Weekly Progress 10/16: New Mystery Gift, Story Level, Creature Universe: Pick your side! Light vs Dark!

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Welcome back guys and gals! Another week to see the evolution of Sam and Dan games has arrived. Sorry about wait for the blog but better late than never. This week I'm pretty excited about what is coming. We will have a new mystery gift, new story level that will actually have a story to it! (Finally! I know right!) I will finish up the 1v1 changes and a few more things. This week I have to meet with the photographer for my wedding and I have class on Wednesday so instead of packing up the week and then not being able to deliver I'm keeping it short but with meaningful content. So let's get into more detail about this update and then talk a little bit about Creature Universe.


New Mystery Gift
For the first Mystery Gift we made a poll to figure out which Pokemon you guys wanted to have and as we all know Zorua won. This week we will have a new poll! The choices will be: Riolu, Axew, Sandile, or Klink. You will have a couple of days to vote so I have enough time to add it to the game.

New Story Level
We will finally head to Cherrygrove City but all is not well. There is a report that the Legendary Birds have been spotted but they are causing havoc! I'm pretty excited about this level since it develops the story a little more.  

Small Level Cap Increase to 12
Increasing the level cap a bit, note that the new level won't require you to be at level 12 to beat the game will be balanced properly for what level you should be at that point. The level will make use of the effective level mechanic that will temporarily delevel your pokemon on that level but they can still earn experience for their actual level and keep their moves and evolutions. 

Saving your pokemon's position in storage and party
Right now when you move people around in your party or storage that information is not saved when you log back in. This update will now save that position information and hopefully fix the bug that will give your pokemon the wrong moves.

Better Map UI
Making the Map UI look more like the Battle UI and having information like the current time of the game.   

Weekly Progress:
Okay so lets look at the list that I have for this week! Keep checking back as I work on these to see my progress and cheer me on.

Alpha v1.22.1: Released! Evolution Bug Fixes
  • Fixed showing the wrong graphic if the pokemon that is following you evolves
  • Fixed pokemon evolving not getting saved properly
Alpha v1.22: Released! Have questions about Effective Leveling? Check the FAQ.
  • New Story Level -  Panic at Cherrygrove City 
    • New Map Cherrygrove City
      • Rip Sprites
      • Create Map Objects and Hitboxes
      • Create Map Layout
    • New Characters
      • Rip Sprites
      • Create Character Object
    • Intro
      • Movie Scene
      • NPC Character Dialog Changes
    • Level Layout
      • Background
      • Spots
    • Level Waves
      • Set up pokemon
      • Pokemon Graphics
      • Pokemon Attacks
      • Arrangements and timing
    • Ending
      • Movie Scene
      • NPC Character Dialog Changes
      • Cherrygrove NPCs
      • Cherrygrove Interactive Objects
      • Add new pokemon to trading search and request
  • Level cap to 12
  • New Mystery Gift
    • Pokemon Graphics
    • Pokemon Stats
    • New Attacks
      • Endure
      • Counter
      • Force Palm
    • New Abilities
      • Steadfast
      • Inner Focus
      • Prankster 
    • Add to Pokemon Center Trading Search and Request 
    • Change Link and Graphic
    • Change Server Code  
Creature Universe: Pick your side! Light vs Dark!
A couple of weeks ago in our development team meeting we talked about how your character can make choices. These choices would have a big impact on the world around you. Would you keep thing in order or would you bring things into chaos? We talked about it a lot and many ideas came out of it. So I want to talk a bit about it. In previous blogs we talked about the Neutral, Light and Dark types. These are creature types but they also represent three sides that you can take in the game. There will be two organizations in the game that are after something and they both go about it in two separate ways. If you mostly only help one of them you will join their side. If you help both out pretty equally you will stay Neutral. Which side you join will also determine a few other things. Some creatures when they reach an evolution might evolve in 3 different directions either neutral, light or dark. It totally depends on how your character is aligned. Also some evolution will only happen if you are really deep into Dark or Light. So some creatures will be out of reach if you don't go fully into one alignment. Keep in mind that if you are Light aligned you can still have Dark creatures. There are only a few exceptions.

Another thing that I wanted to mention is that Light or Dark neither of them are evil. They are both after something and they both have evil people inside of their organizations that you will have to stop. So don't think okay Light = good and Dark = evil.

As you progress with that organization you might even make it to the top and become its leader!

So that is all we have for this week. Keep checking back, subscribe to our twitter, leave us a comment. Let me know what you think!

Comments

  1. Sam, in creature universe you said: "So some pokemon will be out of reach if you don't go fully into one alignment." I think you mean creatures right? Because I don't think you plan on adding pokemon to the game XD

    - gogogogo99

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  3. Haha I'm excited, especially for creature universe. We all already know and love pokemon, but the way your bringing up this new idea, ( and so far seems really good). I love it :D

    Story time: Once upon a time there was a...

