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Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 19:03:40 No.30593305 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>30593341 >>30593343 >>30593375 >>30594561 >>30595646 >>30596239

...Wait a second...

I just realized that you get sent off on your Island Quest to beat all four Kahunas while Poni Island HAD NO KAHUNA!!

HOLY FUCK!! No wonder so many people gave up on it when the task before them was impossible!!

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 19:05:14 No.30593341 Report

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>>30593305
Hapu a cute.

10/10 would learn the ways of the farm from.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 19:05:15 No.30593343 Report

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>>30593305
Haven't thought of it like that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 19:06:14 No.30593375 Report

Quoted By: >>30593407 >>30593416

>>30593305
Maybe the grandpa died just recently?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 19:07:37 No.30593407 Report

Quoted By: >>30595119

>>30593375
I could've swore they said in-game he died a few years back
Cmiiw

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 19:08:13 No.30593416 Report

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>>30593375
Was just going to post this.

Though people must have known there was no challenge there but you're still sent there for the story.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 19:16:08 No.30593581 Report

Quoted By: >>30593779 >>30594477 >>30595646

Poni island also has only one trial with no master, and a trial master who doesn't do her fucking job

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 19:26:39 No.30593779 Report

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>>30593581
I'm hoping that was a plug for the sequel game. I'd play the fuck out of a SM2 that had seen a ton of changes since SM1.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 19:56:14 No.30594477 Report

Quoted By: >>30594526 >>30595268 >>30596500

>>30593581
Actually, most of the islands have an abandoned trial. Mele mele has Ten Carat Hill and Ula'ula has the desert maze.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 19:58:29 No.30594526 Report

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>>30594477
But Poni island still has the Z crystal and a Totem

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 19:59:47 No.30594561 Report

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>>30593305
pretty sure just beating mina's trial would've done the job at poni, with the grand trial being like just 3 kahunas
and mina

okay so sm's great and all but imagine if mina of all people was the fucking final boss

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 20:24:24 No.30595119 Report

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>>30593407
Literally just beat this part a few minutes ago, that's correct.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 20:26:22 No.30595160 Report

Quoted By: >>30595338 >>30595646 >>30596495

You also steal the Bug crystal from Guzma's stash.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 20:31:56 No.30595268 Report

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>>30594477
Exeggecutor Island was also mentioned to be a trial site at one time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 20:35:13 No.30595338 Report

Quoted By: >>30595646

>>30595160
>Grunt steals the Bugium Z
>The Altar instantly produces another one.
>"SHIT!"

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 20:37:53 No.30595424 Report

Quoted By: >>30595531 >>30595541 >>30596161

>Dangerous trials where trainers can end up mauled
>Abandoned trials everywhere (what the fuck??)
>These "peaceful natives" sending kids into dangerous areas
>These "peaceful natives" and their "kind gods" that destroy markets, ruin people's lives, kill animals and other things I can't even fathom

Can we nuke Alola?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 20:41:58 No.30595531 Report

Quoted By: >>30597984

>>30595424
It's an island chain in a tumultuous battle between tradition and progress and the ever-encroaching threat of tourism. I kinda like the feel.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 20:42:01 No.30595534 Report

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>Hapu will never ride you

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 20:42:19 No.30595541 Report

Quoted By: >>30595593

>>30595424

>set up trial system
>create poisonous culture centered around these trials
>don't bother to fix system for YEARS when a kahuna dies
>act indignant when the mistreated youth start a counter-culture movement

Team Skull did nothing wrong

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 20:44:28 No.30595593 Report

Quoted By: >>30595965

>>30595541
There were two counter-culture movements in the game, though. Team Skull was just a bunch of dudes that were butthurt about getting shafted by the trials and causing problems by throwing tantrums. Kukui reworked the system from the inside-out, playing along then establishing a League in order to get a counter-culture foot in the proverbial door.

