'Recap of the previous thread:
>There is a moderate amount of discussion about PMD games.
>A lot of art and shitposts have been drawn.
>Drawingboard #35 has been completed.
>Drawingboard #30 is still not yet completed, but we are so close to completing it—just four more portraits! (https://rentry.org/qme36vnp)
>There are still some questions that aren't answered in the anniversary QnA. Please take a look and see if your character has any remaining questions: (https://rentry.org/ChrPrompt2)';

'>>55819079
>>Those that played Explorers of Sky, have you been to the Secret Bazaar/Secret Room? If you remembered, how did you come across it?
I used the secret bazaars in Sky Peak to grind in Sky. I'd recycle swap for Eyedrop seeds and then use them to find the stairs.
>>What's your favorite town music?
Serene Village
>>What was your favorite moment from your LEAST favorite PMD game?
The part where Quagsire shows Scraggy who the boss of this Paradise is
>>Which friend area would you like to live in?
Beau Plains';

'>>55819079
>>Those that played Explorers of Sky, have you been to the Secret Bazaar/Secret Room? If you remembered, how did you come across it?
The stairs appeared beneath my feet. And then I wore goggle specs everywhere so I'd never miss them. It's funny seeing two sets of stairs in the same room.
>>What's your favorite town music?
Post Town. It's so calming.
>>What was your favorite moment from your LEAST favorite PMD game?
As much as I hate the ending for its plotholes (in Gates) it tugs at my heartstrings emotionally, which I suppose is the point as to why nobody cares about it.
>>Which friend area would you like to live in? (Reference: https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Rescue_team_camp)
I feel like I've answered this question before...
sky blue plains more than likely.';

'>>55819196
What plotholes?';

'>>55819316
the entire emotional crutch of the ending is that everyone will forget your existence.They choose not to do so because they wuv you and the game has this running theme of defying predetermined fate.

Except, let's assume that everyone was supposed to forget your existence. You saved the world by reminding everyone to essentially stay positive. Failing this, only your human character could actually approach the bittercold, your partner is as much a spectator as the residents of post town since he does fuck all.

If the bittercold were to arise again due to negative emotions (which is very likely given how society collapsed before your human got there) how would they remember the solution, let alone stop it?

the voice of life says he's immune, sure, but that doesn't prevent the world from eventually going into cyclical collapse that has no cure besides 'lol, lmao, go fuck yourselves'

it's purely to stoke tears out of people when they get to the frism part and everyone announces they won't forget you. it worked, it doesn't make it good though ';

'The current drawingboard is so good anons...';

'>>55819361
That's not a bad point, but I wouldn't call that the most retarded plot hole. Everyone needs to forget to player for no reason which is nothing like the last two games. If humans aren't allowed to exists, what happened to Rescue and Explorers peotags? Super REALLY didn't give a fuck and was actually willing to leave protag stranded while his partner faded to dust. ';

'>>55819555
trips of truth';

'>>55819705
Oh there's worse, but it particularly blows cause gates has tons of things they experiment with only to drop it or do absolutely nothing with and it's one of the most annoying things about that game.

Its isolation from the other MDs as well also doesn't help its case';

'How do you overcome writer's block? Isn't it hard to stay motivated?';

'>>55819737
i just gave up lol';

'>>55819737
You don't overcome it. Ever. In my experience I just work past it';

'>>55819737
LOVE... WRITING... STORIES
LOVE. WRITING STORIES
LOVE WRITING STORIES';

'>The legendary bird doesn't scare us, right?
Uh... option 2.';

'>>55819361
Just call a human again';

'>>55819939
ah, yes free janitorial duty.
doesn't change the fact essentially that you do all that work for fucking nothing if the vol is to be believed and he just tells you that right to your face. ';

'>>55819946
In the end what truly matters are the friends we made along the way';

'>>55819737
In my experience, writer's block is just 'you haven't really thought this part through enough'. So, you think about it more until you get the Jimmy Neutron Brain Blast[tm].

Keep in mind, you can write other parts of the story instead of writing the whole thing linearly. I find it helps to break up the tedium of writing chapters that are less-than-fun.';

'>>55819737
I've found myself to be the kind of person who beats writer's block by just forcing myself to get past a part I'm unsure about. Then I'll get into the groove and let the story write itself. Then, I'll go back with a more critical eye and change things I don't like to make it flow better.';

'I have lots of writing potential and concepts rummaging through my head. It's just compounded by have brain problems that make everything feel stressful and difficult.

ETA of my next story: lol';

'>>55814970
idunno';

'>>55820373
Fetchball collab story when.

(It's like baseball and soccer combined but you use a ball that's enchanted to endure pokemon type energies and everyone can participate regardless of species because you use your powers and any applicable part of your body to hit and pass the ball)';

'>>55814970
I thought it makes sense to leave pure guild drawings on the booru and post more general pmd stuff here :p';

'>>55820402
Where does one fox end and the other begin.

By Allah you will be shaved.';

'>>55820230
It's easy to say you have great potential and ideas if you never commit to them.';

'>>55820570
Isn't that just the common condition of every creative mind that burns out.';

'>>55820391
This or a baseball arc would be kino';

'>>55820402
These two fluffballs are very cute. There are many cuties in the guild. But who is cutest?';

'>>55821179
You fool! You risk destroying us all!';

'>>55820391
Pokemon sports are a dumb idea unless you strictly limit which species can play together in the same team/match. I mean, we already have separate male and female sports teams in real life, and that’s just because of sexual dimorphism within a single species. Imagine how crazy it would be to allow 1000 species to play together with no restrictions. Pokemon have way too much variety in size, anatomy, and physical ability to make the game fair if you let them all play together.';

'Who's the cutest Clover in these categories?