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  4. Im so happy that I have a chance to be in a dark organization. That's one thing I disliked about the pokemon games, I couldn't join the enemy groups.

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  5. You said some pokemon will be out of reach in your creature universe post. XD

    Glad to se some story. Keep up the good work.

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  6. Light & Dark types will b either super effective/ not very effective/ normally effective on each other to balance the different choices(this way they might end up being somewhat similar 2 neutral) or the 3 choices may b say easy mode/ medium mode/ difficult mode. Had light=good & dark=evil then v might b able 2 play as team rocket(the games never allowed us 2 do so).

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  7. Dark won't be "evil", both light and dark will have evil parts to it.

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  8. Both light and dark will have evil parts to them, it will be up to you if you do evil or not

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  9. Do you think to implement happines soon if Riolu wins the poll?

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  10. Can't wait 4 Light, Dark and Neutral!!! Oh ya and, 11th!!!

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  11. Yeah, that doesn't help assuage my fears that Creature Universe will basically be pokemon.

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  12. Deino
    Ten Question marks
    pikablue
    Spiky-eared pichu
    Shiny pichu
    ZigZagoon
    Skarmory
    poochyenah


    are all pokemon i was thinking of

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  13. Axew would be great.

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  14. I will have to implement it somehow for him to keep track at least

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  15. sam Congratulations on your wedding I hope you will be happy with your wife.

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  16. hey sam, i have some questions, i also asked on the last blog.

    1) it is about catching shinies. i read that the chance of finding a shiny is the same as in ptd1, but i think it is harder to find them. first you have to find the pokemon in the map, then the time is an important thing. some pokemon only appear at night, some at morning. it is just frustrating to play hours and hours without a shiny appear. maybe you can think about raising the chance a bit of finding a shiny or you give us other ways to get them. maybe you can give us the chance of earning snd coins. i know that snd coins shouldnt be given away in a mass. i thought about two possibilities. 1. exchange casino coins for snd coins (1.000.000 cc = 1snd coin --> you need at least 10 days to get one coin). another idea is that you can exchange shinies you catch and dont want for snd coins (maybe you get half the coins as they would cost if you buy them). i also hope on some shiny quests in ptd2. you can also think about a possibilitie to give the chance of breeding shinys. if one pokemon is shiny (ditto, if its in the game). the chance of breeding a shiny is higher. if both pokemon are shiny the chance increases again. important is that nor everyone of us has the possibilitie to buy the coins and as i say it is frustrating if you play hours and hours without a result. i hope you think about this. maybe you also have other ideas of helping us with that ;)

    2) the next question is, when will we be able to transfer our pokemon from
    ptd1 to ptd2. i remember you said earlier you need the fourth badged or
    so. but cant you make it earlier happen. you could make it so that it
    isnt possible to use pokemon over the existing level cap. maybe they
    wouldnt follow your order, or fall asleep, etc.. this way you can give
    the badges also sense (if you raise the level cap after gym fights).

    3) the last thing is about the achievement for completing the pokedex in
    ptd1. when will we get this achievement and will it be different ones
    (normal, shiny, shadow) or do we need to get all of them?

    so what do you think? im sure that your decisions will be good for all, like your games. ptd and ptd2 are awesome and im sure creature universe will be too ;)

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  17. i kinda feel these mystery gift Pokemon shouldn't be here :x i mean should do one related to this generations not the curent black/white version of pokemon but if i gotta choose its Riolu since he's only one that different Axew is a reskin Tyntiar klinkreminds me of maneton sandile is intresting but not as kool as Riolu :)

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  18. OH MY ARCEUS WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE PICK KLINK NOT RIOLU KLINK KLINK KLIIIIINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  19. What's wrong with ptd 1? All it's showing is a white screen. And don't tell me to empty the cache and delete all the internet memories because I tried that and it still doesnt work!!!! AND PTD 2 works just fine

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  20. Can you have starter pokemon from other regions be a mystery gift soon?

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  21. What personalities do you have to have to be light? What about dark?

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  22. Sam something is wrong with my ptd 2 game. After you go into route 29, the story dosent progress. I find no trainer in trouble and i cant get into cherry grove city. Please help

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  23. Sam, I can't get into cherrygrove city yet. What's happening???

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  24. Lance Christian-EdwardOctober 16, 2012 at 8:02 PM

    I have 1 Shiny and 2 Shadow. I do agree though, it is a bit frustrating.

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  25. Lance Christian-EdwardOctober 16, 2012 at 8:02 PM

    A little bunny named fu-fu

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  26. Excuse me, but the correct is "side you are (You're) on". And yes, that will happen. Though I don't know if with all of them or just a few. I prefer it to be just a few.

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  27. It might end up that way because it will be easier. All those new features for creature universe seem like it will take a while. But I guess so will the ptd2 story line.

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  28. I was thinking of joining the Dark side because evil characters are always more interesting ( their thoughts and ideology ). But since Dark doesn't mean evil, I would like to know where will the deepness of the game be centered (I loooooved what you did to Mewthree). Anxious to know what will be our causes!!!

