Day 1: Favorite 1st and 2nd Gen Pokemon

I thought I was going to write something in that bare space to the right of them but I guess not. Anyways, sorry for lackluster quality, I'm still getting the hang of drawing on a 3DS and I know I still have to practice shading and poses way better. But since starter Pokémon are on other days, I can't use them, or else the first couple days would be teeming with starters. So, after revisiting my favorite Pokémon lists I did months ago, I chose Raichu for Kanto, and Furret for Johto. I've always loved Raichu more than I love Pikachu, and Furret is super adorable. Then again, so is Raichu. Hmm... Well, everyone knows I love adorable things, I'm a sucker for them, cause they always make me go "OH MY GOD IT'S SO CUTE I NEED IT!"

But yeah, that's the drawing for my favorite 1st and 2nd gen Pokémon, that aren't my starter choices, and my background represents the games, with Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow for gen 1, and Gold, Silver, and Crystal for gen 2. Thanks for viewing!

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Time for Something a Bit Different

Do you like art? If you do, then boy you are going to love the next 30 days. But first, some explaining. So a good friend of mine is working on the Goretober Art Challenge, where you have to do a new gory category every day during October. Typically, some people also refer to the challenge as Inktober, in which I believe you do art using a pen each day for the month. I'm not too sure. Anyways, either she or someone found something silly, called "Sonictober," in which you draw Sonic-related stuff for October, which is funny and my friend loved it since she's a huge Sonic fan. So, it got me thinking, "Is there a Pokémon monthly drawing challenge?"

Well, there's multiple, technically. Searching for "Poketober" only yielded results on Twitter, and it's as you'd expect, full of prompts for Ghost and Dark types. That's fine and all, but what about one that's kind of about everything? Well, a quick search for a Pokémon Art Challenge brought me to this picture.

I don't know who made it, but it looks pretty interesting. Judging by the numbers on here, this was made before Sun and Moon came out. What I want to do is make it a 31 day thing, and I'll put 7th gen after the 5th and 6th gen slot, for the sake of my love for Alola. I know this isn't an original concept at all, but I've been wanting to draw lately, and I can't do this next month because once my birthday rolls around, I certainly won't be wanting to draw, you know? And if my dad decides to go through with his word and actually get me a Switch, then I'm definitely putting all my effort into the Switch and not my art.

Anyways, I'm going to start doing these tomorrow, and I'll do one category every day and we'll have some fun, yeah? I hope you have fun watching me try my best to draw silly Pokémon things for the next month!

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Pokemon Ultra Sun and Moon: Travel Beyond Alola!

So, I know I'm late to the party since this was unveiled yesterday, but due to the timing, I had to put up the trophy guide, of course. That being said, we got a new, exciting trailer for Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon yesterday, and man is it awesome! Despite only being 10 seconds shy of 2 minutes, there's a lot to take in. First, I'll link the video from Pokémon's English YouTube channel, then I'll discuss each piece. Let's get started!

So, to start off with, it shows the protagonist riding on Solgaleo/Lunala through an Ultra Wormhole. If you remember from Sun and Moon, you only ever went into Ultra Space once, to locate Lusamine after Cosmoem (Nebby) evolves into Solgaleo/Lunala, then you never enter it again, the wormhole only being used for accessing the "other world," where it flips your game's time and allows you to receive a 2nd Cosmog. You can fly through space and enter wormholes, and it allows you to fight the Ultra Beasts, like Nihilego and Buzzwole, on their home turf.

Next, we see this new location called Ultra Megalopolis, "a world where Necrozma has stolen the light." I wonder what that means, but before we learn anything else about it, we're introduced to a new group of people named the Ultra Recon Squad. There are 4 members, but you'll only interact with two of them based on your game. First it shows Dulse and Zossie within Ultra Sun. At first they're shown within the Aether Foundation, before cutting to a scene in a cave with the protagonist and Cosmog. Dulse mentions how "there is only one thing we are here to confirm," before it cuts to a quick shot at the beginning of a battle against him. It then cuts to Phyco and Soliera, the two members you'll encounter in Ultra Moon, with Phyco stating something about aura readings in an area, while he speculates that it has something to do with an island kahuna. Very strange.. it then cuts to a battle into against Soliera before revealing....

A new Ultra Beast! This little guy is known as "UB Adhesive" and is pure Poison. While we're not shown much, it's shown that Dulse and Soliera have one on their team when they battle you in some location, and it seems to be their only Pokémon, and it's in a Beast Ball, naturally. While we don't know where the location is, it must be sort of early, as it's shown using a Poison attack against the protagonist's Dartrix, which means that it's at least far enough to where your starter will have evolved the first time.

