Forgot one thing yesterday. I really like the graphical improvements over Gen 6, everything feels more clear, detailed and serious, which I appreciate. It is quite a difference after all. Getting rid of the chibi models also makes it feel more serious which I really appreciate, even if the chibi models did have a bit of charm.
Did a little more yesterday evening, but not much. It was rather messy. Though one of the kids I was with had Sun, so that was pretty cool, we played alongside each other a little. I went to the Festival and completed it by having another battle against Hau. Won against him, but it wasn't easy as he managed to Paralyze my Popplio and Burn my Pikipek. I obtained some things for winning, most notably the Z-Ring, though I can't use it yet.
Continued even further today. Went to the Professor's Lab, Lillie showed me the way there. On this part of Route 1, I caught Slowpoke, Wingull and Rattata. This Rattata was the first Alola form I caught, which is cool. I battled some trainers and found some items too. Then I went to the Lab. I got the Rotom in my Pokedex, it is literally a ghost in the code and that's incredible.
Lillie continued by showing me the way to the next destination. Our first stop was a Pokemon Center. I bought some more Poke Balls there since I will need them. I also tried the Festival Plaza, there's so much to do there, it could be a game of its own. It feels like a true successor to Join Avenue which is great since I love Join Avenue and I can see this breaking the game in a similar way. Will continue working on it alongside the rest of the game.
We continued to a Trainer's School. Met some new characters, like Ilima. I completed the challenge there, found and obtained some items as well as caught Magnemite and Grimer. I also caught a Meowth somewhere, not sure if it was here or at another place. I obtained the Exp. Share here and decided to turn it off since I don't want to get overleveled like I did back in X. Though I might turn it on later if I should get underleveled or need to grind my entire team quickly.
Continued to Hau'oli City with Hau and Lillie. A big city, thankfully not Lumiose-sized because that would take forever to explore. Did some things here. Caught Abra and Pichu, bought some new clothes at a shop though I will get back to picking a final look for my trainer later on. At the Marina (which should have been named the "Pri-Marina"), I met Team Skull for the first time and beat the grunts. Also met Ilima again, won against him too but he wasn't the easiest, a mistake in the battle put me in a bad situation.
Next up, I am about to get started on the first Trial. Before going further, I backtracked a little to see if I could explore more of Route 1, but I could not. Managed to catch a Grubbin though. Went to Route 2 where I battled a trainer as well as caught Makuhita and Smeargle. Continued to the Cemetery where I battled a trainer, picked up some items, caught Gastly and Drifloon. Here, my Pikipek reached level 14 and evolved into... Trumbeak! Which was cool, I had no idea what it would look like but it is cool. I can see why it was called a stork. Decided to stop here for today, will continue tomorrow.
Regarding my team, I have decided on 3 more future members, though I won't be able to get any of them for a little while. But that's okay. I have also tried Pokemon Refresh but I'm not exactly sure how it works, I guess it is similar to Amie but I wonder if it is exactly the same or not? Guess I will find out, will continue with it later, no need to rush anything or max the affection of any of my team members yet.
Team:
- level 13
- level 14