1. Bipedal
2. Quadrapedal/more
3. Mammalian
4. Reptilian
5. Avian
6. Ichthyoid
7. Invertebrate
8. Inorganic
9. Vegetable/Fungal
10. Memelord
11. Shillmon
12. Kiyo free space';

'>>55821265
This is how Pokemon social darwinism starts, is your species can't play fetchball it's fucking over for you.';

'>>55821265
So it's appropriately retarded for PMDs openly communal setting?

You're just afraid of getting bodied by a magikarp.';

'I'm using cubone and charmander in red rescue team, are they good?';

'pokemon do have an interspecies sport
it's called beating each other up';

'>>55821351
Now add a ball to it.

We'll call it Pokeball...

...Why are you all groaning?';

'i am still drawing my comic i swear';

'>>55821395
LOL';

'>>55819737
Stop being a writer and become an editor instead.
Literally write down whatever trash you can think of. Then go back and edit it as much as you want until it's good. Works for me every time.';

'>>55821327
1. Nida
2. Fern
3. Skiddo
4. Totodile
5. Cider
6. Wooper (Even though axolotls are reptiles, Wooper is the Water Fish Pokemon, so I count it)
7. Booker
8. Porygon
9. Bellossom
10. Cyndaquil
11. Pika
12. Kiyo';

'>>55821785
Hold on, ribombees aren't invertebra-
>bees have no internal backbone

Huh...
Captcha:NPMD';

'>>55821785
>bellossom
there's a bellossom on cg?';

'>>55821912
Of Team Moonshine, one of Adrian's partners.';

'>>55821859
All bugs are invertebrates. They have exoskeletons.';

'>>55819987
yes, and thank fuck they defy stupid logic anyways';

'>>55821341
If any Magikarp want to play, they’re required to serve as the ball';

'>>55821930
ohhhh BELLOSSOM yeah i'm retarded and for some reason thought of this nigga';

'>>55822199
Aquatic Fetchball... Fishball...';

'I made this a while ago but I didn’t dare to post it at the time. I hope this introduction is okay.

Meet Skarmory the femcel
>fought some Cloverguild members in the past as an outlaw and jobbed countless times against them >joined the guild to avoid being arrested
>because of that, few guild members trust her (she hasn’t been given a badge yet)
>wishes to get her revenge against the guild someday but can’t make any of her plans work
>loves gemstones
>HATES Cyndaquil';

'>>55822524
Fantastic art. Save Kiyo!';

'>>55822524
Oh wtf that looks so good man! You're welcome anon.';

'>>55822524
incredibly kino character!!! and the art is beautiful holy shit

Welcome to the guild!

Can someone win her trust by gifting her a gemstone?';

'>>55822524
That's "N/A|F|Skarmory|Human|N/A|Clover Guild Member|???" ?
Nice art, anon - you're quite talented. The character seems neat, as well.';

'>>55822524
Holy shit another dingus criminalmon to join the family.';

'>>55822524
I Love her!!!! Super cute art anon, welcome aboard! :D Is that watercolors?';

'>>55822524
kino character and sovlful traditional art, welcome';

'>>55822524
Neat, Can't wait to see what you come up with.
Great Art btw,';

'>>55822524
YOOOOOOOOOOO';

'Haha, time to die.

>>55822524
Based! I love the expressions on Rasmus' abdomen.';

'>>55822524
very noice';

'Took 3 reviver seeds. Better than I expected I guess.';

'>>55822524
i am kneeling so fucking much holyyyyyy';

'So this is the power of 5000 IQ.';

'>>55822524
I would die for her';

'>>55822524
We will be watching.

Fuckin killer art. Nicely done.';

'Bump';

'>>55820230
Gambare anon';

'>>55820402
Cute! Would fluff';

'Is this bad?';

'I was thinking, isn’t the Final Maze from Explorers one of the most unfair dungeons there is? 48 floors, no items, max of 3 items per floor with Apples having a spawn rate of around 1.92%, meaning probability is highly against you finding enough food to last the whole dungeon. Furthermore, Misdreavus spawns on every floor and they all know Perish Song which can hit you from range, with how often Perish Song gets used it’s going to hit the leader eventually, and Heal Seeds have a 3.23% spawn rate meaning that it’s still not very likely you’ll have one to cure Perish Song
Perish Song, food spawn rates and Heal Seed spawn rates more or less make Final Maze entirely RNG-dependent to clear even though you keep your levels and stats, and Time/Darkness forces you to do it multiple times to recruit the legendaries inside (through RNG, of course)';

'>>55824677
what the fuck is a kid doing there';

'These children built different';

'Thank you for your warm welcome and kind comments! I’m really glad you liked Skarmory!
>>55822623
>can someone win her trust by gifting her a gemstone?
Definitely! She’ll appreciate the gift all the more as some of her gemstones have mysteriously disappeared.
>>55822781
That’s correct. What do the "N/A" and "???" stand for?
>>55822844
Yep it’s watercolors!';

'>>55825221
holy kino... welcome to the guild skarmory-anon!! do you have a name for her?';

'>>55825221
N/A is refering to her name and ??? refers to her nature - its how the guildies are formatted on the rentry page! https://rentry.org/vpmdclover';

'>>55825221
>all these clover guild members enjoying themselves

Brings a tear to my eyes. Beautiful art';

