Now That The Switch 2 Has Been Officially Revealed, What's Your Favorite Out Of These Crazy/iconic Things

hey xenoblade x fans

do you think if we told the people who like jin from 2 and n from 3 about [REDACTED] that we could convince them to play x, because there's some similarities there

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: The Titan Horde

Lately I’ve been thinking about ideas for a Pokemon Mystery Dungeon game featuring Pokemon from Gens 7-9, since the newest original game was Super back in the Gen 6 days. Here’s the main ideas I’ve got so far.

Starter Set:

Pikachu

Alolan Sandshrew

Galarian Ponyta

Cyndaquil

Paldean Wooper

Teddiursa

Oshawott

Goomy

Rowlet

Litten

Popplio

Rockruff

Grookey

Scorbunny

Sobble

Clobbopus

Sprigatito

Fuecoco

Quaxly

Tinkatink

Pikachu, Goomy, and the Hisui starters have access to both evolutions, Teddiursa also has access to Ursaluna here. I wanted a balance between the regions, and gave myself a limit of 20 like Super. Pikachu and the starters from these gens were basically required, so I used the remaining slots for variants and new Pokemon. Tried to go for some variety in the types available but I’m also very biased with some picks.

Story/Lore:

Idea for the main antagonist is a Type: Null/Silvally (I still can’t decide), locked away by its creators and having reawakened in the present long after humans have mostly disappeared from the world. The Regis also get involved somehow, partially because I think they’re cool. The other reason is because as far as I know, there’s no piece of Pokemon media where the Regis are the main focus, when they do show up they’re always some side thing and another Pokemon is the star. We got two new Regis in the SwSh DLC so they count as Gens 7-9.

The big idea I have is looking at how humans have impacted the PMD world, since we know they do exist here. I can buy some of the ruins being made by Pokemon, but places like the Decrepit Lab and Power Plant friend areas in Rescue Team are clearly man made. And humans aren’t some long gone species, they’re still around when the games take place. When your character tells other Pokemon that they’re human, none of them ever go “What’s a human?”, showing that they know what a human is. The protagonist in the Explorers games is also a human from the future, not isekai’d from some other world like the others. If humans didn’t exist at all by this point, they wouldn’t exist. Humans might only exist in small numbers in isolated areas, but we know for sure that they aren’t extinct.

Main idea for the partner is that they’re very interested in history/mythology, and they want to become an explorer to investigate the many ruins on the continent. They’re not as interested in helping people, but still do it because they aren’t completely heartless and they’ve got bills to pay. Might be a bit of a tough decision though if they have to pass up a once in a lifetime research opportunity to save someone.

For the hero, I’ve got two ideas. The first is that they’re a human from the past who got reincarnated as a Pokemon in the present, the second is that they’re a modern human living in the PMD world who got turned into a Pokemon somehow. Heart of gold, helps make sure their partner makes the right decisions. Not book smart but they’re good at solving puzzles.

More Colony Delta stuff before I go to bed

-Ulrich's a wind Blade, so I'm thinking about making him slightly bat-like (a lot of wind Blades in 2 were bird like so why not give him traits of another flying animal) or something involving clouds.

-Thea's an electric Blade. Found out the marks left by lightning strikes are called Lichtenberg figures and they look cool (thankfully the one image of that on a person on the wikipedia page isn't gruesome), could make her ether lines have that pattern. Isurd does have the prominent ether lines as a Blade trait though so who knows, but Thea needs some kind of electric trait.

-As for when the Colony Delta questline happens, earliest it can start is after fighting O and P in Pentelas since it starts with Thea and the others wanting to avenge Cammuravi. Still unsure if Colony Delta would be located in Millick Meadows or the Syra Hovering Reefs, if it's the latter then the Ouroborus gang could easily run into Delta right after O and P since the Keves Castle section happens right after that. Thea's ascension quest would happen sometime after Cammuravi's hero quest, since it's about her and the others in Delta meeting his current incarnation.

-This whole project needs a name. Thought about incorporating Cammuravi's title but his full title is Smoldering Cammuravi which is kinda lame, he deserved something cooler. Only other thought is Fire and Lighting because those are the elements of Cammuravi and Thea but again, could be cooler.

What the fuck is this premium thing and how do I make it go away

All the icons that used to be near the make a post button are gone and now I barely find things

Am I stupid or did I just witness catgirl Alvis

i’ve been looking at this for a few minutes but I can’t see anything wrong with it, i’m just lost.

Joined Artfight this year and have been going wild with my silly little doodles attacking any OC I like. I’m very much not a good artist and gone through some difficulties (working with the few colored pencils I have, bad lighting, attacks showing up incorrectly on the site, complex designs that are way beyond my skill level but are so neat I can’t help but draw them), but I’ve been working on improving what I can. It’s been a lot of fun, and I’ve also gotten some incredible art of my OCs from friends and some other people I found while browsing.

A isn’t even a they/them either. A is only ever referred to as A, never he, she, they, or anything else. A is just A.

"A" from Future Redeemed! She ended up being my favorite character.

