Crap, I actually haven’t been documenting this progress as I went along. Not that there’s all that much to document. Which is good, because it’s also not particularly fresh in my mind either. Also, I was a bit held up by a boss fight that I wanted to experiment recording techniques on!

Seriously though, nothing major does occur as you simply walk (and Surf, and Rock Climb etc.) onwards across the mini-sea, then through the grass, then down through a sandstorm (this place gets all types of weather…) to the Resort Area. Now, of all the three towns on this island, Resort Area is the one that was changed the most. Not just scenery-wise, but the entire place is different! It was pretty much all to make room for this huge building in town. Some kid asks you something about it. Saying no means you walk away, say yes and in you go with him…

Yea, but from what my research entails apparently you own the place and can trick it out with all sorts of overly-priced and expensive furniture. Seriously, everything you can buy from the catalogue (conveniently already given on a table) is in six figures. So, you won’t be buying everything in one go!

So, Stark Mountain is where we should be going next as that’s where Buck originally mentioned beforehand back when I (note I, and not we) was pwning Flint and Volkner. I can say that the area does look a lot more volcano-y and ashy than before, but still has the same lame Pokémon, lame trainers, lame dialogue, lame falling ash that makes no change to the battle weather etc.
Whatever let’s go in and unlock Heatran and complete the extra storyline already.

But wait, what is this waiting inside the door? It’s… Team Galactic? What the hell are they doing here? Seriously now, this was not part of the script back in DP. Pluto and a couple of guards stand back, while Mars and Jupiter approach you, uttering some inane drivel as always.

And of course, they just have to fight you. It’s not an evil enemy team boss admin corporation encounter thing without a boss fight! At least they take it in turns, just unfortunately straight after each other with no rest…

Yea, so with those loser bitches gone, and the big old man in further, I guess it’s time to explore the place. With Buck, as always. So, while now every battle will be a double battle, at least it means free reign to do some training without any need to worry about PP or health! One of the things I like about these partner bits

A note about the video. I did record the audio separately using the narration in Movie Maker, which was all fine and dandy sounding, and looked to be working out really well until I got to editing, when the audio started going out of sync. I thought it was an MM problem, so I went and played them separately – the audio in Media Player and the video in Photo Gallery. Still out of sync. Tried recording the video again and the audio again with Audacity. Still out. Decided, fuck it, just post it anyway.

I’m now looking to upgrade my camera for one that has a line in port so it can record the perfect sound as well as the video in perfect harmony!

Double Lack of Trouble

Training is boring and tedious, but pays results. That is all. Seriously. I mean it. I’ll get back to you once I’ve gone through this annoying, zoomed-out large place thing. Y’know…