#since i usually get riolu but hey hahah

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how would you think the champions play the pmd games

Pfft dope my two hyperfixations in one ask hahahah

But hey anyways, most of these are Explorers tho bc I like it more than any pmd game and I actually know more abt it than other pmd games so hey hope that's cool hahah

Lance - does not understand the games and how to play it whatsoever, like,, he legitimately couldn't get past the first ever mission of RT (to save Caterpie), thinks the gameplay is confusing. He does watch the others play it tho, and to no surprise he liked the story of RT, tho he fucking hates Team ACT and Team Meanies, mf hates everyone in Pokémon Square bc they turned against the Hero and Partner. So in a nutshell he's just "team Meanies? Team ACT? The Pokémon Square folks? I see no difference, I hate them all." Will have a fucking field day if he ever finds out abt Team Skull in Explorers hahaha

Steven - also thinks the gameplay is a bit confusing, but he's no quitter. Always chooses the Water starters for his partner and names them after Wallace. Likes hoarding items ngl, also the type to choose rescue and delivery missions rather than outlaw missions. He really likes collecting the orbs and of all the items he has, he doesn't want to use the orbs and waste them, he also likes collecting pkmn specific items and always tries to find treasure boxes. Thinks the Aegis Cave mission is fun and everyone just gave him this look, but ofc they kinda expected that from him

Wallace - cheated on the personality test to get any of the Water type starters, named his partner after Steven. Absolutely hates the delivery missions, saying why can't he just keep the rare stuff and leave the ones asking for it, he deserves it. Encounters Monster Houses every other room and he fucking hated it so much, he got Iris to get him a modded version of the game without the Monster Houses, his luck is that bad. But hey, he does like the game tho, but idt he'd actually play the special episodes thinking they're nonesense. Only recruited the Hoenn legendaries in the Seven Treasures mission.

Cynthia - also cheated on the personality test to get Riolu. Finished the game within two days. And when I say finished it I mean she really did unlock every location and recruited every pkmn (yeah, even Kecleon), loves Spinda's cafe and if she could she would always save her game there. Ditched her partner pkmn (except the hero Lucario) the moment she recruited Gabite, and since then she recruited the other members of her team. Kinda sad she couldn't have a six member party, but hey, she's vibing w it, at least she can still use Garchomp. Actively seeks out Monster Houses bc she loves the challenge with it, and said it's fun seeing them all go down w Garchomp's Earthquake

Iris - the biggest Gates apologist you will ever get to meet. Like, she absolutely loves the fact she can play as Axew, tho she doesn't like how the partner options are a bit limited, but hey at least it's pkmn that's native in Unova. Will defend Hydreigon with all that she is, if anyone would say shit abt Hydreigon she will throw hands, that's just a sweet Muppet boii wanting to help okay, he ain't done shit. Same like Steven, hoards the items, says "well, maybe I can use it in a more important fight later!" Also a Kyurem apologist let's be real.

Diantha - the one to actually introduce the games to the others, names her partner in every game after Geeta, and ugly cries whenever the Hero and Partner gets separated at the end of every game. Actually really honest in the personality test, and settles w what she's gonna get even if it's a pkmn she doesn't like much, but it is nice she's able to just choose her starters in the recent games. She likes SMD, loves the mega evolution ofc so it's her preferred game, but she does play the other games from time to time, especially Explorers since it's what the majority of the champions played. She hates RT tho, like,,, she really does. She said "all that buildup at the end where Hero wanted to stay for Partner and after that they're like normal recruits! What's the point of all that then?!"

Hau - absolutely loves EoS and likes doing the outlaw missions to everyone's surprise, said it's nice being able to catch bad guys and get rewarded after, he doesn't like the Monster House missions tho. Actually doesn't like Chatot, even at the end he doesn't like him, even Loudred, no one knows why he just doesn't like them. He thinks Wigglytuff is cool tho, and was so relieved to see Wigglytuff kinda save him and his partner in Fogbound Lake. Only played Wigglytuff's and Bidoof's special episodes. Also the biggest fan of Bidoof, a bit sad he couldn't really recruit the Bidoof from the guild, so he recruited one for his own team. He actually didn't evolve his team, he said they look better as they are

Leon - gets lost in every dungeon even after Iris got him a modded game with a layout of the map of the entire dungeon on the top screen, but surprisingly finds every hidden stairs and secret bazaars and treasure rooms, he finds those more than the actual stairs heading to the next dungeon floor. Couldn't really finish the game in its entirety even after he got so far, as he gets frustrated about the map layout of the dungeon, so ends up watching the others play it instead. He ended up just watching or reading more abt the story of each game than actually play them, and by far Gates and EoS are his faves

Geeta - played it for Dia and names her partner there after her too. Didn't really finish the games, didn't even play all of them except for EoS and SMD, and she didn't even get that far on both games. Ofc, that wasn't really a problem for her, as she'd just watch Diantha play and she'd just tell her everything that's going on in the game, so she kinda knows a lot abt it too. She did cheat on the personality test on EoS, she wanted a starter that she thinks is strong and would reset the game if she doesn't get what she wanted. Encountered a Monster House once, got bodied so hard and she hated every second of it bc she didn't expect a Monster House to show up early in the game