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Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 2h

Omg that’s good though that we can at least save the moment we hear or see them and retry as needed 😭 I even managed to find a shiny weedle in the city last night thanks to the audio ping — which is nice that shinies can even spawn outside of wild zones, too!

Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 16h

and the [redacted] I received happened to be female too.

For the latter, there would have been no opportunity whatsoever to soft reset, so I wonder if this was programmed because they knew most would want female, but I'll take it regardless.

Okay pauses this thread here, back to the poke-grind--

Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 16h

Also, I will concede... auto-saving is not nearly as irritating as I thought it would be. Cuz now I don't actually gotta worry to manually save every 10 minutes JIC my game crashes or anything.

My main concern was with soft-resetting the starters, but I still got my female Chikorita in 10 resets //

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Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 16h

What else before I dive back in... Just general good QOL for being able to use our menu for modifying our teams and their move sets at any time, at least outside of battle.

That's come so far compared to when TMs could only be used once, and we had to go to a Move Relearner just to edit move sets

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Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 16h

Oh-- also I'm playing on my original Switch and I haven't had any performance issues yet...?

People had me worry over that but it's honestly fine, I rly don't notice any lagging or even loading delays as I run thru the city.

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Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 16h

I'm still midway thru my playthru but I haven't grown bored of the city, which was a concern others; mentioned. Esp cuz there's so much verticality with the rooftops.

I wish it was a /little/ easier to traverse some areas early game, but they offer neat puzzles, and I figure it'll get easier later

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Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 16h

I also really like how moves of the same typing are animated differently, and it matters how they are cast

Does this move shoot in a straight line? Is it fast to cast or slow? Can it be tossed in an arc over obstacles? Does it appear where the opponent is standing? Just a nice variety of behaviors

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Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 16h

Firstly, the live-action battle mechanics took a hot minute to get! Even now when my team is in their level 40's there's a lot to keep track over, but it's actually a fun change of pace.

It also rly seems to reward speed, power, and tanking for different reasons / use cases. But esp. speed lmao--

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Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 16h

[PKMN-ZA] Gonna make an async thread of some non-spoilery thoughts and observations while playing Legends ZA, just to jot them down while I take a break \o/ ✨

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Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 23h

HOLY HECK-- MY FIRST FULL ODDS SHINY IN Z-A!!!

They played the jingle so I looked nearby and found a Shiny Bellsprout! So glad they give an audio indicator or I absolutely would have missed it

(Only other time I caught a natural shiny was Geodude in BDSP, which I didn't play past the 3-hour mark.)

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Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 1d

Actually there is like... the tiniest non-trailer spoiler in the photos, which I only realized when I wanted to add more commentary

Not an unexpected one but y'know, don't look hard for it and I won't point it out further (for now--)

Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 1d

[PKMN-ZA] After a solid day of progress! Bayleef's evolved already, and I need to customize my trainer more but this should do for now with my active team at the moment. Definitely enjoying the gameplay so far!

(Also blurred out my next mission, but nothing else should be brand new or a surprise)

Screenshot of my trainer character posing with her starter pokemon, a freshly-evolved Bayleef, from Pokemon Legends: Z-A

Screenshot of my menu screen with my current active Pokemon team in the level ranges of 34-37 -- Meganium, Houndoom, Blastoise, Gardevoir, Lopunny, and Manectric.

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Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 2d

[PKMN-ZA] IT DIDN'T TAKE ME ALL NIGHT!!!!

I think it was about 10 soft resets? To get my female Chikorita. Thankfully they were generous with a good area to do it so I'm pleased--

Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 2d

[PKMN-ZA] <-- I'll use this to tag stuff, if anyone wants to mute the term. But for now lemme settle in before I boot this thing up.

Iiiiii don't know how long it'll be to get a female starter in this game, knowing what I know, so it may be a bit before I rly say much, but an attempt will be made…~

Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 2d

[PKMN-ZA] <-- I'll use this to tag stuff, if anyone wants to mute the term. But for now lemme settle in before I boot this thing up.

Iiiiii don't know how long it'll be to get a female starter in this game, knowing what I know, so it may be a bit before I rly say much, but an attempt will be made…~

Reposted by Teni (Casual Acct)

Teni @tenicola.bsky.social · 2d

Okay done with work had dinner fed the cat and checked with fam my evening is finally FREE

I CAN FINALLY PLAY POKEYMANS!!!!

I won't spoil or talk about anything here, chances are I'll be tunnel visioned for a bit. If I do post anything, it'll be tagged on my casual account @colacanvas.bsky.social

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Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 2d

WE GOT IT!!!!! Several hours earlier than the estimated range thank godddddDDDDDDDD!!!!

Photo of my hand holding the physical Switch version of Pokemon Legends Z-A, fresh from the mail.

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Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 2d

YEHHHHH 🤝✨

Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 3d

Actually one more from the archives -- I just remembered this being the funniest comedic timing lmaoooooo

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Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 3d

Was feeling a bit nostalgic about my original PKMN Legends Arceus team, and realized I still had the short video of my rotation team on my Switch /o\!! Anyway have fun guessing their nickname theme

(Yes I purposely spelled their name "Aquilla" it just felt clever-er in my head at the time shhhhh--)

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Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 3d

[WIP // 04] -- Main account @tenicola.bsky.social

Trying to design an OC lovekid with geovishap and oceanid genes makes Khalid's hybrid design an ongoing challenge, but I will figure it out one day, dammit--

Side-by-side sketches of Khalid's revisited concept design -- one as a head shot with his wavy hair and shark-like features (gills and teeth), the other as a unfinished waist-up with his claws, horns, and shark-like vishap tail

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Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 3d

????? Did my QRP post (from my main account) become a shiny???? YOOOOOOOO

Screenshot from a notification of @shinyposts.awoo.blue +liking one of my posts from my main account.

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Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 3d

[WIP // 03] -- Main account @tenicola.bsky.social

Sketches from an AU with a seductive incubus and a pious priestess. Said AU progresses exactly as ya'll might expect ✨

(Rosco's sketch is mine obviously, but I wanna give both @littlescorpio.bsky.social and her WIPs of Soleil their flowers, too--)

Unfinished sketches of Roscuro/Rosco displaying his incubus features (wings, tail, horns, claws), and of Soleil in her priestess attire.

Rosco's sketch is mine, while Sol and her sketch are by littlescorpio.bsky.social

Same artwork framed in CSP's window, except this time Sol's artwork has finished lineart alongside Rosco's sketch.

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Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 4d

[WIP // 02] -- Main account @tenicola.bsky.social

Early digital concept sketch of Ammo that I never actually finished, but still kinda like as is.

Older concept artwork of my OC Ammo in his Dragapult form and his human / gijinka form -- each with their respective Dreepy.

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Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 4d

[WIP // 01] -- Main account @tenicola.bsky.social

I guess this'll work as a start -- just something unfinished that I drew aimlessly of my project's main characters

Older WIP artwork featuring Set and Horus from DEITIES Project, side by side with their respective weapons.

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Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 4d

Might just thread in both areas respectively, but for now the thread for main account will be here:

Teni @tenicola.bsky.social · 4d

I'll gradually thread replies from my casual account (@colacanvas.bsky.social) based on +likes on this QRP -- tho additional likes on the OG post can be a bonus if I find enough material aha \o/;; [ #ArtMeme #Sketches #WIP ]

Teni (Casual Acct) @colacanvas.bsky.social · 4d

I wanna give this a try but without cluttering my main account @tenicola.bsky.social, so I'll QRP and thread from there, I think...! /Makes it work somehow--