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  29. When PTD loads, the screen is blank, when PTD2 loads you see the gen. 2 starter pokemon race. It takes a while to load.

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  30. Dang Sam, your thoughts for ANPO are just like how my thoughts are for the book I'm writing in that light is not necessarily good and dark is not necessarily evil. I wholeheartedly approve and love what you're doing with ANPO right now since it reminds me of Fable which was a pretty good game.

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  31. That is the update that he is working on this week. You will have to just be patient. I understand the suspense and frustration that you might be feeling, but it is all worth the wait.

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  32. Cherrygrove city is not out yet. It is this update. The trainer is supposed to be there. She is running up and down near some trees. Look around.

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  33. As I type this, Riolu has 61% of the vote. What is with you guys and small dogs?

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  34. How about a value that depends on levels made by the capture and/or number of battles made by that pokemon and/or number of ingame days from when we catch it? It could be not complicated (maybe) and will be very similar to the main game happiness

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  35. So Light and Dark will be like team magma and aqua? Misguided ideals that they're using unorthodox methods to achieve? Yet this time we can join one of them? Seems pretty cool, except, please make sure to allow 3 stories so we can experience going after light/neutral/darkness rather than only having one and missing out on the rest.
    Also, if PTD Generations is a semi-direct sequel to PTD, then shouldn't the 3 legendary birds already have been caught?

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  36. Sam,did u like my idea?

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  37. Hey everyone! Lets all get dressed up as our favorite pokemon and crash Sam's wedding with a big banner that says- "Congratulations to the Otero couple! P.S.- PTD and PTD2 rocks!"
    Lol. Just kidding. Wish you two a meaningful life in the years to come.

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  38. Oh, THANK YOU! Someone understands the need for a Antagonist-based game!


    "Come on! Join Team Rocket"


    "Yes"


    "Ahaha! Stop lying! Join Team Rocket!"


    "Please, I'm not lying. I want to be part of Team Rocket."


    "Ahaha! Stop lying! Join Team Rocket!"



    "Ok, seriously! I want to join you! Please!"


    "Ahaha! Stop lying! Join Team Rocket!"



    "I WANT TO HELP YOU TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!"

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  39. I figured Riolu would get the most votes, but picked Klink because out of all of them Klink would be the first to have electric type attacks.

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  40. i think the side your on should change the appearance of your creatures

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  41. Creature's Universe is sounding really cool

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  42. Sounds familiar in many pokemon games. I remember having a similar situation it Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness.

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  43. Ok, but what are the places you go to dark and the places you go to get light?

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  44. So essentially you want shinies to be less special. I think the problem is that we think we're entitled to shiny pokemon. I for one played through all the handheld games through Diamond (multiple times) and only ever found two shiny pokemon. And believe me, they were special. I do agree that it might be slightly more difficult to catch shinies in PTD 2 than PTD 1 because it takes more time and you can't just afk while hoards come through, but I think it's better to make shiny pokemon more special, feel like more of a reward. After all, they are completely unnecessary. And you can always trade shinies for shinies, so you don't necessarily need SND coins to do that.

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  45. Your name times nine equals Arcanine!!! Yay, another dog.

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  46. that were poisonous to humans.

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  47. that was coincidently burned

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  48. Hey, Sam, I'm thinking you might want to leave some of the more stereotypically popular Pokemon (Zorua, Riolu, etc.) off of polls like these, because stuff like Klink will never see the light of day otherwise. Seriously, people, I'm begging you to vote for Klink! I want Klink, damn it, I want Klink so freaking badly!!!

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  49. so one day he wanted to go on an adventure

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  50. Well I sure as heck want riolu. I want spicky eared pichu raelly badly too.

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  51. the point of putting the popular ones on there is because more people like it...... so more people are going to want it to be the mystery gift......

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  52. Whats so good about Klink?

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  53. Aura Sphere Riolu LoverOctober 16, 2012 at 8:59 PM

    Hey Sam can you make a new mystery gift for PTD1 and on PTD2 can you if the mystery gift is riolu can you make it the aura sphere riolu? cause if you do I will be so glad and if you do I will tell all my friends how awesome u are.

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  54. so will skarmory still be able to be catchable in the game????

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  55. Hey Sam, love PTD 2 so far! When will you remove the blaring red "Work in progress" thing out of story mode? Haha sorry but it like crazy bothers me!

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  56. i completely agree

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  57. congratulations sam on your wedding

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  58. Sam could you have a poll out of these guys for the next mystery gift?
    Eevee
    Lavaitar
    Deino
    Bagon
    Gligar


    Also, I have an idea for a new mode. Have you ever played pokemon rumble (specifically rumble blast)? Well it is a pokemon game with a lot of combat. It's your game not mine though.


    Also happy wedding!

