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Lately I’ve been thinking about ideas for a Pokemon Mystery Dungeon game featuring Pokemon from Gens 7-9, since the newest original game was Super back in the Gen 6 days. Here’s the main ideas I’ve got so far.
Starter Set:
Pikachu
Alolan Sandshrew
Galarian Ponyta
Cyndaquil
Paldean Wooper
Teddiursa
Oshawott
Goomy
Rowlet
Litten
Popplio
Rockruff
Grookey
Scorbunny
Sobble
Clobbopus
Sprigatito
Fuecoco
Quaxly
Tinkatink
Pikachu, Goomy, and the Hisui starters have access to both evolutions, Teddiursa also has access to Ursaluna here. I wanted a balance between the regions, and gave myself a limit of 20 like Super. Pikachu and the starters from these gens were basically required, so I used the remaining slots for variants and new Pokemon. Tried to go for some variety in the types available but I’m also very biased with some picks.
Story/Lore:
Idea for the main antagonist is a Type: Null/Silvally (I still can’t decide), locked away by its creators and having reawakened in the present long after humans have mostly disappeared from the world. The Regis also get involved somehow, partially because I think they’re cool. The other reason is because as far as I know, there’s no piece of Pokemon media where the Regis are the main focus, when they do show up they’re always some side thing and another Pokemon is the star. We got two new Regis in the SwSh DLC so they count as Gens 7-9.
The big idea I have is looking at how humans have impacted the PMD world, since we know they do exist here. I can buy some of the ruins being made by Pokemon, but places like the Decrepit Lab and Power Plant friend areas in Rescue Team are clearly man made. And humans aren’t some long gone species, they’re still around when the games take place. When your character tells other Pokemon that they’re human, none of them ever go “What’s a human?”, showing that they know what a human is. The protagonist in the Explorers games is also a human from the future, not isekai’d from some other world like the others. If humans didn’t exist at all by this point, they wouldn’t exist. Humans might only exist in small numbers in isolated areas, but we know for sure that they aren’t extinct.
Main idea for the partner is that they’re very interested in history/mythology, and they want to become an explorer to investigate the many ruins on the continent. They’re not as interested in helping people, but still do it because they aren’t completely heartless and they’ve got bills to pay. Might be a bit of a tough decision though if they have to pass up a once in a lifetime research opportunity to save someone.
For the hero, I’ve got two ideas. The first is that they’re a human from the past who got reincarnated as a Pokemon in the present, the second is that they’re a modern human living in the PMD world who got turned into a Pokemon somehow. Heart of gold, helps make sure their partner makes the right decisions. Not book smart but they’re good at solving puzzles.
“Distressed.” Owl on canvas.
Wait I have Fool!Haru so Justice!Morgana could be really good since they were so close in regular P5. Besties in one universe, enemies in another. Maybe this is an Ikutski type situation where he's actively misleading Haru to fulfill his own goals (might be on his own or even working for Yaldabaoth). Or maybe Morgana starts out as a genuine ally but betrays the gang when he sees a potential opportunity to become a human.
Brought up an idea for an Arcana Swap AU of Persona 3 here (led by Fool-ka Yamagishi) a while ago. Locked in Jupiter as the name for Chariot!Junpei and I'm heavily leaning towards Ken and Mitsuru swapping ages (still unsure how to handle Strength!Shinjiro, Hierophant!Koromaru, and October 4th in general though). But uh oops I have a full lineup for a P4 Arcana Swap and a mostly complete lineup for 5. So there might be a full on Arcana Swap-verse now.
P4 Swap: Fool!Kanji, Magician!Rise, Chariot!Yukiko, Priestess!Yu, Emperor!Chie, Lovers!Teddie, Star!Naoto, and Fortune!Yosuke. Decided these randomly like the P3 swap. Biggest difference is that Teddie's a human and Naoto's a shadow. No new names for either of them yet, or an animal to base mascot Naoto on (initially thought bugs because her normal Persona looks vaguely bug-like, but that feels like something hard to make look like a cute mascot).
P5 Swap: Fool!Haru, Magician!Yusuke, Chariot!Akira, Lovers!Ryuji, Emperor!Akechi, Hermit!Makoto, and Faith!Ann. There's also the undecided trio of Morgana/Futaba/Sumi with the remaining Arcana being Priestess/Empress/Justice. The existing lineup was mostly randomly decided like 3/4, the exception being Fool!Haru because I wanted that combo. I'm just not sure how to handle the remaining three because nothing seems right. I don't want to just be lazy and go "morgana gets justice and then futaba and sumi get the girly arcana" but also Justice!Morgana could potentially go hard? Like I still plan on him staying a cat regardless of what Arcana he ends up as, but Morgana going from the fool's closest friend in one universe to their greatest enemy in another could be interesting (maybe he's involved with Yaldabaoth or something). But Futaba or Sumi as Justice could also be fun. I'm also not super attached to Magician!Yusuke or Emperor!Akechi so maybe they'll end up in the undecided gang and add those Arcana to the pool again.
These characters are not real I have never seen them before in my life.
I can't believe I forgot about Amy (and also Tom I guess). I was on Miiverse so much when it was around and I met my best friends there, Nintendo please bring a version of it back. Nothing else will ever fill the void.
ROUND 1D: DUMMY GIRL (FriendAddTool 3DS Debug) vs AMY (Miiverse)
i think they would be friends if they ever met
I'm sorry Greninja, but Granbull was my first shiny I HAVE to vote for it
[ID: Two images of shiny pokemon. On the left is ash greninja who is black with a red face star. On the right is granbull who is cream with a pink mouth. End ID]
I like stupid Nintendo games and other JRPGs. Call me Brim.
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