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Pokemon Shield playthrough - Part 5

Back again with another post! This one covers Route 5 and the Water Gym.

Just as I start down the route, I encounter the Cameraman/Reporter duo, who are a classic trainer pair from past games. Given that all the Gym Challenge stuff is a big spectacle in the Galar region, it makes perfect sense that Gym Challengers would get interviewed along the way.

This horde of Minccino chased after me. It was adorable.

I discovered the Pokemon breeding-grounds - or at least, the artificial version of it. This is not the same as the old “Day-Care” that could also level up Pokemon. The Nursery is solely for eggs, while Levelling up can be done with PokeJobs and the experience candies.

The people here are really nice - they gave me a free rare Pokemon!

It’s like a baby dinosaur! I believe this is also the first Poison-Electric combo we’ve had.

Since I don’t want to have duplicate types, I remove Yamper from the team. I prefer dual-types, plus this purple dinosaur looks cooler. Okay, so he starts at Level 1, and he’s pretty frail, but I can be patient.

Leaving the Nursery behind, I encounter another traditional trainer class - the Chef. He sends out food to attack me.

I also find a wild Wobbuffet - and promptly realize just how horrible its catch rate is.

I wasted every last Poke Ball on this fiend. At least he gave decent experience when I knocked his lights out.

I consoled myself by catching the weird apple creature for myself. Here’s another unique type combo - Grass and Dragon (wait, does Mega Sceptile have that typing?) It only knows a defense-raising move and the incredibly-weak Astonish, and has horrible stats all around. I’m sure it will evolve into something great, if I can figure it out. (btw, is it weird that Galar has both apples /and/ “Leppa” berries?)

I decided that my psychic-bug-cocoon wasn’t doing enough for me, so it got booted off the team.

I also got a second try at Wobbuffet ;)

This guy has a nice camping spot for himself. He never leaves. Maybe he ran away from home?

Seeing a pink puffball and an apple fight over a toy is too cute for words.

My coworker also has this game, and was kind enough to trade over this incredibly-high level Wingull. Not that I really plan to use it, but it /does/ have Pokerus. You’d think by now the nurses and professors of the Pokemon world would have learned to harness the power of Pokerus and turn it into a mandatory booster shot.

Back on track, these silly Team Yell people are blocking the bridge forward.

I get to see what my Dark-type fox /could/ have evolved into, if it were still on my team :( It looks like a proper gentleman-thief.

I love Pokemon - you save someone from getting their precious possession stolen, and as thanks, they give you their precious possession.

Too bad the outfit for it is so garish.

The blue color is a little better though.

Now that I have a bike, I can go into the Wild Area and try the Rotom Rally mini-game. It’s basically a time trial as you travel between different regions of the Wild Area. It looks like you can’t get attacked by wild Pokemon while in this Rally mode, so it’s probably the quickest way to get around (minus the flying taxi, of course).

These guys can also upgrade your bike a bit, but it’s expensive. And they don’t have the ride-on-water option either.

You know, Serebii.net says that Bunnelby doesn’t evolve until Level 20. This is an illegal Diggersby here!

Okay. Back on the bridge. Riding is so much faster than walking, but I keep stopping anyway to grab hidden items and look at the scenery. You can see the Dragon city in the background.

Another fight with my rival on the bridge. His Scorbunny has evolved, but it’s still not too tough.

In this place, Eldegoss literally float by on the wind. 

Here’s the tunnel that ducks under the train tracks. What could be on the other side?

That can wait! First, I gotta get my Pokemon sent out on more jobs. I love this logo that’s a blatant KFC rip-off.

Oh, I also discovered that you can, in fact, change the wallpaper of PC boxes. All of the choices are pretty boring, though.

Also, my coworker invited me on a raid battle with a 5-star Ditto. I have a bad feeling about this...

Scorbunny’s final form is so majestic.

None of the previous raid battles I fought had “barriers”! Is that something that only shows up in multiplayer raids?