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  59. sam when do you think you will have the new story level out Also i caught a shadow pidgey but it wasnt in my pokepad today when i was looking for it so i could train it } :

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  60. skarmory is limited to silver edition so when it does get added u can catch it on silver version :)

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  61. and let all humans enjoy his poisonous cake.

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  62. If you can name ten ways kink is better than rioulu, I'll vote for klink.

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  63. i have an AWESOME suggestion for PTD and PTD2, when you click on any of your pokemon they let out there call! you know, the sound they make? or mabye, while fighting, it doesn't just show there (as in, both the enemy and your guys) health as a bar, it has it as if, lets say, your pokemon has 240 health and it got hurt, it would show 240/200

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  64. cherrygrove city is next week

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  65. 'Once upon a time there was a weird..." (continue the story plot :D)

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  66. OH! MY LOVE FOR HAXORUS AND LUARIO...i pick...........Riolu...we shall meet again, Axew... :(

    anyways, more story! yay! I can never beat the 1v1 level where a guy has like, 2 lv12 Geodudes.

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  67. 1: Two heads are better than one.


    2: Two signature moves vs. Lucario only having 1.
    3: Not overrated like Riolu.
    4: Design is ingenious yet so simple.
    5: Better choice for Violet Gym than Riolu.
    6: Given the nature of PTD2, its abilities of Plus and Minus would make it very beneficial to use multiple Klink in a battle- Special Attack boosts all around.
    7: Compatible with Hyper Beam without needing to evolve. 8: Friendship is needed to evolve Riolu, and that's bound to be at least close to how tedious it can be in the games, whereas Klink evolves by the reliable and familiar method of getting to a certain level.
    8: Clear Body access prevents stat reduction (a common thing in this game), something Riolu and Lucario cannot boast.
    9: No having to try and get the gender you'd prefer, as it has no gender.
    10: Resists Normal, Flying, and Grass moves, three of the most common attack types currently in the game.

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  68. Spiky-eared Pichu ALL the WAY....................

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  69. Skarmory will be in the game eventually

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  70. The only shinies i ever in the handheld games were ponyta,tentacool, wingull,krichetune, and i saw a shiny sneasal but i killed it );

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  71. Sam have anyy idea when the next update coming out

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  72. The moral of the story is: no matter how cute a bunny may be, never it eats cakes.

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  73. I think the light dark name should change to red and blue, because light does seem quite "good" in my opinion

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  74. Shiny Meowth(computer trainer's), Shiny Gloom (Safari Zone[Ran 1rst turn]), Shiny Gyarados(Gold&Heartgold scripted Red Gyarados), Shiny Electrode(Selfdestruct 1rst turn), Shiny Lairon(Roar 2nd turn). I'm cursed.

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  75. hey how come everytime i post a comment its in the end part of the comments section.

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  76. Hey Sam can you possibly add an "I do not want" option to the trading options because I put up a few Zorua trades and had to take them all down and restructure them in a way that doesn't quite portray my wants because someone gave me a Shadow Pidgey (that I didn't want) and the system automatically approved the trade.
    *Reads sentence 15 of CU News* So how different is CU gonna be from Pokemon again?_?

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  77. I was just about to comment on that. XD

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  78. It was rather obvious that most people would pick the 'legendary' Pokémon (despite many people thinking so, Riolu isn't a legendary Pokémon)... The same thing happened with the last mystery gift poll...

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  79. tofu patty. it was weird cus it was alive

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  80. i completely aggree

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  81. Well, I'll be happy to fill anonymous' shoes and tell you how i disagree.
    1. Until they disagree that is.
    2. Good point, but sig. moves aren't everything.
    3. That's because it shouldn't be overrated ; it doesn't deserve it.
    4. Ingenious- I don't think so. Lucario looks much better.
    5. That's just one gym. Lucario is useful for Goldenrod City, Olivine City, and Mahogany Town.
    6. That will only help in certain occasions - what if the pokemon you are battling has good S.D.?
    7. Hyper Beam probably won't be a T.M. for a long time; by then, Riolu would be able to evolve.
    8*1. Because it evolves by friendship, level caps will be much less a worry.
    8*2. Good point- but so far this is only very useful in 1vs1.
    9. The mystery gift gives you both genders and you know that very well.
    10. Lucario resists normal and grass too, and Lucario is part fighting type, one of the best offensive types- even better with stab and part steel type, one of the best defensive types in the game.


    There 10 reasons to disagree with your 10 reasons.


    And here are Lucario's advantages:


    1. He can learn many different types of moves level-up, 7 to be exact, 6 damaging ones.
    2. He has really useful moves like swords dance, heal pulse, me first, counter and calm mind.
    3. He's just pure awesomeness!


    And remember, I really really want spiky-eared Pichu so you're not the only one who's unhappy.

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  82. no thank you, dont write in all caps.

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  83. the first is a really good idea, only it would make the moves have that short cooldown, but I certainly am with you.

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  84. Riolu- 62% - come on people, lets make it 99%!