While we already know of the existence of UB Burst, we now have a typing to give to it: Fire/Ghost. It's also known that it has a brand new move called Mind Blown, in which it detaches its own head and chucks it at the opponent in a display if fireworks. It is Fire, and it must be powerful as it manages to one hit-KO a level 71 Metagross! After that, it zooms in to show that using the move robs Burst of 50% max HP, meaning that it's a risky move to use, but could easily wind up being a potential strong suicide move in online battles.

And again, we already know of UB Assembly's existence, but it's worth noting that it has the Rock/Steel typing!

And that's all for the new trailer, but man am I hyped! This is looking cooler and cooler every time we get a new trailer and I just can't wait to play!

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Katamari Forever Trophy Guide

Welcome to the trophy guide for Katamari Forever! This is a fairly simple trophy list, but some of them are actually pretty challenging with how much they demand of you, but only a select few of them. With that said, it's still a fun game either way, so let's get rolling!

Platinum Katamari Collected all trophies.
As usual, roll up all these trophies so you can make yourself a Platinum Katamari. It's going to take a while, but I believe in you!

Congratulations! Completed all Requests in Katamari Forever mode.
Impossible to miss if you're at least trying to play to completion. This unlocks after finishing every level in the normal mode. This will unlock after completing "The King's Dream" for the first time, since that unlocks after everything else is complete. Make sure you don't forget the "Just Size" missions, since those are optional!

Katamari Speedster Completed all Requests in Katamari Drive mode.
After finishing the game, you unlock more modes. Katamari Drive acts like the level where your Katamari moves on its own, very quickly, except you have more control and don't constantly move on your own. The time limit is shorter than normal to compensate for your increased speed, so you have to be quick and be ready. Quick turns are your best friend in this mode! After finishing every request on Drive mode, you get this trophy.

Katamari Fanatic Completed all Requests in Classic Katamari mode.
Classic Katamari mode plays exactly the same as Katamari Forever, except there is no Prince Hop, and there are no King/Robo-King Hearts for you to collect. It's all about your speed and rolling skills here, but otherwise it's definitely not challenging. As with before, complete every request on this mode to get this trophy.

Completist Completed 100% of the Collection.
This WILL be your final trophy, and this is the most aggravating part. Now, you would assume you could simply look up everything or find a guide, right? Perfectly reasonable assumption, except you won't find it. You'll find bits and pieces online with enough searching, and the game doesn't help much either, only giving you the size, which, even then, is really vague. By the time you finish the game and all 4 game modes, you'll have roughly 90% of the Collection, if not more. Some things are easy enough to find, but you have one huge obstacle... The CowBear.

In one of the King's levels, he tasks you with the familiar goal of rolling up ANYTHING that is cow or bear related, even if said item has cow print, like a carton of milk or a traffic cone with cow spots on it. Technically, your target is the CowBear, which, as you'd expect, is both animals combined, which would fulfill the cow and bear requirements. The problem is the level and the size you have to be. If I remember right, you have to be roughly 8m before you can get it, and it gets very tricky to avoid all of the cow and bear stuff once you get to be that big, as well as trying to remember the CowBear's route that it cycles through. Even if you watch a video and follow it to a T, it's still challenging. But if you've invested this much time into the trophies, you might as well finish it up, right? I know that's what I did, and I almost cried when I finally got the CowBear, especially considering I was about to run out of time, too!

We Love Cousins Rolled up all Cousins.
Through the levels, you'll sometimes see a tiny character that looks identical to the Prince. These are the Cousins, which you can play as if you don't want to play as the Prince, or just, essentially, want a different skin altogether, since that's virtually their purpose. After getting them all, this is yours. When you highlight levels, you can see if there's a Cousin or not, as well as seeing if you rolled him/her up or not.

Present Collector Collected all Presents.
Similar to We Love Cousins, except it's Presents this time, which give you little attachments to your character, like bubblegum, a scarf, and more. As with the Cousins, you can track your progress while highlighting levels, and your best bet is to use Eternal mode to take your time and find the Presents. They're hard to miss, though, as a big gift box isn't too hard to miss.

Eternal Roller Completed all Requests in Eternal mode.
Eternal Mode is just like Katamari Forever mode, except there is no time limit. You can roll up whatever you want, then simply hit Square to end it. This is a fantastic way to obtain many items you couldn't get in some levels due to completion criteria or restrictions based on the mission you were doing. And believe me, you're going to be using this mode a LOT!

