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Lighty Plays Platinum - Part 1
So since July 2017 I've been doing a Let's Play (I guess???) of sorts on and off on my tumblr, of the game Pokémon: Platinum Version. It is mostly me posting screenshots from the game along with silly captions, recaps of random battles, and the occasional QUALITY illustration, usually of a silly joke.
I am not sure how many of you will really be into this but ever since tumblr went tits up (or tits off you could say, ba-dump-tsh) jn Dec. 2018 I've figured I should probably try and archive it on my DW account. Of course, I'm not entirely sure what to do about image hosting so for now all bandwidth is being ganked from tumblr...
Anywho. What follows will be a verbatim copy+paste of any screenshots, commentary, and the occasional tag, up until I decide the post is getting Way Too Long. Hopefully y'all will enjoy, and if you're really curious you can also read the thing in chronological order on my tumblr here.
* * *
SO THIS IS A THING I'M DOING NOW
tag 2 block is “lighty plays platinum”
Observations:
Playing as a girl b.c. BOYS HAVE COOTIES
Overly pleased I get to name my rival.
Me:
[takes a single step]
whOA okay guess i don't have time to check out my room yet, Things Are Happening.
wait are you planning on just barging into this strange professor’s house and asking him for free pokemon
(Since my OC’s kinda the kuudere/dandere type I’m just imagining her watching Aiden running around all “:|”)
Okay, good, now I don't have to be patient for the rest of the game.
Unlike Aiden.
...Oh dear. I have a feeling I'll need to do that to progress the plot.
...Yeah, disobeying mom is gonna be go.
Yeah, we're gonna break some rules and do dumb dangerous stuff. Like friends do!
...You ran into me?!
It better not be "To Fine Gemma $10 Million."
[...]
#i say despite having played through N's Dad Is Horrible The Video Game
What, you're not actually going to fine me?
[...]
I will point out that not only does Gemma not line up with Aiden, but the person shouting HOLD IT is probably Rowan.
Was... was my protag just going to hang back and watch Aiden run through the grass? Dang, that's cold.
[...]
* What a meaningful conversation!
Half-tempted to say "no" just to see how he'd react.
But then I'd feel bad.
[...]
OKAY very glad I didn't tease Aiden now because honey you are a sweetheart.
...define "reckless"
and "endanger"
[...]
OH
male protag is in this game. huh. glad this hopefully means the third starter won't be abandoned.
[...]
(Crucial to WHAT?)
I pick Chimchar because most people don't seem to like it. CHIMCHAR DESERVES MORE LOVE.
I thought this bit of dialogue was cute. Shrugs.
Ah. I shoulda expected.
NERD.
THE BATTLE: Started well enough off for me, but while I kept spamming scratch, he kept spamming growl, so my attacks were doing like. Bupkis.
...And then when he switched to using pound Piplup was able to KO my Chimchar before he could KO Piplup.
THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR NOT USING STRATEGY.
At least SOMEBODY'S HAPPY.
And I'm unconscious apparently, so.
Good thing this isn't a Nuzlocke, I tell ya.
And here's some information on Chimchar's personality, because that's WAY more interesting than his actual stats.
I did not know you were planning on meeting me, dude.
[...]
...do you have any pokeballs because i do not. i think there's a slight flaw in your plans if this is the case.
He follows you around! That is cute.
...There's a guy standing by the lake muttering to himself. Do try to keep up, Aiden.
are you talking to the fish sir
Oh. THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR MAKING JOKES.
i'm sure he won't be relevant ever again.
show of hands, who's surprised
YEAH THAT'S WHAT THE PUSHERS ALWAYS SAY IN THE PSAS.
I'M ONTO YOU, POKEMART EMPLOYEE.
(this and a bidoof fight were the only real things to happen.)
WELP.
jeeze aiden, have some manners.
yeah he
does that.
FINALLY
Cinnamon felt naked without a nickname.
...Cinnamon. I just gave him a name, use it.
???
you could not tell me about whatever this is while i was still in your lab
Poseidon quivers etc.
After getting used to the look of Unova pokecenters this place feels weird to me.