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  85. Sam, one last desperate plead ( :) ), can you please add spiky eared pichu to the next M.G. poll?
    spiky eared pichu, not just pichu,
    or wait!
    Ukelele Pichu pleaaaaase Sam?
    Or maybe even, add both!
    Who wants spiky eared or ukelele pichu?!

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  86. Me, I want both! :)

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  87. Where's the poll I want to vote Sandile.

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  88. technically PTD isn't pokemon in a traditional sense. It just takes the structure of pokemon and sets it to a different genre of game. Personally if Creature Universe were just like PTD but with all original creatures I'd be pretty pleased with it. It seems like Sam has a good grasp on what it takes to make a good game, have some faith man. Borrowing from the greats only means that his foundation will be more sound.

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  89. Traditionally the things that affect happiness are: Having the Pokemon in your party, giving it vitamins, Leveling it up, Feeding it berries it likes, holding certain held items, being caught in a luxury ball and getting massages. Also your pokemon can lose happiness by being fed herbs and allowing it to feint a lot . It's also an invisible stat that can only be determined by speaking to certain NPC's, by using moves like Return or Frustration.

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  90. click discussion. then click newest. It is probably set to best, which means people would have to vote yours up to be on the top.

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  91. One for Gold one for Silver? =D

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  92. I had a couple ideas for PTD2. First off would be a way to make it Day/Night faster. Allow players to go to their bed and rest for X amount of hours in an Elder Scrolls Fashion. That way if I want to go hunt for Hoothoot I can simply rest for 12 hours and go hunting, rather than have to stand around in game waiting for night time to hit. Also I'd like to see an in-game watch on the overworld map UI somewhere. Also are shadow pokemon exclusive to night and shiny pokemon exclusive to day? Wouldn't that make it impossible to get shiny night-time pokemon like hoothoot, or vice versa?

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  93. Wow!!! =O Great idea Sam and congrats on you're wedding
    Any way what you doing is really amazing actually I've been day dreaming about it half my life!!! (the other half i spend on other things like games, movies, Music, stories, like Power Rangers, Naruto, Prototype, Devil may cry, and many other things And well of course my normal life) I've been combining many different games and movies and might I suggest the player to actually fight along with they're Pokemon or combine them somehow cus the game kinda seem like " Don't be afraid guys WE can do this TOGETHER And it was like ("just standing there"Player: use this attack use that and that and those and Blah blah blab bloy -_- Then the Pokemons do all the work. And... you know it just seems unfair cus the benefits of the pokemons given by their trainers seems lower than the benefits from the pokemons PLUS the trainers gets to go home to they're families and friends and fall in love on their own and make decisions like where to go, who to fight and their also the ones who receives the money The trophies Mostly And all they did is SHOUT!!! at them... Its so unfair


    but i guess that's how life works in the Real World so might i suggest maybe when all the pokemons or creature is down the enemy gets to attack the player i mean that would make sense and maybe you should allow death on the game so that players would have to start over again then that means they would require such items like Sands of time or revive or just be a zombie and take you're revenge etc...


    i hope you like it

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  94. also pretty useful for earning money

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  95. hey sam, is it possible to find shinies in the zai level (morning mostly, im looking for hoppip^^), or can you only catch the two shadows at day and night in this level?

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  96. you dont need to answer just found a shiny in this level^^

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  97. hey, I know how fun correcting people can be but I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to Sam.

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  98. Rather allow six stories...good & bad paths of the three stories...

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  99. You can find shadow pokemon during the day helping Zai, but in the deep forest they are exclusive to night. Shiny pokemon can be found any time. I agree on the faster day/night thing, and I think Sam has agreed on previous posts that something needs to be done in that regard.

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  100. Do you think people who like the night are evil? It's much the same with light vs dark. People who enjoy shadows, stealth, night, aren't necessarily evil, nor are those who prefer day and light necessarily good. Exactly what attributes Sam gives to each of light and dark are unspecified, but it's not hard to see how it could work (example from pokemon, dark types were not evil).

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  101. first i dont want shinys to be less special, but there should be a fair chance to catch all in the game. also you cant compare a tower defence game with the games for the gameboy and nintendo ds. i know that in the "real" games it is nearly impossible to find a shiny (i found about 6 in the games) but catching shinies in ptd and ptd2 is an elemental part. after all this game is at the beginning and in the making. you play the levels now for like 5 minutes (i exxagerate a little bit^^) and then you have to wait one week for the next update and new stuff. so what to do? about the thing with the snd coins. i dont wanted to say, that everybody should get as much snd coins as he want in the game. if i meant that, than youre right and shinys would not be special anymore. i also dont want thet!!! that people buy snd coins is good and helps the game to stay alive(!!!), but i think most people here are very young and dont have the possibilitie to buy them. i think it would be fair to let them earn some coins. there shouldnt be so much coins that you can get every pokemon you want, but at least some. and like i said its frustrating to play the game over and over again for hours. and not finding a single shiny. oh you are right you can trade for shinys, but i saw on the avatar chat that people are offering shiny dogs or other legends for new shinies like hoothoot or sentret. and this shinys are "common" ones. so how should i trade for them? in my opinion there should be more shiny quests in the game (like the voltorb quest in ptd1). they should be hard, but not impossible. if you think they are unneccesary, its your opinion, but i think its a very important in the game. ptd wouldnt be the same, if shinys would be as rare as in the "real" games. and like i said you cant compare them.

