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.

Pokemon Scarlet: The Indigo Disk Storyline Review

Yay! Part Two of the Pokemon Violet/Scarlet DLC is here! The Indigo Disk/Hidden Treasure of Area Zero was basically a continuation of The Teal Mask with Carmine and Kieran returning.

I was a little more fond of this one than the last one, but it was still pretty basic. You run around a defeat an Elite Four group and then Kieran, followed by a more over-arching story line involving Area Zero. I only really had issues with the Fairy "Gym Leader" but that's more because my team is not geared toward fighting Fairy types than actually being difficult.

I was honestly unimpressed with Kieran's "character growth." He was just as whiny as he was before, only now with a vendetta against us as the main character. This isn't really his fault, I don't think. I chalk it up to the writing. It's hard to write a character who really, really wants to defeat the player and actually let them succeed. Instead you end up with a character who can't find his own power and is constantly sulking as a result. And really, Kieran sulks right up until the end, which was not great.

Carmine calmed down significantly, so that was nice.

I don't really have a lot to say about this storyline. There wasn't a lot going on and you're basically left to your own devices to run around the Terarium Dome. That, at least, was a little bit more fun. Got to catch "new" Pokemon and even participate in the ongoing Mass Outbreak event. Oh! The Blueberry Academy had ongoing quests, as well, that made running around randomly a little more rewarding. The quests circulate and give you something to do outside of just running around.

The Indigo Disk and Hidden Treasure of Area Zero storyline took me about 24 hours to complete. Hard to tell, really, as I did eat and sleep in there. I had fun, though, and am looking forward to continuing to explore the Terarium Dome. Lord knows I did not complete my Pokedex, so that's what I'll be working on next.