Kamado is too much of a coward to admit he doesn't understand and potentially take heat from the village and uses this poor homeless teenager as a scapegoat and that is so fucked up
I have emotions about this part too. I played as if my Mc was like "don't know why the fuck I'm here but I'm going to live the poke-dream dammit!" So putting his all into survey corpse and even getting 10 stars before finishing the nobles. And then this happens
if you go with the MC being like Ingo and remembering nothing this poor kid out here relying on the people in charge to help them, being completely reliant on these people when they're at their most vulnerable
I mean, it was a US high-school but I remember being 15 and being accepted so long as I was useful and promptly dumped by the other kids whenever I wasn't (lather rinse repeat). So the town reaction felt real in a very sad kind of way
Oof, the no memories idea makes things worse. I'd been headcanoning my Mc as being a kid without the connections or time/money to be able to go on the great pokemon journey at 11, in spite of wanting to. And then summoned by poke god!
tbh thinking on it more after living in japan it definitely felt like their very thinly veiled xenophobia showing through in a wayy rdkflahg it sounds bad but man japan is EXTREMELY racist/xenophobic and wary of outsiders
honestly if they could've shown more small signs of npcs OTHER THAN KAMADO like. not being friendly/trusting you throughout the whole of the game rather than all up front and then everyone likes you
yes, I agree!! it wasn't very like well built-up even then imo but I was kind of like 'they probably thought... this made perfect sense bc ofc they did, smh @ japan.....'
like it got to the point of cognitive dissonance hilarity when after every mission kamado was like BUT REMEMBER PEOPLE HERE DON'T TRUST YOU BC UR A SCARY OUTSIDER
And they say outright that a lot of people don't trust the Galaxy Team in the first place so they can't afford to let negative opinions build up so MC is a good way to clear their name
the writing in this game is not great but it's pokemon whatever, but when you start hitting this stuff and everything happens very quickly and out of the blue it's
it's really really bad and I couldn't figure out if the game wanted me to pace this differently or if some of it would hit me more if I had ever played D/P (I have not) or if it's really just hoooooo boy not great
I'm the crazy one working on fully completing the dex entries all to "perfect" which is mostly satisfying? ...except I hate Aipom now. I never had an opinion before (and it was purple; I like purple!) but now I despise those attractively colored little bastards
I spent a lot of shit on leveling up a pokemon for the path of solitude stuff and the request even suggests using a different form of said mon and I went NAH I'M GONNA BRUTE FORCE THIS. anyway mistakes were made this is the only one I def can't brute force
some of the path of solitudes were a lot harder than others. I made leveling ... less of a cash drain by sticking whichever mon in question (or two, sometimes) and doing path of tenacity over and over and over. My maxed Typhlosion can aaaaaalmost sweep Pearl Clan's tenacity. but usually one of the super effective mons agile styles it
And I'll use you as a makeshift gauge Of how much to give and how much to take I'll use you as a warning sign That if you talk enough sense then you'll lose your mind
me, now:
So confident of successes to which you contribute nothinganyway mistakes were made this is the only one I def can't brute force
but usually one of the super effective mons agile styles itAnd I'll use you as a makeshift gaugeOf how much to give and how much to takeI'll use you as a warning signThat if you talk enough sense then you'll lose your mind