foxyumbreon wrote:I don't think there's been a single person yet who's been like, "I like sliding puzzles."
They.. Probably exist somewhere. My Roomie likes the ones from windwaker with like.. 100 panels.
foxyumbreon wrote:As for Lucario's boss being a race that's determined by taking your time and figuring things out. Originally Lucario's stages were the timed ones, not Umbreon's. When the game was rebuilt, I simply decided to not change the battle's context.
Lucario's gameplay in general was probably my favourite, mostly because I feel really good about myself when I can immediately tell when I'm not doing an area right.. such as that first room in the race. I did try the second room a few ways but the first way I initially tried was the best from what I could tell, and I'd actually figured the last room out on the second go (due to the blocks disappearing act throwing me off and making me forget where everything was).. just that I was about 3-4 steps short of making it to the exit. The fact that I had about 12 or so extra steps after I figured out the first room just left a slight sense of achievement. Though, I can't imagine ALL of Lucario's bosses and stages having the exact same restriction of the teleport trap and races.. so I wonder how those two "Moves" would come into play for the next one. I get Shadow ball for Umbreon.. Ranged button pressing. And Charizard is more or less self explanatory. But it seems like Lucario would end up with a new kind of puzzle based around mechanisms.. I dunno. Also.. I feel like Umbreon wouldn't really have a timer anymore because Arcanine isn't chasing em, but maybe I'm wrong and they trip every single alarm possible.
foxyumbreon wrote:The biggest flaw with Dragonair's stages will definitely be repetition.
Aye, as is the problem with fully healing after every single battle. I'm glad that thing're gonna be flaired up a bit, but I guess there isn't much that can be done past that. I'm not sure, but a strong follower for Dragonair seems appropriate.. so you always have at least 1 consumable after a certain point. Dragonair probably isn't as strong as Charizard despite the whole Snorlax thing, and relying on finding helpless villagers.. in tact for the cases of the towers.. considering it's being cooked, battered or pounded.. or however else they prepare meals in the towers.. and I assume not all have their vore seal unlocked like the houndour. Sorry if I over-analysed that a bit, it's a really bad habit.. but I don't really see many rescueable pokemon inside towers outside recklessness, cells or fresh prisoners. Though, I guess having a permanent follower with limited uses every battle would be a bit more repetitive than the Tailwhip spam already is.
foxyumbreon wrote:I'm curious what ice-type you have in mind.
Just going by shape, I would think Jinx of all things. It's Ice and Psychic so Teleporting and Crystalizing poor dragons seems possible. I mean.. My presumption on Ice type is just how much damage fighting did and how little Dragon did (Dragon rage helped when damage fell below 400) along with the whole crystal.. erm.. curse, but Jinx is Ice and Psychic.. so both dragon and fighting moves have the same 1x effectiveness. But that's just going on the silhouette and what's shown, it could rather easily be anything else.. maybe even a Non-Pokemon being kinda like what shows up in some of the Mystery dungeon games. It'd be rather stupid if 5 dragons couldn't identify a Jinx unless a disguise was worn. But seriously "Vore lord", if you're going to name yourself.. be more creative with it! Merging Vore and Overlord together would make sense if your underlings created a legend around you.. but considering how much time you probably had to come up with a name yourself.... Personally overthrowing you before the end events of the game for that reason alone would be lovely, if it weren't impossible. Probably taste bad even with Vore seals unlocked.
Sorry about that rant at the end, It'd been building up for some time.. and I'm a little pouty that all my questions and thoughts about the 4 guardians were answered and disproved in that one moment.. which only served to add another pile to the list. Like.. I was wondering why the Guardians could unlock vore seals remotely, and a thought came that maybe they're all lying.. there was a point during the first stage where I thought Celebi might've been the vore lord just because of how much Arcanine metaphorically wet himself. But no.. big temple thing, Guardians are linked to the big temple.. and Dragonair more or less personally knows them. "What came in place was a mystical freezecum dick with the ability to teleport"