Sunday, March 15, 2009

Pisay Map Pokemon Emerald/Star Ocean Remakes/Last Hope

I would like to post about the last giveaway this schoolyear or should I say the last gimmick so to speak is Pokemon Emerald.

Last January 3 or 4 of us started playing Pokemon Emerald again just to find ourselves finishing the Pokemon League at the end of the month. We had a lot of time exploring all the 350+ Pokemons available at that time and some were unique to use.

Time passed and someone came up with something new. He went on and made Pisay Map off an island near the Battle Frontier so the first time I saw it, I was amazed not only was he able to do it in 2D but also to have the place look almost the same as the school.

Days passed and improvements were seen, more trainers, and much harder battles I have witnessed because having 2 Pokemons, about level 70+ which is a challenge for most of us who haven't leveled up quite that high. My highest was a Blaziken Level 77 so it has the highest chances of surviving in that area.

Considering factors like:
Pokemon Type
Stat Overall
Number of Pokemon

They all come into play. If a seemingly weak Pokemon is hit with a Special Attack, it might give back the favor better than you thus, having defeated might be easy too. A 2 on 6 might favor the majority but if the 2 are strong enough to make a team then it proves that the trainer is stronger than average trainers.

Star Ocean 4 Last Hope is a game which I never played yet but I plan to as soon as I can find a copy of it. The graphics have improves so much from Star Ocean 3 Till the End of Time on PS2 version.

Star Ocean First Departure has improved a lot because I understand the story and the system way better than the NES version of the game. I thought it was more like the primitive Chrono Trigger. It had voice acting and the script was way better for players to understand. Grammar errors were corrected and the game is basically fun to play. Who would not love to have a character at level 255? This game had a lot of translations from the original game (at least in the english version).

Characters

Ratix - Roddick
Milly - Millie
Dorn - Dorne
Cius - Cyuss
Fear - Phia
Tinek - T'nique
Perisie - Pericci
Joshua - Ioshua
Elise - Erys
Marvel - Mavelle
Iria - Ilia
Ronixis - Ronyx

The addition of Welch Vineyard in the game is an optional character so she was like 'ICING ON THE CAKE' sort of thing so why not play the game yourself.

Star Ocean Second Evolution from Second Story is another great remake which corrected the horrible voice acting on the original game on Playstation 1. It is set 20 years after the original game and you can choose which playthrough you want but it's almost the same. Grammar was corrected and the script was mostly changed for everyone to understand. Again translations from the original game was heavily seen like:

Characters/NPC/Enemies/Places

Claude C. Kenni - Claude C. Kenny
Alen Tax - Allen Tucks
Cross - Krosse
Lacour - Lacuer
Mars - Marze
Clik - Kurik
Herlie - Harley
Heraldry Forest - Forest of Symbols
Fienal - Phynal
Iselia Queen - Iseria Queen
Cave of Trials - Maze of Tribulations
Indalecio - Gabriel