The Creature Quorum

We're leavinggggg! On a Mantine! Don't know why cuz I'm back again! ...Hold me like you'll never let me go? Or is that part BEFORE the chorus? I don't know the song that well. We finish our first island, leave, and then turn around and come back because hey we weren't actually done. But THEN it really is on to island number two, a watery trial, and a trailer full of infinite Pikachus. It's probably not cursed. Probably.

For our next episode, we're playing up through Kiawe's trial on Akala Island!

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An interesting theme of empty homes this week as our journey through the Trial and Grand Trial of Melemele Island sees us stopping by the homes of both Ilima and Guzma. We start sticker collecting, learn to do Z-Moves, and... have Metal Gear Solid 3 flashbacks? Alola means "hello," "goodbye," and "enemy spotted."

For our next episode, we're playing up through Lana's trial on Akala Island!

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We're picking starters. We're Deciding If We're A Boy Or A Girl (TM). We're walking into tall grass obliviously. Yes, it's time to start a new Pokémon game, and a new tour. As summer gets underway, we take things to the sunny side in Pokemon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, and the island chain of the Alola region. There are malasadas to eat, Kahunas to fight, trials to pass, and Mimikyu to fear. Let's get started.

For our next episode, we're playing up through the Grand Trial of Kahuna Hala to finish up Melemele Island!

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We've taken the League Challenge, and fought our way through eight gyms to the Elite Four, beaten them, and then the champion. (Kind of.) We've beaten N, and proved he should have more faith in humanity. We bonded with two ancient dragons of legend, and used their might to beat Team Plasma.

Then we started over. We took the League Challenge anew. We beat back a reformed Team Plasma. There was a third dragon, we got that friend too. Ghost houses. The return of N. The story of the rising champ Iris. So many caves. Getting lost. Pushing rocks. We've done it all, folks. And with this, we close the book. This is the end of the Unova Tourism Committee. We hope you've enjoyed it.

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Here we are- the reason Magellan encouraged us to pick up our watch pods of the Pokemon movies to begin with. Are you READY. To see LEGENDARY POKEMON LATIAS. Kiss a HUMAN BOY. We're heading to PokeVenice, we're shapeshifting, we're corrupting gems, we're solving ancient sliding tile puzzles. If you thought the last Pokemon movie was a bit of a whiff, don't worry. We're back on track.

Incidentally, Six writes these show notes and maybe some other people wouldn't quite say the same thing.

It's dungeon time, baby. A nothing town with a weak gym (though the inside is cool!) lasts as long as a Mento before we're off to a cave, then a floating fortress, then a cave, then a floating fortress, then a cave, then a cave. I hope you brought Surf. And a lot of patience. It's time for the Team Plasma Payoff, and... sorry Allen, it's a bit overhyped for what we got.

Victory Road lies before us, after which is the Elite Four. Unlike the first Black & White, we plan to some post-game content this time. We'll see how much, but at the very least it'll be part of next ep, if not another ep thereafter!

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The road to Opelucid City is paved with good intentions. And stones. And gravel. And clay! And grass. And sand. And interrupting legendaries (plural). And... well look, it's a long friggin' road. A pretty interesting one, too! We enjoy the small towns we missed in Black & White, relax on Village Bridge, mourn death in the Strange House, and much more in a really cool and exciting stretch of game.

Next time, Humilau City... and more? We haven't decided exactly where to draw the line. We're probably not doing the Elite Four. But we might do Victory Road. We're just not sure yet.

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Through caves, along balance beams, up a tower, through a wind tunnel... this leg of our tour takes us to some interesting places, though most are alarmingly familiar. Perhaps this is a calm downbeat to set up for some dramatic surprises next week? I can't be sure. For all its quality, Black 2 & White 2 have felt pretty inconsistent to me.

Next time, we're... well I would say we're headed to Icirrus City, but Allen tells me it won't go quite as I expect, so who knows!

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You know, I used to live in a former mining town. Carbondale, it was called. Gives away the game a bit, the "carbon" part. "Driftveil City" may not have any minerals in the name, but it's a former mining town through and through. Clay has turned this blue collar burg into a gentrified pocket of apartment buildings and fancy tourist attractions. But when one of those attractions is a big Pokemon trainer tournament, well... who's to say if gentrification is good or bad?

Next time: Mistralton City! I hear it basically hasn't changed!

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Last episode was our first time revisiting a city from Black & White now that we're in 2. It was a little underwhelming, to be honest. I began to think that maybe this was gonna be a bit of a letdown. But the Nimbasa City area? Hoppin', jumpin', bumpin'. The heck with Castelia, this is the REAL jewel of Unova.

On our next episode, we're headed west to Driftveil!

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