'>>55825030
That rascal Timmy, always wandering off across the fucking ocean to the deepest reaches of the forbidden cavern of unspeakable horror';

'>>55825221
>>55822524

Oh my lord this art is amazing, I love your style. Welcome, skarmory anon :D';

'>>55824677
>>55825030
These kids are better explorers than most pros';

'>>55825030
>this is an 8* mission
>but beating up some shitter outlaw in marine resort is a 9*
some of the ranks make zero sense.';

'>>55825231
Thank you! Her nickname is Eli.
>>55825237
Thanks for the clarification! She goes by the name Eli, she has a Lonely nature and has no partners.';

'>>55825221
This is amazing!!! So many good details!! You even matched up the drinks from the poker night art QuQ!!! I think I recognize some of the wall decor too!
This is amazing anon, thank you for sharing!! :)';

'>>55825296
Actually, Sky Stairway and Zero Isles North, South and Center are the only dungeons where 9* jobs can ever be found, Marine Resort is way below that level';

'>>55825030
these kids are some seasoned explorers
>>55825221
>artstyle
>scene
>all the characters
KINOOOOOOOOOOOO';

'>>55825221
pls i can't kneel my knees are buckling from this much kino, godspeed';

'>>55825221
I love eli's expression';

'Eli being a femcel implies she tried and failed to hook up with someone
sex';

'>>55825221
wtf this is too good
based traditional artist...';

'>>55825406
Interesting, Eli is usually a boy’s name, but it is a girl’s name in Nordic countries. I wonder if she’s from there. I can picture her yelling helvete when her gems are stolen.';

'>>55825221
>02.05.2024
You've been working on this for awhile, but KINO takes time. Anyway, it looks great and I'm really enjoying the water colors.';

'>>55826898
other countries use day/month/year date format you silly chicken';

'>>55826905
My bad, it was cuz the other piece says 27.1.2024
although that still uses the D/M/Y format.';

'>>55827003
oh true I guess we're both a bit silly then.
regardless anon definitely delivered some kino there's no disputing that';

'>>55825276
Considering Explorers partner and protag were both kid, yeah guess so';

'I still can't believe the Power Plant and that one human lab are literally the only instances of certifiably human locations showing up in the pokemon mystery dungeon. No other game in the series does this. It's also never talked about.

Why?';

'>>55827681
It would actually be an interesting topic to explore in the story. Maybe it's better to leave it as a mystery, but there could be dungeons set in human ruins, like an abandoned city or a dungeon set within a building or something. I think there's a lot of missed potential here';

'>The foreshadowing';

'>>55827538
What age are all the PMD protags supposed to be? All I know is Super's partner is explicitly a child, and I think RT's partner was stated to be a child at some point too.

>>55828257
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE_jAwOyrxU';

'>Okaywebelieveyou';

'Gotta say, Cubone is even cuter in this game.';

'Well, fuck you and your negative 5000 IQ too.';

'>>55828274
he looks like a trustworthy individual';

'undefined';

'Drew something based on Learning to Fly Ch5. I need to practice drawing more active poses.

>>55819737
Jumping to a different part of the story, or just forcing myself to write something and then clean it up later (even if it's something really basic like bullet point ideas). Usually, once you get the ball rolling by writing something, it's easier to continue writing.

>>55820391
>>55821154
It would be cool to see the guildmates playing some kind of sports together. On that topic, I'm curious what kinds of new sports the Pokemon in the PMD world would invent. I bet there would be some interesting ones that take advantage of Pokemon biology, like aerial games that feature flying mons.

>>55822524
>>55825221
Adding 2 more (You)s to this giant mountain of replies. These both look fantastic! Impressive job with the watercolor. I also like how you do the anatomy/proportions--you take some liberties and make it stylized at times, but the end result is nice. The tavern art has a good comfy feel to it, and of course, I appreciate you drawing my characters (twice)! Great work.';

'Leaf from team Holly. It's a wip character created by fern anon.

For this one I tried imitating Yoshitaka Amano's style of art

>>55828355
Great art mr Booker! Casey looking so cute with her little bug friend :>';

'>>55828289';

'>>55828389
Cute!';

'>>55828261
Super's partner is 10000 years old';

'>>55827681
I wish they kept friend areas like in Rescue Team. Having only played the remake I would never have noticed it if you didn’t point it out. Great story/lore potential.';

'This one only took 1 reviver seed.
I thought this playthrough was gonna be ass with this team composition, but it has been pretty easy so far. I don't know if this is just DX being easier due to the gameplay changes.';

'>>55825411
Thank you! I wish I paid more attention to the details since I switched some drinks and made color mistakes ;-; I really liked your illustration, it felt very comfy.
>>55826793
That’s interesting, I didn’t know that! I originally wanted to shorten the name "Elvire" but heh I like your idea. Let’s say she was from a Nordic country before being isekai’d.
>>55828308
Far west kino? Yes please! The colouring is simple but effective enough to imagine a setting sun behind.
>>55828355
Another great piece anon! I really like how small Booker is compared to other Pokemon. There’s something about your art with the clean lines, flat colors and the interactions between each Pokemon that radiates so much soul. It’s wonderful.
Also thank you for your words, I’m glad you liked it!
>>55828389
>Yoshitaka Amano
Based taste. You nailed it with the accessories and the bright colors reminiscent of the Japanese FF covers. Seeing Leaf’s hat made me want to rewatch Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust';

'>>55828389
Gorgeous!';

'>>55828355
your style keeps getting better and better!
>>55828389
dude I ADORE the way you do colors';

'undefined';

'>>55829223
This retardation needs to stop, they didn't "remove friend areas" in the remake, they only changed their name to rescue camps and made them into menus that actually work unlike the awful mess that was in the original games. All the locations and descriptions ARE in the remake, in fact, it's actually easier to see the descriptions in the remake because the game actually wants you to see them and they aren't hidden behind clunky menus that cause most players to not even realize the existence of the descriptions.';

'Why didn't Drowzee just shrink to get the treasure instead of forcing Azurill?';

'>>55831242
someone who never played the original games would functionally never have been able to see the area no matter how much your 'but they prettified it into an artwork' schtick keeps going. qol features could've existed independent of cutting the corners.';

'>>55831242
b-but muh immersion!