Enormous Katamari You made a katamari over 2,000,000km!
For an easier time, I suggest waiting for Eternal mode, as you're not timed. In one of the final King levels, "Wake up the King," you're tasked with rolling up the King of All Cosmos, which requires you to roll up the entire world and enter space. In space, all of the stars you've created will be there, allowing you to not only add to your huge size, but collect more things for the Collection. In Eternal Mode, you can end the level whenever, so you can take your time and not be under a time pressure. but if you'd rather try to knock it out on the Katamari Forever version on your first go, then by all means, go for it. When you finish a level with a Katamari that's at least 2 million km, you're good to go.

We Love Stardust Turned 50 katamaris into dust.
After completing a level, you can play it again if you want, whether to get a better score, a bigger Katamari, or just for the sake of it. Upon finishing the stage successfully, you'll be offered to overwrite your existing star, or destroy the Katamari you just made. Destroying it turns it to Stardust. Do this 50 times and this is yours.

Creator Created 200 katamaris.
This is the opposite of the previous trophy. When you overwrite a star, after finishing a stage, it counts as a newly-created Katamari. Simply keep overwriting your stars and completing levels in each mode and you'll have this trophy before long with very minimal grinding, if any.

Endurer Obtained 50,000 points in the punishment mini-game.
Failing to create the target Katamari size within your time limit, or failing the other criteria based on the mission, will lead to you being punished. Before choosing to start the level over or quitting to the level select menu, you can attempt the punishment game where you have to constantly dodge falling rocks that break into smaller rocks, with only 3 hits until it ends. If you can survive long enough to reach 50,000 points, this trophy is yours. Don't worry if you don't, you have to get punished 50 times for a trophy down below anyway. A good spot to fail is in the Campfire level, or the level where you can only grab hot items, as they let you fail them very easily if you're not being careful.

Hi-Scorer Obtained 50,000 points in the ending mini-game.
In the ending mini-game, you bounce in the sky, collecting items to make your Katamari grow while the credits roll on the other half of the screen. Getting 50,000 points isn't too ridiculous of a goal, and if you fail you can just play again in the mini-game option, within the Collectibles screen.

Huge Katamari Created a katamari over 10,000km.
See Enormous Katamari.

Big Katamari Created a katamari over 500m.
See Enormous Katamari.

Stardust Turned a katamari into stardust.
See We Love Stardust.

First Katamari Completed a Request.
Impossible to miss, as you'll receive this after your first Request after the Prologue/Tutorial level.

Collector Completed 80% of the Collection.
See Completist.

Cousin Friendly Rolled up 30 Cousins.
See We Love Cousins.

Fashion Conscious Collected 30 Presents.
See Present Collector.

Movie Fan Watched 5 movies in a row in Movies.
After you finish the story and have all movies unlocked, simply watch 5 of them in a row in the Movies section. Easy!

Single Player Played through 50 single player Requests in a row.
Just keep playing single player levels until you obtain this trophy. It's not as difficult as it might sound.

Multiplayer Played through VS Battle or Co-op 30 times.
Similar to the trophy above, just plug in a second controller and do a quick level 30 times, and boom, another trophy!

Hopper Performed the Prince Hop exactly 7 times before completing a Request.
Hitting R2 (I think L2 is also a viable choice, but I always use R2) will make the Prince do a hop. This is great for gaining height and seeing the level around you, and offers a quick scan of the area, on top of letting you reach new heights. Simply do this 7 times, then finish a Request without going over 7.

Fast Roller Performed the Dash exactly 6 times before completing a Request.
Moving the analog sticks in opposite directions quickly will make the Prince rev his Katamari and do a dash (so, left stick up while the right stick is down, then push them on the other direction, you probably know it by now anyway). Do this 6 times and complete a Request, and then you're set.

Quick Turn Expert Performed the Quick Turn exactly 6 times before completing a Request.
By hitting R3 and L3 (clicking the analog sticks by pushing them in) together, the Prince will do a quick 180 degree turn, allowing you to quickly and efficiently change direction for whatever reason you have to. As with the others, just do this 6 times, and finish the Request, and then you're golden.

Katamari Destroyer Destroyed the katamari 50 times before completing a Request.
This is a tad misleading, as you never really destroy the Katamari. To "destroy" means that you run into something and you notice a piece fly off your Katamari. I don't really know what determines whether a piece comes off or not, but just keep trying until you do it 50 times. Since there is no "exactly," you can just do it as much as you see fit, then end the stage.