But at least I get more than eight goddamn boxes in my PC, POKEMON BLACK.
One hunting session later...
And here are our new team members!
Did a bit of grinding- let's hope this team is enough to get me outta Sandgem Town.
OH. Right...
I'm a terrible daughter.
HI MOM
I ALMOST LEFT ON A JOURNEY WITHOUT YOU
YOU FORGIVE ME RIGHT
[...]
I want to criticize, but I really have no room to.
[...]
I mean, odds are he'll literally bang into me without me even trying to find him so, sure.
I skipped over the dialogue about it, but my mom gave me a journal. This is what it says so far!
Scintillating, I know.
RESUMING OUR JOURNEY
Nice to see Turtwig at least got a home :V
PLUS: Free stuff! Always good.
Aaaand time for one of these.
ROUTE 202
Vs. Lass Natalie Summary:
Nnnnot a lot since we last spoke?
Lucas sure likes dragging me places.
I'm guessing it's either Aiden smashing into things or Cyrus/Team Galactic being Nefarious.
gdit why must i be wrong about things.
Looker pls.
[...]
I am beginning to suspect this dude just wants to show off his ~elite interpol agent~ status to the first person who so much as blinks at him.
Uh. The sentiment is, at least?
I feel like I’m being taught Basic Social Skills from an educational preschooler show mascot.
(Then we got off the subject when Looker gave us this.)
Sounds like something a lonely guy would say, Mr. Looker.
It would probably be easier if he didn't announce his status to random strangers within like five seconds of saying hi.
I dunno. He doesn't really strike me as the studious type.
And here's our map from the pokecenter. There's still a lot of Sinnoh to go.
Interesting choice of adjectives there.
Okay, so. Probably useless to me then.
I stopped goofing around eventually and actually went where the game wanted me to go, dnw.
And I said you weren’t the studious type! I should just change this tag to “lighty is wrong about everything.”
[...]
Either this was deliberately planned on your mom’s part or maybe she just is afraid you’ll need a backup in case you lose one.
(I’ll note here that in many conversations- such as this one- I’ll skip over any dialogue that I don’t think is interesting enough/unnecessary for y’all to get the gist.)
JUBILIFE TRAINER SCHOOL
Oh, hey!
the heck is you
Just gimme the thing, sir.
Looking at one right now, sir.
Lord. More tutorial stuff.
TO BE FAIR: This is a game for little kids as well.
What an awkwardly phrased question.
And now y'all can see how terrible my sleep schedule is.
[...]
[suspicious squint]
Of course there is.
Went to do some grinding and wound up catching this little lady instead!
I am not sure how many of you will really be into this but ever since tumblr went tits up (or tits off you could say, ba-dump-tsh) jn Dec. 2018 I've figured I should probably try and archive it on my DW account. Of course, I'm not entirely sure what to do about image hosting so for now all bandwidth is being ganked from tumblr...
Anywho. What follows will be a verbatim copy+paste of any screenshots, commentary, and the occasional tag, up until I decide the post is getting Way Too Long. Hopefully y'all will enjoy, and if you're really curious you can also read the thing in chronological order on my tumblr here.
* * *
SO THIS IS A THING I'M DOING NOW
tag 2 block is “lighty plays platinum”
Observations:
- I did not expect Rowan to look like this. I am not sure how I managed to have no idea what he looks like.
- I cannot wait to change the text speed. I am used to the SUPER FAST speed I have in my Pokemon Black game.
- I like the little bit where I had to actually click on the pokeball button so he’d show me the buneary.
Playing as a girl b.c. BOYS HAVE COOTIES
also i pretty much always make a point of playing as a girl whenever that’s an option tbh
Anyway, our heroine is named Gemma, sort of after an OC of mine.
Overly pleased I get to name my rival.
Me:
[takes a single step]
whOA okay guess i don't have time to check out my room yet, Things Are Happening.
wait are you planning on just barging into this strange professor’s house and asking him for free pokemon
(Since my OC’s kinda the kuudere/dandere type I’m just imagining her watching Aiden running around all “:|”)
Aiden.
Why do I have a feeling it is impossible to be early-by-your-standards.
