S2E11 Gotta Catch ’Em All (Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire)

S2E10 Gotta Catch ’Em All (Bird Pokémon)

We recorded this Episode in July and I just haven't gotten around to the edits until now. Chris and I FINALLY sit down to discuss Ruby and Sapphire on the Gameboy Advance. I personally didn't play these games so it was great to get Chris' insight into the new aspects they added into the games, as well as the overall impression of them.

Because I am editing this so much later than the recording, I didn't want to delay things further by adding in a "Checkpoint" section. I'll add the notes here instead:

- Chris is correct and Pokémon Crystal was the first game to allow you to be a female protagonist.

- Pokémon Contests are really confusing. I feel like my questions didn't totally clear up the process. You enter a Pokémon of your choice into a specific Contest (Cool, Beauty, Tough, etc.). A Pokémon's moves have a specific clearly labeled contest stat and when you use it, the judge and audience reaction derives a score. Different aspects of a Pokémon (like Nature) gave them a starting advantage in the contests along with...Pokeblocks?! While digging into this some more, the contests were quite complicated and confusing for many players. I really enjoyed the description of the Gen 3 contests featured by this Youtuber (alyo) to get a brief grasp of how it all worked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX_UN38vab0&t=58s

- I realized only during editing that I mentioned I like Corsola as a new addition. Corsola was introduced in Gen II (Gold/Silver) and not Gen III. Whoops!

The intro/outro music is:

Symphogear G - "Rainbow Flower"

Lyrics/Composition: Noriyasu Agematsu

Arrangement: Seima Iwahashi

Vocals: Aoi Yuki

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