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  102. By definition of special, you want them to be less special. If shinies are harder to find they are worth more. That's just straight up economics. What you are essentially arguing is that you think shinies are worth too much. And the games, while incomparable, are not irrelevant, because Sam takes a lot from them. Case in point, Sam decided to take the shiny rate from the games. Now if you want to talk about changing other things (e.g., the number of pokemon in waves) which affect how fast you can find shinies, that is one thing. Changing the actual chances of finding a shiny is very relevant to the original game.


    Second, I completely disagree that shinies are necessary to the game. If you think your time is wasted waiting and expect to be entertained by a game that is barely started, then simply come back in a few months. I promise there are plenty of worthwhile things to do with your life between now and then, and PTD 2 will be much farther along. Being involved in the process is much more about giving feedback for the game and being involved in its development, which I think is exciting, rather than being entertained. At least for me, shinies are just a bonus.


    I also never said that there shouldn't be shiny quests, but the shinies you get from them are worth a lot less, people won't trade the legendary dogs for quest shinies. Again, simple economics, the harder it is to get something desirable, the more people will give for it. Shiny quests are awesome, but again, they are only a bonus and not the point of the game.


    Look, all I'm saying is that shiny pokemon are cool, but we shouldn't be obsessed with them. Nor should we expect to invest hours upon hours in a game that has only a few levels out. I think that is a ridiculous waste of time. If you want to do that, go ahead, but that's not the point of the game, and there is no reason you should expect a reward for playing an unfinished game for hours upon hours. It's unfinished.

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  103. POKEMON TOWER DEFENSE 2 RULESOctober 17, 2012 at 4:55 PM

    COME ON SAM I BELIEVE IN YOU !!!!!!!!!!!! :)

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  104. and made out of cheese?

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  105. Are the blog updates for the updates that will be released next week or the updates that have just been released that day (like for PTD 1). I read the blog and go looking for the updates but can't find them

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  106. nothing compared to tacos

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  107. They explain what he is working on for PTD2 and Creature Universe. Under weekly progress, you can find what he is currently working on. If it says something like Alpha v1.22 Out now. Then the updates underneath are already out if something like Alpha v1.22 progress list then no. Underneath you can see how far all the items are ready to be put in the game.

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  108. A new game that Sam & Dan and crew are working on that is in the early planning stages and so it does not have a beginning of a story already out like PTD2. If you are wondering what it is going to be like, check out previous blogs.

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  109. 1. Unfortunately those heads cannot think, unlike Lucario's.
    2. Have you seen Lucario's movepool? Who cares about amount of signature moves?
    3. Because Riolu is better.4. I'll bet Gamefreak spent a lot of time designing that thing.5. Lucario is better in the long run.6. Klinklang is a physical Pokemon.7. Yeah, Hyper Beam at level 57. Riolu would evolve around level 20, way before Klink8. Ok... but Klinklang's stats are too low to be of any use.9. We want to have different genders.10. Lucario resists way more.

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  110. and lived in salted pikle under a tree

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  111. Sam how is there a lot of people who vote but less that comment? but the next one when riolu is done can the votes be shadow starters, shiny starters,or a shiny hoothoot?

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  112. why do people choose klink? RIOLU IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  113. Sam will the legends move or stay still in the game?

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  114. Sam, for the next mystery gift (if you make another poll) can you put in options pokemons that can generate a little of suspence? We don't need to vote to know that riolu is the next mystery gift. So for the next poll, add pokemon that are in the same "popular-level", or with rival pokemon like zangoose-seviper, Plusle-Minun, Gothita-Solosis, etc...

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  115. not sure yet, would be fun to make them move

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  116. what the howme said :)

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  117. tacos are pretty amazing

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  118. :) there was a bug that if you found a shiny you would be suspected of hacking but its fixed now :)

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  119. each year someones was forced to visit it...

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  120. can you add new pkmn to the adopt list?

