like a star, like a firefly

Pokémon Legends Z-A releasing next year!

Getting a new Legends game was my biggest hope for this year's Pokémon Presents, but I didn't expect my wish to come true in this way! (I'd been expecting something Unova-based, if anything, given the references to it in the Scarlet/Violet DLC and the fandom rumours about Black/White remakes... which surprisingly ended up not being a thing here, even if I think it's a bit too soon for them right now anyway.) As someone who actually enjoyed X/Y and really liked Kalos as a region, I'm happy to see it finally get some more love.

Also, since it's not coming out til 2025, hopefully that means it'll get the development time it needs and won't suffer from the same jank as Scarlet/Violet -- because as much as I love Violet, there's no getting away from the fact it is super janky in ways it really shouldn't be!

I should get back to Legends Arceus at some point in the meantime. I still haven't done the postgame storyline yet!

I just finished the story part of the new Pokémon Scarlet/Violet DLC! \o/

To give my brief not-too-spoilery thoughts on the DLC as a whole: I enjoyed Ogerpon's storyline, I loved the challenge that the BB Elite Four offered, Lacey is super cute (especially when she does her "that's just not right" pose) and I like both Kitakami siblings thank you very much.

I'm not quite sure what to do next at Blueberry now, so since I've still got some loose ends to tie up in Paldea -- doing all the Gym Leader rematches, finishing some things at Uva Academy -- I'll most likely get those over with at long last before I look into doing certain things I can now do with the League Clubroom.

Guess who now has the entire legendary quartet in Pokémon Violet? \o/

Just managed to find and catch a shiny Greavard, by pure chance! (I need to get or make a Greavard icon, actually. It's so cute, and I always feel charmed whenever I see one pop out of the ground.)

I've only gotten a very small handful of shinies across the entire series, so it always feels even better when the shiny is of a Pokémon I like. :3

I've been playing Pokémon Violet a ton since I got it, but I'm making myself take a little break from it so I can get some thoughts down.

( Spoilers for the Path of Legends storyline (two Titans defeated); might be mild ones for Starfall Street as well, just to be safe )

Now back to my journey!

New Fire Emblem Engage trailer!

I literally just saw it now, so I'm still processing a lot of it, but I'm feeling hype all the same!

The new Pokémon games release in just a couple of days now, too. I hope my copy of Violet arrives soon!

As in Pokémon Sword and Shield!

Right now I'm leaning towards Sobble as my new starter of choice, though Scorbunny ain't bad either. :D

Yow, yet another long gap between updates. @.@;

And where have I got to now in Fire Emblem: Awakening, since that was the last thing I talked about here? Well... embarrassingly enough, because I put it off to the side for a while, I only beat chapter 16 the other day and have only just gotten my first non-Lucina child character today! >>; And the only pairs who got married since my last shipping tally are Virion/Cherche and Olivia/Henry, though I think Maribelle/Ricken and Gregor/Panne are close to that point now.

I'm really, really, really looking forward to the new Pokémon games that are coming out in October, and nearly every single thing I hear about them is making me want them all the more. I'm planning to get the Y version, and at this point I just want it to be October 12th already! (Thank the stars for the worldwide simultaneous release!)

I would say I'd try to update more often, but knowing how I've been lately, I can't make any promises at all. D: