Well, this is ridiculously long for a play-by-play of the first fifteen minutes. I'm just slow and long-winded though.
So, I can read and understand Pokemon names, move names, item names, yes, no, and assorted other words in Japanese. Then again, everything else is superficial.
I woke up one day and Prof Juniper asked if I wanted to use Kanji or not. Lolno, hiragana and katakana please. Chicken scratch is preferable to alien runes. So I'm a girl named まな - a Princess Leia fan so hardcore that she's had hairy tires surgically attached to either side of her skull - and decided to wander the land beating passerby into submission with my supernatural pets and taking their money in order to start up my college fund.
Your rival (Named Sonic the Hedgehog Shoe... Okay, Hyu) is ridiculously hyperactive. He ran around talking to me repeatedly for the short while I've been with him. With that and his hair, he's obviously a Sonic the Hedgehog expy.
I met Alder in Sangi Town, who pounced on me from a clifftop and began circling me in a rather predatory manner. He brought me to his house, then sent me on my merry way. I found a farm of Mareep, and got paralyzed. Over. and over. After nearly ragequitting, suddenly, Rival out of nowhere! Challenges me again, even though all my Pokemon are at 10 HP, I have no potions, and everything is paralyzed. I resign myself to having to trek back from the Pokemon Center.
But his Tepig used Tail Whip over and over with one Tackle, despite being level 8 and knowing Ember. I finally managed to Tackle him to death. I rifled through his pockets and took my money. He then ran away crying, and jumped into a hay bale so I wouldn't see the tears streaking down his face. Deserves it for having fail AI.
I spent a long, long time wandering around in my vain attempts to catch a Riolu, which I'd had vague hearsay appeared in the area. Gave up because I never particularly liked Riolu anyway. Also because running to the Pokemon center every time I got paralyzed by one of the Mareep horde was wearing very, very thin. I found a Herdier along with someone dressed like good ol' graysuit Team Rocket, then he chucked a Poke Ball at me. He failed to catch me, because he didn't even weaken me first like a total tool. He then ran off, and Shoe chased after him. He'll probably get eaten by Rattata and Zubat while he Tail Whips them to death.
With a dead end before me, I went back to see Alder again. He went into his house, and I followed. Inside, I met two schoolchildren that he'd kidnapped or something. Alder then forced us to fight for his amusement. I'm a good sport, so I Vine Whipped the brats into submission... then a fat Elvis impersonator gave me a medal, because the aforementioned violence against passerby for money is highly prestigious in Poke-land. Elvis then blabbered on. I assume he's some sort of inane CoD crossover, and he'll give me more medals as my killstreak rises. These will obviously let me sic Kyurem on whoever next calls me a gay noob. That, or this is supposed to be an Achievement system. Platinum, here I come!
Lastly for the day, I went all the way back to the starting city to see Cheren, who's grown up nicely despite still wearing ridiculously tight pants. Only Burgh can pull off pants like that. After annihilating a pair of Gym Trainers who both used Patrat and Lillipup, I walked up to him and challenged him for my first gym badge. Despite the fact that I've always liked Cheren, I still kicked his face in for using a Patrat and a Lillipup instead of anything useful and awesome like Dunsparce, Audino, or Porygon. Grabbed my Basic badge, looted Cheren for a TM and some cold hard yen and continued on my merry way, saddened that a once-great rival had been reduced to the power level of a Youngster, albeit the top percentage of Youngsters.
I'm currently moving forward, dreading Homika/Roxie/Whatever her English name is because I don't really keep up on the news. Poison type sounds like a pain to deal with with a Snivy. I've considered catching one of the Psyduck I found, but decided not to. I'm too lazy to train it to Confusion, and I never liked the little things anyway. I wish I had my beloved Butterfree... Compoundeyes accurate Sleep Powder took me through the E4...