Okay, good, now I don't have to be patient for the rest of the game.
Unlike Aiden.
...Oh dear. I have a feeling I'll need to do that to progress the plot.
...Yeah, disobeying mom is gonna be go.
Fresh and Free! ♪
And shaped like a tree! ♫
Literally! ♪ ♫
Yeah, we're gonna break some rules and do dumb dangerous stuff. Like friends do!
...You ran into me?!
It better not be "To Fine Gemma $10 Million."
[...]
Okay, I’m sorry, but my first thought was “Aiden’s mom doesn’t know who his dad is.”
Brain plz, this is a lighthearted kid’s game.
#i say despite having played through N's Dad Is Horrible The Video Game
What, you're not actually going to fine me?
[...]
I will point out that not only does Gemma not line up with Aiden, but the person shouting HOLD IT is probably Rowan.
Was... was my protag just going to hang back and watch Aiden run through the grass? Dang, that's cold.
[...]
* What a meaningful conversation!
Half-tempted to say "no" just to see how he'd react.
But then I'd feel bad.
[...]
OKAY very glad I didn't tease Aiden now because honey you are a sweetheart.
...define "reckless"
and "endanger"
[...]
OH
male protag is in this game. huh. glad this hopefully means the third starter won't be abandoned.
[...]
(Crucial to WHAT?)
I pick Chimchar because most people don't seem to like it. CHIMCHAR DESERVES MORE LOVE.
I thought this bit of dialogue was cute. Shrugs.
Ah. I shoulda expected.
NERD.
THE BATTLE: Started well enough off for me, but while I kept spamming scratch, he kept spamming growl, so my attacks were doing like. Bupkis.
...And then when he switched to using pound Piplup was able to KO my Chimchar before he could KO Piplup.
THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR NOT USING STRATEGY.
At least SOMEBODY'S HAPPY.
And I'm unconscious apparently, so.
Good thing this isn't a Nuzlocke, I tell ya.
And here's some information on Chimchar's personality, because that's WAY more interesting than his actual stats.
I did not know you were planning on meeting me, dude.
[...]
...do you have any pokeballs because i do not. i think there's a slight flaw in your plans if this is the case.
He follows you around! That is cute.
This amuses me entirely because the OC Gemma is named after has a very limited ability to experience emotions.
She could probably use this legendary whatever.
...There's a guy standing by the lake muttering to himself. Do try to keep up, Aiden.
are you talking to the fish sir
Oh. THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR MAKING JOKES.
i'm sure he won't be relevant ever again.
show of hands, who's surprised
YEAH THAT'S WHAT THE PUSHERS ALWAYS SAY IN THE PSAS.
I'M ONTO YOU, POKEMART EMPLOYEE.
(this and a bidoof fight were the only real things to happen.)
WELP.
jeeze aiden, have some manners.
yeah he
does that.
FINALLY
Cinnamon felt naked without a nickname.
...Cinnamon. I just gave him a name, use it.
???
you could not tell me about whatever this is while i was still in your lab
you just had to wait until i was just out the door and yell in my ear
Anyway, he gave me a TM.
Then there was a bit of tutorial stuff with Lucas but I’m skipping over that for you.
Poseidon quivers etc.
After getting used to the look of Unova pokecenters this place feels weird to me.
But at least I get more than eight goddamn boxes in my PC, POKEMON BLACK.
One hunting session later...
And here are our new team members!
Did a bit of grinding- let's hope this team is enough to get me outta Sandgem Town.
OH. Right...
I'm a terrible daughter.
HI MOM
I ALMOST LEFT ON A JOURNEY WITHOUT YOU
YOU FORGIVE ME RIGHT
[...]
I want to criticize, but I really have no room to.
[...]
I mean, odds are he'll literally bang into me without me even trying to find him so, sure.
I skipped over the dialogue about it, but my mom gave me a journal. This is what it says so far!
Scintillating, I know.
RESUMING OUR JOURNEY
Nice to see Turtwig at least got a home :V
PLUS: Free stuff! Always good.
Aaaand time for one of these.
ROUTE 202
Vs. Youngster Tristan Summary:
- Opponent had a single Lvl. 5 Starly.