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  121. I went back to the earlier updates and saw a lot of great suggestions but some of them were not seen or read so here are some i would like re-suggest: (1.)be able to command your pokemon where to go by clicking (2.) seeing your pokemon slowly change, grow, evolve, or mutate every level or as time pass and have birthdays and families of their own (3.) be able to make apricorn ball and allowing it to have a chance to capture a pokemon without the need to wait for it to go red before u can capture it (4.) instead of switching the scenario every time you battle a pokemon why not use the UI map instead so that you can have a battle like Joey and Maruto did or when Joey caught pikachu sammy in ptd 1 (5,) Allowing the Pokemon to block, counter, or dodge some attacks and seeing the pokemon to actually fight, jump get tossed all over the place after taking hits (6.) Now for the TD like feature how about when youn enter the route 29 and fight one of the pokemons there the other pokemons nearby will fight you to aid their friend. when the fight begins the pokemon following you will automatically go infront of you to defend you and when the other pokemons try to help out you can start putting your pokemons on the sides just like a Td game and that would make it even more realistic (7.) Now are here are my own suggestions to make shadows and shinies even more special why not make the shadow pokemons more realistic and have features like growing as time pass be able to make some fatal injuries like broken bones, spitting blood, bruises, and having some wounds and also having their own place where they live (8.) Having personalities like not following instruction/ commands and breaks out of the pokeballs sometimes like wabaffet in the movie with team rocket and seeing them slowly grow get hungry and more chances of having food like berries and get tired and sleepy and get angry sometime and can make their own decisions (9.) As for the shinies how about making them more magical and quite unrealistic and having features like when using some dangerous attacks and not fatally injure the reciver of the attack or the enemy and the ability to re-evolve to its previous evolution .and etc.......

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  122. this can also be applied to creature uni verse TD

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  123. Sam, when are you going to implement trainer specialization?

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  124. Could not have said it better myself! We've even had discussions among the staff about the game being "too pokémon", but I always insist that the only thing PTD borrows - aside from designs - is the type chart, both of which we've already remedied. Really, PTD itself will be the only thing the two franchises will have in common.

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  125. I voted for Sandile. To hell with the rest!

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  126. Oh yeah, Sam when are you going to put in some shadow moves?
    How are you going to determine what Shadow moves the pokemon can learn anyhow?

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  127. i only ignored it imagining like it was not there,you should try it.

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  128. I have a list of questions for you sam(and could you reply me back).


    1.could you add achievements in the game?
    2.can you add multiplayer with modes in multiplayer called "PvP","Defend the candy" and "retrieve the candy"?
    3.will silver ever come back?
    4.could you add a new move called vine grabber
    5.can some of the choices for the next mystery gift poll be piplup,chimchar,bwisel and murkrow?

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  129. Best wishes Sam, hope you two have the best of lives.
    Best wishes again, from the other side of Earth.

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  130. Sam what are RIP sprites

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  131. Sprites that Rest In Peace. Just kidding. It is probably sprites that he gets from other sources so that he can put it in the game.

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  132. It would be AMAZING we have Haxorus in my team, but sadly rioulu wins, so Sam, I ask you, coul you make Axeu next week?

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  133. Just my opinion, as you made the HM and TM no longer cost money, could you make HM and TM achievement of the game like surf in PTD1? You know if everyone gets awesome moves like icebeam and Hyperbeam at the beginning, it will be too easy to begin.

    Also I don't like the idea that releasing a pokemon gives you 100 pokedollars as this sounds like hunting and selling pokemon.

    Thank you Sam for making such an awesome game!

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  134. Hi my profile on mozilla ment nothing because i went to google crome in hope getting zorua but when i did everything that i did on mozilla wasnt on google crome the 1vs1 data was all gone i had all the lvls betten and 1500 coins and i had 2 accounts on story and on google crome it wasnt there and i had to start a new one because when i looked at pokemon center on google crome it didnt have any of the zorua i typed the code in from mozilla and i have the code but you dont want us to post it so i wont and i luckily had time to put it in but i want to know can you fix this because all that work on 1vs1 i really dont want to lose i dont really mind losing my shadows as much as all that work i put into getting those coins so please fix this cause i dont know what happen.

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  135. Exactly as Howme said I think. "Rip" is a verb, not an acronym, so Sam is saying that he needs to rip the sprites from the games, i.e., take the images from the games to use in PTD 2.

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  136. and the winner for next mystey gift is riolu!!!

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  137. just curious but would and auto level up option be cool?
    cause i think it'd be usful

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  138. I made a comment regarding move combinations in "New Features and Critical Bugs!" and my suggestion of move combination was over shadowed by my suggestion of how to implement it..all thanks to my and Jordan's(sorry abt that) arguments and ur reply was "Like Jordan said...CUTD"(comment removed). I just want to know your pros and cons of implementing move combinations in PTD 2 independent of my suggestion of "How" to implement it.

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  139. Too many games... ;)

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  140. BEST MYSTERY GIFT OPTIONS..........................................
    WhiteHand


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    GHOST
    http://images.wikia.com/creepypasta/images/d/d3/Pokemon_Ghost.png

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    Buried Alive
    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3317/5844861511_3a059b998d.jpg

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  141. those aren't that good

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  142. XD will there be a taco mystery gift?

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  143. Please Sam, tell me, do you have something in mind for the Casino Coins in Pokemon Center???
    will they be useless? can we have some ptd Generations shadows with them?

