Pokemon Scarlet: Mochi Mayhem Review

Definitely not gonna lie: I hated this epilogue. Pretty much everything about it.

I think my hatred of Kieran from the DLC should be pretty obvious, given my last two reviews. However, I'm not sure if the fact that I'm also not fond of Arven, Nemona, or Penny was ever addressed. But... yeah. Not a fan of any of those three. Suffered through them as part of the main storyline and was kind of glad not to have to deal with them again... until this epilogue.

Arven especially came across as, like, weirdly protective in a way that just put me off. Like, I dunno if it's just because I'm a cis-female playing a female character or what, but the way Arven behaved toward Kieran or even the mention of Kieran was not great. He was acting almost as if our characters were dating or something... which is definitely more friend-zone in his case, if anything. Where the heck did that come from and why did no one catch that?

The whole mochi thing... eeehhhh... I kinda want to know why everyone just chalked Carmine's weirdness up to a curse at worst and just Carmine being weird at best. She's a kooky character, to be sure, but the dancing and the "Mochi" repetition was concerning in ways no one was taking seriously. I mean, it is a Pokemon game and maybe I'm taking this too seriously, but... I dunno. It just rubbed me completely the wrong way.

I will concede that the scene where Arven and Penny are force-fed mochi and Kieran gets hit in the face with it was amusing. Wasn't great, but was amusing.

I really just wanted to get back to catching the Legendaries as I played through this thing. I really don't feel like it was necessary. Pecharunt isn't even interesting. I have zero motivation to use it.

On A Side Note

This glitch happened while I was searching for Groudon

A most exciting battle. This was my view.