This is it. We’ve weakened it, and now I have the chance to obtain this rare, useful, iconic Pokemon for myself...

Yeah, I failed the capture. I didn’t know they could fail. At least I got some good loot.

FINALLY, I make it to the seaside town of Hulbury. I wonder which British coastal town this is based on? For being the main port of the region, it’s not really all that big.

We encounter Chairman Rose and some of his “admirers”.

We also learn a little more about the relationship between Rose and Bede. Apparently Bede really wants to impress the Chairman, so maybe he’s not so much “working for him” as trying to gain his favor.

You know, I really don’t think he pulls off that outfit. What is it even - a mix of baseball uniform and swim trunks?

Oleana thinks she can boss me around.

I don’t owe you anything, silly person! This is /my/ Pokemon journey. And I’ll take as long as I want. ^.^

Sigh...Why can’t I just throw my coal monster at these goons to get past? My character is way too nice.

Oh, here’s another look at that elephant Pokemon that the Chairman had. It looks like it’s wearing a little hat.

Also, please be more creative when naming locations.

Here’s the “bustling market” I was told about? Must be a slow day.

We’ve got the stock “bitter medicine” booth (I never use these)...

Ah! Here’s something useful. You can bet I will use this item to maximize my earnings from every battle. I haven't seen an option to re-battle trainers yet, and those cool outfits won’t buy themselves.

I trade away for a Cottonee. You know, why don’t people in real life just trade pets with each other whenever they feel like it?

Pokemon, Pokemon...People already say your recent games are too easy, and now you’re giving me a free held item that’s super-effective against the current Gym? (Yet another sign that you should ignore Oleana and /not/ go straight to the Gym upon arrival.)

If nothing else, Hulbury is scenic. I bet the dock is covered with Wingull droppings though.

These people obviously don’t get the point of Pokemon.

With the hills overlooking the sea, I’m reminded of Los Angeles - or was it San Francisco? It’s probably a lot colder in Hulbury though.

Here’s the train station at the top of the town. Of course it can’t take me anywhere new. What if my dying grandmother lived in the next town over - would you let me get on /then/?

I never got into Pokemon’s post-game battle facilities much. I wonder what Galar will have in that department.

I go fishing in the pier, and find a few new Pokemon. That seems to confirm that what you catch is based on where you are, so there’s no rod upgrades.

Good to see that Basculin still comes in two forms. I’m guessing Sword version has the red form?

Another sneaky way to help players - hide a Chinchou in the pier. Its electric attacks would also be useful against the Water Gym.

Aha! Here’s that Pokemon we saw in the trailer, when everyone wasn’t sure if it /was/ a Pokemon or just a generic fish. Well, it is real, though it doesn’t look that useful. It actually looks like a skinnier version of red-striped Basculin.

Nope, not keeping you. I only have six slots!

Some more postcard pictures.

Here’s that weird-looking Pokemon that was also glimpsed in the trailer. Will I be able to find this in the wild?

A hidden Electric-type TM. This is why you explore and do side stuff /before/ continuing the main story.

About ready to face the Gym now. First, now that I’ve entered a new town, I have some new options for my league card.

Here’s a brief look at where I am so far.

And a preview of Nessa. That pose cannot be comfortable.

My team. I’m hoping Avery’s Electric attacks will help, even though he is a bit under-leveled...

First, the Gym puzzle. It’s not really that hard. You could probably do it completely by accident.

In the old days, we had puzzles involving sliding around on icy floors, and using the Strength HM to push boulders into the correct holes. Now /that/ was a puzzle!

I wonder if Nessa ever gets cold, wearing that?

Her Dreadnaw wasn’t a super-high level, but it was incredibly powerful.

It knocked out my Dynamaxed Pokemon, even when the Dreadnaw itself was small!

I had no choice but to pull out my starter, and fight water with water.

Turns out Nessa’s calm demeanor breaks when she faces failure.

And now it’s dusk. I still don’t get how time of day works in this game - is it just an aesthetic thing related to the story?