>>55831245
why didn’t he just ask azurill nicely instead of tricking and scaring the poor kid?
>captcha: hmmm';

'>>55831257
They can see the artwork (there is a button to see the artwork without the menu covering it). I agree they could have made them in 3D as well but that is irrelevant, we're talking about the descriptions.';

'>>55831267
>I agree they could have made them in 3D as well but that is irrelevant
when you're talking about removing them, yes it is relevant, because they're functionally all but removed if they're just menus. It's no different than the list of the names from literally any other pmd game, it's just now they gave it prettier backgrounds.

don't be disingenuous to the point being made, even keeping the descriptions in mind';

'>>55831281
They were just clunky menus with pretty artwork to begin with. The only thing they removed is the ability to move a sprite on top of the artwork. Saying they "removed" them is how you end up with >>55829223 thinking they aren't in the game, when they are.';

'>>55831299
you know what he fucking meant when that was said. don't be disingenuous, especially in the fuckin pmd thread of all places.';

'>>55831305
Yes, I know he meant that the descriptions aren't in the game. They are.';

'>>55831245
uhhhhhhh because uhhhhh because he uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
he just didn't want to shrink ok??? all pokemon can shrink';

'>>55831314
>Yes, I know he meant that [headcanon]
learn comprehension ffs
>>55831316
something something unconsciousness

this really doesn't belong here';

'>>55831321
>Having only played the remake I would never have noticed it if you didn’t point it out.
This is what the post said. And it's wrong.';

'>>55831324
given some of the pictures are skewed to obscure some of the places anyway artistically speaking, i have half a doubt you'd even get it even if anon clarified.';

'>>55831330
That's irrelevant. The descriptions are right there. You cannot play the remake without seeing them. You can 100% the original without knowing they exist.';

'>>55821328
>muh social Darwinism
Kys Delcattytroon';

'>>55831818
That’s not the Delcatty spammer, idiot';

'clover guild baseball episode...';

'>>55831909
>That’s the Delcatty spammer, idiot
fixed that for you, idiot';

'>>55831934
Clover Guild BEACH episode!';

'clover guild final episode where all the characters forget their differences to fight against a greater evil with something like re aoharu as bgm';

'>>55832079
no one actually wants clover to end but it'd be cool if we did collabs for hypothetical plot points that'd disrupt shit if they were actually canon

Clover Guild What If Series. Open your mind to the Mysteriosity.';

'Clover Guild final episode';

'>>55831975
Which guildmon looks best in a swimsuit?
Actually, don't answer that. There's only one answer.';

'>>55831818
>>55831974
That's a skitty';

'>Cubone can learn Ice Beam
Cool, I had no idea.';

'https://youtu.be/RvGbkcZ63v4?si=zPgSBzgQ6LfZ_hIQ
This but with guildmons';

'Easy fight. All Dodge Orb is so OP.';

'>>55832848
>Using Orbs in battle
You didn't beat the game.';

'>>55832931
Well of course they didn't. It's not like the Articuno fight is the end - they still have like half a game left!';

'No, fuck you.

>>55832931
A rescue team uses all tools available to them!';

'>>55832931
Nigger.';

'>>55833013
Orber trash. Fight like a real mon.';

'>>55832445
post the other version, the REAL version';

'>>55832778';

'>>55833059
t. feral Oddish in sinister woods';

'>>55832778
You'll find that a lot of Gen I monsters can have surprisingly diverse special movepools, regardless of whether they'd be any good with using them.';

'We, as members of the clover community, need to come together and ensure we’re all on the same page regarding mystery dungeon and wild pokemon inside mystery dungeons lore…. this is vital worldbuilding.';

'>>55828389
New phone background acquired';

'>>55834556
it's already kinda does? most writers depict the ferals as products of the dungeon and thus not real, making them disappear when defeated like in the games';

'Forgot to mention, I can't take this scene seriously with Alakazam's running animation. The choice to run is even weirder because he was levitating right before that.
And I don't even know why he is running towards you for a close-range battle to begin with, when it would make more sense for him to fight with ranged moves.

The power of 5000 IQ is beyond my comprehension.';

'>>55834950
Team ACT’s Alakazam is special, please be patient with him';

'>';

'undefined';

'>>55835375
why would you make this';

'>>55835375
What the actual fuck?';

'>>55835375';

'>>55835375
FINALLY, SOME GOOD FOOD.';

'>>55835375';

'>>55835375
MOOOOOOOOODS';

'That's a cute partner you have there anon...';

'Fugitives arc done.

Now that I got to experience it for a second time (after 15 years), I can certainly see the cracks in it.
I won't go over most of it's problems since I believe they have already been discussed to death here, so instead I'll comment on something which I don't recall ever seeing being brought up.

