Disney plus won’t let me take screenshots anymore but this scene is very important to chapter 3 of my summer series. His rosy cheeks, double collared shirt… it all serves a purpose
This post inspired me and because I have no life I created an entire Pokémon contest based game.
Opening
The game starts in Goldenrod City in Johto Region where the MC lives.
Their mom tells them that she got MC a ticket to a Pokémon Performance happening in the city. The MC goes and watches the performance, with three girls; May, Dawn, and Serena, having a three-way contest battle with an Altaria, Lopunny, and Absol.
Afterwards, you meet a girl name Lisa and she offers you one of three Pokémon.
The cool Pokémon, Treeko. The beautiful Pokémon, Piplup. Or the clever Pokémon, Fennekin.
After you choose your partner, Lisa will give you a contest pass for the contests in whichever region your Pokémon is from (Treeko - Hoenn, Piplup - Sinnoh, Fennekin - Kalos).
After telling your mom, you take a plane and travel to the region you picked and meet the professor and get your Pokédex.
Contests
Once you get your Pokédex you travel to the first contest where you’ll meet your rival(s).
You will have four rivals. Your main rival will have the Pokémon who has the type advantage over yours (ex: if you selected Fennekin, they’ll have a Piplup). The other three rivals differ depending on which region you select.
In Hoenn your rivals will be: Drew, Harley, and Solidad
In Sinnoh your rivals will be: Zoey, Nando, and Ursula
In Kalos your rivals will be: Shauna, Miette, and Aria
After registering for the contest the admissions desk will give you a choice between three outfits to wear during contests.
There are five contests in total with different themes.
Cool
Beautiful
Cute
Clever
Tough
You must win all five contests to compete in the Grand Festival, where you will face off with May (Hoenn), Dawn (Sinnoh), or Serena (Kalos).
There are two rounds of each contest and you can use up to two Pokémon (one for each round).
The first round varies depending on what contest theme it is.
Cool - Dance contest
Beautiful - Pokémon Styling
Cute - Make a special Pokéblock/Poffins/Poképuff for your competing Pokémon
Clever - Pokémon Quiz
Tough - Obstacle Race
The second round is the battle stage where you battle an opponent and can have up to a two move combination.
When you receive your final ribbon, Lisa will meet you and give you a key stone and an Altarianite (Hoenn), Lopunnite (Sinnoh), or Absolite (Kalos).
You can find mega stones scattered across the region, but you can only get these stone from Lisa.
Antagonists
The antagonists in the game are “Team Badges.”
They’re a bunch of gym trainers who don’t consider contests as legitimate Pokémon competitions and try to wreck them.
They call coordinators “Team Ribbons.”
Legendries
The legendary Pokémon you encounter in this game are Jirachi (Hoenn), Cresselia (Sinnoh), or Diancie (Kalos).
While you travel throughout the region, you learn more about the history of contests. In the past, ceremonies where people and Pokémon performed together as a way to pay tribute to these Pokémon.
In the game, they make an appearance and Team Badges tries to battle them, only to get defeated.
Their attacks anger the legendary and to calm it down, you dress in the ceremonial robes and perform for them, calming them down enough for you to catch them.
Grand Festival
After you collect all five ribbons, you’re eligible to compete in the Grand Festival.
The first half is a normal appeal round and the second half will have five rounds, one for each contest theme. You will use one Pokémon per round and when you have won all five rounds you will challenge either May, Dawn, or Serena depending on the region with your full team.
May’s Team: Beautifly, Delcatty, Venusaur, Blastoise, Blaziken, Mega Altaria
Dawn’s Team: Pachirisu, Mamoswine, Typhlosion, Togekiss, Piplup, Mega Lopunny
Serena’s Team: Pangoro, Sylveon, (Cosplay) Pikachu, Florges, Delphox, Mega Absol
After you win against them, Lisa meets you and reveals herself to be Lisia, a contest star, and challenges you to a battle. After fighting against her, she offers you one of the other two starter Pokémon from the beginning of the game. And after you choose, she gives you a ticket to another region, allowing you to challenge the contests there.
Extra
You can choose between three different skins for what your MC looks like (plus selecting the skin and hair color) and the NPC’s refer to your character as they/them. You can still customize your character too.
You can have contest battles with people online with the decision of either a single battle or a double battle. You can also trade Pokémon with others.
When ten trainers connect online, they can participate in the Wallace Cup, where you can win a Shiny Milotic.
If anyone else has any ideas or wants to add onto this feel free. I’d love to see what you guys think. I also couldn’t really come up with any ideas for the antagonists, so if you guys have any suggestions for that, I’d love to hear them.
Do you know what i missed? romance. If anyone remembers during gen 5 there were hints of romance between N and the player character in the original black and white games, in the soft reboots, during one of the side quests that only happens during wednesdays, the player character (depending on their gender) meets an NPC (that’s secretly an Idol), that Idol NPC ends up getting a crush on them and trades pokemon with the player at the ferris wheel, provided you must beat the champion first if you want to trade pokemon with this NPC, the pokemon may vary but usually it’s pokemon from different regions pre-gen 5
hahaha lol let this be an option for one of the rivals….. but maybe from team Badges? please let their be pining or enemies to rivals to friends to lovers?
Gen 5 was my favorite gen. A lot of people hated it, but I absolutely loved it and my favorite character was easilyN.
I’d defiantly be cool to be able to trade Pokémon with your other rivals with Pokémon from the other region. and I’m always down for a enemies to lovers trope.
IKR? I MISS THE CRISTOPH/CURTIS FERRIS WHEEL DATES SO MUCH!!! AND N’S SCENE AT THE NIMBASA FERRIS WHEEL IS ICONIC
IF THIS ISN’T F*CKING ROMANCE! IDK WHAT IT IS! HE’S BLUSHING!!!
plus
Twentieth call
“Time flies when I talk to you, <player>. I must be having the best time. Ahaha! Calls from you are always welcome! I should get back to work now. Talk to you later, <player>. Bye!”
bonus* THIS CHAD BASICALLY ASKS YOU ON A DATE
Trade call
“
Ah, <player>! I’m glad we can talk face-to-face! Ahaha!”
“
…”
“
What? You want to see me now? Hold… Hold on a sec…”
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… Yep! I think I can make it. How about meeting up at the Ferris wheel in Nimbasa city?”
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I’m sooo looking forward to it, <player>!”
“
See you later.”
Nimbasa City (after calling to meet)
“
Oh, <player>! Ah ha ha! I couldn’t wait, so I hurried here. I’m happy to see you! Hey, would you like to ride the Ferris wheel with me? I’ve become kind of fond of it.”
“
…”
“
Really? That’s great! Why did I get so excited all of a sudden? Let’s hurry and ride, <player>!”
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The Unova region sure is pretty, isn’t it?”
“
But it’s not the only thing that’s pretty around here.”
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I wish the whole world could go slower. This Ferris wheel… Time…”
“
Hey, <player>. When I was in a different region for work, I caught <Pokémon>… Will you trade me one of your Pokémon? I’ll take any Pokémon. I just want to trade!”
No:
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Oh. That’s too bad. If we have another chance, let’s trade Pokémon, all right?”
Yes:
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Thank you! <Pokémon> also looks happy!”
“
… Thanks for coming today. I was really happy you invited me. Being with you again has given me a lot of energy! Ah ha ha! Now I have energy for work! If you don’t mind, I’d like it if you invite me again! Well, I’d better get going!”
