Hands on Preview: PokéLand First Look

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For those of you that didn’t now, there is a new mobile Pokémon game called PokéLand. It’s an addition to the Pokémon Rumble series, but of course this time on mobile. Right now it is only in its alpha stage and is just out there for some users to test. Luckily, I got the app quick enough to get a chance to play… and let me tell you, Pokémon is really stepping up their game with mobile apps.

PokéLand provides all of the fun of the Rumble series, collecting toys, discovering new areas (or in PokéLand’s case, islands), without the hassle of in-game purchases. Not to say that there aren’t micro-transactions, but I’ve been playing for about 5 days now and haven’t once felt even the slightest need to buy anything. There are two types of currency like most mobile games, coins and gems. Unlike a lot of mobile games, the gems aren’t that hard to obtain which makes it quite simple to unlock new islands and new Pokémon.

 

Of course, it being in Japanese I can’t read everything so there are still a few aspects of the app I don’t fully understand. How to actually go about upgrading your Pokémon is one of those things. There is also an ‘arena’ where you battle choosing three Pokémon of your own and go up against a lot of Pokémon that are hard to find. Granted, you can’t obtain any Pokémon in the area, but you get to see some more rare ones and potentially earn more gems.

Overall, for just being in the Alpha stage, this game has made a great first impression on me. Pokémon GO had a rough start and has gotten better with time. Pokémon Duel was fun for a while, but I ultimately lost interest. Magikarp Jump is off to a great start though and it isn’t an exaggeration to say I’m addicted. It’s safe to say at this point Pokémon is going full force with mobile games and it seems like a good path for them to take. What do you guys think of the direction Pokémon is heading with titles on iOS and Android? And if you got a chance to play the Alpha, what was your experience with PokéLand?

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  2. Nintendo really makes me upset sometimes with the way they word themselves. “Pokemon not found in the original versions”. That could mean Pokemon not previously in the Alola Dex, new Alolan forms, OR brand-new Pokemon. I guess they probably spent weeks forming that single sentence, and it’s very smart. What are your interpretations?

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    • I don’t see them adding entirely new ‘mons. New Alolan forms I’d consider more likely, but most likely they mean it’ll be like BW2 with the much-expanded Pokedex.

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    • With the Gold/Silver virtual console, I think it’s a given that Johto mons will have Alola forms, but I’m really holding onto hope for some new Pokemon. Especially since there were so many standalones in S/M

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    • I just viewed it as new forms and pokemon from former regions. Hopefully we can get a legit national Dex this time around.

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    • Interesting. Honestly there’s a lot of that I’d like to see. I do wonder what they mean by “new Pokemon” I certainly don’t think they’ll do more brand new Pokemon at this point. New forms sure, but brand new mons mid gen? Don’t think so. Not that I’m against that tho lol

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    • Why can’t people see that UBs can also be legendary Pokémon (Like Solgaleo, Lunala, etc) e-e

      Solid theory tho but then I wonder where Necrozma comes from in order to make more Cosmog, and we also seen a cutscene that pretty much confirms Solgaleo and Lunala can produce a Cosmog with just the other legend.

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  8. So with FF14’s expansion coming soon, I figured I’d post some of the games lovely images of me messing around, and mostly showing off that ugly mount I earned(Its so bad, but I love it so). Sometimes this games visuals can be pretty great and worthy of the Final Fantasy name. But they mostly consist of me messing around with the games photofilters and seeing how they turned out.

    https://i.imgur.com/c4ZZPVx.jpg
    https://i.imgur.com/oipSRa4.jpg
    https://i.imgur.com/bJY4UAO.jpg
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      • Yeah, he is. and good eye for picking up on him. He’s kinda interesting because that both is and isn’t Alexander. Alexander’s pretty much so powerful that he created a giant robot for him to pilot, which is what you see there. It also doubles as a time machine. The real Alexander’s pretty much at his core and looks more like what you would expect being a robot castle thing with angel wings.

        Also that entire mech is pretty much three different raids, climbing up the interior of his arms and his head to power down its power cores to prevent an Illuminati from using it as a time machine. It was pretty fun for what it was, though it was heavily criticized for kinda not being a part of the main story enough like Bahamut was previously.

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