I don't get what the writers were going for with Absol. This character just gets introduced out of nowhere, tells Articuno to fuck off, and then proceeds to do absolutely nothing for the rest of the arc. Even the protag and partner don't seem to acknowledge his presence and just talk among themselves. I even rewatched this part on Youtube to confirm that he has only one, ONE single line in the arc after he joins your party. And that line is just "Is this what i think it is?" (referring to Pokémon Square).
It almost feels like this character was introduced just so that the """fight""" at the end of the arc is a 3 vs 3.';

'>>55836301
Absol is there just so you can progress easier';

'>Oooh, so cool...
Uh....

>>55836422
Could be. Though if that is the case then it is weird that he joins when you only have one dungeon left in the arc, a dungeon which doesn't even have a boss fight.';

'>>55836301
It really was a wasted opportunity. If he had some post game stuff, or just more dialogue between the partner and protag, he would've felt much more memorable';

'>>55836476
But you can use absol in sky tower? that's tyhe final dungeon
For extra difficulty, I picked my own magnemite partner';

'>>55836476
You mean you don't like the flexing mailbox?';

'>>55836476
why does Machop have a blm flag';

'Oh man, this music still hits me hard.

>>55836545
I do like the mailbox. It's mostly the fists on the sides that are throwing me off.';

'>>55836476
Personally I prefer Cubone's house because it's the only one that doesn't explicitly look like someone's fucking face';

'>Run into my first monster house for the playthrough
>"Oh right, forgot that was a thing. I'll just use a-"
>Realize I don't have a orb for crowd control
Haha, time to Escape Orb!
Also, damn. The difficulty really spiked in this dungeon, which is fitting.';

'Fug down.
Gotta say, I liked how they added some effects to the Groudon and Rayquazza fights. Rayquazza's in particular made it look more like an actual final boss.';

'Hits nowhere as hard as the first time, but still a nice ending scene.

And of course Absol is not there despite his single character trait being wanting to stop the calamities.';

'And thus ends the human's destined journey to save the world by making someone look up.

Overall a nice remake. I liked all the gameplay additions and conveniences, though I do think they made the game easier. But postgame is there for people who want challenge I guess.
I wasn't fully sold on the artstyle before I started playing, but it grew on me after just a couple of minutes. Not sure if it would fit a Explorers remake, though.
I just wish they had done changes and additions to the story. The Fugitives arc in particular desperately needed some expansions and adjustments.';

'>>55837021
I agree on everything. Why anyone would go through the effort to remake a game like this without at very least adding more gameplay content after the main story is baffling. The story could have used some work too but I would imagine it felt risky to change the story itself, even in small ways. People tend to despise change in that way.';

'With the main story done, Team Grove's final member was successfully recruited after spending a crapton of reviver seeds to get through the dungeon because I didn't expect the level to be that high and didn't know awakening was a thing.';

'>>55837134
True. All they added was wands and a shitload of max elixir spawns which were a horrible addition. Remember when you actually had to ration those out during jobs?';

'>>55837134
I wouldn't be surprised if it was The Pokémon Company who demanded little to no additions gameplay wise, or even story wise. They did the same thing with LGPE (gameplay) and the Diamond and Pearl rehash (both gameplay and story). Only minor additions like evolutions, or being able to catch a bunch of legendaries.';

'are there any other collabs planned?';

'Pokemon really live like this and don't see any issue.';

'>>55838487
portrait collab has been 2 months in the making and it's not done yet so...';

'>>55838487
the whole guild? nah nothing gets done so why even bother';

'>>55838487
Between individual authors, I don't know. People tend to include characters in a spur of the moment thing. Booker's doing his Learning to Fly story with KFC at the moment, so depending on your definition of collab that might count

A full guild collab like Enter the Federation? Nah.';

'>>55838746
Like pic related but if the pic was actually real';

'new pmd game but you need to link your account to psn to play it 6 months after you've bought it and if psn isn't available in your country you can't play it';

'>>55839154
rip in helldivers';

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'>>55838487
i thought there was one planned for a summer festival';

'Hmm
I wonder if the next PMD will be announced for a release next November, to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the series';

'undefined';

'>just experienced Perish Song for the first time
Holy shit, who thought this move was a good idea?';

'>>55833880
kek

>>55838487
I'm coloring Kiyo's Banana blues comic, that's a collab! I'm so slow at it though


>>55841136
CUTE
I love gartic drawings so much. There's some sort of genuineness, some sort of SOVL that you can only get with friens drawing together silly things';

'undefined';

'>>55841136
That would be a good collab prompt. It wouldn't require everyone come together and work on shit, the writers could just work at their own pace. Wouldn't get left in the dust like all the other collab projects because one retard doesn't finish his work';

'>>55841136
>>55842409
>summer festival
>implying im not gonna make it inspired by Japanese-style festivals because I loved those parts in anime.';

'>>55842507
Holy shit I love this image. Anything with pichu, minun, or plusle is getting saved';

'>>55841137
>the next PMD
hahahahahahahahahahaha';

'>>55842549
It's a short 3rd gen anime film about Pikachu and the gang attending a summer festival ran by pokemon.

