMPLETE THE TOURNAMENT?!]
[Video clip of the player being awarded the 'grand prize']
Yes, after a whole day of grinding as a community, we finally have someone who lucked out enough with the RNG to finally win the Tournament. And my god, who knew that there would be a final 'surprise' fight at the end where you got to face off against a random Champion + one random partner?
Anyways, for winning you get a Masterball, which is pretty nice because you don't get one in the base game. You also get a some money etc. But the REAL reward is that you unlock a special gamemode called 'The Gauntlet'.
Basically, it's the same Tournament as before. Yet this time you don't get to have a partner, but you still have to fight 2v2, and you face off against all of the hardest combination of trainers you could possibly imagine.
No one has beaten this yet, as far as I'm aware. I know there a few fake posts on the forums, but don't believe them. I think the furthest people got was the Semi-Finals so far, where they match you against Drake and Agatha.
Yes, you heard that right, the semi-final match is against Drake AND Agatha. Who knows what the final fights would look like?
Comments
NoGameNoLife
Holy. Shit. Are they really going to make Pokémon this difficult when it's meant to be a kids game? There's no way those kids could possibly beat this.
The fact that you only have 6 Pokémon, but your opponents gets 12, is so unfair.
LocalEGirl
I'm stuck on the Drake and Agatha fight too. Drake's Gyarados refuses to go down, and Agatha's Shadow Balls always seem to crit? And my attacks against her Gengar always miss? Am I doing something wrong here?
SpeedRunner
You need to Taunt or Status Agatha's Pokémon or else you can't hit them. I know. It's horrible.
As for Gyarados, its health bar is fake. Even if it says it's at low health, don't actually believe it. Just think of it as having Sturdy x4 or something. Best thing to do is to debuff it like crazy and try to stall it out.
MadCuzBad
Guys, I'm still stuck on the Lorelei and Lucian fight. Help.
GitGud
I would say Git Gud, but Flint and Glacia keeps destroying my ass. And I refuse to reset and try with a different team, so I won't mock you for being bad today.
SpeedRunner, as he was known in the Pokémon community, was famed for being one of the best Pokémon players in the world. At least when it came to beating difficult romhacks and doing nuzlockes. Hence his name.
So naturally, he didn't let up on his grind to beat 'The Gauntlet', or as it was now known in the community, the 'Dark Souls difficulty'.
He had just defeated Drake and Agatha in the semi-finals, only to barely overcome Lance and Wallace in the Finals. The developers must be sadistic to pair those two together; Wallace had excellent support moves that constantly healed up Lance's immensely strong Dragons while also freezing/slowing your team.
It was a real pain in the ass to deal with, and it had taken him a dozen restarts before he could beat it.
But now that he had done it, he was now here to face off against his final opponent. And considering that he had yet to show up in the Tournament so far, he already had an idea of who he could be.
And his suspicions were quickly proven right as that all familiar 2d sprite came walking down to the arena. And by his side, was none other than Champion Cynthia.
["Hello. Congratulations on beaten Lance and Wallace. I didn't think anyone would be able to do that." Cynthia said, "Your strength is impressive."]
["It would be more impressive if you did it on your first try." Said John, "But I guess I can't fault your determination."]
["It doesn't really matter in the end, though. Your run ends here."]
SpeedRunner blinked; did the game know that you save-scummed? Was there a secret prize for beating the entire Gauntlet without resetting? Something to think about for later, but that already sounded impossible.
["Are you ready for this fight?" Cynthia asked, "I warn you, you won't get a second chance."]
He clicked yes, not wanting to waste more time with the dialogue.
["Then there's no need for further words." John said.]
And the battle began. The sounds of a piano could be heard as the battle theme started playing.
On his end, he sent out his trusty Lucario and Salamence, ready to take on whatever was sent out. John and Cynthia sent out their signature Slaking and Garchomp respectively, which was a pretty intimidating sight.
Still, he had expected this, and his hands was already on the controller, already preparing to select a move. But then, he noticed that there was a timer on the right of the screen which was quickly counting down to zero. Once it did, he was cut off from his moves as John began to talk.
["You know…I've watched your previous matches. And you've always been giving time to think through your moves. I'm not sure why the others gave you so much time, but the two of us won't be giving you the same courtesy."]
["Prepare yourself."]
[Slaking used Earthquake. It's super effective!]
[Garchomp used Stone Edge. It's super effective!]
And then both his Salamence and Lucario instantly went down.
…Fuck. Did the game only give you a few seconds to choose your move?!
Knowing he had lost, he switched off his game so that he could try again. However, once his game rebooted, instead of finding himself where he had saved, he had instead found himself in the Ever Grande City Pokémon Centre.
No…had the game Autosaved when he started the fight?! So you couldn't save-scum?!
FUCKKKKKKKK!
A.N. It's been some time since the last ingame snippet, and I had a moment of inspiration to write this one up for fun. Hope you enjoyed it! As usual, don't take anything too seriously.
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