In Dragon's Shoes

While I posted my worries for the game a while ago, I wanted to make a different post about how much the world of Genesis impressed me just from the trailer. Monolith Soft doesn't pull punches in this area and with the advantages the Switch 2 has over the first system I really wonder what they can pull off now. The way the world is structured made me think about that Lostbelt in FGO, Nahui Mictlan. But while FGO has visual novel story scenes and turn based battles that can't have you explore the area, Xenoblade Genesis will let you explore a world like that and I find it one of the most exciting things to consider in this game.

When it came to the reveal of Xenoblade Genesis it looked great... and the world, damn they never stop with the breathtaking worlds to explore... I'm still a bit concerned with the series. For so long the series was a mix of fantasy and sci-fi that gave it an iconic look, but now it appears to be going pure fantasy almost looking like a Fire Emblem game to be honest. Even the races seem to be the standard fantasy races rather than new ones the series has made. I didn't even see a single Nopon in the trailer. Really hoping my worries are unfounded when I play this game. I've been majorly disappointed with Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Xenoblade Chronicles X was an alright game to port over, and I'll likely get the update packs for Xenoblade Chronicles 1 and 2, but I don't know how much longer I can carry on with this series if Genesis is on the same level as Chronicles 3. I like 3 of the 4 Xenoblade games so far, and if Genesis can't be as good as far as X was then I can't trust the series getting better anytime so.

Finally got the special scan for Gimmighoul and I have the perfect donut made already to get a shiny alpha. Closer to completing the dex and get shiny Volcanion in Home.

So I got the special scans done for Keldeo and Meloetta. I used normal donuts that didn’t have sparkling power. And I happened to get a shiny Pokemon from both hyperspace holes. Like was it because those two are shiny locked that another Pokemon in that hole appeared shiny? Or was I just that lucky to find one in each hole without even trying?

So exploring DK64 after years. And I don’t recall this area at all. This is south of the boss door in the game. There is nothing that hints of this when you get to the boss door area, I only found it cause I was just messing around. The only reason I think I never saw this as a kid is because I never went down to the darkened part of the room only to the well lit area to feed the hippo the bananas. Crazy what you discover about things you never knew before.

Here they are. All of the Swords of Justice here and shiny to boot.