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/PK13

It aired on certain japanese flights in 2004 and then got a DVD release the following year.';

'>>55842677
retard';

'do you ever bother with chesto/pecha/etc berries or just pack a couple heal seeds?';

'>>55843493
If we're being honest I usually just run em over in my atv';

'>>55843498
based';

'There was an image around that compared the various guilds from PMD, which listed the pros/cons of working for either from a more realistic lens (going off how they seem to operate in-game, at least). Distinctly recall it having the 'free real estate' guy on it as well. I don't suppose anyone here has it?';

'we're 200 posts in and it feels like nothing was discussed at all, wtf happened to these threads lately? where's all the art and stories? there's been barely any game discussion too besides the guy playing RTDX';

'>>55844186
I accidentally made Chapter 5 9k words and I'm waiting on fack checks by true American patriots and I still gotta embed images. Should be done soon.';

'>Unlock Buried Relic
>Read that it has lot of stat boosters in the walls
>Enter it planning on only exploring a couple of floors and then escaping
>Step on a trap that transforms my Escape Orb into an apple
I should have seen that one coming.';

'>>55844186
I hit a roadblock writing my story, and need some help smoothing parts of it out to know if i'm writing a character right. After that's done I should be good to finish and post it.';

'>>55844345
I remember in the Kyogre dungeon I brought a Link Box, planning to use it right before the final floor so I could unload a bunch of attacks onto him
Floor 2, both my Link Box and Escape Orb are lost to a trap.';

'>>55844186
Be the change you want to see, anon.';

'>>55844345
at least you won't die hungry';

'>>55844186
I had some executive dysfunction happen due to depression and anxiety.

It will happen again.';

'>>55844186
>>55844384, but replace "had" with "have" and assume it's a constant function.';

'>>55844186
>besides the guy playing RTDX
that's more interesting and on-topic content than the vast majority of posts in this general in over a year';

'>>55844186
Working on my sequel.
Soon.';

'>>55844186
Many artists are afraid of posting their art in the threads instead of just uploading it to the booru, for some reason. Perhaps we should post it ourselves.';

'>>55844186
All I can really say is there may be an Orion update in the future. One that should smooth over some rough edges and that sort of stuff. I just need to enlist a little help since I'm a little retarded.';

'>>55844664
No, I think they have a point about "art that is still obviously PMD-based" vs "art of their OCs that has nothing to do with PMD in the image itself and could easily just pass as mainline Pokémon fanart/inside jokes"
The same way you wouldn't post fanart of Ash Ketchum here even though it's on-topic to the board, because it's not really on-topic to the thread';

'>>55844680
From the perspective of an outsider who just likes PMD half of these threads has become inside jokes and discord meta-commentaries';

'undefined';

'>>55844701
yeah they tend to hang out more in discord and aggie nowadays its sickening I just knew this was a bad idea but they never listened';

'>>55844680
>>55844701
This is fair, but not all the Clover Guild art is shitposts. Posting general PMD art is always worthwhile, and there's no reason our local high quality OC shouldn't be treated the same as some other random internet artists' work.';

'>>55844811
Yes, I agree.';

'>>55844680
To be fair, PMD fans make a lot of fanart that’s just pokemon with scarves, and doesn’t look like it has anything to do with PMD specifically, but it still counts as PMD art because of the intent behind it. Same thing with art made for the guild. I don’t think every drawing needs to be posted here, especially since some of them are pretty obtuse inside jokes, but I see no problem with most guild art being posted because it’s still PMD at its core.

>>55844701
No idea what you mean by discord meta commentary, but yeah there are some inside jokes here. That’s true for every group in existence though, and I don’t think it’s excessive here. Besides, if people want a smaller ratio of guild content in these threads, nothing’s stopping people from playing PMD games and discussing their playthroughs, or just talking about anything PMD related. It’s nice to see gameplay and good discussion.';

'>>55844846
>what you mean by discord meta commentary
That string of words is an accurate description of how an outsider perceives it even if it doesn't have an exact meaning.';

'dood we know you guys have a discord server lmao';

'>>55841901
Has this artist been drawing his playthrough? Does this mean he’s done with the project?';

'>>55844952
i believe it was because of some streamer's playthrough who got really popular?
regardless, yeah, he's done, that was a few days ago. he's back apparently to posting drawings randomly, and they're either comms or related to his stars/souls project (you might've seen em, pikachu and eevee protags)';

'undefined';

'>>55844186
I'm multitasking with three writting projects and more rn, and in general i don't visit vp a lot
Also playing rtdx but that's somehow unrelated lol';

'How bad is 100% RTDX? It cant be worse than doing it in original RT right?';

'>>55843493
Heal seeds are just better. Accounts for every status condition so why wouldn't I take them?';

'>>55844186
I have a story I've been working on for (technically) weeks. The only reason I haven't released it is because I need one person to look at some dialogue and I know he's busy right now so I don't wanna bother him. I am working on something else in the meantime. Hopefully it'll be done by the next thread

Besides stories, that one guy was playing RTDX and I always like seeing people's playthroughs';

'>>55845122
I spent literal HOURS trying to recruit Kecleon. I can't imagine trying to do it again.';

'>>55845519
I had that shit down to a science in RT/Sky. I'm not sure what people do in DX.';

'>>55845519
100% recruitment in any PMD sounds like torture. Except maybe in Super. I think recruitment is guaranteed in that one, as long as you can complete the missions you’re given, unless I remembered wrong.';

'>>55846063
no you didn't. super has a set amount of missions that correlate directly to recruits. it's actually one of the problems with that game; once you finish all the recruits, you literally can't do anything else except grind for no reason. there are no more missions after that point.';

'>>55844943
We know you know we have a Discord.