- Melba got sent out first but she still only knows Growl and Bide so I immediately swapped her out for Brioche.
- Brioche tried to Growl + Tackle the enemy to death, but they managed to get her attack lower faster and a lucky critical hit KO’d Brioche.
- Oreo finished off the opponent, and Melba leveled up. I went to the Pokecenter after this.
Vs. Lass Natalie Summary:
- Opponent’s team consisted of a single Lvl. 5 Bidoof.
- Brioche went out first. Used growl a couple of times until the opponent was only able to chip off 1 HP per tackle.
- Brioche proceeded to slowly tackle the opponent to KO.
Vs. Youngster Logan Summary:
- Opponent’s team consisted of a single Lvl. 5 Burmy with a Plant Cloak.
- Brioche went out first. A single growl ensured the Burmy’s attacks did very little damage, and we were able to quickly defeat them.
Nnnnot a lot since we last spoke?
Lucas sure likes dragging me places.
I'm guessing it's either Aiden smashing into things or Cyrus/Team Galactic being Nefarious.
gdit why must i be wrong about things.
Looker pls.
[...]
I am beginning to suspect this dude just wants to show off his ~elite interpol agent~ status to the first person who so much as blinks at him.
Uh. The sentiment is, at least?
I feel like I’m being taught Basic Social Skills from an educational preschooler show mascot.
(Then we got off the subject when Looker gave us this.)
Sounds like something a lonely guy would say, Mr. Looker.
It would probably be easier if he didn't announce his status to random strangers within like five seconds of saying hi.
I dunno. He doesn't really strike me as the studious type.
And here's our map from the pokecenter. There's still a lot of Sinnoh to go.
Interesting choice of adjectives there.
Okay, so. Probably useless to me then.
I stopped goofing around eventually and actually went where the game wanted me to go, dnw.
And I said you weren’t the studious type! I should just change this tag to “lighty is wrong about everything.”
[...]
Either this was deliberately planned on your mom’s part or maybe she just is afraid you’ll need a backup in case you lose one.
(I’ll note here that in many conversations- such as this one- I’ll skip over any dialogue that I don’t think is interesting enough/unnecessary for y’all to get the gist.)
JUBILIFE TRAINER SCHOOL
Oh, hey!
Vs. School Kid Christine Summary:
- Opponent’s team consisted of a single Lvl. 6 Bidoof.
- Brioche was sent out. Employed usual strategy of growling until the opponent was doing 1 HP of damage per attack and then trying to tackle them to death.
- Plan was slightly thrown off by opponent getting a critical hit, dragging Brioche into the red, and using a potion when they were in the red.
- I used a potion on Brioche, but they were able to get another critical hit off and the battle was pretty back and forth until Brioche emerged victorious. Brioche leveled up at the end of the battle.
Vs. School Kid Harrison Summary:
- Opponent’s team consisted of a single lvl. 6 Starly.
- Oreo was sent out. Opponent used an X Attack on their Starly, proceeded to employ previous strategy of lowering their attack via growl and then spamming an attack move, albeit quick attack this time.
- The opponent was able to bring Oreo’s health down by about half by the end of the battle, but it ultimately went well for Oreo. Oreo leveled up and the opponent gave us a bonus potion at the end of the battle.
the heck is you
I beat the Unovan Elite Four BOTH WAYS UPHILL WITHOUT A POKETCH SIR
I THINK I CAN CALL MYSELF A DANG TRAINER
Just gimme the thing, sir.
Looking at one right now, sir.
Lord. More tutorial stuff.
TO BE FAIR: This is a game for little kids as well.
What an awkwardly phrased question.
And now y'all can see how terrible my sleep schedule is.
[...]
[suspicious squint]
Of course there is.
Went to do some grinding and wound up catching this little lady instead!
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prior to this my main involvement in pokemon stuff was occasionally roleplaying as pokemon gijinkas on gaia online as a teenager because of course it was.
(i still need to properly draw my nosepass character.)my main thought on all the npcs tbh is that they are WEIRD NERDS but that is just de rigeur for pokemon characters.