I need to process the stuff I saw in the Xenoblade 3 DLC trailer, I’ll spoiler it all just to be safe.

There’s six party members we know of for the DLC. They’re Matthew, A, Nikol, Glimmer, Shulk, and Rex. We also see Na’el (I think that’s the right spelling?), Alvis, and Riku.

-Matthew is probably N’s great-grandson, with the old guy we saw get killed by N in the trailer being his grandpa/N’s son we saw in the flashbacks. Probably Founder Vandham. He punches people, kinda looks like Mr. Xenogears, part of me wants him in Smash. He’s an attacker, makes sense.

-A has some kind of connection to Alvis. She has an earring that looks like his core crystal, the silver hair, class name seems to be Monado Fencer, and her name is A. She’s probably Consul A, outfit looks like it has elements from Alvis’s outfit and I’m seeing a bit of M’s outfit in there too. She’s a healer, didn’t expect that.

-Nikol is probably Shulk and Fiora’s son, but like Mio he’s not the original, just one of many incarnations of him throughout however long Aionios has been going on for. Probably Founder Ortiz. He’s a defender, we’ll get back to that.

-Glimmer is probably Rex and Pyra’s daughter, and another Aionios incarnation like Mio and Nikol. She has a very Pneuma hairstyle and the green core crystal, I’m also getting Lora vibes for some reason. Probably Founder Rhodes. She’s a healer, seems about right.

-Shulk’s back, he grew his hair out and lost an arm. He’s also a defender now, so lots of Dunban inspiration and maybe passed that down to his kid Nikol. He’s the mentor to Founder Reid but there’s no sign of them anywhere.

-Rex is also back, but he lost an eye. He’s an attacker and he mentioned some meme lines in the trailer, hopefully he’ll tell us the fifth rule of the salvager’s code. He’s the mentor to Founder Cassini, but we also don’t see them anywhere.

-Na’el seems to be an NPC from what we’ve seen. She’s probably Founder Doyle, making her Matthew’s sister. I think it’s lame that Matthew and Na’el look so similar to their great grandparents who were the same gender as they are, like give Matthew the core crystal or Na’el the blue eyes just SOMETHING.

-Alvis is here, he looks so pale get this man to a doctor. He’s got the Zanza-looking wings and still has the core crystal.

-Riku is here for some reason, and I don’t think Nopon are part of the cycle. Why is he here.

The Founders: -Known: Vandham (Matthew), Doyle (Na’el), Rhodes (Glimmer), Ortiz (Nikol) -Unknown: Cassini, Reid, mysterious 7th founder

I’ve seen some people say that A is either the 7th founder or possibly Shulk/Rex’s student, just hard to be sure since we don’t know what those 3 looked like.

With Mio and Glimmer, the only Rex kid we’re missing is Mythra’s. Really hope we get to see them. Since we also see people with the Ontos and Pneuma core crystals, maybe we’ll get lucky and see someone with the Logos crystal yes I know Malos died but anything’s possible.

There’s another thing in the trailer I wanna talk about, and the weird part is that I’ve seen literally no one talk about it.

This is Na’el/Founder Doyle, probably the sister of the DLC’s main protagonist Matthew. And here she is, looking like a member of Moebius with the outfit and mask, including THE ONTOS CORE CRYSTAL. WHY DOES SHE HAVE THIS. WHAT IS THE LINK BETWEEN HER, A, AND ALVIS. WHY DOES SHE LOOK LIKE SHE’S PART OF MOEBIUS. WHAT IS GOING ON.

My sleep schedule is fucked up so lets talk XenoCAVE before I pass out

-Placeholder name for the cave world is Cavius, after the planet from Kirby Super Star. Surface is still just called the surface for now. You'd spend most of the game in Cavius, but the endgame's on the surface. Surface is at least somewhat dangerous to the people of Cavius since they wouldn't be used to that much light, along with the presence of strong monsters. Leaning towards the party not fighting a god with but there's gotta be some strong opponent up there, maybe the person/people who are responsible for the surface becoming dangerous?

-The Nopon are here, they are in every universe. As for new races, there's a mostly humanoid race but with some sort of extra feature just to make things a bit more interesting (first thought was little horns like Fiona from 3 but I don't know character design man I'm no artist). Also think some kind of bat people would be neat, fits with the cave setting along with being neat. Might be a fourth race in Cavius if I can get a good idea but this is fine for now. Unsure on if there's any sapient life on the surface though. I'm all for the Nopon having Canadian accents, unsure if the whole cast would be Canadian with different regional accents for the races or if the others would have completely different accents.

-As for the party, only have a few ideas for them. Starting trio consists of protag boy with red sword and his two friends, one guy and one girl, they're all young adults (18-25). Gotta make their dynamic distinct from the Colony 9 trios though (and protag boy distinct from other protagonists in the series). There's an older woman (40s) as a mentor type since I think we deserve more older women, a kid (~10) who gets roped into this, and a Nopon girl because we need a proper female Nopon party member (Nene's locked to a side game and you can't even control Manana). Probably room for one more permanent party member based on previous games but it's better to focus on these six first.