We'll still keep pretending we don't even if it inevitably bites us in the ass.';

'>>55846098
What 4chan circlejerk doesn't have one.';

'>>55846070
Couldn’t you say the same thing about other PMDs though? Once you beat every challenge dungeon and get every recruit/item, there’s nothing left except grinding for no reason';

'>>55846114
you at least have an endless stream of missions for the sake of menial tasks. in gates you also have paradise that you can build and maintain.
you don't even have that in super. once you finish every mission, you're literally just going through dungeons with no goals other than your own, and the game won't provide you any';

'>>55844701
there hasn't been official PMD content in years, the existing games have been discussed to death and there's not many romhacks or fangames with a lot of meat on them out yet. I'm not interested in Clover Guild but I can't really blame the thread for focusing on it';

'>>55846186
The most we have as of late is the current hackjam, but outside of maybe 2 of the hacks, none of them are worth talking about.';

'>>55846186
Like it or hate it, the guild has brought a lot more energy and life to these threads

>>55846199
I haven’t looked at any of the hacks, maybe I’ll check them out sometime';

'>>55846240
Two of the guys here made The Weather Up There, if you check only one of the hacks out, play that. Bias aside it's actually good';

'>>55846415
>>55846240
yeah can confirm The Weather Up There is fucking awesome, hilarious but not too goofy, good story, good writing, a bit short but definitely sweet';

'I’ll finish my story the second I am invited to the Clover discord, as I have not received my rightful invitation.';

'>>55846581
Insert fake discord link here.

Everyone laugh.';

'Discordbros we've been comprised, emergency meeting in the ERP channel NOW!!';

'undefined';

'>Marowak and charizard MCs
>Silver trench
I'm fucked, aren't i?';

'We're always seeing some "new frontier" thats being explored with each game. Is there an Old World? Are there established cities with trade routes and real jobs and shit?
What do you think that would look like? Are there monarchies? Noble houses? PokeJesus?';

'>>55844345
>Decide to just go through the dungeon and hopefully make it to the end
>Collect all the wall-powerups while saving belly by pushing my Dusknoir into the walls rather than directly controlling him
>Get lucky and recruit a mon with the apple-finding quality
>Actually managing to get through fine, beat the 3 Reggies and reach floor 60
>Leaving a room
>Hitmonchan enters the room from the other side, picks up a bundle of iron spikes and throws one
>It fucking deals +100 damage, one-shotting my recruit
>Keeps throwing the spikes
>All my recruits are dead by the time I defeat him

I don't remember spikes being this strong.';

'>>55846797
didn't you watch the damn anime special, retard? of course they're strong.';

'>>55846783
You haven't played Super, have you?';

'>>55846954
even if he had, super does a very poor job at establishing a pokemon society. The 3Ds is such a console that forces the limitations of the continents to one town each, save for the water continent, and it's a very limited scope anyhow.
the only reason anyone can tell that the other civilizations exist is because the continents are the same shape, they never have you actually go there, which sucks to shit.';

'>>55846976
I like to pretend there's kingdoms/nations because I wanna see a japanese-esque nation with a Kingambit shogunate and it can have the hisuian pokemon cameo there as well.

Just give me the most weeaboo Shiren the Wanderer-except-not yokai-asss japan region in the PMD world. Please

I want to be a pokemon and a samurai at the same time.';

'>>55847073
Grorious Nihon...';

'>>55846783
I like to imagine Lively Town and the Water Continent are the most developed in the world. It makes a certain amount of sense - the map in Super is centered around them.';

'>>55847073
Hell yeah brother
I imagine the next PMD assuming we ever get one will be Middle East themed and be on the Sand Continent because that's the only continent without a game set on it, but I'd love a Japanese themed game too';

'Do you guys have any secret crush on guild characters? For me, its gotta be this ghoster';

'>>55847162
I imagine Lively Town being the most developed town, just looking at its design and name, but I'm not sure if the entire continent is highly developed too.';

'>>55847346
clearly not because serene village exists and part of it is revelation mountain which if you look at the map covers a huge range of geography';

'Pokemon Israel';

'>Most developed, most to least
Lively Town
Baram Town
Noe Town
Capim Town
Post Town [Pokemon paradise carries this place]
Treasure Town
Pokemon Square
Sahra Town [literal Aladdin type wasteland]
Serene Village
Shaymin Village';

'>>55847480
It feels somewhat ironic that the third most-developed canon city is called Noe Town ("no town"), but looking at images of the place, I could see it.';

'>>55847480
I always thought Noe Town was somewhat advanced because it's all made of metal, which implies metallurgy
But it does look like a haphazard scrappy shantytown, so maybe it's not as advanced as it seems

>>55847494
And I always pronounced it like no-ay instead of just no';

'>>55847511
that's how it's supposed to be pronounced, 'no town' is just wrong';

'>>55847494
>>55847511
Noe Town is probably literal Zozo from Final Fantasy 6 tier, it's probably a shit-hole stuck together or made out of human ruins that shady Mons holed up in. Mist Continent is just a terrible place to be in because of the Bittercold's lingering influence, and it also just seems that Mist Pokemon are easily prone to mistrust, self-interest, paranoia, or straight up depression.