Rolling Expert Rolled up 7,650 objects before completing Request.
Pretty simple when you're working on Eternal mode, so you should probably just do that. The "Wake the King" level is a great level to try this trophy on. Also, why is 7,650 so important? It's a recurring number in Namco games, usually signifying the highest possible point value you can get for something. It's a fun little thing since Bandai-Namco worked on this game.

Mini-Gamer Played through all mini-games.
With the exception of the punishment mini-game, you can play all of these games in the mini-game section available in the Collectibles category while you're in the menu.

Music Lover Listened to 5 songs in Music.
Pretty self-explanatory and easy, honestly.

Photographer Viewed a photo in the Photo Album.
You have to take a picture first, which is done with Prince View (if I remember right), so take any picture and go view it to get this easy trophy.

Rankings Lover Viewed the Network Rankings 5 times.
Just enter the Network Rankings, then leave. Then repeat the process 4 more times. Instant trophy!

Unforgiving Punished over 50 times.
See Endurer.

And that's it for the trophy guide! I hope you succeed in your trophy endeavors as this was a pretty tricky platinum to obtain. Either way, I wish you luck and I have faith that you can roll up everything and complete this game and grab its platinum!

*This game took me a total of 4 years and 3 months to complete, with an enormous hiatus before I went back to grab the final trophy. My first trophy was "First Katamari" which was achieved on June 26th, 2012 at 8:47 PM. My final trophy was "Completist" which was achieved on October 9th, 2016 at 7:37 PM, along with the platinum, "Platinum Katamari." This platinum trophy is the 47th platinum trophy I have received.*

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Katamari Forever

So, here it is, Katamari Forever, probably one of the most difficult games I've ever tried to hunt the platinum for. Now, the game itself certainly isn't difficult by any means, save for maybe a few of the levels, such as the Campfire level, or the level where you can only roll up hot items, and getting cold items will make you fail, and it can be difficult when the Katamari gets too big. But otherwise, it's a nice, fun game. Generally, if you've played Beautiful Katamari on Xbox, you're going to see a lot of similar levels, but it's still fun either way.
If you've played Katamari Damacy before, or any Katamari game for that matter, then you can pick this game up easily and get started quickly, and have a lot of fun from the get go. And of course, as with other games, you can roll up Presents to find silly accessories to put on your character, or roll up some Cousins in order to change your character, for aesthetic feel, really, as the game plays the same no matter who you play as.

Katamari Forever is a great way to kill time, as you'll get so absorbed into the game that, before you know it, it's suddenly an hour or two later than when you started playing. It's also kind of stress-relieving, as it's a lot of fun to simply roll stuff up, get bigger, and roll more things up. Ever wanted to take your frustrations out on people? Well, just roll up the entire world! That'll show 'em! But seriously, it's a lot more relaxing than it looks on first glance, not to mention totally wacky and crazy.

There's one thing in this game that I dread, but somehow conquered. What is it? Well, you'll find out in tomorrow's trophy guide on this game. Thanks a bunch for reading, and I'll see you tomorrow for this silly guide!

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Fates Progress

So, since I forgot to type this earlier, I figure I should give a small update on how Fates is going, and of course tomorrow and Thursday are reserved for the next trophy guide and such. Currently I just completed Birthright chapter 15, so I have just over 10 chapters left to tackle. My goal for the night is to reach chapter 20, complete it, and gain access to the level 3 Armory/Vendor so I can infinitely purchase seals to get my characters up to speed. But before I progress in the story any further, I want to go around to all the offspring paralogues and recruit all of them.

Also, I discovered something I'll need to change about the formula. A promoted class that reclasses doesn't get the ability to reach a lower class. When I reclassed Jakob from a Butler to a Kinshi Knight (based on using a Partner Seal with him marrying Azura) I never received the option to go to Sky Knight, it only gave me Falcon Knight or Kinshi Knight. This kind of makes it faster as you keep your levels when you class change, which actually effectively makes Eternal Seals a bit more valuable, but also means you have to really watch your levels when you're considering reclassing on your first promoted class. I can't wait to experiment further and fine tune the formula for the Revelation playthrough!

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Next Trophy Poll is Up

So we have number 47's guide coming up in 3 days, and you're going to find out what game it is on Wednesday, as usual. For now, though, the next 3 eligible random numbers have been chosen for the next guide. As always, vote on whatever number you want and we'll see what wins next week. Thanks in advance!

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