Guzma threw a tantrum and started a gang.
Kukui sucked it up and bided his time until he could strike where it would actually matter.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 20:46:07 No.30595646 Report

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>>30595338
>>30595160
>>30593581
>>30593305
Jesus alola get it to gether

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 20:46:20 No.30595652 Report

Quoted By: >>30596221 >>30599333

How old is Hapu anyways? I'm not sure if she's a kid or a short teenager.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 20:55:47 No.30595965 Report

Quoted By: >>30596094

>>30595593
There was nothing counter-culture about Kukui, nice headcanon though

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 21:00:52 No.30596094 Report

Quoted By: >>30596403

>>30595965
>He didn't read the part where Kukui specifically said that the island traditions weren't cutting the mustard anymore, but replacing them would be frowned upon.
>He didn't read the part where Guzma specifically called out Kukui for not working with him.
Look man you can call it "headcanon" if you like, but at least I played the game.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 21:03:38 No.30596161 Report

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>>30595424

When you meet Wicke for the first time and she tells you about Corsola, Hau mentions to her that his grandfather told him once that nature can be very cruel in spite of the blessings it bestows to mankind. I think Alolan natives understand that already.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 21:05:36 No.30596221 Report

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>>30595652
I always thought she was just a short adult.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 21:06:24 No.30596239 Report

Quoted By: >>30596647

>>30593305
>Tapu Fini had to stamp everyone's passport when they finished Vast Poni Canyon

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 21:07:33 No.30596269 Report

Quoted By: >>30596516 >>30596612

I'm more concerned about how that slut Mina didn't have a trial. She said she had to create a trial for you when you first meet her, but then she never ever even mentions it again. As the final captain, isn't it Mina's responsibility to give you the green light to continue your journey and challenge the League? But none of that ever happens, you just go along with the unofficial(?) dragon trial which really makes no sense.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 21:13:03 No.30596403 Report

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>>30596094
There's nothing counter culture about working WITHIN the system. There's nothing counter about that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 21:17:01 No.30596495 Report

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>>30595160
It's not trash, the grunts mention they've been stealing all of the Bug crystals. It's their goal to have them all

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 21:17:15 No.30596500 Report

Quoted By: >>30596677 >>30597752

>>30594477
I wanted a Psychic trial with an Oranguru Trainer... not just pick the crystal like that!

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 21:18:07 No.30596516 Report

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>>30596269
Her giving you the Fairium Z is her "Green-lighting" you. She even says as much.

She definitely feels like a dropped plot thread, though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 21:22:04 No.30596612 Report

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>>30596269
When you talk to her post-game, she has a "trial" set up for you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 21:23:23 No.30596647 Report

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>>30596239
We need a drawfag for this

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 21:24:06 No.30596677 Report

Quoted By: >>30596813 >>30597858

>>30596500
By Oranguru trainer, do you mean a trainer WITH an Oranguru or a trainer who IS an Oranguru? Because the latter would be hype as fuck.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 21:28:35 No.30596813 Report

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>>30596677
The latter.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 22:01:24 No.30597752 Report

Quoted By: >>30597954

>>30596500
Also there is a suspicious NPC Oranguru just before the Haina Desert who watch an Hiker by behind... so maybe it's a foreshadowing for the next game, where he learned how to use pokeballs by watching trainers!

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 22:02:36 No.30597784 Report

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Why is Tapu Fini such a lazy cunt

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 22:05:34 No.30597858 Report

Quoted By: >>30598041

>>30596677
I felt that was largely what the Totem fights were meant to simulate. You can't catch them, and the summon another Pokemon to follow them in between the first and second turns.

It could use some more polishing, but it could be a pretty nice alternative to trainer fights or trainer boss battles at least.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 22:09:04 No.30597954 Report

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>>30597752
>Also there is a suspicious NPC Oranguru just before the Haina Desert who watch an Hiker by behind
Who can blame her?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 22:10:36 No.30597984 Report

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>>30595531
Alola being accurate in tone to actual post colonial Hawaii is pretty neat. Much more interesting than Kalos anyway.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 22:12:19 No.30598041 Report

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>>30597858
Right, but pre-release material implied that Oranguru specifically was capable of using Pokeballs.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 22:52:28 No.30599140 Report

Quoted By: >>30599213

>Go beat the Poni kahuna!
>I can't let you do that without the kahuna's permission.
>Did you find the kahuna?
I was bothered by the incessant calls to check up with the kahuna only to find out they didn't even have one at the time. It seems really fucking bizarre that everyone behaves as if there already was one.
I figured Hapu was acting as a de facto kahuna, but then she says she isn't the kahuna shortly before becoming the kahuna so what the fuck

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 22:55:29 No.30599213 Report

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>>30599140
She was de facto Kahuna

She probably already had a Groundium Z

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 22:59:58 No.30599333 Report

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>>30595652
She's a kid. She's a "noja" loli, it's a common anime character trope.

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