A change in lighting can make for totally different pictures.

I have access to a new job company. They must be a sponsor for Nessa, since she wore a pin with their logo. Does this mean we can actually encounter Wailord in the game?

I also get the Chairman’s league card. I like the way he writes his signature.

You know the drill - can’t advance with my life until I follow the plotted line into this restaurant. At least it looks fancy inside. I like the Wishi-Washi designs on the floor.

Some story stuff happens. I am completely extraneous to this conversation.

I don’t really know how I feel about the Chairman. I still think he’s probably up to no good, but he’s not the cackling-evil sort that Lusamine was. Maybe it’s actually Oleana who’s evil, and Rose is being manipulated.

This restaurant: Nice location, horrible service. The whole time I sat here - empty glasses, and no food. If I’m gonna be forced to sit and listen to some exposition, I should at least get a meal out of it. 

Okay, that’s all for now! In the next entry, I will enter this tunnel into yet another mine.

[chloenorthrop]

With a first person storytelling style reminiscent of good kid, m.A.A.d city, DAMN. opens with Kendrick telling a story featuring himself and a blind woman. Kendrick tries to help the woman find something that she has lost, but this act of goodwill only backfires on him and ends in the woman shooting him. The track also samples FOX News reporters mis-quoting the lyrics to Alright from Kendrick's 2015 album To Pimp A Butterfly, which he performed at the BET Awards the same year. Kendrick does address this issue, along with misconceptions about hip-hop, but he does this in a smart way that ensures the album is bigger than this. Kendrick simply shuts down the comments of Geraldo Rivera and his fellow reporters, with the line "Fox news wanna use my name for percentage".

The second track, DNA., follows on from this and if BLOOD is more of an introduction to the album, DNA. is an extremely strong opening track with Lamar showing off his rapping skills from the get go (He has said that Ice Cube taught him to always have a strong opening line). The track explores all of the contradictions that make up Kendrick: "I got power, poison, pain and joy inside my DNA".

YAH. explores the ideas of theories and suspicions, which consistently play a huge part in Kendrick's music and often lead fans into a frenzy of conspiracy theories, of which he says some blow even his mind. Most recently was the 'Easter resurrection' theory that there was a second album coming on Easter Sunday, after the release of DAMN. on Easter Friday. Kendrick since took to Twitter to de-bunk this theory himself.

This album is also much more than just a diss against any other rappers that people were speculating it might be, when Kendrick warned us they had until "April the 7th to get y'all sh*t together" on single 'The Heart Part 4', although he does take indirect shots at who we can only assume is Big Sean on HUMBLE., with the lyrics "Hol' up lil' bitch, be humble" (Sean's frequently used ad lib is 'Lil' bitch') and possibly at Drake too on ELEMENT., with the line "N*ggas wanna flex on me and be in L.A. for free, huh?" (Note: Drake had a smash hit with DJ Khaled last summer titled For Free, and he also references Kendrick on this track, saying "And like your boy from Compton said, you know this d*ck ain't free".)

Death is a key concept throughout the album, which is also packed full with biblical references. This has been a long running theme in Lamar's music, and in a rare interview (with Zane Lowe for Beats 1) he says that he has always felt like God uses him as a vessel. He further explores this on FEEL., in which he juxtaposes the idea of being some kind of saviour (fans have called him rap's saviour before) with how how much pressure comes with feeling like everybody is placing him on a pedestal: "I feel like the whole world want me to pray for 'em, but who the f*ck praying' for me?" He then compares this to how Tupac must have felt when he was held to a similar esteem; "The feelin' of an apocalypse happenin'". Kendrick has listed Pac as an idol of his for a long time now.

The next track, LOYALTY. featuring Rihanna is much more of a potential smash, proving that there is pretty much nothing Kendrick cannot do, including creating an album that makes the listener think but also provides hit songs with catchy hooks. Kendrick told Zane Lowe that as soon as he heard the LOYALTY. beat he knew he wanted Rihanna for it, saying: "I've always wanted to work with Rihanna, I love everything about her, how she represents women, how she expresses herself through music and how she carries herself".

