Pokemon Umbral Discussion 30: Less and Less About Pokemon Each Day

[Dracorion]

Originally Posted by Geminex

As for b-d...
I'm not saying he can face you alone. But when you're an uber-dictator, you don't have to, you can get your Deputies and Strike Squads ("Scythetips") to take care of your former allies one-by-one, especially when it seems like they're all terrorists.

Yeah, like that'll stop us.

Anyway, I just had the most amazing idea. In the shower! Because the bathroom is where the best ideas are made! Like Doc Brown, banging his head on the sink and coming up with the flux capacitor, and by extension, TIME TRAVEL!!!

Can I make up fourth evolutions for Pierce's pseudo-legendaries? Y'know, Tyranitar, Metagross and Aria? Yeah, I realize that might be rather excessive, but I promise not to make it too big a boost. I figure, those three are perhaps the members of Pierce's permanent team that need some growing up. And evolution is probably the best way to highlight that. It's not that they'll evolve and then they'll suddenly be zapped with maturity. Rather, the evolutions will come as a result of their character development.

See, I kinda like the idea of pseudo-legendaries achieving their ultimate, perfect forms not through soulless grinding, but by reaching a new stage of maturity. That goes for both the trainer and the pokemon. Not only do they have to develop individually, but their relationship must grow as well.

With all the sappy in-game justification aside, what I'm thinking of, because evolution must after all involve some kind of boost, is upping their base stats from 600 to 620. Though, that may be too much, of course, so I'm okay with lowering it to 610 or even 605. I'd also like to come up with a custom move for each of them. Nothing overly powerful; they'd be useful, but decent. And their abilities would remain the same, except I might change Metagross'.

What do you all think?

Yeah, I understand your concerns. Pierce's team will already include two legendaries, and now he wants three Uber-pseudo-legendaries? Does that guy want to be unstoppable or what? I understand, and I'm not going to argue if you're all vehemently against it. Just understand that this is about developing their characters rather than buffing up my team.

I'm trying to think up names for Uber-Tyranitar. Behemitar? Collositar? Titanitar (but of course, this one's too close to Tyranitar)? It has to be something big. And I don't even want to get started on Nagarai. Metagross' appearance will be tricky. I mean, the other two would be pretty much the same, just more. But making more of Metagross without looking stupid is going to take some effort.

And my comment about Doc Brown above reminded me of this. So I decided that in the world of Pokemon Umbral that is a real movie. Or should I say... movies.

TERMINATOR GOES BACK TO THE FUTURESee, first there's Terminator Goes Back to the Future Part I. Doc Brown invents TIME TRAVEL!!! Skynet sends the T1000 to 1985 to kill Doc Brown, because time travel is the key to stopping it in the past before it can take over the world. The T1000 succeeds, but Marty escapes in the DeLorean to 1955 and it must follow in order to finish the job. John Connor sends Arnold Schwarzenegger the Terminator back to 1955 to protect Marty and Doc. Awesomeness ensues.

Then there's Terminator Goes Back to the Future Part II: Judgment Day. Marty, Doc and Jennifer are stranded in the year 2015 where the machines have taken over the planet. Enter John Connor and the Resistance, which Marty and Jennifer's future selves are a part of. Unfortunately, there's no plutonium for the DeLorean, since the machines used most of it wiping out humanity and the Resistance used what was left trying to stop the machines. But maybe we can find you an alternate power source... More awesomeness ensues, Marty and Doc learn what they need in order to stop Skynet from being built (programmed? formed?), go back to 1958 and succeed in saving the future... almost. Doc is beamed back to the Wild West with a vital piece (chip? hard drive? something?). The equipment to destroy the whateveritis isn't going to be made for more than a hundred years, so Doc can't destroy it. And it's lost upon his death.

Cue Terminator Goes Back to the Future Part III: Salvation. Marty recieves a letter from the year 1885 from Doc. Marty goes to the Wild West to save Doc. Is that the TX? Wait a minute... that's no Terminatrix. Is that... Samuel L. Jackson?! Shit, we are so fucked. (Yeah, I wanted to throw in a black TX. And if you're going to have a black Terminator, who better than Samuel L. Jackson?) Fortunately, John Connor sends Arnold the Terminator to 1885 to save Doc and Marty. Clash of the Titans indeed. Hell, TermiJackson probably even has a lightsaber so he can go Mace Windu all up in yo ass. Of course, to prevent it from becoming Terminator meets Back to the Future meets Star Wars, said lightsaber would see little use. In the end, TermiJackson is destroyed, Marty and Doc save the future, and everyone lives happily ever after.

The end.

As an afterthought: Doc and Marty bring Skynet back with them from the future where it can infect the computer systems in 1985 and begin it's takeover of the world.