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  144. i have some questions for you sam
    1.will the level cap be 100 at the end of the game again?
    2.will ptd 2 have a criminal team?
    3.will ptd 2 let you catch latios and latias?
    4.when will survival mode be out for ptd 2?
    5.will their be rare candies to use on story mode?
    these are all story mod e questions :]

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  145. no they're not, survival mode -_-

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  146. I think that Missing No. could have form changes like the ghost. (Going to Pewter Museum and looking at the specific fossils that it transforms into. Kinda like Deoxys) (BTW how will you make form changes, Sam?) Buried Alive isn't a real pokemon and won't be included. Ever.

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  147. I think that (as long as this isn't too much work for Sam) we should be able to find the TM's like in the game.

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  148. You wouldn't be able to have Haxorus until the level cap is raised to 48, and I'm sure Sam will include Axew after that. I do get what you are saying. Haxorus is a really cool pokemon and is very powerful.

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  149. In Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness and Pokemon Colosseum each shadow pokemon has certain moves. It will be interesting in deciding how Gen IV and V pokemon will learn shadow moves, as these two games were introduced in Gen III (I'm sorry if Colosseum is in Gen II, I just think it is gen II).

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  150. Yeah, I feel that some kind of system should be introduced so more popular pokemon such as Riolu shouldn't have such advantage over the other. The rivals would be good.

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  151. Nah! Tacos in pokemon games would be too weird. Taco Bell, however, WOULD BE AMAZING!

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  152. I know for sure Gale of darkness is gen lll so it doesn't really matter

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  153. Never thought of that. Each town has its own fast food joint. Maybe we will see a Best Buy and fix your home computer (in the game)

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  154. not yet but it is problably gonna be made soon

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  155. sorry replied to the wrong person, yeah survival mode is not part of story mode but its still one of my questions

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  156. Good idea, go to Taco Bell, Feed your poke a taco, boost the happiness level by 10 points (like if agree)

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  157. New update looks good, just wondering if you would be able to add ways to tell the ingame time in ways other than in battle. For example, the time would show in the pokepad or map.

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  158. yes this is coming in the Map UI upgrades

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  159. 1. yes
    2. yes
    3. yes
    4. don't know, once I finish a lot of other stuff
    5. yes

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  160. I'll try to figure something out with them

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  161. cons would be that it isn't in pokemon so some people are turned off by adding a lot of things that are not in pokemon, also it takes a long time to code it. Also you have to think of how you present it to the user. Having something easy to understand is sometimes pretty hard.

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  162. that is already in :)

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  163. the refund for releasing is probably just for 1v1, I do agree that TM/HM should be found/unlocked.

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  164. It means Rest In Peace! Nah just means what Jordan and The Howme said :)

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  165. 1. yes
    2. yes but it will be a whileeee
    3. yes
    4. lol what?
    5. I might make a poll about it :)

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  166. will they be a one time use, or once u find it u can use it a bunch of times?

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  167. soon! I'm glad you remembered!

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  168. Good suggestions! Very creative but very hard to implement :)

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  169. Gen 3. I was thinking more along the lines of pokemon that never were Shadow at all or had a Shadow in their evolution line like Eevee. Pokemon like a Shadow Pidgey can be related to the Shadow Pigeotto and thus have its move pool based off Shadow Pidgeotto's. I Suppose Sam could just make the vast majority of Shadow moves available to a pokemon based on the progress through the game and the Evolutionary stage of the pokemon(S.Pidgey: Shadow Blitz -> S.Pidgeotto Shadow Rush -> S.Pidgeot Shadow End), but he would still have to be careful that Pokemon weren't learning moves they shouldn't like a Shadow Bulbasur learning Shadow Freeze.

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  170. how about the gen. 5 starters? for the next poll?

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  171. K. Thanks 4 d reply. Seeing u implement pokemon behaviors was the reason for telling u 2 introduce move combinations 2 nywez I'll think of new ideas that are comparatively easy to implement:-)

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  172. The survival mode idea sounds great if you ask me. Maybe consider adding it after you get the level cap to 100 and/or get story mode done. Give us a big chunk of challenges and reward us for completion of such tasks. Give us some really hard ones too so that the ones here who want a big challenge have something to strive for. Maybe have challenges rated by a difficulty level and give us rewards based upon said difficulty.
    Reward ideas: special avatars, shiny/shadow pokemon, legendaries, maybe even impossible pokemon (I am referring to things that pokemon games have had but you could never get legitimately like a female Mr. mime).
    Challenge ideas: defeat x waves without losing any candy, survive x waves, survive x waves using pokemon that all share a single common type among them, or use pokemon with level x or less and survive x waves, or even combinations of that.
    Giving survival mode would give this game something more than a simple shiny hunt for replay value. Although, I'm not saying that the shiny hunt isn't part of the fun, I just think that it would be nice to have options for this.

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  173. Sam i can't get on avatar chat. So why can't I get on

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