PRIDE. brings us back to the exploration of the human condition and the juxtaposition of feelings such as pride vs love: in the intro, Steve Lacy hauntingly sings "Love's gonna get you killed, but pride's gonna be the death of you". Kendrick goes on to juxtapose ideas such as faith against riches and school against prison, exploring further human contradictions.

HUMBLE. is further proof that Kendrick can still make hit records despite how deep his music may get, and the buzz this single generated in the run up to the album release shows this. The video, directed by Dave Meyers & The Little Homies, is also on another level and continues to push the boundaries of hip-hop music videos, again exploring the idea of Kendrick as a saviour and holy figure with him wearing holy robes and recreating the Leonardo da Vinci painting 'The Last Supper'.

LUST. is the first and only track that explicitly covers the presidential election and Donald Trump era. Kendrick begins by listing some mundane things that might happen in the average day of a regular man, before flipping it to a female perspective, giving his own rendition of an average (or un-average) day in the life of Kendrick Lamar, then saying "We all woke up, tryna tune to the daily news/Lookin' for confirmation, hoping' election wasn't true". This shows how the election affects everybody, celebrity or not. On not making an entire album about Donald Trump as some may have expected him to, he says "We're not focusing on him, we're focusing on self." At the end of this verse he says "Time passin', things change/Revertin' back to our daily programs, stuck in our ways". This challenges us to think of what we could be doing to change things. He says that if To Pimp A Butterfly was about the idea of changing the world, then DAMN. is about "how I can't change the world until I change myself".

LOVE. once again shows that Kendrick can connect his sometimes erratic train of thoughts in time to a catchy tune, and may be the most romantic song he has ever released. While the previous track asks 'love or lust?' this track is most definitely about the feeling of being in love.

XXX. featuring U2 is a contender for the best track on the album and shows off Kendrick's storytelling skills once again while he explores the issue of gun control in America by putting himself in another hypothetical situation. He leads us through a story in which he receives a phone call from his friend who tells Kendrick that his son has been killed and asks for advice, asking him to pray for him and show him the way, saying "I know that you anointed, show me how to overcome." But, instead of encouraging his friend to take the high road of forgiveness, K-Dot encourages him to seek revenge, telling him "If somebody kill my son, that mean somebody getting' killed." He then offers another mind-blowing contradiction in the form of him hanging up from this phone call to go and speak at a convention and we then hear a clip of him talking to kids about the importance of gun control.

FEAR. once again explores the human state, running through what Kendrick was most afraid of at the ages of 7, 17 and 27. As a child he was afraid of his mother, as a teenager he was afraid of the police, and, as an adult he was afraid of losing his new found success and riches. He lays all his fears and vulnerabilities out on the table, praying that "hopefully they disperse/within fourteen tracks, carried out over wax".

GOD. is another anthem with a hard hook, in which Kendrick compares the feeling of major success to the feeling of being God. This once again relates to the pedestal he has been placed on as the 'greatest rapper alive' while tying in with all the biblical references. Ironically, the release of this body of work has only led to even more people calling Kendrick the greatest rapper alive, with some saying it has definitely cemented his place in the rap hall of fame.

The album finally comes full circle on DUCKWORTH., in which Kendrick tells an incredible true story of a meeting between his father and Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith, (CEO of TDE, Kendrick's label). The story tells how Top almost killed Kendrick's father in the past back when he was working at a KFC, which Kendrick has since confirmed to be a true story and says his father and Top Dawg discuss it all the time. He talks about how this would have impacted both them and himself, showing the fragility of human life and how just one decision could cause a ripple effect. The album then reverses and we hear the sound of Kendrick beginning to tell the story about the blind lady once again.

DAMN., like most of Kendrick’s work is most definitely an album that needs to be listened to multiple times in order to even begin to understand it, but it is also worth it.

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