>Peaceful, Tranquil, High-Trust
Shaymin Village
Serene Village
Treasure Town
Pokemon Square
Baram Town
Lively Town
Capim Town [Clover Guild brings it down]
Sahra Town
Post Town [Backwatered hillbilly shithole, incredibly racist to outsiders, Paradise went to shit and balkanized the second Gates Partner dipped]
Noe Town [Scum of the Pokemon world]
>Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy';

'>>55847640
>[Clover Guild brings it down]
kek';

'>>55847640
>pokemon square near the top
>the town that literally tries to murder an innocent child because a known criminal told them the kid was evil (without providing an ounce of proof)
Nah, that town should be at the very bottom';

'>>55847661
said kid was too high and mighty being selectively mute to speak up for himself, so yes, he deserved to be chased down for being a coward';

'>>55846797
Somehow I made it to the end after a lot of struggle. And I mean that literally, since I had to use Struggle several times due to lack of PP.
This run was the definition of "No pain, no gain" with all the stat boosters I got from it.
Also, why the hell are Evolution Crystals not stackable items?';

'>>55847787
ah hell nah elm lookin nefarious';

'>>55847862
>anthroshit porn';

'>>55847862
>anthro

cringe

>dog penis

Based.';

'>Having to go through Great Canyon again instead of just teleporting the player there
That's some unnecessary shitty padding.

>>55847793
"What do you mean? He seems like a nice and honest fella to me."
"Yeah! And guess what? He said he is capable of creating a portal to a dungeon called Fill Char, and he said he'll take us there tomorrow! Isn't that cool?!"';

'>>55847943
>That's some unnecessary shitty padding.
Explorers does the same shit, but it's arguably stupider there because why would you go through Waterfall Cave just to get swept out by the rushing water so you can ride a geyser to fall into the hot spring you should know how to simply walk to by now?';

'>>55821265
>are a dumb idea
Literally already exist in the series, if you can't see that a society would obviously create some kind of sports you're just dumb.

Yea there's variance in size, but how many can do shit like clone themselves with double team, move extremely quickly with quick attack, not to mention the elemental powers that would play a part.';

'>>55828261
The MC of super is confused when called a child, but they were reincarnated so probably teen to adult mind in a kids body.';

'Look at him go';

'>>55844952
Italian streamer was convinced to play Sky for the first time. He's popular enough that he has the money to commission anime style openings for his streams. and got one for Sky, which received international attention. This Japanese artist liked the opening and paused their main comic project to make fanart for the entire playthrough. Now both the streamer and the artist are done with Sky. Kind of crazy that this happened.';

'>Japanese talent
>Wasted on a Bulbasaur and Totodile pairing
Grim, grim indeed.';

'>>55847640
>Post Town
>incredibly racist to outsiders
The whole point of the town is that it's welcoming to outsiders, the Bittercold was affecting the entire world.';

'>>55848203
Could be worse, it could be yet another Riolu+Shinx/Eevee pairing.';

'>>55847862
nice dog dick';

'>>55848211
Buttercold's influence was strong enough to turn a loving town into a cold, hateful place that doesn't trust outsiders.

And people say Gates is worse than Super';

'>>55848199
>This Japanese artist liked the opening and paused their main comic project to make fanart for the entire playthrough
I'm glad that happened, because that artist's top-tier art is wasted on his comic's bland writing. He should either just stick to illustrations/gag comics or get a good writer for his comic.

Also, I find it funny that he didn't draw anything for the Sunflora and Team Charm special episodes.';

'>>55848203
what's your favorite pairing then smart guy';

'still grinding, i am stretching the fight a bit more sorry ^^'';

'>>55849441
Very fucking cool anon';

'>PSMD came out in 2015
>Currently 2024
>Still no Wonder Mail generator
Bros? What the fuck?';

'>>55849441
Good work, anon.';

'>>55849965
what wonder mail? there's no random missions.';

'>>55850283
>there's no random missions
No, but there is a password system to get free items. The passwords themselves are super short compared to the original Wonder Mails too, so I'm surprised no one's managed to make a generator by now. Either it's plain impossible, or nobody cared enough to do it.';

'>>55850361
i wouldn't be surprised if said password system was just a few strings in the code the game reads to give you things and that's it, instead of a whole system';

'What if Explorers DX becomes a thing but it’s a second half of 2024 Switch release to pad out this last year before the new console and it sells horribly as a result';

'undefined';

'>>55850489
https://pastebin.com/P7UNLJat
Super’s wonder mail system is just a set of pre-determined codes you input to get pre-determined items, these are all the (NA) codes and what each one gives, wonder mail in Super does nothing more';

'>>55851095
Guess we fucking die as a franchise and ERP with each other into the dawn's morning light?';

'Not sure if this has been posted before, but a very recent discovery: The special Labyrinth Cave mission in Explorers can have its wonder mail code manipulated to recruit any pokemon in the game
https://youtube.com/watch?v=OfSTtRYuSis';

'undefined';

'>>55836301
>he has only one, ONE single line in the arc after he joins your party. And that line is just "Is this what i think it is?"
funny thing is that line is actually exclusive to the remake. I am not joking, they went though the trouble of adding dialogue to Absol in the main story and one line was all they came up with before calling it a day.';

'So first time going through DX for the switch and I've just been spamming missions. I'm currently level 33-34 with my main squad and just got kicked out of town. Probably a little overleved huh?';

'>>55852111
I wasn't even that level when i beat Kyogre in the postgame.';

'>>55831818
I have no damn clue what you're talking about but Delcatty sucks lol';

'>>55851169
as i thought. it'd take too much effort to make a whole system for what's essentially a one-time handout.';

'>>55852040
That sucks
The whole remake was a real missed opportunity to improve the game's characters and plot';

'Congratulations on completing the 36th drawingboard! Anons did decided to DRIP OUT their character in this drawing board and oh my do we have drip. I love it so much. Pokemon fashion is very fun to play with. Great job everyone!

The next one is a blank board again! Be free!

join in here : https://magma.com/d/7licqbohg0';

'>>55852987';

'Last for hugging Kiyo tightly!';

'>>55854168
last for paying your taxes like a good guildmember';