There are also some powerful trainers here, as well as small story tidbits here that fascinated me, but these are better discovered yourself. Apparently both leaders will be taking part, and later you find out that Steven is also moonlighting here.
The moment you land on the Resort, though, you are confronted by one of the Teams. Once you’ve found your ideal team, you can also take up Norman’s (the main character’s father) offer to head to Battle Resort, home of the Battle Maison. There are also symbol encounters with birds (read: Flying Pokemon) when you’re airborne. These new “uncharted” islands are marked by a red light, and I can only wonder how many different variations of Mirage Islands there are. With the addition of Soar, you can also hunt down Legendaries and Mirage spots, both of which change daily. I feel it keeps the areas fresh, and it gives me another excuse to return to areas that I’d loved traveling through. With new Pokémon spread through so wide an area, it can take many an hour to find them all. Since Hoenn doesn’t have any new areas unlocked to explore, all of these new Pokémon appear in old routes-every single one of them. The National Dex is actually unlocked before you defeat the Elite Four, and so you can buff your team up with a whole range of Pokémon before you take on the ultimate challenge. If you’d rather take on a more Pokémon-focused challenge, you could always try to catch some National Dex Pokémon. Inspecting it took me to a mini-game to try to press A as much as possible in a limited period of time, and this score is kept for when others explore my Secret Base.Īlso, Secret Bases are as expensive as ever to furnish. For fun, I tried out an item called the Boppoyama, which is apparently a punching bag. For example, if you put a lamp in your Secret Base, you can turn the lights off to simulate a Flash cave. My favorite change, though, is how you can interact with items you put in your Base. There was too much menu usage, but now, both “Put Decoration” and “Remove Decoration” has been condensed into one “Decorate your Base” option, and adding and removing items is easier than ever before. One of the biggest problems with setting up a Secret Base for me in Pokémon Emerald was using the PC. There seems to be multiplayer functionality, and you can trade QR codes to share your Bases. He is also the leader of the Secret Base Guild located in Fortree City, where you can gain hints on how the newer features of Secret Bases work. This time, it’s a Secret Base Expert Aarune who shows you the ropes. The general concept is the same-use Secret Power on a bush, tree, or hole in the wall, and voila! A room of your very own. If Contests aren’t your cup of tea, another reason to return to old areas is to build your very own Secret Base. As long as it’s done well, any world-building is good world-building in my opinion, though, and Lisia’s story looks promising. You get to learn more about Lisia, and… well, I’d like to tell you more about it, but I’m still just getting my feet wet. (I’m still holding out on unlockable costumes, but I haven’t found any yet…)Įven more interestingly, the Contests have their own separate storyline that slowly unlocks as you complete more of them. I also love how your character changes into a Contest Costume to match the spirit. There are also fancy effects that happen when an audience is completely hyped up, and you can see the hilarity of a Tough Magikarp … well, looking extremely “Tough,” complete with punching noises. You can easily see the effects of any attacks, and the rules are easy to follow. Okay, Okay… so it wasn’t that bad, but the Contests in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are extremely easy to get into, in comparison to the original games. I tried bluffing my way through one, and it ended horribly and this traumatized me, so I never tried again. They were always a black box to me, and I never had any idea what the effects of any of the attacks were. Now, you can achieve all of your dreams of stardom by entering Contests and trying to achieve Master Rank in all five categories. She picks you out of a crowd and proclaims you as a potential future idol. In Slateport, you meet Lisia and Altaria, top Contest idols in the region of Hoenn. Aside from going on your journey to become Pokémon Champion and saving the world a few times, what is there for you to do in Hoenn? Well, there are several options.
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